Eternal Thief

Chapter 20 - A Crazy Girl!

Seeing the door open Ace swiftly leaps towards the corner of the room where his swords were. He quickly grabbed the two swords and was ready to fight with the ʼgreat enemyʼ who invaded his room.

However, after some time no explosion or huge army came from the opened door. ʼAre they waiting for me to made the first move?ʼ Ace thought gravely.

Ace elected to jump out of a window and escape in the darkness. He was confident in escaping without a scratch. But halt his movements because he heard footsteps coming from the open door and it was only one person.

A graceful figure enters Aceʼs room.

Just by seeing this kind of figure one could tell it was a lady. She was 1.8 meters tall and wearing a black Qipao 1with a short slit which exposes her long snowy leg. This dress perfectly matched her sexy figure. especially the two big peaks on her chest, they look like they might burst out of her dress at any movement.

Her long black hair was like a waterfall. Merely it was a real pity that one canʼt see her face because she was wearing a black fox mask. But her gorgeous foxlike hazel eyes were twinkling like stars. 

Her white delicate hands were holding a tray with Ace dinner.

The Fox Mask-wearing girl was actually Asherʼs top subordinate ʼBlack Foxʼ. But she wasnʼt wearing her armor and this displays her sexy characteristics. If Asher sees her now he would be bewildering because even he didnʼt see Black Fox like this before.

Black Fox was actually a ʼgiftʼ or simply a slave given to Asher by his mother. His mother was from the Grant Family, the second-ranked family of the inner region. Thatʼs why Asherʼs position was high in Kelby Family and no one dares to mess with him, plus he was talented himself. When he received ʼBlack Foxʼ all those years ago even at that time she was wearing black armor and this fox mask was on her face. She was like an emotionless puppet.

Asherʼs mother only told him; not to try taking off her masked ever, so he never really cares about it much. Since she was talented and get the ʼjobsʼ done and thatʼs what matters the most.

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Black Fox gracefully enters Aceʼs room while holding the tray of dishes in her milky hands and closed the door with invisible vigor. She placed the tray on a wooden table and she sits in one of two chairs around the table.

”You should eat first or it will get cold.” Her voice was like warm wind in cold winter, very pleasant to the ears.

Ace was flabbergasted by this sudden development and dumbfoundedly watch this fox mask lady. He nearly let go of his sword after hearing her beautiful voice there was some kind of bewitching power mix in it and Ace think she was not an enemy. But he quickly sobers up because of his soul sense and most importantly that Black Fox Mask was giving his soul sense a gloomy feeling. 

”YOU! Who are you exactly and what do you want?” Ace points his sword tip at her mask. ʼSheʼs dangerous!ʼ

A surprise glint flashed past her eyes after seeing Ace wasnʼt affected by her mind skill.

”You can eat first then we can talk.” Black fox said naturally as if it was her own room and this time didnʼt use her skill again.

”Just said what you want and leave, donʼt force my hand.” Ace threatened.

”Hmm. I know the infamous Black Ghost of the outer region is not easy to deal with. Hence Iʼm not here to pick a fight with you. Iʼm only here to form an equal partnership.” Black Fox stated honestly while placing her hand under her chin.

A tremor ran through Aceʼs body after hearing the ʼBlack Ghostʼ name and his heart turn cold.

ʼHow did she find out!!?ʼ This was the only question in his mind right now.

Ace was extremely sure about carefully hiding and cleaning his tracks. But this mask-girl exposed him two days after coming into the inner region. This was a huge blow to his self-esteem.

Ace tightens his grip on his sword hilts and is about to attack by using the Dual Shadow Swords Technique when the mask-girl timely raised her snowy hand in the air and speak innocently, ”Look I donʼt even have any weapon. You arenʼt going to attack a harmless girl like me right? And donʼt worry your secret is safe with me only I know about it.”

When Ace heard this he forces himself to calm down and ease his grip on his sword hilts a bit, but he didnʼt put away his swords.

