Eugeo stared intently at the face of Kirito who was a «Lost Child of Vector»
and his partner laughed embarrassedly while messing up his black hair.
"Th-That's right, that's how it was. Of course I didn't forget about it,
obviously... wait, huh? Then what about that? Wouldn't that make Bercouli
violating the law when he tried to steal the Blue Rose Sword from the white
dragon's nest in that old story?"
"Hey now, the dragon's not a human."
"I-I see..."
"Returning to the topic, pranks that involve hiding items aren't violations,
but those left in the outdoors that don't belong to any particular person will
begin to lose their Life after a while, so if it's not returned by then, it would
become «damage to another's belongings». Thanks to that, my shoes were
returned by evening, no matter how late it was, though... but how is this
related to why Raios and company started behaving?"
After Eugeo leaned his head to the side, Kirito blinked his eyes as though he
completely forgot he was the one who brought up the topic, and spoke.
"Th-That's right. Erm, this academy has a ridiculously long list of rules in
addition to the Taboo Index, you see. And within them, there's even a
clause stating «You shall not enter the personal rooms of other students or
staff without permission». In other words, Raios and Humbert can't enter
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this room and all of our belongings are safely kept in the room. Though it's
a different story if we were to leave something important in a public place
without proper caution..."
He paused there for a moment for some unknown reason, but Kirito soon
continued the explanation.