Two shadows ascend the steep cliff of North Grand at breakneck speed. When nearing its' peak, the tallest peak of North
Grand. The moonlight illuminated the couple.
One of them was a petite, hunchback man in a black suit, wearing goggles to cover his eyes.
The other was a scantily clad woman wearing an eyepatch over her left eye.
「What do you think, Vinegar? This place should be the end right?」
The man wearing googles mumbled annoyingly.
「Maybe~.」
The woman with the eyepatch, Vinegar, replied merrily while rolling a lollipop on her tongue.
「Nevertheless, not even us, the 『Wicked』's information network can catch the tail even after more than six months. Those
information brokers have been toying with us.」
「Damn right, I hate to admit that I agree with you!」
The man wearing googles frowned and,
「So why are you in such a good mood then? Aren't we literally wasting our time doing this fool's errand?」
Squinting his eyes as he asked that question.
「I mean, there's a lot of toys gathering in one place.」
Vinegar showed an agonizing look even though her cheeks were flushed red.
「Aah, you mean that village in the middle of the forest on the way here. Well, they definitely have various things despite
being in the middle of nowhere.」
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The man wearing googles licking his lips,
「Right! The women and children are my to~ys!」
Vinegar unsheathed the knife from his waist and twirling it around with his hands.
「Ain't interested! Anything that isn't treasure isn't in my line of interest. Unless those women and children are valuable, that's
it.」
「He~, Pepper, does that mean you're going to steal my toys?」
Still maintaining the smile on her face, one of Vinegar's eyes turned red as she gripped the handle of the knife she twirled a
moment ago.
「What a jest, we're 『Wicked』 remember? Power is everything.」
The man with goggles, Pepper revealed edged tools from both of his hands, stooping low on the ground.
「…」
「…」
Both of them glared for a while, heaved a sigh, and then put their weapons back.
「Since that's the case, let me to take all the treasure. The women and children are yours. How does that sound?」
「No objection.」
After reaching a mutual agreement, both revealed an eerie smile but,
「So? The information from Sugar is cut off in the village of cat monster right?」
「 That seems to be the case, but, Sugar doesn't seem to be staying in this kind of place though.」
「So it really is a fool's errand.」
「Maybe. But, if we know about the monster cat who killed Sugar, ain't that even more amazi~ng?」
「Even if Sugar is the weakest among us, he's still a member of 『Wicked』. The monster who managed to kill him can be sold
for sky-high prices. We have literally found a treasure.」
「Yeah, that should be enough to make the commander to write off Sugar's failure.」
「Yup. All this talking made me all fired up.」
「Me too…」
Thus, those two entered the North Grand's territory