ā Aaah~ Iām so tired. I did as much as I could. (Mumuruu)
ā You did more than enough. Thank you. (Takaya)
ā Eheheee~ No problem~ (Mumuruu)
I patted Mumuruuās head as a reward for her hard work.
ā You two seem quite close. (Akane)
ā Why the pouty face? (Mumuruu)
ā This is my face. Are you incapable of remembering any face thatās not Takayaās?
ā Donāt tell meā¦ Are you aiming for Takaya too? Forget about it, heās MY master.
ā āAIMINGā!? What has gone wrong in your life to think Iā¦ I-I would like him!?
ā Hmmmmm~ I wonder~ Takaya, what do you thi-
ā Shall we start our strategy meeting soon!? Dyke, Roar, come here. (Takaya)
ā Sometimes I wish you got kicked by a goat. (Dyke)
ā Next time think about not holding more flowers than you can handle. (Roar)
With the best of timings but oblivious to the situation, Akaneās grosbeak landed on my head.
ā Good job, Grosbeak. Here, have some worms. Theyāre your favorites!
Now we can track the exact position of the banditsā hideout.
ā Itās time to make a plan. (Akane)
ā Plan? We just barge in and kill them. (Mumuruu)
ā Sheās right. Weāll teach them how much limbs can turn before it gets ugly. (Meirir)
ā ā¦
Akane just stood there in silence and looked at me.
ā Understood, then. You two do your thing.
Ć
With Akaneās grosbeak leading the way, we ran back to the place we originally came from.
At first I was skeptical, but thereās no way a trained familiar like this would be wrong.
Something else I noticed is that usually bandits resort to looting because theyāre poor or desperate. But these bandits were too well-equipped for that.
They didnāt look like run-of-the-mill adventurers either.
Which meansā¦
ā I canāt believe weāre here at this hour. Bay Roadās District Fifth. Where most dark guilds are.
Dark guilds undertake quests that canāt be requested publicly, including criminal acts.
Did we happen to be unlucky enough to be found by some bandits walking around? Or did someone hire a dark guild to ambush us?