The Warden of The Wi Chapter 281:

Chapter 281:

Chapter 281: The Succubus's Money Power

Anne stumbled. Fortunately, the balance honed by years at sea kicked in, allowing her to adjust her center of gravity just in ti to avoid landing on her knees.

But the person who tripped her simply lunged forward, crashing solidly into her.

"Oops, I slipped!" Carmilla yelled with theatrical insincerity, simultaneously knocking Anne to the ground.

The other inmates continued showering as if nothing had happened.

Fei, washing her hair, sauntered over to the bathroom entrance. As she passed the two on the floor, a gloating smile flickered across her face.

Three minutes earlier, in the locker room, Fei had discreetly approached Carmilla. Offering to have her contacts outside wire money to Carmilla, she hired the 'T-Rex' to "teach her new cellmate a proper lesson" in the showers.

The showers were one of the few places where guards didn't constantly monitor the inmates, making it the perfect spot for an ambush.

Carmilla, who's already a belligerent and violent individual, was naturally tempted by such an offer—getting paid to rough soone up was a sweet deal. Although there was a risk of solitary confinent afterward, the amount Fei offered... was simply too much.

While there weren't many ways to spend large sums of money inside prison, most inmates still had to consider their livelihood after release. Having money saved up was always a good thing.

"Sorry for bumping into you... accidentally got into a weird position here," Carmilla yelled while grappling Anne's arm. "Whoa, the floor's so slippery! I can't even get up!"

"Cut the crap! How do you accidentally fall into a cross armbar?!" Anne roared through the sharp pain of her twisted arm. "Let go of , you goddamn bitch!!"

"Don't misunderstand! Accidents like this are common in the showers," Carmilla didn't relent; instead, she applied more force, directly dislocating Anne's shoulder while simultaneously using her foot to pin Anne's throat.

Anne struggled violently but was completely powerless against the Dragonkin monstrous strength, like a frog caught in a viper's deadly grip.

Just then, Fei, standing at the bathroom entrance, ran back quickly and shot Carmilla a look—a signal indicating the guards had heard the commotion and entered the locker room. While Carmilla made her move, Fei had been acting as lookout.

Only then did Carmilla release Anne.

Nearby, Priscilla scrubbed herself with a towel, silently observing the scene. Now she understood why Dailey had called the newcor pitiful.

This succubus might lack personal power, but she clearly had connections, or perhaps... was very wealthy. The so-called... money power. ????????BЕ??

This new inmate had clearly picked the wrong opponent to bully.

"What's going on here?!" Guard Isabella rushed into the showers, shouting sharply. "Do you have to cause trouble even during shower ti?"

"Sorry, sorry," Carmilla scrambled up from the floor. "I just accidentally slipped on so soap scum and bumped into soone!"

"Stop spewing that bullshit! You clearly did it on purpose!!" Anne, lying on the floor, exploded with furious curses. "Fuck, my arm!!"

With one arm dislocated, she struggled to push herself up from the floor using only her good hand.

Isabella looked at Carmilla.

"I really just slipped and bumped into her," Carmilla spread her hands, then turned to Anne. "You can't just falsely accuse

because you're angry, right?"

Unsure of the situation, Isabella looked towards the nearest inmate. "What exactly happened?"

"Dunno, I was just showering. By the ti I saw anything, they were both on the ground," that inmate shook her head.

Isabella directed her gaze towards other inmates.

"Didn't see anything, I was washing my hair."

"Too much steam in here..."

The inmates unanimously claid they saw nothing. They didn't want to offend Carmilla over such a minor incident, nor did they want to waste ti cooperating with an interrogation, so they all adopted an attitude of 'none of my business'.

Isabella realized this ss was beyond her experience level to handle. She commanded the inmates present, "Enough! All of you, finish up quickly and form ranks outside!"

"Hey, I'm injured!" Anne yelled loudly.

"Stop shouting! Get dressed and co out. I'll have soone take you to the infirmary," Isabella glanced at her impatiently, then looked at Carmilla. "You, co out imdiately too!"

Minutes later, Anne and Camilla were escorted to the infirmary by the summoned riot squad.

By the ti Isabella led Aiden into the infirmary, Carmilla was standing aside idly, arms crossed, while the prison doctor was performing a manual reduction on Anne's shoulder—violent conflicts weren't uncommon in the Core Block before, so the doctor was quite experienced in treating external injuries.

"Yo, Warden!" Carmilla flashed Aiden a hearty grin.

Aiden ignored her, directing his gaze towards the doctor.

"Dislocated shoulder joint," the doctor answered succinctly.

"Wow, you 'accidentally' bump into soone hard enough to dislocate their shoulder?" Aiden looked at Carmilla with a half-smile.

"So people are just more fragile, I guess. All I can say is it was really an accident," Carmilla spread her hands with a look of feigned helplessness.

"Rules are rules. When sothing happens, soone has to take responsibility. You can sleep in the solitary cell tonight," Aiden gestured towards the outside.

From the mont Isabella told him about the incident, Aiden basically knew what had happened. If Anne provoked Fei, Fei would most likely pay soone else to handle the problem, and the easiest hired muscle in this prison was Carmilla.

"Sigh, fine, fine. If you don't believe , I'll just accept my bad luck... At least it's just sleeping in a different place," Carmilla acted like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water. She was already ntally prepared for this level of consequence.(TN: 死猪不怕开水烫 (Sǐ zhū bùpà kāishuǐ tàng) - Lit. 'a dead pig isn't afraid of boiling water'. Idiom aning soone is shaless, thick-skinned, or unafraid of consequences because they have nothing left to lose or don't care.)

Aiden nodded to the nearby riot squad mbers, who imdiately moved to escort Carmilla to the solitary confinent cell.

As Carmilla reached the doorway, Aiden put out a hand to stop her briefly, lowering his voice to lecture her, "There's a limit to earning money, you know. If you cause trouble and get your sentence extended, money won't do you any good."

"Isn't it because you denied my request for a punching bag, Warden? I have all this pent-up aggression with nowhere to vent," Carmilla also lowered her voice, a mischievous smile playing on her lips. "Of course, if you're willing to help

blow off steam in other ways, I wouldn't mind either. I'm free all day, you know~"

"Get lost to solitary and blow off steam by yourself!" Aiden retorted with a cold smirk, waving his hand for the riot squad to take her away.

Just then, the doctor popped Anne's arm back into its socket. Anne grunted in pain, her expression twisting.

Aiden strolled over to Anne, looking down at her condescendingly. He spoke, "Sent to the infirmary just hours after arriving? Seems you're not fitting in particularly well here."