Chapter 39 – 14. Theft (2)
1:00 AM, Academy Security Department.
“The stolen goods are brown bags, thin rods, each white, black, and red, and a soft white bundle. Right?”
“Yes that’s right.”
A pencil case, mechanical pencils and pens, and an eraser are described in that way.
Hye-hye and I visited the academy’s security department and informed the worker of a new theft case. He wrote down the words of wisdom with familiar movements and inserted them into a binder in the corner of the desk. There were piles of documents of the same style.
“It’s a writing instrument from another world… The culprit must have coveted its rarity, right? It may be a common item in your world, but it’s literally rare here.”
The feeling is strange. The fact that the total does not exceed 10,000 won is considered a treasure here, and his remark about calling the earth a different world is awkward.
I looked at the senior’s dark circles and asked a question.
“Has pickpocketing increased that much lately?”
“Ow, don’t say it. Normally, the number of cases increases when school starts, but this time it’s really ridiculous. Last year it was two or three cases a week, but these days there are more than ten cases a day.”
“Wow… You’ve worked hard.”
“Damn it, why did I quit my club and come here?”
He shook his head to and fro and looked at Wisdom.
“Junior, now we’re going to look at the monitoring tools installed in the academy one by one, and if we find anything suspicious or secret magic, we’ll track it down. But I’m sorry to say this, but it’s better not to have high expectations. So far, dozens of dispatches have been made. But the tail is not caught, let alone seen.”
“I see… Thank you for just confirming once…”
Ji-hye’s expression becomes depressed at the senior’s assertion. I slowly stroked her sullen hair and reminisced about the past.
She knocked on my door without warning about four hours before the group dinner had just ended. She then said she had lost her pencil case, which she apparently had in her bag, but she asked if she could go to her club room right away just in case.
I admired her wisdom in not forgetting her schedule and her report even in such an embarrassing situation, so I followed her to help her.
We quickly arrived at the sorcery club by carriage and were soon able to meet the manager there.
Was his name definitely ‘Jamie Cursreal’?
“Oh, you mean that pencil case?
I looked all over the club room, but I couldn’t find a pencil case.
The senior was as tall as a distant man and had a skinny body like an anchovy, which made him look unattractive. In addition, her pale skin and slightly sunken cheeks gave off an eerie feeling.
He seems like a guy who doesn’t eat and does research in a gloomy place.
I didn’t like his eyeballs. The gaze of a man looking at wisdom. You can tell because he’s the same guy. It was clearly an eye that coveted wisdom.
“Hing…”
“It’s okay, it’s okay. You’ll find it soon.”
“”······!!””
As I gently held her in my arms, the expressions on the two of her faces changed dramatically.
Of course, the direction was the exact opposite. The depression on Ji-hye’s face disappeared without even knowing a mouse or a bird, leaving only a shy blush, while Jamie’s face quickly rotted.
Isn’t that too obvious? Are you not managing your facial expressions correctly? Who dares to fall for a woman?
With a big smile on my face, I wrapped my arms around Ji-hye’s shoulders and led her out of the room.
Jamie Kurreal. I need to investigate what this guy is doing. Soniel.
Afterwards, we retrace the path she walked from the club to her dormitory, looking for a pencil case on the floor.
We both knew that the odds of finding a lost item this way were close to zero. I couldn’t even see the ground properly because of the darkening sky.
However, I thought it wouldn’t be bad to take this opportunity to take a night walk with Ji-hye after a long time.
Looking to her side, she was looking around intently among her bushes with her eyes wide open.
Are you so sorry you lost your pencil case?
Now I can’t get it again It is also one of the few traces of the Earth. But I honestly don’t feel that a pencil case is that valuable.
‘Is there even a picture of my ID in it?’
This is a possibility
I unexpectedly grabbed Wisdom’s small hand, which was swaying carelessly in the air.
“Hyap!”
“Sigh, what is that sound?”
“Ugh…”
A street at night with no one around.
The only thing that illuminates the dark street is the scattered street lamps and the cold, soft moonlight.
