Chapter 95: Birdie
Arrows in hand, Squawks and Lily returned to their home base in Oklas, a town on the edge of the Syttle Kingdom. It is one of the towns closest to Tiabe, while also being relatively close to the Vorad Kingdom. Although they are in times of peace, the city is well-fortified and stocked with supplies, soldiers, knights, and mercenaries most of the time.
That was why the two people carrying swords at their hips and arrows in their arms didn’t get much attention as they strode through the city, sweat dripping down their backs.
They were carrying metaphorical gold bars. If someone discovered what they were carrying, returning to their base unbothered would become impossible.
Fortunately, no one would ever think that Squawks and Lily of the Free Bird Mercenaries would be carrying arrows from the center of Tiabe. They weren’t rich enough to afford them, and they weren’t strong enough to enter the center of Tiabe, gather arrows, and return alive.
That was why Squawks and Lily boldly walked through town. If they had tried to sneak in, the others would surely have caught wind and grown suspicious.
"Go, go, go!" Squawks urged as he picked up the pace.
Still, they hurried the last few steps and rushed inside their base, a moderate house that housed all of their members, slamming the door shut behind them.
"Schh!" Instead of a greeting to welcome them back, they were hushed by a man at the kitchen sleeping at the kitchen table with empty glass bottles around him.
Squawks and Lily exchanged a look. They smiled.
"HEY, DIMA! DID YOU MISS US?" Squawks asked in as loud a voice as he could without scaring the neighbors as he stomped over to the other side of the room, where he gently placed the arrows on a chest. He would have dropped them and let them clatter if they hadn’t been priceless.
"URgh! Shut—"