"Wei Xiake, twenty-three years old, the second son of Baron Xiake's younger brother. Ever since childhood, he dreamed of becoming a knight, but because he wasn't strong enough, he never received knightly training. Later, he learned sleight-of-hand skills from an old thief who had been arrested and recruited. He became an adventurer five years ago. He's skilled with daggers and light crossbows, and has some attainments in lockpicking, appraisal, stealth, and tracking. As for dismantling mechanisms and traps, as well as pickpocketing, he's rather poor..." Sui Xiong finished this account casually and asked, "Am I right?"
The skinny Wei Xiake, prostrate on the floor, wore a face full of shock. Then it turned into relief and admiration. Sui Xiong could clearly see him shouting in his heart, As expected of a true master! He's incredible! and things of that sort.
(...Did this guy never consider that I might be some kind of spy?)
Sui Xiong sighed inwardly, somewhat speechless, then asked, "You're a perfectly respectable nobleman's son. Becoming an adventurer is one thing, but why did you become a thief too? That's rather embarrassing, isn't it?"
"What else could I be?" Wei Xiake said bitterly. "Knights need specialized training. I wasn't strong enough, and my family wasn't willing to waste money on training for me. As for warriors, rangers, and the like, they aren't much better off than rogues..."
"Rogues?" Sui Xiong paused slightly, finally understanding why the other man's skill set was like this—every profession had different specialized branches. Among thieves were assassins specializing in murder, treasure hunters specializing in detecting and disarming mechanisms, master thieves specializing in pickpocketing and deception, and rogues like Wei Xiake, who specialized in combat and a few supporting skills but weren't good at treasure hunting or stealing.
To put it plainly, rogues were