Chapter 31: Seeing a ghost! Such a jinx!
"But I don’t have a single copper coin left on me," Igor said to the two men blocking his way, his expression innocent.
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The short, stout robber scratched his head, turning to his lanky companion. "W-w-waited half—all d-day long and w-w-waited—for a p-p-poor—guy! Wh-wh-what do we do?"
"Oh, enough chattering," the lanky robber replied impatiently to his partner, then turned to Igor, brandishing his axe. "If you don’t have money, hand over your valuables."
This was not the first time Igor had encountered a robbery; since the moment he left the academy, he had been prepared to face all sorts of difficulties.
However, he never expected to encounter so many robberies on his journey.
He had encountered gangs of bandits and thieves several times on his previous travels. Although he had managed to survive these incidents without any real harm, the experiences left a vile impression on him.
Those unpleasant memories churned in Igor’s mind, gradually evolving into necessary survival experience.
However, this survival experience felt rather inadequate and somewhat peculiar...
There are so many unfortunate souls in this world...
Facing two unknown robbers, this was the first thought that popped into Igor’s head—a product of his limited, and currently sole, survival experience. After all, in his past encounters with robbers, Igor had always given them as much money as he could. Of course, back then, those bandits and thieves had ended up writhing on the ground, clutching their stomachs, grimacing and groaning in pain.
"I don’t have anything valuable left to give you either," Igor answered honestly. The Spirit Book might be valuable, but he wasn’t planning to hand it over.
"Y-y-you say you d-don’t have it, s-so you just d-don’t?" The stout robber didn’t believe him.