Escape

A surge of Battle Qi erupted in the office, and the Vampire Hand Axe was knocked back by the Battle Qi, spinning as it followed Charlotte out.

Anyone who could become the Warden of Kilmainham Prison, while perhaps not a person of good character, was certainly not a good-for-nothing. Charlotte knew this well. His attack just now was only meant to delay the other party; he had no delusion of killing the new Warden.

Facing the Vampire Hand Axe that had been bounced back by the Battle Qi, he casually grabbed it, regaining control. Instead of running outside the prison, he turned and rushed into his own office, not forgetting to repeatedly and loudly shout the sentence from before: "Warden Magru, you won't force me to slander Miss Menilman!"

Magru was also slightly surprised. He knew this first-level Chief Clerk had some ability, and he thought his Level 7 Battle Qi-propelled hand axe would be enough to split the other party in half. He hadn't expected Charlotte to calmly bring the weapon back under his control.

He didn't know that Charlotte had awakened Blood Flame Qi, one of the Thirteen Wonders, allowing him to manipulate Vampiric Weapons from a distance. He hadn't simply retrieved it through skill alone.

Magru roared in anger, shouting, "Catch this traitor!"

Charlotte's Bloody Glory was only at the second layer. Even with the two great abilities, Insight and Blood Flame Qi, there was no way he could break out of the heavily guarded Kilmainham Prison. But his office had a large window, and outside the window was the street of the Marne District.

As one of the Outer Fifteen Districts, the Marne District was very complex. As long as he could blend into the residential area, there was a certain chance of escaping with his life.

He rushed into his office without the slightest hesitation, leaped with all his might, and jumped out the window. While in mid-air, he rolled several times to break his fall. Although he landed somewhat awkwardly on the ground, he was not injured.

Charlotte quickly got up, activated his Blood Flame Qi, and sprinted away. A few minutes later, a group of Prison Guard Force members chased after him, but the former first-level Chief Clerk was long gone.

Magru's face was extremely grim. He hadn't expected such a huge problem to arise from a mere trivial matter!

Many people must have heard the sentence Charlotte shouted as he escaped. He had only been Warden for a short time and hadn't yet gained complete control over all the power and the entire Prison Guard Force of Kilmainham Prison. Someone was bound to leak this information.

Although he had been instructed by a certain power behind the scenes to investigate Menilman, if he caused trouble secretly, the other party would have no evidence and couldn't do anything to him. But he didn't have the guts to openly fall out with the Sumei Family.

If this news got out, he would definitely be in deep trouble, and even the power behind him might not protect him.

In his office, Magru slammed the desk hard. He couldn't understand why Charlotte hadn't compromised at all, hadn't even hesitated, and had even immediately come up with such a vicious counterattack.

Directly putting him on the spot?!

Holding onto a sliver of hope, he roared, "No one is allowed to speak of what happened today! If I find out that anyone has spread that sentence, I will make sure all of you get a taste of what it's like to be in prison."

Almost everyone near the office who heard this sentence thought to themselves, "The new Warden is indeed going to frame Miss Menilman."

Charlotte escaped from Kilmainham Prison, hired a public carriage, and rushed back to 58 Champs-Élysées Avenue as quickly as possible.

In this era, there were no telephones or networks, and the deployment of the Prison Guard Force and City Patrol wasn't that fast. He still had a glimmer of hope.

Charlotte panted heavily as he burst into 58 Champs-Élysées Avenue and rummaged through the Savings Union deposit slips hidden in his bedroom. Having offended the new Warden, the other party would 100% not let him off, and his deposits in the Savings Union would surely be confiscated.

He had made up his mind to go on the run for a while, and he couldn't do that without money.

Given the efficiency of the Prison Guard Force and City Patrol in this era, as long as Charlotte acted quickly enough, there was still a chance to withdraw all his deposits and make a clean getaway.

Charlotte got the deposit slips and felt a little relieved that he hadn't spent much during this time. Besides customizing that new staff inlaid with dozens of silver stars, he hadn't bought any valuable items.

Since he was preparing to flee, Charlotte naturally traveled light. Besides the Savings Union deposit slips, the Vampire Hand Axe, his diary, the new staff, and a few pieces of clothing, he also took the secondhand Magnum Hand Shuttle. After all, that thing was quite reliable for self-defense.

After packing his things, he was about to leave the house when he heard a commotion outside.

Charlotte decisively gave up on using the front door, rushed into the yard, and then leaped with all his might, climbed over the wall, and jumped into the Lucavaro River.

Just as he jumped into the river, a unit of the Prison Guard Force rushed into 58 Champs-Élysées Avenue, their heavy leather boots stomping on the floor as they began their search.

Half an hour later, Charlotte climbed ashore at another location.

The first thing he did was check the Savings Union deposit slips. Although they were soaked through by the river water, they were still relatively intact.

Charlotte didn't dare to waste time. He took off his clothes, wrung them out a little, and then sprinted towards the nearest Savings Union office.

When Charlotte finished the procedures and withdrew all his deposits, exchanging them for Foer paper money, a huge weight was lifted from his heart.

With money in hand, and a huge sum of 593 Ecu at that, even running away wasn't so panic-inducing.

Although he knew that fifty-denomination Foer paper money would attract a lot of attention as soon as it was spent, he still exchanged for 110 fifty-Foer notes. Exchanging over five hundred Ecu into small-denomination paper money would be too inconvenient to carry.

For the remaining 43 Ecu, he exchanged for forty ten-Foer notes and thirty one-Foer notes.

Fortunately, he still had some change on him, so he wouldn't attract too much attention when shopping.

After withdrawing the money, Charlotte felt a little lost. He hadn't been transmigrated for long, less than a month by his count, and he wasn't very familiar with the entire Old Continent. As for the distant New Continent, there was even less information about it in his predecessor's memory.

"I definitely can't go back to my hometown. Too many people there know me, and it would be the easiest place to expose my identity."

"Or... leave the Empire of Fars?"

"Damn it, I thought after transmigrating, I'd have a good job and a rich, beautiful woman chasing me, leading to a comfortable and fulfilling life!"

"How did it turn out like this?"

Charlotte pondered for a long time, preparing to first buy a suit of clothes suitable for escaping. He was still wearing thin-soled leather shoes, which were very comfortable and light in the city but unsuitable for outdoor activities or long-distance travel. As for the clothes he was wearing, he definitely needed to change into a set of the most popular hunting attire on the Old Continent.

Charlotte took a deep breath. Just as he was about to find an unfamiliar tailor shop, he saw two young men in black coats, with stern faces, leaning on sheathed rapiers, standing at either end of the long street, blocking his path.

Both young men in black coats exuded a sharp aura honed by life-and-death experiences.