Chapter 55: Setting Up a Date with a Radioactive Woman
Great, situation resolved. When I left the cell, Leonhardt and the Duke immediately followed, returning to interrogate the prisoner as they had before. I told them everything was fine, that Philomeu would probably spill everything from now on, which greatly surprised the inquisitor, who widened his eyes, but my father kept his usual grumpy face.
"What did you do?", the blonde heartthrob asked.
"Nothing, it’s just my way. By the way, Duke, can I get a reward for this?"
The Duke crosses his arms and thinks for a moment, but soon gives in to the request.
"Speak at once."
"I want wine, a hot bath, and not to touch that paperwork until next week."
He frowns. Nobody would want to go back to that hell, no wonder I was put to work on that while he played with using a prisoner as a punching bag. The Duke inevitably gives up and shrugs.
"Do as you wish."
Yes, thanks! With a nod and a face full of happiness, I almost run out of that stinking dungeon before get in secret government cases and they want to involve me in torturing other people.
Look, I have no problem trading punches or stabbing someone I hate or who’s trying to kill me, but damn, I don’t have the stomach to watch someone being destroyed like that.
Worse still, it’s terrifying to know that Philomeu, who a while ago was fighting on equal terms with those two, is now kneeling and chained while being beaten in every way.
I climb the stairs back to the palace corridors, this even got me thinking about these things. Technically, Philomeu is now a woman because of that sex-swapping magic, that is, his physical attributes and physiology are completely different... Damn, he looked quite androgynous for me not to have noticed before.