Inside a prison cell.
Bright electric lights shone from the ceiling, and a row of mahogany bookshelves lined the walls.
Most of the books upon them concerned cutting-edge science.
Such as New Designs for Steam Engines, The Applications of Electricity, Advanced Metallurgy, and so on...
On either side of the desk, two sisters dressed in casual home clothes sat facing each other, urging one another on in their studies.
"Sis... I think I'm almost ready to pass the examination and become a Doctor of Mechanics."
Jesita said pitifully, "I want to go out and have fun... I want to go shopping and buy new clothes..."
"I want to as well." Lily stopped her younger sister with a look before she could ask again when they would begin their prison break.
Though the Church of the God of Wisdom's treatment had been unexpectedly good, they were prisoners after all.
Discussing a jailbreak inside a prison was an exceedingly foolish thing to do—who knew whether they were being watched?
If their plan were exposed, not only would Mr. Three-Eye be in trouble, His Excellency the Count might even become angry and punish the sisters.
Just then, Lily suddenly heard footsteps.
"The guards?"
She stretched lazily and looked toward the cell window. "So much earlier than usual today? Hm?"
She discovered that the arrival was nothing like the people she had expected.
Instead, it was a somewhat familiar figure she had seen only in dreams. "You are... Mr. Three-Eye?"
"Yes. By His Excellency the Count's orders, I've come to rescue you."
William revealed a smile that Lily found unfathomable.
"How are you going to get us out?" Jesita rose to her feet and stared at William, feeling that this gentleman was utterly unlike the imposing higher existence she had imagined.
He felt incredibly