I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 23

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Chapter 23

You’re the only one who can help me get out of here.

Helios hesitated for a moment, then his expression hardened.

Was he feeling bad? Or was he flustered?

I’m not particularly good at reading emotions, so I couldn’t tell.

“You…”

“Not ‘you,’ Master.”

“Ha, right. Master. Why do you always keep saying things that can be misunderstood…”

Soon Helios lowered his head slightly and mumbled.

“Well, if that’s what it is…”

He also cleared his throat.

I was looking at him when I suddenly opened my eyes wide.

“Can’t be helped.”

Helios was smiling softly.

My gaze was momentarily drawn to his curved eyes and the three dots that curved along with them just below.

“I thought you liked all prisoners.”

While staring at him intently, I shrugged my shoulders.

“I may be wearing a Prison Uniform right now, but I’m a guard.”

Actually, I found it bothersome to answer.

I wanted to think only about Helios. And because I wanted to get out of here.

‘Aside from that, his face is really incredible. I bet all kinds of perverts would be attracted to him…’

It was a bit complicated.

I felt like I couldn’t take my eyes off this Newbie until I properly raised him to be capable.

For some reason, Helios stiffened his expression a bit at my words “I’m a guard,” then lowered his head and grumbled again.

I couldn’t figure out what he was dissatisfied about this time.

‘Ah.’

I turned my attention to a woman passing by.

That person was someone who had been in the same group as Helios earlier.

She was also the only woman among those who had passed the trial.

And she was a familiar face too.

‘It’s Ms. Haira.’

Haira was a New Prisoner who had entered the Women’s Block around the time I received the Warden’s proposal and stepped down as Prison Cell Boss.

She was also someone I had asked Deril and Ms. Ramona to take care of since I couldn’t guide her myself.

Seeing that she made it all the way to the 20th Floor.

‘Looks like they raised her well.’

Moreover, her progress was quite fast.

‘Above all, she seemed to overflow with talent.’

I had seen her Ability to immobilize the dogs clearly. It seemed like a ‘Bewilderment’ Ability, which has great potential.

It would be a long time from now, but if raised well, she could reach the 80th Floor, or even glimpse the 90th Floor depending on who teaches her.

But I had no intention of showing that I knew.

Not only was I currently in ‘Garret’s’ appearance, but I wanted to focus only on Helios.

“…Is that type of person your preference?”

“Huh?”

Helios was looking where I had been looking.

Since Haira hadn’t moved from her spot, she was still visible.

“Are you asking if I’m interested in that woman over there?”

“Yeah.”

“Why would I be interested?”

Of course not.

“The only person I care about is you, Helios.”

“…”

Helios soon rubbed his face with his hand. Then he took the lead and walked away.

Why is he acting like that?

Soon it was time to return to our cells. I briefly made eye contact with Haira, and she bowed her head politely.

She’s still someone with good social skills.

Helios came back and strode over, blocking my view with his large frame.

Haira disappeared from my sight.

“I have something to ask you.”

“What?”

He had a stern expression.

“This morning, when you tripped me with your leg several times.”

“…”

“Did you do that on purpose?”

Oh my.

“Were you trying to give me a ‘hint’ again this time?”

He bent his waist and lowered his voice so much that his words were barely audible to me.

I didn’t even blink.

“How can you be so naive.”

“…What?”

That’s when it happened. A guard’s booming voice reached us.

“Everyone return to the prison block!”

I chuckled and lightly tapped his stomach.

“Such secretive talk should be saved for when we’re alone together, kid.”

“Who’s a…!”

“You’re quite perceptive though.”

The sky visible above the prison was blue today as well.

Chapter 3. The Villain of Villains

“From the 20th Floor to the 29th Floor, you said it’s all made up of animals and scarecrows that suddenly attack, right?”

“Mostly?”

Helios covered his handsome face. He slumped down into the chair.

Though I’m weak at reading emotions, I can tell right now.

Because this was something familiar.

Despair hung dangling from his broad shoulders.

I know the reason too.

“Why… do ‘those things’ keep appearing from the 21st Floor onwards…?”

I answered nonchalantly.

“Insects?”

“Don’t say it!”

