Became the Academy Romantic Phantom Thief chapter 59

scholarship screening

It was really dangerous.

I hope he will come right away on the evening of the day we talked about it.

It’s a shame because it was prepared in advance just in case, otherwise it would have been completely ruined.

The office of the Lupin Foundation that was prepared rather hastily.

The only thing in a small single room was a table and chairs. Even the table was very sloppy as the nameplate had not been put on it yet.

Apparently, Rachel was also quite disappointed with the poor scenery, but seeing that she was still calm, I think she was in desperate need.

Once the introduction was finished, the conversation started naturally.

“So, why did you come all the way here?”

“Oh, that’s it. Did you say that you also have a scholarship foundation?”

“yes. That’s right.”

Rachel is hesitant because she’s a bit shy to speak on her own, and she can’t speak up easily.

“It sounds like you want to apply for a scholarship.”

“···yes. That’s it.”

“Hmm. good. So, would you like to fill out the paperwork here first?”

I took out the application I had set up in advance and handed it to her. Still, it seems that Rachel thinks it’s not a scam in her own way, as it’s a fairly serious procedure. Of course, it still wasn’t to the level where he had completely relieved his vigilance.

The documents required minimum basic personal information, etc.

For example, name, age, address, school, etc. These are the basic elements that often come up when you think of an application.

In fact, all of this is only about face-to-face. After all, I am running the foundation by myself, and I have decided to support it without going through any particular review and without asking questions.

“I wrote it all down.”

“good.”

I didn’t even read the paperwork in front of my eyes. Then it’s just embarrassing.

“Based on the contents of this document, our foundation management team will examine the student’s qualifications.”

“…how long will it take?”

“It doesn’t take long. If you wish, we can come to your home and inform you of the results as soon as the judging is complete.”

Rachel flinched slightly at my suggestion, revealing her embarrassment.

“Hey, can’t I just come here?”

“Among the judging criteria, the applicant’s family is also included.”

“ah···.”

Her expression darkened immediately.

Are you going to react that seriously?

Anyway, using this as an excuse, it is necessary to check her sister’s condition properly. Looking at the crystal ball alone, it didn’t feel like I was hypnotized, but this was definitely an issue that had to be addressed.

Rachel hesitated for a moment before speaking out cautiously.

“Then maybe… Do you come to my house and tell me the results of the screening right away?”

“It is highly probable. You don’t have to be too burdened. It will only be at the level of checking that there are no problems.”

The results have already been decided for a long time, but since we can’t even tell them about it, it’s just frustrating. I wish I didn’t have to suffer too much.

First of all, there is nothing more to do here today.

“Thank you for applying for our Foundation Scholarship. Then see you next time.”

“···yes. Take good care of me.”

She seemed to have a lot of things she wanted to say more, but in the end she nodded her head and left the office tumbled, leaving only greetings.

***

“Ugh…. Did you fall too?”

Rachel sat on the sofa, biting her nails and dropping her legs.

Even though it has only been a day since he applied for the scholarship, he has a tired look on his face as if he has already been several decades old.

At first, I tried to think positively, but as time went on, only negative thoughts filled my head.

To be honest, there was a lot of room for a bad view.

The first thing that comes to mind is the very poor grades.

He was born with quite good magic control skills, so his practical skills are quite good.

However, because of his natural dislike of sitting and studying, he was close to the lowest level in theory.

In general, the importance of practical training increases as you get closer to graduates. Conversely, it meant that, as a junior in high school, theory was still more important than practice.

Of course, not only the grades, but also other trivial things were constantly being stepped on.

By that time, it was already at the level of putting a curse on himself that he was going to be ruined rather than an objective analysis.

But what to do?

Originally, negative thoughts are very difficult to stop once they start.

Rachel sighed and glanced at her older sister sitting next to her.

“sister. what are you doing?”

“knitting.”

Her older sister, Leah, was very focused on knitting and expressed her ambitions proudly.

“If you sell a bunch of these, you can make more money than working as a maid!”

“…you want to sell it?”

Rachel glanced at what was being made in her hands for a moment.

It was like a rainbow that swept away the dark clouds after a heavy rain and rose brightly with the bright sunlight illuminating it.

A very messy bundle of hairs that are colorful and not finished properly.

Whether it’s a scarf or a sweater, it’s hard to even tell the shape of it.

“Can I get a pound?”

“too bad!”

I’m not joking, even that seems really difficult.

It is a level where you have to pay money and sell it rather than exaggerating.

Seeing her sister like that brings out a sigh of relief. If you fail the scholarship judging, you might really have to run around the streets selling those wads of rainbow fur.

That was then.

smart.

Someone slowly knocks on the door of the house for a while.

There was practically only one visitor to their house now.

Rachel jumped up and cried out as naturally as she could after coughing.

“Ji, Ji, get out now!!”

Very unnatural answer. He even stuttered and even the pitch of his voice was off-putting.

Leah, who was next to her, showed a similar reaction by rolling her feet.

“Are you here now!? already!? It will come tomorrow or the day after tomorrow!”

“I didn’t know you would come so soon…! Ooh, I don’t know! Just open it!”

“Hey! Come on, wait! Should I change my clothes…?”

Rachel screamed loudly as usual as she kept talking wildly next to her.

“Oh little! It’s not like we’re seeing each other, so why do you care about clothes!”

“still···. You have to look good.”

“done. I don’t know! Just let it happen.”

A girl who walks towards the door, fully releasing the hot-blooded personality she has been putting up with.

However, as the distance from the front door got closer, I gradually lost confidence in my gait and was filled with only hesitation and trembling.

‘calm down. Rachel···!’

okay. When you open the door, you might just be a postman, right?

There’s really no place for a letter to come, but it could be that the academy sent a family letter. I’ve never received anything like this before, but I don’t know.

Rachel barely regained her composure and opened the door slightly to check the guests outside.

‘You’re really here!’

A middle-aged gentleman in a black suit was waiting at the door just as he had seen yesterday. Even through the gap in the gently opened door, our eyes met exactly.

A slight awkward silence followed, and Rachel barely spoke first.

“Ah, hello…”

“Excuse me for being late. Is it okay if I go inside and talk?”

“yes. Come on in.”

okay. Let’s just pretend we’re lucky

Wouldn’t it be nice to get a scholarship as soon as possible after passing the examination? It was a rather fortunate situation when I remembered that I had to even think about how to deal with dinner tomorrow.

Of course, there is a premise that you must pass the examination to some extent. And although I have to exclude that the strong ominous feeling that I’m about to fail in that review keeps coming through my mind.

Did you say Arsene Lupin?

Having introduced himself as a director of the foundation, he looked around the house meticulously.

It’s not a joke, it’s the most tense thing in my life.

“Let’s sit down and talk.”

“Ah yes. You can sit here.”

“thank you.”

Rachel, who led them to the living room sofa, realized one thing.

Her older sister, who had been sitting here just before, had suddenly disappeared.

Soon Leah appeared in the kitchen.

“Ah, ah, hello! Let’s talk while eating this…!”

She walks this way with a tray with refreshments on it.

But, perhaps because he was too nervous, his legs were shaking.

No, where do you see that being a skilled maid?

In the midst of growing anxiety about something unknown, an incident occurred in the end.

“Aww!!”

Leah, who stumbled on her feet because the steps were twisted, threw the tray over.

The problem was that the hot tea, which had been steaming up and down, landed on Lupin’s chest.

squash!

“·················ogue.”

A horribly heavy silence enveloped the house.

Rachel felt dizzy for a moment and her eyes darkened.

Is it too unreasonable to interpret it as the future that will soon come upon you?