"I... didn't I die on the gallows?" Flander opened his eyes, his expression filled with confusion.
After learning that he was to be hanged for his crimes, he had been thrown into a death cell and tortured for three months before finally being hanged from the instrument of execution.
Yet when he opened his eyes, he had not died.
Of course, compared to his own survival, what tore at his heart even more was that Princess Lina, whom he had fallen for, had died for love.
While in the death cell, Flander had heard news of Princess Lina's death. In his eyes, she had died for love.
Yet now he had not died, while Princess Lina was dead.
"Where... am I?" He struggled to sit up and touched his neck. It was perfectly intact, not torn apart.
"On the secret road to the Landon Duchy," came a familiar female voice.
Flander could not have known that voice any better.
It belonged to Princess Lina, who had supposedly hanged herself.
When he raised his head, he saw the beautiful figure he had dreamed of day and night walking in.
"Princess Lina, it's wonderful that you're all right." Flander was beside himself with excitement, completely ignoring what she had said.
"Of course I'm all right. The Landon Grand Duke's influence was simply too great, so I could only escape by faking my death."
"Even the Arbitration Council was interfered with by his power. Otherwise, you would already have reclaimed the duke's title." Princess Lina soothed Flander as she explained some of the circumstances to him.
"Now he is preparing to overturn the entire empire to fulfill his ambitions."
"We must stop him as soon as possible!" When Princess Lina said this, she looked every inch like a resolute princess of a fallen