I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 224

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Side Story Episode 10

“Who says otherwise. It’s not like I don’t know how amazing my lover is.”

I gently rubbed under his chin with the tip of my index finger. Helios flinched and gripped my shoulder tightly, but.

He didn’t push my hand away.

I liked how his ears turned red in an instant.

“The situation earlier wasn’t intentional. I was just feeling a bit upset.”

“…Was there a situation that would upset you, Master?”

There was. Everyone was only looking at you. I recalled the inside of the salon from earlier. I admit it couldn’t be helped.

However, I overlooked the fact that what looks beautiful to my eyes also looks beautiful to others’ eyes.

How passionate all those gazes filled with desire were.

He’s mine.

A dark possessiveness flared up before I forcibly suppressed it.

After I died and came back to life, Helios and Pontos told me I could live however I wanted, but.

I knew that if I really acted selfishly, the one who would be most troubled would be those two people, especially Helios.

Still, the reason I said something troublesome in the salon earlier was.

“Now there might be strange rumors circulating in the Capital about what kind of relationship exists between sister-in-law and brother-in-law.”

“…”

Instead of getting angry, Helios chuckled softly. It was a peaceful laugh.

“Wasn’t that something you did knowingly?”

“That’s right.”

I leaned against Helios’s back as I was. Since I was still in the form of Illegitimate Child, Helios gently stroked my silver hair.

“For a moment, I thought it would be nice if your reputation got a bit ruined.”

Then Helios made a groaning sound and buried his face in my shoulder.

“Please, be a little more normal when you’re jealous…”

How quick-witted of him.

I laughed out loud.

“Ahaha, so did you come to dislike me?”

Helios was silent for a moment.

Then he whispered deeply.

“How could that be possible.”

His arm around my waist hugged me tighter. As if he wouldn’t let me go.

“Even if you trampled me into a mess, I would still love you.”

The answer that came back was satisfying.

“Good, if you want to get rid of the rumors, just tell me. I’m more than willing to put on any other act.”

At my words that I would clean up the trouble I caused, Helios quietly shook his head.

“I don’t care how the rumors spread. After all, you’re Master to both of us, and you’ll continue to stay by my side, so what does any of it matter?”

Why is he like this? My lover, who was only saying pretty things today, was so lovable that I quietly stroked his head.

“I want to ask you something too.”

Helios slowly raised his head. His face was red.

However, unlike just before, an ominous energy swirled in his eyes.

“…Did you know what kind of place you went to today?”

“The Salon?”

I tilted my head.

Judging by how Helios’s voice had turned sinister, there seemed to be something he was displeased about. I couldn’t guess what it was.

“Isn’t it a place where Young Ladies hang out? I went there to have fun too.”

“You went to have fun. Leaving me behind?”

“…Right? I can’t do Young Ladies’ shopping or Young Ladies’ tea time with you. Would you cross-dress for Master?”

“If you wish it, it wouldn’t be difficult. But what did you say? Tea time and shopping?”

“Yeah. So what?”

Helios frowned and demanded an explanation. Since it wasn’t difficult, I told him the truth.

If I had wanted to keep it secret, I would have made it so Helios couldn’t know my location from the start.

“You went because you wanted to know how ordinary Young Ladies live?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“…If I may ask, why were you curious about that?”

Helios looked truly puzzled. I pondered for a moment before speaking.

“You’re still angry with me.”

“…”

“I don’t know the exact reason why you’re sulking, so I tried to find out.”

“…Unfortunately, I’m not sulking.”

“Sure, let’s say that’s the case. Child.”

“If you call me that, I really will get angry.”

I let out a small laugh.

“…What does trying to find out why I’m angry have to do with suddenly going out for entertainment?”

“I thought if I watched how ordinary Young Ladies live and tried acting and thinking the same way, I might see things differently.”

Until then, the wrinkles disappeared from Helios’s face that had been full of complaints.

He looked truly surprised.

“…I said it was fine. Why would you go that far…”

“You might be afraid of being abandoned, but so am I. Since we love each other, isn’t it natural to make an effort?”

“…”

“Wow, you look so surprised.”

“…Because someone like Master would go that far.”

