Chapter 242

News that Viola had woken reached Emperor Walter's ears almost immediately.

To think he'd very nearly lost his only niece, so soon after finally meeting her.

The terror he'd felt, the moment he'd heard, half a month ago, that Viola had collapsed, was still vivid in his mind.

If it hadn't been for the Duke of Asheln...

If Cain hadn't willingly thrown himself into the timestream, Viola would have been lost forever.

From Cain's own perspective, it had simply been the obvious choice, to save his wife — but Viola was precious to Walter too. Which meant, in the end, he owed the man a debt regardless.

And not only Cain... but also to "him" — the one who had worked so hard to save Viola as well.

Creak—

Carrying a heart tangled with endlessly complicated feelings, Walter opened the heavy iron door of the palace's underground prison.

The first…