"I'm truly sorry. You'd only just arrived in town, and you had to run into something like this."
Kalanfu'er's sheriff, Ingram, apologized sincerely to the two people before him.
The thief Joey, whom he was holding by the hand, had struggled for a while and realized he could not escape, so he simply hung his head and said nothing.
Compared with how he had looked earlier at the inn entrance, the sheriff was still wearing his armored uniform, but his neatly combed blond hair had been drenched by the rain.
"If you suffered any losses, I can compensate you on his behalf."
There was not the slightest hint of empty courtesy in it. Ingram's expression was earnest and sincere, as if with a single word, he would even take off the uniform he was wearing and hand it over.
At that, Alton merely shook his head, his gaze flicking toward Joey, the silent, motionless thief in the other man's hand.
"It's fine. He didn't manage to steal anything anyway."
"Besides, I already lost all my money at Full Money Bag. Even if this kid had succeeded, all he'd have gotten was an empty pouch."
At that, Joey, who had been hanging his head, immediately looked up and stared at the Halfling in disbelief, then swept a rather regretful glance toward Xia Nan.
He seemed to be regretting that he had picked the wrong target.
Xia Nan's expression was calm, without the slightest ripple on his face.
The "huge sum" of as much as 7 silver and 3 copper in his pocket vaguely felt a little uncomfortable.
Unlike the reactions of the others, Ingram thought Alton was complaining to him about the existence of Full Money Bag, which looked like a tavern but was in fact a gambling den.
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