Chapter 60: The Angel Who Creates a Club (13)

Episode 60

The Mooncat Tribe possessed many treasures.

Of course, most of those treasures were items that would be difficult to explain how they came to be owned by the tribe, but…

This one was different.

The Box of Uncertainty, this small box with Schrödinger written on the outside, utilized modern magical capability to keep the cat inside in an uncertain state ‘until it was observed’.

And in this uncertain state, it wouldn’t be detected by any sensing device.

It was truly…

A treasure made for the Mooncat Tribe.

‘The box is opening…’

As they moved away from the dragon knights’ line of sight, the pink box began to open.

Leffrey gathered the Angelic Power within him and activated ‘Steps of the Fallen Angel Walking Through the Night’. Angelic Abilities were powers that represented Heaven, boasting strength beyond any earthly skill.

Therefore, Steps of the Fallen Angel Walking Through the Night could be considered the ultimate stealth skill.

The moment the Angelic Ability was activated, all the surveillance devices in the museum, excluding the dragon knights, lost track of Leffrey.

And when the box was half open…

‘Wol asked me not to look at the box while it’s opening.’

Leffrey closed his eyes tightly.

Then, after a while…

“Phew, that was stuffy.”

He heard Hongwol’s voice.

“Wol, are you ready?”

“Leffrey. Ah, wait!”

The Box of Uncertainty could only be entered while transformed into a cat. And cats usually don’t wear clothes.

Then did Hongwol enter the box with clothes on?

Or did she enter without clothes?

The answer could be found in Leffrey’s completely flushed face and his behavior of covering his eyes, saying “I-I didn’t see anything.”

The flustered angel quickly spoke, trying to forget the beauty of her skin,

“Hu-Hurry up and put something on!”

“Ah!”

Even a cat felt embarrassed.

Hongwol quickly stole an exhibited coat, put it on, and said to Leffrey,

“Ugh, boy, you can open your eyes now.”

“Okay.”

“Even though the dragon knights are mostly focused on the entrance, there must still be quite a few patrolling. That means… we don’t have much time left. About ten minutes?”

“Ten minutes, will that be enough?”

“Yeah.”

Hongwol grinned.

“Only I can do this. The snake and the witch wouldn’t be able to pull this off.”

Then, without hesitation, she bent over.

“This is something only I can do.”

As Hongwol, wearing a single coat, dashed to the end of the hallway,

Leffrey quickly closed his eyes again.

‘Ahhh! I’m… I’m corrupted…’

He had taken another step towards becoming Leffrey, the Fallen Angel.

But Hongwol, oblivious to this, started happily stealing the Connoisseurs’ Club’s treasures. Until the crescent moon became a full moon.

Hongwol’s hands didn’t stop.

After stealing an item, all she had to do was install the illusions Soya made. Soya had guaranteed they would last for at least an hour.

‘Hmph, they won’t even last ten minutes.’

But Hongwol thought it would take less than ten minutes for the illusions to be exposed. It wasn’t because she disliked Soya.

What was the name of this place?

The Connoisseurs’ Club headquarters and museum.

And what was the Connoisseurs’ Club’s main business?

Naturally, it was to appraise items.

Would it really take that long for these people to figure out if these items were real, fake, or just illusions?

‘Those Connoisseurs’ Club nerds will figure out that these are illusions in less than ten minutes. And the moment they activate security, we’ll have 11 to 12 minutes left. Besides, it takes about 50 seconds for me to rob one section.’

There were twenty items stored in each section, and Hongwol was currently using the Mooncat Tribe’s secret technique to steal one item every two seconds. And these were items with complex security magic engraved on each one.

‘Enough!’

Hongwol took a hunting stance again.

And another jump-

Thus, an unprecedented incident occurred, where all the main items of the Connoisseurs’ Club were stolen in just ten minutes.

Of course, Leffrey didn’t care about such an unprecedented incident, his goal was to return to his small cathedral, but…

‘I-I’m tired… Leffrey is tired…’

Leffrey, the whiny angel, was on the verge of tears due to nervousness.

