Chapter 75 - I missed you (2) (2/2)

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 something soft in his hands. I still couldn’t see anything, but it felt something 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 me, 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 enjoyment of listening to him.

“Why are you suddenly pulling the release date?”

If he was going to pull the release date, he would have mentioned it once in his letter, but I couldn’t recall him mentioning 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 memory could only make me assume the context of what he was trying to tell me.

At one point, his voice became even lower.

“My little sister, forgive me, for doing it. I’ll make sure you won’t regret it.” His hand fell slowly, detaching itself from me. “Just wait a little bit, Iana.” he pleaded, before he removed what was covering my sight.

As I opened my eyes, everything seemed to blur around me for a while. Probably because it was blocked for some time 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 moment.

“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 me. 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 time.” were  his parting words.

He had an outstanding back, if I do say so myself. Suddenly the bushes in front of me rustled, as a man burst through.

It was a guard. A senior guard.

“Here! Oh, hello.” he greeted me as I continued to blink.

“Yes, hello?”

I saw this face once. He was with me 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 me with this strange expression because he saw me between the bushes but within a few seconds, he seemed to have interpreted it as something with a plausible explanation rather swiftly. Maybe he thought of Lenag’s order which was to allow me everything that I wanted to do.

Sigh.

He gave me a light salute, and then glanced around. He seemed to be looking for something.

“Then, Iana… have you seen any other person around here?” he asked me warily.

“Someone else?” I asked as I tilted my head, feigning ignorance. “You mean a prisoner?” I continued to ask.

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