Became the Academy Romantic Phantom Thief chapter 225

225 – Another notice

“Are you okay?”

At Rachel’s worried question, Yulia smiled and answered.

“Yes. I got better after resting a bit… Whoops!”

“Ugh. It’s getting better, b*tch.”

The boat is still, but there is nothing to do with the rolling waves. After half a day, she might have gotten used to it, but Yulia still couldn’t get out of the nightmare of seasickness.

Rachel, who happened to be taking care of her, let out a sigh and complained to herself alone.

“Where have these guys gone…”

Aren’t they called in separately, saying they witnessed a murder case, or suddenly they sneak out of the restaurant saying they have something to do?

I don’t know what the hell is going on on this cruise, but it seems certain that these two are at the center of this incident.

How did the school trip, which should be enjoyable, become so twisted? The day has already flown by in vain.

She wanted to stay on the cruise longer, but she had no desire to have her freedom taken away while being held in a restaurant.

As time passed, complaints from passengers also began to pile up. Thanks to that, the schedule was completely ruined, but instead of promptly responding, the night came with no contact with the outside world, so it was a natural trend.

There were also several open protests. The academy faculty also did not hide their discomfort and asked the sailors for a solution, but the response was cold.

“Are you asking me to release the controls just because it’s uncomfortable? Going out right now, will the thief have to kill someone else to keep his mouth shut?”

“So, do you intend to float on the sea forever until you find the thief?”

“If we don’t find the culprit by dawn, the captain said he would ask for help from the Frankish kingdom, so wait until then.”

“Huh… Does this mean we have to stay half a day longer?”

People’s sentiment went to the bottom when they were in a position to blow up the whole day without moving.

Even a few people who had tried to trust and wait for the captain until now turned their backs on disappointment, in fact incurring the antipathy of all the passengers.

In the midst of that, rumors of unknown origin began to spread slowly.

“What? A new card?”

Rachel looked at Dahlia, who informed them of the trouble.

“Yes! It looks like the phantom thief has started moving again…!”

“Are you sure? Where is the card?”

“I hear a sailor found it plugged in at the door outside the restaurant? So I took it to the captain right away.”

“Then the people in the restaurant are not the criminals.”

That’s why the atmosphere got messy. It was suppressed until now in the name of a phantom thief hiding inside, but it turned out that it was all absurd nonsense.

“What are the contents of the card?”

“We don’t even know that much.”

“No. Must know Even if you strongly demand it from the captain.”

There was nothing special about the card that was first discovered. It was because he just kept saying pointless things about being a thief and stealing the jewels on this ship.

But the appearance of a new card means that the phantom thief has something else to say. Even if I didn’t know what it was, I was certain that the passengers in this seat also needed to know.

If the captain doesn’t even cooperate and keeps the contents of the card a secret, then the public sentiment within the cruise will burn out of control.

And the captain herself, who was proud of her own mind, understood that fact better than anyone else.

“I, Captain… Passengers are strongly demanding to reveal the contents of the card.”

“I know! How many times have you talked about that already!?”

“But… If you really ignore it, you’ll even break down the door…”

The captain poured strong rum into his stomach, clutching his throbbing brow.

Where did the creak start? Surely his plan would have been perfect.

It was unbelievable that the damned phantom thief was on board this ship. Why is there really a phantom thief behind excuses?

I judged too complacently. It was expected long ago that if the passengers were detained, a backlash would follow.

The reason he went ahead with it was because of the weight of the murder case and the calculation that the name Raven, the thief, would make people shrink in fear.

In reality, his plan appeared to have worked. Even though the passengers were stuck in the cafeteria for half a day and couldn’t move a single step, they just sat in their seats and complained, and no further protests followed.

However, I never imagined that such a variable would follow. No way a real phantom thief would appear and leave a new card behind. How the hell do you predict this?

Thanks to that, all plans were thwarted. Because of that damn card, the fear and anger of the passengers that had been suppressed so far broke through the critical point and exploded.