And when they arrived at the museum entrance where the dragon knights were gathered, he deactivated his Angelic Ability, trying to blend in and exit naturally.

Of course, with the pink box still in his arms.

Leffrey holding the pink box that contained Hongwol was like a chest inside a chest, where Hongwol used her secret technique to store the stolen goods in her pocket dimension.

As long as the pink box in his arms didn’t open, there was no risk for Leffrey.

As long as it didn’t open.

Beep- Beep-

Just as Leffrey, swept along by the crowd, was about to exit the museum, a loud buzzer filled the entire museum. And the dragon knights blocked the citizens who were trying to leave.

“What is it?”

“What’s happening?”

People were puzzled, each muttering a word or two.

Leffrey, among those citizens, was no exception.

‘Did they catch us?’

Thump thump- Leffrey’s heart started to race.

“Don’t let anyone leave!”

“Everyone, please stop! We’ll conduct a brief inspection!”

The Connoisseurs’ Club students and the student council rushed out. They stood in front of the citizens trying to leave and shouted,

“We apologize for the inconvenience. We’ll be conducting a brief inspection due to a theft report.”

And then they started scanning everyone with dragon knights. Leffrey’s heart beat even faster.

Thus, one by one, people passed the scan and exited the museum.

“Next!”

It was finally Leffrey’s turn.

The dragon knight’s red eyes scanned Leffrey meticulously. Race related to the Heavens, low probability of being a suspect. No stolen relics detected. No abnormalities detected by the museum’s sensors.

All clear-

“No issues.”

“Thank you.”

Leffrey bowed to the dragon knight and…

…tried to exit. And that was the moment.

“Wait, aren’t you the first-year who’s been causing trouble lately?”

One of the Connoisseurs’ Club senior students stared at Leffrey with suspicious eyes.

“Dragon knight, did you scan him properly?”

“Scanned thoroughly. No issues.”

“What? Really? That’s impossible.”

Leffrey muttered nervously,

“I-I just came to see the museum.”

“No, this is strange… The timing is too coincidental.”

The senior, still suspicious, approached Leffrey. His cold hand touched Leffrey’s shoulder.

“Junior, why don’t we go inside and talk for a moment?”

His voice was laced with malice.

Leffrey was about to be consumed by fear when…

“Hey, stop that.”

A student council executive shielded Leffrey.

‘He’s the idiot who went so far as to stop that scary Professor Hexi to save us. There’s no way he could have raided the Connoisseurs’ Club. That’s absurd.’

The executive spoke up,

“This kid, he wouldn’t do anything bad. Let him go.”

“What are you talking about? How would you know, Director of Facilities?”

“No, Leffrey is… How should I put it? He’s a real goody-two-shoes. I guarantee it. This kid really didn’t do it.”

Then the Connoisseurs’ Club senior got upset and shouted,

“How would the Director of Facilities know? We have to take all suspicious individuals and interrogate them!”

“Interrogate? You’re going to interrogate this kid?”

The council executive, called the Director of Facilities, lowered his voice.

“Ha, shit.”

Leffrey’s eyes fell on the scabbard of the Director of Facilities.

‘Oh, the Director of Facilities… is a senior in the swordsmanship department.’

The Swordsmanship Department, following Park Jin-ho’s will, was a semi-militaristic organization. Therefore, strict discipline was their school culture, and the hierarchy between seniors and juniors was notoriously strict.

“Hey, Kim Soo-hyun. Are you crazy?”

“Director of Facilities. No, I mean, Senior.”

“He didn’t do it. Why? Does my word not carry any weight? You want to call all the guys and have a one on one? You and me?”

The Connoisseurs’ Club senior started to tremble. Looking closely, he was also carrying a scabbard, so it seemed he was a student from the Swordsmanship Department.

“I apologize.”

“Ah, whatever… Come to our dorm later.”

With a single sentence, the Connoisseurs’ Club student had no choice but to… hurriedly return to his place.

“…Leffrey.”

