I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 230

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Side Story Episode 16

Helios’s mouth fell open. Because he was cleanly handsome, even this expression suited him well.

I nodded my head in satisfaction.

“No way, this is also true? You were also… a prisoner?”

Instead of answering, I looked at Pontos.

My oppa, who had become a living lie detector today, made an incredulous expression before willingly nodding.

Once again, when the truth detection was complete, Helios grabbed his own face.

“I really was in prison… and even found a lover there?”

He looked like he was having doubts about his own life. I scratched my neck.

Even though I told him he was framed and went in, he didn’t seem relieved.

After thinking for a moment, I clapped my hands lightly.

“Well then, everything I said has now been proven true, right?”

“…Yes, that’s correct, but?”

Helios stared at me with a slightly suspicious expression. What did I do to deserve such a look?

How disappointing.

I smiled brightly.

“Then you also acknowledge that the Duke was a stalker who passionately loved me, right?”

“Stalk… Ha, please continue.”

“Yes, since you acknowledged it. Now we can start over, can’t we?”

“Start what?”

“What should we try first?”

I sprang up from the sofa and walked over with big strides. Helios’s eyes widened.

Until I lightly placed my hand on the desk and leaned forward, he faced me without moving a muscle, as if he were tied up.

“The Duke just needs to love me again.”

“…What?”

The desk was too wide to get closer. I circled around and approached him.

“From now on, when I say ‘Start!’ you’ll love me.”

“What kind of cult-like talk is that!”

“Oh my, you’re not even using Mental Realm Kia and you’re saying such harsh words.”

Helios looked flustered.

“Then, Start! Shall we try a kiss first?”

“Wha, what?”

As I moved closer, he finally seemed to break free from his restraints and leaned back. But he was quickly blocked by the chair’s backrest.

His cheek, now a little closer, flushed red.

“What kind of nonsense is that!”

Helios grabbed his own face while extending his other hand.

I looked at the palm stretched out in front of my face and grinned.

‘Oh, this.’

It was fresher than I expected. If I had to compare, it reminded me of the very first time I saw Helios in prison.

Back then too, he reacted like a lively fish flopping around at just a single word.

I looked at my pale but callused palm and reached out my hand more leisurely.

My hand slipped between his fingers, interlocking them.

He trembled violently.

“Wh-what are you doing!”

“Hm? Wasn’t that you offering your hand for me to hold?”

“No!”

He turned even redder, like someone who had been harassed.

“Let go, hah… My ideal type is modest and pure…”

“Ah, so you liked my face.”

“Where did you get that from!?”

I tilted my head.

“Everyone always praised me saying my face is pure and decent enough to look at, so I should just keep my mouth shut.”

“…How is that a compliment? More importantly, please let go of my hand.”

I looked regretfully at the hand that was about to pull away.

“Wasn’t that the position for preparing to kiss?”

“Of course not!”

Eventually, his hand pulled away. I felt a bit empty.

Usually, Helios was the one who couldn’t stand not being attached to me.

Though it was only for three days, this man who didn’t love me, who looked at me with unfamiliar eyes, felt strange.

I couldn’t bear it, but I smiled as brightly as I could without showing it.

“Hmm, then it can’t be helped.”

I stepped back from Helios. The moment I moved away, I felt him flinch.

“Then perhaps… how much would you allow?”

“What do you mean by that?”

Helios quickly came to his senses and frowned slightly as if he didn’t understand.

“I know there are various methods to restore memories. One of them is… showing scenes identical to what’s in the memory, or giving a shock.”

This wasn’t something I made up. I had seen it happen in prison too.

“So I thought, what if we showed you the exact same scene?”

“That makes sense. And so?”

“So, what if we showed you stalking one more time?”

“Good idea… What?”

Helios stopped mid-answer and hesitated. I let out a mischievous smile.

“I’m glad you gave permission.”

“Wait, when did I…”

I stepped backward, gradually making myself disappear.

His eyes widened.

“First, a stalker shouldn’t be visible, right? I’ll start by hiding myself.”

“Wait…!”

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Pontos watched this entire scene unfold. In his opinion, it seemed that.

‘My younger sister has definitely forgotten about my existence.’

Or even if she remembered, she didn’t care. Yes, this was more likely the case.

When had he ever seen his spirited and quirky younger sister worry about what others thought?

No wait, there was one person in the world. There was someone who made her worry about their opinion.

That person was currently standing up abruptly and sighing.

“Haah…”

Helios pressed one hand against the desk and buried his face in the other.

Much could be felt from his rounded shoulders and back.

‘I sympathize with you, Duke.’

Minte Limnades was like a natural disaster. When she struck, you could only endure it with your body.

From what he could see, that man’s fragile common sense, having lost all memories related to Mint, would surely find it difficult to handle.

In fact, the longer Pontos observed Helios, the more curious he became.

How did those two ever become lovers? That kind of feeling.

“Marquis… Is Lady Limnades always like this?”

Helios spoke while still gripping the desk. He felt a deep sense of reality hitting him.

Fine, let’s say he really was lovers with that woman, even promised to marry her.

‘What kind of person was my past self…?’

A reasonable question arose.

What kind of person was he to marry a woman like that?

“Cases where she isn’t are rare.”

A calm voice flowed from the Marquis.

Looking at that face that resembled Lady Limnades but was more gentle, Helios also became calmer.

“I understand all the feelings the Duke is experiencing. Moreover…”

Pontos looked around and quietly admired.

“She’s my younger sister, but what impressive skill. I can’t sense her presence at all.”

“…Why are you admiring that?”

He concluded that the older brother wasn’t quite right in the head either.

“As expected of siblings, you have similar aspects.”

“…! Good heavens, take back those words!”

“Pardon?”

Pontos made a shocked expression. In the past, he would have been delighted about having something in common with his lost younger sister, but now it was different.

“I’m the one with more common sense.”

“I see…”

Helios let Pontos’s words flow past him as he surveyed the surroundings.

‘Her presence…’

Was she really going to stalk him as she said? Was she going to make that ridiculous statement a reality?

It was absurd.

What kind of mindset must one have to rush headlong like this?

Though it was troublesome.

It was strange.

As she said she was hiding, he understood that her presence couldn’t be felt anywhere.

Helios suddenly felt a tingling sensation at his fingertips.

‘What is this?’

From the moment the woman disappeared from his sight.

A strange irritation arose.

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