Nao's eyes fluttered open by the promise of gold nearby. "Did you hear? The princess was kidnapped, and the king's offering 10,000 gold coins for whoever saves her." The faint words of the enthusiastic travelers outside of the hallow tree trunk Nao called home caught her attention briefly, but she sighed and looked upon the rusted knife in her hand soon afterwards.

[i]'Even if the money is enticing, I bet it's not something I can handle considering the king's asking the entire damn kingdom'[/i], the young marauder thought to herself. [i]'Might as well just wait for the 'heroes' to come through here. Maybe even take some of their stuff if they're stupid enough, then watch as the fairies do their thing.'[/i] 

Nao allowed her eyes to close once again, thinking about the antics she, Lyca, and the rest of her 'neighbors' could play on passerbys. The forest they live in were near the border between Tarna and Vragnok, so it was something she could always look forward to when not preying on the weak.