"Yes, and that's another reason to stop you. I honestly want to tie the young master up right now!"

"Who is she?"

"She is Princess Jayna from the Balkar kingdom. She is their current king's cherished daughter not only because of her outstanding talent in magic, but also her great discernment on equipment."

"I see, she was from Balkar."

Raon's smile deepened at hearing that she was the Balkar princess. He looked like a beast targeting its prey.

"Then I guess whatever the princess bought would be sent to the VIP room, correct?"

"Yes? Probably?"

The auction house gave a luxurious room to VIP clients that spent a lot of money and sent the auctioned items to their room. A Balkar princess had to have her own room.

"Then I'm not even stealing from the black market. I'm just stealing from the princess, since the ownership changes the moment items get to the room."

"What? I-is that the case? I don't really understa..."

"I was contemplating it, but it looks like there's no problem. Just wait here."

"Eek? Young master!"

Raon disappeared from the restroom after giving off a smooth smile. He had been right in front of Dorian's eyes, yet he had literally disappeared.

"I-isn't a princess more dangerous than the black market? Have I gone insane?"

Dorian shook his head while looking at the empty restroom.

* * *

The footworks of the best assassins had respective characteristics.

Kazan, the assassin of the east, was fast. Doruma, the assassin of the west, was soft. Patoo, the assassin of the north, was sharp.

And Raon, who used to be the assassin of the south, was stealthy.

The Shadowless Steps he'd learned allowed him to decrease his presence as much as possible, like a shadow on a moonless night. It was to the point that even the experts were unable to properly recognize his movements.

Using the Shadowless Steps to the full extent for the first time in a long time, Raon managed to arrive at the fourth floor of the auction house without anyone noticing. It was where the VIP room was located.

'The Shadowless Steps is the best in a situation like this.'

Shadowless Steps was a stealthy footwork that even the wind and shadows were unable to follow. Even though it was slow, it was the best footwork to hide his presence and appearance.

Because he'd even decreased his size using bone control, neither the people participating in the auction nor the guards in the VIP floor would recognize his presence as they walked past him.

How strange. Your usual personality wouldn't have done something crazy like this. Have you really gone insane after leaving the house?

Just as Wrath said, it was crazy of him to try stealing from the princess just because she'd picked a fight, looked down on him, and interfered in the auction. He wouldn't have done that with his usual personality.

However, Raon wasn't enraged at all. His head was actually as cold as the glacier of the northern sea.

The reason that he was acting unreasonably despite being so levelheaded was very simple.

'I've been there before.'

He had already assassinated a high-ranking noble in the VIP room of that place in his previous life. He had disguised it as a natural death, so no one had ever discovered that it was his doing.

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