The door to Makino's tavern was kicked to pieces once again.
A tall, burly woman with a head of curly orange hair charged inside.
Everyone was stunned as the figure appeared in the tavern.
They all knew her.
It was the mountain bandit Dadan.
Everyone felt helpless at the sight of her.
Makino could not help pressing a hand to her forehead when she saw Dadan enter the tavern.
She remembered how everyone had deliberately kept Ace's public execution from Dadan last time, making sure she did not find out.
Though she had found out in the end anyway.
This time, everyone had still agreed to keep the news from Dadan.
But Dadan had found out after all.
Dadan's gaze swept over everyone's faces in the tavern, her chest heaving.
She was clearly furious.
"You..."
Before she could voice her accusations, a spiked club suddenly appeared behind her.
With a thud, Dadan instantly collapsed to the floor.
"Hey! A-Zhen, you actually did it?! What are you doing? Why did you knock Dadan out?" Makino was rather shocked by the sight.
Last time, after Dadan learned about Ace's execution, she had caused an uproar in the tavern.
Everyone had joked that if anything unusual happened again, they should still keep Dadan in the dark.
And if they could not hide it and she found out, they would knock her out.
Makino had thought everyone was only joking.
She had never expected A-Zhen to actually do it.
A-Zhen crouched down to check on Dadan lying on the floor. After confirming that Dadan was unconscious, he stood up and said:
"Makino, last time, just because Dadan discovered we'd hidden the news of Ace's upcoming execution from her, she wrecked the whole tavern.
"If we let her run wild again this time, do you