Chapter 111: All Thieves Are Bad People! (4)

Chapter 111: All Thieves Are Bad People! (4)

All Thieves Are Bad People! (4)

The long meeting of the Lords finally ended.

On a side note, it was the only meeting in history that didnt end with anyone dead.

Judas, is that true?

Salome asked as I was cleaning up.

Was what true?

That if you dont follow whats written in this Thieves Codex, that youll be heavily cursed? Well, I dont really know but thats what they say.

A misfortune like Murphys Law specific to thieves will befall them.

To be honest, I dont know if its true, however, the thieves of Pangaea all obeyed what was in this Codex like the actual law.

If everyone believed it was truethen wasnt it real?

But Salome shook her head.

Not that. The thing about hiding the Skeleton Key.

Ah.

That was real.

Early on when I inherited the name of Judas, I learned the secret location where the former Judas, Herod, hid his treasures.

That bastard, being the sketchy guy he was, had a mountain of treasure somewhere else besides the Scum Throne.

Of course, it was unnecessary for me.

I become weaker the richer I get.

Becoming weaker when I gain money even if I love money.

This self-proclaimed passive skill was no more than a wretched curse.

Anyway.

That storage also contained the Skeleton Key of legends.

Yeah, the one that Sifnoi was after.

Nymph thief Sifnois dream was to obtain the Skeleton Key, probably.

Anyway, that went well, thankfully. I honestly thought I would have to make an example out of one or two of them. Theyre all pretty smart.

The contract was smoothly drawn.

Now the eight thieves will move together with me on D-Day for the important task as promised.

But in reality, the promise itself was nothing special.

Just joining in at a few crucial moments and aiding me in a war.

Thats right.

A war.

An earth-shattering war will likely soon take place in Freesia.

I can hear the approaching storm.

Of course, I didnt actually hear anything.

I just wanted to look cool.

It mustve been effective because Salome gazed at me in silence.

The awkward silence stretched on, and then I spoke to Salome.

I heard from Tywin that Hinas birthday is also in August. Same as Naru.

.

We dont have much time left. Its too late for hesitation and worry. Its the time to act rather than think. And this is the right thing.

I was certain of my path.

Soon, Salome asked softly.

How can you be so sure?

Just, its my gut feeling.

My gut feeling is rather accurate.

Step

Just then, Salome was heading out first.

Gut, you say. Im out.

Where are you going?

Me? I have work tomorrow.

I see.

A busy worker indeed.

* * *

Okay, then as I mentioned, today is art class. Everyone can choose something in the classroom and draw it.

Teacher Salome instructed.

So then all the students pulled out crayons and papers, sketchbooks, and such.

Oh, holy shh! Elizabeths crayons have 24 colors! Thats amazing! Is there a gold color, too?

Naru was amazed by Elizabeths crayons.

24 colors.

Out of all the different colors, the one Narus eyes were on was the gold-colored crayon.

Elizabeth liked the gold crayon.

All children tended to like the gold crayon.

Though she had wanted to use it conservatively, Narus interest in it changed her mind.

If its Naru, you can use it!

Thank you! Elizabeth is so nice! But I dont need it! Naru is going to draw a strawberry. Strawberries are red!

Swoosh

Naru dug through her bag and pulled out crayons.

But the crayons that Brigitte packed for her were completely destroyed, and Naru soon found the perpetrator.

Uuu, Molumolu ate Narus crayons!

Meeoww.

Uuu, what should I do? Red. Like this, Ill have to draw a strawberry with the only good color I have, white. White strawberry. It wont look good because its not ripe!

Naru was downtrodden.

At that moment, Cecily, who saw all this, spoke.

Do you want to borrow mine? I also have 18 colors. Grandma and Grandpa bought them for me yesterday. Lets see.

Meoowww.

Hiiiik! Molumolu must have eaten mine, too! Fuck, spit it out! You bad furball! Why did you eat the crayons!

Grrrr!

Molumolu jumped all around the classroom.

Cecily chased after Molumolu.

Soon, both were caught by Salome.

Cecily, I told you no running in the classroom. And Naru, do not recklessly release Molumolu inside the class.

