I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 225

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Side Story Episode 11

“Hm?”

Where to? Weren’t we going to have our fun right here?

He clicked his tongue in disappointment.

This was brief—Helios took my hand and jumped straight out of the carriage.

Just so you know, we jumped off a moving carriage with the door wide open.

“It’s fine, I sent a message through Kiaro.”

“It’s fine, I’ve already passed the message to Kiaro.”
I smiled slightly.

“My, you’re becoming quite unreasonable too, aren’t you?”

“Yes, I learned it all from Master.”

We landed lightly on the ground. More precisely, Helios landed while holding me.

We landed gently on the ground. Well, to be precise, Helios landed while carrying me.

Helios set me down on the ground and took my hand.

“That’s right.”

“You also said that in the past, you traveled the continent and saw various people.”

A small alley where sunlight streamed in. Helios’s eyes somehow sparkled, catching the light. Like a child’s.

“Mm.”

“You also mentioned that you used to travel around the continent and meet all kinds of people.”
To handle Mama’s will, I had traveled to many places and met many people.

“Did you try living like those people back then?”

“There were times when I did.”

“Did you understand them?”

“Not really.”

Helios smiled.

Helios smiled.

Because my desire to understand you had grown stronger than ever before.

“The mindset was different. I also wanted to better understand where ordinary people find happiness, you know?”

“That thing—would it be enough if I created it for you?”

“Ordinary.”
I raised my gaze.

Before my eyes was a man smiling like a boy.

I raised my gaze.

“Let’s do it like this.”

Before her eyes was a man smiling like a boy.

Kia rose from Helios’s body. And it covered both my body and his completely.

He gently pulled my hand.

“Let’s do it this way.”

Kia bloomed from Helios’s body. And it covered both my body and his own completely.

When the light disappeared.

Before my eyes was a man with an unfamiliar impression, smiling.

Unlike Helios, he had a gentle impression, kind but ordinary face.

Brown hair, brown eyes.

The disguised Helios smiled even more deeply.

“By experiencing it directly.”

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The bustling Market.

Perhaps because it was where the Three-Day Market was held, people were crowding around.

Whether I looked here or there, the packed scenery made me feel like I had entered someone ordinary’s daily life.

I was walking while holding my Lover’s hand, wearing Plain Clothes.

‘This is indeed something I would think.’

Like Helios, I was also disguised with a common face.

Perhaps because of that, when I made eye contact with Merchants while walking, they smiled at me warmly.

“Young Wife, Vegetables are very cheap today. Take a look.”

“Want to buy this much Beans? Today will be the cheapest.”

Even when I just passed by, they didn’t seem too disappointed. They would wave their hands and focus on other customers.

“It’s ordinary.”

“It is ordinary.”

A moment later, we were sitting side by side on a Bench in a nearby Open Ground, each holding a Chicken Wing Skewer.

“The Vegetable Juice was pretty decent.”

“…Was it? It tasted sour to me.”

“That’s because you’re a Young Master.”

Helios pouted his lips.

“I did live as a Prisoner for quite a while though.”

“As much as I did?”

Oh, a face that had nothing to say.

I giggled.

“Your frowning expression is ugly.”

“…I didn’t know. Did you think you met me for my face?”

Helios let out a hollow laugh and threw it out playfully. I shrugged my shoulders.

“Being pretty is nice too, but I liked what’s inside more.”

“…”

When I turned my head because he was silent, Helios was covering his face completely. His ears had turned red.

‘Even in Disguise, he turns red the same way.’

Is that natural?

I held back my laughter and tapped his ear. He trembled and quickly grabbed his ears protectively.

“Y-you can’t do this Outside, it’s shameless!”

“…? Touching your ears?”

“…”

“What were you thinking?”

Helios closed his mouth. I couldn’t help but laugh out loud again.

I casually tossed away the trash with only the skewer remaining. It landed neatly in the trash can.

“How is it?”

Helios crossed his legs and spoke while looking ahead. The market not far away was still bustling with people.

People bargaining, people browsing, people calling out to customers, people pulling carts…

A child walking earnestly while holding their mother’s hand. People facing each other and laughing…

“This is how everyone lives.”

I followed his lead, crossing my legs and resting my chin on my hand as I nodded.

“That’s right. It’s different from prison.”

“It is different.”

I was watching a family smiling brightly when I suddenly murmured.

“Would I have lived like this if I hadn’t gone to prison?”

Probably not.

My father, Marquis Limnades, was the Emperor’s lackey, and Helios’s father was a bastard who abused children.

It wasn’t a possible scenario.

Just then, Helios suddenly stood up from his seat.

“Master, could you wait here for a moment? I’ll be right back.”

