I quickly took off my disguise in order to not waste any energy as I ran outside.

I can always create chaos in the palace by releasing the prisoners...but there’s two bad points to that. First, let us not forget why they’re there to begin with. They are there for attempted assassination of none other than myself! According to Chris, it wasn’t by the church at all. So, some unknown power wants me dead! To be completely honest, I’m considering that Pedo-beast to be the prime suspect...right after Chris himself

“Oh well, let’s just get the hell out of here and grab my dream crystal!”

I quickly got past the wooden door that leads to the staircase inside the palace...just in time to barely hear Chris’s “MY GODDEEESS~~~!!!!”

That sends shivers down my spine! [A/N: as in his MY GODDESS cry.]

To begin with, why does he call me a goddess? I’m a god damn guy! GUY!

Ugh, I hurriedly chanted the invisibility spell yet again, and continued to make a run for it up the stairs.

It took me a full thirteen minutes before I reached the ground level of the palace.

Of course, I kept on hearing Chris’s cries along the whole trip up...god dammit!

Can’t he tell? I’m wearing jeans! It’s supposed to be s guy’s attire, no?!

No...?

“Now, the question is...where is he hiding the dream crystal?”

Frankly speaking, I’ve only visited two places in this humongous palace.

I only visited the courtyard...and my own room.

I’m sure there is a treasury here somewhere...or, he might have hidden it in his study...or maybe the throne room...or perhaps a room that I don’t know that existed!

But, the highest possibility is the treasury! After all, the crystal, itself, is a supreme treasure, If I say so myself!!

“UNCLE AUDREY HELP!! KAI ESCAPED!!!!!”

That bastard still hasn’t given up?!

And Audrey...that name sounds awfully familiar...

Well, shit. This isn’t the time to worry about names, I should really hurry up because he just called for help!!

I continued to run as fast as possible, heading straight toward the top floor of this huge palace.

I went through servants who did not notice me from left and right, as I continued to walk down this long hallway.

If you think correctly, isn’t the treasury and the emperor’s chambers should be at the very top? Where invaders are forced to go from the ground up...it’s a strategic location, alright?!

“Dammit, I’m running out of magic...”

My body began to slowly flicker, and slowly color began to return to me.

A few servants looked surprised at me, or more like shocked and horrified.

“......”

I forgot...My legs soon gave way to me.

The horrified servants took a second look at me. Don’t look. Don’t look. Don’t look!

As if they listened to my wish, the servants soon came to a realization and ran off.

“I got to do something about this trauma of mine...”

After they left, it took me about two minutes before I was able to stop the shivering of my legs. I quickly got up, and resumed running.

“Kai!”

And just in turn, I heard Chris’s shout behind me.

“God dammit, leave me alone Chris!”

Remember, Kai, how do you stop a horny man from chasing you?!

I shouted, “I see that you’ve got your pants on!”

“No thanks to you, Kai~! Please, can you stop? It’s dangerous!”

“Dangerous? Dangerous to you!”

Oh, I got it! I got how to stop a horny man from chasing you!!

Give him another target!!!!

If you remember correctly, there are servants all around us at the moment--seeing that we’re still at the very bottom of the palace, the servants floor I presume--And there, being a maid next to me, I immediately did the unthinkable!

I flipped her skirt, “Kyaa!!!” and pushed her at Chris.

“Every maid’s dream is having an affair with the emperor, so make sure you make her dream come true!”

And continued to run off, paying no attention to the result of my efforts. However, I did manage to catch a flustered, “I’m sorry...”.

Well, I guess if Chris was known as a bloodthirsty emperor then that wouldn’t have been a flustered ‘I’m sorry’ but a horrific one. Which means, Chris is a great emperor! At least he’s not out seeking for blood.

“Careful!”

The archduke’s old man’s voice rang, when I suddenly noticed a strong gust of wind blowing past me.

I turned around, only to notice a small needle stuck in the middle of the air, suspended by the wind.

Shit, is that needle poised? Was I about to die? Who the hell threw that needle?! Was it the maid I just flipped the skirt of?!!

I began to chant the invisibility spell yet again. If I do turn invisible, I’ll only be able to maintain that state for about ten minutes. Let’s just get our dream crystal and get out of here! Since if I don’t get that dream crystal, I’ll never be able to give it a shot even if I get out of here and work myself to the bone for twenty years!

And who’s fooling themselves. Me, working?

“Kai, stop! The palace is infested by people who are after your life!!” Chris shouted.

“Then I’ll leave without anyone even hoping to catch a glimpse of my shadow and head straight for the treasury!”

And with that, I turned invisible for the third time.

The gust of wind stopped howling, and the needle fell on the ground. The old man suddenly appeared ways ahead of me.

The invisible me is now cornered. There’s the old man in front of me, and the maid assassin and Chris behind me.

And it’s not like I can break through walls either...

“I...didn’t want to come clean,” The invisible me said, “But Old man, Angel told me a secret...”

The old man didn’t speak, but rather narrowed his eyes as he began to pinpoint the location of my voice.

“You see, I introduced her to this spell of mine...and she, in a fit of drunkenness of power, decided to play a prank on you!”

The old man took a step forward. It seems he noticed my exact location.

The old man then raised his foot to take the second step, “She told me how, while you were climbing the stairs, she lowered you pants! And you fell face first in front of all the female servants, extremely humiliating yourself!!!!”

Before the second step could be taken, the old man’s calm expression turned crimson!

He’s angry! Super angry!! Hyper angry!!!

“Don’t move!” The old man’s thunderous shout echoed.

His body shivered for an instant, and he disappeared! Almost as if he teleported!!

Alright, coast cleared!

