NOVEL NEXT chapter 26
26 – Steal Skills (4)
The circular train stopped at a platform with a horse tower.
Twilight Valley is an hour’s carriage ride away from the big city of Ebenbahu.
Of course, tomorrow’s class is tight, but if you go quickly, you’ll be able to come back at dawn.
So, in order to save time,
You have no choice but to teleport to Evenbahu using the portal of the tower.
by the way…
A woman with a mauve hair and a hat pressed tight.
aria.
I think he was watching me from the inside of the train.
I asked Arya, who still couldn’t move because she was looking at me.
“Aren’t you going down?”
“… !”
At my words, she was astonished for a moment, but then she got off the train with an expressionless expression.
I muttered with a bent intonation on purpose.
“From the new semester, there must have been new students other than me who used the horse tower.”
“… ”
“Is there such a coincidence?”
“… after.”
As I continued to notice, Arya sighed a little and answered.
“Companion. I do.”
In fact, her companionship is also what I induced.
It’s hard to detect the final reward without Arya in the first place.
But even that aspect needs to be considered and expressed.
It will be safe for each other to always make her feel that she has the initiative.
“… ”
Either way, Arya passed me and headed towards the tower.
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.
.
“Thank you. Have a safe trip!”
After the tower staff’s words, we were able to get to the clock tower of Ebenbahu very easily.
The fare up to Ebenbahu was a whopping 2000 gems.
Money worth 200,000 won in Korean Won.
Using the portal was so simple, I could really feel the money being blown up in the air.
To be honest, considering the convenience of teleportation, it is ridiculously good compared to other transportation methods,
Researchers living in the tower use this money to research magic.
The use of the horse tower will certainly contribute to the development of the academy.
But the problem is that my pockets aren’t that good…
Arya was also a little embarrassed by the amount of money, but paid without thinking.
‘It’s cool.’
Is it that important to monitor me that much?
Anyway, Ebenbahu, who arrived in the early evening, was noisy like a big city.
-Come on, everyone, let’s go look at the stuff!
-There is a free performance at the Clock Tower Square!
Although it was less than the Academy, the city itself felt like it was beyond medieval civilization, and if it was to be said, it felt like a trip to a European country on Earth.
Except for the breed of horses, it’s not a particularly famous city, but since it’s the first village you encounter in the game, you feel nostalgic like your hometown.
I brushed off my emotions and started looking for the carriage.
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.
.
“To Twilight Valley.”
“Oh, I’m surprised… Were you there…?”
A wagon found on the outskirts of the city. When the driver heard my voice, he was startled and responded to me.
“Where are you going?”
“Twilight Valley.”
“Um, I don’t recommend it as a place for lovers to go, but… ”
“it’s okay.”
The gentle-looking driver began to drive the horse with the expression, “What is the taste of young people?”
In ＜Reincarnated Hero＞, Twilight Valley is not an area where monsters lurk, but it was set to be uninhabited now due to a sultry rumor.
So, a goblin-named mob called a phantom thief must have used this place as his treasure trove.
If I had to give an appreciation for the surrounding scenery, it would be a dreamy place with a moderately beautiful view no matter what time of day you go.
After an hour, when it was completely dark,
We could only get there now.
“There is probably no wagon going back to the nearby village from here. For quite some time now, this road has become a place where not a single peddler or a baby ant can pass. and… ”
The coachman, who was handed the wages, gave him a new request to see if Arya was not like anyone else.
“Lady, be careful. All men are wolves, wolves… ”
“That master, you look very ugly.”
Watching this, I took the first step.
“it’s okay. Thank you for caring me.”
And Arya answered in a tone mixed with light consideration, and followed me.
* * *
“Things these days don’t know that their lives are precious. tt.”
Seeing the young men and women walking in the distance, the man shook his head and clicked his tongue.
Then, it stopped and started to whistle.
“I’m sorry, how come!”
His name is Dobrek.
incumbent driver,
A former Balakas mercenary thief,
His job is to be an intelligent goblin who is good at disguising.
My hands were so dirty that I had to leave the mercenary unit in disgrace in the end.
Due to his character who likes to shoot, the coachman was the perfect fit.
And if the situation is right, swiping the luggage of the guests was a good source of income that could save the main skill.
“Are you saying they’re some kind of guy?”
Looking at their attire, they looked like some pretty decent guys.
Unfortunately, the luggage was a single backpack carried by a man, so there was no angle to steal.
Anyway, those idiots told me to go to Twilight Valley with their own mouths.
