Leon stepped out the hotel him and Eli had rented and breathed in the air of Empress Borough. The differences between empress borough and east borough were as clear as day. He had never seen such luxury until now. Expensive carriages would sometimes pass by or people in Expensive clothing.
Maybe i could make a career of off selling cologne and perfumes
Leon had some knowledge over perfumes and cologne, mainly from all the time he spent behind his computer screen. Now he could use that knowledge to his advantage and get rich!
He stepped forward once the periphery was clear and climbed over the fence without having any guards notice him. In his right pocket was the whistle and in his left pocket was the love puppet, both objects tucked away in the depths.
Using the agility of a Marauder Leon jumped over bushes and hid in the shadows. The garden itself was about the size of a football field. There were many beautiful flowers bundled together. The manor itself was surrounded by intis parasol trees.
Leon began using cogitation and then relaxed.
He took a sudden sharp turn and walked to the middle before taking out the whistle. He brought it up to his lips and then blew on it hard. A horrifying screech sounded through the entire garden making all the guards glance towards the middle of the garden. But no one was there.
Leon quickly took out the Love puppet as fast as he could. He felt something harden when he held the love puppet... before the guards could relax and turn wary. Once in his hand he squeezed the puppet as hard as possible, the more strength you put into the squeeze the more the range would increase. And with Leon's squeeze, people in the surrounding 50 meters who heard the noise and felt fear began cowering. Their bodies trembled and some even hid away. Juxtaposed to them Leon felt extremely calm and relaxed. His confidence was at its peak. Some guards turned extremely wary which was clearly not a good thing. Leon threw a hood over his head and ran back to the right side.
When he reached the fountain he looked towards a open window with a pipe conveniently running across the wall next to it. Using the Marauders powers he climbed the pipe to the second floor with ease and then jumped inside through the window. Once inside his intuition went crazy, there were valuable items everywhere!
There's so much to steal!
He felt like a kid during Christmas with how many valuable things there were. But he focused. The room he was in was the study, but it was also a library. So he decided to steal a few books while at it, specifically Emperor Roselle's art of war and one other titled Stormwind Mountain Villa written by Fors Wall. He tucked them away into his pockets and quietly stepped towards the door to the study and opened it. He peeked into the hallway and noticed one of the Chefs heading downstairs. Once the chef was gone he stepped out into the hallway lined up with memorabilia.
It was about 1 in the middle of the night so everyone should be asleep. He turned right and went straight, he counted the doors to the left side and soon he reached the fifth door. With a stable hand he opened it and Warren Lee's office came into view, it was a mess! He there were papers scattered everywhere! Spilled ink was dripping from the chair and a quil was stabbed into it.
The rest of the office was pretty normal looking and there even was a floor to ceiling window over looking a street.
Eli said it's safe...
Leon didn't back down. He approached the desk and grabbed what he assumed to be contacts, he just barely read through the papers before turning around and—Someone stood there. He was a quiet a chubby man with a receding hairline and blue eyes.
"You...bastard... I'll... kill... you..."
The man pulled out a revolver and shot at Leon a few times. Leon quickly jumped over the desk and ran toward the window, along the way he picked up a glinting pocket watch before jumping straight through the window, shattered glass surged outwards and Leon landed on a large bush. He spat out a few leaves and looked back at the window to see the man pointing his gun once more.
BANG BANG!
Leon kept running and climbed up the fence and run into the street.
"GET HIM!"
The chubby man shouted at the top of his lungs and shot his gun towards the darkness. His eyes were bloodshot, when he realized the robber got away he got onto his knees and began praying.
"The Lord that Created Everything, The Lord who Reigns Behind the Curtain of Shadows-"
Many guards outside were still shaking from the effects of the Love puppet, another had fallen asleep and one was even having a heart attack.
...
Leon had made it back to the hotel and entered his shared room with Eli. While Leon was excited, Eli was sitting there gritting his teeth.
"What's wrong?" Leon asked curiously. They had a successful robbery, even though he was almost caught.
"That man was Warren Lee, he became a member of the Aurora Order."
The who order?
Eli sensed Leon's lacking intelligence and answered.
"A secret organisation who worships an evil god known as the true creator... that Warren is also a beyonder. My divination was wrong it seems... divination is not all powerful i guess, this was an unexpected development."
Leon tried lifting the mood and placed the contract papers before Eli.
"Here's the stuff you wanted. I've got some other things for myself."
Leon laid down on the bed and almost groaned, it he was alone he would have surely let it out. This was the best bed he's ever been in.
It's so damn soft!
The pillows were cold like he liked them.
Maybe i can get a meal out of Eli.
"Im starving, can we eat something?"
"I didn't even have to use divination for that one. But I guess it's fair to celebrate our little heist."
Eli provided the whistle, sealed artifact and did divination to make sure it was safe.
Suddenly Leon's eyes widened and he instantly reached into his pocket. He grabbed the love puppet and stuffed it into a box. His heart was racing and he was panting.
"I forgot about the love puppet! I almost turned..."
He shook his head and showcased an awkward smile. Later he and Eli asked one of the servants for a meal. The servant went to the hotel's personal chef and later came back with a platter. It was consisted of a Potato Pie, Bean and Turnip Bisque and some Misty Champagne. The first thing Leon did was take a sip of the misty champagne, his eyes widened as he almost cried from the amazing flavour.
My new favourite drink...
Then he paired the potato pie with the Bean and Turnip Bisque. While his manners were... almost non existent Eli next to him ate without wasting a single crumb. Each move was practiced with surgical precision.
The Bean and Turnip Bisque was fresh, the sweetness, the savory softness, each flavour mixed beautifully making Leon's taste buds joyous.
After the splendid meal he felt his Marauder potion digest a bit.
Perfect!
Before bed leon began reading Emperor Roselle's art of war and quickly realised something.
This was the Art of War by Sun Tzu!
So Roselle is a fraud hmm?
He closed the book after reading the first three pages and then grabbed Stormwind Mountain Villa which was written by Fors Wall. This was much more enjoyable than reading stolen work.
Eli on the other hand had left and conducted some Anti Divination before coming back to the hotel 20 minutes later.
When the two men got into bed they slowly drifted off to sleep.
Knock knock knock.
Leon and Eli snapped awake and glanced at the window where the knock came from. They were on the fourth floor so there was no way someone climed all the way up here.
It was Warren Lee!