(▽`) You really didn't want me to do it, and now you're complaining
The dozen-mile mountain road didn't take long to travel. About an hour later, after Annie had washed up, changed, and eaten a little, their luxurious carriage arrived safely at Vaul, the fortress city in the Kailer Canyon of the Central Kingdoms.
Once they'd arrived, Frieren and Fern decided to put their training on hold. They planned to go shopping and deal with their supplies, then return that evening and keep training in the arena.
After all, they still had a great many swords, scepters, and other weapons from that unlucky Red Mirror Dragon's lair, along with the armor of the dead and quite a few valuable bones from high-level monsters. They needed to get rid of all that stuff as soon as possible.
Once sold, those things would fetch a hefty sum. And since Vaul, the fortress city in Kailer Canyon, was a prosperous border city teeming with trade, Frieren and Fern figured there was no better place to fence their loot—er, to deal with their spoils of war.
And so!
After telling Annie they'd eat out that evening instead of returning to the carriage to cook, and that she'd have to find something to eat for herself, Frieren and Fern hurried off to look for a buyer.
"..."
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"Forget it. I'll leave them to it!"
(ˉ▽￣~) Tch~~
Though the two of them had indeed gotten plenty of things from the Red Mirror Dragon's lair, Annie didn't care about that bit of pocket money, so she couldn't be bothered to keep an eye on them. Instead, she took her little bear by the paw and bounced around the city on her own.
Just as those two needed to "fence" their loot, Annie needed to have a