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Yuu laughs carelessly in front of the Warden.
Showing off the gemstones to others.
The Warden only stays silent and trembles in anger.
"Look everyone! It's the noble's gemstone fresh from the Capitol!" She cheers, standing on the counter, bragging about the loot she got.
Everyone only stayed silent.
Zack laughs a little while cleaning the glass on his hand.
The Warden slams his fist again, the counter trembles making Yuu fall down.
"Enough! This is a serious problem" The Warden stands tall, he yanks the loot out of her hand and gives her some kind of toy from his pocket.
"Play with something else..." He turned his back, walking away with the loot in his hand and his men followed him immediately.
Zack raises his eyebrow, he peeks down on her.
She was left stunned.
Warden was angry at her.
He didn't pat her head.
He was disappointed in her.
She looked down to see the toy he tossed earlier.
It was a wooden horse shaped toy.
She was confused, at the same time, sad?
The Warden and his men left the club.
Everyone goes back to what they're doing.
Except for Yuu, she was left speechless.
"Stand up, the floor is dirty..." A familiar pair of boots were now infront of her.
She looks up to see the Warden's right hand.
Cynthia, also known as one touch sniper.
She still has her sniper hanging on her shoulder as she puts it down on the counter and takes a seat.
Cynthia is like one of the robots in the capitol. No emotion, stoic and she doesn't seem to act like a human.
After all, she was trained as an assassin under the Warden.
People also feared her, because everytime she goes back from 'hunting' it's either she was covered in blood or there's a corpse in her hand.
No one dares to challenge her. She was good at both close combat and marksmanship.
People said that she was completely opposite of Yuu.
They always get to be compared to each other.
Yuu was weak and useless, the only thing good in her is her face.
Cynthia on the other hand, she was strong and significant, the only thing she lacks is emotion.
Yuu stands up taking the horse toy with her.
She pat her clothes clean and take a seat beside Cynthia.
"Successful hunting again...huh?" She said smugly.
Cynthia only let out an agreed hum as a response.
Zack serves Cynthia an alcohol.
"No fair! Why can she drink something like that and I can only drink iced tea!"
Yuu pouts as she slams the horse toy on the table.
"That's because you're a little kid, Yuu," Cynthia replied with cold words and Zack shook his head in agreement.
"I'm not..." Yuu puts her head on the counter as she plays with the wooden horse toy.
She slid the horse toy forward and back as if she was really playing with it.
"It's just unfair that everyone is treating me like a kid... I'm 17 and soon to be 18, geez!" She threw the horse toy in one of the glass bottles and shattered it.
Cynthia sighs loudly, she stands up and starts helping Zack to clean up the glass shattered mess.
"Father didn't even compliment me after I got him a gift, I worked hard for that…" Yuu slammed her head on the table, without caring that she just destroyed something again.
"Or maybe he was just tired, Yuu... Stop thinking about it, I'm sure the Warden will soon compliment you" Zack said as he continued to clean up the shattered glass and throw it in the nearby furnace.
"Or.... Maybe, I just need to prove to my father that I can be useful too!" Yuu suddenly stands up and picks up the horse toy.
"Thanks for the advice, Zack!" She happily get on her feet and slips through the crowd until she reaches the exit.
"W-wait! That's not what I meant!" Zack shouted but she didn't hear it because of the music banging and the crowd chattering.
"Ugh.. that's gonna be another problem..." Zack slap his forehead as he can only watch Yuu go away to create another problem.
Cynthia only watched the scene and continued to drink.
"You really won't stop her, won't you?" Zack turns to face Cynthia.
"If she wants to do it, then I'll let her, if she messes things up, then I'll clean after her..." She was twirling her glass to mix the remaining alcohol.
"Isn't that supposed to happen every time she has a plan in her head?" She puts down the glass on the counter.
"W-well, y-yeah..." Zack stutters as he takes the empty glass and puts it aside.
Cynthia stands up and takes her sniper from the counter.
Put the strap on her shoulder, following Yuu behind.
...
Yuu silently follows the Warden's carriage in the shadows.
The Warden is inside the black carriage with his guards.
There's another carriage behind the Warden.
Yuu assumed that the loot was there.
The only problem is there's a lot of guards surrounding it.
"What are you doing?" Yuu flinched as she heard Cynthia's voice.
Making her almost fall from the roof.
"U-uh...nothing?" She replied with a little bit of guilt.
"Don't do anything stupid, Yuu" Cynthia whispers before she disappears into thin air.
"Don't do anything stupid, Yuu" Yuu mockingly repeated Cynthia's words.
"Stupid? I'm stupid? I'm not stupid!" She bit the tip of her fingers as she mumbles in herself.
"I'll show them stupid!" She pulls out a sleeping gas bomb from her bag.
She put on her mask that she designed.
And before she pulls out the pin and throws it in the way of the carriages, the bandits appear and throw a smoke bomb.
"What the hell!?" She panicked as her eyesight got covered by the big smoke bomb.
She got shivers as her body hair raised when she felt someone jump behind her.
It was the bandits, she turned her back to see but the last thing she felt was a big pain in her head.
Bang!
A hard thing painfully crashed against her head making her unconscious.
A boy catches her before she hits the ground.
One of the bandits stops on its way to see why there's a loud noise.
"What's the matter?" Another bandit asked.
When one of the bandits is about to go through the smoke and see, the boy taps his shoulder.
"Stay focused" he whispers and the bandit immediately turn its attention on their mission, without knowing that Yuu were there unconscious.
Suddenly, another loud bang again.
It was the Warden, he seemed to be awoken by the smoke and panic of his guards.
His iron fist meets the door of his carriage and bursts it open.
The smoke immediately welcomed him.
Due to limited sight, the only thing he can see is the light of the bandit's weapon.