Compared with an inscrutable flying thief, a greedy little animal...
Really was much more harmless.
A flying thief might steal their money and take their lives.
But a tiny animal that liked eating mantou...
Would only run away when humans discovered it.
Although she had claimed over the past few days that she did not care, this matter had actually become a knot in the woman's heart.
After all, the unknown was the most frightening thing.
They knew nothing about that little thief.
They had not even seen its face.
But now everything was fine.
"Little Brother."
The woman smiled. "You really have brought us good news."
Now she no longer had to keep thinking about the matter while pretending not to care.
The young scholar curled his lips.
"I came here specifically to tell you about this."
He knew that his older brother and sister-in-law had definitely been unable to let the matter go.
"Oh, my."
The woman shook her head. "Your brother and I spent several days working on this."
"In the end, you were the one who solved it."
"I didn't solve it."
The young scholar shook his head.
"I didn't catch it."
"It ran away."
He had not figured out the other's identity, either.
The woman smiled. "After you frightened it this time, how could it dare come here again?"
"It definitely won't be back."
In other words, the stolen-mantou incident could be considered resolved.
Otherwise...
Could they really make a little animal compensate them with mantou?
The young scholar thought about it, and that reasoning did make sense.
He smiled as well.
"Sister-in-law is right."
"Little Brother really is impressive."
The woodcutter grinned. "Now I can safely go up the mountain to chop wood tomorrow."
The young