Chapter 715 – Prison (2)
I’ve been in prison for a very long ti.
No, I guess it’s a bit much to call it a prison?
A huge monster is trapped, or a large-scale criminal thought to be dead is being tortured in a labyrinth.
The royal dungeon filled with all kinds of rumors.
‘···The hot water cos out faster than at our house?’
The facilities are too luxurious to be called a prison.
It felt like I was in a 5 star hotel suite.
There are three rooms, and the bed is so big that I can roll sideways on it twice.
There was also a large bathtub in the bathroom…
“···Not bad·”
Of course, not all dungeons are like this.
Well, the place I’m in is a special cell set up in a corner of the basent floor.
A place where those who are criminals but respected by the royal family are imprisoned.
Well, actually, imprisonnt itself is not the purpose, but rather it is just for show.
anyway·
“Baron Yandel, may I speak to you for a mont?”
Within hours of beginning his imprisonnt, a visitor ca to visit him. It was the very sa old knight he had t just a few hours before.
He was surprised to see my patriotism.
Asking if life in prison is uncomfortable,
If you need help, just tell anyti.
Currently, the Noark people are imprisoned on the 5th floor underground and are being interrogated by intelligence agents. During the interrogation, it was revealed that the deputy commander was able to survive thanks to ‘Jeongsu’.
He treated kindly, made small talk, and then said sothing aningful at the end before leaving.
“···I’ll be going now. As I said before, don’t think about anything else for two days and rest. The Marquis may not have taken any special action against you because of another intention.
“···Huh? What does that an?”
“It ans that you may have wanted to escape. Even if the period is only two days, it does not lessen the cri of escape.”
Grandfather King Knight said he had sothing to do and left, and I also started to think a bit more.
‘That certainly makes sense, I suppose.’
No wonder, the Marquis treated in prison very well. If he had known my personality, he would have put even more restrictions on to prevent from escaping.
He was locked in a special detention cell and was not restrained.
Honestly, if I wanted to, I could just tear the door down and go outside right now····
“···Are you there?”
Sohow, not long after the king knight grandfather left, a second visitor ca.
What is this place? Is this a place where anyone can co if they want?
I thought about it and it was kind of funny, but…
‘Actually, if you think about it, it’s not just anyone.’
There were just a lot of people around who had enough positions to enter the royal dungeon.
Like the second visitor who just arrived.
“Ragnar······”
“It’s been a while… Are you uncomfortable anywhere? I heard it’s different from the prison I thought it was, but I can’t see inside very well from here….”
“It’s probably just as you heard. There’s nothing particularly uncomfortable. I think the food will be good enough.”
“Ah… is that so? That’s good…”
“So what’s going on here?”
When asked about the purpose of his visit, Ragna hesitates and then puts a wrapped box into the gap where he puts his food.
‘what?’
Confidential docunts, letters that need to be delivered secretly, etc.
With that in mind, I opened the package in silence and checked the contents.
But, how did this happen?
“···cookie?”
The small box was filled with cookies, but there was nothing special about it.
Oh, did you put sothing like a note inside the cookie?
The thought suddenly occurred to and I quickly picked one up and put it in my mouth to chew.
“I heard that there won’t be any desserts served during the al… I tried baking it myself, but how is it… Do you like it?”
“Huh… Huh? Oh, it’s delicious!”
“Haha, I can hear you well even if you don’t shout like that.”
“······”
I thought the Marquis had ordered to co, but it really seed like he just wanted to give sothing to eat and see my face.
So, we were just chatting about trivial things across the door, and I thought I’d ask him about that since we t.
What I saw in the secret study room
A drawing of a woman believed to be Ragnar’s biological mother.
Does he really know about that woman’s existence?
I thought about asking him once, but decided not to. I think the Marquis would have hidden wiretapping devices all over the place—
“No, wait a minute”
Suddenly, a lightning strikes my mind.
“···Why are you like that?”
By the way, did the Marquis ever speak to ?
I felt a little sorry, but I ignored Ragnar’s question and recalled my conversation with the Marquis.
‘I didn’t do it’
As I looked back, it beca clearer.
The Marquis at that ti did not do it.
[So… you really found them while searching our family?]
Even though he must have heard all the news about what happened within the family,
[Two days, exactly two days of discipline]
The Marquis didn’t even ntion it, let alone look at it.
About that ‘secret study’ that I entered without permission
Not a single word, really
Even if it’s just a passing remark, it’s likely that the topic will co up at least once.
‘···Wasn’t it such an important secret?’
It’s not sothing to hide, even if soone finds out.
So that’s why the Marquis didn’t react that much?
It’s not an entirely unreasonable assumption, but my past lives have told :
‘No, that can’t be true’
Rather, it’s the opposite.
The reason the Marquis never ntioned this was because the ‘secret’ was so important.
And if this assumption is correct,
‘···I might be the most dangerous one·’
Maybe now is not the ti to worry about your colleagues in District 7.
“···Why on earth are you doing that?”
Ah, of course, it was a delusion that I couldn’t honestly tell Ragnar, who was also the daughter of the Marquis.
thus····
“···My stomach hurts!”
“···yes?”
“I have to go to the bathroom! Oh, and I’ll enjoy this cookie! Thank you!”
“Yes? Ah··· Yes······”
End the conversation with Ragnar at this point using the Barbarian evasive maneuver.
After Ragnar left, I actually felt a little sick and went to the bathroom and sat on the toilet.
And how much ti has passed?
Degururur
Sothing that looked like a grenade rolled in through a distribution port that could only be opened from the outside.
Flash-!
It explodes and emits a bright light.
