I Became a Blind Swordsman at the Academy chapter 89

89. Phantom Thief Yorfang

In response to Bernice’s question about her appearance, she recited an honest truth.

Bernice suddenly became quiet after my answer.

She would just put her head down, cover her cheeks, and breathe deeply.

It wasn’t until around the time I heard Inès’ voice from the hallway that we were able to say goodbye and part ways.

I tried to raise Bernice’s favorability rating as much as possible throughout the day, so she must have made a good impression on me.

As long as she was interested in me, it seemed that there would be no trouble.

Sierra only popped out of her urethra after confirming that Bernice was completely leaving.

[Bonnyeo? Don’t you have any questions about the original girl, such as what Sierra in Jawol looks like… ]

Sierra put my hand to her face… imitating Bernice.

Then, just as Bernice did, he explains his features.

Eventually, after all the explanations were over, I opened my mouth.

“Master is also beautiful.”

[ …do? ]

Sierra’s eyebrows rose at my answer.

Sierra slaps my hand hard.

Soon, her lips opened with a chilly look in her eyes.

[Disciple, I want to ask who is more beautiful…? ]

“…”

Even if you ask me, I have nothing to say.

Whether it was Bernice or Sierra, it was true that they had outstanding looks, and it was very difficult to determine who was more beautiful.

“I’m sure it’s Master…”

Scratching his head, he replied.

Since Sierra is right in front of her eyes, wouldn’t it be wiser to give her a boost?

[ …how do you wait? lie! You dare to tell lies in front of the original girl…! ]

Finally, Sierra pointed at me and started staring at me.

…She had been told that Bernice could tell the truth from a lie.

“hahahaha, that could be…”

Despite my answer, Sierra’s narrowed eyes showed no signs of returning to their original state.

Even when looking at the Sword Saint, a similar feeling of life was emanating from it.

I left that Sierra and let out a cough and went on the road.

As always at times like this, the answer was to change the topic.

“Kuhmm… I have something to do before I go back to the dormitory.”

Soon, Sierra follows me and sticks her head in.

[ What to do? this time…? ]

“I heard that the lights in the whole city have gone out… because there is one suspicious thing. …If a thief, wouldn’t he be looking for a time like this?”

[Umm… Ah, you’re referring to the ‘Danger’ that used to be called Yorpang. Certainly in the current situation… But, did such rumors really circulate? ]

“Sure. Hearing rumors… it’s not that hard.”

Sierra, who was staring at me, looks at my ear.

Well, even if it was the information I knew through the game, it wasn’t wrong because the rumors were actually true and the rumors were true.

It would not be difficult to catch a small whisper whispered among a large crowd, but the ‘excellent sense’ that reached level 10 made it possible.

Then Sierra crossed her arms again and said.

[ …How did you know where he went? ]

“According to what I’ve heard… They said they gave notice that they would steal ‘something precious’ from the academy.”

The phantom thief Yorfang had the same cliché-like characteristics common to phantom thieves in other media who predict what he will steal.

However, this time, the item to be stolen was not specifically specified. No, I guess I didn’t.

This should have been seen as something that would damage Yorfang’s face, but it was judged that if he didn’t do this, he wouldn’t be able to steal what he wanted.

Looking back, it made sense.

Characteristics of Innocence Academy.

Moreover, it was also a problem that it was an open class period.

Beings outside the standard, such as the Archmage, the Sword Saint, and the Saint, were walking around the academy openly.

Even as Yorfang, he would have wanted to avoid confronting them head-on.

[It’s precious… I don’t know what’s precious, and when it comes to making money for outsiders, the first thing that comes to mind is the Armory. ]

“Armory seems like it, too. But…”

I slurred my words and moved on.

As Sierra said, robbing the Academy’s arsenal full of all sorts of mystical weapons would be of great value.

In fact, the academy will be thoroughly guarding the arsenal with this in mind.

Yorfang aimed at this.

Because the arsenal is so wide, a lot of people have been invested.

