I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 184

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Chapter 184

I looked down at the letter without much interest, then examined the envelope once more.

Even after checking again, this was definitely the Imperial Seal.

And it was stamped quite boldly at that.

Of course, I wasn’t particularly surprised.

From the moment I returned to the capital, I already knew that Hades was no longer in prison but at the Imperial Palace.

Hades had been reinstated as the 2nd Prince.

Considering that being sent to Niflheim was essentially exile or confinement that barely kept him alive, the bastard was still a bastard.

‘Though this is how it progressed in the original work too.’

Reality is never easy.

Just as Helios had struggled with his prison break, that guy’s process of returning to the Imperial Court wouldn’t have been easy either.

Because there was a ‘monster’ from the original story in the Imperial Palace.

This novel had a total of three male leads.

Helios and Hades, who was both a villain and sub-male lead.

The last remaining person was the one at the Imperial Palace.

I leisurely massaged the back of my neck.

“This came specifically to your mansion, you said?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Helios nodded curtly.

Though he nodded obediently, his expression showed he was very displeased.

Well, it made sense since we’d only recently become lovers and suddenly his partner had received what could be considered a love letter.

He had every right to be angry.

‘Good. My common sense is pretty decent after all.’

Feeling secretly proud, I shifted my gaze back to the letter.

That was the moment.

I quickly lifted my head.

‘Killing intent?’

Before I knew it, Helios had reached right in front of me, radiating killing intent.

“…You look quite pleased?”

“Me?”

Helios’s hand lightly touched the corner of my mouth.

He said the corners of my mouth had turned up.

When I touched it unconsciously, it was indeed true.

“Are you happy?”

“…What nonsense are you talking about? My master didn’t raise me to speak nonsense. I was just thinking about something related to you for a moment.”

“…Thinking about me?”

At that, Helios’s killing intent subsided momentarily.

“Yeah. Oh, come to think of it.”

I tilted my head as if something had occurred to me.

“Are we actually dating?”

“….”

“Looking at your expression, it seems we are.”

“What the hell.”

Helios ground his teeth.

“After doing all that, what kind of relationship would we have if we weren’t dating?”

“A relationship between a kidnapper and someone who enjoys confinement?”

“…I confined you because I love you!”

Helios, who had been shouting like this, suddenly stopped… and soon grabbed his own face.

“…Did I just say something incredibly perverted?”

“Well, if we’re being precise. You seemed like a pretty cool pervert.”

“….”

“It’s okay. I like your perverted side too.”

“….”

Under the condition that you only do it to me.

I omitted the rest and stared at Helios.

“Anyway, the fact that this came to your mansion means you either knew or at least suspected I was here.”

Maybe you even suspected that the Illegitimate Child of Limnades was me.

Or perhaps after scouting the Limnades Estate and finding I wasn’t there, you sent it straight here.

‘Even if I hadn’t been here, Helios would have been able to provoke him.’

One of the stories I’d heard countless times in this capital was precisely.

“You don’t get along with Hades, right?”

The discord between the new Duke Alpeion and 2nd Prince Hades.

To be precise, they seemed indifferent to each other, yet whenever they met, it was said to be murderous.

“There’s no reason to get along.”

“….”

“That bastard was also looking for Master.”

It wasn’t unexpected.

The last time I saw him….

Hadn’t he screamed like a madman that he would become Emperor?

‘I didn’t think he’d actually challenge for it.’

In the original story, he was someone who had no interest in the throne. Rather, he was just a madman perfect for a novel who showed interest in and obsessed over people who caught his eye.

Here, that obsession was closer to cruelty.

As befitting the strongest in Mental Realm Kia, he had a talent for pushing people to their limits and making them miserable.

“However, I’d say we’re not mortal enemies like the rumors suggest.”

“Really?”

“Yes, we barely spoke to each other. Ah, of course, I absolutely don’t like the 2nd Prince.”

Helios’s face turned coldly grim.

“Actually, it’s just a difference between hatred and disgust. I’m sick and tired of the Imperial family. I don’t like any of them, not a single one.”

That was understandable.

Helios’s unjust imprisonment was, as it turned out, due to a bet between the Imperial Palace and the Previous Duke.

‘Moreover, the Previous Duke, who was one of those who caused it, was murdered.’

This was also the same as in the original story.

The Previous Duke was probably killed by the same bastard who framed me.

Strangely, the original story and the twisted timeline were coexisting.

There was no telling where the events would lead.

“More importantly, do you call him by name?”

I was lost in thought for a moment. When I opened my eyes, his face was right in front of me.

Strong arms were wrapped around my waist. I knew he was approaching, so I had let him be.

“If you have a preferred way to address him, tell me. What should I call him? Son of a bitch? Trash?”

“….”

“…Master might find this tiresome, but.”

I wonder. I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of you. I waited quietly, and Helios murmured low.

“…Even the hatred and anger Master has toward him is unacceptable to me.”

I slowly nodded my head.

“Are you going to see him?”

Hades’s letter contained a request to meet me once.

That was all.

Other than that, there was nothing written about what we would discuss or what business he had.

If it was a trap, it was such an obvious trap that I wondered if even this was intentional.

“There’s no reason to go see him.”

Besides, I was going to be busy from now on. Now that Mama’s funeral was over, there was only one thing left for me to do.

Helios’s expression was mysterious, neither joyful nor angry.

“…I should have gone to prison much earlier.”

“Suddenly?”

“Then I would have monopolized your childhood too.”

Hmm, I suppose so. Certainly, a childhood Helios would have been a cleaner and prettier boy.

Even I would have been drawn to look at him.

“What’s so good about that? Besides, I had a terrible personality back then. You wouldn’t have liked me.”

“I don’t know why you’re so confident that I like you now.”

“…Now you’re committing various forms of insubordination?”

“Do you dislike it?”

Helios lowered his head and buried his face deep in my neck. Soon his tongue was wetly licking at my neck.

I closed my eyes tightly and gently rubbed the back of Helios’s neck.

Helios moved his lips then let out a languid and somewhat pained moan.

He seemed to be having trouble enduring the changes in his body, especially in his lower half, so I said quietly.

“If you’re in pain, just do it.”

“…But there’s no bed here.”

I don’t particularly mind though.

It seemed Helios had his own sense of romance.

After nibbling at my neck for quite a while, Helios finally straightened up, having left plenty of marks.

Then he returned to his desk, rummaged through the drawers a few times, and came back to me.

He was holding thick documents in his hand.

‘I sensed Kia.’

There must have been Kia placed on that drawer to guard against security breaches and intruders.

Moreover, judging by how strong the Kia seemed, I wondered if there were quite a few people to be wary of in this mansion as well.

“Please take this.”

I looked at the documents extended to me and then took them.

What is this?

As I slowly flipped through them, I raised my head after just a few pages.

This is…

“Records?”

They were Serial Murder Case Investigation Records.

Not only that, but records filled with plenty of independent information.

And this case was…

“The serial murders that caused a stir throughout the Empire 13 years ago.”

It was the crime I had been falsely accused of and imprisoned for.

“From the moment I learned your identity upon returning to the capital, I started investigating this first.”

Helios was speaking.

That while searching for me all this time, he had been chasing the true culprit as well.

“I was planning to confine you anyway, though.”

“…”

“Because you really can’t hate me.”

Helios briefly averted his gaze. Beneath his sharply lowered eyes, his under-eyes and ears flushed red.

“…I thought there should at least be a gift.”

That even while hating me, he had pursued my enemy.

The face quietly confessing this.

Was so lovely.

“Sorry, but.”

I ended up grabbing his collar.

“…Can I tear your clothes a bit?”

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