His face after removing his hands was quite haggard. Even so, far from being ugly, it still radiated light.

Rather, the faint shadows under his eyes gave him an even more decadent feeling.

What, does his face become one that attracts more perverts when he’s tired?

I chuckled softly.

“What, can’t even call bugs bugs?”

“…”

“Being afraid of bugs, what a baby, you’re such a baby.”

Helios gritted his teeth.

“Who’s a baby?”

“You are, baby.”

“That nickname is a bit…!”

“Opening.”

Bang!

A disc that suddenly appeared from behind me collided at high speed, and Helios rolled across the ground.

Through the dust, I could see his face gritting his teeth.

“If you can’t even dodge this, you’re a baby.”

“…Stop it.”

“Goo goo?”

“I said stop.”

“Aww, was baby scared?”

I whispered expressionlessly. Helios made a disgusted face.

“Why on earth are you calling me by such a nickname?”

“Oh, don’t you remember? You said any nickname was fine, right? Surely you don’t fail to remember what you said yourself.”

“…”

“But speaking of nicknames.”

“Ha, call me whatever you want! I don’t care about that, so do as you please!”

Helios seemed to recall our past conversation as he grabbed his face once more.

‘How strange. Couldn’t he just say he doesn’t remember such things?’

He could have scolded me not to talk nonsense or turned the tables on me.

It was strange that he showed he remembered with a face full of dissatisfaction, yet never said it wasn’t true.

Honest and upright.

But it was an integrity that didn’t suit a den of criminals.

“Have you given up already, kid?”

“…Do whatever you want. You’ll do as you please anyway, won’t you, Master?”

Helios stood up, brushing dust off himself. The moment he stood properly, I flicked my slender finger.

Bang!

The disc I sent embedded itself in a tree. Helios had dodged it perfectly.

“…”

He looked bewildered himself.

‘Oh, this level after just a week isn’t bad?’

Currently, Helios had climbed up to the 22nd Floor.

“Congratulations, you dodged for the first time.”

“…Ha.”

“Shall we try with two discs now?”

Helios’s face, which had just brightened, hardened stiffly.

“Let’s go to the 23rd Floor tomorrow.”

“…”

On the 20th Floor, mutated ‘dogs’ appeared, but the 21st and 22nd Floors were different.

Here, mutated insects appeared.

“Are bugs that scary?”

“It’s not that they’re scary, I just hate them…”

Helios made a groaning sound and covered his mouth with his hand.

“‘Those things’ come out several times bigger. Normally, such ‘things’ don’t exist in the world.”

“How long will you refuse to call bugs bugs? They’ll be sad.”

His aversion was understandable. Actually, this wasn’t Helios’s fault.

“I told you. The insects that appear on the 21st and 22nd Floors are originally ones that appear from the 11th Floor onwards.”

Originally, Helios should have gone through floors full of bugs too, but since he went straight from the 8th Floor to starting from the 20th Floor, he skipped them.

So he was slow to get used to them.

‘No, I think it’s also due to his personality.’

A Male Lead who’s afraid of bugs. Somehow he seemed a bit pathetic and cute.

I turned my head.

Where we currently were was a corner of the garden available during rest time, a place people rarely used.

“I’m advising you, it would be good to start making ‘colleagues’ soon.”

“What?”

“You haven’t forgotten my advice, have you?”

I definitely said it, didn’t I?

“More than that, there’s one more thing prisoners in this place need. What do you think it is?”

“The answer is ‘colleagues’.”

Confusion crossed Helios’s face. He didn’t seem to understand the reason, but his expression showed he wouldn’t just let it pass.

‘He takes everything to heart. Smart too.’

Definitely. When I thought of it purely as a master-disciple relationship, he was a disciple worth teaching.

Like a sponge absorbing water, he soaked up everything perfectly.

Rustle!

Helios turned his head. It was the spot I had glanced at earlier.

A presence could be felt.

To be precise, it was a presence I had already sensed and knew the location of, while Helios had just now noticed it.

“Ah, damn.”

A thick voice was heard first.

“Did I startle you?”

What emerged from the dense bushes next was a familiar face.

‘What was his name again?’

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