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, Kevin

human technology and it helps us project an image of objects through the use

"Stop, you're confusing him"

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

"Project? Infra-red? Sensors?"

at Silug, Kevin rubbed his

I got

got too caught up and almost rambled

junky, I didn't think too

about that, have you

attention back to the holographic image displayed on his watch, Kevin pointed towards a certain

a look

words, leaning in, I looked in

like there are only three entrances of the castles, if you look at the map close enough you can see that there is another one not so far from the

the castle before me, after

"Where?"

"Here"

"Oh, I see it..."

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

relative to the door, If not for the fact that Kevin pointed it out for me, I would've never been

was such a place odd...in

place, with the red book in my hand, I didn't have

noticed 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 that place, from the looks of it there are no more than two guards. But it doesn't really matter as what we should truly care about is

head, I glanced

so are you suggesting we sneak

"Yeah..."

for a couple of seconds, nodding my

sounds reasonable, when should

for a moment, Kevin glanced at the castle

try to get even more info

aback, my brows

"A day?"

a bit

doubt on

more thorough we are the less the chances of something bad

and seeing the time, my face crumped

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

the corner of his eyes, Kevin

but since you said that the castle is the last place we need to go, I don't think

a second and fully looking at me,

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

there for long, Kevin estimated that eight

going there to collect a few things, staying there more than eight hours wouldn't really be the best idea since each passing second they spent there could lead to situations where they could get

Kevin speak, with my brows knit even tighter, after a while, my brows

you're right, do your

about it for a while, I knew

carefully around the enormous

and down, I decided to go along with

if we ended

reduce the chances of getting caught whilst infiltrating the castle,

Haste made waste.

at Kevin, I nodded my

get a proper read on the

...

"How long?"

"Shhh..."

his finger on his lips, Kevin looked towards

"...soon"

a whole day scanning the perimeter of the castle as he got a proper read on the

times in which the door was used and who was guarding it and who was leaving it, Kevin

of his plan I couldn't help but scratch