Became the Academy Romantic Phantom Thief chapter 136

136 – Unbeknownst to her boyfriend

Their eyes met for a moment, and her eyes quickly drifted away.

Fortunately, he didn’t notice my true identity. Well, if the disguise was clumsy enough to be discovered just by looking at it, he would have already been caught at Lappano’s mansion.

“What happened so early?”

Blanca speaks naturally and approaches first. But according to my memories of her, Yulia probably didn’t really like her. As expected, there was a slight hint of uneasiness on his face.

“Ah… I just came out earlier than last time because I didn’t know the exact opening time.”

“It usually starts around 6:00. Of course, if you want, you can come before then, but it doesn’t matter.”

“Thank you for letting me know.”

After bowing her head and politely thanking her, Yulia was about to go downstairs to her basement.

But Blanca seemed to have no intention of letting her go, so she stood close to her and started pouring out her words.

“But there it is. Where is the boyfriend you came with last time?”

“I am not a boyfriend, just a friend…”

“Huh. Okay?”

Blanca squinting her eyes and making her snort. It was clear that anyone could see that she was thinking evil thoughts.

“For something like that, the reaction was pretty intense last time?”

“… Huh?”

“Oops. Are you trying to pretend? You blush like this shyly every time I ask if I’m your boyfriend now and last time?”

Hearing her words, I stared at Yulia’s side involuntarily. The stairs leading down to her basement were dark and difficult to see, but she kept her head down without saying anything.

“Be fresh. It just makes me feel excited.”

“Because it’s not like that…”

“Doesn’t it sound convincing even though you say it yourself?”

“·······.”

“Yes. I’ll do something like that. What if it’s not you?”

You make fun of me very well. That’s enough to understand Yulia’s feelings.

No matter how much she insists on saying no, what can she do when the other person doesn’t pretend to hear? She had no choice but to keep her mouth shut and ignore her.

“No need to be shy. Because it’s natural for people to like someone. Like my cutie is obsessed with me.”

And while doing so, Blanca suddenly crossed her arms at me, who had been quiet for a while. She thought about forcibly removing her from the sudden skinship, but it was obvious that she would be more annoying anyway, so she just let out a deep sigh and politely lent her arm.

Yulia glanced at us like that, then she asked in a small voice.

“Are the two of you related by any chance?”

“What exactly is that relationship?”

“That… I mean lover.”

“No. I guess it’s just the stage where we get to know each other.”

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Julia noticed that she didn’t understand at all, but Yulia nodded her head and tried hard to understand.

It’s a fairly open mindset for a model girl with a strong sense of ethics to accept.

Only in modern times, the concept of so-called “Some” Is generally accepted, but now it’s a worldview from 200 years ago.

Of course, no matter what the era is, in the end, these problems are only in the realm of individual inclination.

In that sense, Yulia is a girl with a good life who has never deviated in the slightest.

···Ah, is that a kind of deviation from being here right now?

Aside from Drake’s radical ideology, it wasn’t an action worthy of proudly revealing that a great aristocrat followed the phantom thief.

“Take me with you next time.”

“…Well. My friend didn’t seem to particularly like it.”

“Really? Did you say you hate the hero?”

“That’s not true. Because the two of us talked a lot about that topic. At least it’s certain that the phantom thief doesn’t hold back.”

Somehow, it naturally became an atmosphere similar to counseling for troubles.

When I went down to the basement, I ran into people who were busily preparing for a meeting inside. Most of them checked Blanca’s face, greeted them appropriately, and then went back to focusing on their work.

We sat down in a corner where we could have a quiet conversation and continued our conversation.

“Hmm. Can you guess what exactly your boyfriend is reluctant to do?”

“···The atmosphere itself was reluctant. It might be dangerous.”

It could be quite offensive, depending on how you take it. It was as if they were treating the group they belonged to as a criminal organization.

But Blanca didn’t look agitated at all, rather seemed to be deep in thought. She smiled at her, feeling despondent as she was for so long.

“Your boyfriend seems to like you a lot. Seeing you worry so much.”

“·······.”

Yulia didn’t give an answer, just wiggled her finger.

