The old school building of Janice Royal College is located deep in the woods far away from the school. Unless students have special needs, few people approach them. In fact, the Guerrilla Guild has also been entrusted with a long period of regular cleaning of the occasional small monsters.

Under this premise, it is very abrupt for a silver-haired teenager to shuttle between the old school buildings.

During her stay at the College, Heliga had heard about the old school building. Even among the students, all kinds of unbelievable rumors were born, haunted, the spirits of ancient kings, and the secret treasures of the previous masters...... Although it is very unreliable, there are still many students who are willing to believe in these things.

Of course, Heliga didn't come here because of that. In fact, there is something that has been bothering him for the past few days and needs to be solved by him.

It can't be said to be troublesome, it's just - more or less, a little irritated by it.

The items that are neatly placed in the room by yourself will always be inexplicably messed up. Occasionally, something inconsequential is lost.

That's it, maybe one of Joshua and Hans was careless, or maybe he had some strange fetish—Heliga had thought so. But the same situation happened for several days in a row, and he turned a blind eye to it, and after confirming with Joshua and Hans that neither of them had behaved in the same way, there was only one possibility - a fourth person had infiltrated the place several times.

For some reason, Heliga suddenly remembered a strange commission Joshua and Estelle had received on their last day before coming to the academy. The target candelabra was stolen, and instead of trying to erase the traces of his visit, the thief left behind a beautiful card hinting at clues in obscure text.

After that, the two of them, who worked hard and ran for most of the city, finally found the stolen goods, and at the same time read a card that made people look very uncomfortable.

This kind of tricky modus operandi, no matter how you look at it, it looks like the same person did it.

Heliga didn't know why he hadn't left him the little card, perhaps because he was worried that Hans or Joshua would find it first. Heliga thought to herself. However, he still placed one or two monitoring feedback spells on his things, so that if there was a wind and grass, he would know through the magic spell.

Sure enough, at noon on the first day of the spell erection, the expected cards arrived as scheduled. Looking at the card that read, "If you care about my existence, please go to the forest where you have lost your favor", Heliga couldn't help but laugh.

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"What kind of boring idiot ......" walked down the road covered in thick dust, and the walls were peeling bricks and tiles of the old schoolhouse, and Heliga was depressed. Although I am a little curious about that person, isn't it good to come by alone?

Forget it, Estelle and Joshua have a rare opportunity to experience the life of the academy, not to mention the excellent model students in the academy, such as Kloss, who can't afford to let them delay precious class time because of their own affairs. Phenanthrene...... I had the idea of an invitation, but when I found a picture on the roof of the house of a man curled up comfortably in the sun and taking a nap with a smile on his face, Heliga, who couldn't bear to disturb her, had no choice but to give up.

"Nothing." Standing in the hall of the central building of the old school building, around the dusty walls and floors, there was nothing.

Did you find the wrong one? No, it's unlikely, the only thing that is still in the forest near the academy is the old school building.

Tricked yourself? It's possible, but it stands to reason that this kind of person who is happy to play Estelle and Joshua around should not be so easy to find.

"Forget it, since you're so boring to give out invitations, I'm here so boringly......" Helliga stretched, "then let's play hide and seek." ”

There were no cards, no obvious hints, and Heliga found it in this large complex. Just a second before he was about to give up, a wall that had begun to loosen from a nearby brick caught his attention. When you look closer, you can see a dead sheep painted on the wall, surrounded by a bear, a lion, and a wolf. Under the second brick at the top, a beautiful card is pressed.

"Found it. I'll take a look......" Heliga, who opened the card with great interest, looked at it and his face was full of black lines—

"It takes 2, 3 and 6 hours for a bear, a lion and a wolf to eat a sheep, respectively...... If they eat together, how long will it take to finish eating......" The blue tendons burst out of his forehead, "This is an arithmetic problem from Sunday school?" ”

Heliga fell into deep thought. It seems that Sunday school has taught solutions to such problems? Let's say the weight of the sheep is 1......

Wait a minute! Heliga woke up suddenly, didn't he play into the other party's hands by doing this? It's stupid enough to play these weird puzzle games with this idiot, and I'm really getting caught up in it, trying to solve the puzzle!

Heliga punched the wall in frustration. It doesn't matter if you don't smash it, if you go down with a fist, the wall that was already loose will directly crack out a hole that can be passed by one person.

"Ah......" Helliga startled, "this wall is ...... Wait a minute...... This place was originally a staircase, and the walls were improvised and assembled? ”

Immediately after that, there is a joy.

It seems that the man is waiting for him at the bottom of here.

