But Kumiloni covered her pointy ears, pretending she hadn't heard.
Leng Qingying felt uncomfortable under his gaze. "Why are you looking at me like that? I kill people legally."
"Knoroya puts bounties on bandit groups outside the city. I kill them for the reward. That's not against the law."
Oh, so she killed bandits.
Come to think of it, there were bounties for that too? He seemed to remember seeing some at the Adventurer's Guild in City Within the Circle last time.
But back then, he'd mainly been looking for dungeons with ant-type monsters, so he hadn't paid attention to anything else.
So bandit groups existed in this world too. It seemed things weren't as peaceful as he'd imagined.
"Lu Cang, can I come find you in the future?"
"What for?"
"To spar."
"You're already a Level 4 assassin."
"What, are you scared?" Leng Qingying asked, tilting her head.
That was a little irritating...
Lu Cang replied calmly, "As long as you don't suddenly attack me, I can spar with you in the arena."
Leng Qingying pouted.
What kind of assassin sparred in an arena?
"Want to go hunt bandits together? See who kills more?"
Lu Cang refused emphatically. "I don't plan to leave the house for the next two months."
After a pause, he added, "The month of Death and Destruction is dangerous. You'd better not go wandering around either."
Now that they were more familiar, Leng Qingying seemed livelier than she had at their first meeting.
Lu Cang could also sense just how determined she was to grow stronger.
"Is there anyone you want to kill?" Leng Qingying suddenly asked.
Could they please not talk about this sort of thing in front of Kumiloni?
Even if he did have someone in mind, Lu Cang wanted to pretend to