I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 93

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Chapter 93

A few days later.

Helios rubbed his face.

Over the past few days, he had developed a concern.

“…How long are you planning to keep staring like that?”

No answer came. But there was no way she couldn’t hear him.

How could she not hear when she was staring right at him from beside him like this?

Yes, if he had a concern, this was exactly it.

The distance between him and Mint had grown closer. Excessively so.

How wonderful it would be if their hearts had grown closer. Unfortunately, it was physical distance.

Literally, she wouldn’t stay more than a certain distance away from Helios.

“What if a sword suddenly comes flying?”

“This is the Recreation Area, and there’s no one here except me and the party.”

“See, this is why it won’t work.”

“What won’t work?”

The problem was that this distance not only interfered with training, but was also very bad for his heart.

Yes, the latter was the bigger problem.

Helios couldn’t concentrate on the weapon he was holding and rubbed his face once again.

It felt like he was clutching his face once every 10 seconds.

“What if you suffocate and die while breathing? Master’s heart would ache so much.”

“Your nonsense keeps evolving.”

Mint shrugged her shoulders.

A moment when his aura became sharp. Helios quickly stepped back.

And bent his waist.

An axe swung through where his head had been.

“Oh my, how disappointing.”

“Didn’t you say you were worried I’d get hurt or blown away if the wind blew!”

“But since you come back beaten up from somewhere, it’s better for Master to hit you!”

“That’s what you call nonsense!”

“You’re so mean.”

“What’s with that way of speaking? Stop it right now.”

Helios’s weapon and Mint’s weapon clashed and crossed.

Clang!

Their strength met in a tight standoff.

Ah, there it was again.

It wasn’t just the distance that had changed.

Mint’s gaze.

He felt that her gaze had somehow changed from before. He couldn’t pinpoint exactly what it was.

It was only a subtle change that could be detected because he was usually so detached, and because he always focused on her with all his might.

“Master, I’m disappointed.”

As Mint pulled away from him, she disappeared from in front of Helios.

She appeared behind him and thrust her elbow forward.

Swish!

Thud!

He hastily turned his body halfway to block it, but couldn’t overcome the recoil and was knocked back, falling down.

What good was closing the distance when there was no change in her technique?

Helios clicked his tongue in frustration as his hair became disheveled.

As he got up, it came back to him clearly.

Mint’s change had begun from the day she stopped him from punishing Brett.

He recalled that day when he was carried back on Mint’s shoulder like baggage, leaving Brett behind.

In truth, Helios hadn’t thought his outcry would be able to stop Mint.

He had no expectations.

Though she acted as if he alone was special, in the end it was just kindness and favor she unilaterally bestowed.

Selfish favor that could be withdrawn at any time with ease.

Since she was a master who always did as she pleased, he thought he’d be ignored just like during training.

So even while being carried on her shoulder, he foolishly felt excitement and happiness.

Though he buried his face deep in her back so Mint wouldn’t see.

Of course, in one corner of his mind remained thoughts that he should confront Brett, that they needed to talk, and unresolved questions.

But his thoughts about Mint and the physical contact were overwhelming. So much so that he couldn’t think of anything else.

However, what surprised him wasn’t just this.

That night.

“You can’t sleep again today, right?”

“…Huh?”

As always, they lay together on the wide bed Mint had made.

This act, which had become familiar now, wasn’t strange.

Neither were the kisses that continued under the reason that he couldn’t sleep, even though he no longer had nightmares.

But that day’s kiss was somehow different.

Hot breathing continued for a long time. Usually Helios would fall asleep like magic not long after their lips met.

But.

Even after their lips parted, he was bewildered by his vision becoming even clearer instead of falling asleep.

…Master had been excessively aggressive.

Mint grabbed the chin of Helios lying beneath her and lifted it up.

“Why are you being so reckless with your body?”

At words that could have multiple meanings, Helios’s face reddened.

Of course, he knew Mint hadn’t meant it that way.

It was just that, along with Mint’s words that could be ambiguous.

He felt that she was being considerate and angry at the same time.