”I donʼt know what youʼre talking about and I never heard of this named before.” Ace calmly retorted but his heart was thumping like crazy.

Ae didnʼt know how this girl come to this conclusion, but she didnʼt have any evidence of him being Black Ghost. Even if things go south he was confident in his escaping abilities. He didnʼt escape till now and still talking to her because he didnʼt sense any malicious intent or hidden intention from her soul fluctuations.

”Hihihi, You hide your traces quite well even I didnʼt find any information about you first, and you even sneak into the inner region without alerting anyone. I must say Iʼm quite impressed by your abilities. But you make a huge mistake and that was you sells your spoils to Kelby Shop. Meaning you go to the same person shop who was investigating you.” She giggles while pointing out Aceʼs mistake.

”I donʼt understand.” Ace sighs deeply and drops the act. He could sense this girl has some solid evidence on him. Moreover, she has no hostility towards him so he asks her to explain herself clearly.

Ace was quite perplexed now, even if he goes to Kelby Shop this didnʼt mean anything because so many people make some kind of deals like him daily.

”Itʼs like this when you stole from that fatty, Asher was already on your tail. He is an extremely greedy and ambitious person when he heard you opened a 1-Star treasury without alerting anyone and even disable an illusion array. He grasps that you have some kind of treasure or secret skill and wanted that skill for himself. Thatʼs why he ordered me to search for you. But you were too good at hiding your trails and even I who is good at finding people canʼt find any trace of you. But I do investigate what you steal from that Fattyʼs shop.” Black fox and giggles like a kid who just solve a great mystery.

”So youʼre saying, you come to this conclusion by the numbers of pills I robbed from Billy? No this is not it! I ate one of the pills before therefore the number was no the same. Could it be the nature of pills?” Ace was very smart and instantly find many loopholes in her explanation and apparently, it was not enough to reveal he was the Black Ghost.

”You are right it was not the number of pills nor was their nature but...” Black Foxʼs foxlike eyes flicker mysteriously before she continues, ”Can you explain your identity as Ace White? Who should be in outer region slums now but how could he be in the inner region without anyone knowing about it?” She shoots questions at Ace like arrows.

ʼSighʼ

Ace lamented, ”What makes you think; a mere commoner can become Black Ghost?”

Ace puts down both swords and sits opposite black Fox. and starts eating. He surrenders completely before this mask-lady. If she really wanted to harm him or covet his secrets she just has to tell Asher he was here and didnʼt even need to tell him he was Black Ghost. Asher would come here with an army because he hated Ace to bone after what Ace did.

”I guess it because only your little hut in slums was empty. When I asked around your neighborhood they said strangely for a month you always stay inside the hut and didnʼt go to your work either. Your little sister mysteriously vanishes a month ago and after you as well. First I think you were just a random pitiful kid who was searching for his missing sister and didnʼt put much attention on you.

”But after what you did to Asher today and Caleb described your appearance I immediately connect the dots and here I am paying you a friendly visit. Hihi.” Black Fox chuckles vigorously. She watches Ace eating his dinner who didnʼt seem like the person that was about to attack her a few moments ago.

”I must say Iʼm impressed. Now tell me why didnʼt you tell Asher? Didnʼt you work for him?” Ace asks while keeps eating. He was secretly absorbing the Qi while talking and his soul sense was solely locked on Black Fox. If he senses even a little bit of hostility from her he would escape.

”Iʼm was working for him until I find you this morning and finally see a ray of hope.” Black Foxʼs eyes shimmer excitedly as she looked at Aceʼs handsome face.

”What do you mean ʼray of hope?” Ace was bewildered.

”I always wanted to be a thief just like you.” Back Foxʼs foxlike hazel eyes begin gleaming like stars.

”W-W-WHAT?!” Ace nearly choked on food when he heard her words. ”Y-you Are you Crazy!?” 

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