No one, ever, left this prison. No one ever was released. And no one ever successfully escaped. This was a prison, where only those whose lives were decided to be insignificant and expendable were kept.

The crimes, however, that they did to end up here were not something you'd imagine.

Murder? No.

****? No.

Homicide? No.

The crime that those brought here had committed was the same sin that Adam and Eve did. They gained knowledge.

They came to know about the existence of supernaturals. And since there's a risk of them telling about it to someone and the rumors starting to spread, they need to be taken care of. So was the reasoning of abducting them and putting them in a prison that they'd never get out of. So was the reason that a pair of father and son were brought there.

Father: "Sir, please! Please listen to me, sir!"

He pleaded while on his knees as he saw someone looking like a high-ranking official coming their way.

Father: "Sir, please sir! Let my son go! Do whatever you want to me! Please let my son go!"

The father pleaded and,

SPIT!

The official spitted on his face, laughed and then said,

Julius: "Do you know who you are talking to, sc.u.m? I'm Julius Rome, one of the 10 h.e.l.lfires in Vermillion, i.e., one of the strongest people alive. And you dare think that you can open your mouth in front of me."

He looked down, as if he's looking at an insect, and continued,

Julius: "You dare think that 'sir' is enough for you to address me."

Father: "No, no, I'm sorry."

The father pleads with tears in his eyes.

Julius: "Don't be. It just goes to show how much of a fool you are."

He says as he puts his leg on the father's face and twists it.

Father: "AAHH!!!"

Julius: "Tsk!"

He moved the same leg to kick him on his right cheek and said,

Julius: "What a disgusting voice you have! Fool!"

He said as he spit again.

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Julius: "AAAAAAAHHHH!!!"

Julius shrieks because of the impact of the leather running at high speed against his skin.

Abgere: "You have a really good belt, you know? The impact it gives is just so satisfying."

Abgere says with calmness, a terrible calmness.

Julius: "Yeah, I know. It's branded."

He says with a smile like that of a tyrant. But this tyrant is, at present, tied with ropes whose first ends is on the two different corners of the house and second ends on his hands. One can even, aside from the fact that he is not in air, say that he is being kept like Jesus was on the cross.

Abgere: "Branded, huh? Well, yeah, I can feel the quality just by touching it."

He says and swings it again, giving an impact that he could proudly say is his best hit so far.

Julius: "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!"

And the cry that comes because of the impact only further proves that. As he looks at the belt, Abgere says with the same calmness as before,

Abgere: "Too bad your voice isn't even half as good as your belt!"

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Father: "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!"

The father shrieked because of the impact of the leather running at a high speed against his skin. The man in the thirties responsible for it proudly said though,

Julius: "That was my best one so far."

He said and laughed, the others around him, the Volcanoes and the Embers, laughed.

Julius: "By the way,"

He said in a tone as if he was joking,

Julius: "Why are we beating this guy anyway?"

As he said that, everyone in the cell except the father laughed. None of the people in that room actually wanted to laugh. Instead, they wanted to look away. They wanted to puke. They wanted to run away. But, they couldn't. They laughed, because that is what Julius Rome desired of them.

Julius: "Oh, I remember now,"

He said in an excited voice,

Julius: "He and his son saw a Spectre trying to kill a kid, right?"

He asked over-excitedly. All those around him nodded with fake smiles as if to show they were enjoying that.

Julius: "Who was it, by the way? Kares-something?"

Then, in order for the act to keep going, someone answered,

"Ethan Kales!"

Julius: "Ah, yes, yes, yes. Ethan Kales, these two saw a Spectre trying to kill Ethan Kales, right? Man, so unfortunate!"

He said with a sympathetic face, a fake one of course.

Julius: "I mean, we don't even know what's more unfortunate, the fact that they saw that or the fact that …"

He swung the belt 360-degree and hit the father as he continued,

Julius: "Or the fact that they were sent here when I was visiting."

Everyone, yet again forcing themselves to do what they didn't really wanted to do, started laughing.

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