Poverty makes me capable of anything.

She pretended to wipe the bead of sweat from her forehead by flipping her hair back.

She panicked just now and almost made an impulsive decision.

"Things aren't that simple. You can't just find the problem whenever you want. Besides, Ronald might not even suspect me. He's focused on Anran right now."

Eresh discovered that she had found a breakthrough.

First, we need to figure out how An Ran hides her strength. As long as our method is different from hers, she can successfully deceive us.

"But I can't contact Anran now. I can only wait for an opportunity. So I can only gamble that Ronald won't realize it for the time being."

Eresh took out the space-travel device she had obtained from the Holy Church when she entered her private territory.

This is a faster and more penetrating way of traveling than jump, but unfortunately, the Royal Knights have already found a way to counter it.

This was also to prevent An Ran from escaping from the Holy Prison.

Anran had been in contact with members of the Holy Church, and they had to be wary of that.

"We'll have to think of other ways."

……

At this moment, inside the core of the Holy Prison.

Upon hearing the unfamiliar voice coming from next door, Princess Orina's body suddenly trembled.

So close!

She nervously retreated, backing away until she reached the far corner of the room.

It's no wonder the eldest princess is timid; her situation is different from An Ran's. An Ran was thrown in by Ronald, who opened a special passage, while Orina was led in by Ereshkigal.

It took a whole day to reach the core of the Holy Prison by riding in a patrol vehicle that wound its way through the maze-like corridors.

Along the way, Olena saw many prisoners captured by the Royal Knights, many of whom she had seen in files and major news broadcasts.

[Thugs Who Blow Up Planets]

[The evil spirit that sacrifices the living]

Spies from hostile forces

[The leader of the rebels]

There were vicious and ruthless people, and people who threatened the rule of the empire...

Although their identities are diverse, their strength is all above the master level.

Having witnessed so many ruthless people, Orina was terrified that her neighbor might be an even more ferocious monster.

Is it a pleasant female voice?

Voice changing technology isn't too difficult.

The dark curtain between the two prisons did not bring Olina any peace of mind; she still clearly remembered what Elec had told her.

"You are now in the central courtyard of the Holy Prison. Since the Holy Prison was established, no one has ever left the central courtyard alive!" Eresh gave Orina a devilish and terrifying smile.

That scared Olina so much that she went limp.

Amused by this, Eresh laughed and patted Orina on the shoulder: "But Your Highness, you don't need to worry, because with your arrival, this record is about to become history."

"..."

"We brought you here not to watch a story of a princess disciplining someone. Your Highness, please stay here in peace. When the time is up, we will let you out."

"..."

Orina dared not speak.

Eresh continued to mutter to herself, "Actually, it's really lucky that this record has been maintained to this day. There were two rebel leaders who had just entered the Grandmaster realm imprisoned here before. The Grand Commander said at the time that whoever could kill the other would be allowed to leave the Holy Prison! Even if he returned to the rebels, the Grand Commander wouldn't stop him, but unfortunately..."

"They didn't choose to fight?" Olina said.

This ending is good enough. Since they are companions, how can they kill each other?

“Both sides were severely injured and died from their injuries,” Ereshki said coldly.

Orina's face immediately darkened.

She turned her head and walked to the corner, ignoring Orina completely.

“The guard puppets will bring food over every day. Your Highness, please make this place your home.”

While some people might like this place, feeling like they're back home and finding the guys here incredibly nice to talk to, Orina doesn't think so at all.

No matter how much she thought about it, she couldn't change the situation, so she could only silently endure it.

Being alone is lonely, but it's also nice to be alone and not be affected by other inmates.

But now it seems those good days are coming to an end.

Orina didn't know who the person opposite her was, whether he was a good person, a bad person, or a centrist, but there was one thing that she couldn't stand.

"Why do you talk so much nonsense!"

Orina couldn't help but curse inwardly.

Even after she was discovered, the person kept talking even when she ignored her.

"I think we're really destined to be together."

Go away, who has any connection with you!

Princess Olena had seen this kind of trick many times before.

"Many people thought you were dead, but they never expected that you were captured by the Royal Knights."

What's wrong with this person? He brings up death right off the bat.

"I remember there were people looking for you at first, but now..."

An Ran shook her head. Everyone has almost forgotten about you.

"..."

Although it was true, it was infuriating and made Orina feel somewhat sad.

With war raging, she, as a princess, was indeed less valuable than those princes, so it was quite normal for her to give up if she couldn't find someone.

An Ran asked, "By the way, how long have you been here?"

Orina continued to ignore her.

But An Ran was not discouraged. The only person she could talk to here was the eldest princess, and An Ran would feel uncomfortable if she didn't get a chance to have a good talk with her.

“Since you won’t tell me, I’ll guess for myself. The Royal Knights began their withdrawal from Aistar at the end of February, so you should have arrived here around the beginning of March. A month is quite a long time, Your Highness, you’re a veteran now.”

Is this something to be proud of or envious of?

"I just arrived here today and there are many things I don't understand yet. I wonder if there's anything I can do to guide me?"

Can you please stop talking?

This is so annoying!

Orina hasn't reached the point where she doesn't need to sleep yet; her current worry is that Anran will keep talking beside her when she tries to sleep.

If all else fails, you can only complain about her when the guard puppet brings over food.

"Your Highness is so cold. Don't you think it's boring to be alone? Loneliness can drive people crazy. Your Highness should be more cheerful. How about we play a game?"

(??ˇ?ˇ??)

"How about we play a word chain game? Your Highness has probably played it before, right? If you don't say anything, I'll take that as a yes. I'll give you a question first, and you can do whatever you want."

￣へ￣

After about a minute of silence, the other side started talking again.

"It seems Your Highness isn't interested in word games. Well then, I'll sing for you. I'm friends with Cornelia, a singer who's recently become quite famous. Your Highness can look forward to my singing."

To be honest, Orina was actually quite hopeful at first.

Since we can't shut An Ran up, singing is better than making noise, right?

But the truth told Olina: "You're still too young."

Singing can be equated with making noise.

(╬￣Dish￣)

Please stop singing!

Orina slapped the ground hard, as if keeping a rhythm, which made Anran sing even more cheerfully.

These commoners are absolutely despicable!

Are they completely incapable of reading between the lines?

Finally, the song ended, and Olina's hands were red from clapping.

"Your Highness, there's been no feedback at all. It seems you don't enjoy listening to music. Let me tell you a joke."

Orina, who had thought her anger would build up to an "o(▼皿▼メ；)o" level, collapsed to the ground.

_(?_`」 ∠)_ I'm speechless.

So Anran began to tell his own adapted version of a Russian joke: "Ivan, a member of the Imperial Collective Farm, caught a big fish in the river and happily returned home to tell his wife, 'Look, we can have fried fish!' His wife replied, 'We don't have any oil.'"

Then let's cook it!

No pot.

Grilled fish!

There's no firewood.

Ivan was furious. He went to the riverbank and threw the fish back in. The fish swam in a semi-circle in the water, then surfaced, raising its right fin and excitedly shouting, "Long live Emperor Ignaz!"

"..."

Orina raised her hand, gathered her strength, and punched herself hard before passing out.

I'm finally free.

Orina smiled.