Netori: Stealing The Hero's Party!

Chapter 512 I'll Give You Everything I Have!

while raven and monty were busy mingling back at the mansion, the others left at the nameless inn had their own struggles to get through. being informed of their parentage must've finally settled their heart and yet the only thing it had managed to do was rouse a fire that had nearly extinguished.

however, the worst of it was not felt by the people suffering through those tides of emotions, instead, it was those on whom rested the grim silence. moxy, she knew how things were and the direness of the situation. everyone had their woes and being surrounded by it, she too could feel a strange pressure bogging her emotions.

laying in bed and flopping around, she couldn't fall asleep no matter how much she tried, it was almost as if a phantom was closing in on her yet the hands of which she could only sense and not see at all. growing uneasy from feeling such a way, she sat upright on the bed and looked to the other side of the room where choux was sleeping soundly.

'i guess she's used to loss, poor thing...' the mere fact that the heaviness didn't affect her at all was quite concerning, but to think she was but a child in one way or the other, made her suffering seem eternally worse. 'i feel so out of place here.' explore more stories at empire

suffering in her own way, moxy decided to take a walk through the corridor and perhaps clean up her head on the balcony later. slipping out of bed without making a sound, she walked up to the door and quickly moved out. however, right as she was locking the door from the outside the merchant who'd just returned from her meeting with the revolutionaries bumped into her side.

quickly taking a step away while moxy straightened herself, mercedes squinted her eyes to properly look at the fox girl in the dark. her fae vision not as vibrant as those with fae blood, she didn't see the young girl in the corridor as she walked into her.

"going somewhere this late?" she asked, brushing right past her abruptly bumping into her.

her vision sharp and focused on the merchant, moxy couldn't help but wonder where she was coming from this late of an hour? yet having no intentions to push her for the matter, she simply rolled her eyes and decided to answer.

"i just wanted to get some fresh air, it's stuffy in that room," the moment those words left her lips, the clatter of something downstairs alerted the demi-human ears.

"i want you to kill that merchant, i'll give you everything in return, this place, its deeds and all the gold i've saved throughout my life. i'll give it to you right now if you promise to get rid of that girl before she succeeds in whatever dark intentions that she has for our city."

stunned beyond comprehension, moxy's mind froze in place. her lips quivered and jumbled out nonsense as her body awkwardly twitched here and there. to kill a person, a bounty–she'd never been asked of such a thing, after all, she was neither an adventurer nor a soldier, and to kill another humanoid, well that–was miles apart from gutting a fish in the kitchen.

"i–uhm...i'm not an adventurer, i'm just their chef, i guess?"

"then have them do it, i'll pay," the old woman reassured, leaving her speechless.

'why does she want her dead?!' freaking out internally not knowing what baba knew, moxy couldn't open her mouth much less give the old woman an answer.

moments after their conversation, she was back in her room contemplating what to do, all the while the rest of the party members were finally sound asleep in their beds. dreaming about a life with their parents that they themselves never got to see, every one of them was much happier at the end of the night than the anxious fox-girl rolling in her bed.

war, conflict and battles, that night one fact became very clear to moxy–she wasn't meant for battle, much less travel with a group that was often faced with such mortal perils.

'i...i guess i'll talk to raven about it when he returns?' with that thought, she continued to struggle to fall asleep, and even as morning approached she hadn't had a lick of sleep.

too bad for her, even when she wakes up–raven would be busy handling the girls at athenia and getting the princess and robin to join in their mission to infiltrate the castle of royals up above the mountains.nôv(el)b\\jnn