Became the Academy Romantic Phantom Thief

226 – Hello

Sharon is like a scary woman…

Looking at the captain’s expression, her face turned blue as if she had seen a ghost, she felt pity for nothing.

She wasn’t quite sure what she was thinking at first. Contrary to what she said she would make a real phantom thief, all we did was make up a card.

I didn’t even use the real card I had, it was an imitation Sharon made on the spot, so who would have expected such a result.

The result was beyond imagination. Sharon completely cornered her opponent without ever showing her face, making them do whatever they wanted.

Even when she heard the explanation of her strategy, she was dubious that it would really go smoothly like that, but she had no choice but to admit it as the result showed.

“What, what are you doing! Who told you to come in here!?”

“Looks like you haven’t grasped the situation yet. Or are you deliberately making a loud noise?”

Sharon doesn’t panic at all even at the moment when she finds clear evidence and remains calm.

As soon as I saw the slow, palpable hostility in her captain’s eyes, I moved to her side.

“It’s all over already. It would be better to surrender meekly instead of rebelling.”

“What is over?! Seeing you out there without following the rules, you guys must be the culprits!!”

Are you still unable to accept the outcome and will you resist? Rather, the captain sighed at the attitude of the captain who tried to accuse us of criminals and informed us of the reality.

“In case you forgot, we are from the Magic Academy. It’s not that difficult to subdue ordinary people.”

Perhaps he noticed something in my words, the captain’s complexion suddenly hardened and he asked a stuttering question with shaky eyes.

“No way… Did you make up Did you trick me into pretending that the phantom thief was on board this ship?!”

“Strictly speaking, we only put spoons on the table that you set first.”

Perhaps it was only then that he gave up on everything, and he began to confess his mistakes.

“Ha… Okay. I killed and stole So what are you going to do now?”

The captain pulled her gun from her pocket and pointed it at Sharon. Of course, this level of rebellion had been predicted long ago, so he had cast protection magic before entering the captain’s office.

“I would have told you. Ordinary people are no match for wizards.”

“Huh. Do you think I’m an idiot who doesn’t even have that basic common sense?”

On the contrary, the captain, who laughed at me as if I was laughing, continued.

“All the other passengers are in the cafeteria anyway. No one knows what’s going on here. Who will people believe if I point out you as the culprit? Little wizards claiming to have witnessed the scene for the first time? Or the veteran captain who spearheaded the investigation?”

Are you trying to drag it to the public opinion contest and continue to fight in the mud?

It was definitely the most probable solution he could choose in the current situation. Even the clear physical evidence of jewels will disappear if you throw them into the sea.

However, that is only possible when we act softly as pure students.

Unfortunately, neither I nor Sharon are the types that are quite far from that kind of thing.

The trump card the captain pulled out turned into a self-inflicted beast aimed at his own neck.

“Maybe everyone will trust us now.”

The captain’s eyes widened at Sharon’s blunt reply. Perhaps it was because the certainty in her tone made her uneasiness rise.

“I told you. My magic academy student. Everything we’re talking about is being broadcast live to the restaurant.”

“What?”

“I asked a trusted friend in advance, so it seems that he is suffering from motion sickness.”

Communication magic is not as difficult as you might think. However, converting it so that it can be heard by others as if setting up a speaker phone requires a change in the structure of magic, so the difficulty rises rapidly.

But who is Yulia? Isn’t she the great noble of the Grace family and a perfect octagonal girl in every way who keeps the highest grades in the academy?

Although she is not on the level of Gina and Granger, Julia was also one of the genius characters in the work.

She meant that no matter how much she suffered from motion sickness, she could easily handle this.

The captain’s complexion has now turned dark, as if he had finished his assessment of the situation belatedly. She was blue at first, then white, and now black. It was a series of colorful reactions that made me admire it without even realizing it.

As if to prove that our words were not mere bluffing, soon after, a murmur from below grew louder and louder. It seemed that the passengers who heard this shocking news in real time could not hold back their anger and went upstairs.

The game is already over. I directly admitted to the crime with my own mouth, and everyone overheard it. As it turned out, the captain was a great wizard, so there was absolutely no way to overcome this situation unless everyone’s memories were hypnotized.

