Chapter 22

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He was wearing an iron helmet that covered most of his face, so all I could see were Casadine’s purple eyes. But I wasn’t surprised that he was Casadine even before I heard his voice.

“Did you know it was me from the beginning?”

Casadine said in a slightly startled voice. His purple eyes on the iron helmet seemed narrowed.

“How could I not recognize you?”

I said it with smile. Then Casadine turned his head to the side. He was wearing a helmet, so I couldn’t see what kind of face Casadine was making.

“Casadine?”

When I called him, Casadine opened his mouth in the same posture with his head turned to the side.

“Yes, sister.”

“By the way, why are you here?”

To be honest, I was surprised at first.

I thought it was strange that Casadine hadn’t been seen since morning, but I never thought that he would be in the Imperial Palace until I saw Casadine walking around the Imperial Palace calmly.

“Can you guess it?”

Casadine said bluntly. Come to think of it, he wore a red Imperial knight outfit and an iron helmet that covered his face completely. Where did Casadine get those stuff?

“It wasn’t stolen. I borrowed it. Originally, the owner of this suit was stunned for exactly one day. When he wakes up, he probably won’t even remember that he passed out.”

It was a calm voice, but nothing contained within it was normal. He spoke so lightly that he stopped speaking. As I fell silent, Casadine tilted her head.

“Why are you in this place, sister?”

“Casadine, what would you do if other people found out?”

Then I looked around. There wasn’t a single person around us, but on the way here, there might be some people who doubted Casadine because he was wearing a helmet. Hearing my words, Casadine said confidently.

“I was confident I wouldn’t be caught. The night before, I’ve checked the knights schedule.”

“That’s not the problem. Last time was lucky enough to pass, but this time if you get caught…”

“Are you worried about me?”

It was Casadine who turned his head towards me. His deep purple eyes shone beautifully like jewels even as he wore an iron helmet. It was a look that didn’t hide the anticipation. He looked like a pure child.

I said with a bright smile.

“Isn’t that obvious, Casadine? From the moment I wake up in the morning to the time I fall asleep at night, there isn’t a single day that I haven’t been worried about you.”

It was sincere. Casadine was already part of my family. Even if it was a fake family without related by blood, even if he didn’t think of me as family, it didn’t matter.

Casadine was my good brother who would go to war for my father, and a strong shield that would keep me safe from Damian.

But he was also a beast that was difficult to tame. It was Casadine who went to the library and tore up all the pages of books about his kingdom and tried to poison the Crown Prince. Casadine is a time bomb that couldn’t be detonated. But I was willing to even do that.

“It’s nice to hear that my sister is worried about me.”

A soft laugh was heard from the inside of the helmet.

“Casadine, did you come to the Imperial Palace because you were also worried about me?”

“…”

Casadine looked at me silently. I didn’t ask for an answer anyway, so it was when I took my eyes off Casadine who was looking at me and turned to the big black tower.

“If it weren’t for that, I wouldn’t have done such a stupid thing.”

It was a very small voice, but I heard it clearly. When I looked at Casadine with amazement, he suddenly extended his right hand. Because of my treatment, his hands were white and smooth with no scars.

“Can you see it? This is the hand that my sister healed.”

After Casadine said that, he grabbed my left hand.

“By the way, I already figured out the structure of the prison here. Inside, it’s completely like a maze. Escape is definitely impossible. It seems that only the person in charge of distributing the food arrives at the appointed time, and this prison is fine without guards.”

Casadine was clever. Even though I often visited the Imperial Palace since I was young, I didn’t even know that such a tower existed, but he can already understand the internal structure of it. Casadine is a much greater man than I have known in my previous life.

“But, who the hell are you going to see in a prison like this?”

“You’ll find out later.”

I answered with a little squabble. It was shameful to play such a trick on Damian in front of Casadine, but it was better than getting lost in the tower. After all, acting is just acting.

“… I’ll go in right away.”

Casadine’s hand gently wrapped around my hand. Then, we stepped into the tower.

