The days in prison passed as usual. Selene did the work given to her by the guards, and the other female prisoners began to dare not approach her for fear that something bad would happen again.
However, some of the other prisoners still held grudges over Selene's earlier remarks calling them lazy pigs.
During the day after lunch, they were left free to do whatever they wanted in the field at the prison. Of course, everything was still under the supervision of the prison guards.
"I want to be in my cell to sleep," Selene complained.
She tried to find a quiet spot, so that no one would disturb her to sleep. But apparently, when she walked past one of the warehouses near the field, she heard a sound that shouldn't be there.
"Ahhn yes yes... Harder, Carl! Harder!" a woman screamed from inside the abandoned warehouse.
"Yes baby, call me that. This pussy is only mine," said the male prisoner named Carl who then slapped the ass of the female prisoner who was making love to him.
The two of them were making love in a disused warehouse, and rarely did anyone pass by the place. Selene peeked inside and found two adults doing something hot in there.
"It's better that you don't have to reprimand them and just leave rather than have other problems come up," said a man standing behind her.
When she looked back, she saw one of the guards standing behind her. The same warden who brought her to the medical room a few weeks ago.
Her eyes glanced at the name tag he was wearing, bearing the name Ronald Watkinson.
"You're going to let them do that inside?" asked Selene, pointing at the two men who were still making noise with their moans.
"Actually, this is an open secret. Everyone in this prison is used to having sex in this warehouse. Whether between prisoners, staff and prisoners or prison guards and prisoners. So everyone already knows about this place, it's nothing new," Ronald explained.
He said that the prison is located far away from the main island of Zondalian. The prisoners would have found it difficult to return home in such a short time. Moreover, they would have to take a boat ride for almost three hours.
Of course they had desires and needs including their biological needs, which were eventually released to the prisoners.
"Then they just do it?" asked Selene again as she folded her arms in front of her chest.
"Usually they get something in return. It could be food, a desired object or something else," the man replied again.
She nodded in understanding when she heard it. It was not surprising because surely some prisoners wanted something and only the prison guards could touch the world outside the prison.
Moreover, Ronald explained that every two weeks there would be a shipment coming with supplies and goods ordered by the prison guards.
"And that's when they will give the promised goods to the female prisoners who have made love to them," he explained.
"I see," she said as she nodded in understanding then turned to Ronald and looked at him meaningfully.
Ronald frowned when he saw Selene's gaze on him. For some reason, he was the only one who looked at Selene like she was a human and not a monster like the other prison guards did.
"Oh, no, no. I'm just here to work and I don't need anything like that. So I won't make love to you. If you want something, just do it with the others," Ronald replied.
That answer actually sounded very innocent which made her chuckle. "You're different from them, huh? You seem much more 'ordinary' than the other warders."
"Huft... Because I actually don't want to work in this place, I'm forced to. So I don't want to do anything weird or I'll get fired," Ronald replied.
He said his family needed a lot of money and the only high paying job was being a guard at Redboiler Prison.
Even though he didn't like it, he had been doing it for three years. He didn't want to be like his other colleagues by doing all those things.
"So you're telling me that even Chief Rothwell didn't know that this warehouse was used to do things like this?" asked Selene while raising one eyebrow.
He nodded, at least that was what he and the others knew. Selene laughed as she was sure Caelum knew about this from the start.
He was silent as long as there were no problems during this process. As long as there were no bad reports such as r*pe or pregnancy, Selene was sure Caelum didn't really care.
"So... He always knows, huh?" Ronald asked cautiously.
"You've been working for him for three years, but you don't know? What do you know about him, hmn?"
"Hmn... Actually, I don't know much about him. But it seems like he doesn't like his own family," Ronald said, suddenly starting a new gossip.
Selene reflexively turned to him and pulled the prison warden to another place to talk alone. It was rare to find a prison warden who spoke normally like her.
When they were some distance away, right under a tree, Selene let go of his hand. "What do you mean he doesn't like his family?"
"You pulled me this far just to ask about that? Hmn... I only heard this from another warden that Chief Rothwell doesn't like his family very much. When his parents died five years ago, he didn't even come to their funeral," he replied.
He explained that the other wardens had told him that Caelum remained in prison, without even appearing to be sad. He didn't go back to Zondalian to see his parents' funeral.
He could have ordered a private boat to come and pick him up. "But he didn't."
She was silent for a moment as she heard Ronald's explanation. Selene felt that Caelum must be hiding his true feelings. He seemed as perfect as ever.
"When I heard that, I wondered. How can a child not feel sad when their parents die and choose not to go to their funeral," Ronald said.
"Not all children live and grow up with love, Ronald. Many things happen and cause wounds that remain buried until they finally kill their hearts and feelings for that person, including their own family," Selene replied as she sat back under the tree.
She closed her eyes, feeling a common bond with Caelum after hearing the news. Moreover, Ronald explained that after the news of the death, a week later Caelum's younger brother came in and was heard making noise in his office.
"What they're fussing about, I don't know. They don't tell me much," he replied and sat down next to Selene like a friend having a conversation.
The two of them chatted under the tree, talking about things in prison. Selene really felt like she had found a friend to talk to because she had been alone.
Until the bell rang, signaling that her free time was over. She had to return to her cell room right then and there.
"It wasn't bad chatting with you, Ronald," she said as she cleaned her clothes.
"Yeah, you're not as scary as they say," said Ronald who understood that Selene was still human.
As he walked back into the prison, Selene entered last.
As soon as she passed through the door and intended to turn left, she bumped into the chest of a fully clothed man in front of her.
"Uhh fuck..." she said while rubbing her nose.
Selene raised her head to see who she had hit. But before she could say anything, the man had already opened his mouth first.
"Did you enjoy your date with him, hmn?"