Chapter 351 – Episode 351 – You Will Reap What You Sow

Crime is an act that should never be committed in human society.

Crime is an act that goes against moral principles and is a poison that destroys the tower that has been built.

If you don’t want to see the end of your life, you should never, no matter what, turn your hand to crime.

But, what if it is inevitable?

What if the situation is so desperate that you have no choice but to turn to crime?

What if you die and your family dies if you don’t touch it?

What if you can’t get help from anyone?

Even if I find myself in such a situation, should I not touch it at all?

In a situation like this, no one has any choice but to eventually cross the line.

The phantom thief Arba and Tigone also crossed the line by stealing.

Of course, Tigone was not a vicious bitch to the point of stealing from the beginning.

-Let’s become mercenaries. That’s all I can do.

Immediately after birth, Tigone and her younger brother Isme were abandoned by their parents. A kind-hearted old man took responsibility for taking care of the two sisters.

However, the old man also suffered from old age and eventually died. Now there was no fence to protect the two sisters.

Tigone tried to be her own fence. He vowed to become a fence and protect his younger brother.

So Tigone decided to become a mercenary. So he took the mercenary qualification test.

In order to become a mercenary, it is essential to first receive a mark given by the Mercenary King. He had to pass a qualification test to get that mark. You had to pass and get a mark to start as a new mercenary.

[The name is Tigone. Eliminated due to low score.]

However, Tigone failed the test. Even though people younger than him passed, Tigone did not pass.

The reason is simple. Because there was no training.

In order to become a mercenary, he must have the corresponding skills. He had to be skilled with any weapon, whether it was a sword, a spear, an axe, a mace, or a sickle. Otherwise, it was absurd to pass the test.

Unfortunately, Tigone had never received proper training. Would she ever give a woman who lived in the slums a chance to hold a sword? Would she have a martial arts teacher who would teach such a woman techniques? Tigone tried dozens of times after that, but ultimately failed to get the mark.

And at the cost of failure,

-Is it that bitch, the one who always gets embarrassed on exams?

-If you can’t even handle a sword properly, what kind of confidence do you have to take on the challenge? Aren’t you embarrassed?

-It would be better to just sell your body in a bar. Isn’t that right, huh?

I suffered all kinds of ridicule and contempt. Since I always got the lowest grades and failed, the teasing continued. Tigone wanted to punish the guys who were talking like this, but she had no choice but to hold back.

Because it’s so strong. How can you challenge someone when you know just by looking at them that they are stronger than you? It’s obvious that if you attack, you’ll die. If I die, my younger brother will have to live alone. Can my sick younger brother live on his own?

Although she was angry, the only way Tigone could do was to endure it.

-I need to collect more. A little more, a little more…

In the end, Tigone gave up on becoming a mercenary. Instead, he took on the odd job of collecting all kinds of scrap metal thrown away on the streets and selling them at a blacksmith shop.

The amount of money that could be received was very small. All the scrap metal was rusty and of poor quality. Since they had to compete with people from the same slums to collect scrap metal, their already small income had no choice but to decrease further.

So, why not do something else? Unfortunately, it was impossible.

-No, you are the woman who ranked lowest, right? If our store’s reputation falls, you will take responsibility, right?

-If you are not a mercenary, you will not be accepted. Go, go. Beggars have no place here.

-What can a bitch who fails the exam do? Get away from me!

Because it has already been imprinted. Since he was labeled as an idiot who failed the qualification exam every day, everyone refused to hire such an idiot because it would be a loss. There were even people who were just kicked out because they were not mercenaries.

Tigone was just trying to make a living, but those efforts ended up becoming iron fetters that restricted her life.

-Ha, what should I do now…

As a result, Tigone had no choice but to make a living by collecting scrap metal, but instead of improving, her situation worsened. Her younger brother’s condition was getting worse, and he needed a priest to treat him, but he didn’t have the money.

She needed to be taken to the hospital, but she didn’t have the money to take her there.

She didn’t even have a hand to help them. She was Tigone who wanted to somehow save her younger brother, but even such a simple wish could not come true in the Kingdom of Roseum.

In her kingdom, where her power is everything, the only thing that comes back to her as a weakling is to point a finger.

With the situation pushed to such an extreme, it may be natural for you to have a hand in her theft.

-Hmm, it’s easier than you think? Was it this easy?

At first it was an apple. I was so hungry that I swiped one, but neither the store owner nor the people around me noticed. After that, he stole groceries several times, but no one noticed.

That was the trigger. This gave Tigone the opportunity to boldly steal.

They went beyond groceries to stealing things from wealthy people. Naturally, those whose items were stolen immediately reported it to the kingdom officials to catch the culprit, and hired private soldiers to chase them down, but they were unable to catch Tigone in the end.

