I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 123

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Chapter 123

 

“Don’t interfere with me.”

 

I declared firmly.

 

Since I had played a card I didn’t want to reveal. Now that I’d played it, I had to see it through to the end.

 

“If you don’t want to see today’s failed attempt actually succeed next time. Behave yourself.”

 

Hades would know well what attempt I was referring to. He must have learned his lesson after being pierced through the palm like this.

 

For my part, it seemed the gamble I’d made after giving up what I had to give up had succeeded.

 

Honestly, if I could have avoided it, I wouldn’t have wanted to make him aware of a fact he might never have known in his lifetime.

 

“…Ha, haha. Hahaha.”

 

Hades, who had been dazed for a moment, pressed his forehead and burst into laughter. It seemed like hollow laughter.

 

Or perhaps it was laughter filled with madness. I felt this way because.

 

It was similar to the laughter I had laughed on the day I lost Mama.

 

“At least, miss, I’ve been with you every year since you turned fourteen. Is this really all the treatment I get?”

 

Mockery, self-deprecation. Either way, it wasn’t ordinary laughter.

 

“You should speak correctly. I never once asked for it.”

 

“That’s exactly why I wanted to engrave it deeper.”

 

“…”

 

“Into your life, myself.”

 

Hades, who had been grinding his teeth so hard they might crumble, slowly relaxed the tension in his jaw.

 

It was a smooth jawline befitting the face that had smiled bewitchingly to send others to the abyss.

 

Though the scales of power had already tilted in my favor, I didn’t let my guard down.

 

He wasn’t an opponent I could afford to be careless with.

 

Hades glared at me as if he wanted to kill me. In contrast, his lips wore a faint smile.

 

“How ruthless.”

 

“Look who’s talking.”

 

Contradictory eyes and mouth. Within that contradiction, a change occurred in his eyes.

 

Trickle. A single tear brought about a subtle disconnection.

 

He opened his mouth.

 

“What do you want?”

 

Tears? Was it because of physical pain? But this bastard who was more skilled and accustomed to torture than I was, over just this much?

 

I couldn’t understand it. I didn’t particularly want to understand it either.

 

“For you to do nothing.”

 

“…Miss, what’s your goal?”

 

Was this a trap, or was he asking for confirmation while already knowing?

 

Either way, I had to choose.

 

And since it was a fact he would learn sooner or later anyway, it was better to reveal it and prepare accordingly.

 

“The prisoner I’m currently in charge of. I’m going to put him in the Boss position.”

 

“Is that the Warden’s order?”

 

“I have no obligation to answer.”

 

Hades lowered his gaze for a moment, then chuckled.

 

Soon he extended his hand, still stained with dried blood, toward my cheek.

 

“How about a deal instead of threats.”

 

“What you’re best at?”

 

“And what’s most convenient for you to calculate too. This is it.”

 

He had returned to his usual appearance.

 

No, it was also a face that seemed ready to burst with his characteristic madness at the slightest touch.

 

“What you want is for me not to interfere, right? I’m curious what you’re getting as compensation, but… I think I know. It’s obvious, isn’t it?”

 

“…”

 

“Because you’re still living unable to forget that woman.”

 

“…”

 

“The Warden finally gave permission, I see. For revenge.”

 

Half right but half wrong. And I had no intention of confessing the truth to him until the moment I died.

 

Even with the Mental Realm Kia he was so proud of, he couldn’t read me.

 

In the worst case, even if he confined me, it would be the same.

 

Even though I knocked away the hand he had placed on my cheek, he replied without showing any sign of displeasure.

 

“Fine. Do as you please. Interference? I’ll give up on it.”

 

With his eyes rolled back, grinning foolishly, he obediently raised both hands.

 

“Instead, spend time with me equal to the time you spend with that prisoner bastard.”

 

I stared at him quietly with an expressionless face.

 

Avoiding his hand reaching out again, I lightly perched on the armrest of the sofa that was now half blown away.

