Episode 038
‘You’re a student at Black Turtle Tower, right?’
Lee Han watched closely to see what the other person was doing.
The opponent was a boy from the rat-beast race. He was short and had a slightly curved back, but his steps were so quiet that they didn’t make a sound.
Lee Han suspected that the other person had received special training.
As the old knight Allarlong said, steps often tell the identity of a person.
The knight’s steps, the wizard’s steps, the hunter’s steps, the thief’s steps…
And those steps were closer to those of a thief.
‘The rat beast people are not welcome in the empire.’
Although it was said that all races in the empire were equal, it was difficult to truly do so.
In reality, there was no choice but to be divided into popular and unpopular races.
And the rat-beast people were the latter.
A race that is always viewed with suspicion by the people of the empire because there are many thieves, vagabonds, pickpockets, and rag pickers.
Those were the rat beastmen.
‘It must be my bias. Not all Rats and Beastmen will just go around stealing.’
Lee Han thought he had gone too far.
Aren’t all rat-beast people trained as thieves?
Snap─
“……”
However, the other person took out a clunky and crude fake key from his belt and began to vigorously turn it against the locked door.
The intention seemed obvious to anyone watching.
‘Well, it’s not the time for me to curse at others either.’
Since Lee Han was currently looking for a way out by breaking the school rules, he couldn’t blame anyone else.
rather…
‘It might be better to cooperate.’
Seeing as he had made a key and brought it with him, it was not the first time the other person had come out today.
There is no way Lee Han is the only student trying to leave school.
Lee Han approached cautiously.
If the other person screams in surprise, even Lee Han will be ruined.
Sze-
Lee Han quietly stopped behind the wildly focused Rat-Beastman boy, then pointed his staff at his neck and whispered in a low voice.
“hey. “If you make a loud noise, you will die.”
“…!!”
* * *
Even before entering school, Ratford was a professional thief belonging to the Thieves Guild, <White Crow>.
In fact, Ratford couldn’t believe it from the moment he received the offer to enter the magic school.
No matter how qualified he is, he still wants to accept a thief as a student.
Fortunately, Black Turtle’s top students did not ostracize Ratford or anything.
But Ratford himself couldn’t help but feel a strange sense of alienation.
There was no choice but to be different between the boys and girls who were born into wealthy merchant families and Ratford, who honed his skills as a thief by roaming the alleys of the night.
To that extent, Ratford wanted to show something with his own abilities.
Just like Nylia, a former hunter (of course, Ratford never thought there would be another person like her), I want to be recognized by my friends in the same tower for my abilities!
So Ratford prepared meticulously.
-As it is a large school, there will be a kitchen and warehouses. If you find a place and rob it, you can get plenty of food and various daily necessities to fill your stomach!
While other students passed through the hallways and went to the classroom without thinking, Ratford was oblivious and examined the keyhole behind the central staircase.
Probing the inside of the keyhole with just the feel of your fingertips and then creating a makeshift key on the spot to open the door was a highly difficult stunt that not even a decent thief could do…
Ratford ultimately succeeded after putting in all his spare time.
I thought all that was left was glory, but suddenly this surprise attack occurred.
‘Who… who…’
It was obvious who the opponent was.
The security guarding this school was clear.
Professional thieves were always prepared for situations like this.
Ratford carefully raised both hands above his shoulders and spoke as sternly as he could.
“Don’t hit me. “I surrender.”
Even if they were the same thief, the number of times they were beaten was different between the one who went crazy when caught and the one who accepted it obediently.
If you’ve already been caught, admitting it is a better choice in some ways.
“Shh. “I snuck out like you.”
“…?!”
Only then did Ratford look back.
A burly boy in a priest’s uniform removed the staff from Ratford’s neck and looked around.
‘We were the same freshman!?’
Ratford was stunned.
The threat was so brutal that Ratford naturally thought it was a security guard.
No, a fellow freshman is making life threatening threats such as ‘If you make a loud noise, you will die’…
“What is this…”
“I told you to lower your voice.”
“who are you?”
Even as he asked, Ratford was able to guess who the other person was to some extent.
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He has a tall and sturdy physique, and even has the ability to approach like this and use his cane like a weapon.
It was clearly one of the students from White Tiger Tower.
‘I don’t know how he got the priest’s uniform, but he’s a bit of a brainiac, isn’t he?’
If you walked around wearing a priest’s uniform, you would inevitably be less suspicious.
Who would have thought that a former knight with a head of muscle would show such wit.
“Blue Dragon Tower, Ihan Wardanazda.”
“……”
Ratford opened his mouth in shock.
* * *
Ratford accepted the situation faster than expected.
Actually, I wasn’t completely convinced.
‘What on earth is this person from the Wardanaz family doing on this night… no, how are they wearing their priest’s uniform…’
But since the situation was so urgent right now, I decided to just accept it and move on.
Above all, the proposal made by the boy from the Wardanaz family was even more shocking.
“Let’s move together?”
“No matter what, a two-person team is more efficient. Wouldn’t it be better for you to move together rather than alone?”
“…Can’t you see who I am??”
Ratford asked back as if it were absurd. Lee Han paused at that question.
“Could it be the principal’s son?”
“……”
Of course, he was not the principal’s son.
Ratford was dumbfounded.
If you had eyes, you could tell that Ratford was from the rat race.
Didn’t he try to open the door by clicking a fake key in the middle of the night?
If you had a brain, you should have recognized, ‘Oh, he’s a thief!’
“Just by looking at him, he’s a thief! “A high-ranking person from the Wardanaz family wants to hang around with a thief like me?”
