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Chapter 40

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Just like he promised, this morning, Canton gave me a permission slip to go visit Oda at the east quarters of his castle, on the right building, where she's currently staying on.

Instead of knocking at the door, I decided not to announce my presence and surprise her by bursting inside.

That counts as one of the worst decisions I've ever made in my life.

Oda screamed and immediately covered her bare body with her blanket while I remained still, staring at a shocked- now fully covered- Oda and an annoyed-looking Santos, wide-eyed.

"Errot, oh my god, why didn't you knock?" Oda asked, her cheeks coloured bright red.

Santos rolled his eyes and begun fishing for his underwear from the floor.

"I wanted to surprise you.." I mumbled still bewildered by what I witnessed.

Santos snorted. "You definitely succeeded" he muttered under his breath while getting dressed under the covers.

"I wasn't talking to you" I pointed out.

"Well, I still replied, what are you going to do about it?"

"Can't you like, turn into a stupid shadow and leave?"

"Boys" Oda interrupted.

We both looked at her.

"Errot go to the bathroom and wait there until I call you out and-" he turned to look at Santos and her voice softened. "and you can leave and I'll meet you later, okay?" She attempted a smile.

Santos sighed and threw a quick glance at me, his face void of any emotion.

He got up, fully dressed and disappeared through the door.

Oda looked at me.

"Why? Out of a whole castle filled with Inks. Why him? Elvina was just fine, gorgeous, rich and the king's favourite."

"He's really nice.." Oda looked down. "You've misunderstood him"

"Nice. He almost beat me to death a few months ago"

"Those were Canton's orders.."

"But he was still smirking sadistically the whole time. A sadist, that's what he is"

"You're wrong. He's nothing like what he allows other people to see"

I decided not to argue further with her, so I stayed silent.

She sighed. "Bathroom. Now."

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"So you and Cant can finally be together in peace?" Oda asked, finally clothed.

"Cant?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah." She shrugged. "We got close while you were gone" she paused and smirked at me. "don't worry I'm not going to take him from you"

I scoffed. "Yeah, because now you have Santos"

"I'm not arguing about Santos again. Accept it or don't. It's really a 'you' problem"

I sighed. "I just want you to be happy and safe"

She smiled. "I'm happier and safer than I've ever been. And if he ever hurts me I'm going to call you so you can take care of the situation. Deal?"

I smirked back. "Deal"

"Plus, it's not really...official between us"

I frowned. "What?"