Chapter 75 – I missed you (2)
Translator: SKAIS Editor: Dict Groiler
I could tell soone was behind . And obviously, I was correct. I could hear him, feel him, but for so reason, he didn’t feel like a person.
My mind flashed back to the letter with a beautiful handwriting, and a friendly tone that was sent to soti ago.
“Iana, did you miss , too?”
“I...” I hesitated. Should I even grace him with an answer?
I could hear him breathe out, without opening his mouth. And at that very mont, an enchanting fragrance flowed through the air. It was faint, but definitely a good scent.
And it ca from this man.
The only pleasant scent I’ve ever slled in this prison was from Ricdorian. And this man felt completely different from Ricdorian, who had a pure, sour fragrance, dashed with a hint of subterranean air sll.
But why would I think of Ricdorian now?
Maybe because he’s the only one I’ve interacted with this much all this ti.
After I took a deep breath to calm myself, I finally managed to make a proper response this ti.
“Oppa.” when I spoke, when I called him that, the hand he splayed on my back stilled before I could feel slight vibrations.
Perturb.
He was shaking. The man’s body was trembling greatly. He seed quite surprised I would speak with him, it seed.
“...oppa?” He whispered in disbelief, “Iana. You...” He trailed off...
So far, his voice, which had been slow and relaxed all this ti, had been suddenly cut off. He was suddenly flabbergasted.
Was it so surprising? Did Iana address him differently before? Was there a problem?
He called himself my brother in the letter, but should I have called him differently after all? Would calling him by his na be enough instead? But I didn’t an to call him that, I just didn’t know how else to address him.
True, I’ve been called many things before. But surely it would be believable that she had changed. I’d been in prison after all.
Worse cos to worst, I could always feign mory loss, not too big, just sothing small. It would prove to be the least problematic solution too.
“You’ve forgiven ?” his voice finally asked, the slight tremor evident with his breaths. Listening to him would prove dangerous in the long run, but right now, I was simply fascinated by it.
Forgive . I didn’t know what I did wrong. It was a matter of course.
Soon, I held his hand slightly.
“Ti...” That’s it. As soon as I started talking, I raised my head.
Rumbling.
Not far away, I heard a rumbling sound from the grass. It was the sound of people approaching. And not long after I heard soone talking.
No, not talking, it was soone shouting. Loud enough I could even hear it.
“Is he there?”
“I don’t think he’s here either!”
“Search thoroughly!”
“Yes!”
The busy footsteps erupted all over, there were shouts heard from all sides, gradually getting closer to where we were. I could tell it was only a matter of ti before they would finally reach where we were.
For so reason, it seed like the hand of my ‘brother’ who grabbed , had suddenly gained a lot of strength. Even at that ti the sound was becoming clearer every second.
The man behind took a deep breath, as if he had made a decision. He was sighing, taking deep breaths in, and then out, then in, then out, in, out...
I could tell he repeated it until he was calm enough.
“Iana, I’m glad because you look fine.” he finally spoke. I ntally shrugged in agreent. I certainly feel safe.
“If he touched you...I wasn’t going to let it go this ti.” he growled lowly, and before I could even answer, his other hand moved so abruptly...
They now rested against my throat, tightening up. I could hear the shouts grow frantic.
“Did you find him? Look everywhere and at every corner!”
“I don’t see him yet!”
He gave one final squeeze, and finally let go. Then I noticed there was sothing soft in his hands. I still couldn’t see anything, but it felt sothing like a cloth.
“Iana, I’m going to pull your release date.” His voice sped up, contrary to his tone earlier.
“How long do I have?” I asked.
“You’ll find out soon enough.” he told , I could feel the promise behind his words.
I haven’t even had a proper conversation with him yet, but what I can tell so far was that his voice was really great. My hesitation to ask didn’t even last long because I had been distracted by my enjoynt of listening to him.
“Why are you suddenly pulling the release date?”
If he was going to pull the release date, he would have ntioned it once in his letter, but I couldn’t recall him ntioning that.
“Because I miss you.” he said in a very low voice. “And I think I can arrange a place where you are no longer in danger.” He explained further.
Of course I couldn’t understand at once. The lost mory could only make assu the context of what he was trying to tell .
At one point, his voice beca even lower.
“My little sister, forgive , for doing it. I’ll make sure you won’t regret it.” His hand fell slowly, detaching itself from . “Just wait a little bit, Iana.” he pleaded, before he removed what was covering my sight.
As I opened my eyes, everything seed to blur around for a while. Probably because it was blocked for so ti now.
While I was too preoccupied with blinking, a soft touch grazed my cheeks.
Stroke.
Surprised, I opened my eyes wide. And a voice whispered for a mont.
“I’ll pick you up.”
The sound from behind gradually faded away. Instead, the sound of the footfalls approaching steadily gradually grew louder.
When I turned around, I could see the back of the head of a man moving away from . The only thing that could be recognized about him was that he was wearing a brown robe, a tall man, and his silhouette was as sturdy as a beast.
“...and it’s been a long ti.” were his parting words.
He had an outstanding back, if I do say so myself. Suddenly the bushes in front of rustled, as a man burst through.
It was a guard. A senior guard.
“Here! Oh, hello.” he greeted as I continued to blink.
“Yes, hello?”
I saw this face once. He was with on a walk with Ricdorian. The man was silent because of the awkwardness between us, and it showed plainly on his face.
“Where were you going?”
“Dining room.” I blurted out suddenly.
Actually, this was the way to the underground cell, but it still wasn’t fixed.
Looking back, the guard was looking at with this strange expression because he saw between the bushes but within a few seconds, he seed to have interpreted it as sothing with a plausible explanation rather swiftly. Maybe he thought of Lenag’s order which was to allow everything that I wanted to do.
Sigh.
He gave a light salute, and then glanced around. He seed to be looking for sothing.
“Then, Iana... have you seen any other person around here?” he asked warily.
“Soone else?” I asked as I tilted my head, feigning ignorance. “You an a prisoner?” I continued to ask.
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