Chapter 26: Imprisoned XII

Pitch blackness shrouded Luo Ye’s vision.

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[His Excellency Luo Ye… why can’t you stay with me for a lifetime?]

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[Your Highness, please don’t let His Excellency Luo Ye be taken away from my side…]

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[Luo Ye-chan, I’m about to break.]

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[Our Student Council won’t last long.]

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[Why… why must we play ****!]

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[I have nothing left except for ****.]

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Luo Ye was startled awake by the drip of water.

He opened his eyes in a daze, his head heavy and muddled, as if he hadn’t slept enough, or as if he’d had countless dreams within dreams, his mind highly active yet utterly exhausted.

“What… what was I dreaming about?”

“I think I heard a lot of girls’ voices.”

“Those girls’ voices sounded so familiar… who were they?”

“So familiar, just who could they be?”

He could never find the answer, because Luo Ye felt as if his memories were constantly being torn apart, his brain suffering the same fate, the pain splitting his head open.

“Damn it, why set me up in a place like this!”

Luo Ye struggled to catch his breath, wanting to clutch his head and curl up, only to realize that such a movement was impossible.

Cold iron chains wrapped around his wrists and ankles, the chill of metal seeping through his skin into his very bones.

Luo Ye discovered that his entire body was restrained.

Looking around, he saw that he was currently in a dim underground chamber.

“Shit, I’ve been imprisoned?”

“Who? Who did this?”

Luo Ye frantically tried to recall what happened before he passed out. He remembered that just before, he’d negotiated a deal with Sisnai, trading Alicia’s handwritten letter for information about the past.

The deal had gone through, but Sisnai insisted on a private conversation in a booth. The moment he entered and opened the door, a bag of powder that caused unconsciousness fell on his head and spread instantly, knocking him out.

Before he lost consciousness, he had clearly seen Sisnai’s meaningful smile, and heard her enigmatic words.

“So…”

“It was Sisnai who locked me up?”

“Damn! What does she want?”

“Even if you want to steal Alicia’s handwritten letter, at least wait until I bring out more next time before drugging me, don’t you know how to play the long game?”

Luo Ye grumbled internally, and just as he was wondering when Sisnai would notice he was awake, the heavy iron door screeched open.

The silver-haired girl Sisnai entered, wearing a pure white silk dress with beautiful lace embroidery at the hem, and holding a pitch-black leather whip in her delicate hand.

Her icy blue eyes glimmered dangerously in the dim candlelight, her lips curled in a mocking smile.

“Awake?”

Sisnai’s voice was as gentle as a feather brushing by, the whip twirling lightly between her fingers, its tip making a faint rustling sound as it grazed the floor.

Sisnai approached step by step, the click of her high heels against the stone slabs especially clear in the enclosed space. “I told you, didn’t I?”

She bent down, leaning close to Luo Ye’s ear, her breath cold as frost. “Not a single word of what we discussed is to get out.”

“You knocked me out and dragged me to a basement just for that?” Luo Ye sneered.

Did he really look like someone who couldn’t keep his mouth shut?

And, has no one told you that in a dark basement, you shouldn’t be wearing a pure white dress like an innocent maiden, but rather tight leather and black stockings, you know?

Leather! Black stockings!

Well, actually, a pure white bridal dress has its own charm too…

Ahem, off topic.

Luo Ye instinctively tried to move his wrists, unintentionally tugging the chains, the clatter of metal echoing through the room.

Sisnai suddenly raised her hand, the whip whistling through the air and grazing his cheek.

“Move again,” she narrowed her eyes, “and the next strike won’t miss.”

Luo Ye was slightly stunned. “You really plan to keep me locked up here?”

“Imprison you?”

Sisnai’s fingertips traced the whip, her icy blue pupils gleaming dangerously in the candlelight.

She suddenly leaned forward, her silver hair falling across Luo Ye’s chest, carrying a faint, cold fragrance.

She reached out, her slender finger pressing against Luo Ye’s chin, forcing him to lift his head and meet her ambiguous gaze.

“What are you trying to do?”

A bad feeling suddenly crept over Luo Ye.

“I just want to try… what kind of taste a man that Alicia has sampled is like.”

Luo Ye: ???

No way, this again?!

Before he could react, Sisnai had already tugged open his collar with one hand, her fingertips leaving a red mark on his collarbone.

Sis, are you for real?

As someone familiar with the ways of domineering women, Luo Ye already knew what Sisnai was going to do next.

Luo Ye held his breath, ready to circulate his magic and break free from his bonds…

However, halfway through channeling his magic, it suddenly dispersed, unable to condense any further.

This caught Luo Ye completely off guard.

What’s going on?

When Anna ambushed him, he could still use the excuse of “just transmigrated, not familiar with magic” to cover up the fact he was being taken advantage of.

But what about Sisnai?

Sisnai wasn’t even known for her grades in the magic department.

“Ah la ah la, were you thinking of resisting me?”

“That won’t do, His Excellency Luo Ye, everyone knows you’re the Sage’s son.”

“For that reason, I’ve already filled the area around this basement with anti-magic stones.”

“Don’t blame me for being so cautious~”

You gotta be kidding me!

Luo Ye thought, only upper-class nobles and the Academy’s forbidden vaults have anti-magic stones worth a fortune, and this duke’s daughter uses them by the batch?

Alicia, do you know just how crazy your harem is?

Are you really good at socializing?

Or have you mistaken other people’s admiration for your leadership skills?

Sisnai was already straddling him, her dress fanning out like snowy waves.

“Don’t be nervous,” she leaned in to whisper in his ear, her breath warm, “I’ll treat you even more gently than Alicia…”

The whip snapped down on the iron bed, making the chains rattle.

Sisnai’s cold red lips pressed against his Adam’s apple, her voice carrying a bewitching smile:

“Or… would you prefer something more exciting?”

Sisnai suddenly stuck out her tongue and licked Luo Ye’s cheek.

?!!

The sudden slick sensation made Luo Ye’s entire body flush with heat.

Especially the side of his face, which tingled unbearably.

Damn!

Has this girl actually learned how to seduce someone?

Who is she trying to seduce?

Alicia?

Unbelievable, Your Highness, you need to rein in your harem!

Do you know just how domineering your harem is?

This kind of pressure—a pure-hearted boy like him really can’t take it!

“Why are you doing this?” Luo Ye forced down the heat in his body and asked with difficulty.

“Why?”

Sisnai tilted her head adorably, as if genuinely puzzled by Luo Ye’s question.

But then, as if she suddenly understood, she spoke her answer from the bottom of her heart:

“Because… other than Alicia, I have nothing left~”