The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Chapter 162: Completing my first mission (2)

I recorded everything that the young man said to me and took a look around his residence, with his permission of course.

I wanted to see how the thief broke into the house. After that, I glanced around the neighbourhood.

There are only two reasons for theft to happen. One the house held something valuable that tempted the thief or the thief saw that the house was an easy mark.

Of course, there is another reason. the thief hates the person and tole the items to make the owner suffer but if that was the reason then only one person would be a victim or did something change?

I need to find that out by myself.

In a neighbourhood such as this, having a valuable in their possession is likely impossible. Of course, they could have gotten it recently and before it was sold, the thief appeared.

The problem with that was that there were no records of anything pricey stolen from among the items the victims had told the city guard.

Did they hide the information about such an item?

There is a chance that the victim wanted to retrieve it by themselves. The item probably is a stolen item or they were afraid that someone would swallow it if they knew such a costly item was among the stolen.

There is also a chance that the victim has never come forward about the theft in the first place. If that's the case, the person I just interviewed might not be the first victim.

Well, I don't if that is the case. As long as I follow wherever my investigation leads, I think might find the answers.

After observing the neighbourhood, I recorded everything that I observed and left.

Next, I went to the other victims. There are still nine more left to observe.

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It took four days to observe and record every theft that happened, which shares similarities with the first theft.

In these four days, there were other thefts that happened in this district but only these ten bored similarities. It is the reason why the city guard believed that these thefts were done by the same person.

I too believe it so after taking a look at the crime scenes and talking with the victims something started to bother me from the start and it became more prominent as I was examining the fifth victim and his residency.

What it was I had no idea at that time. So I decided to take a rest for the evening and think about it the next morning.

When the morning arrived, a surprise awaited me.

Another burglary happened and it can be seen that the thief was the same as before.

This was because this time he left a clue for me, my name on the walls of the victim.

Asshole.

He thought that he was clever by writing my name on the walls. It was like telling the city guards that they couldn't find him no matter who they brought in because he had eyes on them.

"You are right at least about that", a voice chuckles from the shadows.

"Who?" the young man shivered knowing that he was not alone.

A boy who is in his teens walked out of the shadows clapping his hands and with a smile on his face.

The young man recognized who the newcomer was, but what he didn't understand was how he was here.

"Ah, Mr. Magnus, Nice to finally meet you and that too in a place like this. You know it would be dangerous to wander in places like this at this time", the man said, hoping that Magnus wouldn't recognize him.

Magnus clapped again, and said, "I say Four out of Five".

"I don't understand", the young man said.

"Give it up. Your gig is up, Mr. Shawn", Magnus smiled, a smile that said that you are done for without any chance of escape.

Seeing that he was caught and there was no escape, he tried to attack Magnus but Magnus already reached tier-5 and Shawn stopped at Tier-1. It was easy for Magnus to beat him down in seconds.

Magnus recovered the evidence needed to prove that Shawn was the thief from the abandoned house.

Shawn was very intelligent. He didn't take a direct line to here but made the roundabout way. he wanted to shake off any tails but what he didn't know was Magnus was always beside him but Shawn had no idea at all about his presence.

After that, Magnus presented Shawn and the evidence at the City Guard station. once everything was checked, they gave him the slip that said the mission was completed.

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I never thought Shawn, the first victim was the thief himself.

Who would have thought that?

Even I didn't think of that possibility when I started the investigation. Many ideas started to appear in my mind but I never thought the thief portrayed himself as a victim of a theft and then proceeded to steal items from others.

It is an excellent way to take yourself off the suspect list.

It only works if he knew one of the victims and could possibly have a motive against them. By being the first victim, he cleared himself of any suspicion that would rise in the future.

This was because he had prior connections with one of the victims, Mr. Shrof, who was the fifth victim.

Shawn and Shrof were small-time business partners. Shrof came into a small inheritance recently and Shawn wanted him to invest that into their business but Shrof rejected it.

This was because Shrof understood the business better. Never put all your eggs in the same basket. Moreover, he had other costs that needed that inheritance. So he rejected Shawn's idea.

The problem was that the business didn't show much of a profit and Shawn had debts to clear. He saw that the inheritance was the only way to clear his debts.

Anyway, now that was done, it's time to return to the academy and collect my points.