BELLE'S P.O.V
I don't know how to react because in front of me is Sebastian's body, which is full of blood and bruises.
He was tied up sitting on a chair but I couldn't see his face.
Is he sleeping?
Arkanghel opened the gate, and we entered the prison.
I walked slowly to where he was and as soon as I was in front of him, I could confirm that it was really him.
"What is he doing here?
I asked arkanghel.
" He is the one who made you experience those hellish prisons, my lady.
" what? no! I think you are mistaken! Sebastian is really kind, he will not do something like that to me!
I think Arkanghel got the wrong person because Sebastian has been really kind to me ever since the first time we met, not to mention that he is the one who saved me from that place.
So how come it is Sebastian who is the mastermind of that incident?
Please release him from Arkanghel, he is not the mastermind of what happened in the prison.
I told him.
I am expecting arkanghel to release Sebastian but he didn't bulge on moving, he's just standing still while looking at me.
I am confused because he is not obeying me. Arkanghel didn't hear me?
I told you to release Sebastian because he is innocent.
i told him again but instead of releasing sebastian he walked towards him and the pull his hair so his face would face mine
I almost vomited when I saw what happened to Sebastian's face. He was beaten so badly that I couldn't even recognize him.
it is just thanks to his body structure and his side face that i recognized him earlier but now that i am looking at his face i am now not sure if he really is sebastian what happened to him i ask arkanghel he dared to lie in front of me my lady so you beat him up arkanghel nodded his head why did you do that what if he is telling the truth what will you do i couldn't control my voice so i unexpectedly shouted at him i'm sorry my lady but i have done multiple investigation just two be sure that he is really the mastermind of that incident is he telling the truth how did you manage to know that he is really the mastermind isn't those thugs are the mastermind didn't they told everyone inside the reason that they are doing those things because we are from the west?
i can't really connect everything because however i do got it there is no sign that sebastian is the mastermind off that so i am sure that arkanghel is just mistaken and i am so embarrassed that this happened to sebastian please come down my lady i will show you how we manage to know who is the mastermind of that incident arkanghel told me i know that my head because i don't want to argue as he is going to show me how he came up to the idea that sebastian is the mastermind he let go off sebastian's hair and went to the other door just beside this prison henrik and i followed him and we saw a round crystal in the middle of an empty room it was big and it is standing right in the middle with just itself it is floating what is this i ask arkanghel arkanghel turned on the light and ask us to stand right in front of it this is the newly created project by sir alfonso and its purpose is to know what happened in the past of someone what really i couldn't believe it did alfonso really created this thing yes my lady i will show you how it works arkanghel explained everything to us from how it works and what is its scope on getting information.
my lady we managed to know who is the mastermind accidentally because we try this device and we are just looking of the events that happened after you were being saved so we expected to see how the soldiers manage everything to that prison but ended up finding something else arkanghel started to maneuver the crystal bye watching him i can't help but to feel nervous i couldn't remove my eyes from the crystal as i want to see everything that happened at first there is a beam of light that enveloped the room then when it disappeared a familiar event shows
this is when you are already in the mansion the soldiers and the nights were patrolling the area to get everyone but then look at this my lady.
arkanghel pointed at something beside the forest that is showing in the crystal i look closely and saw a silhouette of a man we can't hear what they are talking to but had a goosebumps when i realized that i am familiar with that built the crystal keeps on showing what is happening so i saw that man and the one of the guards that are burning the people inside the prison talking and exchanging money later on the man whom i can't see the face walked towards the direction of the other soldiers he walked casually while the girl whom he just talked with called someone and ride a horse and go to the opposite direction as to the poorest when i turned my case back to the man my heart stopped from beating sebastian a mounted yes my lady this is how we found out that sebastian is the mastermind of that incident when we imprison him we managed to get the information that we wanted from him we learned that he did all those things to look better in your eyes as he you will be your hero when you needed him
How could he?
i tremble, i collapse while processing everything that i just witnessed i think this is an enough reason for you to trust us my lady i looked to arkanghel and just stare at him i couldn't open my mouth because of shock my hand keeps on trembling while there's no strength on my knees how could sebastian do all those things to me i was traumatized by what happened that i don't even want to meet and talk to other people for a week because of trauma how could he sleep at night thinking that he killed someone but he burned people alive how could he he is a monster?
I covered my hands on my face because the tears that suddenly fell kept on flowing like a river.
all the memories from then keep on coming back to me. Those screams from those child's kept on haunting me. We were starving, we were beaten up and Sebastian is the mastermind of all those things?
there's a hand who caresses my back. Even if I don't look at who it is from the warmth of its hand, I can tell that it is hendrick.
I slowly removed the cover of my face and looked at him. When I saw that he was just as leveled as me, I couldn't help but to rest my head on him.
he accepted it fully without hesitation and kept on caressing my back
I cry in his arms, not sure of what I will think.
I trusted him…
I never doubt him even just for a second…
I never thought that he would do this to me, just what did I do to deserve all these?
just why do i have to experience that hellish prison…for him?
just because he wanted to look good in my eyes that he is ok with me experiencing those hellish things?
