The Weakest Knight picks up a System.

17: Thieves

"H-Help!" A cry for help was heard on the marketplace, a lot of people looked where the scream of help was coming from, it was coming from a woman who's in her mid 30's. Then a man came running to her, a knight.

"What's wrong ma'am?" Kit asked her, Kit was again patrolling the area since the thieves are everywhere in the marketplace.

"Someone stole my purse!" The woman said, she pointed where the thief was headed, she pointed on the alleyway near the stores and the stalls. 

"Got it! We'll chase that thief!" Kit said while feeling confident

"C'mon!" Kit signaled the two, Lance and Grant, they nodded in approval and ran towards the alleyway. It was a dark alleyway with nothing but garbage and other stuff.

It was a long alleyway, the three ran straight towards it, hoping they would catch a glimpse of the thief, then they were met with a split section

"You two take the right, I'll go left." Grant said, the two nodded and they both split up. With Grant's physical strength, it wouldn't be a problem if he were to ran to the thieves. Kit and Lance searched the opposite area, they were looking everywhere but no sign of them.

Then Kit and Lance's wrists vibrated for a sec, they looked at their magic signaling device, it was beeping, that means Grant found out about the thief.

Magic signaling device is exclusive only to the Knights, they are magic tools that sends out magic power to their teammates. Each Magic Signaling device can be linked up to five members.

"Let's go! Kit!" Lance said, they both hurriedly rushed back where Grant was headed, a few miles and they reached Grant who's hiding behind crates. He was overlooking three guys who's wearing dark cloaks and has a hood on their heads.

"What did you get?" The one guy on the left asked

"A heavy purse from an woman, seems loaded." The guy on the right said, he took out a leather purse that you can see that its full.

"Good job, the boss would be happy." The guy on the middle said

"What should we do?" Lance asked, he's sure the guys are gonna get away if they attack now.

"We'll need to distract them, they're vulnerable now, this is our only chance." Kit said, he looks all around him and looked at the crates behind them

"That's it, Grant, think you can hurl some crates to those guys?" Kit asked Grant

"W-What? That's not how a knight fight!" Lance retorted

"Looking at their appearance, they're more agile than we think, if we fight them head on, they'll get way. Using these boxes will distract them for a second, and we'll surprise attack them." Kit explained his plan, Lance got convinced and approved

"Alright let's go." Kit said

Grant got hold of one crate while hiding behind the other crates." He looked at Kit, waiting for the signal.

"We'll have to knock them out if possible." Kit said, Lance nodded and Grant also nodded in approval.

Kit gave the signal and Grant hurled the crate unto the hooded guys

"W-What?!" The hooded guy on the right was surprised and got hit by the crate head on, knocking him on the ground, another crate was hurled and hit the guy on the left.

Kit and Lance rushed into the scene and apprehended the two, they were about to fight back but was knocked by Kit and Lance using the hilt of their swords.

The other guy got away fast, before the crate even hit the guy on the right, the guy on the middle jumped away fast.

"Where's the guy on the middle?" Lance asked, they looked up and saw the hooded guy on the roof of the building in front of them

"Knights of Camelot? Disgusting." The hooded guy said and vanished to thin air

"W-What did he say?!" Lance got worked up and brandished his sword

"Oy calm down, that guy would be troublesome to deal with, he seems strong." Kit said, Lance calmed down and tied the two thieves 

The thief who stole the purse woke up first, he looked around all confused and realized he's been captured, he started wriggling out of the tight rope he's bound in.

"L-Let me go! Unbound me! Or my boss will-" Before finishing, he realized he's gonna expose his boss so he suddenly got silent, and looked down.

"Your boss?" Lance asked, he knelt down and looked at the thief with curiosity he asked him again

"Who's your boss?" Lance asked, the thief stayed silent, Lance unhooded the guy, the hooded guy was a commoner, in his mid 30's with a brown hair and facial hair

"Tsk. I won't say anything! Even if I die!" The commoner shouted and spat on Lance's face, Lance stood up, unfazed from being spat on, he takes out a handkerchief from his pocket and wipes his face.

"You're lucky I'm a knight, I will not hurt someone who's bound and cannot fight." Lance made his stand, he proudly said that, but the commoner didn't care

"Knights! Knights are the scum! They just pretend to help and care for the people! They're monsters inside!" The commoner said, his eyes were tearing up as if he's been hurt.

Kit knelt down in front of the commoner, the commoner was cowering, like he's in fear. His eyes were watering, tears are falling to the ground.

"Why do you hate the knights so much?" Kit asked, the commoner began sobbing hard, he looked at Kit and saw his gentle eyes.

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The two thieves were apprehended and turned to the knights, Kit couldn't forget what the commoner told him. The commoner's father was a knight, a commoner knight who was true to his duties. A knight that he looked up to, sadly he died, fallen in the hands of his fellow knights, the reason? It's because he's a commoner and most of the knights were nobles.

Even if the commoners are allowed to enter the knights squads, there are still discrimination in it. Kit felt bad for the commoner who turned into the opposite of what he wants to be. 

The three found the woman who was stolen from, they gave the purse back. The woman smiled and thanked them wholeheartedly. 

"This is what the knights should do, isn't it?" Lance asked Kit while they were overlooking the people in the market.

"To protect the kingdom and its people. Yeah." Kit answered, the wind blew past them, the afternoon sun began to go down and the people are going home

"Is that information reliable?" Lance asked, the commoner gave them an information regarding their boss, the commoner didn't know who their boss is, all he knows is that he's a noble and a high ranking knight. Even though he doesn't want to work for nobles and knights, he didn't have a choice but to accept the opportunity. He needed money.

"I don't know, but we should find out about it, the sun is setting down, let's go back and report to the captain. We'll give him the reliable information-" When Kit was about to finish, Lance stopped him

"What if the captain is their boss?" Lance asked, Kit and Grant both were surprised, they though of the possibility, but then Kit shrugged the idea.

"The captain isn't a bad guy, he's not a stupid guy to employ people to steal money from people, let alone be the leader of the rats group." Kit said to him, the commoner added that he's from the rats group, the notorious thief group

"Well, we better be careful." Grant said to the two

"Yeah."

"Alright."

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"Your guys got caught?" The man in a dark lit room said, the man was wearing fancy clothes, a noble. In front of him was a thin guy who's face was covered in a mask.

"Yes, although they're only a nuisance to me, they got caught too early." The masked man said

"Aren't you overseeing the underground operation for our boss?" The noble said, he's drinking a high class wine, and was somehow overweight for his body

"Yes, don't worry, Lord Fagius, your money will be put in good use." The masked man said

"You better be, that money i gave you are all the salaries of my servants put together. Those commoners should never even live! They're just a nuisance in our way." The overweight noble said, drinking the wine fast

"Don't be impatient, the experiments are going smoothly. Once we developed the drug, you'll be able to use your power in many ways as possible. You'll make everyone cower in fear and kill them at will." the masked man said

"Hmph! It should be! I'll be going now. Good day to you!" The overweight noble said and walked outside the room, the masked man was left inside, laughing

"What a fool. You're only a stepping stone for my lord, you'll perish soon enough, like every other people in this Kingdom."