It's time to hand things over to the adults. They are warriors and wizards and should know what to do, right?

Right?

Book 3 Chapter 25 - Rats

Living in secret and stealing to eat is a hard life, but it's all Kuro has ever known. Fear and necessity forged him into the finest young thief in the wizard kingdoms. Nobody can hide forever, though, and a run of poor luck lands Kuro in a place where his quick hands and quiet feet count for nothing: Avalon Academy, school of magic.