A Thief

Two days passed quickly. Tonight was the time to receive the items he requested from Arlott.

Kyel was not in a hurry and was not waiting impatiently.

In the past two days, Kyel had been analyzing the magic tower, the professors, the protectors, and the principal in charge of the dome of this magic tower—the most powerful wizard in this tower.

Some said he was an arcane knight and had reached the light of expansion. He also attained the top rank of Knights, Rank 6.

Of course, this was just gossip; the truth was that no one knew for sure because the principal was not very visible to others. Kyel didn't really care about that at the moment. Right now, he was in the Magic Tower Library studying some history since Jules was skipping history lessons at the time.

What Kyel was currently studying was the history of the magic towers, specifically their beginnings, which dated back to a period a hundred thousand years ago.

Of course, this is an approximate period. No one knows the exact time.

At that time, there was a war between nine poles of humanity—a war between magicians—and the demons did not intervene even after a while after the war ended. These nine poles were as follows:

Polaris Circuis

Hojundall Njord

Percival Tanglethorne

Morganna

Ignatius Glimmerdew

Wilhelmina Cobblepot

Cedric Plumwhisk

Thalia Dewbright

Oswald Fizzlepuff

As you may have guessed, these names belonged to people, and these people were the most powerful in their era. They were the ones who created the magical towers.

The towers were primarily for military purposes, used as huge magic cannons. The war led to many heavy losses, and the world branded these nine as criminals who had betrayed the covenant they had sworn to the primitive seraphim.

However, there were those who saw them as role models, and they passed the torch to future generations to carry hatred and malice toward people belonging to other magic towers.

But in this time, few people know and differentiate between the magic towers.

There is no information about the identity of each magic tower.

Perhaps there is, but it is confidential and forbidden to be leaked. As for those who harbor hatred toward other magic towers, they are exposed in annual competitions held between the towers.

There are fighting and competitive matches between students, but any intentional act to kill a student is considered a misdemeanor and a punishable crime.

These rivalries and competitions are often used to expose factions that still harbor grudges toward other factions.

Every person who belongs to these factions is considered a first-degree criminal.

But not just students; it could also be teachers, protectors, the principal himself, or anyone else. Even large aristocratic families have affiliations in some cases that serve their interests.

While Kyel was immersed in reading the history of this world and the magic towers, somewhere else, Arlott was sneaking around the halls, wearing his jacket that concealed him and made him invisible—a magical object.

He had been sneaking out for two whole days to attend the magic potions class and collect the information Kyel had asked of him.

Today, the final mission remained: to infiltrate Professor Megan Hart's room and steal what Kyel requested.

It was the most difficult task among them. The main challenge was to keep people's eyes away from him, break the lock on the door, and enter and exit in a few minutes.

He was walking and avoiding bumping into people. He reached a closed corner and noticed a fat child eating his own snot.

He said in a disgusted voice, "Ew!"

'Cons of the concealment suit.'

The fat child was frightened by a voice that echoed from nowhere and started to run away, then fell to the ground, causing snot to come out of his nose.

Arlott thought, 'I hate this job. I hope it'll all be over so I can go back to studying my magic circles.'

He then proceeded to the teachers' residence after realizing that Professor Megan Hart was teaching this evening.

She wouldn't be in her room until hours later, so he had to hurry now.

Arlott arrived at the entrance to the professors' dormitory, and here was the big step. Anything small coming from him would be detected if there was a professor around, so he had to remain vigilant as always.

Fortunately, he had snuck up behind Professor Megan Hart yesterday, so he knew where her room was. The teachers' dormitory was large and different from the students'.

In each hallway, there was one room, and each room was like a small apartment containing a bathroom and the latest magical technologies for comfort.

Some student dormitories contained such apartments, but they were all for students of aristocratic lineage.

That's why Arlott was dissatisfied. Why didn't life give him such privileges? But with my concealment suit, I can save myself; I won't live the same life anymore. Arlott took steady steps and reached Professor Megan Hart's room. Now all he had to do was pass through the door, and he would be inside the apartment.

He took out a green powder in a bottle and put it on the door lock, and the iron lock began to corrode and fade. Beep!

The door opened.

He entered the apartment and found a feminine perfume in the air.

Arlott thought, 'This is what you would expect in the apartment of one of the beauties of the Magic Tower, Professor Megan Hart, the first love of all boys.'

He did not need to turn the apartment upside down because everything was organized: books, diaries, notes—everything was on a table.

But he was a little suspicious, and with his experience in stealing and borrowing, he knew something was wrong. That's why he decided to turn the apartment upside down.

Then, when he moved the table, a thud! sounded, echoing; he was caught off guard, but nothing happened.

He opened a small safe that was hidden as if it were a secret passage, and there was a bookshelf on which many books and daily diaries were placed.

Arlott smiled; inside, he was going to hatch a plan—a simple plan. He was going to present what he found on the table to Kyel.

As for the real books and those things that he found on the bookshelf, he would hide them for himself in his magic storage ring that he had stolen from one of the professors.

It was a priceless ring. He could store many things.