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,

helps us project an image of objects through the

"Stop, you're confusing him"

the topic of holographic technology, I rolled my eyes as I

"Project? Infra-red? Sensors?"

rubbed his nose in embarrassment

got

too caught up and almost

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

about that, have

image displayed on his

a look

I looked in

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

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

"Where?"

"Here"

"Oh, I see it..."

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

of how grand the castle was relative to the door, If not for the fact that Kevin pointed it out for me, I

that there was such a place odd...in

something off about that place, with the red book

noticed the door, Kevin

how many guards are present in that place, from the looks of it there are no more than

head, I glanced at

suggesting we sneak

"Yeah..."

couple of seconds,

reasonable, when

for a moment, Kevin glanced at the castle before him

more info on it

my brows knit

"A day?"

a bit

the doubt on my

the less the

watch and seeing the time, my face

surveilling the castle we'll only have

at me from the corner of his eyes, Kevin nodded his

place we need to go,

fully looking at

a short skimming and we

go stay there for long, Kevin

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

brows knit even tighter, after a while, my brows

you're right,

for a while, I

and carefully around the enormous

after weighing the ups and down, I decided to

we ended

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

Haste made waste.

thus far, resolutely looking at Kevin, I

get

...

"How long?"

"Shhh..."

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

"...soon"

the perimeter of the castle as he got a proper read

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 he

I heard of his plan I couldn't help but