Chapter 246: Somebody Arrest the Guy

"Arrest them! Even that traitorous bastard and his family!"

Elder Lenon barked, his voice dripping with venom. The guards sprang into action, suddenly appearing around Ronali and her family like vultures circling their prey.

Someone roughly hoisted Roland off the ground, his body limp like a ragdoll. The rest of the family looked ready to protest, but Kaisen gave a subtle nod, signaling them to go with the flow.

"Well, at least you guys will be safe when the Dog Tribe comes sniffing around. That's something, right?"

Kaisen's grin was infuriatingly smug, and his words had the desired effect. The fear in the mother's and children's eyes slowly gave way to reluctant acceptance.

The truth was, nobody knew when the Dog Tribe would strike next, but when they did, it wouldn't be pretty.

Those beasts were ruthless, taking anything that breathed back to their den. And nobody wanted to imagine what happened to the poor souls who were captured.

"Umm... guys, somebody arrest me too."

Kaisen said, scratching his head with mock confusion.

Despite the family being seized, not a single guard dared to approach Kaisen. They all stood there, stiff as statues, their eyes wide with terror.

They'd seen what he could do, and none of them were eager to test their luck. It was like they were all thinking the same thing: this human might just decide to use their bones as toothpicks if they got too close.

"Do-don't try anything, you filthy human—" the Chief began, but one icy glare from Kaisen had him swallowing his words like a scolded child. "N-normal human... Th-the elders are powerful enough t-to... uh...

catch you... so just stay still and..."

The Chief's legs were trembling like he was on the verge of pissing himself, but Kaisen just grinned, savoring the fear. With a smirk, he raised his hands above his head in mock surrender.

"Alright, alright. I'll be at the prison if you need me," he purred, winking shamelessly at the elders. "Just let me know when you're ready for that... call."

He took a few casual steps forward, but stopped right beside Luke, who was still reeling from earlier. Kaisen leaned in close and, with a grin that could melt ice, whispered,

After a few minutes of awkward shuffling, they finally reached the prison cells.

The family was shoved into one cell while Kaisen was tossed into another, with a solid brick wall conveniently keeping them from seeing each other.

This tiny building with only four cells and an office was clearly for "special cases," like this, and soon they'd be sent off to the main prison with the rest of the riff-raff.

Kaisen, of course, was unbothered. In fact, he looked almost too relaxed, like he was lounging in a resort. He knew exactly when he'd make his move—it was all about timing.

"Don't try anything funny, alright? We're watching you."

The chief said, clearly sweating bullets as he locked the cell door, fumbling with his keys like a nervous virgin on prom night.

Kaisen just grinned at him from behind the bars, that mischievous smirk practically radiating, not saying a word. The silence only made the chief's hands shake more.

"You... y-you hear me?"

The chief's voice cracked like he was hitting puberty again, clank, clank, as the keys jingled louder.

"..."

"I-I asked—"

"Nope."

"As I was saying—uh, hmmm... J-Just stay put, alright? We don't want you here, you don't want to be here, we can just get this over with quick and—"

The chief babbled, desperate to keep the situation calm.

He didn't want to see what would happen if Kaisen's smirk disappeared—he really, really didn't want to know.

But before he could finish his shaky speech, Kaisen cut him off again, his voice smooth as silk but loaded with something dangerous.

"Actually..."