Chapter 21 - Level 15 [ part 3 ]. Second, find money. (2/2)

*Next day*

'Crap. Crap! CRAP! Now is one of those situations, where I want a second pair of legs just to run faster.'

'I just stole some cash. No big deal. Are they gangsters or some petty bastards, damn them, damn their sisters, damn their whole freaking families!'

Should have prepared better and waited more, before following onto that rumor. Did, Mister Miller sold a ton of jewelries? Well, yes! But nobody told me these jewelries belonged to gangsters and shop was just an intermediary, damn it all!

From the other perspective, tomorrow he could have transferred that cash to people for who he sold that jewelry, so getting it now, might have been my only chance. Well, whatever.

I've used up a ton of spells already while breaking into the store and cracking open the safe with jewelries. Now I have concentration for 1, max 2 spells. Thanks to my 'good' luck, I'm running through a very wide street. Therefore, using Smokescreen Spell is practically useless, because it won't be strong enough. I need a narrow alley that goes to another street or something like this.

While in it I can quickly put mask off and change clothes' color back to black. That will give me some space to escape.

I've cast first spell around 15 minutes ago, plus I ran from original place where I cast it, so ministry should be on its way there. I still have a few minutes. However, the moment I will cast Smokescreen, they will move to my recent location, so I will need to run with double the speed.

'Hate running!'

*Hour later*

I was sitting in a dark narrow alley, trying to calm myself.

'It was dangerous, scary and… fun!'

I thought that ability to Save&Load really makes you forget fear and feel only happiness in the most dangerous situations. I had the widest grin I was capable of, because this activity brought me so much fun. Casting spells, running, cursing internally, feeling of adrenaline cursing through my veins and heart pumping blood with insane speed.

I can understand now, how some people may like life-threatening types of sport.

In any case, I've rested enough to continue. After casting cleaning spell on myself and all my clothes, I was on my way to cloths shop. Finally, I can buy some normal clothes.

*Hour later*

I was going back in brand new clothes of good quality. I also bought multiple sets of clothes, to not be a complete beggar.

I happily breathed in and thought:

'Steal…*Cough* I mean returning money from bad guys is the best, don't you agree?'

But apparently, my monolog was picked by system as a question to it.

[But initially you didn't know they belonged to bad guys.]

'Well… I was just taking a look. Plus I took only money from the safe. I did not take anything else from.'

[You did so because, you have no channels to sell other stuff from that safe.]

'*Sigh*Why are you so all-knowing only when it concerns me'

[Because I am your system and I am built into your very being.]

'…'

*After reaching home*

Before entering the house, I quickly switched my clothes to the cheap set I bought on my salary. I made sure to put all my clothes on before putting them into inventory, so that I can quickly put them on or off, using the system.

This time I didn't help with supper, because I came much later. I decided to eat a little and go to sleep as soon as possible. Even if I skipped my evening training I was actually even more tired because I was mentally exhausted after non-stop casting and physically exhausted after running for a few blocks. Then I had to find road back home, cause with all that running I completely lost my way.

Also, I only have one free save slot, because I saved before breaking into that shop. I need to be conscious about remaining save slots and maybe delete some more saves later.

While lying in bed I was thinking if by returning to that save I could do anything better. However, nothing really came to mind.

Safe had alarm installed on it, while I am not a professional thief who knows how to disable those. Even if I can sneak in perfectly, I won't be able to quietly get away with money after opening it.

Moreover, opening the safe took me nearly 10 minutes. I had to literally burn the lock bit by bit with concentrated Incendio. Alohomora didn't help with it for some reason. That plus sneaking in via back door, that I unlocked with magic, and ministry that was going to my location, I will still have around 5-6 minutes to escape. And after alarm ringing, gangsters will still be on my tail trying to catch me.

No matter how I was contemplating, I couldn't come up with a better plan of how to get money out without a fuss. There were some benefits in redoing the whole day, but they were just too miniscule to do so. If ministry will start to suspect me, then I will redo it. Otherwise just not worth it.

Anyway, time to sleep.

*Progress*

『 Alchemy 27 | Sneak 23 | Speech 23 』

『 Studying 29 | Wand Making 26 』

『 Herbology 24 | Magic Channeling 27 』

『 Magic Chanting 22 | Magic Gesturing 22 』

『 Magic Theory 32 | Astronomy 22 』

『 Riding Expertise 21 | Crafting 21 』

『 Playing Games 17 | Enchanting 17 』

『 ❃Cooking 19 | ❃Training 18 』