The villainous prince who bullied Feng Aotian was actually myself.

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"um, yes."

Leon did not reveal much.

After graduating from university, the original owner spent his days doing fancy magic experiments, basically just listening to music, watching dances, gambling, and more at the Red Theater...

In short, nothing noteworthy happened.

Caesar was busy with his own great cause and had no time to take care of himself, so he basically left his two princes to their own devices, relying entirely on their own efforts.

Fortunately, it seems that Leon has learned quite well on his own so far.

"Why are you here?"

Leon changed the subject.

"It's all because of... Helena."

After a slight hesitation, Hazel said softly, "Aren't you here for her?"

Across the street was Dora's residence, and Hazel already knew what Leon was up to when he appeared there.

"Uh, yes, I choose the second method to trigger the blindfold effect."

When Leon talked to Hazel about Helena, he always felt that the atmosphere was strangely off.

He wasn't sure if the awkward atmosphere was due to his own personal reasons or Hazel's.

"The second one is indeed better."

Hazel agreed with Leon's choice, but then she suddenly fixed her sharp gaze on Leon.

"What are you doing?"

Feeling inexplicably guilty under Hazel's gaze.

"So you're planning to—steal Ms. Dora's underwear!"

Hazel scrutinized him.

Uh...

Talking to smart girls is really exhausting!

No wonder domineering CEOs all like naive and innocent Mary Sue characters.

"I... I had no other choice but to do this."

Leon could swear to the goddess of justice that he had no other choice but to do this, and that he had absolutely no personal malice involved.

"Miss, coconut milkshake."

Hazel wanted to say something more, but when the waitress brought over the drinks, she could only remain silent.

"Thank you."

"It's ok."

The waitress responded politely and then quickly left.

After receiving the drink, Hazel skillfully took a packaged disposable straw from the table.

"You didn't come here thinking the same thing, did you?"

Taking advantage of the moment, Leon quickly shifted the awkward topic to Hazel.

"Yes."

Hazel readily admitted, "After all, this is indeed the simplest and most reasonable approach. Although the sun is out now, the wind is still very strong. It's perfectly normal that Miss Dora's stockings, which she hung out to dry, were blown away by the wind."

"Ang, yes."

Leon chimed in, "So you're going to steal it?"

If Hazel intervenes, then I won't have to force myself to do this, which would be perfect.

In addition, Hazel is a genius magic swordsman whose spiritual level has reached platinum and who is skilled in using ice elements.

Compared to Leon, whose spiritual level wasn't even at the gold level, she was many times more outstanding.

"What do you mean by 'steal'? You're using such an offensive term."

As she sipped her coconut milkshake, Hazel pursed her beautiful, sexy red lips and continued, "But it's also reasonable to call it stealing, um... Anyway, I've already got Dora's underwear, so you won't get to do such perverted things. How about it—doesn't it feel like your plans have been ruined?"

“I think you’ve misunderstood me. I really don’t like doing this kind of thing. I swear to the goddess of justice that I am a true gentleman.”

Leon spoke with righteous indignation.

“Someone once tried to bribe my roommate with a large sum of money to secretly steal the black stockings I had worn for him, but he didn’t expect that my roommate was on my side and immediately reported him to me. So he failed. As for who this person is—I don’t want to name names.”

Hazel proudly tilted her pretty little face up slightly.

"That's all in the past. I was ignorant back then..."

Leon gave an awkward laugh. Of course he knew who Hazel was talking about; even if he couldn't recall this memory of the original owner, he could guess.

"Oh, I see, it's paper..."

That's great. You can just throw everything away with the excuse that you were immature back then.

Men, they're just so despicable.

Hazel continued to sip her straw, her gaze shifting from Leon to the view outside the window.

A light rain suddenly started falling outside the window. After October 7th, the temperature in Guberland began to drop continuously, and the weather became unpredictable.

Raindrops pattered on the clear glass window, forming rings of mist. Hazel quietly watched Leon and her own reflection in the mirror, then noticed the image gradually becoming blurry.

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Chapter Forty-Nine: Time Is of the Essence

The four corners are surrounded by high walls, like several tall giants embracing each other, blocking out the sky and the sun.

Inside the high walls, dense barbed wire is visible everywhere, separating the space layer by layer.

The air here is cold and damp, giving people a gloomy and oppressive feeling.

The path, which is not often maintained, is covered with moss, making it a bit slippery to walk on.

This is the Imperial Prison, a place where once sentenced and sentencing someone there, half of their life is essentially ruined.

However, this is only the tip of the iceberg; the truly terrifying part lies underground.

Because the cells in the prison are mainly dungeons.

"Your Highness Leon, why have you suddenly come here?"

A few minutes after the on-duty guard reported that Prince Leon was coming to inspect the prison, Warden Edwin Baker rushed from the headquarters lobby to the front desk.

Edwin Baker was a middle-aged man who stood 1.9 meters tall and had a burly and imposing build. He had brown hair and brown eyes, and his facial features were hard. He also had a black lion tattoo on his neck and spine. There was a dull and fierce aura about him, which made Leon feel slightly uncomfortable.

