I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 145
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Chapter 145
Mint’s eyes widened slightly.
Helios didn’t miss this small opening. Because he had been persistently observing only his Master.
He now keenly sensed moments of fleeting vulnerability that others couldn’t notice.
Just like now.
He had always waited for such openings, wanting to target them and dig in.
If at first the gap was so small that not even his head could fit through, then little by little, he would insert his hand to widen it.
Until now he could glimpse an opportunity to enter inside himself.
Like tree roots grasping soil to survive, Helios wanted to hold his Master tightly.
He didn’t want to feel any anxiety anymore.
Mint let out an incredulous laugh.
“Wow, congratulations, Disciple. You’re the third person to leave me speechless.”
“Who was the first and who was the second?”
“The first was my birth parents and the second was Mama.”
“….”
Of course, the first referred to her parents from Earth.
Though it was really faint now, the image of them frowning and yelling at her to be quiet every time she spoke remained vaguely.
Not knowing this, Helios slightly furrowed his brow.
How unfair. Parents and family, of all things.
Why wasn’t he first? There was nothing he could say about that, was there?
Helios bit his lip slightly.
“Ah, but you’re the first to propose to me. Getting proposed to in prison even makes my scalp tingle.”
At her completely nonchalant response, Helios let out a small exhale.
“Do you realize that the person who just received a proposal is your disciple’s Master?”
“Of course. When else would I get such an insane proposal?”
“You sure have a roundabout way of calling me a Madman.”
“Why?”
Helios flinched.
Mint’s hand was touching his cheek.
Their gazes met. For a moment, her eyes deepened.
“I happen to like this level of Madman.”
Not too crazy, not too sane, but just this amount.
Helios wrinkled his nose.
Damn, he was getting drawn in.
Even while thinking this, he naturally asked.
“…What if I’m too crazy?”
“That would be troublesome.”
“What if I’m not crazy enough…?”
“Won’t you be unable to handle me?”
Helios’s expression grew hazy at her confident voice.
These words seemed to say that only Helios was the perfect match for her.
Didn’t it sound like she was saying ‘You’re the only one’?
‘Cunning.’
Helios gritted his teeth.
Mint’s hand moved down to Helios’s lips. She forcibly parted his lips that were chewing and lightly inserted her finger.
“What’s bothering you again that you’re chewing your pretty lips?”
“When someone who doesn’t think about marriage proposals even as much as dog shit on the street is right in front of me, how could I not?”
“But how can we get married in prison?”
“…”
“Ah, you turned red.”
He couldn’t help but be angry at her leisurely attitude, but on the other hand, it was also true that his anger quietly faded away at her unchanging detachment.
This was because of her touch that was both strange and familiar, continuously caressing him gently.
Was this what being tamed meant?
He felt that Mint was unchanged from before.
Yes, the uneasiness he felt must have just stemmed from excessive sensitivity.
Weren’t they now right before the 100th Floor? The tension must have caused his anxiety.
Master wouldn’t go anywhere.
Hadn’t they made a promise?
She had kept almost everything she said while climbing the Tower.
The times she broke promises were generally only when situations changed rapidly or unexpected circumstances arose, making it unavoidable.
Uncharacteristically, she was sincere about keeping what he wanted and what she promised him.
He loved that side of her.
As he got to know her, as he gradually saw her former colleagues.
He became certain.
That I am special to you.
He had felt inexplicable anxiety for a moment, but that was just his unfounded worry.
“Master.”
Helios removed Mint’s hand. His large hand wrapped around Mint’s neck.
Your real body looked even more slender and delicate.
So much so that this one hand could grasp your entire neck.
Yet despite that, you didn’t waver even when seeing the massive rift.
He thought he wanted to be captured in those blind eyes that ran toward ‘Mama’.
“It’s okay if it sounds like nonsense right now.”
Their foreheads touched.
Mint thought it was quite a ticklish contact she’d never experienced before.
His breathing tickled her lips.
‘If you’re going to kiss me, just do it.’
Should I do it? Just as Mint was having such thoughts.
“But.”
Helios’s eyes darkened like the shadows cast beneath the two of them.
“After I become the Boss, you can’t. When I return….”
Something like a swamp rippled in his deepened gaze.
“You must answer.”
Unprecedentedly firm and insolent. Even so, Mint didn’t particularly dislike his insubordination.
Perhaps it was because he pretended to be armed with determination, but in the end his pupils trembled slightly.
Was it because he showed that imperfect wavering? Or because she already knew how this promise would end?
You’ll be disappointed in me. Surely.
“Should I?”
“….”
“But Disciple.”
Mint grabbed the hem of his clothes and gently pulled him closer. As if to say, since you’re being ticklish, I’ll play along.
Their lips barely brushed.
“Shouldn’t we talk about that after you win?”
“…I will win.”
He muttered with a growling tone.
It was a voice that sounded like a vow.
It’s okay if you resent me.
It’s okay if you’re angry too.
Mint gently closed her eyes before his lips that approached as if to devour her.
Even if you hate me, I hope you’ll only think of me.
Forever.
* * *
Waaaaaaah―!
A tremendous roar echoed through the air.
‘Is this a prison or a festival ground?’
The ‘Arena Battle’ hosted by Ramona had begun.
A massive circular stadium had appeared on the 99th Floor of the Tower. A colossal arena so large it was hard to believe it was inside a prison.
The spectator seats were arranged in tiers to look down below.
The higher up, the higher-ranked prisoners were seated.
Mint was dumbfounded to see that guards were also seated here and there, watching with interest.
It was truly an unprecedented festival venue.
To give an example, it felt like looking at a massive colosseum.
Mint looked down below without emotion.
She could see five entrances.
Her disciple would emerge from one of them.
‘The same disciple who was pressing lips together with me just moments ago….’
Today, even Mint had stopped the Prisoner Elimination with Deril and was sitting in the spectator seats.
Mint’s gaze slowly moved upward.
She directed her gaze to an empty seat.
A single chair so luxurious it could have been an Imperial Throne.
That seat completely out of place in this prison.
‘Is that the Warden’s seat?’
Don’t tell me even the Warden came to watch.
It wasn’t strange.
Since it was something he had ordered, it would be natural for him to want to see the results.
[Welcome, everyone gathered here.]
A playful voice echoed from the ceiling.
[Today, instead of announcing the start and end of trials to you dogs, I’ll announce the start of a match. Oh, and provide commentary too.]
‘Crazy.’
Mint clicked her tongue.
Why don’t they just sell snacks while they’re at it.
As she thought this, she soon spotted someone among the prisoners wearing a prison uniform and enthusiastically selling beverages and water.
Mint watched this scene with detachment and shrugged her shoulders.
In a way, transforming the prison, the Tower that was hell for some, into a space that seemed livable in an instant.
Wasn’t it all thanks to the chaos her Disciple had created?
‘He’s so amazing it’s troublesome.’
[I’ll announce the start of the match! The Challenger enters!]
A match that by no means seemed like something happening in a prison had begun.
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