Meanwhille, in a small dungeon, Alfonse was locked up in a small cell. Instead of being in distress, he had hope that he would escape. He also had hope that his Summoner, his sister and his allies are alive.

"I cannot lose hope." He thought to himself. "I will get out of this mess. I will reunite with Kiran, Sharena and the others."

His first action was to take out Folkvangr and try to destroy the bars that hold the cell together. No matter what he does, nothing happens. He knew that it would take him a lot of stamina to break free, but he wouldn't give up.

Soon, footsteps were heard. The blue cloaked man wearing a mask arrive. He glared at the Askran Prince.

"Do not think you can eacape." The man said. "Soon, you will become one of us."

"I would never join you..." Alfonse growled. "I will be with my sister again."

"Your sister is dead." The cloaked being huffed. "Killed by lightning. She will never come to save you."

"You're lying." Alfonse shook his head. "Sharena is alive. She would never give up so easily. She has the energy to get back up as she gets down."

The cloaked being then uses dark magic to put Alfonse on a chokehold, making him let go of Folkvangr. The Askran Prince tries to scream, but all it comes out was a gasp.

"Do you feel it?" The man said. "The life coming out of you? Soon, all hope will turn into despair. And you will become our minion. As the moment comes, you will learn the sister you talk about is dead."

Alfonse tries and tries to speak, but he can only gasp and try to scream.

The cloaked being then stops the dark magic, forcing the Askran Prince to fall onto the floor and cough for air helplessly.

"As the pain goes on, your despair grows." The man said as he turned around to leave.

Alfonse weakly grabs Folkvangr before coughing once again. Not having enough energy to escape, the only thing he does is hold onto the sword and lie down on the floor to rest.

"N-no matter what..." He stuttered due to the cold and almost losing his breath. "Y-you will n-never break me... I will e-escape from your madness... I w-will find S-Sharena and K-Kiran..."

The blue and blond haired prince learned not to be weak from his late father, Gustave. He knew that weakness would lead to despair in Askr. But he couldn't hide his own despair when Zacharias went missing only to learn that Prince Bruno, Veronica's brother was Zacharias, when Surtr forced him to choose wether to sacrifice his citizens for Nifl's sake or stay behind in Askr and delay the trip to Nifl though he had a secret plan that actually worked for sparing the people, when Surtr killed Gunnthrá, Fjorm's older sister and when Hel tortured and killed Eir until she was on her last life, completely wiped out the Askr and Embla Líf and Thrasir lived in, cursed him for a nine day lifespan and killed his father.

Even he knew he would feel despair when the cloaked man forced him to kill Sharena, but he chose to be strong for he knows that he would reunite with Sharena. Not only Sharena, but also Kiran, Anna, Veronica, Fjorm, Eir, Peony and Mirabilis.

Before he knew it, his eyes were closing and he was feeling tired, so he knew that it would be better for him to pretend that he was unconscious by falling asleep.

He would think that his plan would not work due to his captor being a lot smarter than expected, but he believed that he would decieve them.

Then, sleep caught up to him and he took a long slumber.

Meanwhille, the cloaked man went to see Thórr.

"He is still defiant to join us." He said. "It seems that breaking him will be very difficult."

"So Prince Alfonse really is putting up a fight." Thórr sighed. "Do not get caught off guard when he is pretending. He is smarter than any mook we fought."

"Understood." The man nodded. "There has to be something to do in order to weaken him. He called the fact that his beloved sister is dead a lie, hopeful that he would see her again."

"Of course. He would do anything to his sister." The God of War nodded. "So breaking him would he very hard. It seems that we will need a new plan."

"Indeed..." The masked man crossed his arms. "I will figure out something that will completely break him into joining us."

TO BE CONTINUED

Note: I have been thinking about how to switch perspectives on this story and I believe it would be a really good idea if I put up Alfonse's plot to escape his captors in a few chapters.