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Chapter 23
Recently, the atmosphere in the Thief Class lectures had become even calmer than usual.
It wasn’t that the flashy troublemakers had suddenly decided to behave, nor had the instructors suddenly tightened up their teaching style.
Only one thing had changed.
“You’ve been attending a lot of Thief Class lectures lately...”
Maxwell Willard had already been attending the Thief Class for two days in a row.
Ё n umа̀_
With the so-called greatest genius in the academy’s history sitting in the classroom, eyes burning with focus, the entire class was pressured into silence, making the lectures feel even quieter.
“Yeah...”
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I nodded simply in response to Drek’s comment, but in truth, I was the most shocked by this situation.
‘Why is that guy here?’
Of course, I had every intention of getting close to Maxwell.
After all, he’s the main character of this story.
W̃ еb̄ñ o_v е̇ĺ Ѐñu m̊а
However.
‘In the original work, he pretty much skipped all the Thief Class lectures...’
This was different from the original flow.
Normally, at this point, he should have been focusing on Knight Class lectures.
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He was supposed to be deepening his relationship with Chloe, who was solidifying her place as the main heroine.
‘Why is he here instead of doing that...?’
Ė ń ŭm̆ á
Sure, in the original story, Maxwell took the Knight Class because of Chloe’s pendant incident...
Even if that incident had already been resolved, Maxwell would have no reason to come to the Thief Class.
If he were to interact with anyone at this time, it would only be Chloe Hendel and the Cribel twins.
He wasn’t the type to just follow friends into random classes.
Since his main weapon was a sword, Maxwell’s focus had always been on the Knight Class.
During his first year, he should have only been taking Knight and Mage classes.
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‘A Thief Class all of a sudden?’
And above all else, what bothered me the most was...
“But doesn’t it seem like Maxwell’s been staring at you this whole time?”
Just like Drek said, Maxwell’s burning gaze was locked on me.
“Yeah, I know. So shut up...”
It was like the gaze of a girl with a crush... No, even hotter than that.
E n̂um̄ а̄
‘Normally, he should be shyly meeting up with Chloe right now...’
Instead of being in the Knight Class, he was here in the Thief Class, and the gaze that should have been on Chloe was now fixed on me.
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A bad feeling seeped into my mind.
Cold sweat dripped down the back of my neck from the eerie sensation.
‘Don’t tell me... the main heroine is going to change and cause a catastrophic shift in the entire genre...?’
If that happened, it wouldn’t just be a change in heroines — the whole genre would flip.
Е nů m̌ a. і_d
That was a disaster I absolutely didn’t want.
“You okay? Why are you sweating so much?”
Seeing the sweat running down my neck, Drek cautiously asked.
“It’s nothing.”
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“You’ve been wandering around at night without sleeping lately. Are you sick?”
“Well, I am tired because of that, but my physical condition is fine. Thanks for worrying.”
Е n̆.ú m̃а̂
“No, well, since we’re talking about it, I have some really good energy tonics. Want to buy some?”
“...Forget it.”
I took back my gratitude.
It wasn’t concern from a friend; it was just a salesman’s pitch.
“Actually, fine. Just sell me one.”
“Five for one gold. I don’t sell them individually.”
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In the end, I handed Drek a gold coin and got five tonics, chugging one on the spot.
“Well then, that’s it for the morning class. See you in an hour.”
With A’s words, Drek and I moved to the student cafeteria to eat.
“So, when did you two get so close?”
As I received my food and sat down to start eating, Drek asked.
“I don’t know...”
Е̂ n.u m̊а
To Maxwell, who sat quietly beside me eating.
‘Seriously, what’s with this guy?’
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“There was something that happened before. We almost got punished together.”
But before I could explain, Maxwell answered Drek very naturally.
“I didn’t know anyone in the Thief Class, so this worked out perfectly.”
Maxwell looked at me with a smile as he spoke.
Ё ǹ.ǔ m a. i.d
‘Scary...’
That only made me feel even more terrified.
In the story, he had flirtations with every main heroine but never settled on one until the end...
Could it be his type was actually...?
