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Dan blinked his eyes and then turned to look at the rats which were the size of dogs in the human world. He thought for a while before saying, "There is no need to worry, host. You can take them on."
"Are you fucking crazy?" Damien nearly yelled at the hologram as he turned and kicked the rat that tried to take a bite of his leg. "Look at their size and look at mine. I am alone and they have an army! You want me to take an army of rats?"
"To whom you are talking?" A new voice joined and Damien turned to look at the new guests. It was Xavier and the guard who brought him here.
"Is it morning already?" Damien asked, his lips curled in a smirk.
The guard who had spoken harshly to Damien just two hours ago curled his toes. He wanted to crawl in a hole and hide, if he had known that Lady Wistoria would call this man to treat Nicolas, he would have treated Damien with a bit more respect.
Xavier glanced at the guard coolly who dropped his head even further before turning to look at Damien. "It is not morning yet. However, Lady Wistoria has permitted you to come out of the prison—"
"I am not coming out," Damien interrupted Xavier who raised his head and looked at him in shock. The man was sitting on two protruding bricks to avoid getting submerged in water.
And yet he was saying that he did not want to come out of the prison?
"What do you mean by that you are not coming out of the prison?" Xavier asked. This was his first time meeting someone who refused to come out of the prison.
Usually, most of the prisoners were more than eager to come out of the prison.
"Not coming out means— not coming out," Damien sneered. Did that woman think that she could throw him in prison as she liked and then pull him out as she wanted?
He too had his pride alright!
"Lord Damien, this is not the time for you to be wilful. There is a life at stake—"
"Ooh, is there?" Damien drawled with a fake surprised expression. He then curled his lips and stated, "Isn't that why I asked your lady to let me treat the patient? Did she listen to me? No? Instead, my good intentions were rewarded with a night in the prison."
Damien then looked around the cell before remarking, "Now I quite like it here. Look I also made new friends," he pointed at the rats.
Dan looked at the man who was complaining about rats till now but was now calling them friends.
"Are all humans just as complicated as you?" Dan asked.
"Shut it."
What do you mean by shut it?
Xavier drew in a breath and released it. He said, "This is not the time for you to throw a tantrum, Lord Damien."
"Tantrum ha?" Damien snorted. "I am not throwing any tantrum. I told your dearest lady that if she did not accept my help when I was offering it to her, it would become more difficult and expensive."
He turned to look at the guard before saying, "I said it didn't I?"
The guard hesitated before nodding. "He indeed said that."
"You hear that?" Damien snorted.
"Then what do you want?" Xavier asked as he looked at Damien who despite being locked in the prison was putting forth his demands.
"I don't think that it's a matter of what I want," Damien said with a smile. "It's a matter of what you think the worth of the patient is."
"You—"
Xavier took a threatening step but then he paused. He took a sharp inhale and turned on his feet before storming out of the prison.
The guard not understanding what had happened chased after Xavier.
"Why did you not agree with them?" Dan asked as he turned to look at Damien. "Shouldn't you put the life of a patient over everything else?"
"I do agree with you. Saving the life of a patient is indeed important, but do you know what is more important?" Damien asked the AI system who furrowed his miniature brows.
"What?"
"Saving my own life," Damien answered. He pointed at the wound on his neck which was still slightly red and stated, "If I don't remove the tag of a slave from my head, I will be killed without mercy at the smallest thing."
Damien realised this when Wistoria raised her sword at him.
He was not on an equal footing with her which meant that she could treat him as she wanted.
If he wanted to survive then he had to get the title of slave to be removed from his name.
At all costs.
Of course, he did not believe that the process would be simple but at least he had to take the first step towards it.
While he was lost in his thoughts, a rat pounced taking advantage of the opportunity pounced on him.
Damien glanced at the rat which had opened its large mouth to take a bite of his arm and immediately turned around. He raised the needle in his hand and activated his skill.
[Sixty-Seven Needle activated: The speed of using a needle and thread has been increased by sixty-seven stitches in a second.]
Within seconds, the mouth of the rat was sewn shut.
The rat dropped back into the water as it whimpered in pain and horror. Blood oozed from its snout as it tried to open its mouth but couldn't.
"Didn't I say that I would sew the mouth of the one who attacks me?" Damien offered a smile which seemed way too evil causing the rats to scatter at once.
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