Episode 26. Rules of Travel (2)
Robber No. 1 was taken aback by Lois’s very confident smile and asked.
“Well, that means… “Are you saying there are your guardians around here?”
“no. “I don’t have any.”
“doesn’t exist?”
“huh. doesn’t exist.”
“really?”
“really.”
“… But why did you ask?”
“Think about it.”
Robber No. 1 looked at Lois as if she were dumbfounded.
It was so absurd that he didn’t even notice that Lois was speaking informally in the middle of it.
At that time, Finn, who was hiding in Lois’s collar, whispered.
“What are you going to do?”
“What… … .”
Lois grinned at this and looked at the robbers closely.
‘Wow, this is really happening!’
Lois was a girl whose only hobby was reading novels, comics, and webtoons.
In most of the works he read, bandits or robbers attacked out of nowhere at the beginning of the trip.
Of course, they were all subjected to harsh treatment by the main characters in the novel.
Lois’ eyes widened slightly as she thought about that.
‘How can I take this off?’
To Lois, the robbers looked like walking bundles of money.
He licked his lips as he looked at the robbers.
At this, Robber No. 1 shook his shoulders in shock.
‘What, what? What kind of kid’s eyes!’
An unfamiliar fear, as if in front of a predator.
Robber No. 2 was probably the only one who felt it, as Robber No. 2 was wiping at his subordinates who had stopped.
“What are you doing, you bastards! Why stop at what a kid says! Grab it now!”
Only then did the robbers realize their disgrace and approached Royce and the others again.
While Lois was still thinking about how to rip off the robbers.
“Roy, Roy!”
“Roiiii!”
The twins clung to Lois’ arms.
Sparkling stardust settled in their eyes.
Lois, on the other hand, looked at the twins with cold eyes, as if she was annoyed.
“Well, again.”
“Let’s go play.”
“that’s right! Let’s hang out!”
“Are you going to have fun?”
Lois’ head tilted.
The twins nodded eagerly and said, not paying attention to Lois’ look in her eyes that said, ‘What kind of nonsense are these kids talking about?’
“Yep! “Let’s go visit that guy!”
“I think it’ll be fun!”
The bewilderment on Lois’ face deepened.
He was thinking of robbing them, but they go one step further and go to a den of robbers.
At that moment, Lois’ face became cautious.
‘what… … ? Now that I think about it… Is this okay?’
Lois nodded.
‘If you’re going to rob them anyway, it’s more profitable to rob the main base, right? I don’t think it will take that long, right?
Lois came to that conclusion and raised her hand.
“for a moment!”
Lois’ voice echoes through the mountains.
The robbers flinched again and stopped.
“You bastards again! Not right away… … !”
Robber No. 2 tried to shout at his subordinates as if it were absurd, but it was Royce who hit him first.
“surrender!”
“… ok?”
“I will be dragged along nicely! “Just don’t hit me!”
“… … .”
Robber No. 2 looked dumbfounded at the sight of Lois suddenly shaking with fear and shaking her head.
Either way, Lois was whispering and encouraging the twins next to her.
“Hey, let’s go out and play.” “Manage your facial expressions appropriately.”
“aha! okay!”
“Leave it to me!”
The twins’ expressions, which had been bright red, changed in an instant.
“Huh! sorry… I will listen carefully! “Don’t hit me.”
“Dad! Dadaaaa!”
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Lois was impressed by the twins’ acting, which was much better than hers.
As a result, my suspicions grew even stronger.
‘these guys… It seems clear that acting foolishly is acting… … ?’
While Lois was glaring at the twins with suspicion, the robbers were looking at Robber No. 2.
It meant, “What should I do?”
At this, Robber No. 2 raised his eyebrows and shouted.
“Hey you bastards! Don’t move too fast!”
“… Still, they are kids… … .”
“How about it? I’ll see you when you get back. What are you doing! Don’t tie it up right away! “Are you going to leave me here?”
The robber, who had timidly protested, flinched and approached Lois and the others and tied the children up with rope.
“Ahh! it hurts! Tie it gently!”
“uh… I’m sorry… … .”
Lois shook her head as if she was pitiful as she looked at the robber who responded vaguely to Khan’s grumbling.
Robber No. 1, who was watching the scene, growled at Robber No. 2.
“You bastard, don’t you educate new recruits properly?”
“S-sorry. “I’ll go back and make it real!”
Robber No. 2, scratching his cheek, looked at Royce and the others and asked.
“But aren’t they a little strange?”
“It’s strange.”
“Yes? Why are these kids so fearless… … . “Are they probably a little lacking in spirit?”
“What do you know? They catch them, ask them where their houses are, and if they are in undesirable places, they just sell them to slave dealers. “It looks nice, so as long as you don’t get caught for being a little short, you can get a high price for it.”
“All right! “Hehe.”
While Robber No. 1 and Robber No. 2 were plotting a plan, new robbers took Royce’s group with them.
Robber No. 1, who saw the children hanging by ropes, shouted.
“Come on, let’s go!”
“yes!”
At the command of the captain, the robbers began to return to their base.
The children in their hands happily enjoyed the scenery passing by, tapping their feet like people on a picnic.
* * *
“Hoo?”
The first thing that came out of Lois’s mouth when she arrived at the robbers’ den was an exclamation.
‘This is where robbers live?’
The reason Lois was surprised was because the robbers’ den seemed quite elaborate.
The den was created by digging a hole in the middle of a cliff and, for some reason, the outside light came in.
