I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 92

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Chapter 92

Clatter clatter. The discs floating around Mint’s body merged together.

A pure white barrier began to form.

Haira unconsciously reached out her hand. Mint was going to kill Brett in there!

The price of a life.

Though it was useless now. Haira had something to say to Brett.

For some reason, Ged and Seth were also hastily reaching out their hands.

Mint glanced at her party as if she knew what they were doing.

“You’re all fools.”

With those words, the barrier was completed.

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“…Cough.”

Inside the space surrounded by the pure white barrier, Brett, who had been lying on the ground, let his head drop.

I lifted my foot and placed it under his chin, lifting it up.

“I’m not done talking yet.”

I tilted my head loosely.

This was a story that Ged’s Group outside didn’t need to hear.

Helios would have died if he hadn’t quickly drawn his dagger.

A true death that couldn’t be revived even inside the Tower.

“The dagger. It’s not your Kia, is it?”

Brett hung limply over my foot without any reaction.

“Guard Captain. Black hair.”

Flinch.

“Imperial Palace.”

“…”

“Hades.”

Brett’s eyes widened, then he looked as if he realized his mistake. The flinching movement came long after being caught.

“Th, that person has nothing, nothing to do with this…!”

“Right. I guess you didn’t know.”

“What?”

“That sword, if you hadn’t drawn it quickly. You’d die even inside the Tower.”

Brett’s body trembled.

“When I first saw you. I felt it.”

Brett’s ability was advantageous for assassination. But the more I looked, the more this guy’s disposition didn’t match assassination at all.

Such dispositions aren’t divided by strong and weak.

“What could have happened for a noble house’s young master to fall all the way to this prison?”

His nature is different.

Like what I used to feel only from Helios, old habits remain. Elegant movements, speech patterns. The vocabulary he chooses.

“Why, did That Guy whisper to you? That he’s your savior?”

Brett’s hand tried to grab my ankle but was deflected away.

I still sneered while lifting Brett’s chin with my foot.

“Pitifully.”

Is there any need for pity?

“Not even knowing from where you were brainwashed, you must have moved with all your might.”

“…Wh, what?”

I can’t see a mirror, but my eyes must have gleamed with light.

“Brett, from what I can see, you’re particularly weak to ‘Brainwashing’.”

And That Guy I know is terribly good at finding his prey.

Like a spider, like a snake.

“He must have said he’d grant your wish if you did everything he asked. But I’ve never seen that actually fulfilled.”

“…”

“It’s simple. He just needs to show you an illusion of your wish being granted.”

What a cheap price for a wish.

“Got it, Brett?”

As soon as I finished speaking, Blue Threads rose around us.

They contained Brett’s memories.

I grabbed one and pulled it.

It’s the first meeting between him and Brett.

“A fire, I see… So it started from here.”

I see Brett looking somewhat younger than now, and Hades unchanged as always.

I grasped that memory in my hand and distorted it.

Crack.

Even though the thread broke, it sounded like glass shattering.

“I’ve made it so you can see it if you want. The truth.”

Hades brainwashed Brett. If I break this suggestion completely, it leaves traces.

So I only touch it enough that he can see it if he wants to.

Brett seemed to have finally looked into the truth himself.

Watching his face contort and become dazed, I smiled.

“See? This is how you truly bring despair.”

Those who touch what I protect need punishment. So they won’t even dare to touch it again.

Whether they break is none of my concern.

Why should I care?

“Ah… Aah, aaaah!”

“Oh my, most of what you saw was suggestion.”

Making all that waiting meaningless.

Just from a quick glimpse, I could easily guess the situation.

Hades had deliberately released his minions into this prison, and Brett was one of them.

He would now realize that the time he had paid was meaningless, that the rewards Hades had shown him before granting his wish were nothing but illusions.

I smiled and slowly lowered my foot.

I erased only the parts from Brett’s mind about me using Mental Realm Kia and the information regarding Hades.

Was there any reason to be merciful enough not to use Mental Realm Kia on someone who betrayed me first?

The barrier around Brett and me disappeared.

Ged’s Group came into view again. They had gotten much closer.

‘How annoying.’

This time, a translucent barrier separated them from me.

“Boss, Boss! Please listen to my story just once! Boss!!”

“Sir Garret, Sir Garret! We get it, so calm down and listen. When Boss wakes up, she’ll hear you out too!”

“B-Boss!”

A sword had appeared in my hand before I knew it.

‘He’s already Hades’ minion after all.’

Though he had realized the truth, I didn’t have high expectations. What was the reason That Guy had so many fanatics under him?

I had seen countless prisoners and guards who were initially victims but eventually returned saying there was no one but That Guy.

Hades used them even more ruthlessly. They became idiots who enjoyed happiness as if being used was more comfortable for them.

I didn’t think Brett would be any different.

“Tsk tsk, little one. Even when you’re angry, it doesn’t show. You just quietly roll your eyes.”

But Mama. Would I even be human if I truly had no anger?

He touched what’s mine.

I raised my sword while organizing my thoughts internally.

Brett still showed no reaction, maintaining his bewildered expression.

‘Next time we meet, we’ll be enemies.’

I had no intention of killing him. I just planned to end it with some punishment to prevent annoyance when he appeared next time.

I ignored the voice reaching one of my ears and raised my hand, but.

“Stop.”

My hand didn’t aim for Brett’s left hand as I had hoped, but went down to the ground instead.

“Please stop, Master.”

When I turned my head, I saw Helios sitting up with one hand holding his head.

He was staring at me with persistent eyes.

“….”

The sword disappeared from my hand. At the same time, the transparent wall that had been blocking Ged’s Group melted smoothly into thin air.

“Stop. Don’t come closer.”

Ged’s Group stopped their steps toward Brett.

“Sparing his life is my last mercy. You should accept it as such.”

They naturally seemed to think I had tried to kill Brett, so I didn’t clear up the misunderstanding.

“And you all, don’t protect someone who won’t even apologize.”

It was just advice.

Tsk, since Helios is soft, it must have rubbed off on me.

Brett tried to get up from his spot, but immediately swayed and painfully fell on his bottom.

His legs seemed to have no strength, so he lay flat and crawled toward one direction.

I was probably the only one who knew that direction led to the Guard Building.

I turned around without hesitation.

“…What are you doing.”

“Look how polite he’s become on his own since he knows he did wrong. Our disciple is quite cunning too.”

I hoisted Helios onto my shoulder and walked away.

“Don’t talk to him.”

I could clearly see that Helios had tried to start a conversation with Brett.

“…Please don’t carry me on your shoulder like laundry.”

Helios sighed and buried his face against my back.

“I thought you’d be angrier if I carried you princess-style.”

“I would kill you.”

“See.”

I headed straight to the Male Prisoner Quarters. Normally it would be training time, but today was off.

“…Actually, I woke up a little earlier.”

“I know. That’s why I stopped.”

“…”

“I figured you’d say something like that.”

Helios seemed to flinch. I could hear his breathing.

In the quiet footsteps, he opened his mouth again.

“…Still, if you’d be okay with it.”

“With what.”

Helios hesitated, then continued.

“If you’re angry because I got hurt, then I’d be fine getting hurt once more.”

“Want to spar all night after I heal you right away?”

“…”

Just from his breathing, I could tell that wasn’t what he originally meant to say.

I walked with a small smile.

The unpleasantness from Hades’s mischief had long since disappeared.

Helios was silent for a moment, then muttered.

“I wanted to say I’d like it if you kept obsessing over me like you’re going to devour me.”

“You really know how to say crazy things politely.”

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