Just like that, the owner died. And the only one to witness what happened was Keith. He doubted that the people would believe him if he told them what happened.

So, Keith quickly returned to his room and locked the door behind him. He was going to pretend like he never left his room in the first place. That way, people would not be able to irritate him.

Nothing happened for the whole morning. Keith was undisturbed and he was happy to spend his time alone.

But by the time evening came, there was gossip going around. Keith was sitting in his room but he could still hear what was going on outside.

"Did you hear? The owner went missing?"

"I did hear about it. Where could he have gone to? I do not want to sound ungrateful but that man is a greedy bastard. There is no way he would have left his fortune behind like this."

"I think the owner offended someone great and then he fled before he had to pay the price, you know, to try and save his treasure."

The other customers laughed as they discussed the owner's sudden situation. And that was how Keith knew that it was time to leave this place.

He made his way down to the front of the desk, only to see Natasha sitting at the counter. The female flinched as soon as her eyes met Keith's. But her professional conduct did not show her worry.

"Master, how can I help you out? I am afraid that the owner is out right now so he will not be able to hear you out."

Natasha sounded sorry but also afraid of Keith. His temper and raw strength had scared Natasha during their last encounter. The female also found herself not being able to look Keith in the eyes.

Every time she tried; her body forced her to look down in submission.

"I will be taking my leave now. Urgent work sprouted it is head up and my people need me.

Keith's calm voice hid his racing heart. He hated how he was not able to control what he felt at this moment.

He was irritated and wanted to snap at the female demoness in front of him. But there were too many people around him to raise his voice.

Natasha noticed the same thing because she sighed in relief and decided to handle Keith's case.

"In that case, I will log you out of our service. You paid for three days previously, so would you like a refund?"

Keith should take the refunded money. 

Heck, he should be compensated for going through all that he did. But Keith did not have that much time on his hand.

"No, I do not need that money. You can keep the change."

Keith assured Natasha before he was out of the inn with his luggage. He still had almost 5 days before the final round of the tournament would start.

That much time was enough for Keith to do a lot of things. But even Keith did not know what he wanted to do for now. 

After wandering for a long time, Keith decided to rest in the community park. The place was beautiful and it helped calm his nerves.

Keith was about to lie down on the grass and fall asleep when he noticed a familiar silhouette in the far distance of the map.

"Is that Sara? What is that kid doing in this city? She does not even belong here."

Keith's voice sounded confused as he watched Sara run away from a bunch of people. It was not hard imagining what happened to her.

Keith could have helped Sara out if he wanted to. But his instincts were telling him that he needed to stay out of trouble.

But when had trouble been kept away from Keith?

Somehow, even with all this distance between Keith and Sara, it felt like their eyes connected for a second. And then Sara was running toward Keith with hurried footsteps.

"Oh shit. I should get out of here before Sara makes her way to me."

Keith whispered and he stood up. But he had only taken a few steps away when he felt a small hand hold his own.

"Big brother, you are finally here. Please help me out. These people are chasing after me for no reason. It is scaring me."

Keith had to admit one thing while he was standing adjacent to Sara. The child knew how to act.

Had Keith not known Sara's true nature forever, he would have fallen for her trick as well. But Keith knew how Sara worked and he knew that he would get in trouble if he helped Sara out.

"Hey man, you know this kid? That makes things easier for us then. You will have to pay for what this kid stole."

The man following Sara demanded with a greedy voice. 

It seemed like Sara had made a big 'oopsie' and now she wanted to correct the situation with Keith's help.

Well, too bad for her that Keith was not in the mood to help her out.

"I do not know who she is. If you have a problem with this child, then solve it among yourself."

Keith proposed as he made Sara let go of his arm. It was beginning to get numb due to her tight grip.

But Sara did not want to give up on the grip she had on Keith's hand. There was real desperation in her eye when she looked at Keith.

"Hahaha, big brother sure likes to joke. Please help me out here. I promise I will pay you up later, Noah."

Keith sighed, knowing in his heart that Sara would never pay up her debts. Her nature was selfish and rotten to the core. 

The man chasing after Sara seemed to know this as well. He scoffed at Sara's words with an annoyed expression.

"Yeah kid, as if you are going to pay this man back. You say this every time but you have yet to pay anyone back for helping you out. All you do is cause trouble."

Sara bit her lips to stop herself from cursing the unknown man out. She did not like the way this man was looking at her or speaking about her.

"That is not true. I am a person who always repays what she is owed. But I just do it for the people who deserve it. Assholes like you can go and fuck yourself for all I care.

It would have been better for Sara to not open her mouth and say unnecessary things. But once the dam of her mouth had been opened, it was tough to close it again.

The man looked at Keith with his expression full of sympathy.

"Hey man, you better hand the kid over to me before she screws you over as well. I am still trying to recover from what this kid did to me"

Keith could hear the truth in the other man's voice. And he also knew that Sara was a problem who would cause Keith a lot of grief.

So naturally, Keith wanted to hand her over and leave this place. But the tight grip on his hand promised murder if Keith did not help her out.

"How much does Sara owe you?"

Keith finally asked and the man in front of Keith looked at him like he was an idiot.

"She owes me 10 gold coins"

10 gold coins was a lot of money for an ordinary household, but it was all pocket change to Keith. He quickly handed the money over and became an object of sympathy.

"Man, you are a good lad so I must warn you. You are being taken advantage of by that child. I would throw her away if I were you."

The man advised before he left Keith alone with Sara.

Sara's pitiful expression faded away into an annoyed one and she decided to show her real self in front of Keith.

Since Keith did not like Sara since the start, there was no point in Sara pretending to be a good kid and trying to gain his favor.

"You gave money away? You should have just fought that man and won. Tsk, you are useless in your current pitiful state."

Sara scolded Keith with an angry voice.

It was not even her money that had been given away, but she was still nit-picking Keith's decision.

Keith sighed as soon as he heard Sara's grievance. His hand smacked Sara's head moderately and the child flinched.

"Behave yourself. I did not save you to hear these words from your mouth. Next time, I will leave you in trouble if something like this happened."

Sara flinched at the pain she felt in her head. Keith's smack had hurt when it had connected with her skull. Sara was afraid of a possible head injury.

"You are a bully. But anyway, since you helped me out, I will give you, my thanks. Now, go your own way so that I can go my own way."