Acquired Loot

While the town was soundly asleep except for the rowdy castle, the two young men slipped unnoticed and boarded the passenger vessel.

Without anyone noticing a thing, they slipped inside their cabin and dropped the money bag on the table.

"Oh my god!" Julian plopped down on his bed. "We actually did it. We're rich!"

"Rich? Hardly." Kiernan shook his head and looked at the money bag. "That's just some reserve funds that Count Sander had kept in case he had to make a quick exit.

"It's not going to be much compared to his total wealth."

"It is still an amazing haul." Julian said.

"Not enough for the trouble." Kiernan said. "We could've died there."

"But we didn't, because of your quick thinking!" Julian patted him on the shoulder with a laugh. "Nice way of using the slaves and the navy as a distraction!"

"Well, we must leave this island immediately."

"How? Unless the captain has paid off the tax, we aren't going anywhere."