Chapter 6 (2/2)

I clapped my hands.

“You know. Isn’t it too dark in here? There’s no sunlight and it smells like moss. Even the air smells bad in this cell.”

And though the this cell was in the basement, the worst looking spot was actually Ricdorian’s little corner.

“The prisoners here usually go out on a walk once a day. Though the outside is mostly dried grass and withered flowers.”

We could do things like walks because we were nobles, so if prisoners like us could use facilities with our noble status, wouldn’t Ricdorian also be allowed a stroll outside?

And since Ricdorian hadn’t finished growing yet, if he lost control of his powers, even the middle-level prison guards would be able to subdue him.

“Hey, don’t you want to go out for a walk?”

Though a walk was something simple and boring to me, it was probably something very rare for Ricdorian. At least, until the female lead appeared four years later.

“A walk…is, what is that?”

I looked at Ricdorian with a dumbfounded expression.

Oh man. Don’t tell me I have to start explaining from there?

People cannot understand a term that they don’t use. Just like how a person who hasn’t seen glasses before wouldn’t know what they are.

“It means going outside.”

“I, I, I can’t go outside…”

“What if you could go outside? Would you go?”

He looked at me, sitting in a crouched position. We held gazes like this for awhile, and he didn’t give a reply.

I watched as the light in the male lead’s eyes slowly died away. They had been shining, only to dim as if the fire in his eyes were extinguished, like the ocean in them were contaminated. It was a sad sight.

Meanwhile, I heard Hans call for me.

“Ah, I’ve got to go.”

The male lead opened and closed his mouth, but I didn’t hear his voice.

“See you again.”

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I now had a small project laid out for me. The name was ‘Make the male lead go on a walk.’ The words sounded a little strange for a project, but whatever.

There was no real reason for me doing this. Honestly, I was bored with this prison life, just eating, sleeping, and then meeting people everyday.

The usual purpose of the prison to education and reform criminals? Nothing but crap in here.

Among the prisoners, there were those who were planning their next crime, but none who were repenting of the ones that put them in the prison cell.

Since they were all from the seemingly superior families, they all had an ‘it’s just prison’ mindset.

The only good person here, was me. Is what I, who used cigarettes and alcohol to commit bribery, thought to myself.

I’m not shameless. Not at all.

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Littlemetaball: Sorry for the late update. School starts this week eck.