Pushover Extra Trains the Villainesses Chapter 40: Disciplining the Nun XIV (2)

"Ugh What What happened? What the hell is this place?" Linda slowly rose from her seat, feeling a throbbing sensation in her head as if she had just woken up from a d*ug-induced slumber.

Not a single ray of light perated the surroundings; only the faint glow of lanterns beyond the iron bars illuminated the space.

"Is this a dungeon? Jake is where is Jake?" Linda desperately searched for her beloved, but the only person in the narrow prison was herself; Jake was nowhere to be seen.

At that mont

"This sound" Footsteps echoed in the silence.

Linda instinctively peered over the barricade, her heart praying fervently.

"I hope the owner of these footsteps is Jake," she whispered, hoping her beloved would co to rescue her.

However, her expectations quickly turned into deep despair.

"You you"

"I'm glad I arrived on ti." Linda imdiately recognized the man standing before her.

Bahamut Fernandez, the owner of Beden rchant Company and the one who had first suggested the gold mine to her.

He had brought her here under the command of the Archbishop.

Upon seeing him, Linda's mind raced.

Why is he here? To threaten into handing over the rights to the gold mine?

She resolved not to yield until she and Jake were freed.

"What do you want? Do you think we will hand over the gold mines without a fight? We won't. I would rather die!"

"Haah"

Bahamut sighed deeply at Linda's words, a reaction entirely different from what she expected.

Linda questioned that unexpected response, "Why are you sighing? What did you expect?"

Bahamut spoke in a slightly annoyed tone, "Well, that's good the gold mine if it truly existed, I would have secured it at any cost. Even if it ant releasing people like you, I would have done it."

""

Linda sensed sothing was amiss.

Trembling, she asked, "What what are you talking about?"

"I'm telling you, there's no way out of here for you." Bahamut retrieved sothing from his pocket, letting it catch the dim light.

Linda, seeing it glisten, thought it was gold.

"That that's"

"It's sothing you dug up in the mine you developed. It shines like real gold."

"What?" Linda was suddenly flooded with doubt.

Bahamut's voice turned cold. "There is this old saying since the days of the alchemists, all that glitters is not gold.' Look closely. If you've worked in the mining industry, you should be able to recognize this."

As Linda examined the object, a sense of desperation washed over her.

Gradually, her face hardened.

Thatsa lie

Sorry, but its true. As you probably already noticed, this isnt gold. Its pyrite. It resembles gold but is worthless in comparison. Your last hope was nothing more than iron disguised as gold."

Kuh .

A tal that was a mixture of iron and sulfur, often called fools gold.

Although the color itself is similar to gold, the difference was large in terms of properties, and above all, because it was quite common, it was actually traded at a slightly more expensive price than iron ore.

Even so, its price was so cheap that you couldnt even compare it to gold.

As she recognized that her last hope was a piece of iron disguised as gold, a dark shadow of despair began to fall on Lindas face.

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