Author: M_W Cancer 

Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce

Inside the torture chamber, the soldier, who they now knew was named Gato, has his four limbs chained on a cross-shaped table. The Magic Restriction Bracelet was still on his arms to prevent him from using his Magic Power and casting any Magic spells. 

"Come on, let's end this quick!" Gato prompted while smiling wickedly. He has long been waiting for them to begin torturing him to get information out from him from the moment he was caught. Of course, he is not a masochist or something. It is just that he can't wait to fool them for one last time. 

Honestly, from the very beginning, Gato could have actually just said something that will be considered as betraying the Naughty Elves organization instead of waiting until now. But because of his desire to see their faces in despair after realizing that they have received useless information, he patiently waited. As soon as Leo and the others begin torturing him, he would make fun of them, make them go round and round, before finally giving them useless information about the Naughty Elves organization, specifically a member who is not even in the Emerald Tree Kingdom. 

Naturally, as a member of the Naughty Elves organization, Gato has been trained on what to do if ever he's successfully caught. 

If ever a time comes where all of their methods to kill themselves are taken away from them, which really can't be avoided sometimes, then there is only one last thing left; don't hesitate to betray the Naughty Elves organization by providing useless information but yet could still consider as betraying them to the people that had caught them.

What the Naughty Elves organization didn't mention though is the process of how they should provide the information. Meaning to say, they can do whatever they wanted to do before finally giving the useless information and dying. 

Gato fully knows that since he would die anyways, might as well just enjoy it, right?

"Leave it to me, Leo," Elmont didn't hesitate as he grabbed some kind of metal scissor from the table beside them. He continued, "I'll pluck his nails one by one first, from the toes to the fingers, and then I'll go for the teeth!"

"Oh, I'm scared!" Gato sarcastically exclaimed. 

"Don't bother, Brother Elmont," Leo put his hands in front of Elmont to stop him from doing anything. His lips slowly formed into a mischievous smile as he asked, "You're really having fun, aren't you?"

Hearing Leo's question, Gato smiled widely as he replied, "Of course!"

"Good, because I'll make it even more fun for you!" Leo nodded his head at Angel to signal her. 

In the next moment, Angel grabbed a metal instrument to cover the entire mouth of Gato to prevent him from speaking. 

"Hey! What are you doing? Aren't you supposedly going to torture me to get information from me? This wouldn't let you- blurghhhh..."

Gato was unable to finish his sentence as the metal instrument now covered his entire mouth. He could only shake his head, hoping that the metal instrument for the mouth would move by a bit so that he could continue speaking. In the end, though, he could only make muffled sounds that no one could even make a word about.

"Let me tell you this, Gato," Leo said as he moved his head towards Gato's ears, he then whispered, "We have never planned to torture you or anything from the very beginning. We were simply putting on a show to begin smoking out your accomplices in the Evergreen royal family's castle. Soon, you'll be seeing more of them coming here. And you can't do anything aside from just watching them,"

"You wish to die easily, right? In your dreams!" Leo said before pulling his head away from Gato's ears. 

Gato could only stare at Leo with deep fear in his eyes. A while ago, he was so confident that he could fool Leo and the others. But now that he can't even make a word from his mouth, they would be free to do anything that they want. He finally realized just how stupid his decision was to wait for this very moment. Right now, he understood the real reason why the Naughty Elves organization had said to not hesitate to betray them. It was simply because they wanted them to avoid something similar to what he has just experienced right now.

"Everyone, let's leave Gato here to have fun himself," Leo said as he motioned his hand for everyone to leave the torture chamber. 

As Angel already knew what Leo was planning to do, she quickly opened the door.

Iasiah and the others quickly left and closed the door. After that, they followed Leo for a few tens of meters before they finally decided to stop. 

"I understand now! You simply wanted to use psychology to break down Gato's mental defense, right?" Iasiah quickly asked Leo for confirmation. 

Elmont, Princess Tifa, and Princess Tila also wanted to know the same.

Contrary to their expectations though, Leo shook his head before saying, "No, I'm serious with my plan of smoking out the secret members of the Naughty Elves organization in the Evergreen royal family's castle,"

"That's ridiculous! How exactly do you plan on smoking them out?!" Princess Tifa exclaimed in doubt. 

"Indeed, Gato's accomplices would definitely be careful now that we have captured him. It would be impossible to smoke them out," Princess Tila added.

Unlike the two princesses though, Iasiah and Elmont quickly caught onto what Leo wanted to do. 

"You want to capture Willis?" Iasiah asked Leo. 

"Yes!" Leo nodded his head. 

"But Willis would still not be enough to smoke them out. We need more..." Elmont suddenly stopped on his words as he realized something. His face showed he's shocked as he asked, "Don't tell me you have already found more of Gato's accomplices when those soldiers came to watch us a while ago? But how?"

"You're really smart, Brother Elmont!" Leo can't help complimenting how quickly Elmont was able to realize the reason why. He continued, "Truthfully, I'm still not one hundred percent sure whether they are really secret members of the Naughty Elves organization or not. That's why I need your help to confirm this suspicion of mine. Do you know of a few more people that we could trust? I would like them to secretly follow those people,"

"That's easy!" Elmont quickly nodded his head. He explained, "Aren't you wondering how exactly were all of those records about the butlers were gathered?" 

"Wasn't it because there is a head butler that observes and manages all of the butlers working in the Evergreen royal family?" Iasiah asked.

"We do have a head butler, but his only job is to manage all of the butlers. The real people who record all of those butler's information is my Second Brother's Evergreen Shadow organization," Elmont replied. 

"Wait! If the Evergreen Shadow organization is the one who gathers all of the information about the people working for the Evergreen royal family, then how come Willis's record was crystal clear, then?" Iasiah immediately noticed something strange. 

Out of everyone's expectations, a man suddenly walked out behind the dark hallway in front of Leo and the others. 

It was Elmore!

"Simple, because there is a traitor within the Evergreen Shadow organization," Elmore answered Iasiah's question. 

"Second brother!" Elmont, Princess Tifa, and Princess Tila immediately greeted. 

Leo, Angel, and Iasiah also bowed their heads a bit.

"If it's okay for me to ask, Brother Elmore. What are you doing here?" Leo asked. 

"Well," Elmore motioned his hand to his back. In the next moment, Elvis and Nightingale walked out while bringing with them Willis, "As you can see, Little Brother Leo. We coincidentally have the same exact goal,"

"This is interesting," Leo can't help but think to himself. 

"I long already knew that there are secret members of the Naughty Elves organization in the Evergreen royal family's castle. The only problem though is that it is so difficult to find them, even more, difficult compared to catching the rats in the castle," Elmore shook his head in helplessness, he continued, "But as I heard about father inviting the Guild Leader of the Mischievous Lion Guild to the castle, I immediately realized that with your mysterious identity, the secret members of the Naughty Elves organization in the Evergreen royal family's castle would definitely be interested of knowing about it and will make a move,"

"And just like what I have expected, they indeed made a move," Elmore turned to look at Willis by his side, "The only thing I'm a bit surprised though is that it was actually your group who discovered their whereabouts first. So, I did the honor to lend my hand,"

"At first, we only intended to observe Willis from behind the shadows because it was what Elvis and Nightingale had said to me. But as we saw you showing to everyone that you have caught secret members of the Naughty Elves organization, we immediately caught Willis as well," Elmore grabbed Willis as he pushed him forward, "Here, he's all yours!"