“Hmm? What’s this…?”

 

Curious, Ben reached for the document, intending to read through it.

 

But as soon as he glanced at it, his expression changed immediately.

 

“This! This isn’t mine… It can’t be, it’s impossible! I personally destroyed it, how could there be another copy? A duplicate…? No, no, no, this…!”

 

With a loud thud, the Second Prince slammed both hands onto the stone table, ignoring the pain in his palms. Ben’s eyes turned red, and he roared at the black-haired girl in front of him.

 

“Violet! Where did you get this thing… Tell me immediately!”

 

“Impudent! Lowly…”

 

Seeing her master being shouted at, the little dragon girl immediately raised her hand, ready to use her claws to smash this intrusive human’s head into a watermelon. However, Violet was a step ahead, waving her hand nonchalantly.

 

“It’s a trivial matter, I forgive him.”

 

“Hmph…”

 

The dragon lady reluctantly withdrew.

 

With that, the priestess glanced at Alexia, who remained indifferent behind Ben but showed a curious look towards Xiao Guang. Violet then turned her gaze back and casually explained.

 

“Don’t be so agitated. Didn’t I tell you? I found it inside your ring, here, it’s this one.”

 

She took out the 【Ring of the Demon God’s Protection】 and shook it in front of him before promptly putting it away.

 

Jokingly, Violet had no intention of returning this thing to Ben. After all, it was a Semi-Divine artifact grade.

 

“Inside my ring?”

 

Seeming to realize his loss of composure, Ben took a few deep breaths, quickly calming himself. He rolled up the evidence recording his collusion with the beastmen and stashed it away in his chest.

 

Violet did not stop him, this broken thing had no significance to the priestess. As for the 【Ring of the Demon God’s Protection】, Ben recognized it but only glanced at it indifferently. He didn’t say much and didn’t let Violet “return the item to its owner” or even prompt the dragon lady behind him to snatch it.

 

It seemed that the importance and impact of this thing in his eyes were far less than that of the letter.

 

“Sigh… I didn’t expect Lilya to give you all this. Violet, you’re quite capable to unlock its restrictions… Well, so be it.”

 

As if confirming, Ben repeated again, “You found it in my ring, is that true?”

 

“Of course, I don’t have the habit of lying.”

 

“Is that so…”

 

Ben nodded and returned to his usual gentle demeanor, as if they were long-time friends. He smiled warmly.

 

“Anyway, thank you, Violet, for telling me all this. In this way, we’re even.”

 

The small object, a silver-colored item about a dozen centimeters long, had been placed on the table. Its silver light was getting brighter.

 

Ben reached out, picked it up, and stood up, adjusting his slightly disheveled attire from the recent actions.

 

“So, I’ll take my leave now. Violet, won’t you try to stop me? Although I don’t think you can do it, letting me go like this might be hard to explain to Princess Lilya, right?”

 

“Hmm~”

 

With a cute hum from her nose, the priestess remained seated on the stone chair. Like a hamster, she leisurely nibbled on the pink pastry at hand, waving goodbye.

 

“I don’t need to explain anything to anyone. If you can survive, it’s your ability. From the beginning, I’ve said it—I came here only for answers, and now… I understand everything.”

 

“So, goodbye, and good luck, ambitious prince.”

 

“That’s a pity… I hope the next time we meet, we won’t be in such hostile positions.”

 

Ben shook his head helplessly, then, as if suddenly remembering something, he turned his gaze back to the black-haired girl.

 

“By the way, after answering so many questions, could you fulfill a small wish of mine?”

 

“Tell me?”

 

“Tell me who you really are. Why can’t I investigate your origin and past at all?”

 

“Well… about that.”

 

After pondering for a moment, Violet nodded in agreement.

 

“Sure, since it’s come to this, I’ll let you take a look.”

 

Saying that, the black-haired priestess reached out and removed the transparent mask covering her face, revealing her information completely exposed to the other party for the first time.

 

The second prince’s expression changed slightly.

 

“Violet… Violet, it was you. Interesting, I completely didn’t realize this before. It seems avoiding conflicts with you was the right choice. Well, let’s consider this a kind of answer.”

 

“Although I’m still curious about your true identity, prying too much in front of a lady would be improper. Well, we may meet again, Miss Violet.”

 

“Yes, it’s really goodbye this time.”

 

The white-robed girl waved with a smile, watching the intense silver light shine from the shuttle, covering Ben Melchior and Alexia behind him. In the end, she didn’t even initiate a conversation with the girl named Rebecca.

 

So, she silently watched them disappear into the magical space enveloped in silver light on the third level of the prison.

 

Clearly, Ben had long prepared a means of escape from this place, and everything went according to his plan.

 

…But, is it really so?

 

“Master, did you just let them go like that?”

 

The slightly confused voice of the little dragon girl came from behind.

 

And as if already seeing through everything, the priestess, with a strange smile on her lips and a hint of regret, shook her head playfully.

 

“Didn’t I say it? I never have the habit of casually deceiving people. And why should I go out of my way to kill him? Just because he spent a lot of time coming here? Or because he did a lot of bad things? I’m not some self-righteous avenger.”

 

As she spoke, Violet’s topic abruptly shifted to another direction.

 

“Oh, Xiao Guang, in this world, there are too many smart people, but no one can calculate everything perfectly. As the saying goes, ‘When you are in the middle of the situation and people don’t know the situation, you will be an outsider when you know it’… Heh, it’s ridiculous and pitiful.”

 

“……?”

 

“Well, you’ll understand when the time comes… Oh no! I forgot to ask about Ben’s token!”

 

The black-haired girl, in the midst of her laughter, suddenly looked embarrassed.

 

The little dragon girl covered her face with her hand.

 

…………..

 

Outside the Courage City, in a certain wooded area of the Adventurer’s Guild.

 

Swoosh.

 

With silver light flowing, a strong spatial fluctuation flashed, and two figures, a man and a woman, had already appeared out of thin air.

 

After the dizziness from the spatial teleportation subsided, Ben Melchior looked around at the surroundings and nodded in satisfaction.

 

“Well, it’s the preset location. Although those guys from the 【Twilight Council】 are a bit ruthless, the quality of their stuff is indeed remarkable. This Spatial Teleportation device really can bring people out from the third level of the prison. Thanks for your help, Miss Rebecca.”

 

After leaving that peculiar environment, Rebecca, who had concealed her identity in the form of a dragon, returned to her appearance as the receptionist.

 

Although she was still somewhat weakened, as a transcendent-tier powerhouse created by special means, the most significant feature of the Twin Dragon Princess was her ability to divide damage into two souls, only suffering half of the original damage.

 

Due to some special reasons, Rebecca was not as incapacitated as Miss Edith, who had fought against her. She still retained some combat capability.

 

But it was precisely because Rebecca was injured that Ben did not engage with Violet and the others, opting for a more cautious approach.

 

“No problem, all of this is within the planned arrangements, Second Prince.”

 

“Hehe, true. Let’s go quickly then. There will be troops to meet us outside. Let Lilya handle the mess in Courage City slowly, and we can seize the opportunity to make our move.”

 

“Also, I’m quite interested in that duplicated contract. Although I was lucky to successfully recover it, it also indicates that there might be a traitor in our camp. We need to find them as soon as possible.”

 

With that, Ben took the lead and stepped forward.

 

However, completely immersed in strategizing for the next moves, he didn’t notice the increasingly icy and hateful gaze from the girl behind him.

 

A hollow chill, as if it were staring at… a dead person.