CH 85

17. Who is the crown prince?

‘Uhhh…’

He had a splitting headache.

Felix couldn’t resist the irritation and tried to scream.

But

“Eup! Eup!”

His mouth was blocked.

The only sound Felix could make was akin to the sound of a beast howling.

It was not just this.

Felix’s limbs were restrained.

The restraints were so heavy that he felt like his limbs would fall off, and Felix couldn’t move.

‘What is it?’

Felix was briefly oblivious to reality.

Why is his noble self tied up on a cold, hard stone floor?

Tuk–

A drop of water fell on Felix’s face.

The humid, damp space touched his nerves.

After getting used to the darkness, he looked around and found himself in a prison cell.

The iron bars of the cell about the size of Felix’s forearm gave a sense of intimidation.

‘No way. Why am I in this place?’

Felix thought back to his last memory.

He saw an article about Rose House and couldn’t control his anger, so he ran out.

And there were monsters in the Rose House.

He pretended to faint when he saw it, but he managed to escape.

A person approached him then

“You’re up.”

The main character of the voice who just spoke to Felix was his butler.

“Eup! Eup Eup! Eup Eup! Eup Eup!”

Felix protested to the butler, trying to twist his body to the fullest.

How could you do this to me? Is this how you repay my kindness?

The butler, who noticed what Felix was saying, smiled as if it were ridiculous.

‘……?’

Did the butler just laugh at him?

Felix felt a surge of anger at the top of his head.

‘How dare you!’

Then the butler took something out of his arms.

Felix pricked his ears when he heard a creak.

‘It’s a key!’

Felix, who recognized the identity of the object, was overjoyed.

‘As expected, the butler is my henchman. He’s here to save me!’

Felix changed his attitude like a flip of a coin.

He could let go of the butler’s annoying smile from a while ago if he thought it was an expression of his moved emotion after seeing him.

“Eup! Eup-up! Eup-up!”

Felix shook himself and urged the butler.

The butler glanced at Felix with contempt.

“You’re still clueless and condescending.”

The butler’s voice was so calm and composed that Felix could not read the contempt contained in it for a moment.

After a while, Felix’s face turned red when he realized that the butler had ignored him.

‘If I get out of here, you’re dead!’

While Felix was determined not to get eaten, the butler opened the prison and came inside.

Felix, who was intimidated by the overbearing atmosphere, calmed down.

The butler grabbed Felix by the hair.

“Eup! Eup!”

Felix shook his head and complained of pain, but the butler did not sympathize with his pain.

On the contrary, he shook Felix’s head with more force.

“Do you know how long I’ve been waiting for this day?”

Felix desperately rebelled when he saw the mean look on the butler’s face.

‘He’s trying to kill me!’

Frightened, Felix pushed the butler and tried to get out of the prison.

But the restraint on his limbs was too heavy.

“You will be a sacrifice for him. It’s an honor.”

The butler whispered softly in Felix’s ear.

“With your life as fertilizer, we will be honored!”

The mad butler’s laughter followed.

He took out the gag he had left in Felix’s mouth for a moment.

“If you have something to say, say it. You’re allowed that much.”

Allow that much?

But Felix begged without asking.

“H, help me. Please save me. I’ll do anything!”

He has to survive somehow by saying anything.

“I knew it, you’re talking too much nonsense. I’d rather not have your voice reach our God.”

“No! Please save me!”

The butler tried to gag Felix again.

“Monster!”

“What?”

Felix was so embarrassed that he said exactly what came into his mind.

“I saw a monster! There was a monster in the middle of the capital!”

Felix screamed to himself.

‘Why did he say this?’

He was just spouting nonsense out of fear.

He had a thousand thoughts.

“A monster?”

“Yes! I went to Rose House, which was opened by Duchess Palesdon. There’s a monster I’ve never seen there before! There was a monster who was neither a beast nor a demon!”

But it seemed to work unexpectedly.

As an opportunity appeared, Felix desperately said everything he knew.

The butler seemed to think for a moment then left Felix.

‘What’s going on?’

Still in turmoil, Felix could only know one thing.

For once he survived.

‘I’m not dead………..’

Felix was deeply relieved, but the crisis came quickly.

Tuk, tuk—

Meanwhile, water droplets fell on Felix’s face one after another.

Felix, who had just fallen asleep, opened his eyes after being hit by water droplets.

And reality struck him again.

‘Why? What happened?’

Felix was born the most precious in the Empire and has led his life as a crown prince.

Although his real status was deposed not long ago by the revelation of the real crown prince.

Nevertheless, his status was Prince Blake.

He has one of the most precious bloodlines in the empire after the imperial family.

He was now in an underground prison, waiting for his death, God knows where.

‘Why did I end up like this?’

When Felix’s eyes were filled with tears.

Takkuk—

The butler appeared again and opened the prison with a key.

****

Felix gave up everything and lay helpless.

“You’re lucky. He’s calling for you.”

‘Who?

But Felix didn’t even dare question him.

He was lying helplessly like someone who has given up everything.

“Looks perfect on you.”

The butler laughed and released the restraints from Felix’s limbs.

Felix’s eyes twinkled as he didn’t see them.

“I don’t want you to be seen by people…”

Felix’s eyes moved.

Come to think of it, the butler brought another item today.

‘Thats…’

Felix’s eyes shook when he saw what the butler had brought.

It was a familiar outfit because he had seen it countless times.

“Why did you bring clothes worn by royal servants?”

Felix was a man who lived as a crown prince.

His brain worked quickly.

‘This is the Imperial Palace.’

He still didn’t know who the culprit was.

The Imperial Palace had numerous palaces, so there were a lot of palaces that were not inhabited.

Someone who knew him had imprisoned Felix here.

The moment the butler tried to fill Felix’s restraints that were covered by his clothes.

Felix moves like lightning.

“Kuk!”

The butler, who had not learned martial arts, fell out at once.

Meanwhile, Felix hurriedly came out of the prison with the clothes that the butler had brought.

After thinking for a while, Felix went back into the prison and took the key.

Then he locked the door of the prison.

‘This will buy me enough time to run away.’

The butler, who fainted for a moment then came to his senses, jumped up from his seat.

“You punk! Open this right now!”

“No, you didn’t open it when I asked you to.”

“If I catch you, I’ll kill you! Open it now!”

“How can I open it if you scare me like that?”

Felix quickly escaped the dungeon after teasing the butler.

He also did not forget to change into servant’s clothes just before leaving the basement.

“As expected, he’s at the Imperial Palace”‘

Felix was sure the moment he left the cellar and looked around.

He came back to the palace he longed for so much, but he was not happy at all.

He wondered who was the culprit and why he was locked up, but that was not the point now.

‘I have to live and find out.’

Fortunately for Felix, this is the Imperial Palace.

The royal palace where he was born and raised all his life

Felix knew all the secret passages in the palace.

He scrambled into a secret passage so no one could see him.

But Felix, who barely survived, was caught again.

“Huuuuing~! Duchess of Palesdon. It’s my fault. So please save me!”

Felix, who confessed, burst into tears.