Free Web NovelChapter 374: Chapter 374: It Feels Like Home as Soon as You Enter_1
Rose Iron Prison, Aiden sat in his office, reviewing an inmate’s file.
"Sera Rekhsia, twenty-four years old, unemployed, from the autonomous city of Pine City, family members... listed as none, says that her parents are deceased. Before this, she had no criminal record." Aiden looked up at the ordinary area jail guard standing in front of him, "Are you sure this person has no gang background?"
"This, um..." The young jail guard was a bit stumped, his face awkwardly smiling, "I’m not quite sure how to tell."
"Just look at how she gets along with other prisoners after she’s been put into the cell. Does she blend in quickly or is she more of the reserved type?" Aiden simply changed the question.
"I’d say she’s more reserved. Anyway, she didn’t become familiar with her roommates that quickly. When I was on patrol the day before yesterday, the people in her room were chatting, and she was still sitting by herself at the edge of her bed," the guard recalled, "Many first-time offenders are like this."
Aiden frowned slightly, it sounded like this inmate was indeed a first-time offender; not only had she never been in prison, but she also seemed to lack any experience with other criminals.
Repeat offenders tend to be more familiar with prison. To them, going to prison isn’t any pressure at all.
Take a certain succubus, for instance, who would always greet a few acquaintances when she returned to prison, as if she were going back home for a family visit.
Aiden had heard her boasting to other inmates during casual conversations, "It’s impossible for me to do legitimate work in my life, absolutely impossible. I don’t have any craft skills, so it’s through pimping that I can maintain that kind of lavish lifestyle... Going to prison? It’s really nothing. Coming here is just like coming home. All of you sisters here are talented, you all speak so nicely, and there’s Lord Aiden. I super love it here!"
So that’s why the guy kept coming back again and again.
But even if they haven’t been in prison before, if they had any gang background, they should have had experience dealing with other criminals, and generally wouldn’t be particularly constrained when interacting with other inmates in prison.
"After she came in here, has there been anything... out of the ordinary?" Aiden asked again.
"Eh?" The jail guard tried hard to remember, then finally shook his head, "Doesn’t seem like it."
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"Warden, is there a problem with this inmate?" the guard asked cautiously.
"You would know if you looked at her file carefully. She was snatching purses on the street near the police station, there were police officers at the scene, and she was caught on the spot. She was initially given a suspended sentence in court... how should I put it, getting a suspended sentence for robbery is already incredibly lucky, but then she insisted on attacking the judge, and she strongly demanded the cancellation of the suspended sentence, forcefully sending herself to prison," Aiden tapped the desk with his knuckles, "She clearly intended to go to prison on purpose!"
"Ah? She asked for her suspended sentence to be canceled?" the guard was stunned, "I didn’t look at the file in detail, I thought she wanted to be acquitted..."
"Some people with gang affiliations, when they are being hunted or have broken certain rules of the underworld, or have come to know secrets that might lead to them being silenced, will commit a crime to go to prison to lay low when they have nowhere else to hide. At least here, they are safe," Aiden explained to him.
"There’s such a thing?" the guard’s eyes widened.
"There will inevitably be such cases, some troubles once involved with, being left with missing limbs or worse would be considered lucky," Aiden said nonchalantly, "In prison, at least they can continue living with their limbs intact."
Just last month, they had a female celebrity who wanted to hide from a manhunt.
"But she... she looks..." the guard hesitated.
"Indeed, she doesn’t seem the type, and she doesn’t have other records. However, ordinary people can also get into troublesome situations, like owing high-interest loans to the underworld. Compared to being caught and forced into prostitution to pay off the debt, prison can actually be a place to hide," Aiden stroked his chin.
"Warden, could it be... she’s here for revenge?" the guard suddenly remembered something, "I heard that last year in the core area, there was an inmate who came in to kill someone they had a grudge against."
"Hmm, there was such a thing, I took care of it earlier this year," Aiden immediately remembered the incident the guard was referring to with Slyne and Camilla, "But that kind of thing is rather unlikely."
"That’s true," the guard nodded in agreement.
"But it’s not entirely impossible. Just observe a bit more and report anything unusual immediately," Aiden gave cautious instructions and handed back the documents, "Remember to mention this to your section chief."
"Alright." The guard respectfully took the documents and left the office.
After the guard had left the office, Aiden continued to ponder the situation of this inmate. freewebnoveℓ.com
Actually, there were some other possibilities that he hadn’t discussed with that guard.
Nowadays, prisoners intentionally getting themselves into prison isn’t uncommon. There was Meiruki who came in to try and break out Avansa, the Harvest Mother Cult had once thrown in a Fertile Sister to scout him out, and not to mention the Balance of Sophie’s Smile sent to spy on him—each had their own troublesome objective.
Since gaining the power of authority, the frequency of incidents specifically targeting him had been on the rise, and he couldn’t help feeling a bit tense about it.
But intuition told him that this female inmate probably wasn’t quite like those who had come in intentionally.
First of all, her identity didn’t have any issues, she was a local from the autonomous region. Other than some unclear family circumstances, the documents proving her birthplace and identity were relatively complete. Cedar City was also a major city in the autonomous region, located to the southwest, with its most notable feature being that it was the closest major commercial city to the Gistastonian Kingdom and it even had a free trade zone established there, with a considerable number of Gistastonians residing or settling permanently.
This female inmate’s method of deliberately getting into prison was actually a bit clumsy, not really able to control the extent well. After robbing something, she intentionally got caught by the police, and since she didn’t cause any particularly serious consequences, the judge gave her a suspended sentence, which almost didn’t let her succeed. Taking off her shoes to throw at the judge seemed more like a remedial measure.
And she seemed quite in a hurry. Actually, having received a suspended sentence, she could still get into prison by committing another offense. Such immediate remedial action was as if someone was waiting outside the courthouse to ambush her. The moment she would go out, she would disappear.
From this perspective...
"Indeed, she must have owed high-interest loans," Aiden thought to himself.
Stealing some valuables—if successful, she could repay the money; if not, she could duck into prison to hide—it wasn’t beyond the realm of possibility.
If that was the case, Aiden wasn’t particularly worried, as long as she didn’t cause any trouble after getting in.
He decided to have others pay a little more attention, observe for a couple of days, and depending on the situation, he would talk to her. Aiden quickly made up his mind.
