"Ha! How Funny! Hey, you're the party Darkness wanted to join, right???
You want to learn something useful???
How about Thief skills???"
Someone suddenly interjected…
I turned my head and saw two women occupying the neighboring table…
The one talking to me was a woman wearing light, leather armor…
She had a small scar on her face and seemed to be street smart. ..
She was a pretty girl with silver locks and a bright personality…
Beside her was a blond beauty in full plate mail…
The unapproachable cool beauty…
Indeed, it was the Masochistic knight that wanted to join our party yesterday…
The thief-girl looked to be about a year or two younger (Of course she did) than I was…
"Um, what do you mean by Thief skills? How are they like???"
The thief-girl responded cheerfully…
"Good question…
Thief skills are very practical–such as Disarm Traps, Enemy Detection, Lurk and Steal…
They're all skills that are worth learning.
Your job's the basic-tier Adventurer, right???
Thief skills don't require many points, so it's a great offer!!!
How about it???
I'll teach them to you for the price of a glass of crimson beer!!!"
So cheap!
That was how I felt. But when I thought about it, she had nothing to lose from teaching me these skills.
And I could just ask any other Thief if I really wanted to learn Thief skills.
"Hmmmm, They are indeed very cheap…"Mu Zhong said as he turned around to look at the thief (Goddess) and the M Knight…
"I remember I had to pay more than 100,000 for a single skill…"
"Okay, I'll leave it in your hands! Excuse me, a glass of ice-cold crimson beer for this lady please!"Said Kazuma as soon as he heard me Quote the Price…
Kazuma Trusted Mu Zhong a Lot and even he stated that the Price was so high meanwhile Chris looked at me and smiled…
"Ohhh!!! Who is this handsome guy???"Said Chris as she sized me up from head to toe while I stood up and smiled at her as I introduced myself…
"My Name is Mu Zhong…
Nice to meet you My Lady…"
As I properly introduced myself like a Gentleman and gave my hand to her for a Handshake Chris seemed to Blush which made Kazuma Envious but then he was Amazed that His Brother Mu can really charm anyone…
"Right, let me properly introduce myself…
I'm Chris…
As you can see, I'm a Thief…
And this person with a moody face is Darkness…
You met yesterday, right???
She's a Crusader and shouldn't have any skills that are useful to you…"
"Hello!!! I'm Kazuma. Nice to meet you, Chris!!!"
Then Kazuma also introduced Himself…
In between I glanced as Chris as I observed her…
'So did Heaven decided a meet and greet approach huh…
Or Maybe Chris is interested in talking to me…
It is her World after all and I have been moving around except for entering Crimson Demon Village for a Year but no one knew me at that time…'
As Mu Zhong Contemplated Chris was Also thinking…
'So this is That Void huh…
Is he really staying here just for fun…?
But why stay with Aqua…
Could it be he saw Her While Searching for Criminals or sniffed her presence and came here???
But he didn't harm her and just played with her under disguise…'
Chris was Also Puzzled…
But she decided to check my attitude…
In the open plaza behind the adventurer's guild…
Chris, Darkness, Mu Zhong and I stood at this desolate and open space…
By the way, those two companions of mine remained sulking at the table while we were talking, so I left them there…
Mu Zhong also told Iris to stay in the Guild and look after Aqua and Megumin…
"Well then, we'll start with Enemy Detection and Lurk…
We'll work on Disarm Traps next time, since traps are rare in such a crowded place…
Hey Darkness, could you turn over there for a moment???"
"Hmm? Okay..."
Darkness turned away as instructed…
And so, Chris got into a wooden barrel some distance away and showed only the top half of her body…
I didn't know what she was playing at, but she then threw a rock at Darkness's head and hid into the barrel…
"..."
Could this be the Lurk skill???
Darkness, who was hit by the rock, moved silently toward the only barrel in the area…
"Sensing enemy… Sensing enemy… I can strongly feel Darkness's anger!!!
Hey, Darkness? You know I only did that to teach him the skills, I couldn't help it!!!
Please have mercy… Ahhh, stop! Ahhh!!!"
The barrel she was hidden in toppled over and Chris screamed as it rolled on the ground…
Could I really learn new skills this way???
Mu Zhong who was looking this way and Understood Kazuma's Thoughts said…"Indeed!!!, This is the Way to Learn Skills, For Example, If you manipulate Mana and condense Earth Element with your Mana and then turn it into the Shape of a Ball and launch it straight…
Of course the Size also Matters…
As that needs you to upgrade the skill…"
I said as I had already taught him the Skill…
Chris Nodded at this as she then Looked at Kazuma again…
"All right…
Let's try the skill I recommend the most, Steal…
This is a skill that can snatch away one item possessed by the target…
It can be anything, be it the weapon gripped tightly in their hands or the wallet secured deep in their pockets…
The probability of success is dependent on the luck stat…
You can take the weapon or treasure of a strong enemy and run, so it's a great skill to have under any circumstances…"
After Chris recovered from the dizziness of being rolled around in a barrel, she explained Steal to me…
It sounded very useful indeed…
And it was dependent on the luck stat, which means my only high stat would finally be put to use…
"I'll demonstrate with you as the target!!! Ready, Steal!!!"
