"Belle, do you have ao go once you escape this pce?

  After chatting for a few hours, Melina had taken a liking to the passionate and optimistic girl. Under her influehe atmosphere of despair in the cell had also ged a little.

  At least the vilgers were now willing to talk to each other. They used it to ease the despair and tensiht about by their immi death.

  "Also, Father has always wao let me go to school iy. I want to visit the library there. There must be many books there, right?"

  Using the script that Joshua had given to him, Ynor's established image was successfully accepted by the vilgers, and he became the ter of attention in the cell.

  It was akin to a group of castaways floating about on the dark Atntic O only to suddenly see a bea before them.

  While they may not know how far the shore was, it still gave some fort in their hearts.

  "Of course. There is a city called Nornd, and the library tower there is hundreds of meters high. Belle, I bring you there."

  Melina had not given up hope, hehe reason why she thought of various wonderful things that could happen after they escaped the pce. That hope came from the little girl before her.

  Was it Heaven's way to repense Melina? By allowio meet this young o the lowest point of her life...

  If the child was truly homeless, Melina would want to take her in as her own daughter. She would then have pany iure and never feel lonely again.

  However, that was all depe on Melina esg from the prison. Only then would she have the ce to live on. But, no... it was the little girl's ce to live on.

  So, Melina began to pray to the gods in her heart. It was her first time praying to the gods, and her prayer was not for herself but for the girl before her.

  Her prayers were soon answered, but the ones who answered her prayer were not the gods. Instead, it was the demons.

  Demons as a race were much more effit than a god could ever be.

  Weird noises rang out from the dungeon as a croeared outside the cell. It tilted its head as it looked at the humans before it fpped its wings and flew to the windowsill beside it.

  Immediately afterward, two figures walked out of the darkness at the end of the prison.

  The figures were not dressed like the masked wardens...

  "It's the mage!"

  "She really came back!"

  The vilgers immediately reized their only hope of esg the pce.

  They ran to the edge of the cell iement as they clutched the rusty iron bars with both their hands. Their emotions were running high not unlike when a national football team scored a goal. They were that close to cheering.

  Joshua could uand their feelings. The etion aement of being saved from certaih was not something that could be put into a few words.

  However, Joshua finally uood why a rge-scale prison break was only possible during the French Revolution.

  If Joshua had not already bribed the wardens in the dungeon prior to this, their cheers would have probably seen them sent off to the guillotine.

  "Calm down, everyone. Do not attract the wardens' attention!"

  Alright... the wardens were actually looking over by then.

  Joshua g the two wardens, who were hiding in the shadows from the er of his eye. They were there to monitor Joshua, to prevent him from releasing any prisoher than the "harmless creatures" during the chaos.

  However, the act had to be done as a whole, and he did not know if the prisoners realized that their every move was being watched by the wardens.

  Despite that, Joshua felt a tingliion within. The thrill of "a prison break uhe watchful eyes of the police" sure was exhirating.

  Joshua deliberately lowered his voice as he spoke. It was soft, but every single person who prised the thirty-odd prisoners in the cell could hear him clearly siheir attention was all focused on him.

  "He... He... is my... master... yeah... master..."

  Perhaps Joshua had read "An Actor Prepares" before, but Ciri certainly never had. That was the first time she had to deceive so many people in public.

  But ressured Ciri the most were the two wardens in the dark er.

  Even so, in order to see the ending of "Beauty and the Demon" as soon as possible for free, Ciri cooperated with Joshua and pyed her role.

  "I will save everyone. Follow me once you get out. This is the Demonic Realm, running around like a headless chi will invite a fate worse thah."

  Joshua tried his best to py the role of a seasoned mage while Gaston, in the inal script, should have been a hunter.

  Having said that.. for a human huo break into the Demonic Realm with just a musket, then sneak into a Demonic Realm dungeon so easily?

  Most of the hunters in this world were not able to tame pets or use rapid-fire, and melee hunters were the majority of their kind, the so-called demon hunters.

  So, a mage with limitless possibilities was a more credible profession.

