Sarasa Nightmare

Chapter 2-4

Luigi looked towards the bedroom door when there was a knock.

Frowning slightly, he made his way to the door and opened it.

"Your name was Louie, right?" Daisy asked as she pushed past him and stepped inside the bedroom.

"It's Luigi." He barely managed to keep the grumble out of his voice as he let his door close.

"Oh, that's right. Well, whatever. See here, I'm no damsel in distress; I can very well rescue myself. In fact, I will rescue myself. But to keep my guards, advisers, and everyone else who wants to complain happy, I want you to come with me and rubber stamp that I make a good heroine. I can make you very wealthy for doing this for me."

"I was told five of your castle staff have vanished since this thing appeared."

"Poppy-seeds! I'm sure they decided to leave my employ, that's all."

"Five of them? With no notice?" He couldn't entirely hide his disbelief.

"Okay, I admit the number is a bit suspicious, but what does that have to do with anything?"

"Seems to me like you need actual help, not just a rubber-stamped seal of approval."

"Fine!" she stated in exasperation. "I'll let you help, but only to figure out where the monster is. I get to kill it."

There was no way he'd let her risk herself in such a way – he might not be his brother, but even he wasn't that stupid. However, he wasn't going to argue with her about it. "Deal."

"Good, I'll have someone bring you food. We'll start bright and early tomorrow."