I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 109

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Chapter 109

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After that, there was one more attack.

Well, given the skill level of the guards here, no one was injured.

“Tsk, this pursuit is endless, isn’t it?”

“Still, their numbers have decreased.”

The cargo wagon remained intact despite the attack.

Sergeant Steven fought while considering the carriage, and Mint also protected the cargo wagon with her Kia.

With the earlier group, there was a better method than killing, so they used it. Whether killing or memory erasure.

Sergeant Steven and Mint’s opinions were in agreement.

As long as there’s someone behind this… this won’t be the end.

Helios stood at a distance and gazed at Mint.

Currently, Mint was having a conversation with Sergeant Steven near the cargo wagon.

They said about a day remained until the destination.

Helios recalled something he had momentarily forgotten.

The reason he was going to the destination.

‘An examination dangerous enough to threaten one’s life.’

If Mint said this much, it would certainly be difficult.

It wouldn’t just be difficult.

Moreover, they said the destination had changed due to the attacks, and they were going to an even more difficult place.

Actually, for Helios, either way was fine. As long as he could reach the higher floors faster, that was good enough.

When he arrived in Niflheim against his will, he had already thought he might die.

He must have been living long enough by now.

“It’s decided.”

Right. He had been quite solemnly steeling his resolve.

But he never imagined this.

Mint, who had finished talking with Sergeant Steven, told him something surprising.

“…We’re going to pass through a village?”

“Yeah. That’s how it turned out.”

Mint shrugged her shoulders.

“Can’t help it. There are still pursuers.”

Helios hesitated. Pursuers.

He had been thinking about it constantly too.

What exactly was the reason for attacking such a meager group escorting a mere prisoner – hardly even worthy of being called a procession?

Moreover, not just once, but persistently enough to make even him sick of it.

Helios had reached a similar conclusion to what Mint had arrived at.

‘…Father.’

Perhaps his father was determined to kill him after all.

He had thought he would die on his own in prison without needing to lift a finger, but he was still alive.

It was enough to make his teeth grind involuntarily.

“I judged that fighting loudly would only help the next attack. I decided to attempt disruption to avoid pursuit.”

“Disruption?”

“Hide a tree in the forest.”

She meant they should hide by entering a place with many people.

“And the higher-ups issued one special instruction for disruption.”

“….”

Currently, Mint was wearing a robe, and underneath the robe she had on ordinary clothes.

“The north is the only place where encountering people is tolerated due to its geographical characteristics.”

It was attire prepared for the possibility of encountering people.

Mint shook out her hair vigorously.

“But since we’ve decided to enter the village itself, we need to be more careful. You wouldn’t want to be disqualified either.”

“….”

“However, the enemy side already knows our appearance, right?”

“So you’re going to hide it?”

“Correct. But that’s not the end. There’s one more characteristic the enemy can identify.”

“…The number of people?”

“Oh, you’re smart.”

Mint smiled slightly while pulling her robe down low.

“And one more thing.”

“….”

“Gender.”

Even if they hid their age and appearance like this, considering they were outsiders and factoring in their number and gender, there was a high risk of being discovered.

So Sergeant Steven proposed using illusions to increase their apparent numbers when entering.

In addition to this, Mint also added her opinion.

“We decided one person should use Gender Change.”

Having said this much, Mint raised her head. The face inside the robe seemed to have a mischievous expression.

“Are you interested in becoming a girl for a little while?”

“I absolutely decline.”

Disgust appeared on Helios’s face. Mint couldn’t hold back and let out a small laugh.

“Oh my, your attitude of putting off unpleasant tasks is quite admirable.”

She slowly removed her robe.

Helios keenly noticed.

‘Did she get shorter?’

Her eye level had become lower. It wasn’t a huge difference, but this was…. Was this about the height of Master’s original form?

“I thought you’d say that, so Master decided to sacrifice herself for her disciple.”

Helios’s eyes widened greatly. No, he was shocked.

Rustle.

