I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 170

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Chapter 170

 

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“I need to meet more Collectors.”

 

“Huh?”

 

Marquis Limnades, Pontos, lifted his head from among the pile of documents.

 

Although he had quit his job to stay at the mansion for his sick Mother, that didn’t mean he wasn’t doing any work at all.

 

He was still a competent former police commissioner, and the Current Commissioner would gradually bring documents and shamelessly make requests.

 

Saying who else but the Marquis could handle this.

 

Moreover, the Metropolitan Police personnel still moved like his hands and feet.

 

It was retirement in name only, but in reality, the work proceeded no differently than before.

 

“I need to finish the collection quickly. I need to complete it.”

 

“…Wasn’t that something you were planning to take at least 3 months for?”

 

Where Pontos directed his gaze, Mint was sitting with her legs crossed.

 

“If I collect them normally, yes.”

 

“If you collect them abnormally?”

 

“Much faster.”

 

“It seems you knew that but haven’t used it until now.”

 

Mint lowered her gaze.

 

“Yeah, I had a reason for wanting to do that.”

 

“But not now, I suppose.”

 

“Emotionally speaking.”

 

As soon as she finished speaking, she wore an expression deeply lost in thought.

 

She soon returned to her usual expressionless face, but Pontos could tell that Mint had been agonizing.

 

‘She’s been in that state ever since she returned.’

 

He pushed away the documents and rubbed his chin.

 

How his heart had sunk when he heard the news that Mint had suddenly gone to the Alpeion Ducal House on her own.

 

Of course, his Younger Sister had said through her own mouth that she was strong enough to win in a confrontation against the Duke.

 

But even if she was the strongest Ability user in history, wouldn’t it be natural for family to worry?

 

‘Well, just looking at her behavior in the Carriage and how she first subdued me, she’s definitely extraordinary.’

 

Just what had happened in Prison for such a monster to emerge?

 

“Would there be a problem if I became a criminal?”

 

At Mint’s question, Pontos remained silent for a moment instead of answering immediately.

 

“Fortunately, I just quit being police commissioner, so there’s no one to blame me.”

 

“…”

 

“Limnades will be on your side even if you commit Murder.”

 

Pontos was prepared to gladly help if Mint tried to personally deal with whoever had sent her to Prison.

 

It was a thought he had harbored for a long time.

 

“Oh, it’s not murder, so don’t worry. Light petty theft?”

 

The Marquis let out a small sigh.

 

“That decision, it’s related to your visit to the Alpeion Ducal House, isn’t it?”

 

“Well, that’s right.”

 

Mint readily admitted it.

 

Instead of looking at the Marquis, she stared into empty air. Smoothly, her mind naturally replayed what had happened yesterday.

 

“I’ll… think about it.”

 

Helios, who had seemed ready to suppress and confine the ‘Illegitimate Child’ at any moment, obediently backed down.

 

“Do as you wish. I’m sorry, but this isn’t a request or a proposal—it’s a notification.”

 

It meant that whenever he wanted, he would kidnap the ‘Illegitimate Child’ and use her as bait.

 

After much deliberation, Mint had put on the appearance of an ordinary person who had been threatened.

 

On one hand, her feelings were complicated.

 

She had tried to choose the path of speaking honestly. However, that resolve was not realized.

 

With not much time left until collecting all the Items from Mama’s Will.

 

What were the chances that her Disciple, who was thoroughly angry and filled with hatred, would grant her wish? It would be safe to say there were none.

 

If, unable to resist the impulse, she confessed the truth in front of Helios and then became unable to hold Mama’s funeral.

 

That regret would remain with her for a long time. Mint couldn’t tell when this regret might turn into anger.

 

The possibility that the anger might turn toward Helios couldn’t be ruled out either.

 

‘Isn’t there a way to collect them together?’

 

There wasn’t. At least nothing came to mind within the scope of what she was currently thinking.

 

And since she was the one who had created this situation, she had no choice but to see it resolved.

 

The most ideal solution was indeed to handle it quickly.

 

Since Helios’s patience also seemed to have reached its limit.

 

Before his patience wore thin and he kidnapped the ‘Illegitimate Child’ first.

 

She didn’t know in what context he thought that if he kidnapped and confined the ‘Illegitimate Child’, Mint herself would appear.

 

But that intuition was excellent.

 

“Oppa.”

 

Pontos focused on his younger sister’s voice as she spoke again.

 

“It seems like ‘Lite’ will probably be… kidnapped soon. I thought you should know.”

 

“That…”

 

Pontos doubted his own ears. He ran his hand over his face once.

 

“Why on earth? No. No…! Didn’t you reconcile? More than that, is that something you say as casually as going for a walk next door?”

 

“It’s not like I can say it while crying.”

 

“…”

 

But you will cry, won’t you? Pontos had a lot to say but swallowed it for now.

 

Just as he was about to speak again, the sound of a bell rang throughout the room.

 

‘A bell?’

 

Was there any reason for bells to ring throughout the Marquis’s office? While Mint was thinking this, Pontos suddenly shot up from his seat.

 

The door opened and a butler who had rushed over in haste whispered something in his ear.

 

Even without concentrating her Enhanced Senses, Mint could hear every voice.

 

Pontos was also aware of this, but after taking a deep breath, he spoke to Minte.

 

“Minte, let’s continue our conversation later.”

 

His face had turned deathly pale.

 

“They say Mother has opened her eyes.”

 

He whispered with difficulty.

 

Please meet Mother, please keep your promise.

 

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The Former Marchioness Limnades.

 

She was one of the people Mint had investigated when researching the Limnades Marquis House.

 

In other words, Mint only knew about Mother what was written in the documents.

 

‘I heard the Former Marquis was quite devoted to his wife.’

 

Of course, a devoted husband doesn’t beat his wife to the point of illness just because she opposes his opinions.

 

Moreover, even during the period when he was famous for being devoted to his wife, there were hardly any stories about the Marchioness.

 

Only the fact that she rarely came outside.

 

‘There’s a high probability that the Former Marquis confined his wife and prevented her from going out.’

 

Shouldn’t this be seen as a patient with morbid jealousy rather than a devoted husband?

 

Moreover, she was said to have been frail from the beginning. It was remarkable that she had survived until today.

 

This was what Pontos had said.

 

Mint faced such a Mother.

 

“Min… Minte?”

 

The Noble Lady with silver hair blinked her eyes slowly. So my eye color resembled hers. Mint thought quietly.

 

Eyes of the same color blinked.

 

“Really… is it Minte? But, but your hair…”

 

“Minte.”

 

Pontos called her while tapping his own face.

 

She nodded and revealed her true appearance.

 

After Kia swept through her body once and disappeared, a woman with mint-colored hair stood there.

 

“Ahh…!”

 

The beautiful but sickly middle-aged woman tried to rise unsteadily from her seat. She was about to kneel on the ground.

 

It’s my daughter. It really is my daughter.

 

Thirteen years, the time she had spent longing for and begging forgiveness from the daughter she had given birth to.

 

“Please, please do not forgive this mother.”

 

Mint quietly watched the woman and then waved her hand. Mint-colored Kia lifted the Noble Lady into the air before her knees could touch the ground and seated her on the bed.

 

Mint sat on the edge of the bed.

 

“The ground floor is cold.”

 

Minte did not avoid the skeletal hand that soon pulled at her wrist.

 

She also let the arms, like dying willow branches, embrace her tightly.

 

She was really thin.

 

That was all Mint felt.

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