Unbelievable Truth(Side: Sad)

「So? The one you managed to catch is just a male brat?」

Sad, the female boss of Sad Terror group asked angrily at her subordinate while looking down at the trembling cat-faced youth before her.

「Hey, do you know what are you doing? You caused them to raise their vigilence just because you kidnapped this brat that happened to stray from his village…」

She was really pissed off by the excuse of her stupid subordinate but,

「Do you know that you guys' stupid mistake has basically exposed our existence to them?」

She desperately surpressed her wrath as she told them so.

「Y-You're mistaken, there's no way we ma――」

「THEN WHAT DO YOU THINK HAS CAUSED THEM TO RAISE THEIR VIGILENCE!」

She grabbed the hair of her subordinates as she shouted toward them. Kidnapping before confirming the situation was nothing more than a huge blunder. Even though everything would be alright if they're more careful with their act.

「That's completely outside of our expectation…」

Hearing another sorry excuse, she was about to punch her subordinate in rage, Sugar caught her wrist.

「Well, it's better if we're found out by them. Isn't that the very reason why you hired me? Shouldn't we see test the waters first?」

— Even though our plan had been messed up, this guy only wanted to kill. And if it was this guy, he would even joyfully kill children. When that happens, our plan will fail for sure.

「NO MEANS NO! YOUR TURN HAS YET TO COME!」

「What are you going to do then? Do you guys really want to catch those few hundreds villagers by using this little monster as your shield? Aren't you a bit too unreasonable?」

「…」

Sad was vexed since Sugar's remark was right on the money. Originally, their plan was to secretly kidnap the young women and children and use them as shields. It was the most effective method to deal with intelligent monsters like Sheep Cat whose intelligence rivals humans.

「So, what are you going to do?」

「Okay, let's do as you say but, we'll act first. You'll be our trump card for unexpected situation.」

Even if her subordinates died, it wasn't a big deal since they're disposable pawns. Her subordinates aside, Sugar was in even bigger trouble since he might hurt the product, causing their price to take a nosedive. Moreover, if Sugar wasn't working too much, she could take advantage of that during the negotiation for his remuneration. The most ideal case was for him to not do his job at all.

「You really are faithful to your desires eh.」

Sugar shrugged his shoulder as if dumbfounded and,

「Then, let me to see you guys' performance.」

HIs body then blended with the darkness as he retreated into the forest.

「You guys, let's go! Be careful, our opponent is a monster! Kill all male adults and kidnap their women and children!」

「Hey, what we've to do for the women and children who keep resisting?」

「Just cut off their limbs. They won't sell for a good price if they're too lively.」

「And this brat?」

「Just in case, we'll keep this brat as our trump card.」

In case they failed and had to escape, they could use the kid to prevent the villagers from chasing after them.

（Well, that most likely won't happen though.）

Because they're just monsters who understand human language. Especially the Sheep Cat, they're just weak monsters, not as dangerous as ogres. Since their side had a magician who was a ruined hunter, their victory was almost guaranteed.

She licked her lips, nodded at her subordinates, and then pointed her sword toward the villate,

「GOGOGO!」

She shouted the starting signal with a greed-filled voice.

Hearing that, the thieves group―― Sad Terror- charged toward the village.

This was the start of the first act of the script of the extremely wicked monster filled with ruin and despair.