The thieves club room was located in a very remote area.
Although they ranked in the upper-middle tier in terms of size and performance, the problem was their frequent violation of school rules.
In addition to individual derit points and disciplinary action, club-level sanctions were also applied quite frequently.
This included cuts in the clubs budget.
As evidence, the interior of the room was remarkably shabby.
The leather on the sofas was completely peeled off, and the chairs picked up from who knows where were mismatched in appearance.
There, sitting on an old wooden table that also seed to have been scavenged, was the president of the thieves club.
She was a tall beauty with long black hair that fell to her waist.
Even though she was just sitting expressionless and doing nothing, her charisma seed to radiate naturally.
Perhaps this was only natural, given that she was running a club.
Were here, noonim
...
The club president silently flicked her index finger.
As Shin Byeong-cheol hesitantly approached, a white hand roughly grabbed his buzz-cut hair.
Did I or did I not tell you to be careful?
Ow! Sister! Not the hair! Not the hair!
Its important! Listen and dont get distracted! I told you so!
Im sorry! Oww! Stop! Im going to go bald!
Every ti the club president tightened her grip, Shin Byeong-cheol was pitifully dragged around.
This farce seed to have cost Shin Byeong-cheol a handful of hair if not more.
The club president released his head and gave him a final slap on the back of it, making a loud thwack! sound.
Cant stand the sight of you. Get out.
Yes, Im sorry.
Shin Byeong-cheol massaged his aching head and made his exit, leaving just the two of us.
As the club president shifted her gaze towards , I imdiately bowed my head.
Hello, senior.
Im Dang Gyu-young. You probably already know, but Im the club president here.
Im Kim Ho.
Lets get straight to the goods.
Dang Gyu-young looked to be a very straightforward person.
From my perspective, it was more comfortable to just exchange formalities and get straight to the point rather than beating around the bush with aningless chatter.
I pulled out the [Cube of Life] from my inventory and showed it to her.
Dang Gyu-young stared at the densely packed prohibited items inside and then picked one to examine it.
Its real. Honestly, I was half in doubt until just now. An item that can deceive the ban wave, it just sounds too false to believe.
The world is vast and items are plenty.
So it seems. I thought I had seen all kinds of items, but it looks like I still have a long way to go. Hey, can I steal this?
Her gaze was 20% playful and 80% serious.
And as the president of the thieves club, stealing an item from a freshman would be a piece of cake if she set her mind to it.
Of course, I had considered this possibility as well.
Youll be caught quickly. Even though it looks like this, this is a magic engineering item.
What?
Dang Gyu-young scrutinized the cube more closely.
It was hard to notice at first glance since it was covered with various plants and flowers, but traces of the 10x10x10 blueprint could be seen here and there.
Whats this? Is it a magic engineering item? Ive never seen anything like it. Who made it?
I did.
Hey, youre pretty skilled with your hands?
Dang Gyu-young realized the situation and let go of her desire to take it.
The theft prevention chanism of a magic engineering item was more complex than that of a regular magic item.
It can be deeply embedded during the manufacturing stage, making it difficult to find and bypass.
Of course, I hadnt actually done that but bluffing alone was enough to deter her.
If what I said was true and she was tracked, shed be completely trapped.
Tch, anyway, you must want sothing from ; thats why you didnt pass things to Byeong-chul and ca directly to , right?
You got it right.
As you can see, were quite poor here. If this had been stolen too, we would have ended up in deficit this month.
So, there isnt much I can offer you.
is what she ant to say.
I knew it was an exaggeration, but I didnt point it out.
After all, I hadnt co for a material reward.
Youll be able to do what Im about to ask of you.
Lets hear it. What is it?
I paused for a mont before speaking.
The temporary storage.
!
The mont I ntioned temporary storage, Dang Gyu-youngs face turned cold and stiff.
The shadow at my feet began to wriggle and my own shadow clambered up my legs uncontrollably.
The presence of Dang Gyu-young that was right in front of gradually faded.
It was a situation where a battle could break out at any mont.
Lets talk, senior. Im scared, you know.
You didnt even flinch. Were you sent by the disciplinary committee?
No. Im not on good terms with them.
Then where are you from?
I ca here on my own.
And you expect to believe that?
Why would I lie about sothing thats so easily exposed?
A little investigation would quickly reveal my affiliation.
Such a trivial lie would bring more harm than benefit.
Dang Gyu-young stared at intently, trying to gauge my true intentions, while I calmly deflected her inspection.
Soon, the wriggling shadows returned to normal.
Fine, lets assu youre unaffiliated for now. How did you know about the temporary storage?
I deduced it on my own.
In truth, it wasnt deduction but experience.
With a single ban wave, hundreds of prohibited items were confiscated from the entire student body.
But was this ban wave during the sester a one-ti event?