Coming out of the quiet darkness, only Wisdom’s footsteps and breathing can be heard, and her warmth is conveyed through her clasped palms.
Even without exchanging glances or talking, you can feel that each other is focusing on each other.
I feel like I’m going to fall into the illusion that only the two of us exist in the whole world.
Shall we kiss?
Such romantic surroundings are rare.
It will be the best first kiss for Ji-hye, who has only looked at me for the past few years.
At first, it starts with a fresh kiss, then slowly slides your tongue in and gently caresses the inside of her mouth, and she will soon forget all her thoughts and leave it all to me.
Sadness and melancholy turn into joy, pleasure, and love,
Unaware of time passing, standing still in one place and immersed in each other,
It must be an ecstatic experience.
I suppressed the desire welling up in my heart.
Shaked. It was very dangerous. I almost pulled Jihyo’s arm and hugged her.
If the woman next to her had been Hye-rin, and if Hye-rin had fallen for me like Ji-hye and was sure that she would accept anything I did, she might have been mesmerized by her beauty, body, scent, and atmosphere.
Not now.
Because I want subordination rather than pure love, and the ant hell I can’t escape from rather than a beautiful castle.
If I go ahead and kiss her right now, I shouldn’t because I might give her the wrong proposition that we are equals.
“Since you’re depressed, I’m in a bad mood too. What can I do to make our Ji-hye feel better?”
“······Hair.”
“Yes?”
“If you give me Jihoo’s hair, it might make you feel better…”
“·······.”
Just like the day before the exam, I really like my hair…
In the end, I ended up at the level of comforting Ji-hye, who only looked at the floor as if embarrassed, with words and hair.
After we arrived at the dormitory, we went straight to the police department. I knew it was open 24 hours a day, but seeing the building with the lights on even though the date had changed made me feel sympathetic.
We didn’t get much income there either, so we went back to the dormitory. After taking her to her room, I returned to my room and looked at the hidden camera installed in her room just in case.
Soon I couldn’t help but be amazed.
Wisdom’s room is empty due to a group dinner.
There was a moving object in a place where there should be only silence and stillness,
It was shaped like a white bird folded in paper, crawled out through the opening of the bag with a brown pencil case in its mouth, walked to the window, opened the window on its own, and flew into the sky.
“·······.”
What is that
More things to investigate.
* * *
I figured out the trick of her pencil case thief, but she didn’t tell her, because her wisdom should not know the existence of her hidden camera.
It really moved like a living bird. To the extent that it is indistinguishable from the real thing by just looking at the shadows. However, its white, thin, angular appearance indicated that it was not a creature.
If there is no life, it must be an artifact. From stealing things, it must be the criminal tool of some malicious person.
It must be a product of magic I don’t know about yet.
After waking up after not sleeping for a while, after school when all classes are over.
I visited my club room to reveal its identity as much as possible.
Magic club.
This entire room is a huge library. The bookshelves that filled the room were densely packed with books on magic. Members hold the tables installed in the corners or between the bookshelves one by one, read and study quietly.
I heard that the Wisdom Witchcraft Club gives homework to newcomers to study basic witchcraft materials. Everything is left up to you here. There are no assignments or curriculum. You can freely choose the field you want to explore and study whenever you want.
I like this free system. It’s nice to be able to learn the magic I want to acquire to my heart’s content. The downside is that there is little exchange between members, but you can build a network through questions or study whenever you want.
“Isn’t that this? Food God, the representative sorcery of puppetry. The cover of the book looks like the ‘paper bird’ you are talking about?”
“Oh that’s right. Thanks, hey.”
When I received the thick book from Esna and thanked her, she put on a triumphant expression.
She, with gray hair, is a freshman who at the beginning of her semester was bitterly told by her attributeist professor to build her connections and not think about being strong.
Because she is the daughter of her subject, I met her by chance at a magic study club, living in the same commoner dormitory. Esna is passionate about magic. Ever since she was a child, she has been obsessed with studying magic, she says.
Gods are so indifferent to not giving attributes to such a child.
