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“Speaking of which,” Shana covered her eyes, staring at the three of them, her tone becoming serious, “you were just… planning a robbery, weren’t you?”
Not having ascertained the girl's background, the gang leader replied cautiously:
"Yes, so what?"
"That's wonderful!" the red-haired girl exclaimed with delight.
"what?"
"Quick, grab it!" She jumped out of the trash can with a thud, hands on her hips, and urged, "Besides, there are two such cute girls in front of you, don't you have any bad intentions?"
"To be a bad guy, you have to be bold and capable!!!"
"I suggest you be more ambitious, quicker, and more wicked!" Shana rubbed her hands together, her hands itching as she pressed down on the Holy Fire Blade on her back.
These past few days of hiding in trash cans to avoid being searched are finally over.
Shana is now eager to do something big, preferably a shocking conspiracy that will shake the whole country and be stopped by her own power!
Although the few thugs in front of her weren't much of a threat, it was the first step for her to make a name for herself. Shana clenched her fists with anticipation.
In order to avoid being labeled as the "hero of vegetables"... a certain amount of sacrifice is necessary!
"Boss... I have a bad feeling about this. Could this girl be an accomplice of those paladins who use entrapment to enforce the law?" One of the thugs, frightened by the girl's gaze, whispered in the thug leader's ear.
"Hmm, that makes sense." The gang leader nodded solemnly.
Thinking about it carefully, it's too much of a coincidence. On such an ordinary day, a maid begging for money worth tens of thousands appeared, accompanied by a highly suspicious trash can. It seems...
“My infamy has already caught the attention of the Royal Knights! They’ve even… put me on the wanted list!” the gang leader said, his hands and feet turning cold.
As the number one gangster in the back alley of the old commercial street in the western district of the capital, a corner of the city wall, it's not impossible!!
"The wind is strong! Hurry!"
In an instant, the gang leader made the best decision of his life, taking his two henchmen and running away... disappearing at the end of the alley.
"Hey! Wait, hey!"
Shana's eyes widened as she watched her hard-won victory slip away.
"Are they out of their minds?!" Shana murmured in bewilderment.
This time, Darkfrey fell silent, unusually refraining from responding to the criticism.
Shaking her head, Shana quickly put her doubts aside and said with satisfaction, "In short, we successfully prevented an evil operation."
She walked towards Fim, who was sitting in the corner, extended a hand, and said in a deep voice:
"Rise up, my countrymen!"
Fim looked up, staring blankly at the red-haired girl who looked to be about the same age as him, somewhat taken aback by the girl's words.
"Who are you?"
Shana tilted her head back, a slight smile playing on her lips: "I am the chaos of this world, an error that should not exist in this mortal realm! Bearing the mission of both light and darkness, my name is..."
Shana paused slightly before she could say the name.
Should she reveal her real name? Since becoming a hero, her fame seems to have spread throughout the entire capital... If people find out that she, a dignified hero, spent three days hiding in a trash can, wouldn't her title become "Trash Can Hero"?
Phew! That was close!
Stopping abruptly, Shana quickly corrected herself, saying, "You can call me—"
"Nusha, yes! Natasha!!!"
The girl named "Nasha" introduced herself. Fim blinked and said in a light voice:
“Fim”.
“Fim, what a nice name.” Shana nodded in approval, then, noticing Fim curled up on the grass, asked curiously:
What are you doing here?
Fim looked up and stared blankly at Shana. For some reason, he felt a strange sense of familiarity with her. In addition, the girl in front of him was the person who had spoken to him the most in the past few days, besides Eunice. Fim thought for a moment and answered seriously.
"Dragon's Lair, the mountain range, has a contract that must be broken."
"Fim, we have to go."
Shana was startled.
"What did you say?"
Her gaze fell on the greatsword behind Fim, and her chuunibyou-esque intuition told her that what Fim said was true!
"Is there some evil force trying to break this important contract in the Dragon Hidden Mountains?"
Shana looked serious and muttered to herself.
Then, her eyes lit up!
"That's great!!!"
A surge of intense energy welled up within her; Shana knew this must be her destiny! If she could stop those evil forces' plans, her achievement would be enough to earn her a prestigious title!
“I understand, I will assist you, my dearest friend, Fim!” Turning her head, Shana looked at the blue-haired maid in front of her with burning eyes.
Fim blinked, surprised that the human in front of him was willing to help him carry out the plan against humans.
The other person, like Mino, is a warm-hearted person.
