I Bought the Villains With Money

Fire Prison began to buzz on the late afternoon of the plan’s execution.

“It’s supported by the Irenberg family. Eat as much as you want today, guys!”

The guard in charge of the prison slammed down a large oak barrel. The guards guarding the entrance to the room shouted at once.

“Wow!!”

Rumdrax opened his closed eyes. It was finally showtime.

Rumdrax put his nose close to the floor window and screamed.

“You crazy bast*rd, what kind of guard drinks alcohol during working hours?!”

Rumdrax’s role was to provoke the guards’ anger. If they were angry, they would consume more alcohol.

He could move easier if there were not many personnel when the guards were busy drinking.

“What did you say?! Shut up!”

The guard, who growled through the door window, screamed with his eyes peeking.

“You were quiet these days. I guess you didn’t get hit enough, did you?”

When Rumdrax was in Fire Prison, a guard dumped by his girlfriend growled in anger because of the counseling he received from the doctor.

“Wow! So that’s why your girlfriend cheated on you!”

Rumdrax stepped away from the door and did not stop raising the guards’ anger.

“This brat. I’m going to kill you.”

Finally, a guard saw red and shook the door of Rumdrax’s cell.

“Calm down, dude. How can you do to 1818? That’s–.”

The guards dragged him away excitedly.

“Let’s just drink. The scent is very nice. The Irenbeg family is rich and generous.”

The guards stopped down the stairs and started drinking.

“They can do anything if they have a lot of money. Even if I only had half the money the Irenberg family has, I could buy you all a house each!

Rumdrax watched the guards excitedly pour and drank as they emptied the barrels.

‘You lying bast*rd. If you have money, you’re going to share it?  I bet you guys won’t even bat an eye to do that. Even ants passing by will laugh their heads off.’

Rumdrax laughed at the guards and sat against the wall.

The guards drank alcohol like it was their enemies. They were bickering whether one win or the other person won as they were drinking,

“You’re drunk!”

The person who said that to the other person was drunk, too. One by one, the guards fell drunk. Rumdrax slowly got up.

‘Let’s catch dumb-dumb.’

Rumdrax grinned.

* * * *

I teleported to the nearest city with Zoe before she executed the plan to get Rumdrax out of prison.

It was to prevent the possibility of Rumdrax escaping from me in advance.

And a week has passed.

I waited for Rumdrax at a red brick house two blocks away from the busy street.

“It’s late. Maybe he ran away”.

Janice, who checked out the window, asked me. I rolled the puzzle in my hand that I brought.

“He’ll come.”

In the first place, I did not expect that he would appear on time in the first place. Fire Prison was quite far from the nearest city. And Rumdrax had to come up with how to erase his traces.

The week’s deadline was given only to check Rumdrax’s skills.

‘It would be good to arrive in a week, but there’s no help if they are late for a day or two days.’

Then, as I was evaluating Rumdrax in my head, the last puzzle piece was placed.

Knock knock.

I heard a knock on the door.

“I’ll open it!”

Janice stood up and opened the door. An old gentleman with a cane was in front of the door.

“Who are you?” asked Janice.

“Is this the house of Miss Anaide?”

An old gentleman with a gentle voice was looking for a person. The old man pulled out his neck and snooped around the house.

“Oh my! You must have found the wrong house. It’s my first time hearing the name Anaide. I hope you can find her well.”

Janice blocked the door to block the old man’s view.

The old man tried to push his way in quickly, and I stopped Janice before she could close the door.

“Wait a minute.”

“Miss?”

Just before the door closed, I stopped Janice.

“Hold on, sir. Don’t go.”

I called up the old man who was about to go back. The old man, who had turned his body and stepped away with the cane, turned his head. His eyes and mine met.

‘Rumdrax!’

I pushed Janice aside and opened the door wide.

“I’m Anaide. Please come in.”

“You’re Anaide. Lady, did you have a stage name that I don’t know?” Janice whispered.

“Janice, it’s Rumdrax.”

I lowered my voice to Janice.

“What? Rumdrax?”

I told her that Rumdrax was a young man in his early 20s. However, the man in front of us looked like he was in his 60s. It was natural that Janice didn’t recognize him.

“He is disguising himself. As an old man.”

“He looked like an old man, though….”

While Janice was admiring Rumdrax’s skill, I stepped back from the door and created a space for Rumdrax to enter.

Roomdrax looked at me with interest.

“Welcome to Anaide’s house.”

When I said it one more time, Rumdrax burst into a pleasant laugh.

“Thank you for the invitation.”

After answering in an old-fashioned way, he threw a cane as soon as he entered the house.

“Oh, God. I had a hard time bending my back like that.”

When Rumdrax straightened his back, it certainly hit me the fact that he was tall.

Rumdrax stretched and threw off his wig.

Shaking off his revealed silver hair, he looked around for a chair.

“Why don’t you take off your mustache? It doesn’t suit you.”

“The kid has a good eye. I guess my makeup skill is high-quality in your eyes.”

I almost fell for it, too. It was because, as he said, his makeup skill was perfect.

“How did you recognize me?”

After guiding Rumdrax to the chair, I sat across from him.

It was so hard to look up. From now on, I should sit down when talking to Roomdrax no matter what.

“Are you curious?”

“Of course, I’m curious. Tell me.”