Funinna, please let me steal your heart!

But if everyone keeps their eyes open, evil will have nowhere to hide, and tragedy will only exist on the stage...

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Chiori puts down today's Steam Bird newspaper.

"It's quite normal for the gods of this country to discuss art, even though they're usually incredibly exaggerated," she murmured.

Squeak, squeak. The sounds continued from the side.

Chiori ignored it and continued looking at the newspaper illustrations. There, prominently displayed, were photos of the theater troupe, with Luna standing in the center.

She gently stroked the illustration and poured out her heart.

"It's so ugly."

She actually went to see the performance and thought Luna's performance was wonderful.

But Luna's costume was truly appalling.

"Everyone thinks it's alright."

Chiori bluntly said, "That's because they didn't see the details. The designer who designed your costume should be dragged out and thrown into the sea to calm down and reflect on life. Maybe he'll become more effective."

She tossed the newspaper aside to avoid getting it in her eyes.

"You're so beautiful, yet you're dressed like this. It's like a beautiful flower stuck in mud," Chiori said without changing her expression.

"Wow, that's really ruthless. But I'm not very comfortable wearing it either. I feel like the fabric is of poor quality. But it was originally meant for the former lead actor. The troupe didn't have the money to have you make another one."

Chiori scoffed, "You're just too lazy, aren't you? I can accept credit, but I can't accept beautiful people wearing ugly clothes."

They kept praising Luna as beautiful, making her a little embarrassed.

But she continued rocking the chair as if nothing had happened.

Chiori seemed to think that there was no point in continuing to criticize the poor quality of the costumes, so she turned around and looked at the bored Luna.

She put her hands on her hips and asked, "Then why is that popular actress in Fontainebleau staying in my shop all the time and never leaving the house?"

15: Is there anything wrong with a phantom thief becoming a detective?

Faced with Chiori's undisguised question, Luna responded with a refreshing smile.

"I missed you, so I came to find you."

Chiori touched her arm: "I'm getting goosebumps, is that the truth?"

"My home is blocked."

A bunch of reporters were blocking my door early in the morning, so I couldn't possibly stay home in peace.

It would be better to sneak out and lay low at the Senori-ya.

After all, everyone in Fontaine knows the rules of the Chiori-ya shop—troublemakers will be thrown out of the window.

According to Chiori herself, even if a god came and caused trouble in her house, he would be kicked out the door.

Chiori sighed: "So they came to my shop. What if those reporters smelled it and came to block my door?"

"You'll handle it."

"You always dump trouble on me."

Despite saying that, Chiori didn't seem to have any intention of throwing her out.

"Would you like to go out for a meal tonight? As a celebration," Chiori invited.

Luna laughed and said, "That's great, you're treating?"

"Of course you're paying. It's not me who's going to rise to prominence."

"mean."

"It's because you're not magnanimous enough."

As she spoke, Chiori picked up her pen and began to bury herself in the design again.

"How does it feel to be on stage?" she asked casually.

"Fortunately."

Chiori glanced at her, slightly surprised: "'It's alright'... It seems you're not very enthusiastic about acting. You got bored after a burst of enthusiasm?"

"It's just that I don't feel anything."

The reason I wanted to become a musical actor was simply because popularity would allow me to infiltrate high society and learn more about the treasures.

In other words, acting is a job, but being a phantom thief is life.

Since it's work, she'll do it conscientiously and perfectly, that's all.

Of course, she did enjoy having all eyes on her. She never imagined she'd have this side to her before.

Perhaps he awakened something when he became a phantom thief. It's a pity he didn't awaken his Persona.

Chiori withdrew her gaze and replied calmly, "I see."

"How's the theater troupe?" she asked again.

“Just ordinary.”

"Doesn't the troupe have a celebration party? You are, after all, a hero who turned the tide."

"Yes, there was... but it ended badly."

That night, after the performance, everyone in the troupe went to a famous restaurant for a celebration party.

At first, the atmosphere was quite lively, but then the playwright, Miss Judith, said something:

"Has everyone just forgotten about Mary like this?"

Then it became incredibly stiff.

Luna had no intention of easing the tension; she couldn't be bothered with the internal strife within the troupe. The gathering ended unhappily, with only a satisfied Luna returning home in high spirits.

Chiori nodded gently after listening.

"Being able to eat your fill is the most important thing."

"Right? Although I can understand that person's thinking." Luna stretched.

Serial disappearance of young girls.

This is a case that is still ongoing. The perpetrator, motive, method, and whereabouts are unknown, but these girls have been missing for a long time and are probably all dead.

If former lead actress Mary Bestina was also among them...

Luna asked thoughtfully, "Chiori, what do you think is the truth behind the series of missing girls cases?"

"Does an actor want to become a detective after this experience? If you ask me that, I can only answer that I don't know."

Excellent answer: I don’t know.

"I'm just asking for your guess."

Chiori muttered "guess?", then rested her chin on her hand and pondered for a while.

"Human experimentation."

"Kidney?" Luna asked.

Chiori said casually, "Human trafficking is often associated with these things, isn't it?"

"Maybe they just want to hear her sing."

"Isn't that still disgusting pervert?"

Chiori pulled out a drawer and handed a piece of paper to Luna.

Luna leaned forward, took the paper, and saw that it contained the address of a certain household.

"This is?"

Chiori didn't even turn her head, and said calmly, "I sensed you'd like to be a detective, so I took note of the former lead actor's address."

"Do I look like I care that much?" Luna touched her face.

“Just average. It’s just that you’ve always been this way since I met you… Why don’t you quit your job and join the security force? You should be able to shine there.”

The Phantom Thief Joins the Security Guard?

Isn't that the same as a weirdo becoming a magical girl, or a madman becoming a referee in a revival tournament?

It's...quite interesting?

But Luna thought about it and gave up the idea. Going to the security team meant she might run into the captain of the special patrol team, and spending too much time with Xia Wore might lead to her being found out.

"No, I'm not suitable."

Luna put the note in her pocket and smiled, "But thank you for taking the time to look for this kind of thing for me."

Chiori's expression remained unchanged, and her tone remained indifferent.

"If you know, you should let me customize your costumes for the next performance. They're just too awful to look at."

The next second, a confident smile appeared on her face: "But leave it to me, I will make your performance even more beautiful and moving."

"Okay, but as for the cost of customization..."

"You can pay on credit."

Luna pointed to her cheek: "Can I use a kiss from a currently popular actor instead?"

Chiori stopped writing and looked at Luna expressionlessly.

"What do you think?"

"I think it's okay."

"If you dare do that, I'll throw you out at the entrance of Steambird Newspaper."

It doesn't seem like a bad deal? — But if she said that, Chiori would definitely throw her out the door, so Luna remained silent and instead looked at the address on the note.