"Wear this," Lawrend passed a hooded cloak to Amene.
It came from his Storage Ring, and it was the same one he bought in the Undrasil Tail Town before.
"Where did you get this?" Amene asked Lawrend in surprise.
She didn't see him holding this before.
"Like this," Lawrend said to her and another hooded cloak appeared in his hand.
"Nyaa!?"
Amene stared at Lawrend's hand in disbelief.
"Here."
Lawrend passed it to Nuon. Nuon wore it over his clothes.
Then another hooded cloak appeared in Lawrend's hand, and he wore it himself.
"W-Where is it coming from?!" Amene asked Lawrend like a startled cat.
"This is a Storage Ring," Lawrend said to her as he lifted his hand and tapped the Storage Ring on his finger.
"Is that a magic artifact?" Amene asked Lawrend in amazement.
"You can call it that. Anyways, we should get going before it gets dark," Lawrend said to her.
Amene wore the hooded cloak after hearing his words. It covered her cute ears and tail.
Lawrend nodded his head in satisfaction after seeing her appearance. They shouldn't worry about her being recognized later once they arrived back at the town.
And so, Lawrend's group left the tribe. Many demihuman cats observed them from afar.
"Amene, you're leaving?" A catgirl stopped Amene and asked her.
"Yes. I'm going to see my little sister," Amene replied.
"Wow! You found your little sister?" The catgirl exclaimed happily.
"I did," Amene replied with a nod of her head.
"Amene, hurry up," Lawrend called her.
"Yes! I have to go," Amene responded before bidding farewell to the catgirl that stopped her.
"Okay! See you, Amene!"
The catgirl waved her hand.
"Good luck on your journey, Amene!"
"Have a safe trip!"
The demihuman cats bid their farewell to her one by one.
"Thank you, everyone!" Amene turned around and shouted to them.
She then turned around and ran towards Lawrend and Nuon.
"They care for you, huh," Lawrend said to her after she arrived beside them.
"Yes. We are demihuman cats. We look out for each other," Amene replied to Lawrend.
Meanwhile, Nuon was eating meat jerkies beside them.
"That's a good relationship," Lawrend nodded his head in approval.
"Also, how good are you with the bow?" Lawrend couldn't help but ask her.
She carried with her a bow and a rucksack full of her belongings.
"Hmmm… Good enough to kill an unsuspecting human easily," Amene replied to him.
"That's… Don't you have a better scale?" Lawrend asked her with a wry smile on his face.
"Then, I can kill an unsuspecting True Sword and True Mage from 50 meters away," Amene replied to him.
"Really? Is that the average strength of your tribe?" Lawrend asked her in disbelief.
"It is. Everyone grew up training using the bow by hunting animals at the surrounding forest," Amene nodded her head and explained to him.
"If your tribe is that strong, why did your tribe members still get caught?" Lawrend asked her curiously.
"The humans from the south are strong. Most of them are Army Swords and some are Hill Swords," Amene replied to Lawrend with a frown on her face.
"That strong?" Lawrend asked in disbelief.
An Army Sword is as strong as a High Mage while a Hill Sword is as strong as an Arch Mage. It doesn't make sense for Lawrend why such strong people would do something like that. He became curious how much a demihuman cat would sell for.
"Yes. They catch a lot of us. If they are any weaker, they wouldn't even stand a chance against us," Amene replied to him.
"Wow," Lawrend murmured in amazement.
The trio walked through the Yttervia Forest. Once in a while, they would encounter groups of demihuman cats that would intercept them. They only let them go because Amene explained to them what was going on.
After a few hours, they came to a stop in a shrubbery.
"You haven't eaten, right?" Lawrend asked Amene who sat beside him.
"I… Yes," Amene nodded her head in embarrassment.
She didn't have the chance to eat earlier.
"Take this. It's meat jerky," Lawrend said and passed a bag of meat jerky to her.
"Okay. I never tasted this before."
Amene took it and opened the bag. She picked one meat jerky and examined it against the light of the sun.
"It's beef meat," Lawrend said to her.
Amene took a bite and chewed it.
"Nyaa! It's delicious!" Amene exclaimed with her eyes shining in amazement.
"You like it?" Lawrend asked her.
"I do," Amene nodded her head vehemently.
"Here, Amene. You can take mine," Nuon said to her from the side.
There was a fawning smile on his face.
"Huh..?"
Amene took Nuon's bag of meat jerky in puzzlement. She looked inside and saw that it was almost empty.
"You have to eat a lot to grow big," Nuon said to her.
His eyes slowly went down and stared at her flat chest.
"Pervert!" Amene shouted in disgust.
She threw the almost empty bag of meat jerky back to Nuon.
"I- That's not what I meant!" Nuon hurriedly explained to her.
"Hmph. Don't talk to me," Amene harrumphed in displeasure.
She knew that she had a flat chest but for him to give her food and imply that she needs it to grow big only made her furious.
Nuon's mouth was left wide open seeing her reaction to him. He was frozen and couldn't open his mouth to explain himself to her. She easily saw through his thoughts.
The trio ate their lunch together before they stood up and continued on their journey.
After several more hours, the sky darkened and night came.
"The two of you are good at this," Amene commented in surprise.
She saw how they made three small shelters made out of wood and leaves.
"Lawrend taught me this," Nuon replied to her humbly.
"It's nothing special," Lawrend shrugged.
"Wow! The more I know about you, the more amazing you seem, Lawrend," Amene said to him in disbelief.
"I just know more than normal," Lawrend replied to her.
KIEEEEEE
Suddenly, a loud screech sounded from the sky.