What kind of girl would travel to another world?

In the previous chapter, after Wei Qingping heard King Jianhao say that there was a sewer in the capital that had not yet been dug and construction had stopped, she suddenly thought that perhaps earth magic could be used.

Wei Qingping thought to herself, "If only there were some magic that could speed up the removal of the soil in the tunnel. In ancient times, there was 'Yugong moving the mountain,' and today there's 'Qingping moving the cave!'" Because the idea came to her so suddenly, she couldn't control herself and blurted out, "Ouch!"

This cry truly frightened the Swordsman King. After all, it was the dead of night, and the two were evading capture. He lowered his voice to Wei Qingping, "Keep your voice down! We'll attract the city defense!" He thought Wei Qingping could use magic to escape, and he would be in big trouble.

Wei Qingping, who had already thought of a great idea, naturally said to the Swordsman King excitedly: "Let's go! Hurry up! There's still time! Lead the way quickly!" She couldn't wait to try her own method.

King Jianhao said to Wei Qingping, "You are right, we should seize the time. The sooner we start, the more chances we have to escape. Let's go!" After that, he continued to walk in front to lead the way.

When Wei Qingping saw that King Jianhao was about to move again, he quickly caught up and followed closely behind King Jianhao.

After walking for a while, Wei Qingping asked King Jianhao, "Where is the sewer you mentioned?"

King Jianhao answered Wei Qingping, "The sewer is down there, where else can it be? How can you build the sewer in the sky?" He thought the question Wei Qingping asked was really ridiculous, but in this emergency situation, no joke would be funny.

Wei Qingping said to the Swordsman King with an awkward smile, "I'm asking how to get to the sewer." She also felt that she had not asked clearly just now, so she asked again.

After realizing that Wei Qingping was asking about the entrance to the sewer, King Jianhao answered her, "The sewer begins at the palace. Of course, we can't go back to the palace, as that would be a trap. My original plan to improve the capital's drainage was to build four sewers, starting from the palace and extending to the four corners of the city. However, only a large section of the sewer heading east has been built. The other three sewers have not yet been started."

Wei Qingping then said to the Swordsman King who was walking in front, "Then where we are going now is the sewer entrance in the east of the city, right?"

King Jianhao quickened his pace and said to Wei Qingping, "Hurry up and make the most of your time." He then continued to answer Wei Qingping's question, saying, "You're right. In order to make it easier and faster to repair the sewer, a relatively large entrance was dug there. The size of that entrance is more than enough for us to enter the sewer."

They were currently in the bustling western part of the capital. Not only were many shops open during the day, but several streets remained brightly lit at night. The Swordsman King needed to carefully avoid crowded areas, essentially taking detours and evading capture, in order to safely reach their destination—the eastern part of the city. Along the way, they kept taking detours, repeatedly encountering city guards carrying lanterns. While other countries' city defenses used torches, the Swordsman King had his own city guards employ lanterns instead. Each member of the city defense team carried a lantern, and as they passed through the streets, they illuminated them even brighter.

The Swordsman King couldn't help laughing at himself when he saw this, muttering to himself, "Alas. You're just tying yourself up in knots."

No one knew how much time had passed, but the Swordsman King, who had avoided repeated searches, finally arrived at the east of the city with Wei Qingping.

When they arrived at a multi-story building, Wei Qingping felt that the place looked familiar. She muttered to herself, "This place looks so familiar. Have you been here before?"

King Jianhao said to Wei Qingping, "You came out from here at noon. The entrance to the east city sewer is behind the building where the prisoners are held in this prison."

When Wei Qingping heard King Jianhao say that this was a prison, she suddenly cried out, "Ah!"

When the Swordsman King heard Wei Qingping screaming like that again, he immediately lowered his voice and stopped her, saying, "Can you please stop being so jumpy? Be careful not to be discovered!" Having evaded many searches, he was now completely a frightened bird, and was very afraid that he would be caught near the prison.

Upon hearing this, Wei Qingping lowered her voice and said to the Swordsman King, "I just remembered that my bag is still in the prison. When I left at noon, I didn't even ask the jailer to return it."

The Swordsman King said to Wei Qingping, "If it's nothing important, don't take it. If we're discovered here, we won't be able to escape." The main reason was that he himself couldn't escape. Because if he was caught here, he would naturally be imprisoned here.

After hearing this, Wei Qingping thought about it again and again, and said to the Swordsman King, "That's right! With that big bag of money on you, it seems there's no need to take the bag." But then she thought again, "But I'd better get that spell catalog back. After all, it belongs to Miosheimo, and it would be bad if it was lost." Thinking of this, she said, "There is a very important catalog that must be retrieved."

The Swordsman King nodded and said to Wei Qingping, "Then you have to be careful. The place where you put the things should be in the cabinet or on the shelf in the hall of the building. You should find it if you look for it. But there will definitely be a jailer guarding it."

Wei Qingping nodded, and suddenly asked the Swordsman King, "Oh right! Why is there a dungeon in the west of the city and a large prison in the east?"

King Jianhao explained to Wei Qingping, "I've thought of many ways to improve the prison facilities. Fortunately, the dungeon is in the west of the city, so I could use the excuse that it would affect the prosperity of the west and should be moved to the east. Therefore, I was able to successfully rebuild a larger prison in the east that is more suitable for prisoners and seal the west dungeon. Alas, I never thought the queen would use that dungeon to imprison me."

