Chapter 373: Traumatizing Elizabeth Swann - Tell me the Truth!!!
An hour later, when Elizabeth came to, she found her mind filled with groggy thoughts.
Aside from the blurry darkness, for a moment she couldn't make sense of anything.
Had she fallen asleep? Or was she dreaming? The young miss of the Swann family couldn't tell.
It was then cold kissed her, sending an icy shiver running down her spine.
With great horror, Elizabeth realized she was naked.
The absurdness of this realization made her snap open her eyes suddenly, and the darkness receded.
But before sight graced her eyes, pain announced itself to her with sheer boldness.
Her wrists were bound, and so were her legs from the ankles.
A terror the likes of which the young lady had never imagined existing took shape in her vision.
This terror was a man, no older than her, with white hair tumbling down to his shoulders.
His hazel pupils were reptilian, and there was such a charm about him that if it wasn't for her current circumstances, it could have made her heart flutter.
This terror-incarnate was wearing a pirate's attire and was looking at her with a dead gaze.
So dead, in fact, that he made Elizabeth feel like she was standing in front of a corpse, cold oozing out of him, seeping into her bones through her bare skin.
Yes! Why was she naked?!
The same thought again made her eyes widen, and now she was fully awake.
Her hands were outstretched in the shape of Y, bound at the wrists via ropes.
Her legs were also bound in an up-down Y shape, her feet bare, wet, and cold.
Her private parts were in the open as well…
A deep sense of shame and disgust coursed through Elizabeth's veins, and tears welled up in her eyes almost instantaneously.
There was only one thing left on her by this vile man as if he dared not take it off.
The Gold Medallion!
"Who are you?!" Elizabeth shouted, crying, twisting and pulling her hands, squeezing her thighs, hoping to hide the shame. "Where am I?! HELP! PLEASE HELP!!"
"Hehehe!"
This laugh was enchanting, full of youth and vigor, and told a tale of nobility and cunningness mixed oddly.
The horrific thing was that this laugh hadn't come from the man, who was looking at her up and down like she was some common whore.
Even more horrifying and the heart-wrenching fact was that Elizabeth had recognized the laugh.
She had heard this laugh many times in the last two days. She had laughed along with this laugh. And she had come to like this laugh.
Cersei walked out from the shadows behind her, giggling merrily.
She was wearing Elizabeth's clothes, and with her height and bearing, she indeed looked like the young Swann, if someone hadn't met her before.
Under the pained and shocked gaze of Elizabeth, Cersei approached the white-haired man and… kissed him.
To Elizabeth, it was as if her entire world had been toppled upside down.
"Lanny?!" she blurted absentmindedly, forgetting even her nakedness. "What… How could you…"
The disbelief in the young Swann's tone clashed against the tone, making her shudder.
"She's all yours, my love," Elizabeth heard Cersei say to the man, pecking his cheek.
Elizabeth couldn't say anything but just look at her maid, her friend, her heart getting torn apart to shreds.
Only one word came out of her mouth, full of sadness and anguish. "Why…"
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Kai marveled at the sight of this major Character.
Elizabeth was truly beautiful, despite the hateful and saddened look about her.
No matter what, Kai found comparing her charms with Cersei just too pointless, so he gave up on it soon.
After making her fall asleep, Kai and Cersei brought the Character down to the Wine Cellar.
Then, using his pitiful Mana, Kai had put an Imperturbable Charm on the door so that no one would hear a young lady's screams, for she was going to scream; louder than ever.
Kai had no intention of defiling Elizabeth, either. No.
What Kai wanted to accomplish was to give her a trauma, so vile, that it would topple her personality forever.
And betrayal had always served as the greatest source of most of the traumas.
Kai hadn't sent Cersei to the Governor's mansion just for show, commanding her to become close friends with Elizabeth Swann.
This was the most important reason behind those actions.
Kai was no psychologist, but he knew torture, both mental and physical.
Every scar on his body had a tale of its own, but most of them only screamed of tortures and punishments.
The people from his previous life couldn't kill him before getting the Essence Bead upon being captured. So they did the next best thing, trying to force it out of his mouth.
His sabers had already judged them all for their lack of decisiveness.
Kai eyed the golden medallion around Elizabeth's slim neck, and his eyes shone with a profound glint.
He had already held it long enough for it to count as his Artifact, and he also knew how to turn it into an Item.
It would need him to sail with Jack Sparrow to the Isla de Muerta, where the rest of the medallions were stored.
But it wasn't something Kai could even remotely hope to do in this world before getting thrown out by Chaos.
It was these thoughts that had made his eyes look so dead to Elizabeth.
When Cersei giggled while approaching him, and then kissed him, these thoughts finally broke.
The trauma's betrayal part was over; now came the rest.
Humiliation, Lunacy, and Nervous Breakdown.
Just as Elizabeth asked — Why… Kai stepped toward the Character like a monster.
He ran his fingers over her bare breasts and waist, his eyes never leaving the sight of Elizabeth's burning gaze.
There was an incredible will inside Elizabeth, Kai knew.
If there wasn't, then she couldn't have become the major Character of a Random World.
Elizabeth was adventurous, and she yearned for excitement, danger, and freedom.
She was an increasingly strong-minded and determined woman who often knew her mind, having a fiery attitude and being headstrong.
In the Primordial Tower, someone even said that the true main character of Pirates of the Caribbean worlds wasn't Jack Sparrow, but Elizabeth Swann.
If it wasn't for Kai, this would be the day when her tale began.
Alas! This timeline was bound to be disappointing.
…
"I heard you find the pirates quite… fascinating, Miss Swann," Kai whispered, speaking for the first time. "Well, now you've met two of them. What do you think?"
"You better let me…"
SLAP!
Kai controlled his power and slapped the young lady so hard that her left cheek gained a purplish hue instantly.
He waited for the Character to process what just happened, letting her reevaluate her condition.
Then he demanded, "Tell me the truth."
The shock of the slap jolted Elizabeth awake from her expectations to leave this place unharmed. "Truth?!" she repeated, her teeth chattering. "What truth?!!"
SLAP!
Another back-handed slap, not lighter than the previous one.
"The Truth, my lady," Kai said, pressing his tone. "You know what I am talking about."
"I DON'T!" Elizabeth shouted in retaliation.
Kai looked into her eyes as Elizabeth looked back at him.
Then he smiled, the corners of his mouth arching up to become a hideous grin.
Elizabeth shook as she saw Kai's grin, cold becoming colder, and a sense of raw despair taking over her mind.
All the happiness she had ever known and felt seemed to get sucked out of her, replaced by terror, helplessness, and hopelessness.
It was just the start of this hours-long torture.
And by the time Kai was done with her, who knew what would have become of this young lady; of this Character who was called Elizabeth Swann?
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