She had merely grabbed his chin, yet he felt an unbearable tickling sensation.

“…Strange. I’m doing my best, so why do you keep carrying them around? The wounds.”

“I’m, hah. I’m not Master, so how could I not get hurt.”

“Right. I can’t just swallow you whole either.”

At those slow words, Helios felt a momentary chill.

The feeling he sensed for an instant was too strange to consider it just a passing remark.

“Let’s just sleep.”

Helios wanted to hold onto Mint like that and ask her. There was something he was debating whether to tell her or not.

That particular day, as their kisses continued, Mint became more persistent and he couldn’t fall asleep at all.

Eventually, he ended up speaking it aloud.

He had opened his eyes outside the Tower just as Mint and Brett had hidden themselves within the barrier.

Though he couldn’t open his eyes, strangely he could see Mint and Brett.

He recited what he had seen and heard.

“‘Dagger, someone else’s Kia? Guard Captain, black hair. Imperial Palace’.”

“…Again?”

“Hades.”

Of course, Helios hadn’t seen and heard everything.

His senses had been hazy. After hearing it all, Mint gave a bitter smile.

Helios subtly contorted his face. He noticed that Mint’s reaction was different from other times.

Helios’s judgment was correct.

Since she had already revealed to Helios alone that she could handle all types of Kia.

Even if she had shown Brett that she used Mental Realm Kia, there would be no problem.

But Helios had heard Hades’s name.

“Well now, I can’t exactly tell you to forget it…”

“I refuse. I declare I’d hate that even if I died.”

“Right. If I was really going to do it, I wouldn’t have muttered about it.”

Instead of saying anything more to Helios, Mint pulled him into an embrace. She held him forcibly in her arms and patted him halfheartedly.

Saying they should just sleep.

Of course, the acts meant for sleeping continued after that. Until the long dawn passed and he fell asleep first.

Mint persistently delved into him.

“Ha…”

Helios, who had reviewed all the events of that day, exhaled while covering his eyes.

He was out of breath from the intense movements. But it was also because of the intense memories.

Anyway, since that day, the physical distance between him and Mint had grown closer.

Along with an even more persistent gaze.

And Mint no longer overlooked Helios’s injuries.

When he got minor wounds from fighting, she would grab Seth by the scruff of his neck and throw him in front of Helios.

“Aaaaah, B-Boss!”

“Heal him.”

“Y-Yes!”

Even when Helios refused, Seth begged and pleaded that he was more afraid of Mint, so this time he had to surrender completely.

Though he wondered if he had ever not been defeated before.

“Ugh…”

After that day, Brett completely disappeared. He had vanished somewhere without a trace.

It wasn’t particularly strange for a prisoner who was usually visible to suddenly disappear.

However, Ged’s group became less talkative after Brett disappeared.

Sometimes they were dejected or gloomy. They entered the 44th Floor in this state.

Despite Helios’s worries, he and Ged’s group easily passed the 44th Floor’s trial as well.

But no one could purely celebrate passing the 44th Floor.

And for good reason.

They felt Brett’s absence, which was only natural. It was impossible not to feel it.

Seth lowered his head in thought.

‘They absolutely didn’t want to show any gaps.’

Being the youngest, he could read the thoughts of Boss, Sister, and his older brother directly. Their thoughts of trying to protect him.

Since they had lost a dealer, Helios had to make more attacks.

Ged now had to handle both defense and offense together. Haira had to restrain more enemies.

Now Seth also had to carry out sharp attacks.

On the 44th Floor, everyone gritted their teeth and overcame it. Though the result was so anticlimactic that the tension completely dissipated.

“Um, Boss…”

Seth, who had scurried over, carefully crouched down next to Mint.

Mint just glanced at him as if annoyed and turned away.

“A-After Boss and the leader left… I sp-spoke to Brett.”

“I know.”

“…What?”

“I figured you would.”

Mint answered while resting her chin on her hand. Following her gaze, at its end was Helios training.

Mint occasionally created Kia masses and playfully threw them at the training Helios.

“Ugh!”

Only at his vital spots.

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