Chapter 53 - You…Why are you doing this to me? (4)

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As of the moment, I looked at my watch. To speak of, this watch was an item I brought to this room and one of the few ?”

“Do you remember the hair tie I gave you?”

I smiled despite feeling sorry. Because that’s where it started.

“You must have noticed someone entered your room because of the hair tie I gave you. But I don’t think the guard I’m close to exposed me. Besides, the guards must have assumed that there was an intruder among the jail wardens.”

Hans might look like an insensitive person, but he didn’t speak. It was the right thing he should do, though. Because if he brought up my story of going in Ricdorian’s cell, then he was just like putting himself in trouble as we would have had to bring out the cigarettes and other items he received from me.

Moreover, as long as I am a noble prisoner who is not treated as an ordinary one, it will be his loss once he reveals that I was bribing him and the other guards. Well, my items are initially for bribing, but…

“Anyway, my fault is done and impossible to be fixed, and for that, I am really sorry.” Ricdorian gently shook his head.

It was a determined gesture.

“…it is not your fault.”

It seemed that he was giving me strength using his hand that was holding my clothes.

“Speaking of what you gave me, I was more…scared because of the emptiness of this place. And the hair tie was new to me, I like it.”

“What do you mean?”

“You can think of it like…” He said and then paused for a moment.

So does that mean he also wanted it? That he found comfort in it? I have been told that children liked soft stuff because it was good for emotional development.

“If I have those things, I don’t have to look at the blank wall.” He added.

But it was so unlikely for this man, who was a victim of child abuse and torture, to think that way. I didn’t know that a mere hair tie would mean so much for him, so I felt a little moved with the way he had given it importance.

For this man, a day in this cell is just another ordinary day that would pass by quickly. It would always be the same for him until the day I appeared.

In other words, I was a tiny glass of water that appeared before someone who was suffering from thirst. You can moisten your lips, but you can’t quench your thirst.

Furthermore, in order for this man’s life to become happy, he must resolve the curse, and the time to unravel it will be quite a while. And I’m not the one who could solve it. Of course, even if it’s not a curse, I could fill some of the man’s emotional thirst, but I chose not to.

“By the way, you haven’t changed for quite a while today? Isn’t that a new record?”

I laughed as I remembered that his personality hasn’t changed today and brought up that new topic. Ricdorian looked at me and saw his slightly stammering lips, but soon he looked down.

“That’s… I don’t know. It’s just…”

“Just?”

His lips barely moved, and his ears were flushed red that looked like a red flower.

“I…I want you to remember me a little more… with this look…”

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