Although it is a bit shabby, this heroic spirit is super strong

"That's the kind of thing you say."

Lucy glanced at her chest and grumbled in dissatisfaction.

"Brother Xiao, are you going out so late?"

"Well, let's deal with that fat, pig-brained guy this morning."

"Hey... do you need our help?"

Rose asked worriedly.

"No need, you two should just sleep in the hotel."

Xiao put on his cloak and prepared his dagger.

"But…"

"You two won't be able to sleep because of what happened last night, right?"

Seeing the two sisters were silent, Xiao smiled helplessly.

"We still have some time, so I'll tell you a bedtime story."

"Bedtime story? We're not kids."

Although Lucy complained, there was a hint of curiosity in her eyes.

"It's not an interesting story. Just go to sleep after listening to it."

Xiao leaned against the window, looked at the three bright moons in the sky, and smiled at himself.

Chapter 16: Dangerous Riches

*

There were once three children who were very good friends.

An outstanding and sunny boy, an ordinary and introverted boy, and a gentle and lovely girl.

The three of them grew up together and have lived happily together.

Unfortunately, this kind of life did not last forever.

Both boys liked this lovely girl very much.

But this lovely girl only likes this ordinary boy.

When this ordinary boy realized this, he was very sad.

He is a man with low self-esteem and he feels that he is not worthy of this girl.

For her happiness, the boy thought of a way.

That is to match the outstanding boy with this lovely girl.

He believed that his best friend could definitely bring happiness to the girl he liked.

His extremely selfish thoughts.

It was obvious that no one had ever asked him for so-called happiness, but he kept talking to himself about what he wanted to do for the girl.

The ordinary boy did not succeed, instead he completely destroyed the relationship between the three.

Because the outstanding boy is too outstanding, too many people like him.

Some people began to hurt the lovely girl out of jealousy.

The lovely girl was forced to leave the place where they lived together.

The ordinary boy never saw her again after that.

The good boys also hate the ordinary boys because of this.

He complained to the ordinary boy, scolding him for his self-righteous behavior.

From then on, the two friends met frequently but never spoke to each other again.

"Well, it's a pretty stupid story, isn't it?"

"dawn…"

"Brother Xiao..."

"You two, please stop looking at me with such pity. It makes me look stupid, okay?"

Looking at the lost expressions of Lucy and Rose, Xiao smiled helplessly.

"Miss Martha didn't ask us to do anything, so you two should stay out of her business."

He didn't want the two girls to make the same mistake as he did.

"I-I know."

"Um…"

"Okay, I've said everything I need to say. You two should go to sleep."

"OK."

"Then I'll go out."

Xiao said this and climbed out of the room through the window.

*

"Moir, I need you to help me deal with this little brat tomorrow."

Gracie said to the hooded man sitting by the window.

Whenever he thought of Bai Tianxiao's look of contempt towards him, he gritted his teeth.

"Huh? Why bother me, little brat, why don't you just find someone else?"

Moore answered somewhat unhappily while playing with the knife in his hand.

"He has two little girls and a certificate I want to get. You are the only one I trust the most."

"Tsk, your habit is really hard to accept."

Although Xiao had only been in Nosti for two days, More had heard of him.

In their line of work, a keen sense of intelligence is extremely important.

Although Moore had never seen them, he knew that Lucy and Rose who followed Xiao were not very old.

Looking at the pervert in front of him who liked little girls, Moore suppressed his inner disgust.

"I want three times the usual reward this time."

"three times?!"

"The guy you want to kill seems quite dangerous. You have to give me a reward that matches the risk."

"alright."

“That…ah!”

Moore suddenly screamed and fell out of the window.

"W-what's going on? Come, someone!"

Gracie shouted in panic, but got no response.

"Good evening, Lord Gracie."

Xiao entered the room through the window, holding the corpse of Mor in his hand.

"You, why are you here?"

Gracie stepped back in panic and leaned against her desk.

He frantically groped for the pistol in the drawer while trying to attract Akatsuki's attention.

"I don't like being passive."

Akatsuki laughed and threw Mor's body towards Gracie.

"So I decided to take action before you did."

"Do you want to kill me? If I die, you won't be able to stay in the empire anymore!"

Grace was very nervous, and her fat face was covered with sweat.

Suddenly he touched the pistol and felt very relieved.

"Who said taking action means killing you? That would be too boring."

"Hmph! Arrogant little brat, you trespassed into my mansion. I'd have no problem killing you right now."

Grace pulled out a gun and pointed it at Xiao.

"Alas, why do you think people in this world still prefer to use swords when guns are such convenient weapons?"

Xiao didn't take Gracie's threat seriously at all.

"What nonsense are you talking about."

"That's because there are many monsters in this world that can't be dealt with by guns."

Xiao rushed towards Gracie and cut off his hand and gun at the same time.

"Ah! How dare you do this to me!

I am a noble of the Empire! You will be punished with death if you treat me like this!"

"Unfortunately you won't be any more soon."

Xiao smiled and poured the hemostatic potion on Grace's hand, causing him to scream like a pig being slaughtered.

This hemostatic agent works very quickly, but its only drawback is that it causes severe pain.

"Huh... Wh-what do you mean?"

"You must recognize this, right? I found it in the secret room of your room."

Xiao tossed a purple crystal coin in front of Grace's eyes.

This is a special currency, Dragon Crystal Coin.

Dragon Crystal Coins are not normally circulated in the general market and are mainly used for transactions between nobles and even countries.

The exchange rate of one Dragon Crystal Coin to a gold coin is as high as 1:100,000.

"H-How did you find this?!"

"Well, it's impossible to own such a thing on your income, right?"

"I-it won't be a problem even if I have Dragon Crystal Coins, right?!"

Grace suddenly thought that even if she did have a few Dragon Crystals, it would not be considered a crime.

"If your warehouse suddenly became overflowing with Dragon Crystals, and evidence of your collusion with the thieves were revealed, how would that honest mayor handle the situation?"

"A lot of Dragon Crystal Coins? How is that possible!"

Grace didn't understand what Xiao meant.

"Now, if you look at the thousands of your favorite dragon crystal coins in the secret room, won't you understand what's going on?"

"Thousands of pieces?"

Grace ran towards her bedroom in a panic, and Xiao had no intention of stopping her.

On the shelves of the secret room, thousands of dragon crystal coins were shining brightly.

"How is this possible? When have I ever had so much money?"

Even at the pinnacle of imperial power, the royal family and the seven ducal families would find it difficult to raise such a large sum of cash.

"What would happen if these things were found in your possession?"

Xiao suddenly appeared behind Grace and smiled evilly.

Grace's expression also changed from joy to horror and panic.

It is not surprising that the nobles would accuse themselves of any crime in order to obtain this money.