Two arms suddenly wrapped around Cain and Roxy as they snuggled together.
Eris, her little mouth covered in grease, held a large chicken drumstick in each hand as she hugged them and puffed out her cheeks.
"Roxy, Cain, you're so sneaky! Having a secret date without me..."
The two smiled helplessly and made room between them for Eris, who sat down and happily ate the drumsticks in her hands.
Her long, fiery-red hair fluttered in the breeze. Eris giggled and hugged them both, sharing the grease on her cheeks equally between their faces.
Eris was the sort of girl who could never sit still. She gnawed on a drumstick, swung her fair legs, and hummed to herself.
Cain and Roxy doted on her. Cain tidied her long, fiery-red hair beside her, while Roxy wiped the grease from the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief.
Eris loved this life. She giggled, then suddenly remembered something and looked at Cain, who was tying up her hair.
"Oh, right. Keith asked me to tell you he'd already left."
"Really? He told you that, Eris?"
"Yep. He said some weird stuff, too."
Cain and Roxy paused and looked at Eris.
"What did he say? Did he want a bigger share of the money? We can give him more if that's the case."
They really had made a considerable amount of money clearing the legendary-class labyrinth. Since Cain and his companions had done most of the fighting, Paul and the others had originally wanted them to take the largest share, but they had split it evenly in the end.
After all, searching for his wife had left Paul practically penniless. That money could serve as a fund to help him and Zenith settle down.
Cain knew Keith's personality, too. He loved gambling, but he