Security elsewhere is relatively lax.

What Jorphang was aiming for was a kind of ‘magic stone’ called ‘the world tree’s dew’, which was responsible for supplying the entire city with magic power.

Located somewhere underground in the city, this manastone alone was responsible for the entire city’s magical power consumption, but it had an enormous value.

Of course, things like money aren’t that important to her.

Even from the academy’s point of view, few people even knew of this existence, so ‘Could you come to steal this?’ I remember that I didn’t pay much attention to it.

First of all, since I played the game hard, I don’t know the exact location of the ‘Dew on the World Tree’.

Since the supply of magic power had stopped a long time ago, it had to be seen as a situation where Yorpang had successfully stolen the goods.

Even so, I was able to relax because I knew that Yorfang would come to steal a painting hanging in the main building without leaving the academy right away.

For him, it was like a bonus.

The very old painting is famous for being a mysterious painting that neither the cadets nor the instructors know why it is hanging.

This was a picture of an old warrior’s party.

It is probably a picture that the wise man hung up a long time ago.

And the picture of the warrior party was very close, a few steps away from the place where he and Bernice parted ways.

It was going through the checkout.

In fact, nothing big will happen just because you don’t catch Jorphang.

I don’t know how it is, but in the game, the dew of the world tree and the picture of the warrior party she stole are restored in less than a day. Not to mention the things she stole.

However, I didn’t hear the news that Yorfang was captured, but I think someone at the academy solved it quietly.

What I was aiming for was different.

After catching Yorfang in the game, I was able to rob her of her belongings, and there was one very nice item among them.

It is the ‘subspace pocket’.

It was an item with the concept of expanding inventory slots for players who already had an ‘inventory’… but I didn’t have an inventory, so this meant a lot to me.

‘Then, how do I stun Yorfang…’

You couldn’t kill Yorfang in the game.

It might be right to say that I shouldn’t have killed him.

In the first place, Yorfang, who was busy running away without fighting properly, somehow cut down on his stamina to the end, but only reached a fainting judgment.

Because he was a famous thief, he couldn’t kill stolen items or cleanup.

‘But right now, it seems like I’ll die easily if I cut it with a sword.’

Yorfang was only excellent at running away, but his combat power was not strong.

No matter how much I thought about it, if I cut off his head like a game, I would see blood fountains welling up from Yorfang’s neck.

I didn’t have any means to capture Yorfang.

At least it was about using reverse wind to quickly cut off the ankle… the level came to mind.

But I don’t think it’s necessary to see blood.

I decided to think about it some more as I walked towards the painting with Sierra.

Sierra, as always, was quietly following me, looking at me with the feeling that she was up to something again.

***

“Hmm~ Hmm~ Hmm~”

A woman was walking down the street humming a song.

In her hand was a jewel the size of a fist.

The dew of the world tree.

I heard that it was a magic stone with that name.

Even she couldn’t believe that this little thing was lighting up the whole city.

The woman slowly looks around.

The whole city was immersed in darkness.

All of this was the result of what this woman had done.

The public used to call her that.

‘The Phantom Thief Yorfang.’

However, even this name was learned thanks to a notice sent by Yorfang, and there was no detailed information about whether Yorfang was male, female, or elderly.

Yorfang was such an outstanding thief.

As a child, Yorfang, who grew up in the slums, was pickpocketing on the streets just to get through the day.

She was quite talented.

Compared to other orphans of his age, his dexterity was extraordinary.

After accidentally obtaining a ‘magic thread’ that can be manipulated as desired, she has a bigger goal.

It’s not about getting through the day… let’s have everything we want.

Was it some kind of compensation psychology?

Yorfang had so many things he wanted.

As I got to know the world, the things I wanted to have continued to increase.

she was not satisfied

No, I wasn’t satisfied.

Yorfang, who obtained the magic thread and obtained material abundance faster and easier than before, lost something.

thrill.

I had lost the thrill that I had felt when I was pickpocketing in the slums.