What about my feelings? I thought that he had feelings for me. Is that the right thing to do when you want the person you like to like you back?
you are going to sacrifice their mental health and you are even ok on giving them traumatizing events that may haunt them every night just so they can finally see your worth by saving them in that situation?
I feel betrayed…
again and again…the people around me keep on betraying me…
Do I really deserve all those betrayals?
Is that the reason why Marie and Trinity agreed to that plan because they know all along that it is Sebastian who is the mastermind.
Did Sebastian tell them that they will not hurt me and they will just imprison me in that hell?
How much did Sebastian pay them?
They are all insane!
just how desperate sebastian is to let me experience those?
Just how desperate he is to sacrifice people for his ambition?
I thought that I already knew who he was but I was fooled by his actions. I was fooled by his smiles. Those words that came from his mouth were all lies and we're all just a facade for his plan…
I never thought that I will let a murderer to enter my life…
"Do you want to see him, my lady?"
i heard arcangeles voice i looked up to him and nodded my head i will si sebastian and i will get an explanation from him i will never let him get away with this because there's a lot of people who already sacrifice themselves for his evil plan there's a lot of innocent people that were killed because of him.
handbrake assist me on standing up and giving me his handkerchief to wipe my tears
thank you…
I gladly accepted it and wiped my tears. We walked outside and went directly straight to Sebastian's cell.
When we first arrived here he was closing his eyes but now he is fully awake and is looking at me.
when our eyes met i saw his eyes widen
belle!
I was shocked that he called my name.
I never heard him call me by my name before.
Arkanghel drew his sword and charged it to Sebastian's neck.
Sebastian pulled his face to avoid Arkanghel's sword.
"Don't you dare call our lady by that, do it again and I will slice your neck this instant."
There's seriousness in his voice.
I know that he is not joking but I couldn't care less as I don't want to associate with him any longer.
All I can feel right now is madness and greediness to give justice to those innocent people who sacrifice themselves.
"M-my lady…"
Sebastian's voice was trembling, his eyes were pleading when looking at me.
don't tell me he is thinking that I will let him escape this prison?
How dare you do that?
I asked him.
sebastian shook his head and said,
"No my lady! they are just mistaken! i wouldn't do anything like that you know that i love you so why would i-"
"We saw it clearly! You, talking to those who imprisoned us!"
Why is he still lying?
"It was all a misunderstanding, my lady!
Sebastian continued shaking his head. rejecting my words.
"Stop lying!"
i couldn't help but to shout
Once again sebastian space looked pale when arkanghel pushed his sword on his neck.
"I believe that we already talked about it and you can really tell us why you did that."
arkanghel said.
That is right, Arkanghel told me that they have already talked to him and told them everything about his plant, so why is he lying to me right now?
"I didn't say anything!
We were shocked at what he said.
What is he saying?
Why does it keep on denying everything?
"I told you to stop lying! just why do you have to live when we already know everything! can't you just accept the fact that you did wrong?!"
I can feel my anger rising to the roof.
Sebastian's face softened.
I saw his mouth open.
"I-I just did that because I love you…"
what? Is he crazy?
"why would someone traumatize the person that they love? there's no sane person who would do that!"
"I am telling the truth! I love you! I want you to choose me, to just look at me! i've been there since you first came to the west but you never look at my worth! Who are you going to choose that shit beside you? I am better than him!"
Is he referring to Hendrick?
arkanghel must have been full of Sebastian's lying as he changed his sword's position like he is going to slice Sebastian's neck anytime by now.
Sebastian had a hard time talking because of what Arkanghel did.
I can see in his face that he is scared of what Arkanghel will do to him.
Then his eyes met mine, it's there again, his pleading eyes as if he is asking me to free him from this prison. But I will never do that.
I stand straight and fight his gaze with stern confidence.
"Fine, since you don't want to admit it to me and you still keep on lying despite all the sacrifices that you have killed, since you are still bold enough to face me like this, I will not butt in on your case anymore. i will let arkanghel to deal with you, i know that he is the person who will not a murder go."
After I said that, I walked out of the room.
I can still hear his shout, calling for my name.
"Look at me! I am better than that man!"
Those are the last words that I heard from him.
I walk faster, there's also someone who is behind me and I know for sure that it is Hendrick.
I need to leave this place i don't want to remember anything anymore i walked fast although i am still weak as i can feel my strength slowly leaving my body at push myself to walk please don't let me collapse now i still need to get out of this place when we reach the gate i immediately run outside of this underground prison.
My tears started to come out again. I used a hendrix handkerchief to wipe it but it was not enough. When we were finally out of the prison I went straight to the garden and sat on a flat ground that I saw.
As soon as I sat down my tears flowed more.
*sobs…
I couldn't stop crying. I know that I shouldn't do this here because someone may see me but I can no longer walk to my room right now.
I felt Hendrick's embrace so I hugged him back.
again, I cried in his arms.
Hendrick isn't saying anything, he just kept on caressing my back but I can feel that he is with me, I can feel the warmth that he is giving me.
"Hendrick…"