I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 52

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Chapter 52

‘I can’t let him distance himself in this situation.’

The Male Lead Helios was like an untamed canine predator.

A character who had sharp fangs and potential but didn’t know it yet.

Moreover, he was extremely righteous, becoming exclusive toward anything that didn’t match his values.

‘In many ways, he has the worst compatibility with this Prison Cell.’

Mint wanted to reduce the psychological distance with him before reaching the Summit.

So that when his life was in danger, he could entrust his life to her without hesitation.

It was praiseworthy that they had climbed to the 30th Floor at such a fast pace, but many dangers still remained in this Prison.

For that reason, Mint didn’t keep her distance from Helios.

Of course, she never dreamed that her methods were wrong.

“Wh-what are you saying, that we’ll sleep separately now! Don’t you understand what I’m saying?!”

That was right. The two were still sleeping in the same Bed.

It started when Mint forcibly dragged Helios, who couldn’t sleep due to insomnia, into her Bed.

After that, Mint made him sleep in her Bed, reasoning that insomnia caused poor condition, illness, and even death.

And this continued even after their kiss.

Of course, for Helios, it was an unprecedented ordeal.

In short, it was torture!

“Can’t sleep? Should I knock you out?”

“…I’ll lie down. I’ll lie down, so put that hand away. Kia is young!”

Mint was satisfied.

Good, this closed the distance.

Anyway, Helios slept well when he lay in the same Bed. This was a fact even he couldn’t deny.

Since she was helping him get good sleep, even if he found her unpleasant and disgusting, he wouldn’t distance himself anymore.

Because he would need her.

“Junior, are you smiling?”

Mint slowly raised her head.

The reason she came out alone today was because of this person.

“You’re grinning from ear to ear.”

“Was I, doing that?”

“No.”

“…”

It was because Sergeant Steven, her Mentor and senior, had called her.

The reason he called wasn’t anything special.

“I just asked because it was funny seeing you smile~.”

Anyway, on the surface she was a ‘guard’ being punished. So a simple report was necessary.

That process ended quickly and the two moved on to casual small talk.

“Why are you smiling?”

“Did I really smile?”

“Yeah, you were smiling. Grinning.”

Sergeant Steven shrugged his shoulders.

“You must be busy lately? From the 30th Floor up, you’re the head of scouting.”

“Not really.”

There was no crazy bastard who would try to recruit a guard into their Fam. Except for that one High-Grade Prisoner she saw when coming out of the 30th Floor.

“I did see someone from the ‘Tower Committee’.”

“Did you see the craziest bastards of all? How was it seeing them in person?”

“…”

“Ah, but don’t worry about it. These days those guys are probably busy as hell on the Upper Floors. Kuhaha.”

Mint tilted her head.

Because Sergeant Steven’s laughing face looked mischievous.

“Is something going on?”

She knew the Boss had changed.

Sure enough. Sergeant Steven mentioned this matter once more.

“Quite a lot of them died.”

Then he curved his characteristic narrow eyes to the fullest.

“It’s going to be a massacre soon.”

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When she returned to the Garden, Mint faced an unexpected situation.

‘I definitely threw them in a corner and told them to train.’

When she had to leave due to Sergeant Steven’s summons, she had given training tasks to Helios as well as Ged’s Group respectively.

Not much time had passed, so it wasn’t enough time for them to finish the set number of repetitions.

Even if they had finished, her disciple was so unnecessarily diligent that he would do autonomous training on his own.

Yes, that should be the case.

Thwack!

What the hell was this?

“What are you doing? Beat him up! Beat him up! Geez, fucking bastard.”

“Kekeke. Hey, can’t two of you handle one guy!”

The prisoners were forming a circle.

She felt the familiar energy of Kia, so she pushed through and saw a familiar person.

Her disciple was fighting.

Moreover, Helios was facing two people at the same time.

“What’s going on?”

Ged’s Group happened to be nearby. Mint asked.

