He stole a pistol from a museum and managed to escape with his partner, Anne-Catherine, without getting caught.
He cleaned and polished the pistol with lemon juice back in his apartment and savored its brilliance.
Despite leaving multiple clues behind and being worried about getting caught, they saw no news of the theft in the local press and were relieved.
He slept next to the stolen pistol, considering it too exquisite to be hidden. He and Anne-Catherine felt their relationship become stronger and their pride grow.
Desiring to steal another artifact, they went to a medieval museum located in an imposing fortified castle with red-sandstone towers and a moat.
In the weapons hall, he spotted a perfect crossbow but it was placed too high to reach.
Using his ability to come up with quick solutions, he placed a chair under the crossbow, stood on it, unhitched the wire that held the crossbow and decided to toss it out through a window.
They left the castle, retrieved the crossbow from the bushes outside, and returned home.
L’Alsace, the local newspaper, reported on the theft but didn't identify him or Anne-Catherine as suspects, which made them feel even more confident.
After his parents’ divorce was finalized, he moved in with his mother and started decorating his new room with the stolen items.
Looking around the room, they saw many blank walls, a sign that there was still space for more stolen artifacts.