“Uncle!” Chris shouted, “At least do something about this maid!”

The maid, of course, be it an assassin or not, wouldn’t dare to even touch a hair of Chris’s. However, she didn’t stay still at all either. She quickly got up, still flustered, and ran pass Chris further away from the two of us.

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I walked slowly in order to not alert Chris of my location, in which case Chris resumed running and got pass me pretty soon.

Hehe, since I said earlier that I’m heading to the treasury...I hope that he gets a hint and heads there himself!

And with that, I started stalking behind Chris, who was heading to god knows where. I just really hope it’s the treasury.

Quickly enough, about five or six minutes in, we reached a huge door.

“The door doesn’t seem to have been unlocked...”

So this must be the treasury then!

Okay, now how do I force him to open it up?

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Author note: To be honest, I don't usually write drafts. Why? Because I feel like drafts are too much effort...And I don't even have enough time to write a 1.5k chapter a day either! But anyhow, I ended up tired yesterday. And what do you do when you're tired? You end up doing stupid things! So, I actually wrote a chapter yesterday and I woke today...feeling quite dissatisfied about the draft. So I re-wrote the whole thing. However, because I'm bored, I'm going to post this draft here. Just keep in mind, the draft and the actual chapter above ARE NOTHING ALIKE. for example, the draft took a huge turn of events.

So, enjoy~

Spoiler :

“Thankfully, because that middle aged man took about three hours to wake up, it should be around early evening. Which means, I’ll be somehow covered even while moving...”

As I said that, I gave up the notion of either crawling or slowly walking, as I am currently running on my top speeds.

To be honest, I’m considering letting all the criminals out...just to spread the chaos.

I mean, escaping in the midst of chaos is a great plan, no?

And people, do believe me, no matter how ‘weird’ or ‘illogical’ my escape was...what I hate the most is simple things that shouldn’t be complicated!

Or more like, my tiredness has lowered the bar of my endurance and my anger from sexual harassment has simply overflowed...but either way, I’m angry! I want to return home, to my fluffy bed!!

Of course, after taking that dream crystal, as I mentioned earlier.

But...there’s one problem here. I...don’t know how a dream crystal would look like.

Hey! Don’t look at me like that, it’s not like I’ve seen one myself before! It’s like, too expensive and stuff! I’ve only heard of it over at the magazines...and those guys didn’t even print any pictures with their articles! And when they do, they always post the Representative of the people who created it!

So anyhow, what I got to do now is release all the prisoners and then somehow find how the dream crystal looks like and take it.

“Sounds like a great plan, if you ask me!”

Alright, first, how the hell do I release all these criminals?

“Oh right!”

Those crystals, how do they work?

“MY GODDESS~!!!!”

Shit.

The bastard has recovered!

Fuck, where am I again?!

I got room five to the right and room six to the left...

Which one should I duck into?!

Oh, who cares! I quickly got into room five, and closed the door behind me.

“...Oh wait, aren’t I invisible...? Shoot, I could’ve just stayed still and he wouldn’t have noticed a thing!”

“Oh...who is there...?”

Hmm...?

This...oh right, I’m in a jail cell.

But this elderly voice...

I quickly turned around, to look at the white haired, pale faced old man.

The old man had a black cloth covering his eyes, perhaps denying his eyes to the world.

Or...it maybe that the world is denying his eyes.

“Hmm...old man, perhaps this is fate!”

And as long as games are concerned, people who meet under these kind of circumstances are always destined to be comrades that you can trust your life with.

The withered old man revealed a gentle smile, “What is a little lady such as yourself doing here...? Don’t you know that this is quite the dangerous place...?”

“Oh, me? Don’t mind me at all.” I smiled sweetly, “Rather, old man, don’t you want to leave...?”

This is a gamble. A gamble that I have to win!

If games taught me something, then having the protagonist meeting someone in a jail cell, who looks kind, acts kind, and seems practically harmless...is someone who is extremely powerful! My gamble is pretty simple...whether he’ll help me...or not!

The old man kept his gentle smile intact, “Not at all. Frankly, this room...is quite to my liking.”

Aha! This further proves my theory that this old man is highly overpowered. He is relaxed in an environment such as this! With a crappy wooden door as his cell’s gate...but whatever!

“Young lady, I truly think that this isn’t a place for someone like you. So let me advice you again, can you please leave?” The old man kept his gentle smile.

I walked toward the old man and removed the cloth from his eyes, and his smile deepened as he took a glance at me.

But I don’t know if it was a twist of fate or what not, the door broke down and what entered was none other than Chris himself.

“Get away from him!” Chris shouted.

“Leave me alone! I’m going to get out of here!”

I then cast a side-glance at the old man, “And you can’t stop me!”

Hehe, he’ll break out of those handcuffs and save me from the big baddie! Then, I’ll go search for the dream crystal and get the hell out of here with this old man as my bodyguard!

The old man, however, simply continued smiling.

“Hurry up, Kai!!”

And just in time, the old man broke the cuffs off his legs and hands.

When I saw that, I shouted, “I’ll be leaving now, Chris~!”

I turned my head to look at the old man with a smile, “So, how about we leave?”

The old man continued to smile back at me, “You...somehow, you have the smell of a boy.”

I replied, “Of course, I’m a guy after all!”

That’s when the old man’s hands suddenly made a grasp for my body, “H-hey, don’t you think the way you’re holding me is a b-bit rough...?”

Chris then dropped the bombshell, “This creepy old man was arrested for infiltrating the palace and trying to molest one of the children of a maid!”

“E-eh...?”

“To put it simply...he’s a true pedophile who enjoys children! And his thing, according to the report...is crossdressing boys!!!!”