Siena Dating Agency - Chapter 55
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55.
A dim gleam settled on Castillian’s face.
As the piercing glare constricted him, he could barely breathe.
“Ah… hah, urgh…”
He could no longer remember how he had even gotten here.
The intense fear that made his memory cut out had consumed his body.
Sepia tilted her head at an angle.
“Castillian doesn’t need legs. He doesn’t need legs to run away from Sepia.”
Her eyes pointed to Castillian’s legs.
As extreme terror pierced through him, his body involuntarily flinched.
Sepia shifted her gaze.
“And the arms that touch other people instead of Sepia.”
“…”
“Sepia never told you to touch other people… Castillian did something bad.”
Sepia, who had been muttering like a madwoman, bent her upper body forward.
Her disheveled hair fell right in front of Castillian’s nose.
“So it’s okay if they’re gone.”
In an instant, her crimson eyes flashed.
‘No, don’t.’
Castillian cowered and screamed.
“Aaaah!!”
He had never screamed once while being held captive.
He felt like it would put him in danger if he did.
But now he had no time to think about such things.
‘Please… please, someone hear my voice.’
Save me.
That’s when it happened.
“…Over there…!”
He felt the presence of people from far away.
Though still faint, it was definitely the sound of people.
Castillian, who had squeezed his eyes shut, opened them.
“…He, here! Please save me!”
The murmuring sounds gradually grew louder.
There were shuffling footsteps, and men’s voices came together.
“Over there…! There’s something over there!”
“Hurry!”
Sepia quietly stared in the direction of the sounds.
Then she muttered a word.
“Damn it.”
But strangely, she didn’t run away.
She didn’t harm Castillian either.
She was just wearing a bizarre smile.
‘Now’s my chance.’
Castillian propped himself up with his elbow and broke away from Sepia.
He quickly crawled toward where the men’s voices were coming from.
“Please save me!”
Soon, along with light, the silhouettes of men appeared.
“Your, Your Highness the Prince…!”
“We found His Highness the Prince!”
They were the Imperial Palace Knights.
The ones who had grown old and been demoted to the Falcon Management Department.
The knights searching for the missing First Prince had miraculously found Castillian at the border between the Empire and other kingdoms.
Tears instantly welled up in his eyes.
“Ver, Verdel…”
“Your Highness, what on earth is this…”
“Your Highness, are you alright? Are you injured anywhere?”
Those checking on Castillian’s condition realized he was badly hurt.
And soon, they spotted Sepia standing nearby.
A woman with disheveled hair holding a tree saw.
The knights immediately restrained Sepia.
“Don’t move!”
“This woman kidnapped His Highness the First Prince and harmed His Highness!”
Sepia showed no sign of trying to escape.
She was just staring at Castillian and smiling.
“Hehe… ehehe.”
Chilling laughter occasionally pierced their ears.
As Sepia was being dragged away by the knights, she twisted her head.
She whispered with her lips.
“We’ll be together forever. I’ll find you again.”
“…”
“So wait for me.”
The eerily moving lips formed a round arc once again.
That was Sepia’s last appearance.
* * *
Castillian safely returned to the Imperial Palace after several months.
Sepia was imprisoned and soon received a death sentence.
The Emperor had her executed in the Central Square of the capital city.
“What is this about? What crime could such a frail-looking woman have committed to warrant a public execution…”
“That’s what I’m saying. But the imperial family isn’t revealing the charges.”
Of course, the fact that the First Prince had been kidnapped was not made public.
Because Castillian wanted to keep the incident secret.
He also refused to speak about what happened in the cabin.
“Castillian… can’t you tell even me?”
“…”
“Even when this mother begs you so earnestly?”
It was useless even when The Empress pleaded for days and nights.
So everyone gave up trying to pry.
However, they could tell that Castillian had gone through an extremely difficult time.
From that incident onward, his personality completely changed.
“…”
Castillian no longer smiled.
He didn’t speak either.
His once sparkling red eyes had died, and his lively, childlike gait became composed.
