Became the Academy Romantic Phantom Thief Prologue

Phantom Thief Raven

I will take the smile of the sun tomorrow night.

– Phantom Thief Raven

“under. Phantom Thieves will freeze to death.”

A mean looking bald middle-aged man. Rafano snorted and crumpled up the notice.

“Are you going to take the smile of the sun? If you can, do it!”

It took me a while to walk around the room confidently spitting out loud noises. He smiled low, stroking the steel safe.

“He’s been making a fuss these days, but this time he’s too young.”

Thoroughly prepared for today. He won’t be able to do cheeky stealing again after today.

Phantom Raven. He was a very bad thief who had recently gained notoriety. When introducing himself, he describes himself as a phantom thief, but Rapano had a different opinion.

He was just a bubbly kid who couldn’t meet a proper opponent yet. Because he won’t be treated lightly like other idiots.

Even Rapano admitted that the shoplifter was pretty good at magic. When he heard the rumors, he was notorious for saying that he was just like a new haunted ghost.

“That’s why I prepared this magic sensor.”

The moment any magical energy leaks out of this room, the sensor immediately sounds an alarm and the room is completely closed. The performance of this sensor cannot be questioned. Instead, the price was exorbitant, but in the end, if you can keep the smile of the sun, it is worth it.

‘Besides, it’s not a loss if you can eradicate that cheeky shopkeeper.’

He has already been antagonized by the wealthy and the powerful. It was a very natural fact that if he caught him here, he could gain a good reputation and trust among them.

However, the detection sensor only responds to magic power, and cannot prevent the use of magic. No matter how close the room was, if he showed him a small gap, he would have escaped again quickly.

“So your role is very important. Do you understand?”

“yes.”

“okay. If you don’t pay for what you hired, you’ll be in trouble.”

Rafano nodded, looking at the man standing silently in front of him.

A trump card prepared for today. It was the mage killer.

A mage killer who specializes in battles with wizards is the magician’s natural enemy.

The room is closed and the plan is to take advantage of the embarrassing moment and knock them down at once. It was a very simple yet sure method.

“Is all that’s left to do is wait for him to come?”

All preparations were made. If the guy pulls out his tail and runs away, that’s fine. If you did not follow the instructions in the notice, your reputation as a phantom thief will be destroyed in an instant.

“How are you? Are you ready to face him?”

“yes.”

At the sight of the man repeating only short answers to the end, Rapano clicked his tongue slightly.

“He’s a funny guy. Still, those guys are fine.”

The time has come for him to come. Or did he really run away?

Then there was the sound of an urgent sprint from the hallway outside, and then a knock on the door.

“Who are you?”

“Lord, Master! It’s a big deal!”

“What. Please explain what is going on!”

“It seems that the phantom thief has appeared in the backyard outside now!”

“You have finally appeared!”

Rafano did not tremble or nervous, but rather smiled leisurely.

“Come on and take a look outside. You must secure this room no matter what.”

“yes.”

Ultimately, the ultimate destination for the phantom thief is this room where the sun’s smile is kept. So, if you put a mage killer here, no matter how hard you try, there’s nothing you can do about it.

So Rafano left the room with the butler, and after a while.

The man who had been left alone in the room sighed and muttered.

“Whoa. It seems to have worked well on time.”

Soon after, the man grabbed his face with one hand, grabbed it and ripped it open. What fell off wasn’t real skin, but finely crafted makeup leather.

Taking off his makeup, he transformed from a reticent and serious man into a young boy.

Then, a blue light flashed from the ring on his hand, and a soft female voice could be heard.

[Did you memorize the password for the safe?]

“Sure. It’s not like I’m doing this once or twice.”

[This is the third time I remember.]

“…awesome. Anyway, I’ll finish it soon.”

A boy approaching the safe, skilfully overcoming his voice. When I entered the password of the safe that I had checked in advance, the door opened and a beautiful jewel showed off its presence.

“This is the smile of the sun. It sure is pretty.”

The moment I lifted the jewel with a small admiration.

Wheeing! Wheeing!

[An alarm sounds.]

“Ugh… My head hurts.”

rapano guy. I thought there were a lot of gaps, but there was only one thing I could believe in.

As the guy boasted earlier, the alarm sounded and the room was completely closed. The iron bars came down from the door as well as all the windows, and the situation was firmly closed.

[What do you plan to do?]

The voice of a woman who asked calmly as if it was not her job. The boy pondered on the spot for a moment.

“Oh, I have a good idea.”

[Oh. Don’t wait and watch.]

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Meanwhile, Rafano, who went to the backyard, couldn’t contain his anger and trained the butler.

“What is this!? I heard there was a thief, so I came and found nothing!”

“Ah, it was there until a while ago! All the other servants were watching too!”

“hey. you! How did this happen!? If you’re still here, explain it properly!”

The servants are terrified at the sight of their master, whose faces are flushed red. From there, a brave maid came out and explained the situation hesitantly.