Additionally, the decorations displayed throughout the interior, revealed in the light, boasted a beauty no different from that seen in the Grand Duke’s castle.
“wow.”
“Wow.”
The twins, who were stamping their feet, also opened their mouths in surprise.
The robber who was carrying the twins probably thought they were cute and asked with a grin.
“Isn’t it cool?”
“Yep!”
“Hehe. “Isn’t this all the work of our boss?”
“boss? “Who is the boss?”
“that is… … .”
The robber who was possessed by the twins was just about to start talking.
“Shut up!”
“Huh! “S-sorry!”
Robber No. 1 glared at his subordinate who was bragging with harsh eyes.
Only then did the robber’s face stiffen as he realized his mistake.
Robber No. 1 growled and said.
“Watch your mouth. These are the kids to sell out to. “If they go somewhere and talk about it, I will blow you all away.”
“Well, I was wrong.”
“Go and throw those bastards in jail!”
“yes!”
The subordinates, who were frightened by the threat of Robber No. 1, rushed out carrying Lois and the twins.
Robber No. 1, who was looking at this coldly, moved away.
Meanwhile, Royce and the others arrive at the prison.
Rattling-.
After being freed from the rope, they closed the bars and watched the robbers disappearing.
* * *
At the moment when everyone had disappeared, Lois touched her collar.
Only then did Finn stick out his head.
“pin.”
“yes!”
Finn quickly came out and flew in front of Lois.
Lois said with a grin.
“Go and see if there’s anything worth robbing.”
“yes!”
After giving a brief salute, Finn leisurely slipped through the bars and moved close to the ceiling.
Lois’ smile deepened as she saw that.
A small shadow gathers next to Lois.
“Roy… “Why don’t we take a look around here?”
“I’m bored.”
The twins whined, unable to bear it any longer.
Lois, who had no intention of moving until Finn returned, opened her subspace and took out several elixirs.
“Now, are you hungry? Let’s eat this and wait for the pin to come. “I’ll just do the sightseeing when the pin comes.”
“okay!”
“good!”
Lois, who had given the elixir to the children, also began to swallow it like a piece of candy.
‘Money money money, gold gold gold!’
Lois hummed happily to herself.
Today, the elixir felt particularly cool and sweet.
* * *
There was a man sitting in a spacious room carving a stone.
A face covered in shaggy fur.
When she sat there, she was so big that her height was the same as that of an adult woman.
Bang bang!
Every time the hammer hit the chisel, the tendons on his massive forearm twitched.
bang! Puseok-.
A block of stone that is cut away with great force.
Soon, Robber No. 1 appeared in front of him and bowed his head.
“boss.”
“Are you here?”
The boss put down the chisel and hammer at the appearance of his trusted subordinate.
He asked, looking at Robber No. 1.
“So, is there any harvest?”
“It’s dog hair. “Recently, monsters have been running amok, so not only merchants but also ordinary passers-by have decreased in traffic.”
“It’s worth it. I get it. “Go and rest.”
The leader nodded.
Because he knew it well.
Strangely, monsters have been running rampant for a few days now.
The leader, who was waving his hand as if he understood, stared blankly at Robber No. 1, who was still standing in front of him.
“why?”
“Hehe. Still, it wasn’t like I had no income at all.”
“Ohh? okay?”
“yes. I picked up three little kids on the road. They seemed like children from a family who were pretty and had a cute personality. “I think we can either extort some money by holding them hostage, or sell them to slave traders for a high price.”
“Kuuuuuu! Good job!”
The boss burst into laughter at his subordinate’s report.
He stood up.
Then his enormous height is revealed.
The height, which seemed to be well over 2 meters, was a height that even a decent adult man could look up to.
Chin chin-.
The leader asked lowly after shaking off the stone dust from his clothes.
“Where are the kids?”
“They put me in jail.”
“Cluck. Let’s go. “These are precious people who will be our source of money, so I should at least see their faces.”
“I will take the lead.”
Robber No. 1 took the lead, and the large leader took heavy steps.
* * *
It’s easy~.
Lois downed the elixir and looked at the twins who were sprawled out as if it were their own home.
“You’re sleeping well… … .”
The children who had been whining about going out to play not long ago looked no different from angels when they were sleeping.
Around this time, Lois was poking the twins’ cheeks.
Thump thump-.
Heavy footsteps were heard from the other side of the prison.
Soon, the hero of the footsteps stopped in front of the prison where Lois and the others were.
“It’s them. boss!”
“Oh my. “It’s a good thing!”
A large man whom Robber No. 1, whom he knows, calls him Boss.
Lois lifted her head and glanced up at him.
‘oh. ‘It’s pretty good, isn’t it?’
The robber leader was strong enough to surprise Lois.
A warrior with tier 3 or higher military power.
He didn’t seem like a person who would rot away due to robbery or something like that.
The eyes of the two people exploring each other meet.
“huh?”
Lois’ head tilted as she felt something familiar.
“huh?”
On the contrary, the leader’s shoulders trembled due to an unknown feeling.
‘W-what?!’
The boss looked embarrassed as his shoulders were naturally shaking.
It was a strange phenomenon that I had experienced for the first time in over 50 years.
‘reel?’
Lois, on the other hand, was analyzing the strange sense of déjà vu she was feeling.
So the two of them faced each other for a while.
“aha!”
As Lois thought for a moment, a flash of color flashed across her face.
At the same time, a bold voice came out of Lois’ mouth.
“Hey there, lump guy.”
“… … .”
There was a moment of silence at the call, which was too bold.
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