He had gained a new purpose.
“…I must become the Crown Prince.”
Castillian originally had no interest in the throne.
“I don’t want to. If I become Crown Prince, it’ll be too stifling.”
“Your Highness, even so, saying such things is…”
“I like playing with my nanny like this, but if I become Crown Prince I won’t be able to. That’s why I don’t want to.”
But he changed his mind.
I had to fix this.
‘I need to announce my name to all the citizens.’
There shouldn’t be a single person in this Empire who doesn’t know me.
‘That’s the only way I can protect myself.’
But I decided to hide my face.
It stemmed from trauma.
After that, it became difficult to talk to strangers, and even making eye contact was hard.
‘In case someone like The Woman appears again.’
Castillian hid himself completely.
He didn’t take a single step outside his room until entering the Academy.
“Why doesn’t The Prince show himself at official events?”
“Rumor has it he hides because his appearance is hideous…”
“He’ll ascend to the throne later, but I wonder if he’ll still act like this then.”
His reason, unknown to anyone, was simple.
“I’ll find you again.”
That woman was definitely dead.
‘But somehow… it feels like she’ll come back just as she said.’
The memory of that day tormented Castillian even now at 23 years old.
It was a nightmare that could never be erased.
* * *
…That’s how it happened.
This was the circumstance behind Castillian’s hiding that he couldn’t even tell Chase.
“So wait.”
The Woman’s afterimage kept circling in his mind.
Castillian’s body visibly stiffened.
His skin, drained of color, was pale, and even his fingertips trembled slightly.
Only then did The Empress realize she had said the wrong thing.
“…Ca, Castillian.”
“…”
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to awaken bad memories.”
“…”
“I was just worried about the prince…”
The Empress placed her hand on her chest as if emphasizing her sincerity.
However, Castillian remained frozen, staring blankly at the floor.
‘Huh.’
Edel felt the air in the room had become very cold.
He looked back and forth between his mother and his brother.
‘I can’t leave it like this!’
Soon Edel clenched both hands into fists.
‘Brother, Edel will help you!’
He suddenly grabbed his own throat.
“Ugh!”
Then everyone in the room’s attention immediately focused on Edel.
Edel shouted.
“Mo, Mother! It hurts! It hurts…!”
The Empress’s eyes widened.
“Prince, where does it hurt?”
“It hurts! Aaaah! It hurts so much!”
“So where exactly…”
The Empress approached Edel and examined him.
But he didn’t look like someone in pain at all.
‘What do I do! I spoke without thinking!’
Where should I say it hurts?
‘Where do I hurt?’
Edel rolled his eyes around.
Then he fixed his gaze on Pitt.
Suddenly he remembered the day of the Ball.
“Pitt, Pitt.”
“Yes, Your Highness. It hurts.”
He had hit Pitt, and Pitt had said “It hurts.”
‘Right, that’s it!’
That’s exactly it!
Edel pointed at Pitt.
“My thigh…! Pitt’s thigh hurts!”
Pitt’s calm face instantly turned to confusion.
“…Excuse me?”
“Yes, Pitt! It hurts a lot, right!”
“Excuse me? I don’t understand what you mean…”
“Your thigh hurts!”
Pitt, who had been staring blankly at Edel, denied it.
“No, Your Highness. I’m not hurt…”
“Because I hit you too hard last night!”
“…?”
“I hit you so hard it made slapping sounds!”
At that moment, silence fell over the room.
‘The Second Prince… hit his secretary?’
And on the thigh with slapping sounds, so hard…?
It was truly a statement full of potential misunderstandings.
Embarrassing imaginations unfolded in everyone’s minds.
“Ah…”
“Oh my.”
The Maids blushed and covered their mouths, while the Knights cleared their throats.
The Empress’s complexion turned drastically pale.
Like withered grass.
“Sorry, Pitt! I hurt you!”
Edel had no idea what the problem was.
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temran
Wtf was this back story how can security be so lax when it comes to the imperial princes.