Kidnapping is such a distasteful method of attempting to persuade someone to marry you.

　　I`m at a loss exactly how this fancy noble and his hired thugs think the situation will go in their favor.

　　Even with the fact that they`ve ambushed S`neli inside her laboratory, don`t they understand, that this only means she is armed.

　　I don`t know about anyone else, I wouldn`t attack an alchemist right next to a great many chemicals.

　　That just doesn`t seem like a very wise choice, especially for a man wanting to continue his blood linage.

　　Oh!

　　I take that back, apparently the noble brought a decent mage. A noble, a mage, a group of thugs, I feel like I`ve seen this situation somewhere before&

　　Wait!?

　　Why am I getting kidnapped too, dammit!If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation.

　　I haven`t offended anyone recently&

　　Hmm&.

　　Well, anyone that matters&

　　Tsk, S`neli can`t do much when she`s frozen like an ice sculpture. Good thing she`s wearing that ring I made.

　　They left her with her all those valuable ingredients in her ring, ha, this can`t end well&

　　As we leave I see F`neli, his eyes flash with rage that is concealed behind an impassive mask.

　　So, this noble has enough pull that the caravan can`t go against them directly, eh?

　　That`s fine, this Tree will take care of problems, hisself.

　　The thugs carry S`neli and me to a mansion inside the port city. As we pass through a barely passable garden, they place us into a well-decorated room. Glancing around at the rich opulent surroundings the room practically screams at the lack of coherent fashion. If I didn`t know better I`d say more than one interior designer had tried to decorate it at varying periods of time.

　　As soon as the thugs leave the door makes a clicking noise before glowing purple briefly. I might not know everything there is about magic, however I`m pretty sure that`s some sort of pathetic magical lock.

　　Since my pot is placed behind the ice statue of S`neli, I clearly see the ice as it starts to fracture. A golden light begins to shine through the cracks, before the entire sheath of ice shatters.

　　S`neli is revealed with a golden light covering her like a second skin.

　　Hmph, I do good work on shielding. I added a few extras too from my understanding of things back on Earth. In emergency situations the Shield on the ring will auto-deploy much like airbags. Essentially there is no such thing as ambushing` S`neli unless the ring is destroyed first.

　　Watching her expression I see molten fury slowly melt away into an expression of icy calm.

　　Yeah&

　　These guys are all walking dead, now.

　　S`neli spends a few moments getting some equipment out of the ring before she starts crafting.

　　Minutes later there is a decent row of newly made potions. Waving her hand, S`neli places everything back into the chaos gold ring I made.

　　Picking me up in one hand, she turns towards the door with a bubbling, glowing, orange potion in hand.

　　This isn`t going to end well, heh. I`ve seen that potion before...