I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 163

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Chapter 163

 

“Please withdraw your Kia, my younger sister is sensitive to Kia!”

 

A face that was somehow desperate and urgent.

 

It was an expression of fear and anxiety about losing something. Helios looked down at that appearance and soon took a step back.

 

Unlike his leisurely attitude, the Kia that had been pressing down on the air disappeared like a lie.

 

Marquis Limnades glared at Helios while holding his unconscious younger sister.

 

“I shall take my leave now. I don’t know what your business was, but whatever it may be, please send a letter later.”

 

“…Where should I send the compensation?”

 

Helios gestured toward the traces where the carriage had collided. Marquis Limnades did not withdraw his sharp gaze.

 

“I’ll contact you later. This rudeness, I will make you pay for it properly.”

 

“Do as you wish.”

 

Helios completely stepped aside and the carriage door closed.

 

Helios watched the departing carriage for a long time. Until it disappeared from sight.

 

Finally, he suddenly frowned deeply.

 

CRASH!

 

A tremendous explosive sound echoed from the open ground where he remained.

 

“Haa.”

 

Helios, unable to hide his anger, vented his frustration on the ground.

 

So he failed to see it.

 

The shadow secretly alighting from the departing carriage.

 

* * *

 

“Haa…”

 

Meanwhile, inside the carriage of the Marquis Limnades House. Marquis Pontos let out a deep sigh.

 

‘This is killing me.’

 

His back and shoulders still tingled.

 

He clearly knew Helios Alpeion to be quite a bit younger than himself.

 

What on earth was this tremendous power?

 

Marquis Limnades felt the urge to undo the button choking his neck and looked down.

 

The frail ‘illegitimate younger sister’ who had been in his arms slowly disappeared.

 

“…What on earth are you thinking.”

 

The seat in front of him, where Mint had been sitting, was completely empty.

 

It was his younger sister who had clearly revealed herself and sat in the seat when the carriage had just started moving.

 

― I’m going to create an illusion. And then I’ll collapse from fear.

 

The voice that had spoken to him earlier when he was completely subdued and unable to move under the Duke’s Kia was still vivid.

 

After his younger sister finished her brief explanation, questions remained.

 

His younger sister was convinced that Duke Alpeion would definitely back down if she did this.

 

On one hand, she said there was no time and only explained the main point. Even in the midst of all this, he was truly himself for being moved by the sound of ‘oppa’.

 

And that younger sister was not in this carriage right now.

 

“By the way, I didn’t know your acting skills were this outstanding. You could become a great success as a theater troupe actor.”

 

Pontos had a bitter taste in his mouth.

 

“…It wasn’t acting. Minte, you were actually very sensitive to Kia when you were young and really used to faint.”

 

When he confessed that remembering those times had naturally brought out the desperation, his younger sister fell into thought for a moment before nodding.

 

Somehow she didn’t look like she was properly listening to what he was saying.

 

Then she stood up from her seat.

 

“I think I should go.”

 

“Where are you going?”

 

“I need to hear the reason directly.”

 

“What? What reason…?”

 

“Why he’s trying to kidnap me. Why he’s looking for me – shouldn’t I at least hear that much?”

 

What! Surely she doesn’t mean to go to Duke Alpeion? Directly?

 

They had just escaped from that terrifying bastard, so what was she talking about?

 

“What will you do after hearing the reason!”

 

“Hmm, well. If I like the reason… I might let myself be caught?”

 

“…What? You’ll let yourself be confined?”

 

…Has she gone crazy?

 

Has my younger sister truly lost her mind?

 

No, that’s not right. Wasn’t she the child who had unjustly been to that worst of all prisons?

 

Yes, even if she had gone 540 degrees crazy, she was his younger sister…!

 

“It’s a joke.”

 

He couldn’t feel reassured at all.

 

Before Pontos could grab her in surprise, Mint smiled brightly.

 

She waved her hand gently.

 

“Don’t worry too much, ‘oppa’. I’ll be back before dawn. You’re not an annoying oppa who nags about staying out overnight, are you?”

