I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 63

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Chapter 63

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The next morning.

“Hwaaam.”

What Mint saw when she opened her eyes refreshed was Helios lying there with both hands covering his face.

“What are you doing?”

“…Don’t talk to me.”

Helios muttered fiercely through gritted teeth with his hands still covering his face.

However, the more he spoke, the more his voice lost its strength.

“Right now, I want to kill myself immediately.”

Helios was feeling what could be called ‘reality shock.’ Mint couldn’t grasp the deeper emotions but roughly understood.

“That would be troublesome. I don’t want my one and only disciple to die.”

“…Master is really a bad person.”

“Hmm, suddenly?”

“You’ll live long.”

“…”

“From getting cursed at by me.”

Helios’s voice was pleasant to hear, but the content within it was somewhat difficult to understand.

“Go wash up.”

Mint completely ignored Helios’s state and got up from her spot.

Then she grabbed Helios and pulled him up as well.

Looking at just the facts, it wasn’t incomprehensible. The kiss with her had been shocking enough to be his most intense memory.

Wouldn’t it mean he had to do that unpleasant thing once more just to fall asleep?

But wasn’t it fine since he slept?

“There’s something I need to tell you.”

“…What is it.”

Mint let go of Helios’s hand that she had been dragging and leisurely crossed her arms.

Roll call would start soon, so she planned to finish the conversation quickly.

“What happened yesterday might not end with just once.”

“…What are you trying to say?”

“If the same thing happens again. That is, if you can’t fall asleep again, and just lying together doesn’t solve it.”

If the results are good, she doesn’t dwell much on the process. His good sleep is important to Mint too.

Helios turned his gaze to her. He felt like he could guess what she would say next without her saying it.

“What happened yesterday, it’s fine to do it again. As long as it solves the problem.”

Sure enough. Mint’s words didn’t stray from Helios’s expectations.

Helios flinched in surprise and took half a step back.

Blush.

His ears were flushed red.

“Ah, of course I know you don’t like it. But since it’s effective, I’ll use my authority as your Master to ignore that.”

“You really say you’ll ignore my wishes so casually.”

“But this way is more efficient, isn’t it?”

Mint’s eyes seemed to say ‘You acknowledge it too.’

He didn’t know why Mint had this misunderstanding. No, he thought he understood a little.

A prickly but deflated voice flowed from him, like broken grass that had lost its strength.

“When you say you’ll ignore my wishes, what exactly do you want me to say?”

“Ah, I can listen once. Want to hear other methods? Though I won’t be able to use them for long.”

“What are they?”

“Back of the head, neck, or solar plexus.”

“….”

“Just pick one.”

She was going to knock him out.

Helios cleanly surrendered. He didn’t know why she thought he disliked it, but he didn’t dislike it at all.

Thus, a strange rule was established between the two of them.

Helios couldn’t tell if he had done the right thing.

Of course, Mint was someone who would throw him off a cliff if she decided to, regardless of his wishes.

He wondered if expressing his opinion would even be heard.

Was he also becoming like this madness-filled Prison atmosphere?

Ordinary, average. Deviating from the norm didn’t feel so bad.

No, perhaps this way he could be with Mint…

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“We won’t enter the 39th Floor right away.”

That afternoon. Due to Mint’s declaration, Helios and Ged’s Group decided to have several days of training time.

It was a somewhat puzzling decision, since recently they had always proceeded to the next floor without taking any breaks.

Mint sometimes acted as if climbing the Tower was her sole purpose.

Of course, this was probably part of helping Helios, who wanted to reach the Tower Summit, as his Master.

“Is the reason for taking several days because there’s something more on the 39th Floor, or after it?”

“My, how smart you are. Pretty boy.”

“….”

At least one thing was certain.

Mint had no thoughts whatsoever about the two kisses they had shared.

No thoughts at all.

‘…Am I really that unappealing?’

Thinking this, Helios soon covered his face as self-loathing washed over him like waves.

‘What kind of idiotic thought is that.’

Mint still didn’t know that he had awakened new Kia and was certain of Mint’s true gender.

So naturally, he treats her thinking of her as a male of the same gender.

Separately, Mint didn’t seem to have tendencies toward liking the same sex.

No, she seemed uninterested in everyone, only treating him strangely special.

Should he be relieved that she at least paid more attention to Ged’s Group?

In any case, Mint wasn’t at fault.

“Damn it.”

“…? You still seem to have energy left. 3,000 additional jumping exercises.”

“Damn it!”

“Hahahaha, Boss, come quickly! You too can have these manly muscles of mine!”

“I don’t need them…!”

After the light(?) physical conditioning, it was the usual continuous training.

Today too, Helios temporarily forgot his complicated thoughts in Mint’s schedule that was so persistently demanding he wondered if this could really be called training.

For the next few days, the two continued their promised activities in their assigned room.

In other words, Helios continued to be unable to sleep.

And just by having his lips touch Mint’s, he could easily fall asleep.

Sometimes the effect was so good that he felt self-loathing, as if he had truly become a dog.

Seeing Helios’s compliant attitude, Mint wondered if he wanted to fix his trauma. Or if he too disliked not being able to sleep.

…Or had his preferences changed? She was puzzled.

‘People don’t change easily.’

Of course, she had considered it, but she thought the possibility of his preferences changing was low.

On the other hand, all the prisoners in this prison easily fell into pleasure for various reasons – whether to forget the hellish Tower, or from the despair of impossible escape.

There was no reason she couldn’t enjoy it too.

“…Um.”

Strangely, as their bodies grew closer, this seemed to affect the outside as well.

“Did something happen between you and Boss?”

“…? Nothing special enough to mention.”

“Ah, is that so…?”

Haira stared intently at Mint with a gaze that felt somehow sticky.

Then smiled mysteriously.

“As expected, Boss is pitiful.”

Along with those incomprehensible words, she said she would ‘cheer him on.’

“Let me tell you in advance, the ones who are quick to notice these things are me, who’s just generally perceptive, and surprisingly, Seth.”

“I see. I’ll keep that in mind.”

From the 41st Floor, trials where reading the situation would be important would begin. It wouldn’t hurt to know.

Sure enough, not long after, Seth also occasionally looked back and forth between Mint and Helios, or tilted his head and gave them looks different from usual.

Regardless, a few more days passed and the party smoothly overcame the 39th Floor, entering the last floor of the Lower/1st Grade.

They entered the 40th Floor.

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“Clear just this floor and you’ll be mid-level.”

I said this as we approached the 40th Floor.

“The gap between lower and mid-level prisoners in this prison is huge. You all know that best.”

Whether lounging around in the cafeteria or the recreation area garden, or acting arrogant—those are at least mid-level prisoners or higher.

Ged’s Group showed various expressions on their faces.

Some were nervous like Seth, others like Ged honestly expressed pure joy at their rank rising.

Haira had an expression that seemed pleased yet complex and subtle.

Finally, Brett was…

‘Should I start being cautious now?’

I let the thought drift carelessly as I walked with the party.

Helios remained as calm as usual even at the mention of entering mid-level.

Well, his goal would be prison break or escape, not rank advancement.

‘Come to think of it, how long is the Male Lead’s sentence?’

It wasn’t detailed in the original work, and since he escaped, it was an unknowable fact.

When the dart and dartboard appeared as always, I turned my head and stared intently at someone.

It was Seth.

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