Absolutely not.
It was triggered just when the students started to forget about it, just to instill a sense of vigilance in them.
So where did all those nurous prohibited items go?
There was a storage facility for confiscated items.
Even I, a veteran among veteran players, didnt know exactly where it was located.
Its location changed frequently.
Moreover, even if one managed to discover its location, penetrating it would be virtually impossible.
For example, so principals used huge sub-spaces as storage for confiscated items.
To enter, one had to defeat the principal who was a forr great hero. Ironically, if one had the capability to do so, obtaining the items inside beca aningless.
However, this was just the location of the storage.
Before moving the prohibited items to this storage, they underwent a short period of sorting and verification at a different location.
This was the temporary storage.
I guess you will probably go there tonight or tomorrow night.
Once this weekend passed, the temporary storage would be completely emptied.
The biggest concern for the thieves club right now was whether they could raid that place before it was cleared out.
Waiting until Sunday would likely be too late, so Friday or Saturday night seed ideal.
As my intentions beca clear, Dang Gyu-youngs face took on an expression of disbelief.
So, youre saying you want to hitch a ride now?
Not exactly hitch a ride. Im paying a fare here.
The fare, of course, was the recently saved prohibited items.
Perhaps due to my confident attitude, Dang Gyu-young let out a sarcastic laugh.
She flipped over the [Cube of Life], spilling its contents, and handed the empty cube to .
Junior, Kim Ho, I truly appreciate your help in retrieving these items. Im even willing to pay a fair price for them. But this deal puts us at a loss. Do you know how much effort we put into this? Just to have you add a spoon to a table weve already set? Thats not acceptable.
I do see your point.
So, forget about the temporary storage and suggest sothing else. Anything else.
Even with the combined value of the prohibited items I had saved, it wasnt enough to earn a spot on the bus to the temporary storage.
To the thieves club, that place was akin to a treasure trove.
Dang Gyu-young might have expected to request sothing else at this point, but I had no intention of changing my demand.
Instead, adding just one more item to the scale would complete the trade.
I started.
The temporary storage. Its guarded by the disciplinary committee, right?
Needless to say. Its like a fortress.
The ban wave had been triggered countless tis even before I enrolled.
Each ti, the thieves club eyed the temporary storage, and each ti, the disciplinary committee mobilized all its mbers to defend it.
It would be the sa this ti.
It is not only difficult to break in, but also hard to escape after the job.
If anything, the latter is harder.
Entering unnoticed and leaving the sa way would be perfect, but the likelihood of being spotted by the patrol during the process was quite high.
The disciplinary committee was the strongest force of power in Dragon Slayer Academy.
Maybe a few from the four major powers could stand a chance, but the thieves club was no match for them.
A direct confrontation would lead to them getting instantly overpowered and being caught during the escape ant ga over.
All the painstakingly gathered items would have to be relinquished.
The condition I was about to propose was related to this very issue.
If I can solve the latter for you?
Co on, be realistic. Even we cant do that, but you wait a minute.
As I casually opened the [Cube of Life], Dang Gyu-youngs eyes widened.
Right. Why didnt I think of that? Just gather the important things and put them in
And we can bring them out surely.
A hidden piece that could avoid the detection of the ban wave and the crystal orb.
Even if every mber of the thieves club who broke in was caught, the items stored in the cube would remain undetected.
She cant possibly refuse this.
Of course, I understood Dang Gyu-youngs position.
Given the imnse effort put into their project, it must be frustrating to have an outsider jump in at the final stage.
But she would hate it even more if the project fell apart at the last minute.
Not gaining anything at all would be the worst outco.
By accepting my proposal, they would at least ensure so profit.
And not just any profit, but items of high value in the storage.
Dang Gyu-young seed almost convinced.
Yet, still slightly uncomfortable with the situation, she tentatively made a counteroffer.
Hey, how about just giving that box, or rather, lending it to ? Just for one night.
No way.
It was a preposterous suggestion.
Ah, why! If there are good items, I can just bring them to you!
I need to see and choose them myself.
What Dang Gyu-young considers good items and what I consider good are clearly different.
I had to see with my own eyes to judge what was useful to .
Are you going to do it?
If you really dont want to, then it cant be helped.
fine, Ill do it! Happy now?
Then well go together.
Tch.
Dang Gyu-young reluctantly accepted the deal.
She stared at with a stern expression on her face and then asked.
Hey, be honest. Youve repeated a year, havent you?
How could I repeat a year here? If you dont get good grades, youre expelled right away.
I have a good intuition. You just dont seem like a freshman to .
You caught . Im only telling you this, but actuallyIve graduated over 200 tis from this academy.
. haah, I shouldve just kept my mouth shut.
Dang Gyu-youngs face soured.
She shook her head and then stood up.
I was telling the truth though.
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