I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 185

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Chapter 185

Helios wore a flustered expression as I grabbed him by the collar.

The anger and hatred he had directed toward the Imperial Palace and his dead father just moments ago had vanished without a trace.

I cheerfully gazed into his eyes that were becoming distorted and deepening with confusion.

“…Master, can you only speak like that?”

“What about my disciple who’s turning red from just these words?”

“…”

Helios covered his face with his hands and sighed.

“What should I do, don’t touch me?”

I gently touched the hem of Helios’s clothing. Though I called it the hem, I could feel the thick, solid muscles underneath.

I could feel throughout his entire body that he had trained properly.

‘How fascinating. I’m not the type to build muscle easily.’

Of course, as long as Kiara has kia, basic physical strength doesn’t matter much.

When I was younger and my kia control abilities were weaker, I sometimes felt regretful about it.

But now, well. Whether it’s strength dozens or hundreds of times beyond human limits, or making my senses incredibly sharp, it’s all as easy as eating cold soup.

And the ability to sharpen my senses was proving quite useful right now.

Helios held his breath slightly.

His breathing sounds were a bit rougher than before.

When I looked up, the man whose cheeks and neck were colored like autumn leaves was staring down at me intently.

Thump thump thump.

The sound of violent pulsing under my palm reached my ears pleasantly.

While I found it fascinating that all these changes occurred from just one gesture of mine, I wanted to dig deeper.

Helios pressed my hand firmly against his chest. As if telling me not to take it away.

“I didn’t say to stop…”

Aha. I smiled slightly mischievously.

“Then I can touch more?”

“…”

“What about tearing it?”

Helios let out a groan. In the past, back in prison, he would have irritably told me to stop talking nonsense.

I could definitely feel that things had changed.

“…What are you looking at so intently?”

“Nothing, I was just thinking that in the past you would have already told me to move my hands away.”

“When did I ever do that?”

I gently rubbed his chest with my hand. His low, sunken voice mixed with a weak rumbling sound from his throat, like a beast whining.

“Actually, I’ve always wanted to do this. Master, you wouldn’t know. What I’ve given up to be with you.”

“…What did you give up?”

“Who knows.”

Helios lowered his head.

A large hand stroked up the back of my neck in reverse, gently rubbing through my hair.

Though it seemed leisurely, I could feel his fingers trembling finely as if shuddering.

“First, I gave up the sexual orientation I’d maintained since childhood.”

“….”

“I mean it would have been fine even if you were a man. No, it would have been fine even if you were something other than human.”

Helios’s lips touched mine lightly.

“Next my values and morals, then my sense of justice, then…. I tried counting them one by one.”

Helios’s mouth slowly opened as his tongue knocked on my lips like knocking on a door.

“Before I knew it, I discovered myself blindly loving you with my entire life. Since I’ve devoted my life to you, what difference is there between what I’ve given up and everything?”

Jewel-like eyes were right in front of my nose. Something I had thoughtlessly wanted to possess even in prison.

Now it’s truly come into my hands.

Just as Helios had branded me, I thought I wanted to brand him too.

But if I did that, when I die, you would die with me.

I felt it while wandering the continent.

There are so many things in this world, is there really a need to follow me?

You could enjoy all the good things, pretty things, decent things, and it would be fine to meet me again in hell.

I gently stroked Helios’s eyebrows.

“From head to toe, there’s not a single part of you that isn’t beautiful. What am I to do?”

“…That’s most welcome.”

Helios’s lips rushed toward me again. I moved my hands as I had promised.

Riiiiip.

The sound of cloth tearing came provocatively.

“…Wouldn’t it be better if we went to the bed?”

Helios whispered in a voice that seemed anxious yet firmly patient.

I smiled softly and opened my mouth.

“No. I’m in a hurry.”

Firmly.

* * *

I haven’t experienced the sensation of being in a lot of pain very often in my life.

If there was any, I’d say it was all concentrated during my childhood when I was climbing the Tower entrance.

