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Chapter 21. Day 1: Whipping in front of the king, daughter and the king-to-be.
Ryou lay down looking at the moss covered ceilings behind bars.
The guards left him for a few days, throwing bread at him for food.
His shirt was torn apart before they threw him behind bars.
They beated him up leaving bruises and wounds all over his body
But Ryou didn't care about the pain but cared more about Retasu.
He didn't eat or sleep thinking about Retasu and Retasu alone.
The king hopped into the front Retasu's room "Retasu! I have a present for you"
Retasu heard him and stood up before he would shout at her
She didn't stand it when her dad would shout at her, because it would remind her of all that has happened to her , from when she met Ryou at night until he was sentenced to death.
She hurriedly took a bath, without saying anything, to avoid his shouts.
The king stepped in the room and saw his depressed daughter on the floor.
He helped her get up and said again.
"I have a present for you. But you have to follow me" But behind his sweet smile, was an evil grin.
Masaya stood in front of the door. Retasu got up and walked slowly towards Masaya.
Masaya held her hand .
Retasu didn't reject because she knew it was no use.
The king walked in front of them.
They walked slowly out the entrance door of the castle and walked inside a tower.
It was ugly and really old.
Inside they went and they saw a big staircase circling up it's way to the top.
It was like a green snake.
Retasu doubted what was going on but she said "D-Daddy? Where are you taking us?"
Masaya kissed her compassionately and then said as he broke the kiss "You'll see"
Retasu felt disgusted as she spat on the ground.
A guard brought them to the top of the tower, where there was a big door.
They entered the room and inside they saw a room full of dungeons. Inside the dungeons were really thin people ( mostly men) and some dungeons only had skeletons.
Some dungeons had young children.
Retasu's eyes filled with tears.
When finally the king stopped at a cell.
Retasu saw who was inside and was so suprised.
It was Ryou! Except Ryou wasn't wearing his shirt anymore. There were bruises on his face and there were also traces of blood on his head.
Tears strolled down Retasu's eyes. She ran towards the cell.
"RYOU!"
Ryou, who was just thinking of Retasu, didn't even notice that they were there. But, he suddenly looked up when he heard Retasu call him through the prison cell.
"RETASU!"
He ran towards Retasu who was looking at him with her eyes full of tears of sadness and joy.
He held her hand and hugged her.
Retasu cried.
"RETASU!" the king cried.
"STAY AWAY FROM HIM!" Masaya shouted.
The king pointed to one of the guards and he hurriedly opened Ryou's cell and went in and grabbed his hand and threw him across the room...
"RYOU!" Retasu cried stretching her hand again, trying to reach.
His head hit the wall pretty hard that blood began to flow out.
Another guard came in with a pair of handcuffs and a whip.
"D-Daddy? W-what is he going to do to Ryou?" Retasu said in fear .
"You'll see" Masaya said.
The guard handcuffed Ryou's one hand and another to a pillar inside the cell.
Ryou didn't try to breakfree.
Then suddenly the guard started to whip his bare skin.
Blood gushed out.
Everytime the whip would strike his back, Ryou would give a small cry.
Retasu sat there looking at him... suffer.
She covered her mouth with her hands as she continued to cry.
Probably Ryou was whipped about 15 times already.
When Retasu couldn't take it anymore she crawled fast into the "grinning" king and shouted as she hugged his leg "Enough! Enough! I can't take it anymore! Stop! STOP IT !"
Ryou looked at her and smiled.
The king raised a hand as a signal to stop.
The guard stopped and released him from the handcuffs, leaving Ryou bleeding.
The king, Retasu and Masaya left.
But before they could go, Ryou looked at Retasu and said "Don't cry Retasu. I'll be okay"
He smiled .
Retasu continued to cry, leaving Ryou...
