Is Aqua any help?
...not really. Ria might be though.
"Right, so what exactly is your plan?" Kazuma deadpanned.
"I brought you a lockpick!" Aqua tossed in the implement, which Kazuma caught. "And the guards should be good and distracted, I had Megumin set off an Explosion just outside of town!"
Kazuma looked at the lockpick, and then asked, "Won't running away just make things worse for me?"
"That lord is a real jerk who apparently holds a special talent for holding a grudge!" Aqua shook her head. "He's bound to try to have you killed, no matter WHAT the facts are! So just pick that lock, Fio taught you the skill I'm sure, use Lurk on the remaining guards, get back to the mansion, get your shit together, and head for the station! I'll be waiting for you there!"
"...I don't doubt that you're right about that lord," Kazuma remarked as he stared at the lock on his cell door. "And that's not actually the worst plan you've come up with... Just one big glaring hole in it," he said in a dead tone.
"...what?" Aqua asked.
"They've had thieves with the Lockpick skill in here before," he remarked dryly.
"...and?"
"And the lock is a specially enchanted combination lock that shocks you extremely painfully every time you guess the combo wrong," Kazuma stated casually, his Detect Trap Skill warning him about the second part. "Meaning there's no way to pick it..."
"..."
"..."
"Son of a bitch!" Aqua pouted. "I guess we're going back to the drawing board!" She then ran off.
"...not that I had my hopes up, but that was still disappointing," Kazuma groaned.
"Maybe you need another plan?" Ria asked, sticking her head through the wall, right in front of Kazuma's face.
"Gack!?" he yelped, falling on his ass.
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