I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 226

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Side Story Episode 12

The man bathed in the sunset was incredibly beautiful.

Perhaps, the most beautiful thing I’ve seen in my short life would be this person I now hold in my hands.

Though I usually live without indulging in such sentiments, Helios was always an exception.

From a distance where our lips barely parted, I touched Helios’s cheek.

“…Is that so? Then what’s before my eyes now is my husband.”

Helios seemed to swallow his breath. He licked his lips like someone who had been waiting for this moment for a very long time. As if anxious.

“…Yes, that’s right. Now you are my wife, and until death… it will never change.”

Even if I asked to be let go, he wouldn’t let me go – it was the kind of statement that made me chuckle.

Hadn’t we already declared our mutual possession long ago?

“Yes, that’s very good.”

I caressed his cheek and kissed him again.

How much breath and other things did we share? I whispered as if suddenly remembering.

“You said you wanted a grand ceremony because you wanted to officially declare to countless people that I’m yours…”

“Yes.”

“When I heard that, I wondered if I really had that much charm.”

At my joking tone, Helios made a displeased expression. As if he might puff out his cheeks at any moment.

He was quite adorable.

“Master, you don’t know yourself well enough.”

He gently grasped my hair. The teal-colored hair was dyed by the sunset, displaying various colors.

“You don’t even know how beautiful you are.”

I tilted my head.

Helios, who said this while his face turned red, was prettier, but I decided not to mention it.

Since I didn’t dislike this infatuation.

“Yes, now I truly understand.”

“What do you mean?”

“Your heart.”

I burst into laughter.

“I too would like it very, very much if many people knew that you before my eyes are mine.”

“…”

“So let’s have a wedding ceremony too.”

Helios’s eyes widened. He remained silent for a moment, then slowly nodded.

Though he didn’t speak, I could feel how delighted he was. So much so that even Kia could sense it.

‘…He really wanted to do it.’

Of course, even if it were something I disliked, I could endure it for you.

“Should we really go to Cambracam for our honeymoon?”

“…That wasn’t a joke?”

At my silence, the smile disappeared from Helios’s face.

“…What are you going to do there?”

“Well. I have some business to take care of?”

I briefly thought of Pontos and the dead Marchioness.

“Establishing hierarchy and revenge?”

The people who put me in prison weren’t just Marquis Limnades and the Imperial Palace.

“It would have been impossible without the Warden’s cooperation. That gentleman should also pay the price for what he did, shouldn’t he?”

“So that was your business. I understand. Do as you wish. I’m fine with it too.”

Helios suddenly lifted my body up. I widened my eyes and then laughed out loud.

Then something suddenly came to mind and I asked.

“But how many children are we going to have?”

“…Cough!”

Oh, his body tilted. Helios hurriedly regained his balance.

Even though the sunset was fading, Helios’s ears and neck were still flushed red.

“As…as they come.”

“Oh, so you’re going to do it that much.”

Hmm.

“But aren’t we already doing it a lot?”

Helios’s arms holding me tightened.

“…Do you dislike it?”

“As if.”

If a child were to be born between us, I’d rather they resemble Helios.

‘I never got to see Helios’s childhood.’

He’s this beautiful now, so how cute and pretty must he have been as a child.

I lightly tapped his shoulder. A strange voice flowed out.

“But I’m not confident I can raise a child well.”

I spoke calmly but seriously.

“Someone like me might come out.”

It was a quiet confession. That if they resembled me, they might be broken from birth.

Helios only smiled.

“Yes, that’s fine. If you become two, then three, I’ll be even happier.”

“…You’re probably the only one who would say that to me.”

When I lowered my head, our foreheads touched.

“Of course it should only be me, right?”

We both burst into small laughter and pressed our lips together.

Until the silver moon rose in the sky.

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The next day.

Helios thought there would never be another day as happy as yesterday.

That made sense, since yesterday he had held a wedding ceremony with just him and Master.