‘Flashbang…?’
At first, I thought so, but the light wasn’t so bright that it blinded , and I didn’t feel any damage to my skin where the light touched it.
‘Who is it···?’
I don’t think it’s an attack.
Just in case, I took out my hamr and approached the door, when I heard a voice from beyond.
“Is it there?”
Jero Saint-Red, First Royal Knight Commander
No, to be exact, it was an ancient demon that took over his body.
“I ca to tell you sothing urgent.”
He was the village chief.
***
The royal prison is not a playground for children.
I don’t know how many visitors they plan to have each day, but the third visitor was the village chief.
“What are you doing now? What was that just now?”
“This is a magical tool used by the Royal Intelligence Service. It instantly spreads a powerful magical wave, disabling magical tools in the communication system.”
Well, to put it simply, is it an EMP grenade?
“I took this asure in case there were any ears listening, so I hope you understand.”
Well, I thought there was a good chance there was a wiretapping device, so it doesn’t matter.
“Okay, what is the matter that needs to be conveyed urgently?”
As soon as we got to the main point, the village chief imdiately spoke only about the main point, as if it was true that he was really in a hurry.
“It’s about to start”
…No, but isn’t this just talking about the main points?
“Starting? What do you an?”
“The day everything burns”
“No, what does that an—·”
At that mont, I tried to ignore the sound of my anxiously beating heart and asked as calmly as possible.
Kwaaaaaaaaaaahh …
The vibrations transmitted from the ground continued for several tens of seconds.
Ddddddddddd-!!
Soon the entire prison begins to shake.
The ceiling cracks and the walls that support it break, dropping debris.
At that mont, I was panicking and grabbed the iron gate to ask the village chief what was going on.
The village chief spoke first.
“Get out of here quickly. It’s not safe here anymore.”
“No, so explain it to —!”
“That’s all I can tell you right now. Survive. Then I’ll tell you sothing too.”
“You have to tell sothing, at least a little bit about the situation, so that I—!”
“It’s almost ti. I’ll hear about the situation from the person behind .”
Soon after those words, the village chief’s departure was heard from beyond the iron gate.
and····
Tada da dat-!
I feel the sound of very urgent footsteps quickly approaching where I am.
He was not a village chief or a knight grandfather.
Well, at first glance, it was clearly the sound of an ordinary person’s footsteps, unrelated to martial arts.
‘Is it Ragna···?’
The first thing that ca to mind was her, but surprisingly, this visitor was the fourth new visitor.
Boom, bang, bang!
“Mr. Yandel!! Mr. Yandel!!”
“Raven···?”
“Oh, you were here! That’s great! I’ll open it for you now—·”
“No need”
I went out, tearing open the door, which had no aning in the first place.
“uh···?”
“Hurry up and get to the point. What’s going on up there right now?”
“iced coffee···!”
Raven, who seed to have co to his senses upon hearing my voice, quickly began to brief .
“Thunder! Thunder has fallen on the Palace of Glory!”
‘Thunder’·
The official na of one of the three ‘magic weapons’ held by the royal family.
“I heard from Mr. Yandel on the way to the palace that the Palace of Glory has collapsed and the commander-in-chief, the pri minister, is in danger of death! Everyone is in a state of panic and is evacuating···!”
I grabbed Raven’s shoulder and squeezed it.
I don’t know what I saw up there, but my body was shaking like an aspen tree.
“Hey, we shouldn’t be standing here like this! We should get out of here quickly! If it, y-you fall one more ti, this place won’t be safe either—!”
“Calm down, Raven.”
“but···!”
“Even if I calm down·”
“······”
Let’s speak strongly. Raven also kept her mouth shut.
Well, that doesn’t an the tremors in my body have gone away.
It was a lot better than the panic I had just experienced.
“District 7… Is there any news on what’s going on in District 7?”
“I, I don’t know. Uh, there was talk of starting the Beefron sweep operation before the thunder fell…”
Well, yeah… that’s right…
After that I checked one last thing:
“Do you have any more information on what happened to the Pri Minister?”
“Huh? No! I don’t know if he’s alive or dead, but I heard through the wire that he was definitely in the Palace of Glory when the thunder struck!”
“I see…”
Even as I answered like that, I had a gut feeling… no, I was sure of it.
The Marquis will be alive
No, maybe it was the Marquis who caused the ‘thunder’. There is so circumstantial evidence that he may have conspired with the Noarks.
“Just give so ti.”
“Huh? What ti is it? We shouldn’t be here. We should go outside—!”
“Just a mont, just a mont will do.”
After saying those words, Raven kept her mouth shut and continued thinking.
An exhibition where every second counts.
It didn’t take long to finish thinking and co to a conclusion.
‘No matter how much I think about it·’
Running away like this is the worst thing you can do.
Running away right now or going outside to join up with your colleagues in District 7 would all be possible in the current chaotic situation.
Common sense would suggest that it would be a much safer choice, but
Thump·
There’s sothing called a ‘golden ti’ for everything, right?
Depending on how you respond initially, the subsequent results can vary greatly.
Yeah, so···
“You go first, Raven.”
“···Huh? What are you talking about? Are you crazy? Mr. Yandel doesn’t know the situation up there… No, where are you going!”
Raven was startled as she watched start to walk.
That would be the case.
If you follow the hallway I’m going through now, you’ll co across a staircase that leads down further underground.
and····
“It was the 5th basent floor······”
“B5F…? Why are you going there!”
According to the King Knight’s grandfather, he is trapped there.
The Noark special forces that were captured along with the surrendered ‘Maan’
With all abilities sealed and wearing restraints.
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