“Go ahead and call me selfish too.”

Helios grabbed his own face and let out a groan. This was the look of someone who was happy but didn’t know what to do.

I was watching him and quietly laughing when Helios hugged me again.

“Master.”

“Yes.”

“Did you know that the place you went today is famous as a place where men and women naturally meet?”

…I didn’t know that.

Is it my turn to feel embarrassed now?

“If you had stayed there a little longer, a bunch of men would have gone in. They said it was that kind of day.”

…Thinking of Miss Riley’s face, it doesn’t seem like it was intentional.

“I probably would have left before they came barging in like that.”

“….”

“Don’t tell me you thought I was going there to meet some man?”

Seeing no answer, I finally understood his hurried appearance, like someone who came to catch a cheating lover.

I grabbed Helios’s chin and lifted it up.

“Why would I go meet another man when our wedding is approaching?”

“…Sometimes, I heard that people who are stressed about marriage engage in other forms of deviation.”

“I’m not stressed about anything though?”

Even if there was stress, it would be you who felt it, not me.

“…Didn’t I force various things on you?”

…I really couldn’t understand. When did you ever force anything on me?

“I don’t remember that at all…?”

Thinking this wouldn’t work, I grabbed his face with both hands and spoke as if making a declaration.

“Listen carefully. I don’t have any lover other than you. No husband either. There’s no man in this world who could catch my eye more than you. Got it?”

Then the corners of Helios’s mouth twitched. He’s pretending otherwise, but he seems pleased.

“I half-intended for you to say something like that. It’s nice to actually hear it.”

Looking closely, my lover was gradually becoming a bit of a fox.

Helios lowered his gaze slightly.

“I admit that there were many things I tried to do out of my own greed for our wedding.”

Helios took one of my hands holding his cheek and kissed the palm. It tickled a little.

“The grand wedding venue, the most gorgeous dress in the world, and all the other accessories… it was all because of my greed, wanting Master to shine the brightest.”

“….”

“Even though Master shines brilliantly on her own without needing to go to such lengths.”

…When you put it like that, I have nothing to say.

A puppy had earnestly prepared what he thought was the prettiest and most delicious golden bone.

And I had essentially kicked it away. If that’s why he felt hurt… I suddenly began to understand.

“I won’t deny that I also had an unbearable possessiveness.”

“Suddenly possessiveness? Where exactly?”

“The more glamorous and luxurious, and the larger the wedding venue, the more people we could invite. I was planning to invite all the Capital Nobles if possible.”

Helios’s eyes quietly gleamed. He smiled ominously.

“I was even thinking of inviting the Emperor.”

Wow, what an amazing lover. Even inviting my stalker.

Of course, That Guy would probably come even without an invitation. He’s the type who wouldn’t hesitate to cause a scene.

“Rather, I think we should put up a barrier to prevent That Guy from coming, but I understand.”

“Yes. That would be good too. And I was planning to gather all the Imperial Citizens along the route we’d take by carriage, even if it meant throwing money around.”

“Why would you do that?”

“Then everyone would know, wouldn’t they? That Master married me.”

Helios cupped my cheek. His face drew closer gently.

“That you’re my person too.”

“….”

Our lips touched.

In a way, it was such a childish and simple thought that I burst out laughing.

I thought my lover lived a more complicated life than me, at least.

Apparently not.

“…What are you thinking about?”

Helios asked with a sullen expression.

“I was thinking that my lover is more childish and immature than I expected.”

“Didn’t you know? Even if you dislike it, you can’t undo it, so endure it.”

“Well, that makes it even better though? Since I’m not the only childish one.”

I whispered while pressing my forehead against Helios’s.

“Let’s do everything. Actually, my words about only needing you and your words about making everyone in the world know about our marriage so I can’t go anywhere—in the end, there’s no difference at all, is there?”

Helios blinked.

In his eyes, that familiar obsession was flickering and gradually growing darker.

Just when I was thinking we might have a passionate encounter right here in the carriage.

The carriage stopped.

Helios had made it stop.

He opened the carriage door and pulled my hand.

“Come with me. There’s somewhere I need to go for a moment.”

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