Ch29: Two Rubies and Abuse
Once we all returned to Tower Alexandria, we were stunned to see that my mom and my siblings were there and talking to some Satyrs. "Oh, hello there, Mary! How goes your fight to defeat that jester guy?" mom asked me. "Well, we defeated him, but the only issue was that, afterwards, Jessica got possessed by the staff this morning... now she's attacking us and we need some special rubies in this tower to help her out," I frowned at her. "Well, if you want help with that, we could help you guys up to the top of the tower with our monster friends," Lily smiled.
The Satyrs then blew their small bugles and we were amazed that them, some Healslimes, and even some Frogfaces and Imps came out of the tower and formed a ladder of their bodies the whole way up to the top. "Wow! Thanks, guys! Definitely unexpected," Medea smirked, her voice surprising mom and Lily a bit. "Um... is that the same voice as your horse?" mom asked. "Yes, and I was cured because of Mary's blood mixed with curse-removing water. Same with my father," Medea said with a proud face. "Well! That sounds awesome!" Paul smirked.
Our group then proceeded to climb the tower of monsters up to the top, the team being of myself, Medea, and Angelica (who simply flew up with her floating abilities). And once we were in the room with the statue, we jumped off and into the room. Thanks, guys. We'll take it from here. I have Evac after all," I smirked. The monsters smiled and unformed themselves, allowing us to look at the statue for the Kranbartle jewels. "Hmm... the rubies are firmly embedded in this thing... it'll be tough to get them out," Angelica frowned as she began to pull at the jewels and found that they were protected by a seal of magic that shocked her with electricity.
"OW! Ugh... I hate electricity..." Angelica groaned as she lowered herself down and Stella frowned. "Wait... I think I sense... a presence..." Stella frowned. "Really?... Excuse me? We were hoping to save Jessica Albert with the rubies! Can you let us have them?" I asked the statue. We then saw a visage of a woman. One that was dressed in sagely robes and looking at us with a frown. "Great heroes... hear my voice," the apparition said as she held her arms out. "The dark power within the scepter has corrupted Jessica... she is the only one left to continue the Albert family line.. I, Alexandra, the Great Sage of the Stone, grant you the gift of these gems. Please... I beg of you! Save Jessica and destroy the magic in the scepter!"
The rubies then fell out of the statue's eyes and Alexandra's spirit vanished into thin air. "Okay, now we've got the gems, so let's grab the others and get back to Arcadia," Medea said. "Yep. Now's the time to save our friend and whoever is on that evil scepter's kill list," I frowned. I used Evac to get us out and then, after saying goodbye to my family and that we'd meet again, I warped our group back to Arcadia.
Upon us reentering the place, we made a bee-line for the mansion, where we saw the scene that made me sick every time I watched it. Dominico forcing David to eat dog food. "What is this blasphemy?!" Dominico exclaimed loudly. "B-But Master Dominico... it's just Sir Leopold's meal..." David gulped. "You liar! You poisoned that food, didn't you?!" Dominico exclaimed. "Master... I would never do such a thing!" David exclaimed in fear. He wasn't going to eat dog food today. That much was certain the moment I entered the courtyard. Dominico didn't notice however. "If it isn't poisoned, then prove it! You taste it first!" Dominico demanded. David looked scared at this, but the moment I stepped in front of him and took the food, Dominico looked angry.
"You are not eating this food like an animal, David. I can tell just by sensing it that it has no poisons in it at all," I growled at Dominico with a frown, dumping the food all over the ground right in front of everyone. "W-What are you doing?!" Dominico exclaimed at me in pure anger as Sir Leopold simply walked up and began eating the food off the ground. "N-No Sir Leopold! Don't eat off the ground like that!" "Well then maybe you shouldn't have tried to abuse David for no reason other than your own personal kinks, Dominico. Quite frankly, I don't think you even deserve these rubies," Medea frowned as she revealed the Kranbartel gems in her hands.
Dominico looked troubled at this, but David looked on in astonishment, both at us and at Dominico. "Now, Dominico, if you know what's good for you, you'll stop being a jerk to David... because you are not the heir to the Great Sage Kupas. He is," I frowned at him, my words shocking both of them heavily, as well as the others in my group. I didn't want the charade to end so soon, but I needed to say it so that Dominico and David could enjoy what little time they had left. "W-What?!" Dominico exclaimed in shock.
"And as for how I know that, it is because of something you may not believe... I know of all the events that are to happen in this world and what is supposed to happen and what isn't. And I know for a fact the true fate of David... but I will not reveal it until we save our friend and get that scepter back," I frowned, returning to my friends, grabbing the rubies from Medea's shocked face, and throwing them over to Dominico. "Come now, Dominico! We need to get us some better defenses and you're the one with the barrier masterpiece!" I exclaimed at him. "And David? You will come into the mansion with us and you will be under constant watch from our group. We'll keep you safe."