  A wave of gray magic radiated from Joshua's hands as he broke the rusty, unented cell door.

  Joshua did not hide his special magic. It was sidered aremely rare talent in the Human Realm, and aside from old archmages, no one would have heard of it, much less categorize it as a repulsive, evil power.

  The dark and foreboding atmosphere within the dungeon was like cold water to the euphoric vilgers.

  "Over here." Joshua led the vilgers toward the portal that Zenarth had created without aation.

  The interrogation chamber, where the portal had bee up, was in a deeper location within the dungeon, but the only person the vilgers could rely on now was Joshua.

  Guided by the two wardens, Joshua led the able thirty-two human vilgers to the interrogation chamber without a hitch.

  The portal had already been activated, and its pale blue light spun around in the chamber.

  Upon seeing the shadow of the forest behind the portal, the vilgers lost their minds as they charged toward the portal iion.

  "Master Mage... You are..."

  An old dy at the end of the liopped before the portal, and Joshua noticed that Ynor was following the old dy.

  Was the person ag as Belle's fa... no, mother?

  "Gaston, just call me Gaston. You save the gratitude for ter," Joshua urged as he nodded. He then pulled Ynor into the portal with him.

  The moment all of them stepped into the portal, the prologue for "Beauty and the Demon" began.

  Zenarth's massive frame then appeared at the door of the interrogation chamber. He was holding a suitcase the size of a briefcase in his hand. In it were all of Joshua's filming equipment.

  "Sorry to trouble you, Zenarth."

  Joshua took the briefcase from Zenarth's hand, and the space within the briefcase was much rger than its outer appearance suggested. It was still not as magical as Sder's [1] suitcase, though.

  Joshua checked his equipment ihe briefcase, and his camera, as well as memory cards, were all there. There was also a bottle of invisible powder for him to hide.

  Let's get it started then, the filming of "Beauty and the Demon".

  "Ciri, didn't you want to see the ending of this story? Keep your eyes wide open from now on, then," Joshua said as he picked up his briefcase and walked into the portal.

  "Write it first, then!"

  God knows how long Joshua would take with the filming. If Ciri was able to beat Joshua, she would really hold him against the table and put a bde to his o get him to finish the ending!

  Those were just mere thoughts, though. She had no pns to stay in the Demonic Realm as she quickly ran into the portal.

  Zenarth stood ierrogation chamber as he saw Joshua off. Just as he prepared to exact the phase of Joshua's pn, he caught the st of a human...

  Zenarth poked his head out of the interrogation chamber and looked at the corridor of the dungeon. He saw a little girl running about in fusion.

  It seemed that she had been separated from her parents, or... perhaps she had lost her parents long ago. The little girl had undoubtedly bee behind.

  She was left alone ireacherous Demonic Realm, and she would not survive there for long...

  In the past, Zenarth would not have cared about the survival of humans, but Joshua gave him an order to ehat all of the humauro the Human Realm safely.

  The brave Sin Demoated a little at that very moment. In the end, he slowly walked out of the interrogation chamber toward the little girl.

  "Human, the exit to return to your world is over there!"

  Zenarth tried to make his tone sound friendlier as he poi the interrogation chamber.

  Yet, no matter how friendly his tone was, the fmes in his mouth and the roiling magma in the cracks of his skin made the girl cry in terror.

  The se made Zenarth feel flicted. If it were a f before him, he could rip that person apart without aation. But she was just a child... not an enemy.

  Zenarth looked at his hands, thinking about carrying the girl and pg her into the portal. But, his razor-sharp cws could end up taking her life instantly.

  "That day will e, trust me Zenarth. You will bee a superstar, and human girls will scream for joy wheouahey will brim with pride wheand beside you..."

  Zenarth suddenly recalled the words Joshua had said not too long ago...

  It was just impossible.

  Fag the little human girl who was g out of terror, Zenarth realized that there was only one way to get her to st.

  He started to move as his massive frame once agaiered the shadows until he pletely disappeared.

  Weebkun