Esna is the exact opposite of me. I’m lacking in theory, but my attributes and magic attribute are excellent. On the other hand, she has solid knowledge, but her magical skills are poor.
Nevertheless, seeing that he joined this club, it seems that he has resolved to ignore the professor’s advice. Even so, you can see the attitude of putting importance on personal connections by talking to me first and trying to be friendly with me.
I often come to the aid of her erudite and keep a reasonable distance from her.
“Ahem. Don’t forget this favor!”
I started going back to her dormitory after borrowing the books Esna had found.
For now, the hypothesis that it is a shikigami capable of remote control is the most powerful.
It is said that food souls are convenient tools that become the eyes, ears, and hands of shamans.
It’s witchcraft
So, did someone in the shaman club play tricks on Ji-hye?
In that club, I only know Jamie, the manager, other than wisdom. He did look grim enough to do this.
Then why did you steal the pencil case? Because it’s a thing of wisdom? Or really just for its rarity and monetary value?
Of course, the general manager should not be concluded as the culprit without further investigation. The culprit could be a member I don’t know, or a shaman unrelated to the club.
Anyway, it’s witchcraft. In another world, witchcraft is a type of magic.
Can I learn witchcraft too?
So far, I have succeeded in learning all kinds of basic magic, such as fire, water, and light. This is thanks to the talent of my attribute. If that’s the case, it seems that witchcraft is also possible.
“·······!!!!”
I quickly turned around and stretched out my arms to hold the air.
There should be nothing there, but I caught something thin and transparent in my hand.
It was cold. My underwear was damp with a cold sweat. It was the first time since the summons that I had been so embarrassed and surprised.
Unexpected moments always come unexpectedly.
While walking in an alley with few people in the evening, a moment.
Heartbeat-
The moment my heartbeat started to pulsate wildly as my attributes, which were usually calm like a lake, were stirred without warning.
I reflexively reviewed my condition, and as soon as I realized the wallet was missing from my trouser pocket, I threw my arm in the direction the attribute indicated.
Nervous.
‘What can I do? Should I let go and run away now?’
I instinctively caught him, but now that I think about it, this pickpocket is suspected of being a idioty archmage.
Can we fight like this? Can I beat the archmage if I fight?
Can I run away in the first place?
Suppressing the confusion in my head that was spinning faster than ever, I hastily gathered elemental mana in both my eyes and the other hand so that I could counterattack at any time.
“Uh… Did you get caught?”
His beautiful voice filled with laughter made his hands almost loosen up for a moment.
The empty space where there is nothing gradually becomes opaque. The front space gradually began to be colored white and sky blue.
It seems that what I’m holding right now is this guy, no, this bitch’s arm.
The contours are gradually revealed. Slender arms, light blue hair, eyes like the sky in the clouds, the only red lips, fair skin, breasts like a volleyball, pink nipples…?!
“!!!!”
Holy crap, this bitch is naked!
How many times have you been surprised today?
I recognized it from the time when the archmage used to pickpocket unnecessarily. As expected, there is no way that the mind is stuck straight. Kleptomaniac and exhibitionist walls? It seems that she is fairly confident in her invisibility magic.
A woman grinning at me frozen in shock.
As for the exterior, it is extremely beautiful. It’s comparable to Hyerin. Even when she hears the absurd statement that Lee Ja is the incarnation of the goddess, she nods her head and has a female body at the level of a horse.
“I found it♡”
She hugged me
I yanked her by the arm that was gripped by me, and her posture collapsed, so I had no choice but to allow her to approach.
Her body trembled at the strange sensation of her chest being crushed.
Haljjak-
She pulled her tongue out of her mouth and took one long lick, starting at her collarbone, down her neck, and up to her chin.
“See you later?”
Immediately after, her body ‘melted’.
Just as soft ice cream melts in the hot sun, her body collapsed on the ground in the form of liquid and disappeared without a trace as if it had soaked into the ground.
“·······.”
The alley where I was left alone again.
In the place where she disappeared, along with her wallet, some thin, flat, sky-blue stones were shining brightly, reflecting the light of the street lamp in all directions around her.