‘If you are from a noble family, you can use some magic.’
They must have believed in their skills and came to dig up the rumored treasure.
Dobrek’s method was simple.
Spreading the coaxing myth that there is a huge amount of treasure buried in the Twilight Valley,
Recruiting bandits to raid adventurers and mercenaries who come under cover.
But if the tail is long, it will be caught,
It was suspected that it was the work of the demons, and he said that he would be dispatched from the Knights Templar soon.
I took out all the treasure to get my hands on it, but to allay suspicion, I have to pretend to maintain a temporary lockdown.
“Kyah!”
Of course, as a coachman, he escorted me to places I shouldn’t have been guiding.
Last, really, this is the last time.
Seeing a half-and-half woman that I haven’t seen in a long time, my body naturally heats up.
Even though he had a scent that he could never smell in a brothel, and a fine facial line, the gap in his face that didn’t change his expression kept making him unbearable.
‘I wish I was a virgin… 
.’
Eventually, Dobrek slyly swallowed his saliva and began to flutter his tongue.
It was because he was properly caught by himself, the same as the grim reaper here.
* * *
– Hwareuk!
A lot of time passed, and the surroundings became completely dark, so I started a bonfire in front of the cave.
-Ting!
And after confirming that the carriage had disappeared, I turned off the lantern.
Arya, who was watching this, asked me.
“You were going in, weren’t you?”
“Shh! Come this way.”
“… ?”
I grabbed Arya’s white wrist and threw herself into the darkness, then headed down the back, not inside the cave, downhill.
And said it slowly, as if in a whisper.
“Am I still in doubt?”
“… yea of course… ”
“But don’t you think it’s dangerous to follow you like this?”
“… .”
I didn’t mean to worry about her, but seeing her with a slender body struggling to follow her, I left without realizing it.
“It’s not something to be concerned about.”
“Yeah, but the situation is the situation, so let’s trust each other just for now.”
“yes?”
“Originally, I was planning to come here to catch a monster.”
“A monster? Are you saying that a demon appears here?”
Arya looked around at the word monster.
“Oh, but things have changed.”
“?”
“The driver who just picked us up is suspicious.”
According to the original game settings, Evenbahu’s words are very sensitive and nervous.
So I remember having a hard time taming it, and it was even more difficult when going on a rough road.
However, they moved naturally as if they were running on the road they had always walked.
– For quite some time now, this road has become a place where not one peddler or one ant can pass.
It was also questionable that he knew the way skillfully, saying that there were no peddlers and no moving wagons.
Well, he’s a veteran, and he may have been a driver for a long time, but
If you recall the memory of the game ＜Reincarnation Hero＞,
The basic premise of the quests that appear in such a situation is an ending that usually hits the NPC.
In other words, the driver may be a black shroud or a phantom thief.
When my thoughts were organized like this, a status window appeared in front of me.
-Charang!
[Life Achievements]
[Third-class suspicion! : Acquiring 10 Supporting Points]
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[Anonymous Feedback: What kind of phantom is this?]
[The name of Phantom Thieves was judged to be meaningless to be treated as F-class without any reasoning, so we changed the gimmick]
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Then yes.
As I expected, as soon as we put out the bonfire and enter the cave, the waiting bandits will be signaled and ambush.
To be honest, the bandits aren’t really that strong, but
The number of these guys is unpredictable because of the level of difficulty in hell, and the guys are good at fighting meanly.
It would be too risky to fight with Arya as well.
Most importantly, my hermit trait only applies to monsters.
Therefore, it means that neither the sneak effect nor the critical hit effect can be guaranteed against real humans.
Instead, the phantom thief must be a monster.
Unfortunately, his magic eyes were level 1, so he couldn’t see through his unique skill, disguise.
– Oh, I’m surprised… Were you there…?
Considering my belated recognition of my existence, a reasonable doubt is possible.
In the end, it is said that the best way is to catch only the monster, take his wagon, and strike a strategic retreat.
– Slurry. Shrek.
“… I can feel the shadows over there.”
Arya felt this too, and murmured as she looked towards the bonfire.
It has already started working.
Because she is not a person who trusts people easily,
like other heroines
‘The coachman can’t do that!’
There is absolutely no way to make sweet potato unfold in this way.
instead,
The problem is that I don’t believe it either.
“I don’t have time this time.”
I looked directly into Arya’s eyes and spoke.
“If you believe in me, nod your head.”
At these words, her lapis lazuli eyes began to flutter.