Chapter 83: Minor Issues - All according to Plan 2
It had only been two days since she received the mission, but Maggie was already seeing to it that the plan moved along quickly, she was a rather determined and hardworking individual herself.
At the moment, she was sitting with Edward outside, selling him the idea even deeper, brainwashing him even further without his own knowledge… emotions can be a dangerous thing really. Maggie already had Edward in the palm of her hands, or at least almost.
Without his knowledge, he had already been made to fall in love with her… more in a lustful manner than otherwise, even though his heart was also in it.
"A man that buys slaves and sets them free to live their lives away from such suffering can never be a bad person, don't you agree? These nobles are just angry because their underground source of income is being damaged and their play things are taken away… can you imagine how many girl *sniff *sniff… die from day to day, being *sniff used as playthings?
It's so unfare!..." Maggie 'cried' in a muffled tone while concealing her face to hide the fact that she was bad when it came to producing tears at will.
Edward who sat beside her felt moved, and though he couldn't clearly explain it at that moment, his heart boiled with anger for these nobles and what they were doing.
Seeing Maggie like that, he moved closer to her as they were sitting on a lone balcony, stretching his arm around her to pull her in, in attempt to console her… well, this was also a perfect opportunity to get this close to her and touch her delicate skin that had such a soft feel, there was no way he wasn't going to take the opportunity.
Heh… truly, the mind of a virgin boy in love… a sad sight indeed.
'How cheap these men are… well, this boy won't even stand a chance if even men fall so easily…' Maggie thought to she self as she stopped 'crying' and just remained in a half embrace within Edward's arm.
She could hear the boy's heartbeat, his heart was pounding through his chest from excitement, and she could feel his stiffened posture trying not to move the wrong way while she was in his arm… heh… she felt tired just having to endure it…
"If only we could convince the others to agree, we can help this man and shield him from the authorities." Maggie said, feigning a saddened expression to show her dismay.
Feeling touched by her tone and expression rather than her words, Edward made a bold remark, promising to do his best to convince the 'council', those that headed the group… which literally consists of anybody who was old enough or powerful enough.
"I'm sure Henry will be in support; we should talk to him about this later. He's fond of you, I'm sure he'll take it into consideration." Edward proposed.
'Of course he would, he's also infatuated with this young girl…' she thought to herself, but outside, she produced a smile while nodding her head in agreement.
"Let's finish up before the next class commences." She said, drawing away from Edward before they both finished their meal, well, snacks.
Edward spent the rest of the time in a gleeful state as he was happy with the recent development between him and Maggie, at least in his mind there was development in their relationship, after all, such touchy moments build stronger bond.
In the following week, Lada had her plan set into motion completely, and Maggie was already making the necessary moves to get the group of self-righteous commoners to accommodate the one being wanted by the kingdom's authorities.
Maggie had already so skillfully gotten the group to agree on bringing the man in, selling them her idea of this man being a 'hero' to those slaves.
Of course, unlike Edward, Henry did a little research and background check on the man to see if he was legit. If something like that had been happening, it shouldn't have been under their noses for so long, depending on how long it had been going on.
Being something that had been elaborately planned, it didn't take Edward any time before he found proof of this 'hero's' actions, even meeting with a few slaves that he had 'freed' after buying them, and they were some of the few that remained in the capital.
Before the week was out, they had taken in this 'hero', a man by the name of Rodney Lancaster. His prepared alibi was also very solid with no loopholes. Well, they should have suspected something that appeared so perfect, but it didn't cross their mind. Besides, there were a lot of well to do merchants who could afford such expenses, it didn't require poking holes.
"…he is now being sheltered in one of their bases within the outer wall and is treated well." Maggie reported as she gave an account of the recent developments with their plan. Stay updated via m-v l|e'm,p y r
Lada who sat across her while having someone give her a massage on her shoulders wore an indifferent look as she acknowledged, "good. Sooner or later, the authorities will come to know of this development and focus more on those hypocrites. You've done well Maggie." Lada praised.
"You flatter me, master. It is simply my duty that I must carryout, I've done nothing special." Maggie responded in a serious tone and expression while bowing her head slightly.
"Hmm…" Lada seemed to think for a moment before sending Maggie off, "you may return to, whatever it is you were doing. You're free to go." She said.
"As you wish, master." Without lingering around, Maggie stepped out of Lada's personal quarters and headed to her own room.
Once she entered and locked the door, a sigh escaped her lips, showing her exhaustion. She then proceeded to take off her clothes and arranging them perfectly into her drawer, taking out her towel, and heading to the bathroom.
For her, fulfilling her duties to her master was the utmost importance, nothing else mattered, not even her life, that was all she knew.
A few moments after Maggie left, Lada sent out the maid giving her a massage as she had had enough. For some reason, something felt unsatisfactory when she looked at Maggie, 'perhaps, its time I changed things around here a bit.
I should model my actions after my master, it seems to work the best.' She thought to herself with a solemn expression before laying on the premium couch and closing her eyes to rest.
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Under the huge mansion and within Lada's 'personal' room, the cocoon made entirely of blood started showing signs of movement, though subtle.