Captured by the Desert Tyrant (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 128

The outer outpost on the Grand Bazaar border.

Hades stood guard, gazing up at the night sky densely studded with stars, as if someone had scattered salt crystals across it.

With even Louis and a few Imperials having entered Grand Bazaar city, only a handful of soldiers remained at the outer outpost, rendering it utterly silent.

Occasionally, large bursts of flame could be seen from the direction of Grand Bazaar city—but that was all.

No word had come to Hades—not from Caleb, nor from the palace.

He pressed his throbbing temples firmly, frowning from days of sleepless nights.

“My limits are approaching.”

Ever since the incident with Amira, he couldn’t even use sleep incense recklessly, and so he kept staying awake through the nights.

Mercatus—the dream festival longed for by most citizens of Grand Bazaar—was nothing but a nightmare for Hades.

That nightmare was the memory of Queen Yasmin, unaware of anything, holding young Hades’s hand as they walked the streets together with a man who claimed to be Yasmin’s close friend.

A man and a woman, each holding one of Hades’s hands as they walked. Even as a child, Hades instantly understood that his favorite aunt, Yasmin, was happy when looking at that mysterious man.

It was the first time he’d ever seen Yasmin, whose health had severely declined after giving birth to Luhan, appear so full of life.

—”Ah, Hades. It’s you.”

The man, whose face had already faded faintly in memory, had roasted marshmallows for Hades, taken him to plays, bought him snacks and toys, and constantly told him thrilling adventure stories.

—”If you keep heading south from Ahfes, there’s a cat made entirely of jewels—even its pink tongue is gemstone. It meows and bewitches people. If you follow it, a golden oasis appears. A great demon lives there. Truth is, the cat is sent to lure people down.”

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