“Come here, come here!”  Said by Salis as she pulls Reysha over to her side on the couch and drank a bottle of booze. “Nothin’ like a good drink with a side dish on a breezy night like this!” she added as she tried to shove liquor to the annoyed smaller girl in her embrace.

“Let me go! You reek too much you barbarian!” Reysha protested as she forcefully removes Salis hand from her shoulder. “Hey, you two, someone stops her!” she added as she looks at Lisb and Ury for help.

“Hahaha! Sorry, she’s a little wild when she sips her first liquor for a while. Drinking is one of our pleasures after all.” Lisb said as she peacefully sips her own liquor beside Spoof and Morio who are in the same mood of a drink.

“Un…really tipsy…” Ury added with a little nod.

Reysha noticed that Spoof was drinking the liquor even though he still has the mouth mask on his face. If she correctly remembers, he also wore it even though she got all of them naked once. She tried to figure how the hell this guy drinks like that.

“Nevermind…” She said inside her head as she gave up in racking her brain on how logic works for him. “Damn fantasy world logic…” she followed in her mind.

The door opens and Hansen enters.

“Ah, it already started eh? I think I’ll help myself.” He said as he heads towards Falikh who is partying together with Amadeo and Furan. The other bandits are dancing and playing around like little children.

“So, what happened to the scum princess?” Aspara sheepishly asked with a red face from drinking.

“Ah, she is still a princess and her absence from her territory would worry the king so I show her the way out of the forest. She rode on her carriage back to the castle.” Hansen explained as he started pouring liquor on his cup.

“Is that so? I wanted to see her getting wasted. It must be nice that she lives the closest! On the other hand, I need to travel for days back to my kingdom!” Aspara angrily said as she gulped down a cup full of liquor down to her throat.

“Anyways, this place became really great thanks to us! It’s a nice place to hang out once in a while, unlike back in our cave! I wish we can earn our own assets to upgrade our own place.” Salis said as she slouches in the couch while still holding Reysha in her arms.

“I am not drinking. It’s bad for your health and I am just still sixteen years old.” Reysha said as she finally accepted the fact that Salis won’t let her go. Also, an oni’s natural strength is unbelievable that she can’t pull out. She may but she’ll be hurting Salis in the process.

“Sixteen years old?! Miss Einhart, as early as the age of thirteen, one could already drink you know. What kind of bumpkin are you?!” Aspara mockingly said as she sways the cup in front of Reysha. “Well, it’s not my loss! It is as this oni said, this is a good place. I do wonder where you did get your funding for things.” Aspara followed.

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“*gulp*” Falikh can only swallow his spit as Aspara touches a really painful topic.

“You see, four months ago, some uncultured people, ah, Miss Fleur is an exception. Four months ago, people infiltrated the castle. I’ll keep them anonymous.” Aspara said, however, her intoxicated self messed up her wordings and everything becomes obvious.

“Some of oooooour valuable treasures have gone missssssssing and never to be seen again. Compareeeeeeed to eeeeeeverything we have, it’s nothing, however, it’s a little painful that we got rooooobbed” Aspara purposely put some stress to some words while taking a long side glance at the sweating and pale Falikh.

“Ahaa..a.haha….haa…That’s really u-u-unfortunate…ha..ha..haa…” Falikh nervously laughs and put on a fake sympathy.

“It doesn’t matter anymore…what we lost, we can immediately earn in a month now that we are able to put a tax on our exported products.” Aspara replied with a sobered face and serious face.

“Well, well, Falikh is a full pledge bandit that he even robs us sometimes himself.” Lisb who didn’t even bothered reading the atmosphere at all and just spoke her mind out.

“It’s freaking obvious that no one wants to mention a name! How could she just blurt that out! Even I wouldn’t bother saying that…”  Reysha shouted inside her mind. “Also, what kind of balls do you have to rob another bandit, oni no less?!”

A strum of string resounds the room as Morio descends from the second floor.

“My, my, can we stop such unpleasant chatter.” Morio said as he took a seat near Salis and Reysha. “Since we are in a good time now, we don’t we chat something more nostalgic. Miss Salis, if you would, won’t you tell us something about the demon kingdom?” Morio asked with a smile on his face.

“Oh, that’s a good idea! I want to know what’s happening there, especially the demon lord.” Aspara becomes interested as the topic shifted to something related to her goals.

Salis, Lisb, and Ury shifted their eyes to Aspara with great shock. Salis herself broke out in a faint smile as she remembered something.

The other bandits sensed that there is something interesting going on so they stopped whatever stupid they are doing and paid attention to Salis who is about to talk.

“Right…this is not something big. I can tell you guys what’s up with the demon kingdom and some recent events there, however, in return, I want to hear about your society as well, no? That’s a fair trade I believe.”  Salis said as she looks at everyone.

“No problem, I believe you want to know about such thing since you are a bandit yourself. If it is possible, tell us about your profession as well. Hearing things from us would greatly benefit you since you’d know what are the good stuff.” Aspara replied with another menacing smile.

“You are quite a human with guts. I think you are not your everyday magician huh.” Lisb said as she tried to intimidate Aspara.

“Hey, this is hardly the place to start such strife.” Reysha said as she took some distance from Salis and showed them what true intimidation is.

“Woah, calm down flatty! We get it, this is your turf. Hahahaha!” Salis immediately said as she laughs with a sweat dripping to her cheek.

Aspara just quietly sighs as she caught another glimpse of the Einhart Household’s most powerful monster. She despised Reysha in the past for having potential and talents that she didn’t have, however, ever since she and Reyhsa become allies from the previous endless discussion, she felt a little closer to her.

“Sheesh, for a small critter like you, you packed some power, huh…” Salis said as she took another sip of liquor. “Since someone put me in my place, I guess we will proceed with the storytelling with no further distraction.” Salis added.

“We will start off with the day the new demon lord arrived at the kingdom…” Lisb added.