"Fim, wait until dawn."
Fim explained to Shana.
Shana nodded knowingly. "The operation is scheduled for dawn? That's so urgent... I remember there are two routes in the Dragon Hidden Mountains. No, if you go alone, other forces might seize the initiative!"
Shana realized the seriousness of the problem: there were two mountain roads in the Dragon Hidden Mountains. One road led directly from the west gate to the top of the mountain, while the other road was on the back of the mountain, connecting to the outskirts of the capital.
That silly boy Fim actually overlooked the possibility that someone might come up from that mountain road in the suburbs and secretly destroy the contract!
"It's alright, I'll help you!"
Shana patted her chest and said with a righteous expression.
"Time is a bit tight, I'll set off tonight and lie in ambush on that road behind the mountain!"
"Don't worry, I won't let anyone get to that contract before you!"
Looking at Shana's confident face, Fim nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite...
"But going out at night is difficult."
"I have a way." Shana waved her hand with an air of nonchalance, then turned to look at the clean, silver-gray trash can beside her.
The next moment, she jumped in again.
The trash can rolled along the corner of the wall, eventually reaching the city gate guards, whose eyes were sharp as hawks and who were conducting strict inspections late at night.
"identity?"
"garbage can."
"Purpose of leaving the city?"
"Go outside the city and pick up some trash to eat."
With a serious look, the city gate guard looked the talking trash can up and down. Recalling the recent rumors about the "biting trash can," his eyes cleared, and he nodded in approval.
"Reasonable!"
"You, pass."
Chapter 112 Is Breaking Up an Engagement Really Like Using Adhesive Tape?
The last trash can was released, and the pitch-black night completely enveloped the entire capital.
The capital city's nights became a time for residents to stroll and chat, and for travelers to visit cultural centers and engage in team-building activities—a daily routine unchanged for centuries. No one knew that this day, like any other, was built upon countless accidental miracles...
On the empty road, Shana completely removed the disguise of the trash can and looked eagerly toward the location of the Dragon Hidden Mountains.
Since the party that "protects the contract" only sent one maid, Fim, it means that the evil forces that "destroy the contract" won't be many!
Even if she only has the power of a "one-strike" hero, it is enough to successfully repel the invading enemy!
"I can already imagine the shocked faces of Prince Ota and Erwin, those who underestimated my power, after I defeat the villains with a single blow...!" Shana's eyes gleamed as she gripped the holy sword tightly.
He tried to channel his power into the holy sword, but the divine power seemed to rush out of his body, pouring out in an instant.
Shana quickly sealed the divine power within her body again, muttering somewhat discouragedly:
"What on earth is going on... Before becoming a hero, the power within me should have been able to circulate freely, it shouldn't be like this—"
“My lord, you said you have hidden power within you… but that’s not true, is it?”
At that moment, Darkfrey's voice suddenly appeared in his mind.
"Who said that? I do indeed possess a far greater power within me!" Shana retorted instinctively, unconvinced. "It's just that I can't feel it anymore after becoming a hero!!!"
Shana looked down at Darkfrey, somewhat puzzled. "Darkfrey, why did it take you so long to react? I thought you were already asleep?"
"I...I wasn't asleep." Darkfrey's voice trembled slightly, a hint of fear creeping into it.
“My lord…who did you just encounter? The aura emanating from it was terrifyingly ancient…I dared not open my eyes to speak…”
"It's just like seeing my great-grandfather!"
"An ancient aura?" Shana asked, puzzled. "Could you be sensing something wrong?"
"No! Absolutely not!" Darkfrey insisted stubbornly. "That ancient, almost decaying aura—only an old man of a certain age could exude it!!!"
"Darkfrey? That's even more impossible!"
Shana raised the holy sword high and proclaimed in a loud voice, "That is my chosen legendary companion, a female warrior as lovely and majestic as I am—"
"It's impossible... that the other party is some ancient hero who crawled out of the ground, right?"
“An ancient hero…?!” Darkfrey’s blade trembled violently. “My lord, you must be joking!”
Ancient heroes are a collective term for a group of heroic figures who led humanity out of one dark disaster after another during the ancient times when the power of goddesses was not yet active and humans could not regularly select heroes.
Even in an era without heroes, they still unleashed wave after wave of great light, leading humanity step by step to rise.
Because of the vast distance in time, the appearances and even the deeds of many ancient heroes have long been lost to history, but they are still revered by humankind.