Chapter 3 (1/2)

As the brigands had a great time, they heard rustling from the gra.s.s near den. Then, four men, who seemed very perilous, suddenly appeared in front of them. It did not take long untill they saw the four men’s faces that were illuminated by the fire’s glow.

The men were also part of the brigands’ party. As those who move around the forest would most likely either those of the brigand or goblins, some of the brigands took out their knives against them, while the others seemed unsurprised.

One of the brigands went to tear the meat he was holding and asked the biggest man of the four people.

“Brother, how is the harvest today? “

The man termed as ‘ Brother ‘, raised a bundle of money proudly to them. All the brigands looked at it in amazement happily, however, the a.s.sistant boss merely stared at the bundle.

The girl was a little unsatisfied and directly questioned man with wrinkled face.

“Excuse me, boss, but where did you get that money from? “

“It finally came. “

The man probably already knew that the girl was going to ask him this question and easily lied to her without any change in his expression or tone. However, it was impossible for him to hide his fear, causing sweat to drip down his face. However, the other brigands all a.s.sumed that the man was sweating due to the heat from the fire.

“Hahaha! We found out a old rich man lying on the floor, drunken completely, so we just brought it back. “

“ Nonetheless, brother doesn’t care whether he was a poor or rich! “

“Stupid, no that! It’s because the man is rich, so brother didn’t care! “

All the brigands just believed simply to what the man said, but the girl was not stupid. She already knew that the man was lying to her.

Who will bring money out drunk? It was as good as gone unless one had tools or were prepared to fight.

Her face was wrinkling but she did not say anything as she knew that if she kept questioning the man, it will not be good for her in the end. The girl sighed and trudged her way towards the corner. She was rather displeased, but she merely spoke one sentence and walked away.

“Then, I’ll go and rest. “

“Sure, children should sleep early. “

She did not care about the scornful laugh behind her and merely went to the corner, covering herself up with a blanket.