As if she had been blessed by God, Tigone was never caught even though she stole dozens of times. Since she wasn’t caught, Tigone began to become more and more confident. He stole everything that could make money and sold it all on the black market, which is how he was able to accumulate wealth.

No matter how much they wanted to catch the criminal, they couldn’t, so people started calling Tigone ‘Arba the Phantom Thief’.

-Arvara, not bad.

Tigone liked his nickname and wore clothes that matched his nickname.
He wore a black bodysuit, a mask covering his eyes, and even a black fedora.
In this way, Arba, a phantom thief commonly known to people all over the world, was born.

-Now this is the house we will live in. Very good?

With the wealth she accumulated while gaining notoriety as the phantom thief Arba, Tigone was able to graduate from a life of poverty. He was finally able to live in a humane home.

-How did you earn such a large amount of money?

Sometimes her younger brother Ismega asked where the money came from,

-I earned it through hard work. It’s true.

Tigone, who could not bear to reveal that he was a phantom thief, glossed over it like that.

Anyway, now that he is free from the life of a beggar, he thought that only a happy life awaits him,

Tigone still had trials to overcome.

-I’m sorry, but this disease cannot be cured without the divine power of the priests.

Still, her younger brother’s terminal illness could not be resolved. Even if she was taken to the hospital, she was told that it was impossible with the current level of medical care. She was told that the only answer was the divine power used by the priests.

-The bounty has increased. I don’t know if this is okay.

Additionally, the bounty in the name of the phantom thief Arba was increasing day by day. Ti Gone knew that she was self-employed, but she was worried that if the bounty increased like this, she would be targeted by bounty hunters. She actually almost got targeted a few times.

If she was destined to be caught in the end, Tigone wanted to solve at least her younger brother’s terminal illness.

However, even if she wanted to, she didn’t have enough money. No matter how much of a thief she committed, no matter how secretly she was hired by nobles to handle their requests, it was difficult to raise even the minimum cost of hiring a priest.

Meanwhile, the mercenary king requested Tigone.

-Are you the famous thief? So even if you invade the empire, you can come back alive, right?

The Mercenary King presented a request to Tigone.

-Infiltrate the Empire’s laboratory and steal their research data. Please destroy all copies, so they cannot be used again. And seize 〈 sand model 〉. If you succeed, I’ll give you what you want.

If successful, not only will you gain an enormous amount of wealth, but I will also eliminate any wanted spots with my authority.

The mercenary king offered it as a reward for the request, and Tigone accepted.

He wanted to somehow cure his brother’s illness, and he also wanted the wanted list to disappear if possible,

And,

Tigone had already been at odds with the empire for a long time.

-It’s an empire, so I brought materials at the request of the Lord of Siren Island…

At the request of Arwen, the former lord of Siren Island, Tigone collected a lot of materials to make her black light and brought them to her. It was a request received for the purpose of money, but this act alone would have been caught by Grid.

So wouldn’t it be a good idea to work towards the downfall of that grid?

Even for the safety of himself and his younger brother.
So Tigone invaded the Desire Empire along with the Nine-Tailed Fox folktale.

-Ha, how did I become a slave? If that damn villain dies, it’s all over.

While performing the mission, Tigone heard Seolhwa muttering over and over again.

-I just acted quickly to make it a little easier, but what is this? Is it because I deviated from the scenario? So we’re going with a story where Grid wins? This makes no sense, right? The game has to go the way it is played, what is this?

Scenario? Story? Game? What are you talking about? Seolhwa was trembling with anxiety as if she knew everything, but the future was not progressing as planned. Tigone was curious as to why,

She didn’t dig deep. Because successfully completing his request came first. If you’re curious, you can find out later. Tigone faithfully focused on her mission, leaving the fox bitch who kept making noise.

And, after completing his mission, he returned safely to the Kingdom of Seum. He brought with him ancient artifacts 〈 sand model 〉 and various research materials, as the mercenary king wished. She even took care of the copies. As promised, the Mercenary King gave Tigone a huge amount of money, and also made it so that she was not wanted.

Finally, Tigone was able to achieve the wish she had longed for.

However,

Those who commit crimes will pay the price someday. Be it late or early, in the end, you reap what you sow. No matter how good the circumstances are, if you cross the line, you have no choice but to be punished.

So, what happened to Tigone now can be seen as heavenly punishment.

“Stop it, stop it!”

Tigone, captured by Stella, Tagger, and Croker, was taken to the Empire along with his younger brother Isme. He was handed over to the imperial ship that arrived at Ramid Island.

And a moment later, a huge black monster appeared.

The identity of that monster is Grid. Upon hearing the news that the phantom thief had been caught, he immediately rushed to the scene.

And,

“Leave it, you damned bastard! Leave my brother alone, leave him alone!”

In front of Tigone,

“Ahh, ah ah ah, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it!”

Grid raped his younger brother Isme.