Overpowered Reincarnation Perks! - Chapter 9.2
“I fell into the water, so my clothes are all wet, and now I’m very cold. I want to curl up, but my body is tied, so I’m shivering. My teeth are chattering.”
The commander pulled out a thin rod from his waist. I remember seeing that before. It was the weapon the investigators wielded. When he pressed a button at the end of the rod, a blade popped out.
‘Are you going to kill me so I won’t be cold anymore? Keep that consideration to yourself!’
But the commander’s blade wasn’t aimed at me. His blade lightly sliced through the air, and with a soft sound, the ropes binding me came loose.
“Huh?”
I didn’t feel the blade cut me at all, but it precisely cut only the ropes.
What is this? Magic?
“A blanket.”
“Yes!”
At the blonde commander’s signal, a soldier quickly brought a blanket and covered me with it.
These guys had blankets all along and deliberately didn’t give me one. I can tell what kind of people they are.
“Do you have anything else to say?”
“If possible, a change of clothes and something warm to drink too.”
“……”
Green eyes looked down at me coldly.
I thought it was the green of fresh leaves, but it seemed it was the green of arsenic. I forgot that until just two or three centuries ago, toxic substances were used to make green dyes.
Those who aren’t strong can’t possess green. Since I was weak, I decided to quickly avert my gaze.
“…I guess that’s too luxurious for someone who’s imprisoned. I know. Since I’ve lost my memory, I seem to have lost my ability to read the room too, haha.”
As I laughed awkwardly and wrapped myself in the blanket, the blonde commander turned around silently. Step by step. Just as when he came in, he walked out with his back straight, and the soldier who seemed to be the doorkeeper closed the door.
‘Are they going to leave me like this again?’
Although I wasn’t shivering as much as before thanks to the blanket, the stone prison was still cold. My body was tired from the ordeal of getting here, and on top of that, I was getting hungry.
Cold, hungry, and sleepy.
They said it was a perk for skilled users, but I’ve suddenly acquired the three elements of a beggar.
‘Damn it. At least give me food! Let me live!’
As I feel miserable and tired, my eyelids are getting heavier and heavier. I closed my eyes while curled up. I wonder if that door will open again before I starve to death.
‘In my next life, I hope I resurrect somewhere near Callion.’
Exhausted, I dozed off and fell into a deep sleep.
***
How long did I sleep? Through my hazy consciousness, I heard something drop with a thud. It doesn’t sound like water droplets. It’s not dull enough to be a stone.
Something approached me as I was still unable to move, not fully awake yet. Then it tapped my cheek.
“Hey, wake up.”
“Mm……”
A man’s voice. But I don’t know who it is. I’m too tired and groggy to think. As I mumbled without even opening my eyes, the man lightly brushed my forehead and patted my cheek, then suddenly stuck his finger into my mouth.
“Ugh!”
Startled by something suddenly entering my mouth, I opened my eyes in shock, and a man with an unfamiliar face made a small “Oh” with a surprised expression.
Black hair that slightly covered the neck and violet-colored eyes. Where did this handsome man come from?
‘Is he an angel descended from heaven?’
No, since his hair is black, maybe he’s a fallen angel. The personification of death coming to guide the soul of an unjustly deceased person who died while asleep in prison…
“Are you awake? That’s good. It seems to have worked.”
The man removed his finger from my mouth and wiped it on his outer garment.
A sweet sensation spread in my mouth. It was sweet like sugar and fragrant like honey.
‘Delicious.’
Until just now, I was so exhausted I wanted to become one with the floor, but I felt a bit more energized.
“You’re the intruder from outside, right? It seems you don’t have any special powers, and there’s no sign of anyone coming to rescue you.”
“Who… are you?”
“Someone who came to help you.”
Instead of revealing his name, the black-haired man introduced himself that way. Well, that introduction was easier to understand than a name.
This is a prison, so how did he get in? There should have been a guard at the door.
“Want to escape together? I’ll help you sneak past the soldiers.”
I don’t know who he is, but if I can get out of here, there’s no reason to refuse.
This wasn’t a situation to be wary of a suspicious stranger I’ve just met. If I stay in this prison, I’ll either freeze to death or starve to death. It’s better to get out and do something than stay here.
When I nodded, the black-haired man smiled slightly.
‘My goodness. Even his smile is beautiful.’
An expression like a mischievous angel who came down to earth to play tricks. No, seeing how captivating it is, he must be a devil, not an angel. So this is what they mean by a soul-bewitching smile.
“Can you stand up?”
“Ah……”
“Never mind. It’ll be faster if I carry you.”
The black-haired man gently lifted me, blanket and all, and then pushed one of the stones in the wall. With a rumbling sound, the wall rotated, revealing an exit.
Why is there a hidden exit in a prison?
‘Is this an escape room?’
I was momentarily confused by how naturally the escape route appeared. However, he seemed used to this kind of situation, signaling me to stay calm before swiftly jumping out.
‘Wow.’
Although it was already night, the outside wasn’t pitch black. A brightly shining moon was casting a blue light on the stone castle.
‘This castle is much bigger than I thought.’
I thought I was confined in some isolated detention facility, but it seems I was in the middle of the castle. The stone structure that looked gloomy and stuffy when I was locked up now seemed quite majestic from the outside.
The black-haired man made a few tapping sounds as he tiptoed, then leaped onto the roof.
Eek. It’s too high!
“It’s okay. Calm down.”
It was too high to stay calm. It must be at least as high as the 10th floor of an apartment building. Falling from here would definitely be fatal.
“I won’t drop you, so don’t be so scared.”
