After my rebirth, Miss Saint turned evil

The only person who could surpass her in swordsmanship was probably Reinhardt himself, who had been dead for who knows how many years.

After recalling all this basic information, Murphy looked back at Old Jed and said, "I only know a little bit."

"It's okay, just tell me."

After seeing Old Jed smile and nod at him, he said in a somewhat uncertain tone: "They are very poor and have nothing to steal."

"...Fuck! When did I ever ask you that?"

Murphy felt a little embarrassed when she saw Old Jed swearing.

He scratched his head and said hurriedly: "Don't be impatient, I haven't finished yet."

"Earl Patrick himself lives in the royal capital, but his brother lives in the main city of the territory."

"And everyone in their family is obsessed with swords, so there are many swordsmen."

"So... their house is heavily guarded?"

After hearing this, Old Jed showed a slightly satisfied expression.

Then, he slowly said, "A long time ago... probably when you first arrived, I had already investigated this."

"If you really want to find that blacksmith, he's most likely not in the capital, but in the Reinhardt family's territory."

"After all, swords aren't often used in the capital, so those blacksmiths are most likely scattered throughout the territory."

"The most likely location is the main city where Pat's brother lives, because the blacksmiths in that fortress account for about 70% of the total number of blacksmiths."

Hearing this, Murphy actually understood why Old Jed chose the city lord's fortress: "Because there are so many swordsmen in the family, the guards of that fortress are very strict."

"And in this border fortress, only the guards of the city lord's fortress can reach that level."

However, after listening to Murphy's guess, Old Jed did not agree, but shook his head in disdain.

"Although there are indeed many knights protecting that fat pig Dickens, it is still far less than what is inside that fortress."

"After all, he only sent those knights to catch thieves. Even if they were caught, he wouldn't dare to kill them directly."

"But if you were discovered by the family, they would rush over with swords drawn and challenge you to a life-and-death duel."

After saying this, Old Jed chuckled twice, as if he was mocking the stupidity of that group of people.

Then, he nodded to Murphy and said, "But what you said is actually not wrong. The highest level of defense is only in the city lord's fortress."

Murphy knew that what Old Jed meant was to let him practice first.

First challenge the strongest elite monster in the Novice Village to familiarize yourself with the routine, and then try to challenge the final BOSS.

After all, up to now, Murphy, the apprentice thief, has never done such a thief's behavior of sneaking into other people's homes.

At this point, Sharon is a true veteran.

In fact, compared to these, Murphy wanted to ask Old Jed what the meaning of those knights being sent to the city lord's fortress to catch thieves was.

But even if I don't ask, I can probably guess something, so forget it.

"That's the only reason?"

"Of course, this is the only reason. I am wholeheartedly doing this for the good of my apprentice, don't you agree?"

Looking at Old Jed's smirk, Murphy naturally didn't believe it at all.

But on the surface, he still put on a "touched" expression and said to Old Jed: "Thank you, Master."

But Murphy changed the subject and put on an embarrassed expression: "But I still don't want to steal other people's things. Otherwise, I'll just go for a walk and come back directly."

"Anyway, this will achieve the purpose of training."

Of course Murphy said that on purpose, and that's what he really thought in his heart.

But in fact, he had not intended to say these words, but after seeing Old Jed's expression of trying not to laugh, he could not help but say them out loud.

He didn't know what would happen after he said it.

However, maybe today I can see Old Jed being humiliated.

After all, he is a thief, and the most powerful one at that.

Sure enough, after hearing what Murphy just said, Old Jed immediately started to scowl.

Chapter 27 Plan Pass

After hearing Murphy's outrageous words, Old Jed immediately became furious: "What did I tell you? A thief never leaves empty-handed! A thief never leaves empty-handed!"

He never imagined that he would actually teach such a "traitor".

He still remembered the first lesson he taught Murphy and Sharon, which should be the rules that thieves need to follow.

For example, the “three prohibitions”: don’t steal the money of poor people, don’t enter the homes of the elderly, and don’t take the money of kind people.

In addition to these "three prohibitions", "a thief never leaves empty-handed" is also one of the rules.

As long as you enter someone else's house, you must take something with you when you leave. This is what is meant by "a thief never leaves empty-handed."

Moreover, the status of this rule is even higher than the "three prohibitions".

In other words, even if you realize that you stole from the wrong person after entering the homes of the three types of people mentioned above, you still have to bring something back.

Even if it's just a strand of the other person's hair.

Obviously, Old Jed had taught him these things a long time ago, but what Murphy said at this moment made him feel that his professional ethics were insulted.

Of course he knew Murphy was joking, but even if it was a joke, some words would still make him angry after hearing them.

If Old Jed was just an ordinary little thief, then it wouldn't be a big deal if his apprentice played these jokes on him.

But Old Jed is not like that. He is a thief trained in a "formal system", the so-called "professional" background.

Because Old Jed's family actually started out as a family of thieves.

