161 – The Rogue Employer
The next day.
Unsurprisingly, in the newspapers, my activities were featured prominently.
[Appeared for the first time in a month! I missed it again this time, but the thief Raven…]
[Even the central bank was robbed. What is the thief’s next goal?]
[Police useless theory being re-ignited. Why can’t I arrest the thief?]
[The increasing number of phantom thief followers. Why are people crazy about Kaito Raven?]
It’s bigger than I thought. Beyond simply occupying the first page, the entire newspaper is filled with topics related to phantom thieves. It was to the extent that it would be safe to call it a newspaper specializing in phantom thieves.
Not even one newspaper, but all newspapers published in London were in the same condition.
“Hmm…”
While I was slowly reading the newspaper, Juliet, who was concentrating on her work, spoke to me.
“Are you interested in the phantom thief, too?”
While questioning the sudden question, he made up an appropriate answer.
“Isn’t it rare among Londoners to not be interested in him?”
“I guess so.”
“Then Miss Juliet doesn’t seem to be particularly interested in newspapers.”
“It’s work time.”
Speaking like that makes me feel ashamed after I was leisurely reading the newspaper.
I was just resting with the feeling that it was a short break.
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Juliet continued her story without taking her eyes off the papers she was processing.
“Come to think of it, I was also robbed a while ago.”
Awkwardly. My stomach felt like it was sinking.
She said it casually as if nothing was wrong, so she was even more embarrassed.
No way… Did you notice that I broke into your house?
No, it’s very unlikely. If it was really like that, I wouldn’t have brought up the topic like this.
At most, it’s just putting it on the line of suspicion without physical evidence. It’s true that that alone is quite dangerous, but if she doesn’t show it, she won’t be able to ask more.
She naturally hid her bewilderment and asked with a worried look on her face.
“Is that true? Are you hurt?”
“Yes. Fortunately, there were only signs of breaking into the house and there were no major problems.”
She was honestly a bit surprised that she had noticed the break-in anyway. The only trace I left was that I hadn’t locked the window because I was in a hurry to escape. That’s enough to be a simple illusion, but I’m sure it’s an intrusion by an assailant.
“Thank you very much. Did you report it to the police?”
“No. It didn’t look like it was stolen, so I just let it go.”
“That is dangerous. You don’t know when the assailant may break in again, so you’d better report it to the police.”
“Yes. Thank you for your concern.”
Even if I say this, she probably won’t report it.
Of course. Juliet’s house has a lot of dangerous evidence that the cops should never look at.
If the police search her house, she, the owner of the house, will be arrested.
To put it bluntly, a spy from a competitor country is a much more heinous felon than a petty thief.
Perhaps the reason she noticed my intrusion was because of the cautiousness of that status. If even a little bit of her identity is discovered, she will be in danger, so she has no choice but to be sensitive to even the slightest changes in her.
Anyway, I think I need to be more careful next time I dig up information.
As I was organizing my thoughts, the office door opened and Leah appeared.
She groans and struggles to come in with all the cleaning tools she has gathered.
“Good morning Joe!”
“It’s only 4pm now.”
“Ah… I just went to work, so of course I thought it was morning! Lol.”
She seemed to be able to understand Rachel’s heart a little as she watched Leah shed her smile naturally. Of course, it is true that she is cute and healing, but if my family is like that, I have no choice but to worry.
Anyway, I worked hard. She said she didn’t have to wear it, but when you see her going to work wearing her maid uniform.
I don’t know how many things to clean in such a small office. Even if I just pretend to be moderate, I have no intention of saying anything.
As soon as she gets to work, Leah starts cleaning right away without stopping. Since she was doing that, she noticed that it seemed like I was just fooling around.
“Director. Please pay these papers.”
“Ah.”
Took!
A pile of papers lying on the table. Feeling dizzy at that height, the desire to just keep lounging around grew rapidly.
As expected, rather than sitting like this, going out and doing phantom thief work seems to fit my nature.
However, since it was impossible to withdraw from the business he had started, he sighed and began to process the paperwork one by one.
I have no choice but to make Juliet my side as soon as possible.
I realized that only then would I escape this work hell, and I was determined again.
After barely processing all the paperwork on the table, I felt like I was getting tired.
Glancing at the other two, Juliet looked exactly the same as the first time, filling out a new document, and Leah, although it must have been cleaned earlier, was busy scrubbing again.
It was only then that I realized that the two of them were more workaholics than I could have imagined.
···Maybe they hired the wrong staff.
I have to go home from work today. I’ve been missing the phantom thief follower’s meeting for a few days, so I’m thinking of taking a look at their trend while I’m doing my comeback match.
I never make excuses because I don’t want to work. No way anyway
I got up from my seat and coughed.
“Kuhm. I have work today, so I have to go now, but you guys can leave work now.”
“I still have paperwork to take care of, so I’ll go in a little later. Don’t worry, I’ll take care of locking the door.”
I was a little embarrassed to leave first when my subordinate said that, but I hurriedly nodded my head in fear that if I was caught, I might have to work all night.
“Then I can’t help it. How about Miss Leah?”
“Then I’ll get off work! Let’s go out together!”
Leah followed me with a smile.
“Then work hard.”
“I’ll go in first~!”
“Yes. Enter carefully.”
We left the office leaving Juliet behind. Evening time when the sun is slowly going down.
Looking at him humming a song and walking gently, he seems to be in a good mood.
She needed to get closer to her as much as her purpose was to pry out her information about her rapano. Gossip about your former job should be something you can share casually.
Fortunately, I wonder if Leah has a crush on me. Her conscience pricked her a little at the thought of her using that mind, but she couldn’t just sit still.
“Miss Leah. How is your job?”
“Good! To be honest, I’m a bit bored, but they’re both kind and pay more than before!”
“Then I’m glad. Maybe soon after moving the office, there will be no time to be bored.”
“I hope you move quickly!”
The atmosphere is quite nice. Shall we bring up the topic naturally?
“What was your previous job like?”
“Uh, I think it was good when I worked at the former owner’s mansion. To be honest, it’s not long, and for some reason, my memory is a little fuzzy.”
“Hmm.”
Perhaps it is the influence of Veronica’s magic. In fact, even though Rachel was almost hypnotized by her and taken as a test subject, she said that her memories at the time were hazy like her dreams. She must have made similar hints to the employees who worked at her mansion.
Of course getting her information about her is also important. However, as she is a member of Drakan, she would have taken thorough measures in this way, so she did not expect much.
She needed more information about Rapano than that. I don’t know what the link between him and Drake is right now, but the probability of it being Drakan is quite low.
Besides, Leah had been working as a maid in Lappano’s mansion for quite some time, so the probability of digging up the necessary information was higher.
“I heard from Miss Rachel that she was fired from her previous job quite unfairly. Can you give me a rough idea of what happened? If possible, I’m just wondering if I can help, so don’t feel pressured.”
Leah wiggled her hand at her proposal, which she carefully brought out in the softest tone possible, hesitated to answer her.
She calmly waited until she opened her mouth on her own without rushing.
“…Lappano was famous among us as an eccentric. He was a man who would do anything and everything to make money. If you look closely, you can see that he does bad things without hesitation. So, when the thief robbed the jewelry, most of his colleagues said that it went well and liked it.”
It was to the point of feeling stuffy just listening to it. How hard it must have been to work as a maid under such a man.
“Besides, sometimes I did things I couldn’t understand.”
“For example?”
“Suddenly calling all the servants and kicking them out, telling them not to even visit the mansion today…”
This is it. As soon as I heard it, I was sure that this information had something to do with the last time.
I need to check more closely.