I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 140

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Chapter 140

 

Crash!

 

Someone went flying over the Round Table. More precisely, they were sent flying by an attack.

 

Bang!

 

The wall cracked.

 

Dust swirled through the air.

 

The man who got up coughing through the dust had a bewildered expression.

 

He even looked innocent.

 

The person who had actually thrown him looked as if he himself had been the one beaten up.

 

‘It’s like the victim and perpetrator have switched places.’

 

The dark gray-haired man. Helios, who had sent the so-called ‘Twins’ flying, still looked like his anger hadn’t subsided.

 

So when he looked at Mint, he somehow seemed like he was about to cry. At the same time, he looked angry and wronged.

 

Mint was simply fascinated.

 

…At first, she definitely couldn’t see what Helios was thinking. What emotions he harbored.

 

Of course, she had thought it didn’t matter if she couldn’t see them.

 

In their relationship, emotions were nothing but useless consumables. She just needed to raise Helios to be strong and make him the Boss.

 

That was all.

 

‘Hmm.’

 

Now she could see them little by little.

 

Was it because she had seen his thirsty face?

 

That thirst seemed to have somehow transferred to her as well, making her throat feel slightly parched.

 

Instead of feeling displeased by this unfamiliar sensation, Mint quietly observed.

 

This feeling of wanting Helios to be more anxious – was it different from ordinary people after all?

 

Meanwhile, she didn’t take her attention off the presence of the ‘Twins’ who was dusting himself off and getting up.

 

While Helios was definitely stronger, the ‘Twins” Kia Ability had aspects that couldn’t be taken lightly.

 

Mint, who had been watching all of this, thought leisurely.

 

‘This has become troublesome.’

 

The persistent ‘Twins” eyes turned toward Mint as if to pierce right through her.

 

Who was this person?

 

When she was once the Boss, he was a prisoner who followed her like a god.

 

A bright smile bloomed on the ‘Twins” innocent face as he tilted his head.

 

“Boss.”

 

To make excuses, he was the only human who had approached and clung to Mint before Helios.

 

He had started following Mint around from the day of admission. Because she had become so accustomed to it, she had just naturally let it be even a moment ago.

 

‘I wasn’t planning to hide it forever anyway.’

 

Since she had decided to cooperate with Deril, she had already considered the possibility of her identity being discovered.

 

“What? What’s he talking about? Boss? Where’s there a Boss here?”

 

“That Twins guy has finally lost it.”

 

“Has anyone seen the Twins taking drugs?”

 

“He doesn’t use the pharmacy. Must have eaten something wrong.”

 

Deril’s faction prisoners, who had frozen momentarily, simply treated the Twins’ statement as crazy talk.

 

“He’s been going crazy from not seeing the Boss. Now he’s calling just anyone Boss.”

 

“Hey, even so, that’s too much. What’s the point of doing that to someone who doesn’t look like her at all? Such a waste of the Boss’s face.”

 

“Don’t you care that they’re different genders?”

 

“Oh, I’m not prejudiced~.”

 

Since the Twins had been gradually becoming haggard and strange after ‘Mint’s’ disappearance, everyone seemed to think nothing of him rushing toward Mint.

 

The Twins tilted his head.

 

His expression truly looked like that of a young child.

 

In the midst of this, the blue-haired prisoner, Melanie, quietly tapped someone.

 

“Doris, what do you think? I’m just asking in case… it’s not, right?”

 

A gloomy woman in her mid-thirties with bangs covering her eyes flinched. Her unfocused eyes moved back and forth.

 

She was a prisoner who had lost her sight but could see everything through her Kia.

 

For instance, the true identity of Garret, who was standing over there as a guard, even as a male prisoner.

 

‘That person…’

 

Mint shook her head almost imperceptibly toward Doris.

 

“I don’t know…”

 

“Ah, really? Your ability must be broken again. Well, I understand. You haven’t been in your right mind since Ramona’s attack either.”

 

Melanie shrugged as if she had lost interest.

 

When Deril approached the ‘Twins’ and said a few words, he quietly returned to his seat.

 

The commotion seemed to settle down for the moment.

 

“Don’t be too jealous.”

 

Mint, who was sitting side by side again, casually spoke to Helios beside her.

 

Her voice was small enough that only he could hear. She didn’t look at Helios.

 

― He’s a kid I knew before, a kid.

 

Helios bit his lips tightly for a moment at the leisurely voice flowing into his head.

