I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 211

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Chapter 211

Last Power?

My mind kept alternating between clarity and haziness. I had to furrow my brow several times to stay focused.

“And I can squeeze out all my strength to give you a gift.”

What a strange thing to say. Had my unconscious become a person or something?

It was hard to comprehend, but if it was true, I just had to accept it.

Either way, I wanted to live.

“Do you want it? But this will be the last time.”

“The last what?”

“The first and last day we’ll ever talk.”

“What?”

“Pakha.”

My body flinched involuntarily.

“Pakha, you’re still so much like yourself even here. I’m glad for that.”

I closed my mouth.

It was my name from long ago, but I couldn’t recognize who this voice calling me belonged to.

“I’ve worried about you and missed you so much for such a long time.”

“…”

“You were like an older sister, like a younger sibling, and you know, like family.”

“…Sorry, but why are you crying?”

I could only hear the voice, but it wasn’t hard to detect the tears in it. Who are you to me that you’re crying?

“I’m moved. To think you’ve learned to say ‘sorry’ when talking to a stranger.”

“…”

“You know, Pakha. I want you to be happy.”

“…”

“And you know.”

The voice gradually became fainter.

The nasal voice let out a soft laugh.

“When I was being bullied, you helped me and I was truly happy. Actually, I even liked it when you threw that chair for me?”

“…”

“Forget everything your parents said. You’re not someone without emotions, you’re not lacking, and you’re not broken.”

“…”

“You’re someone who will become happy. Be happy, Pakha.”

It was a warm voice that couldn’t compare to that bastard Deflon’s fake kindness.

Unfortunately, who are you, and why do you speak as if you know me so well? I didn’t understand and it felt unfamiliar.

Instead of ignoring it coolly as usual, I quietly thought of Helios.

Just because, for once, I felt like I could answer the way I would to Helios.

“…You be happy too.”

Laughter could be heard at the indifferent and calm answer.

Along with the sound saying “that’s so like you.”

I opened my eyes, but I couldn’t see anything. There was only pure white light before my eyes.

Gradually, the light subsided.

“…nim! …t!!”

As the light disappeared, chaotic sounds pounded against my ears.

The sounds that seemed like noise found their place and became language.

“Master! Damn it, open your eyes!”

“…”

“Minte Limnades!!”

It was a familiar voice.

I slowly opened my eyes. Strangely, this time my eyes actually opened.

I thought I didn’t even have the strength to open my eyes.

My senses had returned enough to realize I was being held by someone.

“…Damn it. Are you really planning to follow Marla? Get a grip!”

It was a firm touch.

“Cough… What nonsense are you saying about someone’s mother…”

“Master! Damn, the first thing you say when you open your eyes… Is this really the time for such talk?”

My vision was filled with a familiar face.

It was the face of my wonderful lover who made me so frustrated I couldn’t close my eyes even in hell, grinding my teeth.

I wanted to laugh but couldn’t. Though I had opened my eyes, my whole body still ached.

“If you’re awake, get it together! By the way, I can’t get out of here alone!”

Only then could I see my surroundings.

We were still inside the rift. However, it was a more urgent situation than what I had seen before.

If we stayed here like this, we would be shattered along with the rift.

“You’ve escaped from a disappearing rift before. Tell me quickly, right now!”

How did he know I had escaped from a rift before? Though questions arose, I tried to move my hand.

When Helios adjusted his hold, the pain lessened slightly.

“The opposite side… of the whirlwind… Run…”

“Really, Master is crazy. Do you even know? How could you handle such a huge rift by yourself! Damn it. There’s no one like you for making people fall into such self-loathing that they don’t even want to live!”

Helios chattered frantically even while running. I guessed he was continuously talking to keep me from losing consciousness.

“If you die, I won’t forgive you. Even if you close your eyes, I won’t forgive you. Just shut up and keep your eyes open.”

I am conscious… My eyes just got a bit hazy again, that’s all.

How did you even get into the rift? It couldn’t have been easy. You could have died together with me if things went wrong.

