Chapter 111 (1/2)

“I don’t have anything to say to you.”

“You should know why you’re here.” Kyle sighed and loosened his grip on Noah. His hand, which wandered near her shoulders awkwardly, eventually fell to her back, and began to pat softly.

At his embrace, Noah was somehow scared of the familiarity. There was only one person in the world who knew Park Noah other than Muell, and if Kyle didn’t take her side… Noah didn’t even want to think about it.

She didn’t even want to make such an assumption. The damn butler didn’t even know a grain of his master’s unstable state of mind.

“I was wrong. I thought you would be alright.” Kyle sighed over Noah’s head.

Look at me, you don’t know! Noah spat out incomprehensible words, holding back tears and hiccups. “Betrayal, uh, betrayal, this. I’m just a regular… Ugh.”

“Yes, an ordinary person. I forgot for a moment. I should’ve told you beforehand, but I didn’t have the time.”

“I’ve never even been inside that Imperial Palace…”

“Of course. How would you get in there? I just needed a statement to be sent to my superiors right now, so I made a plausible alibi. It’s okay. It’s no big deal.”

Kyle’s black shirt was soaked with tears. There were hundreds of things that swirled in Noah’s head, but there were only a few she managed to sputter.

“Lenia, release… You’re trying to get rid of me instead, you son of a b*tch…”

Kyle managed to understand and answered right away. “It’s not like that. This is driving me crazy. Why are you so imaginative about this?”

“Then why are you putting the blame on me!”

“It’s a long story. If you stop crying, I’ll tell you. Please stop. Why did this suddenly happen to the one who came down bravely at the bottom of the ship?”

The gentle strokes on Noah’s hair pacified her emotions, her breathing gradually becoming regular. However, her temper immediately flared at Kyle’s ignorant murmur.

“I’ve put away everything that’s really dangerous… No weapons here.”

Shut up, you son of a b*tch! I’m just scared of the prison itself!

Kyle laughed as Noah punched him in the shoulder, forgetting to cry. “You’re still alive.”