'You… why are you here?' Misty said as she looked at Barn.
These goons have been causing trouble for her shop for the past few months. Not only did they harass the employees making them leave the shop, they would also come to the shop cause trouble making the shop lose on customers as well.
Misty was already exhausted with how things were standing right now; she did not have enough strength with the goons right now
'Oh… you guys are here… Greet her properly she is my boss and I respect her very much.' A voice came from behind her.
'Huh…' surprised, Misty looked behind her to find Hira inviting the thugs inside the shop.
'You… you called them here? Why?' Misty was heartbroken, to think the one person she had started to put some faith in would end up bringing more trouble to her.
'Don't worry boss, they are not here to cause trouble… oh on that note, all of you, why don't you apologize to my boss for causing all the trouble to her shop. Apologize properly and ask her for forgiveness or we would not be able to talk properly'
'What are you…' Misty reprimanded Hira but was interrupted by Barn.
'You are right my friend… Hira's boss, we are really sorry for our past behavior, we did not know better. Please forgive us.' Said Barn.
'What…' Misty was shocked.
'Yes… boss lady please forgive us, we know it was our fault, we are sorry for our actions.' The other bandits also bent and asked for her forgiveness sincerely.
'This… this… what is going on here' Misty could not believe what was happening right now.
'Oh… you don't need to worry boss; these thugs won't cause us trouble anymore. Am I clear here' he said as he looked at the goons.
'Of course, why would we cause trouble at the place where our friend works' The goons confirmed his statements.
'Friends… they are your friends?' Misty asked.
'Leave the small stuff aside boss, we have a shop to take care of… how about you get yourself together so that we can get down with the plan.' Hira said.
'What plan?' Misty asked.
'Well… no use wasting our time, so how about you guys tell us about your boss, who asked you to cause trouble in our shop?'
Hira decided to ignore Misty and got to the point with the bandits.
'It's Carl, he asked us to cause trouble to your shop. Barn replied.'
'Yep, don't know who this guy is…' Hira thought but it was different for Misty.
'So, its him… no wonder…' She muttered.
…
All eyes fell on Misty.
'Boss… do you know this guy?' Hira asked.
'Yeah… he used to be my father's friend. But now…' She was depressed.
'I don't know why he is doing this… but ever since he and my father returned from a business trip, the relations, he stopped talking to us. Then suddenly my father died. And ever since then, he always tries to make things difficult for our shop in the merchants meet.'
Merchants meet is when the businessmen of the town meet with the Baron, the baron holds this meeting every 3 months to make sure that business in his town is running smooth. Carl is also a merchant who supplies products between towns.
Ever since her father died, and even before that, Carl has always been trying to cause trouble for Misty's shop in the merchants meet. Not to mention, he was somehow able to convince the Baron from allowing her shop to look for mages from outside the town, which was not restricted before.
Not only that the mages in the town themselves are afraid of working with Misty's shop, she feared that Carl had somehow got the Baron on his side, and that does seem to be quite likely.
'oookaay… so do you guys know what he wants?' Hira said as he looked at Barn.
'We don't know, we were just told to cause trouble here, so that she would have no choice but to close her shop, we were also told to not stop until she leaves the town, so we were not going to stop even after her shop closed, but now that we realized our mistake, we won't do it ever again. We are sorry Hira's boss' Barn apologized to Misty again.
…
Misty was silent, she didn't know what to do… On the one hand, she was relieved to know who was the culprit behind her troubles, on the other hand, she knew that even if she knew who the culprit was, she couldn't do anything.
But then…
'Alright… so boss… how do you plan on taking revenge?' Hira asked.
'What…' Misty looked at him.
'You know… you want revenge right… how about it… what do you want to do with this Carl guy?' Hira said.
'What can we even do…' Misty replied. 'We have no power, no support, how are we going to get justice'
'You don't need to worry about that boss. You got me here… And who said anything about justice, we are going to get revenge.' Hira made himself clear again.
… Misty stayed silent, unsure about how to reply to Hira.
'Haa… alright you guys get in line, my boss is going to slap you guys, you caused her a lot of trouble, now its time to pay up' Hira said as he looked at Misty with a smile.
'What are you saying…' Misty was terrified, was Hira out of his mind, asking the goons to get slapped by her.
Step… step… step…
'We are ready lady boss, please slap us to ease your worries, we are Hira's friend and as her boss, you should not be stressed, you can slap us to vent your anger.'
The bandits aligned themselves in a line and asked Misty to slap them.
'W… Wha… What!' Misty could not believe what was happening in front of her.
The thugs… the same thugs who made her life a living mess… were now standing in line, asking her to slap them, only so that she… she could vent her anger?
'Go on…' Hira said.
'Oh, and one more thing boss, please remember this always …, I will never let you suffer again.'
He gave her a bright smile.