 

And with that mischievous remark, she jumped right off the moving carriage!

 

Left alone, Pontos covered his face with his hands.

 

“…If she doesn’t return, should I go to the Duke’s house?”

 

Pontos, happy to be called oppa, was on the other hand deeply lost in thought.

 

* * *

 

“…Um, Your Grace.”

 

Helios had not yet left the open ground.

 

The knights who had been following him grew tired after waiting for a long time, exchanged glances with each other, and one person raised his hand and volunteered to call out.

 

The waiting was fine. It was just that their lord’s behavior, different from usual, had become a slight concern.

 

Of course, it wasn’t a very rare occurrence.

 

Though not known to the public, the fact that the new Duke Alpeion was someone who engaged in eccentric behavior.

 

Was something all his close associates knew.

 

“The way back is….”

 

“Dismiss.”

 

“Your Grace.”

 

“Return ahead of me.”

 

At the firm command, the knights briefly bowed their heads and then returned, leaving only one horse behind.

 

Though they had a duty to guard, in reality, guarding someone who had risen to become one of the strongest in this Empire was absurd.

 

Taking solitary walks was not uncommon either. The knights familiarly cleaned up and departed.

 

Soon, Helios was left alone in the open ground.

 

He rubbed his face with an irritated expression.

 

‘Just how can I see you?’

 

Three years was long if long, short if short. But for Helios, it had been like 10 years.

 

The feeling of dying of thirst from dehydration.

 

Chasing after someone who had disappeared was always like this.

 

Especially chasing after someone like a mirage who had no attachment to anything in this world.

 

Of course, Helios had no intention of giving up whatsoever. Moreover….

 

It wasn’t as if there were no results at all.

 

Blue-green kia rippled from Helios’s hand.

 

It was the moment he grasped that kia.

 

‘A presence?’

 

Helios raised his head.

 

At the same time, shadows surged up.

 

Helios quietly looked at the space made of shadows that surrounded him.

 

It was a space like a birdcage.

 

The only difference was that instead of bars, it was a space completely enclosed by black walls.

 

‘A considerably skilled person?’

 

Encountering assassins was not uncommon. It was now a familiar occurrence.

 

It was also something that had decreased since his abilities were revealed.

 

Which reckless vassal had caused trouble again?

 

It was the moment a cold light appeared on Helios’s face.

 

“It’s been a while since we’ve been in a completely pitch black space, hasn’t it?”

 

Helios froze stiff in place.

 

…A voice that was all too familiar.

 

For a brief moment, he wondered if he might be dreaming.

 

“The cell didn’t have a single window. When the fire was put out, it was complete darkness. Right?”

 

Tap. A small footstep could be heard.

 

Helios heard the sound of quiet laughter from among the shadows.

 

It was a sound he could barely hear even in his dreams.

 

It was also a sound he missed.

 

Helios instinctively reached out his hand. In an instant, a sword created from his hand sliced through the wall of shadows.

 

Swooooosh.

 

Through the tearing wall, he was greeted by a familiar face.

 

“Wow, you’re good at hide-and-seek too?”

 

“…”

 

“Our disciple.”

 

There was ‘Garret’s’ face.

 

Because I don’t know your true appearance.

 

No, because I don’t know your current appearance.

 

This appearance appeared in my dreams too.

 

Do you know?

 

“Rather than hide-and-seek.”

 

Mint took a step back.

 

A sword left a trajectory at tremendous speed where she had been standing.

 

Helios lifted the corners of his lips.

 

Was it mockery, or a smile filled with joy?

 

Or perhaps a smile that had now become love and hate intertwined?

 

“You seem to prefer tag more, Master.”

 

Helios discarded his sword and reached out his hand.

 

Sizzle, his hand burst into flames.

 

A familiar disc was clinging to him.

 

He paid it no mind and stubbornly grabbed hold of Mint’s clothes.

 

“It’s been a long time, Master.”

 

“Wow, that’s quite an intense greeting?”

 

Mint grinned even while being grabbed by the collar. As if she was enjoying herself.

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