As soon as I entered the tower, I was struck by the dark, damp smell of mold. The inside of the tower was darker than it looked from the outside. The small torches hanging in the corner of the hallway was the only guide in the darkness.

It was a dark place with no sunlight coming in, to the point of doubting whether there were windows or not.

“Are you trying to get in here alone? You’re also a very reckless person.”

“Did I really hear you say that?”

Casadine grinned and picked up a torch at the corner of the hallway.

“Let’s take a look around.”

We looked around the maze-like prison. Thick iron bars that seem never allowed the prisoners to get out of here, and the torches that lit from time to time indicate that the prisoners seemed to have lost all will to live.

The prisoners with heavy shackles on their hands and feet could have heard us talking, but they stood still. Checking the hallway on the first floor, I shook my head.

Damian wasn’t there.

We walked down the stairs at the end of the hallway. A torch was hung on each brick wall. The circular staircase of the tower gave off a more gloomy atmosphere each time you climbed it. So I went up to the 7th floor while checking all the faces of the prisoners, but Damian wasn’t there either.

“Now only the last floor remains.”

Only the last floor, the 8th floor, remained. The tower, which was dark and gloomy as we went up the stairs one by one, oddly enough this place has wide windows and let the sunlight in through the 8th floor hallway.

Thanks to this, the torch in Casadine hand was no longer needed.

Unlike other prisoners who were barely cramped in a narrowed prison, there was only one prisoner in a large prison that could fit ten people.

There was a man sitting on a bed and elegantly flipping through the pages of a book in the sunlight from the window.

Every time the pages of the book turned, the man’s black hair fluttered slightly. He wasn’t even wearing heavy shackles on his hands and feet. Before I even get closer, I knew at a glance who he was.

It was a familiar appearance.

Even though he is currently in prison, my face hardened involuntarily from recalling the memories of my past life.

Damian, who stabbed a sword into my heart in my previous life. It was him.

In my previous life, I loved those jet black hair and his emerald eyes that shined like starlight.

But not now.

I know best what lies behind that appearance, I’m the one who was killed by his hand.

Sensing my gaze, the man stopped his hand turning the page and opened his mouth.

“There, who are you?”

Damian put the book he was reading on his bed and looked at me.

The way he talked to me in a relaxed way seemed like this was his mansion rather than a prison.

Damian made eye contact with me and immediately recognized me.

“You are the young lady I saw before.”

“Do you remember me?”

“Of course.”

Damian got up from the bed he was sitting and walked towards me.

Damian, who came closer to the iron bars, looked at me and smiled brightly. We were facing each other with an iron grate in between.

“Isn’t that the young lady of Count Serkia?”

“How can you remember it?”

“Even though I met the young lady only once, I could immediately remember the young lady.”

Damian looked at me and then he looked at Casadine without a smile on his lips.

“I think it’s the first time I’ve seen this knight, but I feel like I’ve seen him elsewhere.”

“He was the imperial knight who brought me here.”

“…I must have mistaken him for someone else because I was imprisoned.”

Damian shrugged.

The corners of his lips were raised high, as if he wasn’t afraid of what was about to happen, he looked calm.

“But what’s going on with the imperial knight guiding the young lady all the way to this prison?”

“…”

“Outsiders are prohibited from entering this place.”

He didn’t look like a prisoner at all. He seemed to know that he would soon be released from prison. You can see it by looking at his calm demeanor. I said pulling the corners of my lips up.

“The Crown Prince gave permission.”

“… Did His Highness allow it?”

“Yes.”

I smiled at Damian and added.

“His Highness even guided me to the entrance of the tower.”

“You mean the Crown Prince escorting the young lady in person?”

“Yes.”

Damian tilted his head at my answer. He narrowed his eyes and seemed to doubt my words. His green eyes shone sharply.

“May I ask why the young lady came to this place? ”

“Grand Duke, in fact…”

I lengthened my words on purpose, and looked at the man in front of me and added.

“I know the Grand Duke is not the culprit.”

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