So I'm a Snake, Who Cares?

Chapter 223: Press C to Hide (2)

Don't tell me they're taking me out from here.

I haven't collected anything yet!

"Ah, not that one yet."

"Really?"

"Yeah, checking the list, it goes out tomorrow. Leave it for now."

Fortunately, the servant put me back down.

Then they left with their loaded items.

'Tomorrow!'

They were saying I'd be moved out of this warehouse tomorrow.

That ruins my plan to become the Thief Prince Serpent after finishing evolution.

'What should I do!'

"What else? We can't leave that behind!"

Just as I had my heart set on the 'Alteard's Ceremonial Celadon'.

Pelerian also had something he absolutely needed to take.

It was a blank parchment scroll.

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[Malphas' Parchment]

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Unlike other items, it was practically buried in dust, neglected.

For good reason. It was just a yellowed parchment, and not even much of it.

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It was classified as an artifact only because it emitted ominous magical power.

"They failed to recognize its value. That's how it often is with collectors who only have money."

Pelerian said that old parchment was the most precious among all items here.

"It contains the power of the crow demon Malphas. That demon's nickname is 'The President of Tricksters'."

'And?'

"This is the parchment that cunning demon uses when making contracts. Contract terms written on this parchment can never be broken. Because they're imbued with binding force."

Gasp, then for example, if you write 'if you lie, the continent will be destroyed' and deliberately lie, what would happen?

When I asked that, Pelerian made a face like he'd vomit at how childish the idea was.

Guess that's not possible.

'Anyway, what should we do?'

"Now, listen."

Hearing it, Pelerian's plan was quite plausible.

"Hehe. When it gets dark, that's our chance."

We waited for time to pass.

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What I like about this world as a thief is that there's no CCTV.

When I asked if there was similar magic, it seems there isn't, at least not here.

Apparently that would require an extremely skilled mage constantly monitoring.

That means there's a lot we can do.

Pelerian and I first examined the warehouse interior.

This was a 'warehouse', not a 'vault'.

Thus, ventilation was essential. Naturally, there were windows for it.

However, even an agile thief couldn't escape through those windows.

They were small windows that would be hard to pass through unless you were extremely thin, and they were located right below the roof.

You could climb up with a ladder, but that would be impossible with the guards.

And there would probably be magical alarms too.

So while this warehouse was designed to be very difficult for thieves to break into...

'I'm already inside.'

I was already successfully infiltrated.

The window outside was getting dark - it was already pitch black midnight.

A good timing for a thief to steal things.

I focused power in my tail section.

I can feel Pelerian's ring.

I tried the spatial magic.

It used to be very easy, but maybe because evolution wasn't fully complete yet, I barely succeeded.

'Isil!'

And Isil popped out from inside.

Usually very slow, but quick when coming out of spatial storage.

Isil immediately cuddled up to me.

'You missed me a lot too.'

Smack smack.

But Isil kept hitting me with leaves.

Must have been upset about being alone for so long.

But it couldn't be helped. I only recently became able to handle the ring's spatial magic.

After letting Isil throw a tantrum for a while, I asked them for something.

Isil understood my words perfectly.

'Can you do it?'

Then Isil, while still attached to my body, slowly started extending vines.

Sadly it seems only two strands can extend long, but we'll have to be satisfied with that.

Priority was the parchment and celadon.

I carefully placed Isil's vines on them.

The warehouse was quiet.

But it wouldn't be soon.

'Now!'

And Isil pulled in the items they grabbed.

Whirrrr-

Like a measuring tape being wound up, they came sliding in.

And simultaneously I gathered targeted items with invisible hands.

Beeeeeeeep-

An ear-splitting alarm rang out.

'Isil, go back in for a moment!'

I put the gathered items and Isil into spatial storage.

Beeeeeeeep-

Clank! Clank!

Iron bars suddenly shot out around the display cases.

A red light also flashed on.

Armed guards would come running soon.

But that's not all.

"A golem is activating!"

There was even a golem hidden inside the warehouse.

Seems to be a golem for catching thieves.

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[Berollinger Family Warehouse Guard]

[Traits]

[Guard], [Golem]

[Skills]

[Emergency Alarm lv10], [Slash Resistance lv10], [Grab and Tear lv10], [Stone Fist lv10]

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The level of that golem...

"Pathetic."

'What a crappy golem.'

I could handle it easily just with my current magic.

?Using Intermediate Element Magic: Water lv2.?

Create a water ball and place it over the golem's head.

It won't suffocate to death but its sensory devices were disrupted.

It stopped advancing, temporarily paused.

"There below the solar plexus."

?Using Intermediate Element Magic: Wind lv2.?

A wind butterfly flutters approaching.

The butterfly enters the gap below the solar plexus and.

BOOM!

It exploded and tore off the chest armor.

?Using Invisible Hand lv17.?

And I grabbed and threw the rapier I'd collected earlier, 'Cyclops' Eye Piercer'.

The sharp blade tip pierced the golem's core.

Crack!

That was the end.

The golem completely stopped functioning.

?You have defeated Berollinger Family Warehouse Guard.?

What a pushover.

Well. A golem of this level.

Hey, I already took down two stronger golems when I was White Horn Snake.

Soon after, there was commotion outside.

The guards were opening the warehouse door to enter.

It had been just a blink since the alarm went off and I defeated the golem - quite a quick response.

BANG!

The door opened and.

"Who dares!"

The moment guards rushed in.

I executed what I had prepared.

?Using Invisible Hand lv17.?

I just broke the window with an invisible hand.

CRASH!

The guards all lifted their heads to look up.

"D-damn, outside. They escaped through the window!"

'The thief climbed the wall and escaped by breaking the window.'

That's how the situation would appear to their eyes.

The guards rushed out in a group.

Well I.

Just stayed still.

There was no need to escape.

The snake-shaped crystal statue.

Fortunately wasn't stolen by the thief, and quietly remained in a corner of the second level of the third shelf.

It was the perfect crime.