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?"

head,

it helps us project an image of objects through the use of infrared sensors

"Stop, you're confusing him"

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

"Project? Infra-red? Sensors?"

Silug, Kevin rubbed his nose in embarrassment as

got

too caught up and almost rambled about

didn't think too much of

matter, forget about that, have you

displayed on his

take a look

in, I looked in the direction of where he was

at the map close enough you can see that there is another one not

the castle before me, after a minute, not seeing it, I glanced at Kevin and asked him to point it out

"Where?"

"Here"

"Oh, I see it..."

to the right, Kevin pointed towards a certain section of the castle where a small wooden

for the fact that Kevin

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

off about that place, with the red book in my hand, I didn't have to

that I noticed the door,

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

glanced at Kevin and

you suggesting we sneak from

"Yeah..."

for a couple of seconds,

reasonable, when

for a moment, Kevin glanced at the castle before him for a couple of

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

my brows

"A day?"

a bit too

on

the more thorough we are the less the chances of

my watch and seeing the time, my face crumped up

day surveilling the castle we'll only have

from the corner of his eyes, Kevin nodded his

we need to go,

a second and fully

and if so I can just do a short skimming and we can go in a couple of hours, but the chances of something going wrong

go stay there for long, Kevin estimated that

collect a few things, staying there more than eight hours wouldn't really be the best idea since each passing second they

with my brows knit even tighter, after

right, do

about it for a while, I knew that Kevin

slowly and carefully around the enormous castle, there was a small chance that it

I decided to go along with

we ended up

we could reduce the chances of getting caught whilst infiltrating the castle, I was

Haste made waste.

far, resolutely looking at Kevin,

take your time and get a proper read on

...

"How long?"

"Shhh..."

finger on his lips, Kevin looked towards the distance. Towards

"...soon"

the perimeter of the castle as he got a

which 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 how to infiltrate the castle which

his plan I