16 The End of A Dream

"It's painful, isn't it?"

"Yes."

James out voiced his thoughts involuntarily but as soon realized he was not the one who asked the question. So he frantically turned tilted his head to look & saw a girl with glistening sapphire eyes looking at him with a soft smile.

It was Adeline who followed Leon from the moment he got out of the castle. She knew he didn't know where to go, but soon found a guard who lead him to here.

There were many changes in Leon's behavior from the very beginning & it was noticed by everyone. He had become unusually kind, soft-spoken gentleman, which was something no one was used to.

Still, no one said anything, as there was no plausible explanation for this sudden change. He could have genuinely tried to become a good person & it was showing result. Or some witch hypnotized him to be a good guy, which was too unreal.