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The knots in her body ached.
……she woke up, but Charlotte slowly opened her eyelids.
Blurred vision. Gradually becoming clearer and clearer, what comes into view is the ceiling of the dungeon.
At this point, Charlotte understood her current situation.
And then…
“Are you awake, Charlotte?”
She turns her head to the side.
There was Cain sitting there, his uniform dirty with dirt but not seeming to care.
“…… I see, you lost.”
“We’re both here.”
She does not get up.
It might be because her body is as heavy as lead, but looking at her from the side, it seems like Charlotte is chewing on something.
Charlotte slowly opened her mouth.
“What’s wrong with master?”
“I put him to bed. But he doesn’t seem to be getting up yet.”
“It will be hard for him to wake up …… . What awaits him is a reality that he hopes is only a dream.”
Julius was defeated.
No, to be precise, Julius’ defeat was confirmed when Charlotte lost.
Charlotte’s magic was forced to end when she fainted.
By now, the students and lecturers in the auditorium are probably surprised to see themselves suddenly disappear.
If Adele and the others return and explain the situation, it will be the end of the story. Since the three of them were not present, there was no way for them to get away with it.
And when her magic comes to light, there is a strong possibility that everything she has done up to this point will be dredged up and she will be judged.
“You’d better think of a good excuse. Of the three of us, you’re the closest to being white,…… because you’re the only one who didn’t cross the line.”
“It’s probably too late for that now. This time around, the third prince is eliminated from the battle for succession. His parents will soon change horses and cut me off.”
“…… aristocrats are frightening, they have no qualms about using their families as lizard’s tails.”
Very different from herself.
Not a tail, but a torso. She is here now because she couldn’t cut off her family.
How can they be on the same boat when they are in different circumstances and have different sentiments? Charlotte looked at Cain beside her and felt pity for him.
Cain cowered his shoulders at the girl he had been with for so long, as if he could see the pity in her eyes.
“It’s not something you need to worry about. It’s more like a weight has finally been lifted off my shoulders.”
“But ……”
“And you, too, right? You look somewhat refreshed.”
Charlotte touches her face.
Is that what it looked like? and. Unfortunately, there are no mirrors here, so she can’t really tell.
But somehow …… it made sense to her
“I’m sure …… it’s for the same reason as yours.”
To be involved in wrongdoing. The guilt that swirled around her every time she saw everyone at the orphanage.
Despite the fact that she would no longer be able to save her family ……, she felt strangely relieved.
At that moment, Cain took something out of his pocket.
It was a —.
“Blue, white grass……!”
A blue-white luminous grass.
Charlotte woke up with a start as soon as she saw the plant.
The plant is, after all, an ingredient in a special medicine for the …… disease, which is said to be extremely hard to get hold of.
“Why is it here?!”
“It was by your side when I found you. It was on fire, and I’m sorry I had to carry it with me to keep it from catching fire.”
Cain handed the blue and white herb, which cost more than several million dollars each, to Charlotte without hesitation.
Not one, but many. Charlotte checked it several times the moment she received it and …… shed tears.
“Yeah …… it’s real. The one thing I couldn’t get for so long, finally ……!”
It’s been a long time since he has seen her who looks so age-appropriate.
When Cain saw the rarely seen side of the girl he was close to, his mouth dropped.
“Well, I don’t need to tell who put it there. Even I, who wasn’t there, can somehow recognize his heroism.”
Charlotte looked up and suddenly remembered the words of a boy—.
[When we met,……, you should have asked me to help you from the beginning. No matter who you are or what your circumstances are, the ‘black knight’ always had his fists clenched for it all this time.]
A knight in black armor.
A hero who can hold his fist for someone.
Charlotte looked up at the ceiling and wiped her tears.
“That boy even reaches out to villains. ……”
Charlotte holds the blue and white grass carefully.
The fire can no longer be seen too much, but it is still very important.
“I owe you a thank you.”
“Oh, yeah.”
“……, no, first I have to apologize to that girl.”
“……, yeah. Well, I hope you get a chance to apologize before you get thrown in jail.”
Plainly, Cain says such things with a smile on his face.
Charlotte’s mouth suddenly dropped open at the sight of him.
“I still think you should turn back? You’re going to jail, you know. ……”
“Don’t say that, Charlotte. I don’t like the idea of being the only bystander when you’re on your way there.”
Why? Charlotte said.
In response, Cain said…
“In a way, it is easier to live with a woman you are in love with than in a place where you have ties.”
Charlotte’s face turns bright red.
It’s the first time to hear this casually spun thought.
Again, an age-appropriate reaction. Charlotte shyly buried her face in the flowers and immediately loosened her mouth.
“I hope they don’t behead.”
“There is a possibility that I will spend the rest of my life in jail.”
“If you get out, why don’t you come to my hometown? It’s a nice, natural place, and I think the sisters would like you.”
“It’s a tempting proposition, and since we’re here, …… perhaps I’ll take you with me. I might not even have a place to go.”
“Haha, I’m not sure I’ll be able to do the dishes.”
In an empty dungeon.
The two of them laugh even though they know that hell awaits them ahead.
Maybe, just maybe, it’s because they’ve been freed from a lot of things—.
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