“? Sure.”

I blinked and let him go. Where was he going, did he need the bathroom urgently?

He didn’t look like that though?

As I sat alone, gazing blankly at the market or the sky, something touched my leg.

Looking down, it was a small paper airplane.

I knew it was flying over, but it wasn’t threatening so I left it alone.

“Sister!”

Some child ran up to me and held out their hand.

“That’s mine!”

I wiggled my finger and used Kia to lift the airplane and give it to the child.

“Wow, that’s amazing!”

The child’s eyes widened and then they smiled brightly.

“Can I show my mom too?!”

“Sure.”

The child pointed, saying their mom was over there. Indeed, at the tip of their finger stood a woman who appeared to be in her thirties.

That’s when it happened.

“Kyaaaah! Th-thief!”

Some man came running and snatched the bag the child’s mother was carrying before running away.

I could sense faint Kia from his feet. He was an ability user.

‘It would be hard for ordinary people to catch him.’

“Mother!!”

I got up from my seat after seeing the child screaming.

Then I lightly tapped the child’s head.

“Tell your mother to stay here.”

Without waiting for an answer, I kicked off my feet. It wasn’t particularly related to me, but the reason I stepped in was.

‘Because Helios would have stepped in here.’

Maybe I’ll get some praise from my lover.

I’ll finish this before Helios comes back.

I caught up with the pickpocket before even reaching the end of the open ground. I stopped in front of the man and swung my leg.

However, what I overlooked was.

‘Oh right.’

I was wearing a skirt, wasn’t I?

The kick barely missed its mark. Just as the flustered pickpocket was about to escape through the gap again.

“What do you think you’re doing?”

Thwack!

The pickpocket collapsed with a brutal impact sound. Behind him stood Helios holding some shopping bag.

I blinked and then chuckled.

“You look good with that shopping bag. Want to do housework like this forever?”

“If you’ll live with me for life, there’s nothing I can’t do.”

Helios put down the bag, knelt in front of me, and personally brushed and arranged the hem of my skirt.

This was after I had tied up the pickpocket tightly with Kia, not forgetting to do so.

I used Kia to lift the child’s mother’s bag and return it to its owner.

I could see the surprised mother and child in the distance. I waved at them and turned my head.

“Crime happening where we are, how interesting. Are we destined to never live ordinary lives?”

At my playfully thrown comment, Helios’s expression hardened.

Why is he like that?

Helios took my hand.

“Let’s go. I’ve called the patrol guards. They’ll take care of arresting that guy.”

“Oh, where are we going this time?”

Helios smiled magnificently while holding the shopping bag in one hand. Though it didn’t match the bag.

“You’ll know when we get there.”

He seems to have something planned.

I nodded.

A little while later, we arrived at a small cathedral on a low hill.

Since it was time for worship service, the surroundings were completely empty.

Helios casually walked toward the entrance.

Then he spun his body around.

“The sun will completely set soon.”

“Hm? That’s right.”

“And the bells will ring.”

That’s right too, isn’t it? The evening bells will ring.

Helios’s face turned red. So red that it was impossible to tell whether it was from the setting sunset or from blushing.

Helios’s hand trembled slightly.

He strode forward.

Whoooosh-.

At the same time, the Kia that had been cast on Helios was released, and he returned to his original form.

The process of his hair changing to pure white was like an angel returning after finishing earthly mockery.

The attractively captivating man finally arrived before me with his reddened face.

I felt the Kia that had been cast on me also release, returning me to my original form.

“If you… want to live an ordinary life, I will grant you anything.”

In the blink of an eye, something settled over my head.

Soft and flowing cloth, pure white, silk.

Surprisingly, it was a pure white wedding veil that brides wear.

“…Helios?”

“Yes.”

Helios, who had been lovingly stroking the veil that covered my entire face, slowly lifted the veil.

Without realizing it, I held my breath.

Because the face of the man who seemed to be holding something back was breathtakingly attractive and made me want to possess him.

“Did you hear me? I said I’d do anything.”

Helios cupped my cheek.

At that moment,

DONG-!

A massive bell sound rang out from the cathedral. In the Empire’s wedding ceremonies, bell sounds must ring out.

And the bride and groom must… kiss within the sound of the bells.

With Helios closing his eyes as the last thing I saw, I too closed my eyes.

A familiar sensation reached my lips.

DONG, DONG-!

The time when someone would be cooking dinner and starting to return home.

Helios, who had kissed me, raised his head and opened his eyes.

Then he smiled the most happily and beautifully in the world.

If you dislike it, neither grand ceremonies nor luxurious things are necessary.

Having said this, he whispered joyfully.

“We are now married like this.”

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