[Bonus chapter]Slip-up

"Huh?" Claudia shrugged in surprise. "A spare barrel? What for?" she asked, puzzled by Tom's sudden request. 

"Can you just listen to my request? Or do I need to go and get them myself?" Tom asked in an annoyed tone while rolling his eyes. 

'I understand that you are curious, but it is me facing the boss right now, not you!' He complained in his thoughts, trying to hold back what he would voice out as to not put a rift between the two of them so early on.

"Okay, okay! You didn't need to shout at me like that!" Claudia pouted while obediently moving towards the backpack and opening it up. "A spare barrel... How does one look like?" she asked while raising her eyes on Tom.