However, in the original anime, although he appears fierce on the surface, he is indeed just as fierce on the inside as he appears.

However, he is not unapproachable; on the contrary, he is actually very easy to talk to if approached correctly.

“I received your funding application for repairs to the prison infrastructure and wanted to come and inspect it.”

After looking Edwin up and down, Leon slowly replied.

"Funding application? Ah... that."

This wasn't the first time Edwin had applied to the Empire for funds to renovate the prison's outdated facilities, but Caesar had rejected his applications every time before. So he hadn't taken the matter seriously; since his applications were always rejected, he figured he could just go through the motions every two weeks.

After all, although the prison is old and worn out, it is not dilapidated, so this does not have a significant impact on its sturdiness; in fact, the impact is negligible.

"Yes, that's the matter."

Leon glanced around at the crowd in the lobby and smiled slightly.

"Alright, Your Highness, please come with me to my office to discuss this in detail. I will present you with a detailed plan for your review."

Edwin noticed Leon's seemingly casual glance around and immediately understood the implied meaning behind Leon's gesture: "Let's talk privately."

The warden is the highest-ranking official in charge of prison affairs, and he is also the warden of the Guberlan prison, so he is actually a high-ranking official in the empire. To have reached this position, Edwin is certainly not lacking in the ability to read people and situations.

"okay."

As expected, Leon readily agreed.

Following Edwin, Leon arrived at the warden's office not long afterward.

"Your Highness, please have a seat. Would you like something to drink?"

As soon as he entered the office and the door closed, Edwin immediately became very attentive.

"No need."

Leon declined Edwin's offer. He walked to the sofa in the office, sat down, and then took out an exquisitely crafted cigarette case from his pocket. Inside the case were neatly packed expensive cigarettes.

"Boss, would you like one?"

Leon first put a cigarette in his mouth, then took out another cigarette and offered it to Edwin with a friendly smile on his face.

According to the memories in the original series, Edwin's apparent identity is the warden of the Guberlan City Prison, but he actually has a hidden identity: the leader of the Axe Gang, one of the largest gangs in Guberlan.

Not many people know that he is the leader of the Axe Gang, but Caesar, Leon, and the Regent certainly do.

However, the Axe Gang is now basically just acting as henchmen for the Hoyle family. When Edwin was still the young leader, his father had already been defeated and subdued by Caesar.

The Axe Gang has long since undergone internal reorganization and has become a hidden weapon of the royal family.

Furthermore, the fact that the Axe Gang became the largest criminal organization in Guberland City is also inseparable from the covert support of the royal family.

Therefore, considering Edwin's background and lifestyle, and wanting to quickly establish a relationship with him, Leon felt it would be better to communicate with him in a more traditional, underworld manner.

"Thank you very much, Your Highness."

Edwin paused slightly when he heard Leon call him "boss," but he quickly recovered, took the cigarette from Leon's hand, put it in his mouth, and then skillfully pulled a matchbox out of his pocket.

"Hey, no need."

Leon stopped Edwin from lighting the match. He smiled slightly and snapped his fingers, instantly igniting both the cigarette in Edwin's mouth and the one in Leon's own mouth.

“Your Highness, in you—I seem to see the roguishness of my youth.”

Edwin exhaled a smoke ring, then looked at Leon, who was also puffing out smoke, his brown eyes narrowing slightly with a smile.

"I'll take that as a compliment."

Leon flicked the ash from his cigarette onto the ashtray on the sofa table and chuckled.

He flicked his cigarette ash with practiced ease, like a seasoned smoker, but in reality, Leon didn't like smoking. However, that didn't mean Leon couldn't smoke.

Back in the day, Leon also hid in the bathroom during breaks... But that's all in the past, and it's not something worth learning.

As for why Leon smokes... I've forgotten. From the time I first fell in love in eighth grade to my sophomore year of college, and then to my time in another world where I went from Lin Beixuan to Leon, so many years have passed. How could I possibly remember what my first love looked like?

After all, the white moonlight is supposed to be blurry, isn't it?

"Your Highness, since you already know, please speak plainly about what's on your mind."

Edwin got straight to the point.

“Alright, Lord Edwin, I’ve come here to capture a prisoner from the jail to conduct a magical experiment.”

Leon confessed.

"A magic experiment?"

Edwin was puzzled.

"Yes."

Leon asserted, "Ideally, it would be a heinous death row inmate. Since he's going to die anyway, he might as well dedicate himself to scientific research."

"Good lad, it's nothing, just a minor problem."

Edwin laughed heartily, then walked to his desk with a cigarette in his mouth.

After a while, Edwin brought over a booklet. "This is a list of prisoners to be executed in the next month. These are all heinous criminals with several lives on their hands. Your Highness, you may dispose of them as you see fit."

"Ok."

Leon took the booklet and began to read it.

The booklet contained basic information about the prisoners and the crimes they had committed.