He is a legendary prison guard

Chapter 11 
Poahim, What Is This?

“Haan…”

Shi-hyun, who was working the night shift at the detention center, yawned sleepily.

People preparing for civil service often talk about how night shifts for correctional officers are the best of the best.

You just have to patrol every hour and can read books too.

Plus, you get to sleep for four hours in shifts.

But the reality?

… There really wasn’t much to do.

If an emergency patient or urgent situation arose, it would be a headache, but those situations were quite rare.

Of course, working night shifts takes a toll on your health.

Shi-Hyun took a patrol and reported via TRS before slumping in his chair, staring blankly.

“Why isn’t anything happening?”

He muttered to himself to shake off some drowsiness.

For a little over a month, he had been going on raids every weekend, but he hadn’t seen a single humanoid monster.

Perhaps because it was E-rank, the raids were surprisingly easy, so there was no pressure.

He was making a decent amount of money.

However, it was a bit frustrating that he hadn’t encountered any humanoid monsters.

Meanwhile, a new quest related to wisdom, mental strength, and magic had appeared concerning the prison.

Although it had been a while since his magic growth had stopped, he still held onto some hope that it might increase this time.

The sexual desires of prisoners have been a problem since ancient times. Poahim periodically confines male and female prisoners whose desires have built up to solve this issue. Poahim wants to see you resolve the prisoners’ sexual desire problem.

[Quest: Help the prisoners relieve their sexual desires. 0/30]

… It was a terrifying story.

To confine them just to relieve their sexual desires.

What is this, Mr. Poahim?

Is there no human rights there?

Of course, he understood that it was a serious issue.

A supervisor he worked with when he was a newbie once said something like this:

“Younger women shouldn’t come to observe.”

“Is that so?”

“When they see young women, they go crazy for the whole day.”

“They go crazy?”

“They’re tormented by thoughts of women. Even going to the bathroom doesn’t help.”

At the time, it seemed like a vague comment, but he understood what it meant while working.

Even Saint Francis of Christianity couldn’t suppress his sexual desires and suffered with thorny roses, so what about the inmates?

“By the way, I think I understand why this quest popped up.”

Shi-Hyun muttered again to himself.

It seemed somehow related to the current situation in the prison.

Last week, in the security block, there were three cases of inmates hiding psychotropic drugs caught in two different blocks, which made the security chief furious.

Psychotropic drugs can be deadly in large amounts, so they are closely monitored. Typically, drug offenders would gather and turn them into powder, aiming for hallucination effects.

Despite correctional officers keeping a close watch, sometimes they could cleverly hide them between their fingers or drop them at their feet, making them easy to miss.

Shi-Hyun had experienced this once and had to write a report; it was almost like magic how quickly a pill could disappear from between fingers.

Anyway, the security chief, known for being strict, wouldn’t let this slide with three cases.

It was natural for the responsible correctional officers to submit reports, and to maintain discipline, they conducted thorough searches of all inmates.

As a result, even the risqué photos of women that the inmates had were all disposed of. Photos of women in only underwear that had been stuck inside the cells were all torn down.

These were usually overlooked items, but they had no choice under the security chief’s orders.

It seemed they wanted to set a strong example this time.

Thanks to that, even the well-ordered block where Shi-Hyun worked had to dispose of all the risqué photos.

That was already a week ago.

It was about time to lift the ban, but there was still no news.

And then the quest appeared.

Had it piled up too much?

It seemed necessary to secretly supply something.

Although it would go against the security chief’s orders, there was no guilt about it.

Shi-Hyun’s block was well-ordered, and the inmates didn’t dare to complain, but he heard that there were voices of discontent from other blocks saying it was too harsh.

Yeah, it was too harsh, humanely speaking.

Prisons are places where people live, after all.

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Before heading home, Shi-Hyun stopped by a bookstore, tired from his night shift.

His hand picked up a magazine.

It was marked with a red adult rating.

Since it was sealed and he couldn’t see the contents, he bought one.

As he walked, he tore it open and skimmed through it; as expected, being a Korean magazine, it felt too tame.

If he was going to relieve the tension, it would be better to use high-quality, spicy photos.

Shi-Hyun called his friend Sang.

What’s up? Why are you calling so early?

“Are you on your way to work?”

No, I just got to the office and am having a quick smoke.

“Do you have any adult magazines?”

What kind of nonsense is that?

Sang hyuk sounded taken aback.

“I’m serious. I need it; do you have any adult magazines?”

Seriously, I do have some.

“Foreign ones. Japanese or Western ones are fine.”

I’ll give you both. Hey, are you feeling lonely since you broke up with Su-jin and can’t sleep at night?

“Not like that, so don’t worry. Do your job well; I’ll stop by your place for dinner later. I’ll bring something to eat as a token of appreciation.”

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‘As expected, foreign ones are the real deal.’

He had brought the photos he had cut out yesterday in a small bag he always carried when entering the block.

Since the quest required 30, he planned to distribute them to a few middle and large blocks, ignoring the fire safety regulations.

So he had carefully selected about five high-level photos to bring. Of course, while cutting them out, he also enjoyed the view.

“Supervisor, it’s time for lunch.”

Shi-Hyun glanced at his wristwatch and said to Supervisor Park Young-hwan.

Since they couldn’t leave the block, the responsible officers took turns having lunch for 45 minutes.

And that time was the optimal time, Shi-Hyun thought.

During that period, no one in the block could touch him.

“Oh, has it been that long? Then I’ll go have my meal, so please take care.”

Young-hwan said that and walked out of the block.

Once he completely left, Shi-Hyun stood up from his seat.

Forty-five minutes should be enough.

‘CCTV is in place, so it’s fine.’

There were many CCTV cameras, but the central control room couldn’t see everything in the cells. Even if they could, it would be hard to figure out exactly what a correctional officer was doing by the window.

It was a simple task to distribute the photos in the middle and large blocks where they wouldn’t be easily seen. As long as the inmates kept quiet and the evidence photos disappeared, it wouldn’t be discovered.

And this was something Shi-Hyun was better at than anyone else.

Large Block 4.

Middle Block 1.

This should be enough.

First, he headed to Block 16.

He tapped on the window near the corner.

“Hey, let’s have a chat.”

“Ugh… Why, why are you doing this?”

Just making eye contact made the inmate by the window panic. Not wanting to meet his gaze, he looked away awkwardly.

“Everyone, pay attention.”

“Yes, sir!”

The inmates suddenly sat up straight as if they were being inspected.

“Don’t be so tense. I’m giving you something good.”

“….”

They seemed even more nervous.

Shi-Hyun scratched his head.

He decided to show rather than tell.

He pulled out the risqué photos he had cut out from his pocket and slid them through the window gap.

“Ugh!”

“Oh my!”

The inmates gasped, their eyes widening at the sight before them.

If Shi-Hyun hadn’t been a figure of fear, they might have jumped up to grab them.

“I’m giving this to you especially, so make sure to use it well. Oh, and if you’re done using it, tear it up and eat it.”

That was the most reliable way to dispose of it.

“I’ll eat it!”

“I’ll enjoy it!”

Well, there was no need to enjoy it.

Shi-Hyun left the room with a bewildered expression and headed to the next block.