Eternal Thief

"Bro, then who is that Big Sister you sent into the black box a few days ago? Is that an enemy?!"

Ace's lost all the colors on his face when he heard this innocent yet dangerous question. He finally remembered the Elf Princess, Livia, whom he kidnapped because of Moira's insistence because of some future calamity.

However, the calamity was already here, and he bought it upon himself!

Eva was now grinning with his evil look in her dark eyes as she looked at Ace, she smilingly said, but the coldness couldn't be apparent in her voice, "It seemed you're still not being completely honest about your 'hobbies' of collecting girls!"

Ace really wanted to strangle the little brat who still had no idea what he had done, and he even thought Cyrus was doing it on purpose to make his life hell.

Still, he had to deal with the devil first before he re-educated this bird with everything he had.

"It's not like this! That girl is a key to save me from future calamity, and that's why the 'God' tells me to capture her and keep her close, and I will be able to avoid a deadly situation!" Ace quickly pinned the blame on the 'God' since he didn't tell her about the Eternal Thief Fate Compass.

Furthermore, it was far more believable than some treasure telling him to kidnap a woman just because of some future calamity. He won't be able to appease her without explaining the Eternal Thief Fate Compass origin.

So, the Fake God was the best scapegoat. Lately, he was using this imaginary fake god quite a lot, and he wondered if he was offending a real God by doing it.

Still, he couldn't care less about those fabled Gods' feelings. As long as their name was useful, he will use them, and he knew many people did, and those gods would not mind him doing the same.

Just as he thought, Eva's expression changed when she heard Ace's life was involved in this matter, and this was her biggest weakness. No one can antagonize him except her!

But she would be a fool to believe him right away. She pursed her lips with squinted eyes, "How would I know you're telling the truth? Besides, now I'm with you, so you don't need to worry about any danger. I'll be your shield!"

Ace sighed and lovingly looked at her determined and dead serious face, which brought out more of her natural charm.

"Do you think I would agree to it? That girl still had no idea that she was being captured by me since she was completely suppressed in my space, and I have yet to even talk with her properly.

"I was planning to make things clear with her after I leave this place, and if she agreed to join the Thief House, then that's good, and if not, then I would have convinced her in other ways. This was my only intention, nothing more, nothing less." Ace stated with a solemn expression.

The Thief House was quite unique, and he had long figured out that it was solely here for him to acquire helpers that could grow without limits just like him and then help him in his missions and other plights.

And most importantly, those members will be doing everything happily, not forcefully, as long as they have the grit to become strong and have ambition.

In a sense, Ace didn't need to do anything except learn about how to use those thieves in an accurate situation, and their nurturing was all in the system's control.

Just like Alina's situation when he activated Winter to collect information for him. Or he would've been in the complete dark about the entire situation. He also got another inspiration on how to use the thief house members to their full potential.

Furthermore, the Thief House can grow, so he no longer hesitates about adding more members to the thief house, and from his encounter with the Elf Princess and her reputation, he knew she would be a good thief if she entered the Thief House.

So, he agreed with Moira's suggestion to keep her close until he increased the thief house members' count.

However, Eva's awakening was completely out of his calculation, and he wanted her in the Thief House far more than anyone else because the System can protect her in multiple ways.

Just the Life Coin in the members' shop was enough for Ace to want her into the thief's house. He didn't trust anyone but the system when it came to life-saving measures since he had experienced them himself and many times.

So, what if Eva had the Abyssal Bloodline? The system can still let it evolve as long as she enters the thief's house, and Ace never doubted it even for a second.

That's why he had long decided to keep the thief's house filled, but before that, he needed to make sure those he cared about entered first before he tried recruiting more members.

Eva had no idea about Ace's grand goal related to the Thief House, but after looking at his solemn expression, for some reason, she didn't want to abstract him.

'With all those girls around him, he won't just have me in his life, especially with that Alina. Furthermore, this 'God' behind him is terrifying even to predict such a future and even give him a solution….' She thought gravely as she felt threatened of her position in his heart.

But when she thought about the Ring of Endearment, she felt all her worries were just her insecurity about she will lose his favor.

In her mind, if she started to bug him about every beautiful woman he meets with and act all angry again and again, he might start to get annoyed at her, which could be the actual cause of her losing interest.

So, either she had to change her mind about being the only one besides him, or she had to change Ace's mentality to stop interacting with other women and care about them!