Became the Academy Romantic Phantom Thief chapter 197

197 – The true identity of the princess

A female detective who is always overworked, Gadget has a daily routine.

I wake up to the sound of the alarm at 7, take a shower, get dressed, and head to work.

When I go to work at the police station, I make coffee first, read the newspaper, and enjoy a short break before starting work.

If she does not follow the set routine, she becomes sensitive to everything throughout the day, lethargic, and easily annoyed, so her colleagues do not interrupt her time.

However, there is a day when this jinx must be broken.

“···Yes. The damn phantom thief started moving again.”

That feeling when you go to work in the morning and see a phantom thief notice on your desk.

If you are not the person involved, you will not be able to fully understand the feelings at that time.

There was also a time when I forcibly ignored the notice and tried to move according to the routine. There’s no way you’ll run away from the notice anyway, so there’s no way something will go wrong just by drinking a cup of coffee.

But it didn’t take her long to realize that was impossible.

Tumbling.

She frantically trembles on her knees, and her eyes keep glancing not at the newspaper but at the notice board.

Finally, after scalding the roof of her mouth with hot coffee, she let out her anger.

“Aagh!! Damn Raven!!”

How dare she thoroughly mess with her own routine.

Why do you always send notices at night and make them appear on the table every time you leave for work!

No, can’t we send notices in broad daylight? At least it would be less annoying if I accepted the notice right before work.

I can never forgive you.

To be honest, I’ve never really forgiven you before, but I can never forgive you this time.

Yes. Rather, this was an opportunity. I’m going to turn this anger into enthusiasm and catch him.

Gadget gave away all the routines and decided to read the notice right away.

The coffee just poured down her throat. It was hot enough to bring out a double desire, but I hypnotized myself that I was rather cool because I was much colder than the heat. Actually, it was very hot.

This is what was written in the notice that I quickly picked up.

[An old story that has now become a legend. To return the sacred treasure that was placed on the rock to its original owner. Pendragon will have to answer.]

“Hmm.”

What bullsh*t is this?

It was a notice phrase so vague that such a thought passed through my head.

Well, Raven does this. Not once or twice. She decides not to complicate gadgets.

Anyway, there is a separate analysis team for the notice, so that side will come up with an answer.

All she had to worry about was how to devise a strategy to catch the phantom thief.

Just one thing I’m concerned about. It was ‘Pendragon’ mentioned at the end of the notice.

It was the name of the royal family that currently rules this country.

In other words, there is a possibility that the phantom thief will aim for Buckingham Palace once again.

Thinking of that, Gadget already felt his head pounding.

***

I have to rob the royal family again.

This time, he had to infiltrate the main palace, not the detached palace, but also the corridor of the East Building, which is the most heavily guarded.

Of course, compared to before, we have grown a lot. But even so, it is true that it is a difficulty that can never be overlooked.

If I had acquired the ability to move to the mirror world, I would be able to pick up my nose and steal without worrying so much. That’s what a fraudulent ability is. It was difficult to use in practice because the use of only hand mirrors was limited.

That meant we needed to design a trick that was as thorough and sure as that.

Actually, the simplest way would be to sneak in and steal secretly without sending a notice, but then you can’t be called a romantic thief. He stole the legendary weapon, Excalibur, but what’s the point if you don’t even know who accomplished that achievement?

So I decided to secretly infiltrate the palace at night to send a notice.

I left one at the police station, so this one should be left at the palace. At the same time, I was thinking of checking the condition of Excalibur and coming up with a trick.

Yes. I definitely thought so…

How did it end up like this?

“It’s been a while.”

“hahahaha. Iknow, right.”

“Honestly, I didn’t know that I wouldn’t show my face once. It’s a bit embarrassing.”

No, it’s strange that you and I meet.

I am a thief and you are a princess.

Surely, they succeeded in infiltrating safely into the Dongguan Corridor. Her problem was that she was leisurely appreciating her exhibits there.

Is it a mere coincidence?

Well. Probably the odds of that happening are very low. There would be no reason for the princess to come all the way here alone without her maid at night.

Come to think of it, I think the composition was similar to the one we have now when we first met.

But if it’s not a coincidence, that’s even weirder. How the hell could she expect me to come and wait in advance?

If she’s a wizard with skills comparable to that of an enforcer, she might understand.

But Victoria is a princess, not an enforcer. She had never heard of a rumor that the princess was from the academy.

What is it? It’s just a little embarrassing.

“Hmm. Are you lost in your thoughts about me?”

“hahahaha. It can’t be…”

I was stumped inside, but I made eye contact with the other person by pretending to be as calm as possible.

Slick blonde hair and a lush wall that seems to have moved the sea.

It was such a beautiful appearance that I forgot all my worries for a moment and stared at it in a state of fascination.

Princess Victoria looked at me and spoke calmly.

“I still thought we were quite close. Was it all my misunderstanding?”

“Hmm. What greater honor could there be than getting acquainted with the princess?”

“Don’t spin round and round, answer clearly.”

Befitting a princess with a cool personality, he asked straight forward, so I had no choice but to answer.

“Of course the princess is my best friend.”

“Prove it.”

“Yes?”

“If you are friends, aren’t all friendships equal and horizontal? It would be nice if you put away the stiff honorifics and treat me comfortably.”

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No, why are you doing this to me?

Of course, I sent a notice saying that I would rob the palace, but… It’s not even an ordinary treasure, it’s Excalibur…

Coming to think of it, the reason for the princess to harass me was not enough, so it was overflowing.

Fortunately, the princess laughed a little and changed the topic, as if she wasn’t serious and was just teasing.

“So what brought you here today?”

“Hmm. That’s it.”

What could be the reason for the phantom thief to come to the palace? He’s here to steal treasure.

He didn’t have the courage to speak so openly in front of the landlord, so he evaded his words with an awkward smile.

Then she grinned and pulled out something of hers from behind her and held it this way.

“Isn’t it because of this?”

That was a sword. To be precise, the sword for the honor I stole and returned to when I first visited the palace.

As I tried to deny it by reflexively shaking my head, a question suddenly passed through my head.

I have never seen Excalibur myself. I just heard from the goddess that she would be in the east wing corridor.

Noticing the fact and realizing it at the same time.

When I first saw this sword in the annex, it was stuck on a rock-like ornament.

While shocked by the creepy reversal, Princess Victoria, seeing my reaction, folded her eyes like a crescent moon and smiled.

“Did you finally notice? This is the holy sword of Arthur Pendragon, our great ancestor and father of our country.”

Excalibur was in the princess’s hand.

The sword I once stole and returned to me and thought it was only for decoration was Excalibur, the most famous legendary holy sword in history.

The first thing that came to my mind was a question. Why the hell

If that’s really Excalibur, why did she obediently hand over the sword to me last time?

You know better than anyone how important the legendary holy sword is to the Pendragon family.

The riddle that could never be solved was naturally connected to the suspicious attitude the princess had shown so far.

From the first time we met, it was strangely unguarded and friendly.

Besides, every time we ran into each other, he was waiting for me so naturally, as if he knew everything when and where I would appear.

“…Princess expected me to come after Excalibur.”

“Hmm. Okay.”

“How did you know? You. What is your true identity?”

When I asked her directly, her expression hardened, she slowly began to answer with a relaxed smile on her lips.

“My name is Alexandra Victoria Pendragon. She is a princess of the Britannia royal family. And at the same time.”

The blue eyes of the princess flashed.

“The family of the goddess of fate. In other words, an apostle like you.”