The Author's POV

Staring at Kevin who was busy controlling his drone in the air, I impatiently asked.

"You got something?"

Staring at his watch as he monitored the drone in the sky, Kevin shook his head.

"Nothing yet"

It's been about a couple of hours since Kevin, Silug, and I were waiting outside of the perimeter of the castle.

As Kevin was able to enter the castle through the use of a skill that he had acquired a couple of months prior back in the novel, for obvious reasons, I couldn't replicate the same method he had used to enter the castle.

...If only there was only a secret passage.

*Sigh*

Sighing inwardly, I knew that lamenting at my past decisions was stupid as my past self would've never been able to know that I was going to enter my own novel.

...but I still did it anyway as I needed someone to vent my frustrations against.

In the end, as I didn't know of any secret passage that led to the inside of the castle, we could only scout the castle using Kevin's drone to get a better idea of how to sneak in.

Interlocking my arms together as I stretched my body, I asked.

"How much more time do you need?"

Staring at his watch intently, Kevin shook his head.

"I'm not sure, because I don't want to get caught I'm currently operating the drone at an altitude of four kilometers...it's hard to get a proper read from that height"

Surprised by the information, I asked.

"four kilometers?"

"Yeah, since we aren't sure on who is in the castle, the safest height to surveil would be that"

"I see..."

Kevin's words weren't without merit.

Although Marquess Azeroth wasn't present in the castle, as we still weren't fully aware of who was inside, it was never wrong to take extra precautions.

Moreover, since demons could fly, the chances of the drone getting discovered weren't low despite the fact that it had a cloaking system.

Thus, such a high altitude made sense.

Plus, with how advanced technology was, that height still didn't impede the drone from scanning the castle below.

"Alright, I think I got a general idea of the layout of the castle"

After another ten minutes of surveying the castle, nodding his head, Kevin tapped on his watch as a three-dimensional model of the castle appeared before him.

"Good"

"Khhr...hm?"

Taken aback, Silug who was standing next to Kevin showed a surprised look on his face as he looked at the holographic image that appeared before Kevin.

Pointing towards the castle, he curiously asked as his deep voice resounded across the area.

"What is that?"

Turning towards Silug, speaking in Latrvian, Kevin responded.

"It's called a hologram and one of the castles before us"

Confused, Silug repeated.

"Hulogram?"

his head, Kevin

and it helps us project an

"Stop, you're confusing him"

at Kevin who was about to delve into the topic of holographic technology, I rolled my

"Project? Infra-red? Sensors?"

rubbed his nose in embarrassment as he

got

got too caught up and almost rambled about his

junky, I didn't think too much of his behavior

matter, forget about

image displayed on his watch, Kevin

a look

leaning in, I looked in the direction of where

are only three entrances of the castles, if you look at the map close enough you

to get a better look at the holographic image of the castle before me, after a minute, not seeing it, I glanced

"Where?"

"Here"

"Oh, I see it..."

the holographic image and moving it to the right, Kevin pointed towards a certain section of the castle

was relative to the door, If not for the fact that

find the fact that there was such a place odd...in the end, I didn't dwell too

really was something off about that place, with the red book in

that I noticed

to dispose the trash and unnecessary items. Although I wasn't able to figure out how many guards are present in that place, from the looks of it there are

head, I glanced at Kevin and

are you suggesting we sneak

"Yeah..."

thinking for a couple of seconds, nodding

when should

moment, Kevin glanced at the castle before

figured out about that area I'll try to get even more info on it so

aback, my brows

"A day?"

a

the doubt on my face,

are the less the chances

and seeing the time, my face crumped up a

castle we'll only have eight hours before we are forced to

at me from the corner of his

said that the castle is the last place we need to go, I don't think we'll need to spend more than

and fully looking at me,

more time and if so I can just do a short skimming and we can

to go stay there for long, Kevin estimated

eight hours wouldn't really be the best

after a while, my brows eventually loosened as

right,

it for a while,

fact that we were going to be moving slowly and carefully around the enormous castle, there was a small chance that it might not be enough time given that

the ups and down, I decided to go along with

ended up wasting

reduce the chances of getting caught whilst infiltrating

Haste made waste.

looking at Kevin, I nodded my

take your time and get a proper

...

"How long?"

"Shhh..."

lips, Kevin looked towards the distance. Towards a certain part

"...soon"

planned, Kevin spent a whole day scanning the perimeter of the castle as he got a proper read

who was leaving it,

his plan I couldn't help but scratch