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"Hehe......" In the basement, a purple-haired man dressed in white and wearing a strange mask let out a pleasant laugh: "Although the appearance of seriously answering the question is good, but the moment when you make up your mind to cut through the mess quickly is even more moving...... Is that right? ”

Gently stroking his soft medium-length hair, the man didn't look back, and said this to the young man who appeared behind him.

"Looks like that's you?" Helriga moved coldly towards the man in front of him, "This is really a big man." ”

"Oh? Boy from the Empire, do you know me? The man said with interest.

"After all, he's a celebrity in the Empire." "Thief B, although many people, especially the jewelry store owners and nobles, regard you as a plague to prevent and avoid, in fact, you still have many supporters among the people. ”

"Hmph, those vulgar." The male, known as Thief B, shook his head disdainfully, "They're just mediocre and pathologically think I'm acting very cool...... None of them could understand my perception of noble beauty. ”

"What are you talking nonsense?" Heiliga complained frantically in his heart, you are the mediocre person who disturbs himself and is extremely sick, right?

"That's it, young boy......" "Monster Thief B" sighed softly, "You're too young to understand this 'beauty'...... A teenager who is determined to thirst for his own knowledge, and a young girl who lost her family at a young age and grew up in the battlefield and killing, the fact that she has no choice but to accept it......" Although it sounded like the person in front of him was speaking casually, Helica's face changed dramatically when he heard this.

That is, after the masked man that day, in just a few days, another person appeared who had some understanding of the source of his "power". And he seems to know most of his experiences, including the part of "Zephyr" and the story of Faye.

"I was going to leave your ...... alone" Helriga licked his lips, his heart was alarmed, to know this, the silver-haired man may have been a hunter, but the famous thief in front of him is far from as simple as it seems.

"I don't want to use force today. If I rush into war with someone without all preparation, and if I can't win calmly, but instead looks ugly, it also violates my attachment to beauty. Thief B said in a relaxed tone, "Today, that's all." ”

A strange magic circle suddenly floated under the strange thief's body, and his body was gradually disappearing as he shone in the light of the magic circle.

"Want to run?" Although he doesn't know the principle, after all, he is stealing countless people who have never been caught, and this must be his exclusive means of escape. Thinking of this, Heiliga no longer hesitated, drew his knife with one hand, and was about to rush forward, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, he would cut it first-

When! The crisp sound of metal landing sounded behind him. Heliga immediately turned back to find a dagger falling on his shadow in the faint light. Other than that, it doesn't have any other effect. It's just that this delay is only half a second more free, and Monster Thief B has disappeared with the swirling colored light.

"That's all for today. Helika-kun. Thief B's voice came to mind out of thin air in the small space, "I have a hunch that we will meet again in the near future." ”

"......" looked at the empty hall of the old school building, and Heiliga fell into deep thought.

"My strength...... The Thing About the Philippines...... Male ...... in Silver Hair Mask Monster Thief B......"

Why did these things, which had never happened before, suddenly erupt in a concentrated manner in just a few days?

In addition, there was such a ridiculous thing as the attack on the orphanage......

All of this is not normal. If things don't go right, it means that something is changing. Judging by the existing indications, it does not seem to be a good thing.

"Fei ......" In the dark, the young man's whispers could not be heard by anyone but himself.

Inevitably, in the dark corners that cannot be seen, there is some conspiracy brewing.

Although it is not known who planned this conspiracy, who carried it out, and who the target was...... But......

No matter what, Fei, I'll protect you.

In the past, I didn't know the meaning of this power, and I was afraid of the possible future and was unwilling to accept it.

But now, this goal and the future, there are already there. It is to protect you, but also myself, to protect our past, present, and future, forever.

Whoever you are, don't try to hurt the bond between us.

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"It's strange that you still look so messy." Deep in the forest, the two masked men that Helliga was thinking about were walking side by side.

"Huh...... I didn't expect that the "shadow slit" had no effect on the young man, and it was a bit of a miscalculation, disrupting the teleportation steps. This protection from the "outer side of the world" is a bit too much, isn't it? ”

"Who knows?" The silver-haired man shrugged, "It's strange that the Lord told us the information and didn't let us do anything. ”

"Hehe......" Monster Thief B chuckled, "we are the executors, as long as we act according to our own will." ”

"That's right." The silver-haired man's face softened, "Next, let's exchange information." ”

"Gladly."

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P.S: It seems that someone misunderstood the meaning of the last chapter, and the silver-haired figure written is talking about the protagonist, not someone else......

The purpose of this chapter is to give the monster thief a chance to show his face.,After all, I won't write about his side puzzle solving tasks separately in the future.,He basically won't appear again for non-main content.。 So give him a chance to play. Above~

Anyway, this chapter was actually written in 3K......