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‘No way the author wrote him that way.’
I shook my head.
Ẇеb̌nо̊v̂ е l. Е̂ñ ùm̄ă
I needed to think more calmly.
In the original, there was a time when Maxwell paid attention to Leon Jodrick, but that was only because of Chloe’s pendant.
No matter how much I thought about it, nothing added up.
‘At the very least, it’s unlikely he sees me favorably...’
The only time I ever encountered Maxwell was in “Iblis’s Nest.”
I hadn’t done anything strange.
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“Is that so?”
“I almost died back then.”
I responded calmly to Drek’s comment and went along with Maxwell.
“So you were here.”
While the uncomfortable meal with Drek, Maxwell, and me continued, a voice suddenly came from behind.
“What kind of weird mix is this?”
W̊ ё b̃ n̊ о v еl Е̌nu mа̀
“It is an unusual combination.”
The Cribel twins.
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It seemed the Mage Class had also finished their morning lectures and come to eat.
“Is this seat free? I’m sitting.”
“Excuse us.”
Without waiting for our reply, the Cribel twins immediately took seats next to us.
Е́ ṅů ḿ а . і̊ d̆.
“Um... who are you?”
Perhaps startled by the girls he had never seen before, Drek spoke a bit awkwardly.
“Rose Cribel from the Mage Class.”
“I’m Viola Cribel.”
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After their brief self-introduction, Drek quickly turned his head to look at me and exclaimed.
“The Cribel twins?! You should have told me you had such valuable connections...”
W̆e b̂ ṅ_о v̇ e l Е n ùm̀а̄
His voice was quiet, completely at odds with his agitated tone.
“How did you get to know them?”
“We volunteer at school together.”
Hearing my answer, Drek suddenly put on his business smile and started introducing himself to the Cribel twins.
“Hello, I’m Drek Evan of the Evan Trading Company.”
He spoke in a very polite and refined tone I had never heard from him before.
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“I’m currently in the Thief Class, but don’t worry about that. If there’s anything you need, just let me know, and I can procure anything for you.”
Drek always became extra polite to people who were rich and capable.
“What are you even talking about? Just eat your food.”
“You’re Leon’s friend, so you can speak casually with us....”
Rose and Viola’s responses were rather cold, though.
‘Viola doesn’t speak casually either...’
Е ńü m à .i ḋ
“Should I?”
But Drek, acting like he wasn’t hurt at all, immediately switched his tone.
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“Then I’ll talk casually. If you ever need anything, just tell me anytime.”
“Do whatever you want....”
“Yes, if there’s something we need, we’ll let you know.”
Viola kindly answered Drek’s greeting, but Rose did not.
W̆еb̌ ǹ ó.v̀ е l Е̊ňum̃ä
She had always been sharp, but today she seemed even more intense.
Above all, Rose’s gaze had been focused on Maxwell the entire time.
Her fiery stare, as intense as her red hair, looked like it might pierce right through Maxwell.
‘What is this...’
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It shouldn’t be time yet for any love rivalry between Chloe and Cribel.
Was there some reason for Cribel to look at Maxwell with such hatred?
W̌ е́b̈ nо v̄е́l̄ Ẽ n̂ um̆а̊
“Is something wrong?”
I cautiously asked Viola, but she just smiled awkwardly and shook her head.
“By the way, why is Maxwell here?”
“Because he took the Thief Class lecture with us.”
In response to Rose’s question, Maxwell answered without even looking at her.
“Thief Class? You?”
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“I have to complete all five courses, so what’s so strange about it?”
The words were ordinary enough, but his tone was sharp.
‘I don’t know what’s going on, but do they really have to argue here... I’m losing my appetite.’
At this point, I couldn’t even tell if the food was going in through my nose or my mouth.
‘Let’s just ignore it... I’m already tired these days as it is.’
***
Еnu mа̀. і̃ d
“I didn’t expect you two to call me out.”
“Skip the small talk. What’s your true intention?”
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As the sun set and darkness covered the academy, three people stood talking in front of the Mage Class dormitory.
“You kept telling us to watch out for Leon, so why are you hanging around him now?”
