Tommy was neither staying in the Interrogation Room nor going to prison to run on a treadmill.
He had been very carefully confined in an underground chamber belonging to the Bureau of Supervision in the Red Queen District.
His hands were locked in glowing shackles, while a seal shining with silver-white light had been branded onto his bare back. He wore only a pair of shorts without pockets. Aside from that, he had nothing on him.
The Greater Demon Tommy had contracted with had been chopped apart by the Grand Guardian in ten minutes. After he was confined, he was searched as well, confirming that he had no accessories or materials on him—not even a false tooth hidden in his mouth, which they pried open and checked carefully.
As a Demon Scholar, he should have been considered disarmed... but even so, the Law Mages had placed solid seals on him, making the mana within him impossible to mobilize. Mana of the Light Attribute could heal others and dispel darkness in a priest's hands, but in a Law Mage's hands, it became restraint and sealing.
Although Tommy had knelt and surrendered without hesitation in front of the Grand Guardian, he had already known he could not escape the moment he saw the Grand Guardian.
If Tommy had fled then, the griffin watching nearby would most likely have caught up with him immediately. The Grand Guardian might even have personally pursued him on the griffin.
—He could not defeat the Grand Guardian without a griffin, let alone with one.
Even if he truly escaped... he would become a wanted fugitive.
After all, he was no nobody. "Tommy Lloyd" was famous throughout Lloyd District. His build was obviously unsuited for hiding, too.
Most importantly—he did not want to die just like this.
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