219 – Cruise
“Whoa…”
An exclamation of unknown origin tickled my ears.
It would be a meaningless action to identify the owner of the voice. Everyone, without exception, was busy bursting with admiration the moment they first laid eyes on the ship.
The cruise ship moored at the pier of the calm sea boasted a bigger size than I thought.
I could assert that it is a level that is difficult to see even from the perspective of modern people living in the 21st century.
Just by looking at the neatly designed exterior, I guessed that not only the size but also the internal facilities would be unusual.
As the vaguely imagined moment became a concrete reality, the excitement of the students grew to a level that was incomparable to the previous one.
Me too. No matter how much I experienced modern culture, I didn’t live a good enough life to ride on such a luxurious cruise.
When the time came, the crew came forward and started checking the tickets. The Academy members who came as a group were also able to board the ship only after carefully checking each person.
“Ride carefully!”
We got on the cruise with our hearts pounding.
The salty smell of the sea, the hot sunlight, and even the chirping of seagulls.
Isn’t this the beginning of an ideal cruise trip? It was a pity that I could only enjoy these precious memories for a few hours.
Even when they come back in four days, they say they can’t ride it again. As Yulia explained, this cruise only carried jewels and we were also taken as a bonus.
I was a bit disappointed, but I understood. As the owner of the jewel, it’s like using wizards as escorts without spending a lot of money. Who would commit theft on this ship? In that sense, it was a good win-win strategy.
The only thing they missed was that they didn’t notice that I was among the academy’s students. He would never have imagined that the Phantom Thief Raven would be among them. I usually only work in London.
“Come on, hurry up and unpack your belongings in your assigned room! It’s free time until we arrive, but we must obey the crew’s control!”
All the children cheered at the teacher’s words. One of the best words in the world is free time. Not even to mention the free time on such a luxury cruise.
Actually, there was nothing to do other than unpack. How many children would lock themselves in their rooms and take a rest for a short period of only three hours? Everyone is busy coming out on deck to see the sea and enjoying all the recreational facilities inside the cabin.
It was the same with us. The assigned room was roughly the size of a locker, and after throwing only the luggage, I immediately came out to the deck and admired the endless horizon.
“Wow… Because I’m looking at it like this, it’s really… Whoops…!”
As Yulia looked at the sea with her dim eyes, she suddenly covered her mouth and retched.
It seems that he was struggling with seasickness rather than admiring the view of the sea.
She witnessed it, and Rachel laughed and pointed her finger.
“Poo Sup! What if the high-noble lady vomits dirty!”
“I didn’t do it…!?”
“What do you think, I will do it after all.”
I saw Yulia’s sad face and shook her head.
The sea is very beautiful, but to those who are prone to motion sickness, the sea can only look terrible.
Even if you get motion sickness, it’s much more severe on the sea because the waves roll over it 24 hours a day.
“Keep your eyes as far away as possible. Ignoring the swaying of the waves as much as possible and focusing on the edge of the horizon will get better.”
“Whoa… Huh. Thank you.”
Following my advice, Yulia stared as far as she could while holding on to her railing.
It won’t get better all at once like magic, but it will get better anyway.
Fortunately, it seems to have gotten better, and his expression has brightened considerably.
“Oooh.”
“Ah.”
It didn’t brighten, but it turned pale.
In the end, Yulia couldn’t stand her motion sickness and left her traces on the sea. She held on to the railing so hard that her hands turned white.
Yulia’s seasickness is worse than expected, so our expressions were also stained with worry.
“If you don’t like it, why don’t you go into your room and close your eyes?”
“Still, I took a cruise after a long time…”
“Anyway, you can ride whenever you want.”
Even though her tone was a little ticklish, Rachel was also concerned about Yulia. In the end, she accepted the reality aloof, probably realizing that neither Yulia nor she could solve the problem by just holding on.
“Like Crowe said, I’ll be resting in the room… You guys don’t mind me and have fun. Like Rachel said, I can ride again anytime anyway.”
“It’s a bit unlucky for me to say that myself.”
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Rachel let out a deep sigh and stood beside her staggering Yulia to support her.
“I’ll take you there, so you guys are killing time.”
“I can go alone.”
“You are laughing. I’m going to pour out a lot of vomit again.”
“·······.”
Her expression was so explicit that it felt like it was close to being rude to a nobleman, but maybe she felt that she wasn’t wrong. Julia only blushed, but she didn’t deny it.
After the two disappeared from the deck, Sharon and I were left alone.
Unsure of what to say, in the middle of an awkward silence, she unexpectedly spoke to me first, unlike usual.
“Yulia said earlier. She says there are jewels on this ship.”
It’s something we all shared on the train earlier, so it’s not particularly strange as a topic for small talk, but since Sharon brought it up first, it was true that it somehow came across as meaningful.
I did not panic and responded calmly.
“Yes. It was.”
Anyway, if I don’t make a mistake here, the opponent won’t be able to figure out my identity.
Above all, my alibi has become stronger thanks to the last three strike special, so she won’t put me under suspicion at all.
“Aren’t you curious?”
“What?”
“I mean jewels. What kind of jewel is it that crosses over from Britannia to the Frankish kingdom? They say they are even serving the king.”
Sharon’s questions kept sounding meaningful.
It feels like inducing whether or not I have an interest in jewelry. Maybe you still haven’t erased the suspicion that I might be a phantom thief?
Anyway, I thought I should be a little more careful, and I picked out the answers as carefully as possible.
“I’m curious too. What can i do You can’t even see it yourself.”
“Do you want to go see it?”
Silence came for an instant.
I looked to the side to see if I had heard it wrong, but Sharon was still waiting for my answer, her green eyes shining.
“Let’s go see it. What does that mean?”
“You said you were curious too. Neither do I.”
“Do you know where the jewels are?”
To be honest, I was thinking about stealing the jewels even before I boarded the ship. However, the time given was too short and the children were attached to it, so if the opportunity didn’t arise, I would just give up.
But I never expected that she would first suggest that I go see her jewelry.
I’ve already figured out the location of all the jewels I haven’t even guessed yet.
But contrary to my expectations, Sharon shook her head calmly.
“No. I don’t know.”
“···I don’t even know where the jewelry is, so let’s go see it? Wouldn’t the sailors be prevented from seeing it in the first place?”
That was a very reasonable question. I will take you on a luxury cruise that not everyone can board, and show a student a jewel that is so valuable that it is supposed to be presented to the king of a country.
“You can find it yourself and look at it secretly.”
At this point, I’m getting a little scared. What on earth were you thinking that suddenly came out like that?
Couldn’t it be that everything was planned from the beginning? If Yulia’s seasickness caused the two of them to leave their seats, if everything was intentional…
Sharon’s attitude was obviously strange enough to make me worry about her ridiculous conspiracy theory.
I sincerely asked her about her unusual behavior, which is so different from what she has shown so far.
“Why do you want to see the jewel so much?”
At that, Sharon stared at me and answered, raising the corner of her mouth slightly.
“I was curious.”
It was strange.
It must have been an answer about jewels, but for some reason it sounded like it was directed at me.
Is that why? Contrary to her original plan of sacrificing her body to avoid suspicion, she inadvertently and impulsively gave an answer.
“Yes. Let’s look for it.”
Because I’m also curious.
What the hell are you thinking?