Chapter 201: Everyone Hates Valor!

“WHY DID YOU LEAVE WITHOUT TELLING ME!”

In the random tunnel, Braham screamed at the top of his lungs at Anastasia.

Kael stood with his ears closed, but he had a big distance between himself and them.

’If something dangerous arrives because of your voice, I’ll rape you until you forget your wife!’ Kael decided to keep that thought inside his head for obvious reasons and just waited for them.

In front of Braham, Anastasia looked aside to avoid his gaze: “I wanted to help. You should keep your points for your own cure. You don’t have a good resistance to radiation, unlike me.”

Braham wanted to rub his temples, but he remembered his mask, so he just shook his head: “Don’t do that ever again! It’s my responsibility to protect you here. How would I face your father, my wife, or even myself if anything happens to you! At least come with us if you want to help, not completely alone!”

Anastasia lowered her head: “Sorry, Uncle Braham… I just don’t want to stay passive like this.”

Braham’s eyes softened: “Yeah, we’re leaving now anyway. I’ll take you out. Wait, let me fix your mask first. Good thing I bought this.”

Braham pulled out the tape from his pocket and used it to close the hole in Anastasia’s mask.

In that process, Kael noticed that her hands were trembling slightly, and Braham kept trying to close the hole without touching Anastasia’s face physically.

Once Braham finished that, they started following Kael as he led the way.

It had to be noted that he now had to keep a big distance between himself and them, unlike when he and Braham were alone.

And the reason was simple, Anastasia wasn’t comfortable being with Kael.

“It’s been three months already…” Braham suddenly whispered: “Don’t you think he’s a normal guy? Maybe we can cut that distance a bit for more safety… right?”

“…Sorry.” Anastasia left only a single word, and it was enough to drop that idea and not argue anymore.

Anastasia wasn’t comfortable with any man from the giant race or the titan race, and Kael specifically was the one she was uncomfortable with the most.

Why? Because she was the daughter of Zaragoza!

She was the princess who was kidnapped by the giants because of a traitor.

She was the princess who was tortured for months and recorded just to be used against her father.

She was the same princess who was once considered a genius angel who was humble and loved helping all people, but no one helped her the only time she needed true help.

For months, she was surrounded by men who were two times bigger than her, various torture devices, recording scrolls, and dozens of empty potions she was forced to drink.

What she had witnessed and endured couldn’t even be told to most adults without them feeling uncomfortable, and that was a world that had minimal morals!

…However, she wasn’t a child.

She was fed words about how her father abandoned her, how no one was ever going to help her, how even the angels didn’t consider saving her—yet she still understood them.

Her father had a kingdom that he didn’t even ask for.

Among the pure angels, only one was considered close to her. Ana’s situation wasn’t their problem.

The people she helped would have saved her if they could, but she had to be more concerned about whether they could keep themselves alive.

But… Valor soon realized that torturing her was ineffective and just a waste of potions and time, so he simply sent her to prison three months ago.

After everything he had done to her, he threw her just like that. Whether she lived or died was none of his concern.

It was a new world she wasn’t used to. She was broken after everything that had been done to her. She was even punished every single day during her first week for ignoring the guards, refusing to eat, and missing the weekly quota.

Thankfully… Braham was there for her.

He was shocked when he saw her there, but surprisingly, he didn’t ask many questions.

Maybe it was because of her body language, but it seemed like he understood everything with a single glance. He immediately started helping her carefully until she recovered enough to start fighting for herself when necessary.

’But why did he have to be friends with him of all people?’ Anastasia questioned inwardly as her gaze fell on Kael for a split second.

Somehow, Braham became Kael’s best friend in this prison.

And who was Kael? He was Valor’s son!

He was supposed to be one of the prices of Uldor, a person who had a chance to become the next king, but for some reason, he was here in prison.

Regarding her trauma, there was nothing that could trigger it more than seeing Kael’s face, which was almost identical to Valor’s.

As if noticing her quick gaze, Braham decided to try once more: “He hates him as much as you do, if not more… I think you’d actually get along if you try. I mean—”

“Not yet.” Ana shook her head, causing Braham to sigh in disappointment.

“I promised him not to tell anyone, so I can’t really tell you why he hates him. You’d have understood if you had heard his story.” Braham smiled bitterly: “However, I can tell you what he promised to do.”

“He promised to skin him alive, grind his bones for weeks until they all became powder without killing him, then hire a group of apes in heat to assault him before cutting his limbs piece by piece using a chainsaw.”

“After that, he’d have a worm with no usable bones or skin. He’d use Valor as his worm pet. He’d pierce his eyes with nails that are enchanted with both fire and ice, cut his tongue, and ride him in his journeys that could last years while making records of his screams and the inhumane sounds he’d produce.”

“Basically, that crazy guy wants to turn his father into a worm mount!”

Anastasia’s golden eyes widened with every word of Braham. She knew that something really bad happened between them for the son of the king to be in prison, but what could possibly cause all that hate?

But despite her empathy, Anastasia still shook her head: “It’s not like I don’t understand. I just can’t do it yet.”

Braham sighed and gave up.

Ana understood that Kael wasn’t going to do anything to her, but there were two reasons that prevented her from trusting him.

The first was her own body and subconscious, which were affected by her traumatic experience that ended just three months ago.

the second was… that the man who kidnapped her was someone she used to trust from the bottom of her heart.

She didn’t truly feel safe even with Braham until one month ago. He had sacrificed a lot of things for her and had many opportunities to harm her if he wanted, but he didn’t.

In these three months, Braham became one of the very few people she trusted.

“Okay, now you better start running. The intensity of the radiation is increasing.” Kael stated: “And Braham… get ready to carry your little princess if anything happens once again!”

“I’ll—”

Without waiting for Braham to finish, Kael charged toward the surface through the path he came from.

Shrugging lightly, Braham gave space for Anastasia to run at her full speed, then he ran after her while keeping his eyes focusing solely on her.

However, neither him, Kael, the spear woman, nor even the guards seemed to notice the little bird on Anastasia’s shoulder.

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