The Prince Who Was Raised in Hell

A hellhole prison was located near the border of Salleria.

It was built hundreds of floors underground, and just like a ghastly beast with a huge mouth, it wanted to swallow everything around it.

The prison was deprived of light all year round.

It was dim and damp.

Furthermore, as one went further down, the surroundings became darker and colder.

When they finally reached the deepest end, they were greeted with intense cold and pitch-black darkness.

Even if a candle was lit, it would only be a faint gleam.

The darkness emitted a sense of despair as if it would swallow a person whole at any time.

At that moment, a shrill but subtle noise echoed intermittently along the dark corridor, coming from the deepest end of the hellhole prison.

It sounded like a banshee’s wail, so mournful that it made one‘s hair stand on end.

“Obeying God’s order… The emperor issued an imperial edict…”

“His Imperial Majesty crowned an heir to the seat.

To celebrate, he’s granting total amnesty…”

“The prisoner, Nirina Montgomery… Will restore his status as a prince… Travel to Astren… Marriage of convenience…”

”Embark on the journey tomorrow…”

“These are the words of the emperor…”

After reading the imperial edict, the eunuch arrogantly looked at the young man, whose arms were hung by iron chains.

Then, he smirked.

“Congratulations, Your Royal Highness.

You should’ve been sentenced to death for conspiring against the monarch, yet you‘re pardoned a year later.

I’m envious of your great luck…”

Even though he addressed Nirina as Your Royal Highness, by congratulating him and saying he was envious of him, a fool could tell how cynical his tone was.

“Oh? Is that so?” In the dark, Nirina Montgomery lowered his head.

His long hair fell on his sides and covered his cheeks.

No one could see his expression, but that did not stop him from questioning,” Eunuch Fischer, don’t you know well why I’d commit treason?”

Morris Fischer was the eunuch in question, and when he heard Nirina’s words, his face immediately fell.

Then, as if there were ants in his pants, Morris was startled and shouted, “What are you talking about? Shut up!”

Then, he hurriedly glanced at the jailers and imperial guards who followed him, afraid that they would pick up any clues.

Nirina sniggered, and he calmly said, “I entered the first stage of the True Martial Realm when I was six at Blue Mountain, where I bare-handedly killed packs of twenty six wolves, protecting the safety of the people.

When I was eight, I reached the second stage of the True Martial Realm.

to the Lunar Valley with only one sword in my hand, and I wiped out the oppressive

killed seven hundred and sixty of them from the Dark

routes that connect the

the

my hand, I managed to suppress the Northwest Turban Rebellion and beheaded three thousand four hundred and

been no more internal troubles in Salleria, bringing peace to the whole

year, I was named as the crown

the fourth stage of the

led Salleria’s army of fierce fighters and fend off the enemies, beheaded

I commanded the troop to go up

an impasse, we were able to destroy Astren’s

their emperor to abdicate

and despite conspiring against the monarch,

Eunuch Fischer said, my

Morris’s

many times, asking Nirina

kicks against the pricks, useless in front of

continued describing,

Nirina finished his speech, the jail

still locked in iron chains, wearing a thin and shabby prison uniform along with a frail appearance due to the one-year imprisonment, his aura was still imperious and terrifying to everyone in the

horrified, and his breathing got

eyes there was nothing but panic as he stuttered, “Stefan, stop spurting nonsense! Do you think that I’ll be afraid of you just because you’ve restored your status as a prince? On the contrary, you’ve committed a crime against the emperor, started a rebellion, and conspired against the

you stained the palace with your

threatening, but he

he could finish his sentence, Stefan, whose head

eyes were bright like the stars and deep as the

was as they instantly illuminated the furthest prisoner cell

gaze was sharp like blades pressing against Morris’s

suddenly turned

it sent chills down Morris’s spine and made

supported me, the court councilors obeyed me, and my prestige was unparalleled in the

crown prince, and the throne would be mine sooner or

why’d I return with the troops in triumph for the celebratory banquet after winning a great war

was no longer a question but a

of thunder, it shocked Morris

ears buzzed, and they

still panicking, Nirina slowly stood

everyone was in awe of his upright stance, as

that one year of imprisonment in the hellhole prison did nothing to him! Instead, it sharpened him further, and he could now puncture a hole through the

chains!”

trembled, and he dared not to resist

he moved forward and took out the keys to the iron

“No.

Morris was dumbfounded, but he

of his wits that he forgot the purpose of

finished his sentence, a crisp clunking

the falling iron chains that were used to lock Nirina’s

that my luck’s great, but no matter how good it is,

Nirina moved his hands and legs around as he

my conspiracy against the state suddenly soared into

of him was smiling, but his eyes were filled with frost, Morris

he retreated step by step, stuttering, “No… That’s not

and His Royal