I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 216

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Side Story Chapter 2

‘But can I really call this a greeting?’

I tilted my head inwardly but let it slide. After all, today’s attempt could hardly be called kidnapping.

With mastery over most abilities and the capability to use all Kia, wouldn’t I be able to handle any ability?

Of course, being human, there would be cases like today where I’d be caught off guard.

As long as that damned Deflon doesn’t come back alive, such cases should be considered non-existent from now on.

Creak, crack.

The sound of grinding teeth reached my ears once again.

When I glanced up, Helios was glaring at me with blazing eyes.

Eyes filled and tangled with anger, worry, and despair.

Shiver.

Looking at those eyes, I felt an irresistible pleasure.

‘…Though it wasn’t intentional.’

Should I be grateful to That Guy Hades for letting me see such a face?

About a month had passed since the final battle with Deflon, since I died and came back to life.

At a time when everything had regained peace, our daily life also felt excessively tranquil.

“…Were you trying to run away from me?”

So there had been no occasion to see such a face biting lips desperately while angry.

Well, it was natural.

Having been granted life again when Helios shared his life force, I came to share everything with him.

Each other’s location.

The other’s presence that felt like my own. Even when my body got wounded or felt pain, the other would get injured in the same place and feel the same pain.

Having become bound to die on the same day at the same time, it wasn’t strange.

In such circumstances, what would one think if the other’s presence suddenly disappeared?

‘It would certainly seem like running away.’

Putting myself in his shoes… I would think I’d have to track them down no matter what.

To think I’d come to consider the other’s perspective, isn’t this remarkable growth?

My brief moment of pride was cut short as my face was grabbed.

“Look at me.”

Those seductively beautiful violet eyes, even the way his eyelashes trembled with anger was only painful to watch.

I held my breath for a moment, then exhaled.

“Didn’t I ask if you were trying to run away?”

In that suffocating anger, I briefly considered playing a prank by saying ‘yes, I was’ but obediently gave up.

“If I said yes, you’d look ready to kill.”

“As if. …Would I kill my other half?”

Helios curled up only one corner of his mouth. Then, with the hand not holding my cheek, he grasped my hand and pressed his lips to the back of it.

Without taking his obsession-filled gaze off me.

“I’ll be pondering such things as how far I’d need to go to completely confine you. Starting now.”

“I doubt there’s a suitable place for that, but I’ll happily enjoy confinement wherever it is.”

I smiled brightly.

“And I didn’t run away either. What reason would I have? I love you.”

When I pulled my hand free and gently massaged the back of Helios’s neck, I could see the tension slightly leave his eyes.

It was like watching a beast that was suspicious of its master but couldn’t help feeling good from the touch.

I tapped his skin lightly.

“Really. If I had tried to run away.”

I stealthily rose on my tiptoes while grabbing his neck and pulling him down. The distance between us quickly closed.

Admiring my beautiful possession up close, I slightly curved my eyes.

“Would I do it this half-heartedly?”

Then deep wrinkles formed again on Helios’s beautiful brow that had been gradually relaxing.

He gritted his teeth.

“You have a talent for speaking unpleasantly.”

Touch. Our lips met. I giggled and replied.

“I have to be a little feisty like this sometimes to get your attention.”

“Don’t you know yet? Even without that… I’ll love you forever.”

My body was pulled along as something soft descended onto my lips.

I closed my eyes with satisfaction at the rough kiss that tried to swallow not just my breath but all my saliva.

‘Outdoors is a bit much, isn’t it?’

Fortunately, thanks to the Kia I had spread, no one came running.

“Haah…”

When we separated, Helios let out a deep breath. I patted him as he embraced me and casually spoke up.

“Our Baby, have you calmed down a bit from your wild-eyed state?”

“Ba… Don’t call me that! Hah… You really don’t know what kind of state I was in.”

Hmm, his Bride-to-be who was preparing for marriage with him suddenly disappeared without a trace.

‘That would be a big deal.’

I understood completely. If it were the other way around, I knew I would already be turning this Capital upside down.

“Then suddenly I sensed your presence at the Imperial Palace of all places, really… che.”

“Che?”

“I thought you were cheating on me!”

This was quite shocking.

‘Cheating? Me? With who? With that damn Hades bastard??’

“Apologize!”

I grabbed Helios by the collar.

“That’s an unforgivable statement.”

Helios obediently raised the white flag. After releasing the collar of Helios who had assumed a surrendering posture.

I shared with him what had happened.

“…To completely hide Master’s presence between us. Was that even possible? What if the same thing happens again next time…”

“Don’t worry. I roughly figured out the principle behind it. It won’t happen twice.”

I lightly tapped his nose.

“There won’t be any need to startle my Prospective Husband twice.”

Helios took hold of my fingers.

Then he slightly lowered his head.

‘Oh.’

His reddened ears and neck were clearly visible.

“I’ll quickly… remove the word ‘Prospective’ from that term.”

After staring intently at the magnificent view, I soon grinned.

“That sounds good.”

We were currently in the midst of wedding preparations.

A moment later.

“Haah, I really thought I was going to die…”

Pontos rubbed his face that looked exactly like mine repeatedly while letting out a sigh.

“Your lover was rampaging like he’d tear down the Building, saying he’d go find you immediately. And you weren’t even answering calls…”

My Oppa had an exhausted expression as if he’d aged several years in just a short time.

As it turned out, Oppa happened to be with Helios at the exact moment my Presence Detection disappeared.

And he had been somehow barely restraining and stopping the crazed Helios?

‘That’s impressive.’

Pontos nodded with an expression like he was about to cry.

“This big brother protected today’s Capital Streets…”

“Oh, congratulations. Though the Citizens wouldn’t know even a speck about it.”

Then Oppa stared at me with an expression full of things he wanted to say.

“Is that what you say to your Oppa… No, never mind. Who am I to demand common sense from.”

Oppa treated me like a Younger Sibling with no common sense. Of course, I’m aware of it in my head too.

Then he spoke with a disgusted expression.

“You two… if you get married and end up having a marital fight, it seems like the Capital will be reduced to ashes.”

“Hmm… that’s not wrong.”

“What?!”

Long ago, when I was strutting around in front of Helios while hiding my identity and wearing the mask of an Illegitimate Child.

Thinking about the fight that happened the moment my identity was discovered.

It wasn’t a baseless story.

We had only exchanged a single bout, yet look how much the Earth was gouged out.

Since Oppa was looking at me with such a worried expression, I magnanimously spoke as if to tell him not to worry.

“Don’t worry. Even if we fight, we’ll fight on the Outskirts as much as possible!”

“Don’t fight at all, don’t fight!!”

I tilted my head.

“…Is that possible?”

As long as you’re human, you fight and bicker and quarrel, right?

‘Is this also wrong common sense because I’m from Prison?’

While I was puzzled, Oppa pounded his chest. For the sake of Oppa’s blood pressure, I willingly told him a well-intentioned lie.

“Alright, I’ll try my best not to fight!”

“…At least lick your lips before lying.”

“? I did lick them.”

“That’s not what I meant!”

While Oppa was throwing a fit, Helios’s side was quiet. It wasn’t that he was just sitting still—he was holding me in silence.

Does holding me like this make him feel at ease?

‘His separation anxiety is going to get worse again.’

While I was having such thoughts, Helios suddenly spoke.

“Master.”

“Hm?”

Helios spoke very seriously.

“I need to establish a nation.”

“…?”

In the blink of an eye, Helios continued speaking. As if there could be nothing more sincere than this.

“The Emperor is such a bastard I can’t stand living under him.”

…Do ordinary people found nations for reasons like that?

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