 

It was always like this. He was always the one losing composure, while Master was always relaxed.

 

A moment ago, when that man with dark gray hair suddenly hugged Mint, what surprised him

 

wasn’t because of the man’s sudden rude behavior.

 

It was Master’s appearance, naturally accepting the man’s action, even if just for a moment.

 

That familiar-looking scene made his vision go dark.

 

Why? Wasn’t I the only one?

 

It felt like something he had firmly believed in was crumbling.

 

Helios flinched.

 

Under the desk, Mint was holding his hand. Not content with just holding it, she was slowly stroking it.

 

…He liked it without reservation. It was annoying.

 

“…Does Master like anyone as long as they’re young?”

 

A kid, she said. No matter how he looked at it, the man called ‘Twins’ seemed older than him. So he was an old man. No, an elderly person.

 

Aren’t I younger and more handsome?

 

Thoughts that would be embarrassing to death if spoken aloud suddenly flashed through his mind. His face felt like it would naturally turn red.

 

― No, you’re just the right age for being young, aren’t you?

 

At his Master’s voice tinged with laughter, anger surged within him. At the same time, he felt absurd at how one corner of his heart quietly relaxed.

 

― What I meant was a real child.

 

Helios’s gaze briefly turned toward the ‘Twins’ sitting next to Deril.

 

His Master’s explanation went like this.

 

― That guy has multiple personalities.

 

The reason that man was called the Twins. It was because he had multiple personalities.

 

Moreover, his main personality was that of a child around eight years old, and while his secondary personality was an adult, he was a madman who rarely emerged.

 

However, whenever he did emerge, he caused massive incidents, so the prisoners began calling him ‘Twins’ while hoping he wouldn’t come out.

 

The Twins had entered this place about two years ago, and even then he had entered with his eight-year-old personality.

 

To Mint, he didn’t look particularly unfamiliar. Though his appearance was that of an adult, his behavior was childish.

 

He reminded her of herself when she was admitted at twelve years old.

 

Taking care of the Twins had been a very brief whim.

 

And it was also a fleeting moment.

 

The Twins only had this personality issue but possessed tremendous skills, and already knew how to use Kia proficiently.

 

So he hardly required her guidance.

 

‘It was more like he just worshipped me on his own.’

 

Though Mint had never wanted that.

 

Mint briefly finished her explanation and turned her head.

 

The meeting on Deril’s side seemed to be almost over. At the end, Ged’s group had also joined in to participate in the conversation.

 

The only ones not participating in the conversation were Mint and Helios.

 

‘Ramona’s subordinates will probably sort themselves out.’

 

This way, when Helios became the boss, it would be easier for him to move around.

 

Moreover, considering Deril’s nature, she would choose to willingly follow Helios.

 

Now there was one less worry about what would happen after Helios became the boss.

 

‘Three days from now, was it.’

 

It had finally drawn near.

 

The day Helios would go to the 100th Floor.

 

And the day she would be released from here.

 

Mint slowly closed her eyes.

 

One hand was still holding Helios’s hand beneath the round table.

 

* * *

 

Two days passed in an instant.

 

What did Mint and Helios do during those two days? Nothing special.

 

“…Just training?”

 

As if rebelling against her words muttered like a soliloquy, a groan escaped. It came from beneath her feet.

 

“…How is this just, training.”

 

Helios was lying spread-eagle beneath her feet.

 

In truth, what kind of special training could they possibly do in just two days? Helios had thought this way.

 

“Two days is enough to accomplish many things, my disciple. Shall I show you?”

 

…That damned Master, as always. She had shown him how to make the impossible possible.

 

Helios spent time that made him think it would have been better to eliminate one more Rift instead.

 

To begin with, enduring three full days of serious sparring with that monster-like Master was…

 

Even Ged’s Group, who had been watching, got so sick of it that they went off to train on their own.

 

“Let’s go back.”

 

The Master’s face as she leaned over the collapsed Helios looked somehow refreshed.

 

It was a subtle difference.

 

But she also looked relieved.

 

“Now you probably won’t die that easily.”

 

“…Probably? Do you know that Master’s standards are even higher than the Tower’s?”

 

“They’re not that high.”

 

Helios got up from where he lay. After dinner, the two returned to the cell they shared.

 

After washing up, the evening had grown even deeper. Soon it would be night.

 

Tomorrow was the day Ramona’s tournament would begin.

 

The day of the final battle.

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