The Saintes Mesures of Sidus guided Seol Jihu to the prison within the Eva Royal Palace.

He didn’t know why it made him come here, but he decided to go in regardless.

When he opened the door and entered, he came face to face with a man, who seemingly was the prison warden. He stared at Seol Jihu fixedly for two good seconds before shooting up from his chair.

“Aigo! What’s Valhalla Representative doing in a humble place like this…”

While Seol Jihu was wondering how to respond, the man continued right away.

“Ah, did you come together?”

“…Excuse me?”

“The earlier visitor went in a while ago. I can guide you inside if you’d like.”

Seol Jihu nodded his head without thinking. The warden must have misunderstood, but it also sounded like there was someone who came to the prison before him. Someone who was close enough to him for the warden to know.

“This way, please.”

Seol Jihu followed after the warden, who was taking his keys off his waist, all the while wondering just who it could be.

The inside of the prison was surprisingly decent. Seol Jihu was expecting to see dark and damp cells, but the place was actually quite habitable.

But as they went down to the first floor and then the second floor, the scenery changed completely. Everything beyond a meter was shrouded in total darkness.

The air was damp and unpleasant, and the walls were covered in moss and looked wet from moisture. Although Seol Jihu had no problem seeing, thanks to eating the Golden Wind Phoenix, ordinary people would have to rely on a torchlight to cross this darkness.

“Kind of eerie, isn’t it?”

The warden laughed as he walked ahead.

“The guards try to avoid going down to the second floor. It kind of feels like something’s going to jump out at you, huh.”

“Yeah.”

“Haha, sometimes I feel bad for the prisoners who are in solitary confinement on this floor.”

Right, it wouldn’t be surprising for anyone to go crazy if they were locked up in this dark and isolated place for long.

Seol Jihu asked while nodding his head.

“Is the second floor like a special priso...