Episode 333
(How Can I Just Let You Go?)
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A Few Minutes Earlier…
Now that I think about it, the Princess's condition wasn't this dire when we were together. So when—
Leonus's thoughts halted abruptly as a memory surfaced—the voice of the servant who had interrupted him and Isabella on the balcony.
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"Princess Isabella, His Majesty requests your presence."
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"Ah, it's so obvious now…"
Leonus muttered, sitting on the cold stone floor, his back pressed against Isabella's bedside. His face was a mask of stern indifference, betraying nothing of the excruciating pain that coursed through his body. His eyes, a bright shade of red that glowed with a cold, detached fury, stared blankly ahead. There was no warmth in his gaze—only a chilling emptiness as he pieced together the puzzle, bit by bit.
Anyone looking at his impassive face would never have guessed the torment he was enduring in that moment.
