As the guard launched forward to pinky, she raised her head and stared at him darkly, she wasn't someone who could give up so easily, she wasn't ayria who if she was in her place will let them whip her...no, she was Pinky and she wouldn't let any of such thing happen to her.
"Remove your clothes and show your back, don't waste my time"He muttered with an evil smirk dancing around his lips.
Pinky stared at the key which was hung on his belt which was wrapped around his waist, she stood up immediately an idea knocked into her head.
"You really don't want to do it then I will have to use force"He said and walked towards her and immediately he did that, pinky sent a punch towards his face causing him to spit out blood.
"You b**ch"He cursed and raised up his fist to punch her but she suspended his hand on the air with her fist wrapped around his wrist as she stared at him darkly with no expression or warmth in her eyes then boom!, He was sent flying to the wall as a result of a kick from pinky.
"You... you"He struggled to say as blood rolled down his nose and lips, he couldn't stand because it felt like his Spina cord and his ribs were burning.
"Time to give me the keys"Pinky said coldly and then gave a final kick at his face making his limp body to fall to the floor and slip into unconscious, immediately he slipped into unconscious, pinky untangled the key from his belt and unlocked the door before coming out and locking the unconscious guard inside there.
Leo who watched from his cell, stared at her with wide eyes and his mouth agape.
What just happened right now?, Did ayria just display martial skills just now, the ayria that was always scared of bugs and little crawling insects, the ayria he knew couldn't hurt a fly and wasn't brace at all ...but she was in front of him, fighting a guard and knocked him into unconsciousness.
"There is no time to waste"Pinky muttered and unlocked the door then he came out immediately.
"Never knew you could fight, did king Derrick teach you these because as I can remember, your scared of even a little bug"Leo said with a small frown on his face.
"Yes, king Derrick taught me, leo, I need your help to prove my innocence, I need to get that maid girl that said, that she saw me putting something into the herbs"Pinky muttered as she walked out of the dungeon, any guard who stood in their way ended up getting knocked to unconscious state by the both of them as they headed towards the maid's quarters.
**BACK AT KING DERRICK'S ROOM**
"Move him quickly, Damien might be on his way right now"The queen mother yelled, she had already wiped her tears and stopped crying some few hours back, she was still sad though but, she felt satisfied that the murderer of her beloved son was going to be executed soon.
She had already informed her last son Damien about the current problem and right now he was on his way to the empire.
King Derrick was two years older than Damien who was 23.
As she was still in deep thoughts, one of the guards who wanted to move derrick to another room, his terrified voice was suddenly heard.
"Queen mother, his Highness...he... He... His hands moved"The guard yelled in shock as he moved back slowly and that grabbed the queen mother's attention immediately and she ran towards her son immediately
"Derrick, Derrick, can you hear me?"Queen mother asked.
King Derrick groaned more like he was in pain before opening his eyes, surprisingly, his lips now looked the normal red it was, it wasn't purple or green anymore. His skin were now it's normal shade and he looked healthy like he wasn't the one who was on the death bed some few minutes ago.
"Derrick, your alive, oh my goodness!, I thought you were dead"The queen mother sniffed in her tears happily.
"Mother?, Where is ayria?"King Derrick suddenly asked making the queen to pause.
"She is in the dungeon Derrick, that b**ch tried to kill you, she poisoned you with a strange herb"The queen mother muttered with clenched fists.
King Derrick said nothing as he stood up, he looked so healthy and strong that if anyone sees him, they would think is another person who was dead just now, he was already bare chested so he grabbed his shirt was on top of the table and put it on before walking towards the door.
"Derrick, Don't Tell me that you are going to that woman, remember, she almost killed you"The queen mother said and king DERRICK paused for a while.
"No, she saved me"He muttered icily before walking away.
*****
As king Derrick walked towards the dungeon, he couldn't help but remember the dream, he dreamt about in his unconscious state, he dreamt when ayria(pinky) travelled with a strange guy to find something to save him, he thought it was just a dream because ayria would never get injured just to save him but through his unconscious state, he knew when ayria fed him the herbs.
He heard their argument and knew when they took her away after framing her, but he couldn't talk...he tried too but it felt like his mouth was tied and he couldn't even lift a finger or blink an eye, he just laid there vowing that if he wakes up, he would teach that maid a lesson and.... compensate his wife, maybe, after all, she wasn't as bad as he thought she was.