The Royal Military Academy's Impostor Owns a Dungeon [BL] novel Chapter 925

Chapter 925: Under the Capital Lights

"Do you think they’d be okay?" Luca asked worriedly as they waited for their next important visitor.

"Yeah. They should be fine," Xavier replied.

But his little wife didn’t look entirely convinced, especially when those two had left looking like they’d just fought a very long battle.

Kyle, who had caught up to speed after receiving an intensely detailed blow-by-blow account from his heavily-invested little star, added, "Lord Curtis may seem a little confused sometimes, but he can take care of Lady Eden. So far, they’ve made it this far without actually killing each other."

"Huh? Take care of Lady Eden?"

Everyone paused.

Several heads turned toward Luca at the exact same time.

"Why?" the curious blonde asked, having just finished arranging a small snack platter for emotional stability. "Is there something wrong with Lord Curtis taking care of Lady Eden, brother?"

Jax, who was in the middle of gathering his hair into a bun, glanced over. "Well, if anything, I ran into them before they were about to leave, and between the two of them, the Deputy looked more like he was about to cry."

"Right?!" Luca straightened immediately, clearly validated.

"Because the entire time, Lady Eden was more honest. But Lord Curtis looked like he was ready to burst and didn’t get the chance to."

"Eh?"

"Really?" Princess Kira, who had been anxiously waiting for a certain someone, turned to ask.

"Yeah!" Luca nodded earnestly. "So I actually think that today, the more vulnerable one is Lord Curtis. What if Lady Eden eats him alive?"

The question was asked with pure sincerity.

Unfortunately, it also caused several males in the vicinity to sputter at the same time.

It was, apparently, a very efficient way to discover that certain towering individuals required psychological cleansing, because none of them could properly explain the sudden malfunction of their respiratory systems to Luca.

Then again, the golden-eyed cadet wasn’t entirely wrong about his concerns.

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From inside the hovercraft, the capital looked almost unreal.

Glass towers pierced into the night sky, their edges traced in white and gold light. Suspended transit lanes glowed faintly in the distance as vehicles streamed past like slow-moving constellations. Holographic billboards shimmered and faded in cycles, casting brief washes of color across the windshield before dissolving into the dark.

It was well past midnight, but the city never truly slept.

Curtis and Eden sat side by side, the hum of the engine low and steady beneath them. The only irregular sound in the quiet cabin was Eden’s small, stubborn hiccups as she tried to control her breathing.

She pressed her lips together.

Inhale.

Exhale.

Another tiny hitch in her breath.

Eden thought that even if she’d cried her eyes out earlier, she hadn’t looked at the city this clearly since everything crashed. For the first time in years, the skyline didn’t blur at the edges. It didn’t feel like something she had to conquer or outrun.

It just... existed.

Quiet. Twinkling. Patient.

Admittedly, all of those sounded a lot nicer than the awkward silence threatening to engulf the entire hovercraft if not for Curtis deciding to break the silence.

But he sure decided to go all out from the get-go.

"Why did you leave?"

Eden didn’t look at him. She kept her gaze on the lights ahead, watching a distant building flicker through an advertisement cycle.

"You already know why I left."

"No. I don’t." His voice was calm, but there was something restrained in it. "You gave me an answer for why one would leave in such situations. But I’m asking why you really left."

That made her turn.

She looked at him properly for the first time since they got inside the vehicle.

"I just had to," she said.

Then her eyes softened slightly.

"But that’s not what you’re really asking, are you?"

There was a pause.

Curtis looked forward again, jaw tight.

"You’re right. It’s not."

His gaze shifted back to her, and this time he didn’t look away.

"What did I do for you to leave me like that?"

The question came slower now.

"Look at your face. Even you can’t believe you asked such a question." 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

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