‘Garret’s’ hair had become long straight hair. Not stopping there, it swayed gently in the wind that swept across this vast grassland.

“How’s this? Is this perfect enough?”

Mint was smiling brightly.

“I made it a completely different impression.”

“…A completely different impression?”

‘Garret’s’ face was ordinary but kind and innocent.

However, the face he saw now was certainly different from ‘Garret’s’ face. Except for the dimple on the cheek, it was still round and more…

Yes, it looked cute.

Despite Master’s characteristic detached expression.

“Ah, the hair is a similar brown. The most common color is good for hiding.”

Brown?

Helios couldn’t hide his bewilderment.

And for good reason.

In his eyes, pitch-black hair was swaying gently.

A woman completely different from Mint’s description was smiling brightly.

Helios’s mouth twitched.

…Was it okay to say it?

Until now, he had mostly spoken honestly about everything. Except for two things.

One of them was that he vaguely remembered, even if dimly, what happened in the space created by Mental Realm Kia.

Helios instinctively kept his mouth shut. Like then, the thought that he should hide it came first.

Otherwise…

‘Would Master leave?’

Why? Why was he feeling this way?

Master had already said she knew he was aware of her gender, yet she hadn’t shown any particular reaction.

She didn’t seem like she would leave either.

But why was he feeling this way now?

Despite feeling puzzled, he couldn’t bring himself to open his mouth.

“…I see.”

He barely managed to give something resembling an answer.

A moment later, he learned once again what it meant to change not only appearance but also age range.

“Ho ho ho, call me Father-in-law.”

Sergeant Steven had surprisingly become a man in his 60s with a protruding belly and thick beard.

Of course, for an old man, he had considerable build and looked sturdy. It was roughly at a level that could pass if he insisted he had done physical work in the past.

“…Father-in-law?”

Rather, he was more stunned by the words that came out of his mouth.

Helios’s appearance had also changed. His body size was reduced to the minimum so it wouldn’t interfere with movement.

His hair had become the blonde common to this region.

His eye color had also changed to blue, and his face had become simple and honest-looking.

“Oh, there’s also the setting that you’re siblings. My son.”

“…Neither option is appealing.”

“My goodness, listen to daddy, honey.”

“Master!”

What the hell was this insane combination? Helios squeezed his eyes shut at the throbbing sensation in his head.

When entering the village, he understood that Mint would create an illusion to make their numbers appear larger.

Since the village was quite substantial in size, there were quite a few peddlers and trading company processions coming and going each day. It was indeed a perfect method to blend in appropriately among them.

He understood that.

Most importantly, since their appearance and even gender had changed. So as not to give away information about their true identities.

He also understood avoiding terms like ‘prisoner’ and ‘guard’ as much as possible and volunteering for completely unrelated role-playing.

‘I understand, but!’

Even so, Master was just, that is… Did, did those terms come out so easily?!

“Oh my, what shall we do? Our son says he doesn’t want to be married to you.”

“Why would you say such a thing, daddy?”

“It can’t be helped. Become siblings then.”

“But I don’t want to call him oppa, what should I do?”

“Then you can become the older sister!”

“My goodness, our daddy is so smart.”

Stop it. Stop!

“Come on, try calling me sister. Leo.”

“…When exactly was the name decided?”

Helios glared at Mint once before running his hands over his face.

She must have just taken ‘rio’ from his name and called him Leo.

“I’m Mine.”

Helios narrowed his eyes. A name completely different from ‘Garret’.

Could that be a name derived from Master’s real name?

Even in this moment, he found himself ridiculous for trying to figure out the truth. He let out a hollow laugh.

“We need to leave quickly, Leo.”

He still saw a woman with jet-black hair and jet-black eyes in his vision.

Moreover, he could feel the pressure to just shut up and quickly play along since there was no time.

Helios looked at the two lunatics staring at him with single-minded focus and let out a small sigh.

“…I can’t do siblings.”

Right. The ridiculous thing was.

“Ma, married couple… Let’s go with married couple.”

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