9 Priorities (1/2)

A missing leader...

She did not hear anything while stealing food but if Tarou's intel is correct, something major is bound to happen.

'Did the boss run into another gang and got killed? What about the young lady? What does it have to do with her?'

While she ruminated, Tarou continued, ”The bandit camp is temporary. The group planned to return to their main hideout today, but their leader is still away. Everyone is worried that the emperor's men caught him.”

Mina looked at the mouse. ”What do you mean? Was that young lady kidnapped? Why will the emperor chase after her? Is she the emperor's woman.”

'The plot thickens! I feel like I have been sucked into an ancient story. This is interesting.'

The mouse looked at her. Remembering that Boss knew nothing, not even its ability to communicate with other animals, he sighed. A reminder of the morning's event fleeted through his mind, making him shudder. Boss didn't even know how if it's male or female. Sigh.

”Don't you have any idea of who that young woman was?” this time he asked trying as hard as he can not to berate the cat for being ignorant.

Tarou bit the cheese on his hand, chewing it slowly while looking at the cat as if she is some dumb animal. It was too late to mask his expression since the cat's sharp vision already caught on what he was implying.

Feeling the need to defend her intelligence, she hissed back, ”I'm a special cat, of course, the affairs of the emperor is not important to me. I'm curious that's all”

Not willing to yield to her underling, her tail held out straight and stiff, the pupils on her eyes narrowing as her gaze focused on each movement of the mouse feasting on cheese.

At the moment, all the mouse saw was a black cat on the brink of pouncing on him for being disrespectful. The feral look put him in place. He swallowed the large chunk of cheese in his hand in shock, almost choking as the soft lump lodged on his throat.

'So, this look does work!'

Without diverting her gaze, she maintained her serious tone.

”So what exactly happened? Tell me.”

The mouse was still reeling from swallowing the whole cheese in one go. But the cat's tone meant serious business, prodding him to speak up.

”The lady in the tent is some kind of princess.”

Mina became thankful she's a cat after hearing the word ”princess.” She may be from a modern era, but she knows that people in the past were fond of beheading, torturing, and killing anyone for petty reasons.

If she was a person, that woman would have her head after what she did. Although she wouldn't be slobbering saliva all over someone else's food if she was a person! Maybe she would have had to spit on her meal if she was totally irritated with her.

”She was supposed to marry a prince from another Kingdom.”

Looking at the cat whose whiskers are ears pricked towards him, he continued.

”The bandits' boss took her away before the fire.”

The mouse's whiskers wiggled, his eyes went from the cat to his home. Looking to the left, the mouse lifted a paw to scratch his head before offering more information hesitantly under the intense gaze of Boss.