Im sorry. Molumolu, hurry up and get inside my shadow.

Finally a quiet room.

Salome proceeded to give the children some quiet, free drawing time.

Salome soon cackled.

Its not easy to teach a child.

In a lot of ways, it was a noisy dinner.

The ones who werent involved in the conversation were Enkidus, Cariote, Cecily, and Tywin.

At least it wasnt boring.

Of course, this peace wont last forever.

From tomorrow, I will be in contact with Elle Cladeco to cooperate with her on some things.

As such, today might be the last family dinner we have for a while.

After dinner ended.

When Naru and Cecily were playing in the garden.

Wow, holy shh! I won rock-paper-scissors again!

Hiiiik! Why is Sifnoi always the tagger? This rock-paper-scissors is certainly rigged!

Naru, run away before were caught!

I went upstairs to where the kids rooms were.

Scritch Scritch

As I opened the door to a room, the sound of pencil writing on paper stopped, Hina appeared to be studying at her desk.

Is studying fun?

I asked.

Hina nodded lightly in response.

Mmhm.

Dont lie. Theres no way thats fun. You can go outside and play, too.

.

Hina looked between the window and my face.

Then she looked down at the questions written in the notebook and spoke softly.

But Mom said.

Ill talk to Salome so dont worry about it.

Hina, with a heavily considering look, kept eyeing between the window, me, and the notebook. Then at last she got up from her chair, ran to me, and hugged my leg tight.

Thank you!

She was different from Cecily who would growl when I patted her head.

Was she affectionate like Naru?

Drrrr Hop

Hina opened the 2nd-floor window and jumped down to the main level garden.

Use the main floor entrance, not the window.

I said as I went out into the hallway.

Tywin was there brushing her teeth, and she bowed her head when she saw me.

Dinner was delicious. Thank you.

No problem.

I heard you and my mom will be working together.

Tywin asked with narrowed eyes.

It was work being done in secret, so how did she find out?

Did Elle Cladeco tell her personally?

No, she wouldnt have.

Epar is content that her shaman is being treated well.

Epar was the name of a deity.

I remembered that Tywin was able to communicate with Epar who was called goddess.

It wasnt exactly because youre a shaman of Epar.

But that is what Epar believes. And so Epar will spare time for you. Its a rare opportunityyyyyyy

Tywin was saying something but the movement of her lips slowed down.

Her words dragged out into silence like time had stopped around us.

When even the sound of children playing outside quieted, Tywins eyes which had closed opened again.

The kids eyes were shining like a galaxy.

Tywins ash-colored hair also glowed like the stars of the Milky Way were sprinkled on it.

At this incredible change, I asked out of genuine shock.

Are you Epar?

That I am. Stolen One. I thank you for your generosity towards this poor child. The childs wariness of you decreased greatly and so I was able to make this time available. You have many questions, Im sure.

.

You would have realized by now, the clever man that you are. The children that I have sent to the past dont have much time left. The string of time is collapsing.

Is there a way to fix it? Is there a way to kill a Demiurge like you or Nocturne?

Sparkle Sparkle

The goddess Epar within Tywins body brightened her eyes which were like the night sky at my question.

Was it too rude of a question?

But Epar answered calmly.

We, can only meet our end through the memories we had as a mortal. The memory is the only thing that retains our mortality and humanity.

Memory? What does that mean?

How do you extinguish using a memory?

As I was trying hard to understand, Epar continued.

The only thing that can defeat Nocturne is a piece of memory of his time as a mortal. For example, like an object, he may have carried while he was human.

Object. How can I obtain whatever that piece of Nocturne might be? Can you tell me where it is? Where should I go?

I was starting to see a sliver of light in the darkness.

I knew it, I was lucky this time, too.

My gut feeling is always right.

Nocturne. The piece of memory he carried. Unfortunately, I am in possession of that. Dear child, take this. This is the shard of memory he had.

Epar spoke of bad fortune as she handed something to me.

It was a butterfly.

To be exact, it was a blade named as one.

Butterfly knife.

When I held the especially familiar item, Epar spoke.

May he have even the slightest degree of humanity left.



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