The sound of footsteps thumping soon followed, and the door to the captain’s office swung open, and as soon as someone came in, he jumped right in and delivered a hectopascal kick.

“Keuk…!”

“You rot to death!”

In a fit of rage, the owner of the jewel didn’t stop even though the captain had fallen, kicking him and spitting out all sorts of foul curses.

Since it happened so suddenly, there was no time to stop it, so we just stared blankly at the scene. To be honest, I didn’t feel the need to dry it.

Honestly, it made sense when I thought about it from the jewelry owner’s point of view. He killed the guards he had brought with him and stole the jewels, and acting shamelessly and flatteringly was not enough, he had hidden the jewels in the room he shared with him.

At this level, it must be rather strange that the fire inside doesn’t burn.

Even so, it looked like it would kill me if I left it any longer, so I felt I had to stop it. If the captain were to die, things could get even worse.

Let us be judged by the fair law. Anyway, I couldn’t expect good results as long as I touched the king’s gift.

“If I hit you more, I will die.”

“Whoa…”

Fortunately, he didn’t completely lose his temper, but as soon as we stopped him, he let out a long breath and stopped kicking. When I checked it out just in case, I saw that there were small, intermittent moans coming from below, so it seemed that he was not dead.

After a while, the owner of the jewel ran up to here nonstop and handed me his hand, wiping the sweat from his forehead, probably because he had excitedly stepped on his captain.

“Are you the detective who found the culprit! Thank you very much. I will never forget this favor and repay it.”

“This friend did it, not me. I was just helping out.”

All I did was help her get out of the restaurant, and it’s safe to say that Sharon did everything else by herself.

As I pointed at Sharon, who was next to me, he also looked away and spat out a rude remark casually.

“This friend is not a girl. I’ll be your assistant at best.”

“… It’s the opposite. I am the assistant and this child is the main.”

“Hmm. It’s hard to believe.”

Yes. I understand. The era is the era, so it can’t be described as an anachronistic idea.

At this time, even women’s suffrage was not guaranteed. It’s to the point where the saying that women should eat at home is now accepted as common sense.

In the magical academy, abilities are given priority, so other factors such as race and gender are not particularly noticeable, but if you are only slightly out in the world like now, you will definitely feel that it is different from the modern day I know.

But even so, that doesn’t mean it’s right. Wrong was wrong and needed to be corrected.

“Please politely apologize to my friend.”

The owner of the jewelry blinked blankly as if my request was unexpected. I thought it was not strange to be angry with the impression I had seen at first glance, but unexpectedly, he acknowledged my mistake openly.

“I’m sorry. It seems I made a mistake.”

Sharon answered quietly with her head slightly bowed.

“It’s okay. Because I don’t really care.”

“Come to think of it, it seems like we haven’t shared a full name yet, but I want to know the names of my benefactors.”

He said, this time properly, handing Sharon her hand first.

“My name is Jean de Saint-Exupéry.”

“This is Sharon.”

“This is Crow.”

“Hmm. Sharon and Cro. I definitely remembered it.”

It sounds like you’ve heard of it somewhere. Even just hearing his last name, it was clear that he was a nobleman.

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I’m bringing the king’s presents, but wouldn’t it be strange if you were a commoner?

“I’m sorry for suspecting you as the culprit at first. Still, honestly, wasn’t it a situation that anyone could see suspicious of?”

“hahahaha…”

“Anyway, as I said earlier, I will definitely repay this favor. After I landed on land and delivered the jewels to His Majesty. Really! Now that we’ve caught the culprit, we need to start the ship. Captain!!”

Um. Have you forgotten who the person lying under your feet is?

He was definitely a strange person.

It took quite some time for the situation to calm down. After subduing the fainted captain with a rope, and barely appeasing the angry passengers, he threatened the vice-captain to behave well if he did not want to be accused of aiding and abetting, and barely moved the ship.

Then we strolled the deck in the dark of the night and enjoyed the joy of victory.

“I’m glad it worked out.”

The moonlight quietly descended. Sharon, who took one step at a time, opened her mouth.

“It’s not over yet.”

“Huh?”

“I told you. I was thinking about how to catch the thief.”

I stopped and stopped.

Her green eyes sparkled under the bright moonlight.

“Hello. Kaito Raven.”