Became the Academy Romantic Phantom Thief

content of the letter

Within just one day, the wrinkles on the chief’s forehead became clear.

He posed a question to Gadget with a blank look with heavy dark circles.

“Did you find the newspaper?”

“no. At least not in London newspapers.”

“I’m going crazy.”

She bluntly presented her assumptions.

“Maybe we are fooling around. It may not have been reported to the newspaper, but it may have been a self-made play performed by the criminal alone.”

“okay. You are right. Then can you guess why the criminal is making such a self-made play?”

“no. So far…”

Before he could even finish speaking, the chief cut off the conversation.

“That’s the problem. If we don’t know the criminal’s intentions, we have no choice but to be swayed. In the end, if you think with common sense, you should think of it as a partnership with a newspaper thirsty for articles.”

“·················ogue.”

Surely the governor was right. Actions are always supported by evidence.

Anyone can make random guesses. What was important was whether there was a valid rationale for it.

It is for this reason that the contents of this letter are judged to be the work of the newspaper company.

Spreading this scoop while fooling the incompetent police? Of course, it was enough to become a hot issue that anyone could be interested in.

“What did the post office say?”

“I don’t know. They don’t have any postman who stopped by the police station at that time.”

“I’ll be delighted. I’m sure you got the letter, but there’s no delivery person who actually delivered it.”

Gadget hesitated.

Because I couldn’t get rid of one possibility that kept popping up in my head.

Phantom Raven. Maybe it’s the guy’s fault?

There were a number of suspicious circumstances. Especially if you think that the postman I just talked about delivered the letter in disguise as a phantom thief, it makes sense.

In addition, he had often been traveling against common sense from the past.

It may be the same this time.

Even so, Gadget couldn’t talk about it easily. Such a situation was based on the experience and intuition he had accumulated as an investigator of the case. In other words, it was difficult to see it as a logical proof.

And what touches my heart is the content of the princess hostage play. No matter how young he is, is there any reason to put content that is unfavorable to him? In a situation where you can’t do anything even if you only put content that is beneficial to you?

Such complicated thoughts cluttered her head and eventually forced her to shut her mouth.

“What should I do now?”

“…the newspapers in London said they did an investigation. If you expand the scope beyond that, there will be no end. It will be published sooner rather than later before we find it anyway.”

It was close to a miracle that this much research was done in just one day. More precisely, it was a successful exploitation by changing manpower.

“Stop investigating newspapers for now. Instead, we turn to the suspects.”

“…and realistically, only one person can be investigated.”

There are a total of five suspects who can spread the information.

Phantom Thief, Princess, Executioner, Detective, and Detective.

Of these, only one can actually be investigated.

“okay. Did you say Sherlock? First of all, don’t leave it to you.”

“yes. All right.”

Gadget imagined a blonde girl in his head.

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Maybe this will ruin my relationship with her forever.

Recalling the investigation he had been working with until now, he struggled to manage his complicated mind.

She decides to go to the Holmes office to meet the detective.

As soon as I left the front door of the police station, a subordinate detective rushed inside.

Gadget, who looked at him curiously, asked.

“Why are you running like that?”

“manager! Hen, the letter…!”

Her expression hardened when she found the familiar envelope in her hand with an urgent voice.

***

The content of the class keeps coming into my mind.

Even though I know I need to focus, I keep getting distracted.

You must have read the letter by now. I’m not sure, but maybe I’m a bit perplexed?

It was still early to be relieved, but things were going well as I had planned.

It will probably be difficult for the opponent to move easily.

“So, the most important thing when controlling magical power is…”

After listening to the teacher’s voice from the classroom for a moment, he turned his gaze to the side.

Is he listening well?

“···Are you okay?”

“what.”

No, I’m not talking nonsense.

Red bloodshot eyes and thick dark circles.

Her eyes are forcibly opened, but her head nods every few seconds.