The wedding of Duke Alpeion to be held in the Empire would be his second wedding, merely a secondary event.

Helios touched the corners of his mouth. He couldn’t have been more pleased.

“Ahem….”

By now Master would be languidly sleeping in her room. She must be tired since they had stayed up almost all night.

Because he had persistently tormented her. So much so that even Mint, who didn’t express herself well, asked if they had come to their bed for their honeymoon today.

Whether they were going to do it for several days straight.

Helios’s face flushed red. Master seemed to think she had become shameless, but the reality was different.

He still felt embarrassed and shy when he saw Mint, was anxious in bed as if it were his first time, and sometimes became persistent.

He awakened from his reverie.

He wanted to return quickly.

Currently he was on his way to visit the Information Guild where Mint had been.

The people who had been with her while she was away from him.

He wanted to personally deliver wedding invitations to them.

Especially since the current Guild Master was ‘Mama’s’ younger sibling, making them Mint’s family, so he thought this level of courtesy was natural.

Since the Information Guild headquarters was in a remote location, it was when he entered a narrow alley.

Even though it was midday with the sun high in the sky, the alley was quite dark.

However, it wasn’t enough to obstruct the vision of Helios, an outstanding Kia User.

Since he could see as clearly as if it were bright even in pitch darkness.

Therefore, the person before his eyes.

He could easily recognize the one blocking his path about five steps away.

“What brings you here.”

Helios’s eyebrow rose slightly.

“Your Majesty.”

That’s right. The person who had appeared before him was none other than the current Emperor, Hades Karkeia.

Whether he had come after handling state affairs, his elegant attire didn’t match this old and dark alley.

His jet-black hair fluttered in the gentle breeze.

He was a man who seemed to embody the pinnacle of beauty in a different way from Helios. His long eyelashes slowly lifted.

Hades smiled slightly as if pleased.

“Congratulations, Duke Alpeion. I hear you’re getting married?”

…Suddenly?

The news of the engagement between Marquis Limnades’ daughter and Duke Alpeion had already spread far and wide.

However, there had been divided opinions on whether the Marquis’s daughter here was the legitimate wife’s daughter or an illegitimate child.

Even that had been corrected after the recent commotion.

“I’ll accept your congratulations. But is this something worth coming all the way here to say?”

“Oh, of course. Aren’t you an indispensable pillar and hero of this Empire?”

Hades answered leisurely.

“Naturally, it wouldn’t be excessive for me to personally visit you.”

Helios was also well aware that Hades’s personality was split. He had heard it from Mint and experienced it directly himself.

‘Is this the other personality?’

This was the moment Helios was thinking this.

“Ah, perhaps it’s a different personality right now. Aren’t you having such thoughts?”

Helios was shaken but didn’t show it. Hades gently closed his eyes.

“Unfortunately, this is the real me~”

His voice changed subtly. Helios felt an eerie sensation.

“But hearing that you’re getting married.”

If he could act out a different personality so seamlessly, wouldn’t he be able to fool even Mint?

“I can’t help but think that way.”

Hades slowly clenched and unclenched his hand. He was looking at his own hand before raising his gaze.

Crimson eyes captured Helios. Blood-red lips curved in an arc.

“How could I bear to watch her being happy? That’s what I think.”

At those words, Helios laughed coldly.

“Is it an inferiority complex?”

For a moment, Hades’s smile twisted subtly but noticeably.

“He’s a Madman who erased even his own memories just to find me. Don’t associate with him.”

Mint’s assessment flashed through Helios’s mind. The corner of Helios’s mouth also twisted slightly.

It was a sneer.

“What, did you come to erase my memories too?”

“Haha. Well, I’d like to, but…”

Hades laughed briefly and drew out his words.

“Then our young lady would truly hate me.”

Saying this, he reached out his hand. Helios was wary of Hades and stepped one foot back.

And.

“So I thought of a roundabout way?”

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