Elizabeth had expected another hostage, but this was the first time she realized that the other hostage was someone rarely seen, a person from the Southern Continent. As an Imperial Princess, she had met many people. But besides Bianca, who she had met when she was very young, this was the first Southerner Elizabeth had seen.

The Ghost spoke when he saw Elizabeth looking at the Southerner with interest. 

“I don’t know where exactly he’s from. But when we got him, the only condition given was that he had to be locked up.”

‘When you got him? Condition?’

Elizabeth quickly noticed something strange about the Ghost’s words. This man wasn’t kidnapped, but was being held prisoner at the request of someone else. There were quite a few possible reasons for that.

“But, are you telling me to share a room with a man? Even though I’m a woman?”

“You don’t have to worry about any possibility of something like that happening. This guy… no, I’m too lazy to explain it. You’ll know it when you experience it. 

The Ghost brought the man over in front of Elizabeth and left the cell.

And then…

“If you’re bored, I can give you a book. Try to endure with that.”

Having said that, the Ghost left.

***

When the Ghost disappeared, Elizabeth sighed and began thinking.

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