Capital Prison.
When this prison was first built, it was divided according to the degree of danger of the prisoners. The most dangerous prisoners were usually locked in the deepest part of the prison. Creatures like humans, which were considered as harmless little animals to the demon race, were naturally locked in the outermost layer.
These imprisoned humans were much luckier than the demon criminals. At least they could see the two bright moons in the sky through the window.
Unfortunately, the villagers were not in the mood to appreciate it. No one would be in the mood to look at the flowers and grass when they walked in front of the guillotine.
These villagers were collectively imprisoned in a cell. The space inside the cell was very large, enough to accommodate hundreds of people. The environment was not something that these 'harmless little animals' could endure.
The smell of decay and dampness filled the entire prison. From time to time, the roars of monsters could be heard from the surroundings. These hardworking villagers who had not seen much of the world were constantly in fear and torment.
"Madam Marina, do you think that the mage lady can really escape from the Demon Realm?"
Not only were the villagers of the village locked up in this prison, but the surviving merchants and servants of the caravan were also locked up here.
"I don't know, but this may be our only hope."
The owner of the caravan was Marina Jon, an old woman in her seventies. Time had left its mark on her, not only in the wrinkles on her body and her white hair, but also in her indifferent attitude towards things.
Marina was probably the calmest human in the prison. The servants around her had fallen into a state of panic like the villagers. Some guards even began to reveal their dark side to their own kind after thinking that they wouldn't be able to walk out of the prison alive.
Fortunately, the prison guards were cold-blooded enough to get rid of the scum who bared their fangs to their own kind.
Because of the rebellion of her guards, the number of people in Marina's caravan was reduced from more than 20 to only her and one servant. The goods were also completely gone.
For a businessman, this was a disaster that could make them collapse. However, Marina was very calm. She had spent the latter half of her life in disasters. Ever since her husband suddenly passed away due to unknown reasons, and even her only child left her due to a serious illness, she had bid farewell to the luxurious life of a noble lady.
In order to take over her husband's family business, Marina had been traveling all over the country to do business. Just when she bought a property in the magic city of Noland and was about to turn from a poor peddler to an official merchant, fate once again smiled maliciously at her.
Marina had survived the tragedy of having her family destroyed, so of course she wouldn't be afraid of the mere threat of death.
However, this did not mean that she had given up hope of survival …
"Even if she successfully escapes the Devil Realm, she probably won't come back."
Said the servant in a voice that bordered on despair.
The villagers locked up in the prison only had the most basic understanding of magic, such as being able to use magical elements to make fire and ice.
In terms of offensive magic, it was already impressive to be able to cast a small fireball. It was the same for Marina, not to mention a high-level magic such as teleportation.
Their only hope was that female mage. She was the only one who had escaped from this prison. Before she escaped, under the request of the villagers, she had promised to find reinforcements to save them!
Many people were clinging to this spider silk-like hope, but Marina knew that spider silks were ultimately spider silks that would break with a single tug.
The power displayed by the Devil Realm prison guards was enough to prove all of this. There were some mercenaries among the guards that she had hired who were qualified to be demon hunters, but those guards didn't even last a minute in front of the Devil Realm prison guards before they were directly killed.
It was like cutting vegetables.
It was even more impossible for the young female mage to escape from the perilous Devil Realm.
Therefore, Marina had already begun to consider whether or not she should write a suicide note.
At this moment, footsteps suddenly sounded from inside the prison, and the desperate cries and whimpers in the cell turned into silence because of fear.
More than thirty villagers turned their attention to the dark corridor. The masked prison guards were dragging a new human into the cell.
When the villagers in the cell saw the human, the cries of fear turned into sneaky whispers.
Because her appearance was really too … attractive. Beautiful could not describe the inner thoughts of these villagers. Attractive was the most appropriate word.
Ino could feel the gazes of the humans in the prison. She had always lived under this kind of gaze, so she was already used to it.
"Your name is Belle. You are a passionate, curious, and brave human girl."
Josiah's voice was still echoing in Ino's ears. Ino didn't understand why Josiah wanted her to play the role of this human, but Ino still did her best.
Eno walked over to a low window in the cell and stood on tiptoe to look out.
"Child … Why were you caught and brought here?"
Marina sat next to this window. She looked at this beautiful young girl and felt a sense of pity when she thought that she might be killed by the demons in the near future.
"I don't know … My village was ransacked by bandits. My father and mother told me to run away quickly … I ran into an oak forest and was caught by a group of demons."
Ino's identity and background were made up by Josiah. Sure enough, when they heard that the village was ransacked and her parents told her to run away, many of the villagers showed expressions of pity and sympathy.
In particular, Ino's performance was perfect and impeccable. She completely played the role of an innocent little girl who knew nothing but was eager to return to her village.
"What a pitiful child. Those hateful bandits should be hung on the gallows!"
"They deserved to die."
Ino's experience quickly won the trust of the villagers, who empathized with him and felt indignation towards those damned bandits. Marina, who was beside him, also showed a sympathetic expression.
"I guess your parents will be fine."
Marina thought for a moment and used this sentence to comfort Ino.
"They will be fine … I … Before I ran away, I saw those bandits take my parents …"
At this point, Yi Nuo did not continue. Her voice trembled a little, and one could imagine what the outcome would be like after that.
"Child, if you want to cry, just cry it out. You will feel better."
In Marina's opinion, Ino was completely putting up a front. Ino wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, perfectly illustrating the meaning of the word 'pretending to be strong'.
What a strong child. Marina watched as Ino found the motherly instinct that she hadn't shown for a long time.
If her child was still alive, he would be around her age, right?
"If you don't mind, can I know your name?" Marina asked.
"Belle."
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