I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 100

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Chapter 100

Faced with his stubborn gaze that seemed to refuse to back down, Mint opened her mouth again.

“Or we could just drop the bet now and talk.”

Helios bit his lips tightly.

He couldn’t give up the bet.

Meanwhile, Mint hadn’t made this proposal without reason. As things stood, this conversation would unsettle Helios no matter which direction it went.

He had gone so far as to declare with his own mouth that he would reach the 50th Floor in the shortest time possible. She couldn’t let that be ruined.

Helios obediently let himself be led by her hand.

Then he stopped once more.

This time it was because Helios had reached out his large hand to grab Mint’s wrist.

He had always thought so, but it was a slender wrist for a man.

Because she wasn’t a man.

“After the bet ends, you’ll tell me anything?”

“I don’t want to do that.”

Helios quickly continued speaking as if he had anticipated Mint’s answer.

“Just answer one thing for me.”

“…Well, aren’t you clever. Look how polite you become only at times like this.”

Looking at her face that seemed exasperated yet remained detached and leisurely, Helios asked the one thing he absolutely wanted to know.

“You won’t say no?”

Mint smiled.

“Yeah.”

Mint lowered her eyes. A dim light cast shadows on her face.

“…Why?”

There must have been a reason she had kept it hidden until now.

But to acknowledge it so readily just because Helios had asked?

The Master he knew wasn’t that kind of person. It wasn’t strange that he even felt a sudden anxiety.

Strength entered Helios’s grip on her hand.

“That’s right. Why don’t I feel like doing that.”

Tilt, Mint’s face inclined slightly.

“Is it because you look so desperate?”

A smile gathered on Mint’s face as she noticed his anxiety.

“Or is it because you look cute?”

“…I’m not in the mood for jokes.”

Helios replied sourly.

She knew. Though he seemed not to believe it, Mint hadn’t said it with the intention of joking either.

“You might be looking forward to what kind of nonsense you’ll spout to draw attention again.”

“…Do you think I know something more? Hoping to learn secrets – what bad taste.”

Mint’s words sounded as if she wanted him to know more of the secrets she harbored.

“Right. Is he a pervert?”

“…Are you sure you’re talking about yourself?”

Helios couldn’t understand at all.

This person had appeared as a guard in this men’s prison while hiding their gender.

Surely it was a dangerous secret that would be risky if discovered, considering they were deceiving even the prison, yet even after being found out by him, a mere insignificant prisoner.

She seemed so calm.

As if it was okay to be discovered, or as if she had expected to be found out someday.

That couldn’t be…?

…That wouldn’t be it.

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The conversation ended inconclusively, leaving only the promise of after the bet was over.

The next day, Helios entered the 48th Floor. The results of the massive brawl that Helios had caused the day before had already become known to everyone.

It was only natural, since when the prisoners who were curious about the results went to the open ground, they saw countless fallen prisoners.

Perhaps because of this, the Floor Master Team of the 48th Floor, though they were prisoners belonging to a large faction even in this tower, didn’t propose as nasty a game as expected.

Instead of the Floor Master’s ruling team proposing a game that wouldn’t damage their reputation.

They chose to make a good impression on the talented prisoner who would climb the tower in the future.

“W-winning without feeling dirty about it is nice. Will it continue like this?”

As if.

If there were only reasonable guys, would this even be a prison?

The Floor Master of the 49th Floor was different from the 48th Floor.

Haira grumbled that Seth had said something unnecessary.

“It’s because of you.”

He had said forbidden words like ‘Did we finish them off?’

Sure enough. The team that held the Floor Master position on the 49th Floor boasted a different kind of madness from other floors.

It was a murderers’ assembly that proudly flaunted violence, madness, and their own criminal nature.

In addition to this, there were those who felt ecstasy the stronger their opponent was.

This time, Ged’s group had to struggle hard against opponents that would leave them feeling dirty even if they won.

Excluding Helios, Ged’s group’s abilities were also excellent.

But their opponents also possessed abilities that weren’t much different, and they had greater numbers.