 

The eyes looking at me smiled while simultaneously sinking into something eerie.

 

“Just because I’m not intervening doesn’t mean that’s all there is to it.”

 

Dark red Kia gently pushed me away. When I didn’t resist, my body was pushed back and the half-remaining sofa supported my back.

 

Hades’s face appeared in my upside-down view.

 

His languid face was grinning wickedly. Typical words from a bastard with a devil’s tongue.

 

Certainly, even if that bastard didn’t do anything himself, there were plenty of ways he could indirectly interfere.

 

He probably had the ability to play innocent too.

 

“There are infinite things I can do without laying a hand on anything. You know that, don’t you? Child.”

 

There had been many prisoners who cursed at me until now. Some had even turned away from relationships that could once be called colleagues. They all hated me even as they died.

 

So perhaps in ordinary people’s view, Hades and I appear like this – upside down, distorted and crooked.

 

I answered leisurely.

 

“Looking at what you do, you only seem like someone who just wants to be hated by me until the very end.”

 

The face that had been smiling like a mask hesitated slightly.

 

Hades braced himself beside me and lowered his head.

 

A voice that anyone would find enchanting flowed gently into my ear like sweet poison.

 

“…You’re wrong. That’s all you’re capable of knowing.”

 

“…”

 

“So obediently take the leash when I’m offering it, Child.”

 

The hand that pressed beside me dug straight into the sofa. Thud! Crack! The remaining intact parts of the sofa burst apart.

 

“Next time I ask, it definitely won’t end like this.”

 

Crash! I could also hear the sound of glass decorations and such breaking, unable to withstand the density and pressure from his Kia.

 

‘Tsk.’

 

I clicked my tongue inwardly and stood up from my seat.

 

Hades, who had been pressing beside me and whispering, was flung away as if he’d been struck.

 

Telekinesis crushed him tightly.

 

“Crazy bastard.”

 

“…Then and now, such sweet praise.”

 

It’s fine.

 

My Kia drew a pattern in the air. It was an oath made with Kia, the same kind I’d done with the Warden.

 

Hades’s dark red Kia mixed into mine. The oath was quickly completed.

 

Next time you ask, you won’t stay still? Talk all you want.

 

There won’t be a next time for you and me.

 

I’m going to leave.

 

That’s a fact even you don’t know.

 

It will be the ultimate revenge against you.

 

* * *

 

Returning to the cell, I immediately embraced Helios, who looked like he’d just finished washing.

 

It really hadn’t been long – the soap scent was wafting strongly.

 

We use the same soap, yet only my disciple has such an incredible fragrance.

 

As expected, this world definitely has Male Lead buffs openly existing.

 

“…What kind of reward is this supposed to be?”

 

“Ah, you think of it as a reward?”

 

This must be an extremely uncomfortable position for him, trying to match my height.

 

Having to bend his waist this much and endure it.

 

“…Then, if this isn’t a reward, what is it?”

 

“If you think of it as a reward, Master would be grateful.”

 

“…”

 

I slowly closed my eyes tightly.

 

“I’m a little tired.”

 

After a moment, hesitant, inexperienced hands wrapped around my waist and back.

 

The awkward, terrible patting almost made me want to laugh.

 

“I’m in no position to criticize you for being bad at petting.”

 

“…Shut up. I was just, a little, flustered.”

 

“Really? I see.”

 

“So why are you doing this?”

 

“I want you to praise me.”

 

“That’s a lie.”

 

I remained quietly silent for a moment, then whispered softly.

 

“No matter how much I think about it, this Master has never seen a Prisoner as kind and good as you, Disciple.”

 

“….”

 

Helios had no response.

 

“You’re not weak, you’re even strong. So don’t let that will break until you climb up there. If possible, carry it with you.”

 

It seems I quite like you that way.

 

The hands of Helios holding me tightened ever so slightly.

 

That day passed quietly.

 

“…I would do that even without you saying so. Especially if Master wishes it.”

 

And one month later, Helios reached the 87th Floor.

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