[y/n] was talking with Serenade. They'll be leaving tonight and she wanted to spend a little time with her younger sister before that.

As the two laughed at something Serenade said, a strong scent reached them.

The two turned and found a middle age man, approaching them with a smile.

"Count Alto," the two recognized the man.

The man stopped in front of them, looking at [y/n]. "It's nice to see you back, princess."

[y/n] smiled. "I'll be leaving tonight though."

"Oh. Too bad. I'm sure your father would be really happy if you stayed for a little bit longer," he said.

"I can't stay here long. I'm going to make trouble for Katakuri-sama if I do."

"It seems that you get along pretty well with Katakuri-sama," the man smiled.

[y/n] nodded with a warm smile. "He's really good to me."

"Haha! Good! Good! Well, I'll see both of you some other time," he said before leaving.

When he was out of sight, Serenade sneezed.

"Damn! His perfume stinks!" she exclaimed with a disgusted look.

"Don't be mean, Serenade," [y/n] scolded her sister although she was thinking the same as her.

"What the hell is he thinking? He's supposed to come to escort you back to the ship! Not make his men do his job!" Staccato scowled in displeasure.

It was time for [y/n] to leave. Katakuri was already at the ship. Since he still has some work to do at the ship, he sent his men to pick [y/n] up and Staccato was displeased with that.

"Nii-san. I'll be fine. I trust Katakuri-sama's men."

"Are you sure you don't want us to see you off?" her father asked.

[y/n] shook her head. "Just rest up here. And I'm sure brother is busy. Serenade needed to stay with you to make sure you listen to your doctor."

Her father sighed. "When are we going to see you again?"

[y/n] smiled at him. "I'm sure Katakuri-sama would help me see you again."

The old man nodded and patted her head. "Be careful, my daughter."

It was dark that night. There was no moon and the sky was quite cloudy. The streets we're also empty.

The kingdom has a curfew. Citizens who weren't guards or has no important reason to be out, must be inside after eight.

[y/n] walked, surrounded by her husband's men.

For some reason, the night felt cold and chilling. Also, she couldnt help but to feel like someone was watching her. Someone unfriendly. Someone dangerous.

Just then, a scream echoed. She turned around wide eyed as she saw the man behind her fell.

More of her escorts followed and in just a short moment, everyone was on the ground.

A group of men appeared out of nowhere and leading them, was a familiar man.

"C-count Alto?"

The noble man grinned. "Fine evening, huh? Princess?"

"What is the meaning of this?" she questioned, in confusion.

"You see, we've been trying to make the yonkou and your father go into a war. However, every plan always seems to fail," he began.

"What?"

"I suggested for him to betray the yonkou. And what do you know?! He did!" he laughed. "But I guess that giant loved that sweet flour you made, she was not willing to lose you. She made you marry her son and that puts us to a terrible position," he sighed as if he do care about Melodia. "And so, I made another plan," he grinned. "I poisoned your father."

"P-poisoned?!" she stared at him in disbelief.

"Yeah. It was untraceable making everyone think he was sick. The doctor couldn't cure him because they don't know he was poisoned of course. That leaves you. You're the only one who could heal him but we know that Charlotte Linlin wouldn't let you leave," he frowned. "At least I thought she wouldn't. The plan was to make this kingdom attack the yonkou in order to retrieve you to heal the king. We know your brother would risk angering the yonkou if it means saving your father's life. The plan was perfect until that bastard Katakuri ruined it. Seriously, I never thought that man would like you so much, he'll do everything for you. But..." another crazy grin appeared on his face. "This time for sure, we'll succeed in making them fight by kidnapping you!"

"Who are you working for?" she questioned.

"Avon kingdom." he replied.

Avon kingdom was Melodia's mortal enemy. The two kingdom used to go into war a long time ago. That was until Melodia came into the protection of Big Mom Pirates.

"By kidnapping me? How?"

"If you failed to return to Wheat Kingdom, Big Mom would assume your family we're hiding you," he explained.

"My husband would know they we're not!" she countered.

"Do you think the yonkou would care? For all we know, the only thing important to her is to satisfy her cravings! If you disappear, she won't be able to have sweets made with sweet flour and go into rampage. She's a very unreasonable and selfish woman, she don't care about reasons. If she gets angry, she'll destroy a kingdom even if it wasn't really the kingdom's fault," he chuckled. "In anger, she might even end up killing your beloved Katakuri."

[y/n]'s eyes widened. "Wh-what?"

"She'll surely blame him for bringing you at Melodia and punish him," he laughed. "I can't wait for that to happen."

Tears fell from [y/n]'s eyes, scared for her husband's life. "No... Katakuri-sama..."

The men with Alto closed in. One of them grabbed her.

"Let me go! I'm not going to go with you! Let me go! Help! Katakuri-sama!" she screamed as she struggled against the men.

Alto laughed. "He won't hear you. No one will hear you," he said then turned to the men. "Put her to sleep."

One of the men pulled a handkerchief and covered her lower face with it.

She struggled as she smell a strange substance from it. However, in the end, she lost her consciousness.

"Katakuri-sama..." she whispered as she fell down.

Katakuri gritted his teeth as he looked down to the dead body of his men.

His wife was nowhere to be seen. Whoever attacked his men obviously took her.

His eyes scanned the area and found a white cloth near one of the corpse.

He kneeled down and picked it up.

A combination of the scent of chloroform and a terrible smelling perfume wafted from the cloth.

He remembered smelling the same perfume at Melodia castle.

Unfortunately, he doesn't know who uses it.

He stood up and looked over the palace's direction.

"There is only one way to find out," he thought and run towards the palace.

"What?! What do you mean kidnapped?!" Staccato angrily yelled after Katakuri informed them of what happened.

"I found all my men, dead. [y/n] was missing however," Katakuri calmly explained.

"Oh god..." King Allegro shook his head in disbelief. He never thought someone would dare to kidnap his daughter especially now that she was married to Big Mom's son out of all people. Charlotte Katakuri, of all people!

"Who will do such a thing?" Serenade muttered worriedly.

"I found this on the alley," Katakuri said, showing them the white handkerchief. "I could smell a chloroform and a perfume. A terrible smelling perfume. I smell this scent here in the palace but I don't know who it belongs to."

Serenade took the handkerchief from Katakuri and took a whiff from it.

Her eyes widened as she recognized the scent. "Th-this!

"What is it?!" Staccato asked.

"This perfume is the one that Count Alto use," she said in disbelief.

"What?!" King Allegro took the handkerchief and checked the scent. "You're right. He's the only one I know who uses this scent."

Katakuri narrowed his eyes. "Tell me everything about this Alto."

When [y/n] opened her eyes, she found herself on a prison dungeon with a sea prism chain, restraining her.

She remembered being attacked by Alto and his men. She remembered it clearly.

"Katakuri-sama..." she whispered, worried about her husband. Alto said he might get punished by his mother.

Charlotte Linlin don't care about her children. [y/n] knows that. It wouldn't be strange if she ended up trying to kill one of her children. That knowledge was what made her worry about Katakuri's life.

Katakuri was not the only one who was in danger. Her family and kingdom too.

She tried pulling on the chain to no avail. She wasn't strong enough to break it not to mention the sea prism was weakening her more.

Giving up, she lied down on her side and cried.

She was helpless, weak, useless. All she ever did was to cause trouble to Katakuri.

They we're only married for two months but she had already been making trouble for him too much.

She bit her lip as she sobbed. "I'm sorry... Katakuri-sama..."

TO BE CONTINUED