12: Chapter 12 Fiana is furious

After Arnold revealed his form, Loren nodded in satisfaction.

Although the professionals in Noel World didn't have many flashy skills, every skill had its own unique characteristics.

The special skill of the Shadow Thief was Stealth; as Arnold advanced in the future, this trait would continue to strengthen, eventually even allowing him to become intangible and pass through walls.

Even if it didn't have the high damage of a Bloody Assassin in the future, it was still a top-tier skill for sneak attacks or gathering intelligence, and would be very useful.

Seeing that the other party had obtained such a powerful skill, Loren couldn't help but begin to ponder carefully.

His own class was Swordsman; although it wasn't a Rare Class, combined with the Bauhinia Breathing Technique, his combat power far exceeded those of the same rank.

Moreover, the Bauhinia Breathing Technique came with three powerful battle skills: the first could be learned at Silver Rank, the second at Gold Rank, and the third at Platinum Rank.

He had already mastered the first skill—Steel-Breaking Slash, an S-rank skill that allowed him to use his mental energy to concentrate all his strength into a single point and unleash it in an explosion.

Steel-Breaking Slash allowed him, with his current early Silver Rank strength, to unleash damage close to the Gold Rank; his output was incredibly explosive.

With his current combat power, let alone early Silver Rank, he dared to go head-to-head even with those who had just entered the Gold Rank.

The only weakness was that it wasn't sustainable; with his current Bloodline Power, he would fall into a weakened state after unleashing it at most three times.

"Lord Loren? ..."

It took several calls from Arnold before Loren snapped out of his thoughts. He found the sight of this excited, restless fellow somewhat amusing.

"Where do you live now?"

Arnold answered hurriedly.

"Lord Loren, I live opposite the Orphanage in the 19th District ..."

Loren furrowed his brows.

"You weren't lying to me before when you said you were going to deliver bread to the Orphanage, were you?"

Arnold shook his head. "I grew up in the Orphanage. Those children are very pitiful ..."

"So you've been supporting them all this time?"

"Lord Loren, this is something within my power to do," Arnold said solemnly, his eyes clean and clear.

Every month, the Day of Blood was a devastating catastrophe; there was no shortage of orphans in this world.

Loren was taken aback, and the look he gave Arnold slowly softened.

He hadn't expected that this small-framed, rather clever-looking Thief would have such a kind heart.

Regardless of his starting point, such actions were worthy of respect.

"Hmm, very good. Go deliver your bread, and come back tomorrow morning."

It was already very late, and although he still had many things he wanted to ask Arnold, there was no rush.

Arnold nodded gratefully, picked up the large bag of black bread in the corner, and left the room.

After the sound of Arnold's footsteps thumping down the stairs faded, the cold, clear voice of Fiana, who had been watching the two of them silently the whole time, rang out.

"You just let him leave like that? Aren't you afraid he won't come back tomorrow??"

Hearing this, Loren turned his head to look at the cold-as-frost girl and smiled indifferently.

"Not come back? Where else would he go if he didn't come back? I never worry about things that won't happen."

89 points of loyalty—was that a joke?

"Childish ..."

Fiana's gaze was unkind, her tone filled with anger.

"That Thief has only been with you for a few hours. You don't even know where he lives, and you have absolutely no idea about his family, background, or past experiences.

And yet you just recklessly bestowed a precious, extremely rare Rare Class upon him ... You are truly benevolent, my noble lord."

How could a normal person do things this way? If this wasn't childish, what was?

The slight improvement in her opinion of Loren had mostly plummeted back down.

Although there were occasional highlights, he was still just that mediocre person overall ...

Loren's mouth twitched upon hearing these stinging words.

This girl had not only saved his life, but she had also stuck by him when he was dirt poor, and this morning she had even taken out all her savings to support him. Furthermore, her strength was at the Platinum Rank ...

He couldn't be bothered to argue with her right now. He couldn't exactly tell her about the system, could he? So, he closed his eyes and began to ponder, deciding that out of sight was out of mind.

Seeing him remain silent, Fiana's expression grew even colder.

Before today, Loren had been very respectful towards her; even if he didn't follow her advice, he was very respectful about it.

But ever since this evening, when she found Loren hiding and crying, and angrily scolded him, he seemed to have changed.

Before, he never would have ignored her like this.

She gritted her teeth secretly; this vengeful man!!

After a long silence, she couldn't suppress her curiosity.

"Loren, why could that Rare Class be transferred to him without any training?"

Loren lifted his eyelids, looked at the curiosity in her eyes, and smiled.

"Girls are cuter when they're a bit dumber. Why do you need to know so much for no reason ..."

Me?!!

Fiana was almost driven to a rampage by anger, wishing she could draw her sword and hack this bastard into hundreds of pieces.

Cuter when dumber? Is that even human language?!!

She gritted her teeth and squeezed a few words out of her throat.

"Do you dare say that one more time?"

Loren sneered and said righteously, "Heh, I dare not."

Fiana had black lines all over her face, feeling that she would sooner or later be angered to death by this bastard. She gave him a cold glare and immediately got up to leave.

Bang~ The huge sound of the door slamming shut made his bed shake.

Pitter-patter~

Loren watched the dust shaking down from the ceiling and laughed heartily.

He felt quite satisfied for a moment.

However, happiness was always short-lived. Once the room quieted down, looking at the empty, unfamiliar room, his expression slowly changed.

He stood up and went to the window, looking down through the glass at the streets of Decker City under the streetlights at night. The unfamiliar scene made his emotions fluctuate inexplicably.

At this moment, he felt like he had become an outsider to this world again.

Feeling somewhat out of place ...

Computers, mobile phones, Wi-Fi—none of these would exist anymore. His mom, his little sister—he might never see them again in this lifetime ...

His mood, after a busy day, couldn't help but sink.

He wondered how much his mom and sister would cry after finding out he had drunk himself to death ... They were his closest kin.

A long time later, until the guest next door returned to their room and closed the door with a sound, Loren, who had been lost in thought, was startled awake.

He took a few deep breaths, barely suppressing the depressed emotions in his heart.

Mom, no matter what the future holds, I will live on well. Little girl, I hope you don't embarrass your brother either; take good care of Mom.

After whispering in his heart, his eyes gradually regained their clarity, and that heroic, extraordinary young man appeared once again.

He turned around, washed up, and fell into a deep sleep on the bed.

There would be another confrontation tomorrow morning; once he woke up, he could just wait to collect his money.

Hope everything goes smoothly.