Chapter 414

Chapter 414: Theft

“A human of Class B LV.14, clad in black and wielding a short dagger… Though his stealth skills are crude, this situation aligns with Sister Magic Rainbow’s expectations—an assassin sent to kill her.”

“Working together, we could eliminate him instantly.”

“Shall we strike now?”

“No, wait. While unlikely, this assassin might be targeting other academy instructors.”

Five shadows maintained continuous telepathic communication while shadowing the assassin at a measured pace, utterly undetected.

They watched as the assassin finally halted before Magic Rainbow’s bedroom door, expertly manipulating a slender tool to pick the lock with near-silent precision.

“Kill him. Though Mother dislikes us taking lives, assassins are an exception. We need not hold back.”

“Agreed.”

“Together.”

Having reached their decision, the five shadows launched themselves from the floor, ceiling, and flanking walls toward the assassin bent intently over the lock!

A wave of primal terror gripped him—intertwined with overwhelming bloodlust. Cold sweat drenched his back, a sensation entirely foreign throughout his assassin career. Death felt imminent.

He instantly abandoned his tools, drawing his dagger with desperate speed while pivoting into a wide slash…

His blade met empty air.

An illusion?

As the thought formed, the man’s vision lurched upward. Control over his body vanished as consciousness dimmed.

Through fading awareness, he glimpsed his own headless corpse below—shredded into fragments by unseen forces, blood painting the floor.

What happened? That body seemed… familiar…

Before contemplation deepened, darkness swallowed his mind.

Only then did his head strike the ground.

“Pathetically weak.”

“Didn’t even need to join forces.”

“True. A direct confrontation might have required effort and caused commotion. But ambushing an assassin? Different entirely.”

With the threat eliminated, the five shadows materialized as gray Stealth Ants.

Magic Rainbow finally opened her bedroom door.

The metallic tang of blood wrinkled her nose.

“The enemy truly hastens for our demise.”

The white-haired woman in nightwear extended a slender hand. The scattered pieces ignited spontaneously, vanishing into vapor within a breath.

Her “Clean” skill purged residual bloodstains, erasing every trace.

“Covertly sent assassins? Eliminating them is permissible… so long as we leave no evidence.”

Magic Rainbow murmured, pondered briefly, and—finding no oversights—beckoned the five Stealth Ants into her chamber.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

The other two black-clad assassins also located the bedrooms of Demon One and Demon Two, but were killed on the spot by the Stealth Ants before they could infiltrate.

However, Demon One and Demon Two were noticeably less vigilant than Magic Rainbow. Even after the two assassins were eliminated, they remained fast asleep in their beds.

Having dispatched the enemies, the Stealth Ants hesitated but ultimately chose not to wake the peacefully sleeping Demon One and Demon Two.

Though they hadn’t learned magic like “Fireball” to dispose of corpses, some ants possessed the “Magic Backpack” and “Clean” skills.

The assassins killed on the spot became corpses—corpses that could be stored in backpack space. Meanwhile, the “Clean” skill could remove bloodstains and grime from floors and walls.

Thus, after storing the bodies in the backpack, no trace of the incident remained at the scene.

That said, even if one mastered “Fireball” magic, without the “Magic Transform” technique, incinerating a corpse would inevitably leave scorch marks on the floor or walls.

To erase all evidence completely, Magic Rainbow’s help would still be necessary.

…

The next day,

the incident of assassins infiltrating the academy to target the three girls vanished as if it had never occurred. Students and teachers carried on with classes as usual.

Incidentally, the noble girls who had been slapped never returned to the academy after leaving—perhaps too frightened to come back.

…

A month passed.

Since that assassination attempt, two more waves of killers had arrived in quick succession.

Both groups were stronger and higher-level than the last, yet still no Class A assassin appeared. The highest-level among them was a Class B LV.33 member of the human race.

This assassin’s level was exceptionally high, surpassing even most academy instructors. However, the Stealth Ants accompanying Magic Rainbow and the others were predominantly max-level Class B. Swarming the attacker, they ensured his fate mirrored that of his predecessors.

After these two waves were dispatched, no new assassins appeared.

Perhaps the enemy had abandoned plans for revenge against Magic Rainbow and her companions. Or maybe they could find no stronger assassins and were at a loss. Alternatively, they might be devising another approach to deal with the girls.

Magic Rainbow, however, paid little heed to these possibilities…

What truly concerned her was discovering, through the Stealth Ants, the culprit who had carved words into Demon One and Demon Two’s desk that day.

As she had suspected, the offender was Yuli, daughter of the Minister of Finance. The other female students had not participated in the carving.

Upon learning this, Magic Rainbow temporarily set aside matters involving Yuli and the Minister of Finance. First, she ordered the Stealth Ants to steal most of the wealth from the homes of those noble girls who, while uninvolved in the carving, had frequently bullied Demon One and Demon Two in other ways—a punishment for their cruelty.

Yet stealing solely from these offending noble families might arouse suspicion. Therefore, besides them, Magic Rainbow also directed the Stealth Ants to infiltrate the mansions of other disreputable nobles and wealthy individuals, pilfering their valuables…

These families, stripped of vast sums, would likely face prolonged austerity.

As for the immense fortune acquired, Magic Rainbow contemplated briefly before instructing the Stealth Ants to distribute it silently to countless impoverished households in the dead of night.

Thanks to the Stealth Ants’ extraordinary stealth abilities, neither the victimized nobles and merchants nor the benefiting poor civilians detected their intrusion.

Moreover,

since the Stealth Ants targeted only ill-reputed merchants and nobles, distributing every coin to the destitute without keeping a single piece for themselves, Magic Rainbow’s actions gradually birthed a legend throughout the royal capital—that of a righteous thief.