I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 223

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Side Story Episode 9

I stopped thinking and tilted my head. The face of someone coming to catch a cheating lover.

Even I thought it was nonsense.

And for good reason.

‘…No, there are only women here?’

Look here and there’s a young lady, look there and there’s a young lady… It was a complete festival of young ladies.

It wasn’t exactly a men-forbidden zone. According to Riley who came with me, this was mainly the day and time when young ladies enjoyed themselves.

Because of this, when a handsome man suddenly appeared, and not just any man but the Empire’s most famous person, the young ladies’ eyes weren’t just drawn to him…

I could feel them blushing one after another.

My eyebrows rose slightly in displeasure.

“M-Marquis Young Lady…!”

Just as Riley cautiously called out to me, my eyes met with Helios’s.

I saw his eyes widen slightly. This was brief, as they became even more menacing…

‘I have no idea what he’s thinking.’

I still couldn’t feel anything because I had blocked his emotions from coming through.

This is exactly why I came to experience the life of ordinary young ladies!

‘He still seems angry!’

Before I could even respond to Riley, Helios finally arrived at the table where I was sitting.

I could hear murmuring behind us, but I didn’t care at all.

“…”

I looked up at Helios while remaining seated. Helios also just stared at me silently.

I could feel the young ladies at the same table fidgeting restlessly.

“Um, we meet Duke Alpeion…!”

“We greet Your Grace. I’m Amanda Silverwood of Silverwood County.”

And then silence.

Disciple, when people greet you, shouldn’t you respond? Even I know that’s basic courtesy.

The moment I slightly lowered my eyes, Helios opened his mouth.

It wasn’t an answer directed at the young ladies.

“Do you know where you are right now?”

His voice was so polite that it didn’t sound like he was being accusatory.

But I knew.

Helios’s personality of becoming polite when holding back anger.

When I looked up again, I saw Helios’s terrifying gaze once more.

‘As I thought, no matter how much I think about it, I don’t know what I did wrong.’

Is coming here a mortal sin? He seems to be looking at me almost like it is.

Unfortunately, as much as I knew Helios, or perhaps even more, Helios knew me well.

Though it was truly just an instant, he seemed to notice me tilting my head.

“So you can’t answer.”

Because veins were bulging on his handsome forehead.

That was the moment.

‘Kia?’

I was startled for a moment by the familiar kia I felt around me.

“Kyaak, Young Lady Marquis!”

My body floated up gently. I wasn’t flustered. A familiar warmth was holding me.

It was an embrace as comfortable as my own body. However, the question was.

‘Why did he suddenly pick me up?’

I didn’t know the reason, but my lover seemed very angry, so I instinctively decided to stay quiet for now.

However, the young ladies looking at us in shock and Riley with her eyes wide like a rabbit were starting to concern me.

When I slightly moved my hand so no one could see, an invisible sound barrier was erected.

“Um, excuse me, Helios?”

Helios heard me but didn’t answer. Without realizing it, I habitually tried to bring my hand to his cheek, then became aware of myself.

Ah, I was in the form of the illegitimate child right now.

“You’re planning to go back like this?”

“Of course? Were you planning to stay here longer?”

Whoa, he’s no different from a wildcat.

I hurriedly showed my palms as if surrendering.

“Of course it would be nice to go back with you. Since we’re out, shall we go on a date?”

Oh, he softened a little.

“…Not bad.”

I smiled slightly.

Lowering my voice gently as if soothing an angry beast.

“Going like this is fine, but if we disappear like this… um, wouldn’t it become a love triangle?”

Me and Helios and me (the illegitimate child).

I thought it would be quite an interesting scandal. But unlike me, who doesn’t engage in social activities at all.

I thought it might not be good talk for Helios, who operates as a Duke.

I felt Helios hesitate for a moment. My disciple, you didn’t realize it for a moment either, did you?

“You’re right, like this Master’s reputation would…”

He was muttering reasonable concerns with a worried face, and I slightly held back laughter because it was cute how he was only worried about me in this situation.

For a moment, I also liked his troubled expression.

So suddenly mischief welled up in me.

Well, my reputation seems to be ruined already anyway…

I glanced at the young ladies.

As I flicked my finger, the sound barrier disappeared.

Then I created a pale expression as if I had been waiting for this.

“Kyaak, please don’t do this, Duke!”

“…?”

Helios’s confusion arose for just a moment.

I covered my mouth with my hand and turned my head slightly.

“We’re… brother-in-law and sister-in-law…! You can’t do this!”

Then, for the first time in a while, an expression of ‘what kind of lunatic…’ appeared on Helios’s face.

I must be severely ill too, feeling proud of this.

Helios muttered quietly with a bewildered expression, just loud enough for me to hear.

“What are you doing.”

-Well, I just suddenly wanted to try it once?

After answering through telepathy, I covered my face and shook my shoulders.

“Sob sob, you can’t do this… I won’t be able to face my sister…”

-Quickly play along, honey. Hurry!

“This crazy, haah.”

Helios shook his head back and forth.

“My goodness, did you hear that…?”

If I listened carefully, I could hear the young ladies’ reactions in real time.

More precisely, it was the reaction of excited spectators eating imaginary popcorn.

“Haah…”

Helios sighed, then composed his expression. I was caught peeking through my fingers.

Oh, that’s an expression that says ‘let’s see how this goes.’

“Miss Rite Limnades.”

Now it was my turn to widen my eyes. When I lowered my hands, Helios with a cold expression came into clear view.

“I’m sorry, but I came in place of your fiancé.”

A polite and rational face as if he had never been angry.

“Your fiancé begged me to please come and drag you back?”

I could hear the sound of people holding their breath around us. Well, I suppose I would have found it interesting too if it weren’t a situation I had made up.

A brother-in-law coming to drag back his sister-in-law, and it’s at the request of the sister-in-law’s fiancé. But why in this particular position?

-You won’t play along?

At my mental words, Helios slightly raised the corner of his mouth, then a response came back.

-Why should I? You seem to want to stay here longer. Look how well you know how to have fun here. In a place where men will soon be swarming all over? I absolutely won’t leave you here.

I think there’s a misunderstanding here. Since he seemed about to leave immediately, I hurriedly grabbed Helios’s clothing.

“Th-then please let me walk on my own feet.”

“Unfortunately, that won’t do. I was told to hold you so you couldn’t run away. I wouldn’t be able to face your fiancé.”

Oh, that’s completely contradictory. I whistled inwardly.

He walked out of the salon interior with long strides while still holding me.

All eyes were on us until the moment we went through the door in what was clearly a suspicious exit. I was certain.

Starting today, rumors about Helios and me would spread like wildfire.

-Miss Riley, I’m sorry. Don’t worry, it’s not a big deal. See you next time.

Of course, I separately sent a message through Kia to Riley, who had come with me for my sake.

I should repay her next time.

Before the door closed, I looked at those who were busy chattering with flushed faces and grinned.

Because I was quite pleased with the situation I had created.

“So, why are you acting like this?”

Helios spoke to me right after we got into the carriage.

As soon as the door closed, Helios started talking while skillfully settling me into the most comfortable position on his lap.

I quietly suppressed a laugh.

“I heard from Oppa… that you’re receiving quite a lot of marriage proposal letters?”

“…What?”

His face, which had been saying ‘let’s see about that,’ instantly darkened. He looked flustered.

“There are, well, there are, no, it’s not something Master needs to worry about at all. Actually, there aren’t any.”

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