Yorfang was a pervert.

I didn’t feel it when the stimulation was enough, but when the stimulation disappeared, I wanted more desperately.

So one day, she ends up sending a notice before stealing.

After the notice was sent, security became tighter and Yorfang could feel the thrill and excitement again.

After that, she grew bolder.

At some point, when he came to his senses, the name ‘Phantom Thief Yorfang’ was spreading throughout the continent.

She was now living up to people’s expectations and the value of her name, not stimulation.

In the meantime, ‘Innocence Academy’ comes into Yorfang’s eyes.

An educational institution where promising young people from all over the continent gather in one place. It was so closed-minded that not much information was released to the public.

Yorfang decided to aim for the ‘open class period’ when many outsiders flocked to such Innocence Academy.

But even she couldn’t write down in detail what she was going to steal in this notice.

It’s because the ‘outsiders’ were too grandiose even if they were grandiose.

It was her intention to do things on the third day, not the first or the second.

According to the information she had grasped, by the second day, everyone was flocking to the Colosseum.

As a result, there is no audience to watch their ‘show’.

So it was the third day.

Yorfang, whose mouth was twitching, put the ‘dew on the world tree’ he was holding into his subspace pocket.

Then, the clamor of those who do not know what happened is sweetly heard in her ears.

As predicted, she stole the valuables from Innocence Academy.

She stole the ‘light’ from the academy.

I really liked the night view of the dark city that lost the light.

Among people, sorcerers begin to use their magic to light the fire. There were quite a few of them carrying torches.

“Heehee…”

Feeling that it was primitive, she snorted.

In the meantime, her presence is mentioned in the buzz that has been heard around.

It’s Yorfang.

The thief Yorfang’s actions were clear.

Yorfang naturally passed by those who were so whispered.

Sensing a presence and meeting her eyes, they turn their heads again and finish talking.

No one doubted her.

“Ummm…”

Yorfang looked down at his own clothes.

It was the uniform of an unknown cadet who had sneaked into the dormitory and stole it before starting work.

It just wasn’t the right size for her size.

There was a lot of space left, especially around the chest.

Yorfang stopped his legs for a moment.

Jorpang himself didn’t have any confidence in his body… but it was because he thought that the difference was too much, even if it was too big.

After clearing his head, Yorfang moved his feet again.

I had no intention of staying at the academy for long.

However, I couldn’t give up the ‘picture’ I had seen on the first day.

It was a very old painting, but as she was interested in art, she couldn’t get past it without touching it.

“…that’s about it.”

It was the time when Yorfang, who turned the corner of the hallway with the moonlight as his light, muttered that.

As she remembered, the painting was visible on the other side of the hallway.

However, a person was standing in front of the painting.

‘You’re looking at the painting despite all this chaos?’

Yorfang approached him with such a question.

I observed him with the moonlight shining through the hallway.

The calm-looking man with black hair had white bandages around his eyes.

‘Ah, that’s him.’

Yorfang thought.

They say there is a blind prosecutor, but that cadet must be this man.

Just then, a luxurious sword stood out from his waist.

Yorfang never went to the Colosseum in person because he was not interested in the battles of the cadets.

I was able to guess his identity because I could only hear the conversations people were having while stealing small things on the street with his hands remaining.

Only then did Yorfang understand.

Why is this man here?

If you were blind, you wouldn’t even know if it was dark around you.

However, Yorfang had a small question.

Soon after, Yorfang approached him cautiously and asked.

“Excuse me, what are you doing here…?”

Even if it was Jorpang, the sight of a blind man staring at a painting felt very strange, so I couldn’t just ignore it.

Then, he who was looking at the painting turned his head towards Yorfang.

“Here?”

The man’s head is tilted.

“Would you like me to stay still in front of the painting…?”

Yorfang asked again.

Then, the man who pointed forward with his finger gave a clear tone of embarrassment as if asking what he was talking about.

“…was there a picture here?”