The only way to solve this problem is, of course, to release the card at the request of the passengers.

But no matter how much you look at the contents written on the card, revealing it was a shortcut to ruin even more, so he couldn’t do this or that either.

[A liar dictator always pays a price. His power will be fleetingly destroyed, and the treasure he took will become a fake stone.]

Anyone with a bit of brain power will have no trouble figuring out who the liar dictator we are talking about is. Right now there is only one person on this cruise ship who can be called a dictator.

Then you will naturally understand what the liar means. At that moment, he himself is finished.

The environment of an isolated ship on the sea can be a great weapon, but if you do it wrong, you can aim it at your own forehead.

It is a situation of slope and thatched.

If you don’t show the card and just talk about it, people won’t calm down until you show them the real thing. Now, let’s fabricate a card. Because there was only one fake notice that I had prepared. To deny that the card itself did not exist, it is impossible to ignore the eyes of the sailors who have already found the card and seen it while crossing over here.

In the midst of all that, the phrase at the back of the notice that tightened him even more to make matters worse.

[The treasure he took will become a fake stone.]

The phantom thief is aiming for his jewelry. Anxiety that he might be swapped with a fake at any time, the captain was restless wanting to open the secret safe and check the safety of the jewelry right away.

“Hmm… What do you mean? Are phantom thieves unlearned lower classes, so they can’t speak properly?”

On the other hand, the owner of the jewelry is talking nonsense while looking around the notice in a carefree manner.

I wish all the passengers detained in that restaurant had empty heads like the author.

In general, the upper classes have a lot of opportunities to learn, and aren’t there even magic academy students mixed in there? Originally, wizards were unnecessarily brainy and insidious, so they would quickly interpret the phrase on the card.

When the wrinkles between his eyebrows deepened as his worries continued, the vice-captain, who had been in and out of the captain’s room to report the situation, hesitated with a puzzled expression before bringing up the story.

“Captain. Now there is an agitation not only among the passengers but also among the crew below. If you don’t act quickly…”

On a ship, the rules of top-down are always upheld like the truth. Even if a rebellion breaks out in the middle of the sea, only a terrible future awaits, where everyone becomes fish food.

The fact that there was a question about the captain among the crew was also a disprove of the worst situation.

Damn the phantom thief, Raven. It is to the point of being frightened by the trick of the guy who is thoroughly destroying his perfect plan with a single card without even revealing himself.

The captain smoked a pipe and was lost in thought for a long time before talking to the vice-captain.

“Tell the passengers that you won’t reveal the card because it only has disturbing content to stir up confusion.”

“Yes.”

“And I need to ask Frank for support right now. There is a possibility that the phantom thief is in disguise, so I will go there myself.”

“Okay.”

The jewelry owner, who had been listening quietly, shouted.

“I will go too!!”

“I’m thinking of asking the Franks directly for help. Are you really going with me? If you told Her Highness directly that you lost the jewel…”

“Hmm. Come to think of it, I’d rather stay here… If the phantom thief makes a mess, I’ll have to subdue it.”

The captain, who stared at the owner of the jewelry whose attitude changed rapidly in an instant, jumped up from his seat.

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“It is late at night. You must be tired, so go to your room and go to sleep. I had to finish getting ready to go out. The vice-captain will prepare the boat.”

“Yes. I will prepare it right away.”

After forcibly sending the uninvited guests out, the captain, who was left alone, let out a deep sigh.

It’s a change of strategy. I’m worried about the reaction of the passengers whose request was finally rejected, but it’s still not too late.

All you have to do is grab the jewels and hide them on land, then call for support and return to the ship.

At that time, no matter what anyone said, you just need to get rid of the pretense. In any case, unless there is solid evidence, there is no way that he will be identified as the culprit. As long as there really is a phantom thief on this ship, the culprit will always be him.

The captain hurriedly opened the secret safe and took out the jewels in order to depart quickly.

And at that moment, a girl’s voice came from behind.

“Hmm. You hid it there.”