Ch167 - How did you provoke them? (1/2)
12.10 – How did you provoke them?
translator: xiin
editors: alamerysl & Macabre
Ivan would arrive in the Capital in two days. Xue Ling felt that it was about time to get things started.
There was no point in punishing Kent or Ivan alone. Xue Ling wanted this couple to understand that the world did not revolve around them, and nobody was obligated to sacrifice themselves for them the way a mother would. For the domineering, ‘the whole world revolves around me’ Holy Saint to be so anxious to have the entire world devote themselves to him, it was not only ridiculous, but also pathetic.
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Xue Ling seldom made a plan that could involve two of the protagonists and simultaneously have the couple, who seemed to be unyielding and fearless in the face of any external powers, truly consider and test their own relationship.
The unsophisticated Ivan that Xi had cared for in the original story would sacrifice himself when Kent suspected him and step into Kent’s sword. But now, when he would get that much closer to death every time he sacrificed himself a little? What would Ivan, who was gradually beginning to doubt his outlook on life, and no longer believed in generating power with love, think when Kent no longer trusted him, questioned him, and aimed a sword at him?
Xue Ling thought of the confrontation between the couple and felt that it would be very interesting to watch. So he sent a letter to the palace, indicating that they planned to rob the palace that night.
There were all kinds of rumors about the strange robbers. Some people said that they were a group. Otherwise, they would be unable to take so much gold and treasure away from the nobles’ homes. But because they took everything away so quickly, and it was simply not enough time for a large group of people to simultaneously enter and leave a place, many people rejected this speculation. Later, it was suggested that the robber must be a spatial mage who had their own space and could clear out a treasure room whenever they wanted. This speculation was the one that was accepted by most people, even if they couldn’t figure out why a mage with that kind of power would do such a thing or what his real motive was.
But once matters began to involve a struggle between mages and the nobility, it became even more interesting and popular to the common people. In any case, they hadn’t lost any of their possessions, and watching the high and mighty nobility get their faces slapped one by one made them feel really great. Many of the common folk were fans of this kind of thief. Of course, there were also some who regretted that the thieves weren’t following the model of robbing the rich to help the poor; otherwise they might even be able to obtain a little more money.
As the nominal thief, Xue Ling wanted to express: ‘Wanting to get something for nothing? Ha-ha.”
Xue Ling did not have a magical space, nor did he have spatial magic. What he relied on was the large external plug-in, Xi. Any demands that Xue Ling made were always satisfied by Xi; as long as Xue Ling was willing to stay by his side, Xi was completely willing to do things that would tarnish his reputation as a god, which made everything proceed very smoothly.
Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.
He did not appear to be a good man, nor did he have the conscientiousness to persuade Xue Ling to be kind. In fact, the idea of emptying the nobles’ treasure rooms was an idea that he had come up with. His reasoning had been that only taking away the Ink Flame Wolf furs would have made things too obvious.
The two of them worked hand in glove with each other, and gained the nominal title of ‘thieves’.
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Speaking of the people in the palace – ever since someone discovered the letter, written on fine stationery, that was amidst a pile of official documents, the matter had already been reported to the Queen. The Queen was in a meeting at the time, but when she learned of the matter, she was furious and scolded the people whom she had previously ordered to investigate the thieves.
Later, His Highness the Crown Prince who had already maintained a several day long cold war with the Queen opened his mouth and asked to be in charge of the guards in the palace that night.
Kent was not the most powerful man in the palace, but he was surrounded by many people, and he was recognized as the legitimate heir of the country by the kingdom’s mage division. With him there, the most powerful mage, Supreme Mage Murphy, would also be willing to show up. The Queen weighed the pros and cons, and ultimately agreed to the Crown Prince’s request.
She was aware that as long as the Prince was able to settle this matter, he would then have the capital to contend against her for power, but this matter was too strange, and the Queen would not feel reassured if she handed it over to anyone else and deprived the palace ofMurphy’s protection. She had no other choice, and could only choose to believe in the Prince.
If the Crown Prince was unable to solve the problem, or Murphy was unable to deal with the thieves…
The Queen directly discounted this possibility. Murphy was the strongest person in the Capital. If even she couldn’t deal with it, then that thief would be able to run wild across the world, and they would have no way to catch them at all. The Queen did not want to consider this worst possible outcome.
During the day, Kent gathered a large number of people to closely guard the palace. He even obtained a decree from the Queen and directly laid down an order that there would be a curfew that night. No one was allowed to appear on the street, and if they were caught, the palace would treat them as thieves.
His tactics were so vicious that many people became afraid after reading the decree.
After sending the letter to the palace, Xue Ling sent people to spread the news that there would be thieves entering the palace that night, so many people learned of the matter even before the Queen did. They had originally planned to watch the palace when night fell, but hadn’t expected that His Highness would use such ruthless means. Now, they could only choose to sit and wait for news from their homes.
The crowd was unhappy, but Xue Ling hadn’t had any high expectations of those people from the start, so he wasn’t concerned at all. When the time came, he pulled Xi with him and prepared to make his move.
The things they ‘took’ were very arbitrary. They weren’t afraid to enter regardless of how tight security was around the treasury, because Xi had always teleported them directly inside.
Kent didn’t seem to be aware of their methods, and most of his people were stationed on the perimeter. Because his thinking was inflexible, there were only a few people stationed inside the treasury, but the situation was already much better than it had been for those unlucky nobles who had been robbed before. Most people would refrain from putting patrols inside their treasure rooms, but, Kent had chosen to leave his biggest weapon, the Supreme Mage Murphy, inside the vault.
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Murphy’s spiritual awareness could cover the entire Capital. Kent felt very confident and reassured with her sitting in the center.