The Director of Facilities spoke up.

“Yes, Senior.”

“Th-That… Thank you for last time.”

And as he turned to leave, he said,

“And… we’re really… sorry for what we did.”

With those words, the Director of Facilities left.

Leffrey felt something warm in his heart.

‘Hexi, Mari, Wol, Soya… they all said it was stupid of me to protect the student council. That there’s no reward for good deeds. That I was just a pushover.’

Actually, even Leffrey thought that way.

In a country where being kind was mocked, a world where being a victim was ridiculed.

The boy always craved for power, to be the one fighting back.

But…

‘To be rewarded for doing good. That sounds like something out of a fairy tale. I guess I was just lucky this time.’

Leffrey smiled quietly.

It seemed like he would be able to sleep a little more comfortably today.

‘But still…’

Leffrey smiled.

‘It doesn’t feel bad.’

* * *

“So you’ve succeeded.”

“Of course, Snake… You weren’t doubting my skills, were you?”

Hongwol laughed, full of pride.

But Leffrey ignored her and said in a monotone,

“Then next…”

“Mari.”

“Yes.”

“We need to talk.”

While experiencing trouble at the museum earlier, Leffrey made a small resolution.

‘Do good deeds and receive a fair reward.’

Leffrey, his resolution solidified, slowly opened his mouth,

“Mari, what exactly are you planning?”

“…A plan to stop the student council from bothering our club. It’s almost a success.”

“Are you really not going to tell me what kind of plan it is?”

Actually, Leffrey had a rough idea about what kind of plan Yumari was scheming. He just needed confirmation.

Perhaps he had known it all along.

Perhaps he just chose to turn a blind eye to it out of his own cowardice.

But he couldn’t do that anymore.

‘Because I am an angel.’

Leffrey opened his mouth.

“Mari, you were… Working with the large clubs from the beginning, weren’t you?”

Silence fell for a moment.

Then Yumari asked,

“Why do you think that?”

“Everything we’ve done so far has only benefited the large clubs. From attacking the weaker large clubs to stealing the treasures of the Connoisseurs’ Club, the most powerful club.”

Leffrey continued,

“Tripping the frontrunner and hindering the chaser. Naturally, this kind of structure only benefits the other large clubs. And this club fair is strange too.”

Yumari watched Leffrey quietly.

“I asked the professors to have their clubs withdraw from the fair, the smaller clubs were all kicked out, and even the large clubs we targeted couldn’t participate. Then this club fair is entirely dependent on the remaining clubs, isn’t it?”

Leffrey continued,

“The student council has a duty to make the club fair a success. If that’s the case, the large clubs monopolizing the club fair this time are no longer the underdog, but the top dog. And a complete top dog at that.”

“Yes, they’ll become a complete top dog and escape the student council’s control.”

“Is that what you were aiming for? To make them the top dog, so… they’ll protect us from the student council’s tyranny? Knowing how the large clubs treat other students… How could you make them even stronger?”

Yumari replied,

“Leffrey, the student council, where my half-sister is, will continue to target you and us. This club fair is just the beginning. We had no other choice.”

“And for that… the Cookie Club and other clubs had to be kicked out, crying?”

“This is the only way.”

Leffrey was silent.

“This was the only way.”

Yumari said coldly, with a blank expression.

‘Right, gaining something without sacrifice is just a fantasy. This world isn’t some ridiculous novel.’

The boy had vowed never to read fantasy novels again. Especially those classic fantasy novels with heroes and demon kings.

‘And Mari isn’t some hero from a novel.’

Think about it. It’s absurd, isn’t it? Why does the demon king suddenly try to destroy humanity, and why is he so unreasonably strong? But the most absurd being was the hero. To think that a human chosen by God could defeat the demon king. The fact that a hero exists…

That’s the most absurd thing.

That a hero exists.

There’s no such thing.

But…

But…

“I…”

In the end, an angel couldn’t abandon their faith.

“I’ll show you a different way.”

The boy grabbed the girl’s hand.