She didn’t know when she got it, but the glass was in Blanca’s hand before she knew it. She poured her drink into her mouth as if to quench her thirst rather than to get drunk.

“I’m not in a position to say anything, but did you come to talk to that friend?”

“If you tell me, you will be worried.”

“I guess so. She’ll be sad if they find out she hid it.”

“That’s…”

I listened quietly to her story and nodded her head. To be honest, seeing Yulia walking across from her for the first time made her feel a bit shocked and betrayed.

She didn’t promise to go with her or talk to her every time she came here.

She may have believed deep down that she would do it, of course, even if she didn’t have to say it.

Still, she understands how Yulia felt that way, so she was only slightly disappointed.

She rather seemed to be tormented by Yulia’s guilt for not knowing that I was listening right next to her in real time.

At that time, the underground entrance opened and Drake and Alfred appeared together.

The two approach this way while exchanging greetings with everyone without exception.

“You guys came early. Besides, it’s a pretty fresh combination.”

Drake looked back and forth between us and Yulia with a grin and naturally joined us.

“Today is the third time. Nice to meet you.”

“Hello.”

Drake seemed to be quite interested in Yulia. Although she is more of a thinker, more of her intellectual curiosity rather than a rational interest.

“Come to think of it, the face is familiar, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard the name. My name is Drake. If you don’t mind, could you tell me your friend’s name?”

“Ah…”

Yulia seemed to hesitate for a moment. Of course, if you add her last name, she will never do it, and it can be dangerous to obediently reveal her real name. However, if I came out of nowhere to help, they would be more suspicious, so I had no choice but to watch them with a worried mind.

“This is Yuli.”

Isn’t it too rough? Anyway, I was fortunate enough out of misfortune just to hide her real name.

“Okay. Let’s get along well in the future.”

“Drake. We were having a serious talk, so could you step aside?”

Blanca waved her hand and told her to disappear quickly.

That’s right. You’re doing great. She was of the same mind as her, enough to cheer me on without even realizing it.

It gets really tiring when Drake and Yulia get involved any more than this. In particular, I was worried that if I had a 100-minute discussion like the last time, I would become assimilated into the ideology at some point.

“It’s already bullying. I’m sorry about this.”

He pretended to be sad with exaggerated gestures and wrapped his arms around me.

“We have no choice but to strengthen friendship among men.”

“Don’t bully our cutie. I mean, you’re going to go away alone.”

This may sound offensive depending on what you hear, but Drake just shrugged, then got up and left for someone else.

“Ehh. He knows that if everyone is friends like him, he will die. It should be said that it feels like there are no lines at all.”

“…Isn’t that what Blanca is talking about?”

“Huh? Did i hear wrong? What did you say?”

Obviously, he did it on purpose after clearly stating it.

Thinking of what she did to me when I hadn’t met her for the first time, I wonder if she really has no line.

Somehow, I went back to the main topic, and Yulia’s counseling continued.

“Are you planning on coming alone next time?”

“I don’t know. In fact, I feel like I came here impulsively today.”

“Well, you don’t have to think too hard. There are a lot of people who just come for a friendly feeling. In fact, most of them are there, and those who are sincere with Hero may be in the minority.”

A faint dissatisfaction was mingled in his lightly spoken voice. Blanca, who is more sincere than anyone else about the phantom thief, doesn’t seem to like the light atmosphere of the meeting.

“In that sense, I think you really like me.”

The target she was talking about was Yulia, not me.

“Me?”

“Yes. I’ve been watching you since last time It’s the first time I’ve seen anyone who likes Hero as much as you do.”

“Uh…”

Yulia, slightly embarrassed, but with the corner of her mouth slightly raised.

Does it sound so good to say that you have a taste for phantom thieves?

Unusually out of curiosity, I asked first.

“Then what about me?”

“Huh? You don’t like Hero very much.”

“Yes? Why do you think so?”

At my bewildered reaction, Blanca smiled mysteriously. Her smile was also like her slightly cold cynicism.

“That’s right, what you like is Drake’s thoughts, not Hero, isn’t it?”