Chris shouted as she reached her hand forward and a small item appeared in her hand…
That was…
"Ah! That's my wallet!!!"
It contained all my cash, a thin and pitiful wallet...
Though Thankfully Kazuma had already placed his own Cash in a Safe Place on my Advice…
"Oh! Jackpot! It's used this way. Well of course, I'll give the wallet back…"
Chris smiled deviously as she was about to return the wallet to me…
"Hey, let's have a match, all right???
Try learning Steal now…
I'll then let you steal one item from me…
I won't complain even if you steal my wallet or weapon…
Your wallet's so thin that my weapon or wallet will be more valuable…
That means we'll be trading in whatever items that are stolen…
How about it? Want to try???"
This person suddenly said something amazing…
I thought about it…
My luck seemed ridiculously high…
I could steal one item from the opponent…
So I'd be getting something even if the skill failed…
Let's give it a go…
Such gambles seemed like the way rash adventurers would interact; just what I was looking forward to!!!
Indeed, I was finally experiencing something adventurer-like after coming to this world!!!
I looked at my adventurer's card and saw a new box with learnable skills displayed on it…
I touched it with my finger and 5 skills appeared…
Enemy Detection – 1 point, Lurk- 1 point, Rock Ball – 2 Points, Steal – 1 point, Nature's Beauty – 5 points…
Nature's Beauty???
The skill used by Aqua, the party trick of flicking a seed into a cup???
"So you also got that Party Skill huh…"said Mu Zhong as my mouth twitched…
"Don't talk about it…"said Kazuma with a sour Mouth as Mu Zhong Shrugged…
That party trick had such a flashy name! Eh? And it's expensive!!!
Party tricks were cool in their own way, but I decided to learn Steal, Rock Ball, Enemy Detection and Lurk…
I used up all my skill points…
I see, so that's how you learn skills…
"I've learned the skill and I accept your challenge!!!
Don't come crying to me no matter what I steal!!!"
I stuck out my right hand as I spoke, but Chris just smiled fearlessly...
"That's great!!!
I like people who aren't spoilsports! All right then, what can you steal???
The special prize will be my wallet!!!
The grand prize will be this enchanted dagger!!!
This is a great item worth 400,000 Eris!!!
The consolation prize will be this piece of rock I threw at Darkness!!!"
"Ah! Using such a method is cheating!"
I protested loudly when I saw the rock Chris took out…
I was wondering why she was so confident; so that was the reason!!!
If she had more trash items, the probability of important items getting stolen would be lower, a sort of safeguard against thieves…
"This is my teaching fee…
As you can see, no skills are all powerful…
You learned something great, right???
All right, give it a go!!!"
Damn, I was really schooled!!!
Looking at Chris laughing out loud, I felt foolish for falling for this trick…
This wasn't Japan, but a dog-eat-dog world…
(Truck-kun:Bro even if it is Japan It is Still a Dog Eat Dog World otherwise Hikigaya Sensei would not be ostracized so much and Hajime(Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest) would not be betrayed like that and even Spider-san(I am a Spider! So What?)Would not have to live with so much Caution...
Main Server(Trucks): According to System Analysis=Yes...
Truck-God: Poor Guys!!! None of them were sent to Isekai Truck-kun by me so Of course this had to happen…
Tractor-Kun:...
Main Server(Tractors):...
Tractor-God:...)
It was the fault of those who were naive enough to be tricked…
It was only a chance of failure, though; it wasn't a total loss…
"All right, watch this! My luck has always been go---" said Kazuma but Mu Zhong Grabbed his Hand…
"Wait Kazuma!!!Why don't you steal from me instead???"
Said Mu Zhong as he stopped Kazuma from initiating Steal as he knew what would happen…
And he didn't want Eris to be stolen by her Panties…
"Ehhhh!!! Why did you stop him?"Said Chris as I looked at her blankly as I just saved her…
"How about it Kazuma???
If you get something Valuable I will really let you have it…"I said as I looked at Kazuma as he pondered for a Moment and got excited since Brother Mu Looked Really Rich and Readied his Move Again…
'System let him steal something from my inventory that he truly needs…'
[Acknowledged]
I thought of this Idea Just now as I would let Kazuma Steal Good things from time to time…
Kazuma Nodded and said "Steal"…
As I shouted, my outstretched right hand grabbed something…
She said the chance of success was dependent on the luck stat…
To succeed in one Try against Brother Mu, my luck wasn't too bad…
Meanwhile Chris Pouted towards this side…
I opened my hand and looked at what I stole…
"… What's this???"