“hey. “What do you think I’m doing right now?”
“……”
Ratford was dumbfounded by Lee Han’s question.
…I know?
“Let’s move together?”
“okay. You were probably looking for a grocery warehouse, right? “Me too.”
“!”
After being startled for a moment, Ratford came to his senses and asked:
“Are you really from the Wardanaz family?”
Ratford looked at him suspiciously.
No matter how much I think about it…
“Are you going to move together? Or should I take you down and move on my own?”
“Jin, calm down. Calm down. Let’s move together. “Two people are better than one.”
Ratford urgently waved his hand as Lee Han’s cane was thrust threateningly at him.
Even if I didn’t know anything else, I felt certain that I couldn’t beat my opponent when we faced each other.
“so. “Have you prepared the key?”
“okay.”
“Does it open?”
“It won’t open. Normally it should be open, but it seems to be protected by magic.”
Ratford picked the keyhole impatiently.
If it was protected by magic, there was no way to open Ratford.
I’m completely bare here in case there’s a thief’s treasure…
Slam!
“?”
A key flew out of Lee Han’s pocket and stuck into the keyhole.
Then he spun around and opened the door.
“???”
“Uh, where did I get the key?”
“These are the keys I stole from the principal’s office.”
“Nong… are you kidding?”
“no. “It’s true.”
Last time I stayed behind with Asan and cleaned up after him, not only did I learn magic, but I also took a key with me.
I was wondering what kind of key it was, but was it the key to the area behind the central entrance?
‘…I guess I’ll have to be more careful.’
If it was the key that the principal left behind, I could never let down my guard.
Lee Han was determined not to let down his guard due to this good fortune.
Passing through an empty banquet hall without a single person, passing a large hall, passing several closed doors…
“for a moment.”
Ratford suddenly fell to the floor.
“I think there are people underground? “I hear a sound.”
“…!”
At that moment, Lee Han seemed to know where the workers were coming from.
‘It’s underground!’
If you go to the main gate on the ground or the passage through the castle wall, not only will you attract the attention of students, but students will inevitably try to use it.
In contrast, students had no easy way to find out if they entered or exited through the underground passage.
I thought it was strange that the students were walking around like that and couldn’t even see the shadow of a worker…
‘Why on earth does this damn school do something like that?’
“It’s clear they’re talking in the basement warehouse. “Find a way down to the basement!”
“Wow, indeed…”
Ratford began to walk hurriedly at Lee Han’s words.
Fortunately, the stairs leading to the basement appeared in front of them not long after.
I like it─
Even though I only came down one flight of stairs, the air felt different.
Although moonlight still came through the windows from above, there was only cool darkness here.
Lee Han wondered whether to bring light.
However, Lee Han’s instincts prevented him from taking such action.
Above all, the fact that the key in the principal’s office opened the door raised Lee Han’s alertness.
‘With the personality of the principal I’ve seen so far, it wouldn’t be strange to set up a few traps in a place like this.’
Ratford rustled next to me. Lee Han spoke quietly.
“Don’t turn on the light.”
“…?”
“Someone might be waiting.”
“!”
Ratford was surprised by the words of this Wardanaz family boy.
It was definitely an unknown place where I didn’t know what was going on. Because of his unfamiliarity and nervousness, he tried to light a fire without realizing it.
If Lee Han hadn’t told me, I would have made a mistake.
‘…No, but what is it really??’
Ratford had also heard rumors about the boy from the Wardanaz family a few times inside the Black Turtle Tower.
-I heard there is no blood or tears? I guess he’s already taking control of the Blue Dragon Tower with his charisma.
-They say that neither the prince nor the princess can breathe in front of the Wardanaz family.
-I saw him in a magic class the other day, and he succeeded in one go where others failed after several attempts.
-In the riding class, a thunderbird attacked me, but I subdued it with magic and made it submit. Can you believe it?
At first I thought it was an exaggerated rumor.
Isn’t this too severe for a fellow freshman?
But looking at it this way, Ratford began to think that the rumors might not be exaggerated.
The intimidating feeling it gives off is no joke!
hook!
“!”
A lantern flashed in the distance and the surrounding area became bright.
Lee Han and Ratford lowered their posture without even taking a deep breath.
I didn’t realize it when it was dark, but this entire underground space was like a huge warehouse.
I could vaguely see that there were shelves and tables crowded together, and all sorts of things were crammed into them.
The warehouse keeper slowly started walking with a lantern in hand. Thanks to the silence, where you could even hear a pin drop, I could clearly hear the warehouse manager muttering.
“Cheese… 8 pieces. check. Maple syrup… 5 bottles. check. White paper… Chapter 22. check. Spirit silver needle… 3 pieces. check.”
‘I’m memorizing all the numbers!’
“The warning magic has weakened. “I have to walk again.”
I could feel the warehouse manager casting a spell on the item along with a wave of magical power.
Lee Han felt a chill run down his spine.
All objects have an alarm spell.
If you touched an object without knowing this, you would have been taken to the punishment room.
“who are you?”
“!”
Both of their hearts sank.
The warehouse manager turned his head in the exact direction where the two were and opened his mouth.
‘There’s no way it can be seen from that angle, right?’
Lee Han tried to remain calm even in the midst of confusion.
How did the other person notice? Are you trying to float? Wouldn’t it be too late to use the invisibility magic now?
“…!”
Lee Han was shocked to see the face of the warehouse manager slowly approaching.
Surprisingly, the warehouse manager was a blind man with his eyes covered in bandages.