Ridiculously, thinking that he came in prepared to die with me made me quite happy.

Helios’s feet soon hit a wall.

“Master. I came toward the light, but what is this? I can’t go any further.”

“I thought so…”

I blinked several times. I felt like I had recovered a bit more while being carried.

“That wall… we have to break it to get out…”

“Damn it, what do you mean ‘I’m going’? Don’t talk like it’s someone else’s business and get a grip.”

“That’s too much… Master is in so much pain.”

“…”

Helios hesitated and then grumbled.

Making people into criminals.

Somehow it felt like returning to the days spent in prison, and laughter spilled out.

Certainly, if we can’t escape this rift and meet our end together, that might not be so bad either.

But.

“When this is over, shall we go on a trip together?”

The proposal I had casually brushed aside came to mind.

I thought of the continent I had wandered alone. Certainly, sightseeing would be more enjoyable with two rather than one.

I clenched my fist and then opened it.

“…Disciple.”

“I’m listening. Please speak.”

“…Honey.”

“…”

“How much do you trust me?”

Helios was silent for a moment.

The arms holding me tightened. Then a voice as cold as ice and fierce dropped down.

“I don’t trust you. Absolutely not. How can you ask if I trust you in this situation? When you tried to die alone.”

“…”

“When we get back, I’m going to lock you up. This time I’ll really tie you down and make you look only at me, so this will be the last freedom you enjoy. So.”

“…”

“If you die on your own, I’ll chase you all the way to hell. Don’t even think about closing your eyes.”

His voice grew fainter toward the end. I smiled softly.

“Good. We feel the same way.”

My regret when I died was not being able to bring you with me.

As I slowly said this, Helios’s face became strange, forgetting even the situation.

I pulled Helios’s cheek toward me.

Yes, I thought I’d like my disciple to look at no one but me.

Only when I pulled his face right in front of my vision did I realize.

His beautiful face was covered in tears.

His eyes were bloodshot with visible veins. There wasn’t a spot on his face that wasn’t red.

Even so, he was glaring at me with blazing eyes. While tears hung pitifully from them.

I hope you won’t cry because I’m not there.

“Then, could you possibly give all your Kia to Master, hah?”

“Kia or whatever. I can even give you my heart, so if there’s anything I can do, I’ll try everything.”

I really liked how your prickly face became blurred because of me.

Because through you, I learned that good things are worth wanting to see for a long time.

I pulled Helios’s face close and kissed him with the last of my strength.

There was also the method of grabbing the wrist. But somehow, even the fairy tale-like method I thought was unnecessary in life didn’t seem so bad.

If I had saved Helios who became Snow White in the tower.

Now he had come running from his side to save me who was about to fall into eternal sleep.

I consciously absorbed Helios’s Kia. Actually, I don’t know what will happen next after absorbing so much of something that isn’t even mine.

But surviving comes first.

Indeed, perhaps because it wasn’t my Kia, the resistance was severe.

“Kugh… Cough!”

But with no time now, I who had broken through that wall once would be better than Helios.

Perhaps because we had already exchanged Kia, I could feel the resistance gradually subsiding.

Blue-green Kia surged from my body.

I held a gun in my hand with what little strength I had regained.

The problem was that while Kia had returned, my physical recovery was slow, making my hands slip.

As if to compensate for this, Helios set me down and embraced me from behind.

“Helios.”

I took my stance and muttered calmly.

“If I shoot this, it would be a Love Bullet, right?”

“…Damn, how can you say such things when we’re about to die together!?”

“I get strength when you get annoyed.”

“Your taste is really terrible.”

I smiled while holding my breath. Aiming. And unlike usual, time passed as Kia gathered in the gun.

BOOM!

As if fired from a cannon, a massive bullet struck the wall.

Bang. I grinned wickedly as my vision blurred.

The pain reached its peak, but with my beloved by my side, the mixed sensations created a strange euphoria instead.

“Our love scores a perfect 10 out of 10.”

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