I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 152
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Chapter 152
Hans remained calm even when faced with the unexpected.
Having seen all sorts of things in this line of work, this wasn’t enough to make him panic.
‘I need to identify who she is first.’
The husband remained motionless, either unconscious or knocked out.
Kia was binding the husband’s body tightly.
The woman who felt his gaze tilted her head.
“No, should I call you a tail rather than a guest?”
“…Who are you?”
Hans sensed the faint flow of Kia before her voice or gaze.
He took a defensive stance.
‘The husband is also quite a skilled Kia User.’
He was someone who had committed murder and evaded the Capital Guard’s eyes.
It had taken Hans only about 10 seconds to follow the husband into the alley.
In that time, she had perfectly knocked him out, tied him up, and subdued him.
“Me? Someone who moves on commission. Same as you folks.”
“…”
Hans hid his tension.
“…Whose commission did you receive?”
Even as Hans asked this, he thought she wouldn’t answer. It was just a question to buy time.
‘I need to quickly press the communicator in the meantime.’
Their guild was equipped with devices that could summon the Guild Master anytime, anywhere.
Of course, it wasn’t given to ordinary guild members. It was limited to those in positions like Hans himself.
‘This matter is something the Guild Master is also paying attention to.’
He had been ordered to report any variables without fail.
As he pressed the Kia Device that summoned the Guild Master, a voice was heard.
“Whose commission did I receive?”
It was a detached and gentle voice.
“This man’s wife.”
Hans hesitated.
She’s revealing the client? This was an absolute taboo in this business, an unwritten rule that must be kept.
Their work was ultimately a business based on trust. Who would commission an Information Guild they couldn’t trust?
This meant two things.
Either revealing this fact wouldn’t interfere with the woman’s work.
Or this woman didn’t know much about this business.
“Ah, and…”
The woman slowly removed her robe. Her long hair flowed down in waves.
She wasn’t a beauty, but somehow she had a face you couldn’t look away from.
Eyes that were either pink or red curved toward Hans.
“I’m also interested in your Boss. Will you guide me?”
Another unwritten rule among them. When someone hiding their identity reveals their face, it’s one of two things.
Either they want something.
…Or it means they’ll kill you if you don’t give them what they want.
* * *
“Hey, what are you thinking so hard about?”
“Ah.”
Hans slowly lifted his head. He scratched the back of his neck vigorously with his pot lid-sized hand.
“It’s nothing special, just something from about a year ago?”
“A year ago?”
“Yeah. The day I first met our Boss.”
“Ah.”
His colleague nodded as if he understood.
“Who would have known the previous Boss would give up his position so easily.”
His colleague shrugged.
“Let’s go. Time to eat.”
“Meeting after we’re done, right?”
Hans stood up and moved his neck from side to side.
In the span of one year, the place Hans belonged to had become even more secretive and remarkable.
All through the power of one person.
‘I wonder what our Boss used to do before.’
Hans yawned as he leisurely followed his colleague.
‘…What was it they said they were looking for?’
It was exactly three years after Mint had been released from prison.
* * *
A cozy office with sunlight streaming in.
From there came the sound of soft breathing.
At the desk sat a man sleeping peacefully with his feet boldly propped up.
The man with a book on his head was even snoring loudly. He was clearly fast asleep.
“…”
Another man wearing glasses who was standing near the desk looked at the sleeping man with exasperation for a moment.
“Deputy Guild Leader.”
“…Snore.”
“I know you’re awake. Who says ‘snore’ out loud?”
“Ah, what is it…”
The man who had been sleeping spoke in a low, whining tone. The man with glasses made a disgusted face.
A bearded man acting cute—how revolting.
“The Guild Master is diligently running around on foot, so what exactly is the Deputy Guild Leader doing?”
“Hmm, lounging around?”
“We don’t need freeloaders in our guild.”
“Ah, why. I’m the one who founded this guild!”
“The ownership has changed now.”
The man with a book on his head let out a long sigh. He realized that the man with glasses wouldn’t easily give up this argument.
“What’s your complaint? What is it…?”
“Where has the Guild Master gone?”
