Chapter 14 (1/2)

Translator: Atlas StudiosEditor: Atlas Studios

Buzz!

[Warning: You are making an output of excessive kinetic energy to a citizen! This is prohibited!]

Without his summon, his field of vision suddenly jumped out of the hologram. The red warning message rushed before his pupils like a waterfall. The shrill alarm that sounded like a scream echoed in his ears, instantly stunning him.

What was going on?

Was it infected by a virus?

But I’m new here and had never visited any mysterious websites before!?

His body instantly stiffened and he couldn’t move at all. He only regained control three seconds later.

“It seems that you are very satisfied with your life in the Shattered Lake Prison. I shall not disturb you then.”

Igora moved the fist that was almost touching the tip of his nose away and smiled. “By the way, Ash, your weak punch was rather cute.”

The other prisoners in the hall glanced at them, including the prison guard, who seemed to have temporarily shifted his attention from the hologram to them. But everyone would quickly look away, as if what happened was just something trivial.

As he watched Igora’s back disappear into the tunnel, Ash looked down at his fist, his mind full of questions.

“What’s there to be surprised about? Isn’t it just that the miracle chip in your nape detected your attempt to attack someone and sent out a neural current to temporarily control your body so that your attack wouldn’t work,” said Sword Maiden. “This technology is widely used in animal husbandry, in addition to prison, but it seems more practical to use it on people.”

“Then why did you ask me to hit him?”

“Although fighting is prohibited here, there are still many tricks you can pull.”

The Sword Maiden said leisurely, “For example, you can use a spell spirit to sign a contract. If I’m not wrong, that man just now has a bit of veela bloodline. A veela is the race that finds it easiest to become proficient in the School of Spirituality… If you had responded to his request and shook his hand to sign the contract, you would become ‘friends who must help each other’.”

“However, this would just be a relationship where you have to help him. Whether he helps you or not depends on his mood. Well, in the eyes of a spiritual sorcerer, friends are no different from slaves.”

Ash understood. If he had really shaken hands with Igora earlier, he would have become Igora’s employee, or even his intern.

The Alternate World was so despicable. They did not even need to sign a labor contract.

Ash looked around at the other prisoners. “No one else can see you?”

“You can continue to talk to me like this, as long as you don’t mind others looking at you as if you’re crazy.” Sword Maiden continued, “Although I’d rather listen to you talk nicely than the garbage in your mind, one must yield to the circumstances.”

Ash understood. “So, you really are the Deadly Berserker Sword Maiden?”

“Yes, I’m the Deadly Berserker Sword Maiden.” Sword Maiden said as she leaned against the wall in boredom. “On the other hand, if I didn’t see you with my own eyes, I would never have thought that you would end up in such a place… Mind if I mock you?”

[I mind it a lot, but why aren’t you wearing the clothes on the illustration?]

“Aren’t you also wearing this luxurious version of the classic prisoner suit from the Shattered Lake Prison?” The Sword Maiden rolled her eyes. “You look different from the illustration yourself, yet you feel no qualms talking about me? I’m a woman. Do you expect me to wear the same set of clothes every day without doing laundry?”

What the Sword Maiden said made so much sense that Ash was convinced by her.

However, he obviously did not care about these details. He looked at the Sword Maiden expectantly. [Sword Maiden, my Doraemon, since you’re here, help me escape from this prison!]

“I refuse.”

[Huh?]

“Why should I help you escape from here?” Sword Maiden said lazily, “There’s room and food here. Isn’t it suitable for trash like you to stay here? Why do you always want to escape? The outside world might be even worse than here. You should just retire early and live your dream life. Isn’t that good too?”

[But I’m a scapegoat. I have to participate in some kind of Blood Moon Judgment in a few days. This definitely doesn’t sound like a buffet, right?]

“Oh, Blood Moon Judgment…” Sword Maiden nodded thoughtfully. “Hehe, then I feel even less inclined to help you escape.”