Thanks to the "Patriotic Sanitation Campaign" promoted by Russell, systematic urban sewers were first built in Trier, the capital of the Republic of Intislav, making the city once known as the most hygienic and civilized.

More than 100 years after Russell's death, 12 years ago, due to a great plague, the Kingdom of Rune gradually built a more advanced sewer system in the capital, surpassing the "Russell Legacy" of the Republic of Antis in one fell swoop.

Today, Varina walks the wide sewers and enjoys the convenience it brings.

When he decided to use the sewer, he thought of a good way out and was using his actions to verify it.

Varina discovered that the Earl of Levitt's villa was not too far from St. Samuel's Church in the North End, and that he had a familiar place nearby, the house of Viscount Stout.

If they could be connected via sewers, Varina thought it would be his best place to hide - even if it were a squad of substitutes, it wouldn't be easy to search for the home of a viscount, a cultist of the goddess of the night.

He groped his way through the sewers to the northeast, occasionally digging out to check his bearings, and gradually approached Bercolnd Street.

The expectations in her heart gradually came true, and Varina's steps became lighter, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly.

After a while, a fork in the road ahead, and he planned to turn to the left and go out again at the next exit to confirm his bearings.

……

39 Berklund Street, House of Councillor Mahert.

Miss Hazel Macht got up from her bed and, with the help of her night vision, changed into clothes that made her mobility easier.

She climbed down from the balcony of her third-floor bedroom, carefully avoiding her bodyguards, and sneaked out of the garden to the middle of Berklund Street, where not all sewer entrances were free for humans to pass through and had an upright metal staircase.

Hazel expertly removed the manhole cover, climbed down, and closed it from the inside.

After stepping onto the slightly slippery, mossy ground, she made her swift progress along rusty iron pipes and slow-flowing rivers of sewage.

She's going to keep her promise.

Not long ago, Hazel had an adventure, and in a dream she received a lesson and gift from her teacher, and became an extraordinary Sequence 9, and in return, she promised to help her teacher get out of trouble.

Hazel's sense of the novelty of acquiring extraordinary abilities is still there, and in the uninhabited sewers, she unconsciously uses her abilities like a child who has been given a fresh toy.

Soon after, a fork in the road ahead.

Hazel, who had already walked through the sewers a few times, knew that after that fork in the road, the end of the third fork to the left was her destination.

……

Around the corner, Varina and Hazel met head-on and nearly collided.

"I'm sorry."

Varina was startled, and before he could react, an apology popped out of his mouth.

Then he realized that it was in the sewers, not on the street outside...... Moreover, this girl is not simple, and she walks without a sound!

Hazel's reaction was even more intense, and she jumped back in shock.

She had no idea that she would meet someone else in the sewers in the middle of the night, but Varina's blurted out "I'm sorry" greatly eased her mood.

For a brief moment of silence, the two men looked at each other.

Hazel has bright dark brown eyes, long dark green wavy hair is simply tied back with a belt, and the light home clothes on her body are also made of high-end materials.

Varina wears a black tuxedo suit with a white shirt and black waistcoat underneath, a wood-colored gold-encrusted cane in her hand, and most outrageously a half-top hat in the sewers!

"Are you also a 'thief'?"

After a moment, Hazel broke the silence with caution and curiosity.

Well?

"Thieves"?

Teenage girl in the sewer...... Hazel!

Hagiel's brief question revealed so much information that Varina understood her identity at once.

After reacting, he thought that since he had met this ill-fated girl in advance, he could pull it if he could, at least give her one more chance to choose.

Thinking of this, Varina smiled and said:

"Beautiful young lady, it seems that you know nothing about the cruelty of the extraordinary world, and you have made a huge mistake with a simple question."

Under Hézel's defensive gaze, he explained:

"You exposed yourself in the first sentence, which is a very dangerous act, because it tells me what you are capable of."

"If I had bad intentions, you would be in danger right now."

Looking at Hazel's haughty look of disbelief and unconvinced, Varina sighed and added:

"Sequence 9 'The Thief', whose main ability is 'Stealing', has extraordinary observation powers, can judge the value of items, and also comes with an increase in physique and agility."

"Am I right?"

Hearing this, Hazel couldn't help but take another half step back, pursed her lips, and replied affirmatively: "You are also a 'thief'!" ”

Varina smiled noncommittally and steered the conversation to the most important part.

"Beautiful young lady, it looks like you've been calculated," he said with a serious expression as he spoke, "The person who gave you the 'Thief' potion recipe has absolutely no ill intentions. ”

"Why?"

Hazel looked at Varina, unconvinced, but curious.

"The 'thief' way, the higher you are promoted, the more weird and terrifying the abilities you get, the objects of stealing range from ordinary items to extraordinary abilities, to thoughts, and then you can even steal fate and identity, completely replacing the existence of others."

Speaking of which, Varina asked in an affirmative tone:

"I think the person who gave you the potion recipe must not have told you the common sense and knowledge of the extraordinary world, but just blindly asked you to improve the sequence and help him do things, heh, this can be seen from the question you just asked."

With the force under his feet, and at the same time using his lightness ability, he took three or four steps in a row on the surface of the sewage river, and landed in the passage five or six meters behind Hazel, and said the final words as he walked away:

"I'm telling you this just to give you a chance to choose a choice that can change your fate, believe it or not."

"Finally, I would like to remind you that the name of Sequence 8 corresponding to 'Thief' is 'Fraudster', as for whether I am 'Thief' or not, I believe you can see for yourself."

Hazel watched Varina leave, listening to his words, and his heart stirred.

She could see clearly that Varina didn't have anything particularly valuable—it meant that the abilities he had just demonstrated came from himself.

He's really not a "thief"!