"Are you praising my looks?" Persephone asked.

Morpheus remained silent and just ruffled her hair gently.

"But I'm your wife, right? How could she let a married woman..."

"These things are common here," Morpheus said casually. "Husbands accumulate gambling debts, and wives sell themselves to pay them off. It's a routine occurrence."

"But didn't you say you'd protect me?"

"That was under the premise that I'm alive." His voice grew deeper, his expression more serious. "But in those lawless underground rings, anything can happen. Everyone signs a life-or-death contract. Even death in those fights is deemed deserved!"

Persephone halted, staring at him blankly.

Morpheus paused when he noticed the coldness and tremors in her hand. Her pretty face paled with fear, too.

He frowned slightly and pulled her into his arms. He alertly scanned around, then led her to blend into the crowd swiftly with their heads down.

Persephone's voice

about the worst-case scenario." He remained composed. "Rest assured. Before anything like that happens, I'll find a way to get

glad he was concerned. Perhaps soon,

while he would remain in this indulgent place. They would become two

him, she

Suddenly, Morpheus

snapped back to attention, meeting

you hear what I

"W-What?"

I won't take you to make calls

times we went out to make calls, we were being

leave

unsure how to

could we let those

you'll drive me to despair with your

shot Morpheus a challenging look, being poked by him,

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