When my skills were gradually improving, getting seriously injured was…. No, wait. I only managed to get by reasonably well after passing the 70th Floor without dying.

Come to think of it, I was injured often and suffered serious wounds many times.

Anyway, since becoming the Boss, that had become a thing of the past.

So I felt that heavy, dull pain as if my whole body had been beaten for the first time in a long while.

‘They say that when strong Kia users meet, resonance can occur.’

Kia users may look human, but ultimately they’re those who handle energy and abilities that ordinary people cannot use.

The Kia within the body was energy while also functioning like an organ.

“Ah, I’m telling you it’s real! When ability users do that, it’s. Amazing. I guarantee it!”

“Hey, which crazy bastard is putting strange ideas into the Boss’s head? Drag him out!”

“Argh! Argh! Why! You bastards! You all know it too!”

I remembered my subordinates from when I was the Boss, chattering away as they proudly told me about it.

Their claim was as follows.

When Kia users with abilities above a certain level spend the night together, their Kia resonates and creates even greater pleasure.

Of course, this also required the Kia to be compatible with each other.

But they said the more compatible they were, the more ecstatic it could become.

This was no different from a lottery or drawing lots, so hitting the jackpot would be even better.

Back in my prison days, I had always dismissed it as just another piece of lewd talk that prisoners spouted as naturally as breathing.

‘Who would have known.’

That I would be the one to draw the winning ticket.

“…Can we, do more?”

I had enjoyed it too, but the problem wasn’t me—it was Helios.

His eyes had gone completely wild as he pounced on me. Honestly, I wondered if any ordinary woman could withstand such stamina.

And so now that the sun had risen, I was lying dazedly on the bed with my whole body covered in red and purple marks.

“…Are you… alright?”

“What wouldn’t be alright about it.”

It had been a really long time since my voice was hoarse. Even I was surprised when I spoke.

Helios had turned pale the moment he opened his eyes in the morning, then looked lost with an expression like he was about to fall to his knees.

As if proving he had lost his mind.

Then he said he would go get a healing Kia tool and was about to leave without putting anything on his upper body.

So I quickly made him some clothes.

Who was he planning to show that body to.

‘He doesn’t really need to go looking for one though.’

My disciple had undoubtedly forgotten in his flustered state that I could also use healing Kia.

Besides, I had no intention of healing myself.

It didn’t feel bad.

“Hmm.”

Chirp chirp chirp. Under the bright morning sky, birds were singing cheerfully.

The sunlight was just right, and though the bed was a bit broken, it was incredibly soft.

I felt languid and at the same time completely satisfied.

“…I wonder if this is what happiness is.”

It was the first time I had contemplated that word in this world.

Indeed, it wasn’t bad at all.

* * *

So, I thought this leisure would continue.

Just six hours later, I was sitting in a carriage that made almost no noise.

The Alpeion Ducal House’s carriage was a craftsman’s masterpiece. Moreover, because it had Kia cast on it that protected against various external impacts.

It was comfortable to the point where there was no noise and movement was barely felt.

“…Are you experiencing any discomfort?”

I turned my head away from the scenery.

Right next to me sat Helios. And he was firmly holding my hand.

Helios asked me.

“May I hold you?”

“Do you need permission? I’m yours.”

Then Helios quickly lifted me up and seated me on his legs. I leisurely leaned my head against Helios’s chest and yawned.

Since I hadn’t healed with Healing Kia, I felt a bit languid.

“Why didn’t you heal yourself…”

“All the traces would disappear. What’s the point.”

“…”

The arms holding me tightened slightly. He didn’t say anything, but he seemed satisfied.

Helios pulled me close and let out a long sigh against my nape.

Haa.

A lament was contained within.

“…Must you really go?”

A voice that even contained some anger.

I thought the discussion was already over, but it was still a voice overflowing with lingering attachment.

“Really, must you absolutely go to the Imperial Palace?”

That was right.

We were currently heading toward the Imperial Palace.

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