The next morning, after the victory party, the capital was in shock from what happened that night in the palace.
It was inevitable, as a legendary pair of thieves infiltrated the castle and stole a magic item from the princess by force.
It must be taken into account that many elite adventurers were there that night, so rumors about the exploits of the silver-haired thief and the one wearing a mask spread throughout the city in an instant.
At the same time, in an inn were the culprits of such commotion.
—Attendant, you are really an idiot! You had a mission! Only one! How could you have screwed it up so much?
A girl with white hair was pacing back and forth in the room with her hands on her head and yelling at the girl in front of him
—Come on Big Boss, you know that for some strange reason Steel doesn't work all that well when it's thrown at girls... at least it wasn't the worst possible outcome...
Right next to Chris was the culprit of his headaches
Satou Kazuma
—What do you mean! Are you even aware of what you stole from Princess Iris?
—Uh? It's just a common ring, it's quite valuable, but it doesn't seem like something crazy enough for you to get so worked up about! ... if it has so much sentimental importance I'll just say that I found it lying around...
—IT'S JUST A COMMON RING? That ring should only be taken from her to give to her future marriage partner! It's literally a death sentence if they find it on you
—Well, it's a shame, but then I'll throw it away…
Kazuma stopped mid-sentence when he noticed that Chris was looking at him with an expression of such anger, that he could only compare it to Aqua when an undead took her drinks…
—I mean, I'll protect him with my life and I won't walk away from him ever again…
Chris took a moment to breathe a few times before returning to his usual friendly expression…
—Well, I trust you! By the way, what time are you going to return to the castle to say goodbye to the princess?
—Are you crazy? I can't go back to the castle, it's in maximum security! I'm sure they'll recognize me at a glance as the brilliant masked thief!
—Don't you want to see the princess again?
That was a low blow, but… is it really worth exposing myself so much just to see Iris?
Obviously yes, after everything I did was to help her, it would be stupid of me not to try to say goodbye to her… after all I don't know if I'll see her again or if she would still see me with such affection if we meet again…
—Well… right now I'm going to say goodbye and pick up Aqua and the others…
—Well, anyway, great job Assistant! I've already sent the divine relic to a place where no one will ever be able to recover it, so don't worry about that. And now it's time for me to go too… after all I'm completely sure that the entire capital is looking for the white-haired girl…
With that said, I jump out the window
—Use the damn door Chris!
Darkness's POV
Morning after the castle robbery
Royal Castle
Darkness woke up because of the noise her companions were making in her room
—Those guys were great! Especially the one with the mask! Those dark black clothes… that aura is just… great! The next time I see him I'll ask for an autograph Megumin excitedly began to jump on her bed
—Huh?
Darkness still sleepy did not finish processing the reason for such a fuss
—Just because those thieves ran away!, I could have taken care of them by myself! Aqua said pretentiously —Fortunately I was able to seal well the object they stole from Princess Iris
The alarms in Darkness's head went off when the words robbery, thieves and Iris were together, so she immediately woke up hysterically began to ask Aqua
—WHAT! WHAT DO THIEVES STEAL SOMETHING FROM PRINCESS IRIS?, AQUA ANSWER ME! " she said while grabbing Aqua by the neck
"Ow!, Darkness hurts!, don't do that! "It hurts"
Megumin seeing the opportunity to show off struck a pose towards Darkness and began to recount the events of the night
—And then they jumped from the princess's floor into the pool and ran away!
—I don't understand how I didn't find out about this…
Darkness was visibly shaken by the fact that they had robbed the castle and she hadn't noticed…
—Oh, that's because you drank alcohol and almost immediately fell asleep…
Had she drank alcohol?… There was the matter of Claire's proposal…
—Girls… last night Claire proposed some very difficult missions, but they would be with the swordsman Misuragi
—Uh? I thought Kazuma couldn't stand that guy, so Kazuma accepted anyway?
—No Aqua it seems that Kazuma wouldn't be on the mission…
—Nah, then no, it would be boring
—Girls, the pay is very good… I also think there are monsters that give a lot of experience and also Kazuma seems to me to prefer to stay at home…
Aqua and Megumin were thinking about the pros and cons of the decision and finally decided that maybe one or two adventures would not affect so much…
—But… how do we tell Kazuma?
—I don't know…
With the decision made, all that was left was to inform her partner of her decision.