I found some potions, green apples, tomatoes, as well as salt, cabbage, and rabbit leg meat. There was also a green bird egg. Avina told me that it was the egg of the stony nightingale, a wild bird. There was so much food, and I was very happy. After eating some bread, I put it all into the space ring.
After leaving here, we went down the stairs to the interrogation room. The first thing that caught my eye was a skeleton that was hung up and three vertical rectangular iron cages.
There was a battle going on in the interrogation room, and two imperial soldiers were lying dead on the ground. Who did it? To be able to get here without causing any alarm, it seemed that the person who broke in was not an ordinary person.
In the interrogation room, there were two torturers. Both of them looked like perverted torturers, but now they were lying dead on the ground. I also saw a book called Against Tyranny, a dagger, and a backpack on a small table next to the stone pillar in the middle. There was a lockpick in the backpack, so I took the lockpick. I tried to open the door of the middle of the three vertical rectangular iron cages.
Because the two next to it were empty, only the middle one had the body of a magician's apprentice lying on it.
It was as if I suddenly knew how to do it. I was still very smart. It took me a little time to open the door of the iron cage.
There were many things inside, including magic potions, some gold coins, a magic hood and magic robe, and a magic book for lightning magic. These were all good things, so I didn't hesitate to take them.
After taking all of them, Snowy took everything in the interrogation room and in one of the cells. There was an iron shield, a heavy iron hammer, and a book called A Brief History of the Empire. I didn't care so much. As long as there was enough space, I would take it all.
At this time, Avina asked me if we could go, and I said yes. We went deeper, and then we saw another room. There were three cages, a charcoal basin, and some dining tables. Then there was a skeleton and a skeleton that didn't become a skeleton.
I got some gold coins and Bone Dust from the skeletons, but I didn't even let the skeletons go. I couldn't help but think so, because I had my own plans, I could only do this. When we left the room, we found ourselves in a wide open area where three Imperial soldiers had appeared out of nowhere and were waiting for us.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the prison.
The pitch-black night was as cold as water. The moon's shadow danced in the air, illuminating the ground in a deathly white color, as if it was the face of a ghost.
The little girl's father was in a corner of the cell. The moonlight shone through the narrow skylight and shone on his cheeks, revealing a bleak gray color. His entire body was covered in blood, and the clothes on his back were tattered. There were many whip marks on his body, and the scariest part was that his collarbone had been pierced by a thin chain. Purple blood gushed out whenever he moved. The chain was exquisitely made. It was as thick as a thumb, and it was engraved with complicated patterns. There was also a silver bell hanging from it. With a slight movement, the bell would ring, and the crisp sound echoed in the deathly silent cell.
His younger brother had been in there for a long time. Although it was raining outside, it was summer after all, and it wasn't that cold. He was wearing a black cloak and deerskin boots. If his face wasn't so pale, he would be a handsome man. He just stood there, looking at his brother silently. The cell door was wide open, and he was only a few steps away from him. He was so close that he could touch his brother's torn clothes if he reached out his hand. The night wind blew in, bringing with it the unique dampness of the prison. The hair on his temples was lifted, and it made his face look even paler.
"Does it hurt?" His younger brother asked.
His older brother didn't look at him, and he didn't say anything. His younger brother took off his black cloak, walked slowly to him, and put it on his shoulders. Seeing the chain around his collarbone, he smiled faintly and gently twisted it. "On the day of the summer celebration, I told you not to go, but you didn't listen to me. Now, I can only help you this much."
Then he left, and he finally left. The sound of his footsteps was getting farther and farther away. It was so far away that it gradually couldn't be heard, as if it would never come again.
The little girl's father was still lying there quietly. He didn't move, didn't speak, and didn't react at all. It was so quiet all around, and only the sound of the bell around his collarbone echoed softly, making the surroundings seem even more empty.
The little girl's father lay there, as if he couldn't hear anything from the outside world. He only felt that the night was so long, as if it had been a lifetime. He knew that this day would come. He knew it when Alonso brought people to surround them. Did he feel ashamed? Disgusted? Or was he so dirty that he wanted to die?
"Hehe … I just don't know how my daughter is."
The little girl's father sneered, but his voice was hoarse and terrifying, like an old man in his seventies.
He closed his eyes, and his eyes seemed to be burning. They were hot and dry, and even tears couldn't flow out. He just wanted to lie here and die here. He wanted to bury this filthy, disgusting, despicable, and lowly thing in this murky night!
If it was someone else, what would they do? Cry endlessly? Be heartbroken? Curse out loud? Or die by hitting his head on a rock? Or die cleanly like the others?
But he couldn't die yet. He had to live, not only for his daughter. He moved his numb hand, turned his wrist over, and saw a dagger under the cloak.
He sat up, held the dagger, and sneered faintly.
He walked to the door of the prison, and swung the dagger at the chain. The door lock broke. This dagger really cut through iron like mud, just like his younger brother. It was extraordinary.
The prison outside the door was filled with guards and wardens who were sleeping. They seemed to have been drugged. His younger brother was really a mysterious person. The little girl's father sneered, and walked along, but he didn't see anyone wake up.
Just like that, he followed his younger brother's path, and slowly found his way out of this huge prison.
Iwena and I thought that we would meet a lot of people from the Empire in this prison, but to our surprise, we didn't meet any resistance along the way. Who did this? It doesn't seem like something a human could do. Could it be that an expert snuck in here? But why did he do this?
With a series of questions, we finally found an empty prison cell. Looking at the bloodstains on the ground, it was obvious that this person had escaped.
Could it be the little girl's father? Or maybe someone else saved him before us. Avina blamed me for letting someone else get ahead of us. It seemed that I was careless.
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