“that is···. Obviously, the phantom thief who had been shouting out loud in the backyard until recently suddenly burst like a balloon as time passed.”

“Are you telling me to believe it now?”

“It must be the magic of a phantom thief!”

“Right! The magic is clear!”

Hearing the earnest stories of the servants, Rapano barely calmed his anger and thought rationally.

If that’s true, it’s definitely magic. It’s impossible for a person to pop like a balloon.

It’s a magic sensor, so I put it in the back room on the 3rd floor, so it wouldn’t be strange if it didn’t reach the backyard.

‘But why?’

Why would you use this magic in your backyard?

Even while wasting important mana?

“It’s used to divert attention.”

Then I heard a girl’s voice from behind.

When Rafano turned his head in surprise, there was a beautiful girl with green eyes and blonde hair that suddenly broke into the scene.

The unfamiliar face he sees for the first time and his appearance are also invisible to the person involved in this mansion.

“Who are you? How did you get here!”

“Isn’t there something more important than that now?”

“What···?”

“Simply put, the magic of this backyard is operation smoke. To get your attention.”

A smoke screen to attract attention? That means…

As Rafano was about to come to a conclusion, an alarm sounded throughout the mansion, turning his doubts into convictions.

“This little thief…!”

He hurriedly went up to the third floor again with all his might. Again, the door was tightly closed with iron bars. In this state, only the owner of the mansion could open it.

“hey! What happened!? Did you catch a thief?!”

Rapano yells at the whale whale at the mage killer who is inside. However, there was no answer from within, perhaps because the sound did not reach through the iron bars.

There was impatience, but if the door was opened prematurely, it was like creating an escape route for the phantom thief to escape. He immediately shouted into the emergency radio.

“Everyone, come up to the 3rd floor right now!!”

Not only the servants scattered around the mansion, but also the bodyguards they hired. Everyone gathered in front of the door on the third floor right away at the torch of Rafano.

After having enough power to catch the phantom thief even in an emergency, Rapano carefully opened the door.

And the view of the room unfolded.

“hey! What happened! wake up!!”

There is only one mage killer lying in the room. The safe was already open, and the inside was empty.

A strong alarm rang in my mind. An ominous intuition engulfs me strongly.

When people shake their shoulders while checking the condition, the mage killer wakes up with difficulty.

He cried out in a mournful voice with a cracked voice.

“ね・・・! I missed it…”

“Nonsense! The room was completely closed, how did I miss it!!”

“Use magic to teleport out of the window…”

Rapano’s anger soared to the tip of his head, and he stomped on the mage killer who was controlling his body.

“You pathetic bastard! How much money did I give you, but I can’t catch it and miss it!?”

“But we were almost all caught up. He was also fatally wounded, so he wouldn’t have been able to run away.”

“ね! Now that’s an excuse!”

“If you want to catch it, you have to chase it right now.”

Finally persuaded by his confident tone, Rafano shouted to the bodyguards.

“Catch him now! No, I will follow you!!”

Guards rushing out of the mansion to catch the phantom thief who must have fled.

The moment when Rapano was also trying to follow them, even if it was slow.

The girl I saw earlier suddenly appeared from behind again and spoke to me.

“How is it?”

“He escaped with magic!!”

“yes? Did you use that magic in the backyard and use it again right away?”

Something is strange.

The girl who murmured like that, grabbed Rapano as if inquiring and asked tenaciously.

“Isn’t there anything strange about it?”

“Now this situation is full of strange things! Does it make sense that a mage killer can’t even catch a wizard!”

“Mage Killer…? Where is he now?”

“I’m falling on the floor!”

“Are you sure you left him alone?”

Rapano frowned and pointed at the tone that seemed to even rebuke him now.

“So what are you doing from a while ago…”

“That mage killer could be the culprit!”

“···What?”

But it was already too late.

Full moon floating in the sky. The phantom thief looking down from the roof with his back on it announced the finale of the performance.

“There, girl. You have a lot of reasoning.”

“you···! Phantom Thief Raven!!”

“this. Won’t you go backwards with a belly-blooded spirit?”

A phantom thief and a girl facing each other in the dark.

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Monocle on a black silk hat. Black suit and fluttering cloak. And even the wand in his hand.

Phantom Thief Raven’s blue eyes fluttered brightly.

“As predicted, I will take the sun’s smile.”

“Stand there! You damn bastard!!”

Ignoring Rafano’s quack, Raven said looking at the girl.

“And there, girl.”

“···Say it.”

“Let’s meet again next time. On a bright day when we can recognize each other.”

A small addition to the back words mixed with a playful growl of laughter.

“It’s too dark right now, so I can’t see a pretty face.”

“okay. see ya. Then I will definitely catch you.”

“That is pretty scary. I will be looking forward to it.”

then come on

The phantom thief disappeared with the sound of flapping wings.

A soft black feather fell in front of the girl who had been staring at the roof where he had disappeared for a while.

The girl who snatched the feather murmured softly.

“I’ll definitely catch you.”

certainly.