Chapter 339 – The Phantom Thief? Detective! (5)
‘Where… Then, how did this happen?’
I handed the contents of the stolen letter to Fran as well, and shook his head. It’s been a long time since my brain is rolling, so my hair is warm.
Possibility that Lady Hennesses came into contact with the phantom thieves?
‘It’s not 0%. But it’s kind of common sense, isn’t it?’
It was not like him to contact the criminal under his real name.
First of all, she is an aristocrat, and has as many restrictions as her powers.
In addition, the target of the letter is ‘Audrey Heswald’. Lay down
“Who is Audrey?”
“It’s me…〉
It’s the older sister’s thief
For reference, the way I tell them apart is that the map is not red. It is easy to distinguish because the markings are engraved in the right place to see.
〈… Kae, Catherine.〉
The sister’s name did not come up in the contents overheard earlier.
It’s because sisters don’t call anyone younger brother.
I gathered my thoughts while eating beef jerky with the eagle.
And he let go of the eagle and said,
〈This magic item. Did your sister make it?〉
The older sister, the thief, hesitated and nodded her head.
“Oh, how did you know?”
According to the common sense of wild science that I acquired on the 21st century Earth, human appearance is almost entirely determined by innate genes.
Is that why? The two twins look alike. The only difference between the two is the part that is formed as a lifestyle, as I pointed out.
And, because they looked exactly alike, the differences were all the more noticeable.
‘You work frowning at a table in a dark room, don’t you? The calluses on the fingers must be from the carving knife. It’s not to the extent of a turtle neck, but my shoulders are quite tight. Sometimes, ask your sister to give you a massage.〉
─Nod.
As if diagnosing an animal, Audrey nodded when I gave her a few words.
I sat down in front of them and said.
‘I figured it out after roughly matching this letter with the other clues. Is your status in the sun, like an information dealer and detective?〉
Considering that the well-trained Jeon Seo-gu and Lady Hennesses sent the letter, I couldn’t think of anything else.
‘I used my hair a bit. As an information merchant, he must have gathered information about the city and set a target based on that information. Not to mention finding out the date of execution and the level of escort, I wouldn’t have been suspicious even if I went around looking for business tools.〉
Information merchant and detective.
He is a detective because he likes to talk, but in reality he is a lucky adventurer.
It means that you are not suspicious even if you make or buy magic items. If I were to say that it is a tool that I use when working like the detective Ajae I met last time, even if it were me, I would say that.
I threw and received the carving knife I took from the table.
‘No. My employer, in a letter, nominated only one named ‘Audrey Heswald’. Officially, there is only ‘you’ in the office in Lenapolis.>
She thrust her index finger at Audrey, her older sister. She trembled as if she had been stabbed by a knife.
Yes it is If the other person is a twin, isn’t it rude to mention only one?
Lady Hennessis wouldn’t commit such an rude thing. Just looking at the article, it’s so polite.
─Fuck! The carving knife I threw stuck between the kneeling twins.
“You are twins, but you are not twins. To be precise, no one knows that ‘Audrey Heswald’, an information dealer working in Lenapolis, has a twin sister.”
〈… Hiccup.〉
Her sister, Catherine, had hiccups. I received the broken parts from Fran.
〈My sister makes tools here and in other hiding places, while her brother works as an information dealer and searches for targets. If you do that, no one will think that the information merchant ‘Audrey Heswald’ is the ‘twin’ thief.〉
While saying that, I looked up and saw that the day was getting brighter.
It’s time for the caravan to depart. I have to finish my work quickly and write it.
Minor differences can be faked with makeup or clothes. I smiled.
The twin phantom thieves who robbed an aristocratic mansion early that morning?
Who would believe such a rumor? I wouldn’t even doubt it.
Oh, of course, it’s possible that someone came up with it.
Some might have doubted, ‘If the twin phantom thieves took turns working, wouldn’t it be possible to have a double status?’
‘But that sounds like bullshit on the same level as me suspecting Fran might have a twin sister?’
You can pull out a conspiracy theory by roughly matching the front and back.
But I’m not going to dig into that speculation seriously. Even if you think about it for a moment, it’s bullshit with a slim chance.
─Fran has her twin, Frederica Eight Linens, so she has been taking turns sometimes without my knowledge and posing as a single ‘Francesca’!
It might sound similar to that to others, but if there’s a guy who’s serious about bullshit like that, that’s crazy.
