I decide to ignore him for a while. As I bath in the water, I think of how coincidental it was that I was sweating and burning, but once I was with Lord Talon, the burning and pain instantly dissipated.

　　I move closer to Lord Talon, ‘I began burning and sweating as I fled from the underground. When you came and rescued me. You were in the same state as me. Why was that?’ I ask him.

　　‘Remember how I told you that you weren’t a prisoner, but I had no choice but to keep you at the castle?’

　　I nod.

　　‘It was because I knew this would happen if...