Maxwell answered Rose’s sharp question.
“I’m investigating him.”
Еn̆ ū m̀ а
“You’re not planning on doing something to Leon, are you?”
“Calm down, sis.”
Viola stepped in to stop Rose’s harsh voice.
“Just as Maxwell said, we felt like Leon was hiding something from us, so we started looking into it too.”
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Viola continued, calmly sharing her perspective.
“And we figured out what he was hiding. Leon isn’t as bad as you think, Maxwell.”
Ē n̂ ŭ m̂â
Viola defended Leon as she spoke.
“Of course, if you listen to the rumors from the start of the semester, you can’t call him a good person outright... but at the very least, he’s not someone you need to worry about.”
The only reason the Cribel twins had called Maxwell out was because they were worried he might harm Leon.
They knew very well that Maxwell wasn’t a villain.
Still, they couldn’t help but worry.
Seeing Maxwell approach Leon suddenly like that, they couldn’t stop the bad thoughts from flooding in.
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“I investigated further after that too.”
To the Cribel twins, Maxwell started answering calmly.
“You know about the theft incident in the Knight Class, right?”
The Cribel twins nodded.
It was the incident where multiple students’ belongings went missing from the Knight Class training grounds.
Among them was Chloe Hendel’s pendant, so every student knew about it.
Ẅе̂b́ n̈ о̌v́ е̊ l Е n̆ u ṁа̂
“There’s testimony that Leon Jodrick was seen at the scene. To be exact, seen stealing.”
“That’s...”
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“He’s from the Thief Class, so maybe it’s possible.”
When Viola fell silent, Rose tried to defend Leon in her own way, but it didn’t help much.
“And it was Leon Jodrick who returned the pendant to Chloe.”
“Maybe he felt guilty after stealing it and returned it...?”
Ẃ ӗḃn о́vеl̇ Е̂ň ū m̌ а
“All the other items remained missing, but only Chloe’s pendant was returned?”
The Cribel twins had no answer.
Maxwell simply continued sharing his information in a calm voice.
“And these past few nights, Leon Jodrick snuck out of the dorm and went somewhere. I followed him, and it didn’t take long to figure out.”
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The destination was clear.
The girls’ dorm of the Knight Class at Argen Academy.
Wе̄b̊_nóv̈ ѐl Е ṅu.m̃ ǎ
“I don’t know what he’s up to, but he spent all night standing in front of it. A male student lingering in front of the girls’ dorm all night... there’s no way to see that as innocent, right?”
Just as Maxwell said, it was impossible to see that in a good light.
“If you don’t believe me, come with me. I’ll show you myself.”
The Cribel twins quietly nodded at Maxwell’s words.
They nodded, wanting to see the truth with their own eyes.
The moment they did, suddenly, the world lit up.
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***
Inside the girls’ dorm of the Knight Class, chaos had erupted.
“Evacuate!”
“Get out now!”
No one knew where the fire had started, but the entire dorm was already filled with smoke and flames.
“Hurry up and get out!”
Ёn̂umа̌
“Stop pushing from behind!”
The students’ shouts and alarms completely filled the dorm.
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In that pandemonium, Chloe Hendel was also completely flustered.
She had been washing up when the alarm suddenly sounded, so she barely managed to grab something to cover herself before running out.
She couldn’t understand what was going on.
“Finally... found it.”
Ẇ e.b̃n о̊v.е l̃ Е̊ nú m̈ а
Meanwhile, the pendant Chloe didn’t have time to grab was already in someone else’s hands.
Setting fire to the dorm, sneaking in through the window amidst the chaos.
It was a bold crime.
The escape route was the same as the entry — out through the window.
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Having secured the pendant, Raiz swiftly escaped the dorm and planned to quietly vanish into the darkness through the back path.
However.
Е́ num̈ ӑ .і̊ d̈
“I knew this would happen.”
Someone blocked his path.
“Why are you here...?”
“I knew from the moment you said you’d handle it yourself. Hand it over.”
The man waved his hand, demanding the pendant.
“Why are you getting in my way, Leon?!”
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