Wouldn’t my wives drag me to the temple on the day I said something like that? And I was going to complain that my husband’s brain seemed to be stuck.
〈… So that half-elf must have been looking for Audrey?”
When Fran asked that question, I nodded.
〈They sold the items with the tracking magic on them to figure out their location, and they came to catch the opportunity. But when I came here, the information dealer was the famous phantom thief sister? Then why did that guy like to double the pay?〉
It’s an intermission quiz show. Fran thought while supporting Big-Zizzi with his arms crossed, then answered right away.
Besides, what the fuck? Is that way of kidnapping?
How come you’re familiar with what you’re doing? Frank must have noticed that too, and frowned at her.
That’s right.
With a probability of almost 99%, it must have been the aristocratic family that kidnapped the pup Tyrsi, who had hired that magic pump.
It’s just heartbreak, but it was a fool not to doubt when this much was gathered. I sighed and told the twins.
“Audrey Heswald. Catherine Heswald.〉
Twins who answer stupidly.
It is the face that seems seriously distraught, as if talking without knowing what the other people are replying to.
While I was thinking about something else, did Fran insert a confessional? Why are the kids so crazy?
I twisted my head and said it as it was because I thought it wouldn’t matter.
‘My name is Nord. I was born in Kitai, but my current status is Britannia.〉
They were still giving stupid answers.
─Suck. I squatted down and took off their eye masks.
Of course, they didn’t react very well, but they didn’t avoid them either, probably because they thought it was meaningless to hide their faces while revealing their real names and weaknesses.
Throwing away the stolen mask, I smiled kindly.
〈… Hehe.〉
Phantom Thieves Gwen & Stacey—I mean, Sister Heswald’s complexion changed like that of a corpse at my words.
It was the moment when the relationship between us was clearly established.
‘I don’t hate threatening bad guys, but even by my standards, you guys seem to have kept the bare minimum? After all, the intention was not to kill someone and steal the corpse’s wallet.〉
─Flutter.
I said that while waving Lady Hennessis’ letter.
And well, in fact, what would I do if I said it was out of my eyes?
Cry out for equality between men and women and throw it away and end it? So, there’s nothing left to get but the jewels that have been smashed under the bedrock over there? Did you go through all this trouble just to get the jewel powder?
Of course, I copied their escape techniques, but I have to pick out the ones that came this far. Do you want to go to a restaurant and just eat soup and bread because you overturned the steak?
Anyway, even under the laws of Romania, an advanced country in the world, the maximum penalty for stealing is slavery. Even if he stole a noble’s goods.
‘Still, it must be more expensive than me during my slavery days, right? My stomach hurts.’
Anyway, it is a world where slaves cannot be treated like humanoid golems without human rights like other fantasy novels.
Even if these guys were arrested, they would have been hit and run for a few years as state-certified slaves.
‘But that’s when these guys are handed over to state agencies.’
Even in the 21st century, isn’t it often the case that the victim kills the perpetrator with a small sentence?
The law is far and the fist is near.
In another world, it’s not enough to be close, so it’s even fast. Even Muhammad Ali in his prime would not be faster than this.
Sister Heswald compared the letter I showed her to the half-elf and swallowed.
It’s not as good as our wives, but these are beautiful sisters who are smooth.
If you get caught by a tyrannical aristocrat… Well? It’s not something I want to imagine, but atone for your sins with your body. Wouldn’t it be the same thing?
If the kidnapper shows the spirit of ‘good things should be shared’, it will be quicker to repeat that he is dead. Dereren~! Loyalty of soldiers increased by 10!
And perhaps, after experiencing such a terrible thing, even if you write it as a nonsense, you will end up with a disastrous ending.
Two snuff films that cannot be screened in one morning. Even Satan will come to learn a lesson?
From my point of view, even if I ran away now, in a few weeks, the phantom thieves would have gone out of business and become fertilizer for my garden. You can bet I can bet on the smoked ham for Veronica tomorrow morning.
After letting the twins realize such a vision of the future, I kindly asked them a question.
“You don’t want to get caught by those guys, do you?”
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─Bung-Bung-Bung-Bung!!
Two twins shaking their heads back and forth like spring puppets on the dashboard of a car.
Certainly physical therapy works quickly. It would have been faster if we had launched Kaiser Phoenix from the beginning instead of letters or memorandums.
I smiled happily and put the letter in their hands.
“Then, you guys, let’s work together.”
What. Judging from what you’re saying, it looks like you’ve already robbed that house.
Where once is difficult, twice is difficult?
