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,

helps us project an image of objects through the use

"Stop, you're confusing him"

topic of holographic technology, I rolled my eyes as I pointed at Silug who seemed to be even more confused

"Project? Infra-red? Sensors?"

rubbed his nose in

I got too into

too caught up and almost rambled about

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

forget about

displayed on his watch, Kevin pointed towards

a

leaning in, I looked in the direction of where he was

out, although it looks like there are only three entrances of the castles, if you look at the map close enough you can

image of the castle before me, after a

"Where?"

"Here"

"Oh, I see it..."

to the right, Kevin pointed towards a certain

door, If not for the fact that

fact that there was such a place odd...in

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

I noticed the door, Kevin

of it, this seems to be the exit that the servants of the castle use to dispose the trash and unnecessary items. Although I wasn't able to figure out how many guards are present in

head, I glanced

are you suggesting we sneak

"Yeah..."

of seconds,

reasonable, when

on his chin as he pondered for a moment, Kevin glanced at the castle before him for

I've figured out about that area I'll try to get even more info on it so that we can create a more appropriate plan...so

aback, my brows knit

"A day?"

a bit

doubt on my face, Kevin

thorough we are the less the chances

and seeing the time, my face crumped up

the castle we'll only have eight hours before we are

me from the corner of his eyes, Kevin nodded his

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

for a second and fully looking at me, Kevin

more time and if so I can just do a short skimming and we can go in a couple of hours,

going to go stay there for long, Kevin estimated

only going there to collect a few things, staying there more than eight hours wouldn't really be the best idea since

with my brows knit even tighter, after a while, my brows eventually loosened

right, do

about it for a while, I knew that Kevin was

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

weighing the ups and down, I decided to go along with

what if we ended

caught

Haste made waste.

at

get a proper read on

...

"How long?"

"Shhh..."

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

"...soon"

scanning the perimeter of the castle

the door was used and who was guarding it and who was leaving it, Kevin was able to come up with an appropriate plan on

his plan I couldn't help but scratch my head