There is No Key to His Cage - Chapter 10.2
She looked up at him with furrowed brows, wondering what nonsense this was.
Seeing his quite serious expression, it seemed he was sincere.
“No, why should I?”
“Because you keep causing trouble every day, I have no choice.”
Decarus sighed deeply and returned to his place.
Around the desk where he sat, papers were piled up like mountains.
He was so buried in documents that even his handsome face was barely visible.
“Take that back.”
“……”
“Decarus.”
“I like it when you call my name.”
He stamped documents with a thud like an automated machine, speaking in a voice devoid of even a hint of soul.
“I said take that back, didn’t I?”
“……”
Frustrated, she lingered around the desk like a puppy, but he didn’t even glance at her.
As she bustled about, fidgeting and pacing around, Elena finally blurted out the words she had been holding back.
“You know you’re really annoying, right?”
“I’ll take that as a compliment.”
She wanted to punch him for not caring about her insults.
Whether he knew or not about her boiling insides, he focused on his work.
No matter how many times she called his name or tried to provoke him, there was no response, so she finally stood still with a sullen face in silent protest.
But he just kept stamping the red seal on documents, looking only at the papers, even under her laser-like hot gaze.
Elena, who had been biting her lips anxiously, finally made her last desperate attempt.
“If not, I’ll bite my tongue and die right here.”
At her intense tantrum, Decarus closed his eyes tightly as if his head was throbbing.
He leaned back in his chair for a long time, motionless as if under Medusa’s curse.
Thinking he might be trying to sleep, she took another step closer, but not even a hair moved.
Fortunately, this method seemed to work, so she quickly added one more line.
“I-I-I’m serious. I’m the type who does what I say! I’ll really, really die!”
Trying to lie in front of him made her mouth go completely dry.
But she couldn’t back down here.
Decarus, who had been closing his eyes, slowly exhaled with his face covered by both hands.
Then he slowly got up from his seat and approached, his shoes clicking.
“Do you dislike it that much?”
“Wh-what. Why are you like this.”
How am I supposed to understand when you speak without a subject?
As always, he doesn’t have even a speck of consideration for others.
Elena slowly backed away, trying to escape from him as he approached.
“I asked if you dislike me that much.”
He might be an idiot.
To say such an obvious thing so nonchalantly.
It was so absurd that she let out a hollow laugh.
“Wh-why don’t you use that brilliant head of yours to think first? Would you like it if you were in my position…?”
Elena raised her finger and tapped her head.
At her sarcastic tone, he smiled as if something was funny. Then suddenly, he kissed the back of her hand.
“Wh-what are you doing? What is this?”
Startled, Elena roughly pulled her wrist away.
But her body was drawn to him like a magnet.
“Ah…!”
Suddenly face to face with him, Elena opened her eyes wide.
At the almost touching distance, she couldn’t close her mouth.
He raised one corner of his mouth, his beautiful red eyes sparkling like jewels.
“Even looking at such a handsome face?”
“…What?”
What on earth did she just hear?
Did he just call himself handsome?
Elena frowned and let out a small sigh.
Seeing how confident he is, it seems he’s serious.
Her captured hand brushed against his lips.
“…Why, why are you like this.”
“It seems you don’t yet know my worth.”
Her hand was roughly pulled to touch his stiff shirt.
The firm muscles felt beneath were bumpy like touching a hard stone.
“I think I have better conditions than others.”
“Let go…! I’m leaving.”
Slap-.
She roughly shook off her grabbed hand and headed towards the door.
Her cheeks, blushing bright red as if embarrassed, seemed adorable.
Just as she was about to open the doorknob, he continued in a low voice.
“There are guards outside.”
So what, is he saying they’ll kill her or something?
Elena turned her head to look at him, who was holding documents again.
“Why, are you going to kill me?”
“No, why would I?”
His face could be seen peeking crookedly between the papers.
“You were let out by the guards, so shouldn’t I punish the guards?”
Crazy bastard.
This person is a crazy bastard.
To think I’m in the same room with someone whose thinking is completely different from normal people.
“You… Are you crazy?”
“Yes, for you.”
Her body froze like a snowman for a moment at his sudden confession.
In this absurd situation, all she could do was let out a bitter laugh.
“Ha… Okay, I give up. Do whatever you want.”
The more she talks with him, the more she feels her energy draining.
Elena had no choice but to head straight for the bed.
“Whatever I want?”
“Yes, whatever you want.”
“It would be better not to say such things carelessly, Elena.”
Thud-
As if she couldn’t hear anything, she lay down on the bed with her back to him.
Sprawled out like a dried towel, she buried her face in the pillow.
“What are you trying to do now?”
“You said to stay still. So I’m saying I’ll stay still. It’s better than dying.”
There was nothing she could do now.
What’s the point of jumping out?
She didn’t know his office was right below this room.
What’s the point of learning to read?
Now he says he’ll teach her.
“Haa…”
Elena sighed deeply as if the ground would cave in.
It felt like all the blood was draining from her body.
“I’m planning to have the wedding within the next month.”
“My head hurts so much, why don’t you stop saying such things?”
“Then shall we do it this month?”
“No, next month.”
“Alright, let’s do it next month.”
“You…!”
The more she talked, the more she felt drawn into him.
Even if she couldn’t escape from here, why does she keep getting swayed by him?
“Why, you just said to do it next month, so you shouldn’t suddenly have complaints, right?”
“Haa. Okay… I lost, I lost. I give up.”
She looked up at the large ceiling painting visible in front of her, lying on the bed as if giving up.
The painting was incredibly beautiful even in this situation.
“I don’t think you’ve ever beaten me even once.”
“I’m not in the mood for wordplay.”
“I’m happy just talking with you like this.”
“I don’t like you.”
“That sounds like you like me.”
After his words ended, silence flowed for a while.
Only the ticking clock sound and the thud of the stamp filled the room.
After some time, he opened his mouth again.
“We’ll have a secret ceremony.”
“Do whatever you want, I don’t have a choice anyway.”
“You understand well.”
But then the nimble hand stamping the seal stopped in mid-air.
“But… who is this Aiden person?”
