I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 236

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Side Story Episode 22

In the end, I raised the white flag and laughed.

I settled into a comfortable position and leaned against him.

This gentle embrace, offering his arm as a pillow, felt familiar, yet he wasn’t the Helios I knew.

Could there be anything more uncomfortable, unpleasant, and unsettling than this?

As we both fell silent, silence flowed between us. In the comfortable darkness, I spoke quietly.

“I hope tomorrow… will be different.”

Helios gave no response to my small wish. As his face drew closer, I gently closed my eyes.

A soft sensation touched my lips.

After the hesitant kiss ended, he lay back down.

“…I can’t promise anything, but I’ll try.”

Helios pulled me tightly into his arms.

“For some reason, I seem to dislike both you leaving and making that expression.”

At those words, I simply smiled without answering.

Chirp chirp chirp.

The next day, morning had arrived.

‘I didn’t sleep a wink.’

Though my eyes were closed, I hadn’t fallen asleep for even a moment.

Meanwhile, Helios had been holding me and gradually fell into a deep sleep, muttering that he hadn’t slept at all yesterday.

I couldn’t wake him, so I endured the night and dawn in the same position.

Morning had finally come, but I couldn’t rashly open my eyes.

Today was finally the day. By my calculations, today was when Helios should regain his memories.

But.

‘What if nothing has changed from yesterday?’

Just imagining it made my blood feel like it was flowing backwards.

What to do then.

I’d have to visit the Imperial Palace first.

Of course, after making sure Helios couldn’t escape anywhere in the meantime…

As I continued with these dark and menacing thoughts that would have horrified Helios if he’d heard them.

Unable to bear it any longer, I quietly sat up.

Whether he was still in deep sleep, Helios didn’t move at all.

I turned my back without looking toward Helios. The brilliant morning sky came into view.

‘How ridiculous.’

Except for the hellishly difficult Tower climb, I had rarely feared anything.

Yet here I was, afraid to check on Helios’s condition.

I looked down at my hands.

It felt similar to when Helios had let me escape after keeping me in confinement.

I’m scared and afraid I’ll be angry when I check the results.

I silently ran my hand down my face. In the end, instead of choosing to look at Helios, I got up from my seat.

No, I tried to get up.

“…Where are you going?”

A voice tinged with slight drowsiness reached me. I froze in my sitting position.

“You’re not even going to check?”

“…!”

I was speechless.

Soon a large hand carefully stroked my waist. As if to say it was okay.

“Please turn around, Master.”

At that affectionate, gentle, and deep voice, instead of turning around, I bit my lips tightly.

“Please turn around, Master.”

At that calm and composed voice, an answer popped out as if someone had pushed me from behind.

“I don’t want to. What do you think will be there if I turn around?”

Then, a low chuckling sound echoed through the air.

Even though I was already half-convinced in my heart, I didn’t want to turn around.

Hadn’t I experienced countless things over the past few days that should never have happened?

“What would be there, indeed.”

Just as a playful voice flowed out. A hand reached out from behind, grasped my face, and gently turned it.

“Your handsome and excellent disciple would be there.”

Where I was forced to look, there was a man smiling brilliantly. That man with the eyes and face most familiar to me.

“Don’t bite your lips.”

He brought his finger to my lips that were pressed tightly together.

Then he leaned down and kissed me. A deep kiss continued for a moment.

I could feel it in his gentle movements.

…That you had returned.

“You’ve been through a lot.”

After kissing me comfortingly, he lifted me up and placed me on top of himself.

“Having to deal with me when I lost my memory.”

He smiled as if apologetic. I stared at his returned expression and opened my mouth.

“Do you remember?”

“Yes, unfortunately.”

He gave a bitter smile.

“Though the feeling of being forced to experience it was the worst.”

For just a brief moment, I thought I saw seething anger flash through his purple eyes.

This too was brief as he looked at me and smiled.

“Still, whether I should call it anxiety or whatever, seeing my anxious Master wasn’t a bad feeling.”

He brought my hand to his cheek and placed it there. His smiling face was gentle and also looked happy.

“Will you hit me if I do this?”

Instead of hitting him, I pinched his cheek firmly.

“Ow, ow. That hurts, Master.”

“It’s not even your fault.”

I hadn’t even pinched him hard, but seeing Helios acting cute like a young kitten, I let go of his hand.

“I was a little annoyed, but I’ll let it slide.”

“….”

He seemed at a loss for words for a moment, then covered his face with his hands.

Of course, I didn’t just watch that sight.

Helios struggled while showing a raw expression as I held his hand.

Soon he went limp as if defeated and spoke.

“Yes, please forgive me.”

“….”

“You saw my pathetic state of not wanting to be separated even after losing my memory.”

“Well, I only remember you saying you couldn’t sleep well without me?”

When I asked playfully, his expression hardened fiercely.

“That was the right thing to do. How could Master be suitable for that bastard who lost his memory?”

As he put strength into his hands, our positions changed in an instant.

I was flipped over and now lying underneath while he was in a position as if pouncing on me.

I looked at his solid body visible through his open shirt, then raised my eyes.

“That was the best thing that bastard did.”

“…That bastard? That was you too, wasn’t it?”

Helios pulled up the corner of his mouth crookedly.

“If you lose your memory, you become a different guy.”

He lowered his head and lightly touched his lips to mine.

“I can’t give you to a guy like that.”

I couldn’t help but laugh at the absurdity. Then I raised my hands and wrapped them around his neck.

“So then. Can you do ‘that’ for me now?”

Helios’s eyes darkened. I was glad to see that obsession and affection return once again.

“…Of course. Master.”

Our lips met. He muttered urgently.

That he loved me.

Rustle, rustle. The clothes being removed were so welcome.

And so that brief incident passed.

Of course, we spent about three days in bed after that day.

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One month later.

The bright blue sky welcomed countless people.

Among all these people, Pontos, who was clearly wearing the saddest expression, sniffled while holding a handkerchief.

“This day has finally come….”

He couldn’t stop sniffling even though he felt his appearance was unseemly.

“Oh my, Marquis Limnades, are you alright…?”

“Sniff, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry. Saint… showing you such a pathetic sight….”

“Not at all!”

The Saint, Canaria, who had been offering him a fresh handkerchief from beside him, startled and her shoulders jumped.

“Pathetic? Not, not at all! Rather, it’s a side I haven’t seen before, so it’s refreshing and, cu, cute too, ah!”

She quickly covered her mouth. Her snow-white cheeks had already turned red.

However, Pontos, who should have been comforting her, couldn’t say a word. His face had also turned bright red.

Thanks to that, his tears briefly stopped.

“…Ahem, th, thank you!”

“N, not at all. I should be the one…!”

Canaria stumbled through her greeting, then soon looked toward one spot and smiled brightly.

“Ah, there they come!”

She pointed in one direction and offered congratulations to Marquis Limnades, who was celebrating a joyous occasion today.

“Congratulations on Lady Limnades’ wedding, Marquis!”

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