“Ah, Boss…!”

Ged straightened his posture with a bewildered expression. Wounds were visible on Ged’s face as well.

It wasn’t just Ged. Seth and Brett also had wounds adorning them like decorations.

And….

‘Quite a few have been knocked down.’

At least one or two more people than Ged’s Group were lying collapsed on the ground.

“I told you to train. I don’t think I ever said to have a brawl.”

At Mint’s calm words, Ged’s shoulders flinched.

Helios was still in the middle of fighting.

“You bastard, I’ll kill you!”

When one fell, another charged in.

“Well, that is….”

“I’ll explain.”

Pushing aside Ged who looked at a loss with his innocent expression, Haira raised her hand.

Certainly, the professional con artist would be better at talking.

Mint nodded.

“First of all… they started the trouble.”

“….”

“No, really? Those fucking bastards were talking shit like our heads were just decorations, and we all have the same tongue, so isn’t there a limit to how much we can endure?”

“H, Haira?”

“Hahaha. Haira speaks well.”

To put it mildly, humans with brains full of udon noodles said things that would make our hearts ache. We couldn’t stand it.

That’s what it amounted to.

In fact, due to the chaotic atmosphere from disappearances occurring on the surface, High-Grade Prisoners and mid-level/first-grade prisoners no longer joined the scouting competition.

But the lower grades were different.

Helios was still appetizing prey, and the provocations targeting him grew worse by the day.

“Same goes for Helios.”

Haira’s words continued a bit more.

Some group came all the way to the corner where they were training.

Helios ignored what they were saying, but they kept saying increasingly unbearable things.

The story was that those who started the provocation dragged them all the way to this center and began fighting.

It meant that Helios finally raised his fists.

‘How cliché.’

Mint’s expression grew coldly subdued.

She didn’t particularly like the fights that occurred in this prison.

One surprising thing was the very fact that Helios had reacted.

Helios was upright and steadfast enough to be compared to a so-called ‘Hero’.

Even if he got angry or voiced complaints, he followed orders exactly as given.

‘I think I told him not to fight.’

On the first day they experienced scouting, Mint had told them not to start unnecessary fights.

Of course, there would be countless provocations, but she planned to block those that wouldn’t help with training at an appropriate level.

“How disappointing.”

“Then, if I don’t want proposals like that man made earlier and wish for him to never approach again, would you grant that?”

“Hmm… If you want that, I’ll do it for you.”

Of course, she expected Helios’s prison life would become somewhat difficult.

“Be greedy and raise me.”

That’s why she tried to protect him from pointless fights as she said.

Who knew he would ignore training and fight anyway.

“Um, Boss?”

“Yeah?”

“Are you… angry?”

“Not particularly.”

It was true. She wasn’t angry.

“I was the one who told you to have a conversation with fists first.”

“…”

“Sorry, but then why exactly are you making us break out in cold sweat?”

Haira asked with a trembling voice.

Mint realized she had unconsciously leaked Kia.

It couldn’t be helped.

She had accepted it mentally, and besides, wasn’t it Mint herself who had stepped away for a moment?

“And this might be presumptuous to say… but please don’t be disappointed.”

When Haira spoke while reading the mood, Seth and Brett added their words in turn.

“R-right! Boss! The Boss did nothing wrong!”

“Hahaha. That’s acknowledged.”

Mint’s eyes turned toward Haira.

“I’ll be the judge of that.”

Haira felt her spine grow cold.

‘Expressionless…’

Mint, who taught them, was always expressionless, but now it was a little different.

It felt like looking into an endless shadow, a bottomless pit.

“Helios ended up fighting because of you…”

“…”

“When we were climbing to the 20th Floor, just like how you were ostracized by prisoners of the same level for defending Helios who saved us. Helios rushed out as soon as insults about you came up. As if he couldn’t stand it.”

Mint’s eyes slowly moved to Helios.

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