Tidehunter Neptulon remained perfectly still, behaving himself.
He offered no resistance at all, and he had his reasons for taking that stance.
To be honest, if escape had been possible, why would Tidehunter Neptulon have chosen to remain imprisoned? He might have been quick to anger, but he was certainly no fool, nor was he someone who enjoyed being abused or treated as a test subject.
The fact that Tidehunter Neptulon still had no intention of escaping naturally came down to his own considerations.
Limas had contacted Tidehunter Neptulon beforehand about this escape attempt.
But given the circumstances at the time, his words had been vague. He could not possibly speak openly, and Tidehunter Neptulon had failed to work out what he meant at first. After all, Limas had only given him hints. They had been in the Underground Prison then, and no matter who came to see Tidehunter Neptulon, they could not send the people from the Kingdom of Gilneas away.
They had to remain under the Kingdom of Gilneas's surveillance.
And under that surveillance, there were naturally things they could not spell out. They had to speak in obscure, roundabout terms. If they made their meaning too plain, the Kingdom of Gilneas would find out, and that would not do either.
Still, the message Limas had passed along was not all that difficult to understand.
Taken entirely on its own, those words naturally made no sense. That had been Limas's intention.
They could not be understood in isolation. Only once Limas began to act would his earlier words start serving their purpose.
Tidehunter Neptulon immediately grasped what he had meant.
Limas had, indeed, been extremely cautious in his approach.
Only when Limas followed up with action could anyone understand the meaning of those words. Even if someone saw