Moreover, they could propose games that could be led to their advantage.

“Haa… Haa…”

Ged’s group collapsed from mental fatigue. On top of breaking through two floors today.

They had finally finished even the 49th Floor.

‘Is this a dream or reality.’

Haira looked up at the sky and closed her eyes.

Soon Haira’s face turned away somewhere.

The atmosphere was strange. The atmosphere between Helios and Mint, that is.

Those two people….

‘They haven’t said a single word.’

Had there ever been such a day?

‘Did they have a fight or something?’

But in Haira’s opinion, a fight between those two wouldn’t have been possible.

First of all, Mint had a personality that rarely got angry. She would pass over anything leisurely and detachedly.

Moreover…. She was soft on Helios.

She acted like she had some reason for it. But to Haira’s eyes, it seemed like she would find anything adorable as long as Helios didn’t throw away his life.

Though she herself didn’t seem to realize it.

And what about Helios?

‘It’s obvious he’s completely smitten.’

Ged, who had lived half his life in a macho group, didn’t seem to notice easily.

But Haira could see it.

He was so fond of Mint that he didn’t know what to do with himself.

Beyond not knowing, he would burst out like a child unable to contain his anger. Even the twisted affection like a child’s, the affection that manifested as teasing and burst out like irritation.

It was clearly visible to Haira’s eyes.

‘Well, they’ll figure it out themselves.’

Haira, who had somehow inherited Mint’s way of thinking to some extent, closed her eyes.

Meanwhile, Helios didn’t feel refreshed even after breaking through to his target 49th Floor.

It was because of Mint, who hadn’t said a single word.

“Now then.”

After her gender became known and they decided to talk after the bet, she hadn’t spoken to him, and he hadn’t spoken to her either.

At first, he was closer to being at a loss after dropping such a bombshell truth.

And rightfully so, since Helios himself hadn’t easily decided to reveal it.

This feeling gradually turned into stubbornness.

Why wasn’t she saying anything?

Then I won’t say anything either!

…That was his mindset. But would Master even feel frustrated by this behavior?

Helios grabbed his own face.

Today was another defeat for him.

“Why aren’t you saying anything?”

Though it wasn’t quite complaining, his powerless voice carried a sulky tone as it flowed out.

“Tomorrow we’ll enter the 50th Floor. And I think I’ll break through the 50th Floor too if there’s nothing special about it.”

Mint’s gaze turned toward Helios. Indeed it did.

“…There’s nothing special about the 50th Floor.”

It meant there were no variables they needed to know about.

“It would have been interesting if there had been.”

Mint didn’t always know every Floor Master, especially those of the intermediate levels, so she couldn’t be certain.

But the level was similar. With the skill to clear the 48th and 49th Floors in a single day, it wouldn’t be difficult.

Mint had newly realized Helios’s abilities while watching him throughout the day.

She kept pondering. Was it really okay to proceed with the ‘special examination’ risking Helios’s life?

After watching him all day, she reached a conclusion. He wouldn’t die.

That was enough.

‘I can’t be certain how Hades will react.’

On top of that, she also thought about the secret of hers that had been discovered.

For Mint, it was a rare day of long contemplation.

She never expected that Helios would notice her gender.

She had thoroughly avoided situations where it could be discovered in daily life, like showering, and had carefully managed her appearance, including things like her Adam’s apple.

The Warden hadn’t done his work carelessly.

Mint herself had cooperated because this was something that couldn’t tolerate failure.

‘Is it because of that newly awakened Kia?’

Just a clue was enough.

Mint immediately realized the truth. In fact, she had been so thorough that there was no other answer besides that ability.

‘Why on earth?’

Changes to the original story were unavoidable.

However, Helios awakening an ability that didn’t appear in the original was a different matter.

For most Kia users, it’s something impossible in their lifetime.

But for you, it’s such an easy thing.

Mint was curious.

If he had noticed her gender, what had he seen? And what else had he seen?

How do I look in your eyes?

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