It was a long Bow with Mechanical Precision and Gears…
Mu Zhong looked at the Bow and was surprised…
"This is a Mechanical Bow I made based on the Olympic Level Bows as I had always had Interest in those things…
This is exactly what you need Right Now…
You really have Good Luck Kazuma…"
"Ooooohhhh is it so cool???" Kazuma said as he also remembered seeing those Composite Bows in Olympics but he Never Remembered the Design…
Now looking at this Cool Bow that had two Wheels on both ends and many Strings to fire the Arrows…
"Hell Yeahhhhh!!!
It's a grand prize, and it's a big one–!!!"Said Kazuma as he jumped in Excitement at taking out the gacha…
"Wow!!! You have such a Strange Bow…"said Chris who had no Idea that she was just saved one hell of an Embarrassment…
"This bow should be priced at 10 Million Eris if I say so myself…"
I said as this Bow was designed from the Strong Alloys in an Ordinary World along with strings also being made of a Special Flexible Chemical as the Bow itself was a D-Grade…
Although the Grade was Rather Low but it was enough for Kazuma to use for a long time…
Good Job System…
[No Problem Host]
"Here Kazuma, An Instruction Manual for the Bow…"I said as I gave him a Manual too…
Kazuma was Very excited at receiving the Bow but upon hearing the Price he was instantly Discouraged…
"Brother Mu it would not be too expensive right…"said Kazuma as I shrugged…
"Of course it is Expensive but its fine I don't care about this thing so Much…"I said as Kazuma was Envious but still stopped and decided to repay me whenever possible…
"By the Way where did you hide it???"Said Chris as Kazuma was also curious…
"It's a Fantasy world…
It's not impossible for there to be Spatial Artifacts Lying here and there right…"I said as if flaunting my wealth…
"Ooooooooohhhhhh!!!" said Kazuma as he was Unimaginably Envious now and also wanted to pick such Artifacts here and there…
"Oh!!!"While Chris was also surprised as she thought it might be a Divine Artifact…
"By the Way Kazuma try not to Use your Steal on Females especially not on Iris as I can't guarantee as I won't kill you then…"I said as I was smiling but looking at my smile Kazuma felt a chill down his spine…
"Of course I won't use it on Iris…"said Kazuma as he instantly denied by raising his Hands…
"Don't worry!!!
You can use steal on me once a day and whatever you get as long as it is not too Expensive I don't mind giving it to you…"I said as I looked at him…
"By the way you can use this skill on Darkness sometime later and you will understand why I said that…"I said to Kazuma in his Ear as he quickly nodded despite being confused…
Kazuma knew I was his friend and didn't mind such a threat and knew I was too possessive of Iris as Iris was very important to him…
"Hmmmm??? What are you talking about???"Said Chris as I looked at her…
Then I took out my Adventurer Card as I Learned the Steal Skill as Maxed it out as well as it only Required 10 Skill Points…
"Miss Chris I have also used your Teachings to Learn a Skill so How about you use one chance to Steal on me and I will do the Same…"I said as Chris was Immediately Fired up and said…
"Of course I don't mind…
Be prepared to lose a lot…"
"I don't mind…" I said as I prepared for Chris…
Darkness was standing besides watching the Excitement…
"Steal!!!" Chris used her skill and took out a Heavy Bag…
I looked at it and Kazuma also wondered what it was…
"Oooh that's one of my money bags and it contains somewhere between 10 to 100 Million Eris…
You are Quite Lucky Chris…"I said as I congratulated Chris as her jaw dropped upon stealing such a Massive amount…
"Wait wait wait!!! I will return it to you…"said Chris as she was too panicked…
This was really too much…
"Don't worry I will also get something of Equivalent Value from you…"I said as I used Steal on Chris Suddenly Who panicked for a while…
'System get me her panties…'
[How Perverted Host]
'Hehehe it doesn't matter in the slightest…'
I thought as I said to Chris…
"I have taken the Item I liked and stored it in my Storage Space so please don't bother…"
I said as I bolted from the Place leaving a stunned Darkness and a Chris whose face turned Red soon at a speed Visible to the Naked Eye while Kazuma looked at the Money Bag…
He understood that maybe his Brother Mu was Richer than he let him on…
Thinking so Kazuma glanced at the Money bag and Thought of stealing 10 Million Eris himself as he Imagined becoming a God…
"Wait!!! Give me my things back…"shouted Chris as she was fully red and nearly Cried…