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Fred and the two princesses found their way back to Belboz's chamber
without any trouble. They had heard nothing from behind them that would
indicate a fight or pursuit. When they arrived the old man was stirring a
cauldron containing a bubbling, dark green liquid.
Belboz raised an eyebrow when he saw the three. "Sir knight," he said, "I told you to return when you had gathered a strong party of warriors wielding some of the powerful artifacts to be found in these caves. [399] Instead you have come back with two apparently unarmed and rather underdressed young women." "My priority is no longer to find the dragon but to rescue these two ladies," Fred replied. "They are Princess Exotica of Allaria, whom the dragon has only just abducted, and Princess Astra of Aqualaria, who has been imprisoned in a giant jewel for fifty years." "I remember Astra coming to the caves," Belboz said, "though we never met. So you're going to rescue them, are you?" "That's right. I managed also to free two enchantresses, one of whom claims to be your daughter Adele. They, a lad whom I freed as well, and Sigin, whom I suppose you must know of, have been delaying Minestus, so that we could get away. I am curious to know why you let Adele spend 800 years trapped in a jewel rather than try to rescue her."
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