<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/cb/Sera_1.jpg)</div>Sera jumped at the monotonous voice she has well come to know, and despise sometimes, only to be jerk her back to the bound position she was in.  "Master!  I can explain!"  Her face flushed with shame as she desperately tried getting loose from the bondage of her own making in order to save herself further embarrassment right before her guardian's scrutiny.<br/><br/>As she continued her struggle, she helplessly listened to her Master's lecturing, of the folly of her ways, threatening her to be ravished by monsters while powerlessly bound.  She had no doubt in her mind that he is capable of such things, whether they turn to be real or merely illusion, he would make her pay for disappointing him.  But upon hearing about her mother, her embarrassment and desperation momentarily left her.  "Never mention my mother's name!  Nor compare her to me, ever!  I am my own, and would like it that way.  You two,"  She turned to the  two armored servants that had been with her.  "Untie these bounds."  She lay in bed quietly fuming, while waiting to be freed.<br/><br/>Once she was fully dressed, she joined her guardian but avoided eye contact. "Where's this place we're going, master?"   In spite of her sulking, Sera was a bit curious, excited even, of the place they were going to.  Perhaps there, she can finally escape, but immediately doubted that would be the case.  Her masked guardian must be aware of this and most likely be prepared to foil any such attempts by her.  All that she could do now is wait and see, until they get there.<br/>