Cipher watched the well-dressed, lavishly spending wealthy merchants and nobles in the marketplace, excitement glittering in her emerald cat eyes.
She took your hand and whispered, "Kitten, look at all these rich people. They're practically fat sheep everywhere!"
"What we did back in Doloros was nothing compared to this... We need to pull off something big in Okhema!"
After several days of scouting, she had set her sights on a wealthy household in the city's noble district, said to possess quite a few precious treasures.
"What do you think, Kitten? Are we doing it?"
Cipher looked at you expectantly.
You thought it over, somewhat hesitant. "Didn't we just trade Aglaea for a bunch of valuable clothes?"
"And we don't know this place well. What if... Forget it. This money should be enough for us to live on for quite a while."
Hearing that, Cipher reached out and flicked your forehead. "You silly kitten! Have you forgotten why we became chivalrous thieves?"
"How much of this money can the two of us spend by ourselves?"
"There are still so many homeless little kittens in Doloros waiting for us to go back! How could this little bit possibly be enough?"
Only then did you suddenly remember. Yes, in Doloros, that city where trickery and poverty coexisted, there were still many children like you once had been, struggling to survive on the streets. They were all eagerly waiting for the famed chivalrous thieves of Doros City to bring them their only sliver of food, warmth, and hope.
"That's why," Cipher said with her hands on her hips, utterly justified, "the more money, the better!"
"Only when there are no more little kittens in Doloros going hungry with no one to care for them can we truly retire in glory and enjoy life! It's