In a world where mysticism and steam industry coexist, cursed objects, the Reception Bureau, and Evil God fanatics...
That year, the King was bedridden with illness, the successor was inexperienced, and power slipped away, leaving the empire teetering.
That year, external forces gathered around the empire, and foreign civilizations eyed it covetously.
That year, the prophet delivered a prophecy that the era of civilization was nearing its end.
That year, Ethan arrived at a small town on the outskirts of the imperial capital. To survive in this perilous era, he began practicing Fireball Skill.

Years later, Ethan looked at the meteor falling from the clouds and realized there was a problem.

The beginner Magic he learned seemed a bit off.

Vivian never imagined that she would return here so soon after her escape, and even more unexpectedly, as a phantom thief.


She always felt that Ethan's understanding of a phantom thief differed from hers. In her eyes, phantom thieves were charismatic figures who traversed the Kingdom's forbidden zones as if no one was watching, gracefully evading the Royal Palace's Forbidden Guard while leaving behind a notice of their intended crime, not like their current state of embedding parts of themselves below the neck into the ground, sneaking around and digging tunnels underground.


"Princess, you must have spent too long in the Royal Palace, there are many kinds of phantom thieves in this world."


Upon hearing Vivian's idealistic and even slightly girlish fantasies about phantom thieves, Ethan helplessly explained.


Chapter 549 - Chapter 4: Invitation