I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 136
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Chapter 136
Mint quietly surveyed the space and the people.
Among the Floor Masters from the 91st to 99th floors, Deril, whom she had seen in the morning, was also present.
Their eyes met briefly, but Deril lowered her gaze with an expression that seemed to have much to say.
Mint watched quietly and roughly grasped the situation unfolding.
‘It seems… the Tower intends to grant many special privileges.’
It was a situation similar to the 90th Floor.
Originally, when the Boss appeared on another floor, that floor’s trial would be forcibly terminated and restarted.
No Guard was visible anywhere, and not even a voice could be heard from the ceiling.
“Ah, you’re acquainted with that Guard, aren’t you?”
Ramona’s nonchalant voice.
She was pretending not to know ‘Garret’s’ true identity. Mint wasn’t flustered.
“Welcome.”
She could guess the reason why that laughing Ramona was acting this way.
The story went back three days.
Memories unfolded slowly before Mint’s eyes like thin cloth.
* * *
“My, my. To think the young lady still doesn’t know who the current Boss is. Truly remarkable.”
In front of Mint sat a black-haired man with a seductive smile on his pale face.
It was Hades.
“I knew you had no interest in others, but to this extent. Was it really the right thing for me to earn your hatred?”
“Stop spouting nonsense and just keep time.”
“How disappointing.”
Between the two was placed a clock. When the small hand completed one rotation, Mint would leave without delay.
Hades gazed at Mint sitting before him with satisfaction. He looked like a well-fed beast, but.
His red eyes persistently scanned Mint’s face as if feeling thirst.
“Young lady, do you know why I tried to assassinate that Prisoner during the special examination?”
‘That bastard you’re fooling around with.’ The ecstatic voice dropped softly into her ear.
Mint raised her gaze, thinking she would block that bastard’s mouth with Kia if the useless talk continued.
“It was the Imperial Palace’s order.”
“What?”
“The one behind it all is the Imperial Palace.”
“….”
The truth that dropped down was as alien as having an abnormal dream while awake with eyes open for a moment.
Why would the Imperial Palace come up here?
Helios was certainly the only heir of the Duke’s House.
The Alpeion Ducal House was officially a family loyal enough to be called the Emperor’s ‘watchdog.’
A family that produced powerful Kia ability users.
It wasn’t for nothing that they were called the Emperor’s dogs.
Their enormous power could be said to come from their loyalty to the Imperial Palace.
“…What reason would the Imperial Palace have to deliberately kill the Duke’s son?”
“Ah, you knew his identity too? That makes the story easier. But miss… you seem quite close to him, which is a bit annoying?”
“Cut the useless chatter and answer. Unless you want a hole blown through your head.”
Hades chuckled and shrugged his shoulders. It was a leisurely gesture.
He was someone who could sense like a ghost when he was at an advantage or disadvantage.
Should he test Mint’s patience? Only after Mint finally stood up from her seat did he laugh out loud and open his mouth.
“It’s a wicked yet noble bet by those high and mighty folks.”
Hades giggled uncharacteristically and pointed his finger toward the sky.
In his red eyes, thick malice and hatred rippled.
Though he was the second Prince, he harbored mixed feelings toward the Imperial Palace that had abandoned him.
“The direct descendants of the Alpeion Ducal House are marked with a Kia ‘mark’ the moment they’re born. Do you know what that is? It’s a mark that makes them absolutely obedient to the imperial family.”
“….”
“They really were dogs. Woof woof.”
Mint listened while maintaining an expressionless face.
By now, abnormal events happening in this world weren’t even surprising.
Hades’s explanation went like this.
The current Duke Alpeion wanted to break this leash in his generation.
When the imperial family commanded, he had to stick his head in mud as a noble Duke.
The Emperor would never let them go. However, the Emperor, who noticed Duke Alpeion’s rebellion, proposed a ‘bet.’
Put your son in the continent’s worst prison and make him survive to reach the highest position.
If he climbed to that position despite interference and proved himself the strongest, he would erase the mark from at least his son.
‘What tearful paternal love.’
It was contradictory.
The Duke she saw on the floor where Helios’s fear emerged, and the Duke in the original work, was nothing more or less than a father who abused his son.
“…My father said all of that was love directed toward me.”
She recalled how Helios had muttered as if seeing a dream before going to sleep.
Mint briefly thought of Mama, then once again realized that love was truly something incomprehensible.