Anyone who sees it is forced to wake up. It seemed obvious that if I closed my eyelids for a moment by mistake, I would fall into dreamland.

It must be difficult for a child who was sleeping in class every day to force himself to stay awake.

Still, it was pathetic that he was forced to take a class and take notes.

I have to imitate myself like that.

okay. Anyway, it’s out of my hands now, so let’s just focus on class.

“Something I wrote during my break…. ah.”

I was trying to ask him to show me what he had written, but he stopped.

It was because Rachel, who had lost to Suma in the end, was sleeping with her head bowed.

The problem is that he is creating modern art from the notes he took while sleeping.

The line that stretched out freely regardless of anything was amazing.

I nodded as I watched the soul of the art burn.

Well. Ask Julia to show you the notes.

Break time came after a while.

Rachel was lying on her stomach and sleeping.

okay. It might be better to get a good night’s sleep and relieve fatigue during the break.

As I had thought before, I approached Yulia to ask her to show me her handwritten notes.

But for some reason, it looks different than usual.

In particular, the shadow on his face seemed to be troubled by something.

Come to think of it, Yulia, who usually comes first and talks to me, was particularly quiet today.

I cautiously approached her side and spoke to her, wondering if something was going to happen.

“Yulia?”

“···ah. Crowe. What’s up?”

“I was wondering if I could show you if I just took notes in class.”

At my request, she smiled awkwardly.

“sorry. I couldn’t take notes because I was so dazed.”

“No need to be sorry. I asked because I am the same.”

I asked as I sat down in the empty seat next to me.

“By the way, is something wrong? You look dark today.”

“ah···. Nothing. I just feel a bit unwell.”

It’s just that he’s hiding something.

Asking too tenaciously will only backfire, so I decided to move on for now.

“okay. Instead, tell me if you have any concerns?”

“… like the last time at the museum?”

I looked at Julia for a moment at the unexpected story.

It’s been quite a while, but I’m still reminded of it. The moment when we met Julia by chance at the art museum and we were talking alone.

“yes. like back then.”

She smiled brightly when she heard my answer.

“But right now, I can’t because I don’t have any worries. I’ll be sure to tell you later!”

“Anytime, of course. The Croissant Office is always open.”

“···Cro is all good, but I don’t think the jokes are too funny.”

How can you say such a cruel thing? I didn’t mean to be funny, but it hurt me.

[This is a very sympathetic statement. What do you know?]

‘The Goddess is also disappointed.’

[Fufu. Of course I’m joking.]

They both make fun of me, which sounds like a lot of fun.

Anyway, after that, we chatted lightly with Julia and returned to our seats.

I stared at her back for a moment, deep in thought.

There seems to be something there too.

Looks like I need to dig a little deeper.

First of all, this is a story after my life has been saved.

***

“What does that mean?”

“Literally.”

Gadget handed the letter without needing to elaborate.

After receiving it, the director read it slowly and wiped his face with a complex and subtle expression.

“What the hell is this…”

Even he couldn’t understand the situation, and his mind was full of confusion.

“My head is throbbing.”

“That’s amazing. I am also experiencing the same symptoms.”

Gadget had a similar sentiment. No matter how much she pondered, the contents of the letter could not be comprehended by her general common sense.

In fact, the writing itself in the letter was not much different from before.

The only thing that has changed is one short sentence added to the last line.

The problem is that that one sentence has the power to overthrow everything before.

“Thanks to Grace for providing the information.”

What if the contents of this letter are true?

Obviously, it was Grace who told me not to release the news of the phantom thief, but it was Grace who provided the information.

simple whim? In that case, there was no need to do this, and it was enough to tell the director directly.

If so, is the content of this letter itself a fake?

“It’s more of a problem when it’s fake. Did someone openly impersonate Grace? It’s not going to go away in any way. That anger could reach us.”

Hearing the chief’s words, Gadget looked at the letter silently.

The pattern of the seal stamped with the last sentence.

It was none other than the symbol of the Grace family.