So I didn’t completely understand it either BUT I think the scent of the flowers make mages unable to use their magic (which the princess knew because of the empress telling her) and so she knew that Fiona would probably be at her palace. The plan was to SA Fiona or smth to ruin her reputation (or to kill her ig) so that she wouldn’t be able to stay by the side of the ml. How the dancer is involved or whatever idk and I have no idea how he kidnapped her last chapter
And Abel knew that she was missing because after talking to the ml she was supposed to get into her carriage and get home but he saw/ was told that her carriage was still there - meaning she hadn’t left yet and they couldn’t find her. That’s how he knew that smth fishy was going on / that she was probably kidnapped. At first I thought she fainted and was kidnapped with the scent of the flowers but I think they only block magic abilities so dunno how he did that.
How did we go from, ah yes hotty Carl, to beautiful communication, and then weird people following Fiona, and then cut scene to Abel to how Fiona has gone missing, and then Fiona is in somewhere?
This chapter felt like a overview of a promo lol when they show different cutscenes and make it dramatic. Hopefully next chapter will make things more comprehensive!