Wei Qingping thought for a moment and said to the Swordsman King, "Since the dungeon is sealed, no one would know who was imprisoned there. It would naturally be kept out of sight."

King Jianhao agreed and said to Wei Qingping, "That's true." After that, he carefully observed the surroundings. After confirming that there was no one nearby, he took Wei Qingping to the prison.

When they sneaked to the outer gate of the prison, they found that there were no jailers guarding the building inside the wall where the prisoners were held.

The Swordsman King was full of suspicion at the moment, muttering, "What's going on? Why is there no one here?"

Wei Qingping also found it strange and said to the Swordsman King, "That doesn't make sense. Are all the jailers going to bed?"

King Jianhao said to Wei Qingping, "We just escaped from the dungeon in the west of the city, but why are the guards in the prison in the east of the city even more lax?"

Wei Qingping thought for a moment and said to King Jianhao, "Could it be that the queen moved the prisoners back to the dungeon in the west of the city, and this place has been abandoned?"

The Swordsman King was really confused and muttered, "It's hard to say. There's nothing she can't do."

Wei Qingping thought for a moment and said to King Jianhao, "I think it might be because the Queen hates you too much. She denies everything you've done."

The Swordsman King stroked the stubble on his chin and said to Wei Qingping, "That's quite possible."

Wei Qingping said to the Swordsman King nonchalantly, "It would be best if there's no one here. Let's go in directly. We'll get our things and leave." After she finished speaking, she swaggered over and pushed the gate on the outer wall.

The Swordsman King grabbed Wei Qingping and said to her, "Be careful! What if there is someone in the building?"

Wei Qingping nodded and returned to her previous sneaky state.

The Swordsman King carefully used the sword he stole from the dungeon to pry open the door of the outer wall, and gently pushed the door open a gap large enough for one person to pass through.

Wei Qingping suddenly noticed the sword in the Swordsman King's hand and asked him in surprise, "Is this the sword in the dungeon?"

King Jianhao said to Wei Qingping, "What else? I always carry it with me. Didn't you see it?"

Wei Qingping shook her head. She thought that the Swordsman King had thrown the sword in the dungeon and didn't notice that he had been carrying the sword with him all the way.

In this way, the Swordsman King used the same method to open the door of the inner building of the prison. He gently pushed the door open and looked inside, only to find that there was no jailer in the hall behind the door.

The Swordsman King muttered, "Why is there no one inside?" He was completely confused as to what was going on.

Wei Qingping said to the Swordsman King, "Then hurry up and get it and leave." After that, she pushed the door open and went in.

King Jianhao didn't follow Wei Qingping in, but instead watched from the doorway, fearing that those searching for him would suddenly arrive here. Having already reached the entrance to the sewer, he was naturally extremely vigilant. He had finally gotten here, and he didn't want to waste all his efforts.

Wei Qingping immediately began rummaging through the drawers in the hall. This wasn't her first time doing this. She'd done it before at the trafficker's residence. It was a case of "first time, second time, familiarity." After a short search, she found the "Spell Catalog" in a drawer. Her efficiency in rummaging was now quite high.

In this way, without encountering any obstacles, Wei Qingping easily took away what she wanted and also took some food to fill her stomach.

To explain why there are no jailers in the prison, we have to go back a bit.

In the palace, the four captains of the city defense army immediately set out to capture the Swordsman King after receiving the Queen's order. After the Queen promised to knight those who captured the King, they were very enthusiastic, and the capture turned into a competition.

When the warden heard that the one who captured the Swordsman King would be knighted, he was also tempted. At this moment, he summed it up in his heart with one sentence: Are there any kings, princes, generals, or ministers who are not of the same kind? At this time, he also wanted to compete for this title.

The Queen was still furious at King Jianhao's escape, and she said to the chief jailer, "Tell me! What kind of punishment do you want to receive next?" Her words were obviously meant to intimidate the chief jailer.

The chief jailer immediately replied to the queen, "Your Majesty! I am willing to redeem myself from my crime and go with you to hunt down the king!" After hearing the four captains of the city defense army call the queen "Your Majesty", he cunningly changed his words and called the queen "Your Majesty" as well.

The queen thought for a moment and said to the chief jailer, "Go! If you catch him, not only will you be pardoned, you will also be rewarded!"

The head jailer, overjoyed at the queen's words, shouted, "As you command, Your Majesty!" He then left the hall with the two jailers, who had pretended to be injured. He ran quickly, but the other jailers walked more slowly, knowing they had to continue feigning injury. The queen was clearly still furious, and if their pretense of injury were exposed, it would be the end of them.

The jailer, who had just left the main hall, thought to himself, "The more people we have to search, the faster the arrest will be. The captains of the city defense force have more men under their command than I do." He muttered, "What should I do then?"

The fat jailer said to the head jailer, "There's nothing else to do. Just lead the search and see who has the best luck."

The chief jailer said to the two jailers with a sad face, "But we are few in number, and they are many in number."

The thin jailer said to the head jailer, "Well... each city defense squad has hundreds more people than us."

The capital city had four walls, each commanded by a captain, each with a rotating corps of 500 soldiers. The city defense battalion normally numbered only 2,000 soldiers, with an additional 3,000 stationed in the barracks within the capital, unavailable for deployment except during wartime. To avoid panicking the residents, the queen would not mobilize the soldiers from the barracks, even to capture the Swordsman King. The queen believed that if the 2,000 soldiers, aside from those currently guarding the walls, were to be deployed to capture the Swordsman King, it would only be a matter of time, not a guarantee of failure.