The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

Chapter 0835 Slowly, Jackson's mouth pulls into a smile as he realizes that this isn't a maze at

all.

It's a cage.

A cage with nothing in it. And if there's something that the Atalaxians have built here that they're either trying to keep in, or protect themselves from? Well. That's something he wants to know more about, isn't it?

Eager for the first time in days to have something to do, a problem to work on, Jackson strides forward.

With his long legs and magic pulsing through his veins, Jackson crosses the Land of Darkness at a pace faster than most people can run. It only takes him about fifteen minutes to reach the first set of iron bars that align with the outer rim of the castle. When he gets there, Jackson frowns, taking the iron in his hands.

Because upclose he realizes that this enclosure is much less impressive than it looks from afar. Jackson shakes the bars and finds that, absurdly, they move - not rigorously rooted in the ground or anchored to each other. He huffs a bit in derision, thinking that whoever made this cage did quick or lazy work with it, and that if he had been in charge -

he grew up in a cage - a mental one, if not physical. And the realization of that confined upbringing over the past

magic and pulling the metal hard

he steps through them. "Whoever made these could have

to try to find his way through or around the maze of cages. Instead he just moves forward, just casually calling on his magic and pulling the bars apart every

and his head spins to the left, his eyes immediately finding a small, dirty patch of white cloth in the distance. He sniffs again

She's been here - within the past few

dirty white cloth comes into sight because - what on earth is that?

he realizes that it's certainly not

leans against it, frowning down at the dirty duvet and collection of pillows resting there.

is this...here, when the rest of the cages are entirely empty? And

leans against the bars and stares down at the ground. Because

his time here? Should he