"I don't have to go to work today." Quizen said, his gaze glued to the path ahead of him.
Quizen and Zaque are on their way back to the house, their bellies full and satisfied from the breakfast that Coco paid for— even though Zaque insisted that he could pay for the three of them— with their pockets heavy with money.
Before Coco sent them off to go back to the house, she gave them their weekly allowance which consists of ten gold coins each.
She did not want one of them to have less than the others so she made sure that all of them had ten gold coins.
The amount of the gold coins honestly surprised them because just a month ago, the four of them were struggling to get by, having to resort to selling their fragile bodies to laborious work available around the village.
So, seeing Coco hand them forty gold coins so casually while paying for their meal, gave them butterflies.