CHAPTER 3: SILVER CROSSS ORGANISATION [ S.O]

'It has been Eleven years since I was brought to this prison and I never witnessed the light of day since then.

' it later occurred to me when the commander told us we would get passes to access the city after our ten days of working. he did not explain it properly.

'who knew the city he was talking about was the underground city of Morntica Dionne prison 'the mining capital'. I got to realize that from Emma. ' Emma was the only one who lent a helping hand to me when a group of men tried to take the ores I had painstakingly mined.

Emma was a former royal knight who got framed for trying to harm a duke's daughter who was to be wedded to the prince of the clover kingdom. she had great physiques with that curly blond hair always tied in a bun. Although she was banned to this prison she was still a knight through and through and so dealing with those men was very easy.

Since that day she always looked out for me, still do not know why but I frankly do not care. I had her teach me the way of the sword to protect myself because my top priority is to be able to protect myself. Every other thing comes next.

within these walls, I was taught that prison life is brutal and it doesn't give a shit about anyone. In prison, you always have to be on guard and learn to fight for yourself or you'll become the target of every large thing around you.

Although killing was prohibited it still happens and there were serious consequences if someone was caught killing another, but that does not stop some idiots from doing it. the soldier's where doing pretty badly at their job, still that much is to be expected from a bunch of fatties with better things to do than waste their time on some unwanted criminals.

I pretty much had an advantage as I call it, I don't get scared easily he might seem like nothing much but it's quite useful when you find yourself in a shitty prison. getting sad and in love and shit like that is useless and at this point, I do not think it is necessary to even have those felling in here. minor things like that do not bother me anymore, but I could get curious or excited or anxious but not get scared or feel happy. This alone got me into a lot of trouble. Like they say curiosity kills the cat, except this cat can rip you to shreds in a manner of minutes.

Getting challenged was the best part of it all, the thrill of sweeping the floor with my opponent's face was exhilarating. Although I was a bit too careless when I first got here. but it's all good now.

I could also copy the movements of my enemies after watching them fight thanks to my perfect memory, most techniques always have the same basic form so its easy to learn your opponent's movements once you can tell what style of fighting your opponent is using

I was able to get all this knowledge thanks to my boss Brandish who introduced me to his organization' silver cross'.

the prison could also be seen as a big city. and so to be on the safer side some people formed powerful groups and later developed into organizations. they are given discs which is a currency exclusive to this particular prison city called 'Cor 'e mine territory' and other valuable items.

funny thing is, even though it's a prison you could still see people falling in love getting married, or at least saying they are starting a family. I would stare at some kids having fun with their parents, smiling. that somehow always reminds me of the day those bastard soldiers raided my hometown and took my happy family and with that memory came unanswered question's that would keep swirling in my mind, I still couldn't understand why those soldiers, why raided my town. we were peaceful elves we never caused trouble or anything so why the hell did those damn soldiers raid my home., Just thinking about that was giving me a headache and for the first three months of being in prison, I focused on this. At first, I tried looking for clues but I couldn't find any so I gave up at least for now.

I started working for brandish because, not only were we being worked to death when mining, it was really hard to get a proper ore with a good worth. it was really hard to live when only mining and immediately one person dies, someone else is brought to serve as a replacement. it was a life I couldn't stand. so I painstakingly waited for a few years until I was eighteen. but I already met brandish two years before joining his organization. caught one of his workers on an assignment to kill someone, I almost got killed, one thing led to another ended up having my second kill.

of course, I couldn't get away fully cause we were both spotted while brawling it out., So for protection, I went to where his organization was, as they always have a mark on their wrist signifying what organization they belong to.

so I went there and volunteered to replace him, I knew the ins and outs of how the the organization worked. kill any of their member you either replace them or get killed. so I went there hoping I won't possibly get killed.

Since I had reached the preferred age, I was registered under recruits, who would then be analyzed to see what category they fit in.

The Silver Cross specialised in eliminating unwanted opponents and are used by the Dionne Royal family when they want some of their rivals gone without getting their hand dirty.

no one would suspect that a royal family would make use of prisoners to do their dirty work. and frankly, I hated them, the Dionne family, they must have been the ones who sent their soldiers to raid my hometown...