The others also arrived behind Regius. Sinon eyes ranked around the room, it was filled with nothing but many cages. Also, there was another path at the end of the room.
He moved to the nearest cage and under everyone’s gaze, he grabbed the blanket and pulled on it.
The blanket slid down smoothly, revealing a round spiky shell within the cage. The shell was brown and it was continuously moving up and down.
A small slender head peaked out from underneath the shell, looking at the group with large beady eyes. Kyle narrowed his eyes. It was a wild chelonian, a rare beast.
“I heard these types of beasts are very aggressive. Why is it so calm?”
Sinon frowned, he bent down in front of the cage and waved his hand to attract the chelonian attention but it didn’t move at all.
“I can’t sense any mana movement from it and the chains around its neck are strange.”
He looked around and counted the cages.
“There are nine cages. Let’s check the others.”
Regius approached the cage on his left and pulled down another blanket. He sucked in a breath because this time there was a young demi-human chained inside the cage. His whole body was covered with a single piece of white cloth and he was sitting motionlessly in a corner.
“I knew we would see this type of thing but I am still bewildered. Those fucking bastards.”
Just like the chelonian, the demi-human raised his eyes to look at them but he didn’t move, nor did he speak. However, his eyes were filled with panic and dread.
Sinon gazed at the chains around the demi-human feet and hands and anger welled up in his chest. He was a demi-human and seeing a member of his race being chained in front of him wasn’t pleasant at all. He staggered toward the cage and blurted out.
“Let’s open the cages!”
Regius grabbed his arm with a frown to calm him down.
“The cages are made of special materials we need a lot of time to break them. Also, I checked the storage rings and didn’t find anything that could open the cages. Leave it, the Royal guards are here. They will free everyone.”
Sinon looked reluctant but agreed.
While they were contemplating what to do, Kyle’s eyes trailed off toward Yue. She was standing in front of the cage from where he sensed the water sounds.
She gripped the blanket and pulled it down, revealing a rather different cage.
Regius’s eyes went wide, not just him everyone stopped and eyed the cage with astonishment.
The upper part of the cage was made of transparent glass. It was filled with water and inside the water, a young girl with purplish hair was chained. Her upper body was covered with a silk dress and just like the demi-human, she was sitting in a corner with chained wrists. The rims of her bright eyes turned red when she shifted her gaze to look at the people who removed the blanket.
Kyle’s eyes didn’t stay at her face instead they trailed down at her legs. No, she didn’t have legs instead she had a long tail. Her long tail was shimmering with shades of turquoise and silver.
A low murmur sounded on his left.
“So beautiful…”
Kyle tore his gaze off from the tail and looked at Yue who was staring at the girl with awe.
He hummed. Her tail was indeed beautiful. He looked up to see the mermaid’s face.
An anxious pair of deep blue eyes stared at Kyle pitifully. At first, the mermaid was frightened when the blanket was removed but when she saw a bunch of kids staring at her with stunned eyes she was sure she could trick them and leave this disgusting place.
She squeezed out some tears to make herself even more pitiful and looked at the silver-haired boy with hope. However, her target didn’t even flinch when he saw her gaze. Instead, Kyle’s eyes narrowed at her skin.
It was glowing in a bright shade of blue.
‘Huh?… I think I have seen this type of glow before…’
Kyle went through his memory because he was sure he had seen it somewhere before. A fainter shade maybe… It took him a while but a stunned expression appeared on his face when he recalled where he saw this glow.
He mumbled out with a stunned expression.
“At the Academy… on Nine’s body….”
Kyle looked around her body again to make sure he wasn’t seeing things.
‘It’s very similar just brighter in color.. but it’s kinda unbelievable that Nine is not a human…’
He was still contemplating inwardly when he saw how the mermaid’s glistening purple eyes turned even redder.
Yue’s expression sank.
“She is crying… ”
She palmed the glass and looked at everyone with a serious expression.
“We should try to break her cage at least. If the Royal guards arrived I don’t think it would be easy for her to go back.”
Regius sighed.
“We can break the glass but what about the chains?”
At that moment, to everyone’s confusion, Kyle moved closer to the cage and spoke out loudly.
“Do you know someone called Nine?”
After blurting out the strange question, he grumbled inwardly.
‘What am I saying… even if Nine is a merman it’s not like every mermaid out there would know him..’
The mermaid’s moist eyes showed confusion at first but in the next second, they went wide with shock.
Kyle blinked. He was watching her expression and seeing her wide eyes he stepped back with a dazed expression. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cm
‘Damn… So he is a merman? Oh Nine you hid it so deep… ‘
‘I am a little jealous. Alec has a powerful system. Carcel is a prince and now Nine is a merman. Moreover, the way this girl’s eyes went wide with shock I don’t think Nine is just a normal merman.’
He laughed out dryly. It’s seemed everyone around him was special. Kyle’s thought trailed off. Maybe… Lara and Mia were also not ordinary. Well, one of them is a duke’s daughter so calling them ordinary didn’t seem right.
He was still digesting the fact that Nine was a merman when Bia’s serious voice sounded in his mind.
-‘Kyle…. I think Nine is…’
Kyle hummed and replied before she could complete her sentence.
‘I know.’