The shadowy figure was moving extremely carefully. It seemed to be a small baby animal, and it was sneaking towards the fields like it was aiming for the crops there.

‘I’m so lucky.’ While protecting their precious food, Chi-Woo could also secure meat, which Giant Fist had been whining about. He moved as quietly as possible. When he approached the shadowy figure, though, he realized that it wasn’t a small beast, but a person wearing a dark robe.

“Huh?” The robed figure said in surprise and stopped pulling out a root vegetable midway to look over his shoulder. A pair of small and cute eyes met Chi-Woo’s. The two of them stood still in awkward silence until the child plopped down to the ground.

“Ah…Ah…” The child’s lips closed and opened like he was greatly flustered. Chi-Woo immediately understood the situation. He had heard from Ru Hiana that the original inhabitants of Liber got far worse meals than the heroes. Thus, it wasn’t difficult to guess why this child was clutching a piece of root vegetable tightly with both of his tiny hands. Chi-Woo strutted forward, and the child lost his grip over his harvest, at a complete loss of what to do.

“I-I’m sorry,” The child responded weakly. Chi-Woo stopped walking and looked down at the child before picking up the root vegetable from the ground. Then he spoke in a firm voice, “Follow me.”

“Sorry?” the child asked.

“If you don’t come, I’m going tell on you to Lady Eshnunna.”

“Ah, please don’t!”

It was a childish threat, but it was...