“Kill the prisoner ‘Helios’ by any means necessary. That was the order I received.”
“….”
“Miss, do you think I’m the only one in this prison who received such an order?”
Mint thought of Ramona.
When she appeared on the 90th Floor and didn’t know her true identity. How she boldly declared she would kill Helios.
Then she naturally recalled the Warden’s face.
No matter what happens, he would definitely make the ‘honored guest’ the Boss.
‘Did the Warden side with Alpeion?’
Having spent a long time in the prison, she knew about the Warden’s desire to advance to the center.
She also knew that he, who should maintain neutrality in everything as the king of the prison, had broken his principles and bet like a gambler.
The mystery was solved.
Why Helios, a mere prisoner, had to face persistent assassination squads during every special examination.
Why the Warden’s eyes turned red and he obsessively wanted to see Helios become the Boss as time went on.
You were at the center of the storm.
But Helios doesn’t know about this massive bet surrounding him.
Mint slowly lowered her gaze. Then she quietly closed her eyes.
Even with all these circumstances, even with the situation being like this. What Mint had to do remained unchanged.
“What should we do, Miss?”
“….”
“If you just wish it, I could break and ignore imperial orders, you know?”
When she opened her eyes, there sat a leisurely man with a pale, pitiful face full of expectation.
Mint sneered.
“If you don’t want your head blown off by the Imperial Palace, do what you have to do. I’ll do what I have to do.”
“…Really, you make such a disgusted face at even the smallest bit of my help.”
“….”
“But I like even that.”
* * *
When she closed her eyes and opened them again, she could see the reality before her once more.
Ramona was smiling.
While Hades and Ramona seemed to have similar brain structures and tendencies on the surface.
Unlike Hades who could become terribly calm and cold-headed like Mint herself for the sake of his goals.
Ramona was, well, to put it in words, like a mad scientist.
A person who has to experiment with, break, and thoroughly mess with anything that sparks curiosity, interest, or attention before being satisfied.
At the same time, she was well aware of her cunning and sinister nature.
And since she valued her own life and safety above all else.
If the Imperial Palace had made her an offer, they probably would have dangled release as bait.
Since Ramona was a prisoner sentenced to 70 years.
“Surprised? I am currently Ramona, the Boss of the Tower and Master of the 100th Floor.”
Ramona playfully tapped her chest.
Mint noticed the Floor Masters standing behind Ramona.
They had dark green collar-like things around their necks. Not only that, but their hands seemed to be bound as well.
‘…Like displayed merchandise.’
To treat her own subordinates, fellow prisoners no less, and top-tier prisoners at that, in such a manner.
“Normally, I wouldn’t give such a welcome.”
The dark green collars choking their necks were Ramona’s Kia. And at the same time, they must be incredibly potent poison.
If Ramona so desired, acidic poison that would sizzle and melt their flesh away.
“It’s been so long since a Super Rookie appeared, how could I just sit still!”
Clap clap clap. Only Ramona’s applause echoed through the space filled with silence.
“I’ve consulted with the Guard and received permission from the Tower as well. They said I could boldly change this Floor’s Trial.”
Murderous intent flickered in Ramona’s eyes as she spoke. Gleaming eyes.
Mint realized.
“Now, Super Rookie. Ah, one of you is a Guard, so are you an exception?”
That Ramona intended to kill Helios on this Floor.
Deril, who met her eyes, moved her mouth very slowly.
‘Strategy…’
Mint caught the rest of the lip movement as well.
The plan had gone awry.
“Choose. Pick one of these here, excluding me, and try to beat them.”
“…”
“That’s the initiation ceremony for the Super Rookie.”
Ramona spread her arms dramatically like a circus ringmaster.
Her swaying or staggering appearance was also somewhat clown-like.
“Ah, of course, the rules are the same. If you choose one of these and achieve victory.”
“…”
“You’ll become the Floor Master that the defeated one possessed. Wonderful, isn’t it?”
Helios remained calm even in this unexpected situation. With a composed expression, he looked at the displayed top-tier prisoners.
Finally, he turned toward Ramona.
“Can’t I choose the Boss directly?”
Ramona hesitated for just a moment. Her eyes briefly held a dangerous glint.
Despite the murderous intent pressing down on him, Helios twisted his lips into a crooked smile.
“It seems like I should pick the weakest opponent.”
Provocation like who?
“That happens to be the Boss.”
Just like my Master.
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