The name of the man with a book on his head was ‘Paul’, who had originally been the head of this Information Guild.
He was also the one who had voluntarily handed over his position and become the Deputy Guild Leader.
The name of the man with glasses was ‘Anthony’, originally the guild’s second-in-command and Secretary, who had now fallen to third place.
“Our wonderful and brilliant Guild Master?”
Paul tossed aside his book and yawned loudly.
“Our Guild Master of unknown identity and endless strength…”
His sleepy eyes turned toward the window.
“Must be wandering around somewhere again. Yawn.”
“My ears are tingling.”
Mint rubbed her ears and turned her head. A pleasant-looking middle-aged woman was smiling warmly.
“Miss, take this too. It’s on the house.”
In her hand was a small skewer.
“Oh my, how pretty you are. Thank you for coming by so regularly.”
“Don’t mention it.”
Mint shrugged her shoulders and accepted it without hesitation.
She had ordered one meat skewer and received another half-sized skewer for free.
What a nice profit.
“But what business do you have in that alley?”
“Hmm?”
“Well, in that alley, you see. A few days ago, someone went missing…”
I know. That was the same reason Mint had come to this place.
“And there’s a strange merchant in that alley, you know?”
“A Strange Merchant?”
“Oh, well. He sells all sorts of bizarre things.”
“What kind of things does he sell?”
“I heard they’re rare items from other continents. Red elephant tusks, yellow lizard scales, and what else was it?”
“Where?”
“Huh?”
“Where is he?”
The merchant blinked his eyes. The serious expression of the friendly young lady who came by regularly carried an intimidating presence he had never imagined possible.
Mint hurriedly put away her Kia.
“Thank you, I’ll enjoy eating it.”
That was the moment.
Bang!
The merchant and Mint simultaneously turned their heads. There, someone seemed to have shot fireworks into the sky with Kia, as beautiful flames decorated the daytime sky.
Even in daylight, the fireworks were beautiful.
“Ah, they’re doing it again today.”
“What is that?”
“Huh? You don’t know, miss?”
“That’s right. Why don’t I know?”
The merchant smiled slightly.
“There’s been a commotion for several days now, did you really not know?”
Several days ago. That was the period when Mint had been wandering around constantly, claiming she was looking for something.
She hadn’t had time to listen to rumors.
“They say Duke Alpeion has returned from battle?”
Mint hesitated for just a brief moment.
“He won this battle too. He’s really amazing.”
“….”
The merchant, who had been grinning cheerfully, suddenly flinched. For a moment, an unreadable heavy light flashed across the young lady’s expression as she fell into a frighteningly silent state.
A chillingly deep gaze.
“Yes, that’s right.”
Soon a thin voice flowed out.
“Amazing. I wonder who taught him.”
She had already returned to being the friendly young lady and smiled brightly.
The merchant felt an inexplicable chill as he watched her retreating figure.
‘Ah, I really can’t control myself.’
Now alone again, Mint grabbed her neck and rolled it loosely from side to side.
‘It’s always like this whenever I hear anything related to Helios.’
Three years had passed.
More than twice the short time that Mint and Helios had spent together had already gone by.
Many things had changed within those three years.
First, after her release, Mint had spent about two years traveling around various parts of the continent.
It was to find Mama’s tribe and her relatives. Additionally, it was also to fulfill the dying wishes that Mama had entrusted to her.
And these dying wishes were still ongoing even now.
‘That old lady sure had a lot of things for me to do.’
Mint habitually erased Mama’s face that came to mind and walked with heavy steps.
The alley was dark.
When Mint entered the Empire’s capital two years after her release. And when she had spent about another half year there.
She heard news of the new Duke Alpeion’s succession to the title.
The new Duke Alpeion was Helios.
At the same time, Mint also learned that Helios had executed a Prison Break.
‘I never would have imagined he’d actually break out like in the original story.’
Being in the Information Guild meant she had access to a lot of news, and one piece of that news was about Helios.
Just like in the original story, he had ultimately become Niflheim’s first escapee. A troublemaker was indeed a troublemaker.
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