“Master!!” cheerfully shouted by Falikh who comes running towards Reysha with a cheerful smile that akin to a blooming sunflower basking under the sunlight.

Reysha’s default response is a frown and irritated face. Her lips are visibly curving downwards as Falikh calls out to her. Hell, he even called her master. Not only Falikh, every single one of the bandits started calling her master.

“This is not what I had in mind…” thought by the sulking Reysha who is right now, already gives up from scolding them not to call her master.

She walks toward the now fully furnished shack of the bandits inside the forest. The greenery isn’t bad. But this season, red and orange dyes the entirety of forest because of the changing season.

The season of Fall has entered the calendar, marking the time where leaves start falling from their branches. The odd but calming scent of the dried woods that, after being basked by the sunlight of summer wafts the atmosphere.

The pleasant noise the dried branches and leaves makes when they are stepped on and… the smoke coming out from the bonfire the bandits made to cook their sweet potatoes!

It has been a month or less since Reysha left the bandits to their own devices due to a news she couldn’t believe she heard.

It was the very same day these bandits robs Asta, a noble from the Breille Kingdom that she heard the baffling news.

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“Please…take me too!” pleaded by the young noble girl who becomes love struck to the band of bandits as she looks at them with upturned eyes. It was a charm that could actually snatch any men’s heart in an instant, but jokes on her, these bandits are different.

“Missy…we just want your belongings…” meekly muttered by Hansen as he moves closer to the young noble lady and slams his hand at the body of the carriage while he looks at Asta with sharp eyes.

“Kyaaaa!~ My heart is not ready!~” squeals by the girl in question as her thoughts becomes a mess from the delusions she is having right now, lewd and obscene delusions involving Falikh and Hansen.

“Please! Spare my lady! If you need someone for your outlet of lust, I volunteer myself!” desperately shouted by Asta’s attendant with black hair neatly braided and twirled at the back of her head and wears a maid outfit, who’s nose is dripping with blood.

Reysha who saw this from afar thought to herself “Even that attendant?!” and proceeds on putting her palm to her face.

As the silly situation continues, Reysha noticed the middle aged coachman who wears a good garb set of workers clothes, who silently sit at the driver’s seat of the carriage.

Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.

Apparently, the coachman also puts his palm on his face as the situation gets worse in a funny direction. He shares the same sentiment as Reysha about this scene…

In the end, Falikh and Hansen prevail at dumping the girl and grabbing their golds and jewelry which both of them didn’t desire.

The noble girl, Asta, reluctantly parts with them with a cute pouting face and teary eyes.

And Amadeo, out of pure curiosity asks “Why are you guys even doing, traveling this path this late?” towards the attendant.

The attendant who saw the visage of Amadeo fidgets and her cheeks becomes flushed and answers his question.

“My lady was called from the Kingdom of Kerias academy back to Breille Kingdom due to her father’s calling. They said that the Kingdom of Breille and Kingdom of Kerias had a few conflicts but somehow, it escalated to a whole new degree of a problem and there are rumors of an outbreak of war.” said by the attendant in one breath as she stares wonderfully at Amadeo.

Reysha who is perking her ears, clearly understands what the attendant has said.

An outbreak of war, although, still unsure.

Reysha is a noble from the Kingdom of Kerias so in hindsight, she is extremely worried of the news that she heard.

Even though from her standpoint, she is older than the parents who gave birth to her in this world, she still loved and cherished her family from the bottom of her heart.

And so, Asta and her companions left dejectedly until she shouted “Sir Bandits! How unfortunate that I got robbed! Oh dear, what should I do when I traverse this forest again after two moon passes, oh dear me!”

“She is obviously giving away her plans with the hope to see these morons again! Also, she seems like she won’t even tell a word about it!” angrily exclaimed inwardly by Reysha.

With that robbery going well, the band of bandit returns to their shack as dusk evolves to night.

“Aww…man…she doesn't have much food with her! I will feel bad taking their only dinner too for their travel!” said by Falikh as he plops on the couch outside the shack, which is directly under an extended roof.

“Well, well, well, isn’t that fine?! We’ve got more valuable gold and jewelries that we can sell! You’re just being a glutton as usual Falikh!” said by the smallest among the bandits.

Eiru is a man with a guise of an innocent boy and an androgynous appearance, platinum blond hair, and cute round eyes with deep blue pupils. He is the one who sells their loots at towns and cities for their income.

“Maaan… do we have something to cook?” lazily muttered by Falikh who is now shaking’s Eiru head because he is bothering him.

“We do have a lot of meat hunted yesterday so I’m going to cook some stew tonight! Amadeo, could you fetch me some herbs and spices as usual?” answered by a man with a well built body.

Teth is the man who everyone needs when they need a miraculous food! Despite his tall and large body, he is one of the most soft-spoken among the bandits. And fair enough, he is also handsome with well trimmed black hair and glaring deep brown eyes. He is also not ashamed that he is only interested in affairs.

“Sure do! I’ll bring them to you quickly so you can start now!” replied by Amadeo as he brandishes his dagger from his leather sheath.

And so, the night goes as the bandits do their usual routines.

Their leader laze around like a pig he is while the others do their own respective businesses like cleaning, cooking and even doing the laundry at the riverside even though the one peeking at the sky is the moon.

The smell of the stew Teth is cooking already wafts in the air, making Falikh salivate. So he stands up from the couch but froze…

“Oh…so this is what I forgot…Ahaha….” nervously spoken by Falikh as he stares at the petite girl in front of him, Reysha.

Everyone who in the vicinity froze and cold sweat swept their backs as they stare in fear of the monstrous girl.

GURURURURU!

“………” the whole place is filled with silence because of the loud sound that was heard by everyone. It was a sound of a stomach rumbling, but neither of the bandit's stomachs exhibited such sound so…

“Ah…Eh…um…D-do you guys…have still a spare…plate left for another person…?” spoken by Reysha as she shatters her pride in front of the bandits. The compelling force the put her in this situation is because of her own stock of food running out and the…

The Delicious smell of the stew that wafts in the young night…