The earliest "Kaliba" was a famous thief in the capital. He and Reinhard were contemporaries, and there was an interesting story between the two.

At first, Kaliba was a wild thief and no one knew where he came from.

But when he first appeared, a bloody storm broke out in the aristocratic circles of the entire royal capital.

Because he is the so-called "righteous thief" who robs the rich to help the poor and acts in a chivalrous manner.

He was very skilled in martial arts, and at that time, he had visited almost all the homes of nobles with bad behavior.

Moreover, he is somewhat different from other thieves because he has set many rules and regulations for himself to limit his performance.

The "three prohibitions" and "a thief never leaves empty-handed" mentioned earlier are part of the rules he set for himself.

At that time, the "Sword Saint" Reinhardt had already obtained the noble title and fiefdom awarded to him by Leiden IV.

However, Reinhardt's battle-crazy nature has led to his reputation being not very good.

There are often rumors that he is a murderer. Whenever he sees someone who makes him feel uncomfortable, he will draw his sword and kill that person.

But in fact, he was just a little excited after meeting a strong man, so he drew his sword and invited the other party to a duel, and those who were invited by him also agreed.

He himself knew about this, but those who spread the rumors did not know it.

No...it's also possible that they actually know the truth and simply want to frame Reinhard.

Or maybe out of jealousy, he wanted to use Kaliba as a gun.

Or maybe they were frustrated by the losses caused by Kaliba and wanted Reinhardt to get rid of him.

In short, Kaliba was influenced by these rumors at the beginning and felt that Reinhardt was an out-and-out villain.

So, he decided to "visit" Reinhardt's house.

To this end, he made a detailed plan and made careful preparations.

After completing the preparations, he started working with full confidence.

Then he was caught, red-handed by Reinhardt.

It’s not because Kaliba’s skills are not good, but because his family is so poor, so poor that they have nothing.

The specific reason is not clear, but Reinhardt, as a noble earl, has no money at home.

Fortunately, he was just a lonely man at that time. When he was alone, anything could happen as long as he could survive.

Otherwise, he might not even be able to make a living.

At that time, if Kaliba had just left after searching his house for a long time without finding any money, nothing would have happened.

But the rules he set for himself limited him, so he set his sights on the swords in Reinhardt's collection.

Kaliba knew that there was a room in the castle specifically for swords.

But what he didn't know was that the madman Reinhardt actually slept in that room, and slept with the sword every day.

As a result, Kaliba was arrested.

Because Reinhardt's fighting instinct was so terrifying, the moment Kaliba opened the door, he woke up from his deep sleep and captured Kaliba with his own force.

No one knew what happened afterwards. Only the two of them knew what happened that night.

It's not hard to guess though.

Because Kaliba successfully survived, he became a viscount through his career as a thief and founded his own family.

Reinhard also temporarily escaped from his extremely poor situation and began to marry and have children, and expand his family.

As for why Reinhardt's family became impoverished again, it was because of another thing.

After establishing his family, Kaliba passed on all his thief skills to his descendants.

In addition, he also kept the rules he set for himself.

And these are what Old Jed has always abided by.

Although he left his family because of his own ideas.

But when he inherited this craft, he admired the first generation Kaliba from the bottom of his heart and also recognized these rules from the bottom of his heart.

Therefore, he swore at that time that he would make his future apprentices abide by these rules.

Old Jed had a sullen look on his face.

He spoke to Murphy again, his tone containing a warning.

"I'm telling you, little brat, after you go there at night."

"Even if it's just a needle, you must bring me something today!"

Sharon showed an anxious expression. It was the first time she saw old Jed get angry at Murphy, and she began to worry unconsciously.

'Huh...why should I worry about him?'

"Isn't it a good thing that he was scolded by the master?"

The girl had doubts in her heart, but now, no one cared about her.

Murphy, who was standing next to her, also realized that her joke seemed a little too much.

But this cannot be blamed on him, because he has never actually considered himself a real thief.

Although he did learn some thief's skills from Old Jed, that didn't mean he was definitely a thief, not to mention that he had never used them before.

But even so, there are some jokes that he can't make.

He realized his mistake and apologized to Old Jed: "Sorry, Master, I was just joking."

"Hmph! It won't happen again."

Old Jed snorted softly, and the unhappiness in his heart had quietly disappeared.

He knew Murphy's nature well, and he also knew that he had just said that to make him angry.

Then I will follow his wishes and show it to him quickly, maybe I can get some unexpected gains.

For example, let Murphy understand the importance of those rules.

As long as he understands the rules of being a thief, he will gradually think from the bottom of his heart that he is already a qualified thief and needs to steal things from the homes of those fat noble pigs.

Plan passes.

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The author would like to say in advance that the three things that are not allowed in the book are actually the rules about thieves that the author found on the Internet that he changed a little bit, so if you think there are problems with them, please be gentle with your criticism.

Originally, the rules for thieves should be four things they are not allowed to do: