The Black Sky Pirate Laughs Beneath the Moon. The Crimson Mage Howls at the Stars (48)

I tapped a small stone against the window with a soft knock. After waiting about ten seconds, a figure appeared beyond the window—behind the thin fabric curtain. I tapped the stone three more times: knock, knock, knock. The curtain opened—and Princess Anastasia appeared.

The window opened, so I slipped inside.

The light of a magic lamp illuminated the bedroom.

The princess's bedroom was about as large as Muge-san's warehouse, with an enormous canopied bed occupying the center—far too large for one person to sleep in alone.

'My heart is pounding.'

The princess wrote on a memo sheet with a soft rustle.

There was a reason I had come to Princess Anastasia's room in the middle of the night: I was here to remove her Talent Orbs. If this were discovered, my head would have to say goodbye to my body, so I had pulled my hood low and wrapped a piece of cloth around my mouth. I looked exactly like a burglar.

Princess Anastasia, who had said her heart was pounding, was wearing a pale blue, silk-like dress. I supposed this was her nightclothes... The worlds we lived in were simply too different. It looked more expensive than the formal wear I'd borrowed at the guesthouse.

That only made the bandage around her neck look all the more painful.

"This is the 【Magic Power Manipulation】 Talent Orb."...