Funinna, please let me steal your heart!

Aren't you going to say anything?

"........"

Lynette folded her cat ears back and asked in a low voice, "Why...why aren't you saying anything?"

"Luna, come back. We still have your room..." Fimini urged.

Luna turned around, leaped into the night sky, and disappeared into the boundless darkness. She didn't utter a single word throughout.

Lynette's cat ears drooped again, and she lowered her head in silence.

Fimini also lowered his head.

Linni looked at the notebook in her hand and sighed softly, "Since you still care about home and 'Father,' why not at least say 'long time no see'?"

61: No one knows a daughter better than her father (3rd update)

“Father, here is the information you requested.”

Inside the Boufati Mansion.

Arecino, who was deep in thought with her eyes closed, slowly opened them.

Linnie, Lynette, and Fimini have returned and are standing in front of the table.

She looked at the notebook on the table and reached out to pick it up.

"Luna asked us to bring this to you."

Arecino paused, but her expression remained unchanged.

"Really? You've worked hard." She responded softly, as if she had received an answer that she could accept.

No, it should be said that it was an answer that satisfied her.

Lynette couldn't help but ask, "Did 'Father' already know that Luna was the Phantom Thief?"

"Correct."

"Aren't you going to tell us first?"

Arecino raised her eyes: "I won't say it, because you will all realize sooner or later that you, who have lived with her and fought alongside her for so long, know her better than anyone else."

Fimini said with her head down, “We tried to talk to her, but she didn’t say a word. She just handed this over to us.”

Arecino didn't respond, but instead opened her notebook, her eyes scanning line after line of text.

"Doesn't she really want to go home again?" Fimini asked, almost to herself.

“No, she’s still worried about her family. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have given us this information,” Linni said.

Such a confident tone made Fimini's expression soften slightly.

Luna is their companion and family.

No matter when.

Linnie, Lynette, Fimisini, and Luna—the four of them once bumped fists and made a lifelong promise.

However, a lifelong promise is too heavy a burden, and it instantly shatters when cracks appear.

Lynette seemed to want to say something, but ultimately remained silent.

"Luna made her own choice."

Arecino stood up and walked to the window.

“The hearth house does not tolerate any form of betrayal, and I am so glad that her heart is still with her family.”

In this way, Luna was spared from "death".

To see where a person's heart lies, you only need to observe their actions and choices.

She was glad that Luna's heart was still in the fireplace house.

But whether she will come back is another matter.

Children far from home yearn for their families but are unwilling to return—this seems to be a common occurrence. Arecino understands this.

“But she became a phantom thief…” Fimini asked, puzzled.

Why? For what purpose?

Arecino said softly, "Only she knows the answer to that question, but I know why she left."

"Eh? 'Father,' you say you know... then why is she here...?"

"Because she realized her own weakness."

Weak?

The most outstanding child among them actually felt weak?

“But she’s clearly the best.” Linni was puzzled.

In terms of ability alone, she far surpasses the other children and has absolutely nothing to do with being weak.

Arecino was silent for a moment.

"If you can't understand why the other person is acting the way they do, it means you don't understand them enough. The same applies to Luna."

...............................

【Action Success】

Security Level: High

[Treasure Rarity Level: A]

[Action's visibility: Widely known]

[Glamour Level: Heart-fluttering]

【结算点数：300（A级宝物）x3（警备强度）x4（行动知名度）X2（华丽度）=7200】

Back home, Luna removed her mask and let out a deep breath.

In the end, we still ran into Lynette and her group.

Why don't you speak?

Luna murmured, "That's because I can't speak, of course."

At that time, the person standing in front of them, the person in their eyes, was not the star Luna, nor the phantom thief White Cat.

Instead, she was one of the children of the fireplace house who had been family and friends.

But she was no longer the person they remembered.

She was the one who chose to leave the fireplace house, and she was also the one who chose not to meet with them.

What can be said now?

Since "Father"... if she can still address him that way... if "Father" needs this information, then she will take action.

Although she was no longer a member of the House of Hearths, everything Arecino had given her remained in her heart, an irreplaceable and precious memory.

So she chose to hand the evidence over to Arecino.

"Don't worry, my captain."

Justice will prevail.

It's just that it appeared in a rather unseemly way.

Luna lay back down on the bed, lost in thought. Despite having a considerable number of points, she felt completely exhausted.

This is probably due to burning too much passion.

"what......"

I'm doomed. I don't want to move at all.

If Chiori were here, she could use her charm and whining to get away with it.

In this way, there will be no worry about who will take care of this lazybones.

Taking a shower is such a hassle, brushing my teeth is such a hassle, can someone please carry me to bed quickly... Luna continued to exude a decaying aura, and finally she decided to muster her last bit of strength to barely get up.

Then he crawled into bed.

Go to sleep.

Meanwhile, inside the Alkien mansion.

"Honestly, these guys from the Enforcement Court are more trouble than they're worth. They've turned my house into this mess, and they still can't even catch a phantom thief!"

"You all better get to work properly. Tomorrow I want to see this place completely transformed."

After giving instructions to the servants who were cleaning, he hurried to his study.

It seems the phantom thief and the special patrol captain got into a fight in the study. Hopefully, they didn't happen to find his notebook, which has a lot of information written on it.

The reason for making this record is simple—there were just too many people.

You can't remember it if you don't write it down.

Moreover, if they are caught, they can drag those who attended the "gathering" down with them if necessary, which might at least get them a reduced sentence.

If all else fails, sending someone to deal with them is also an option... to prevent further leaks.

"Those guys from the special patrol team shouldn't be watching me, right?" Alkean muttered uneasily, and started looking for his notebook as soon as he entered the study.

No, no, no... Where did it go?!

Could it be that the special patrol team got hold of it?

Al-Kien's face turned ashen, but then he thought that in the end it would just be a jail sentence.

"Everyone says Mello Petersburg isn't a good place to 'retire,' but living is better than dying. I need to bury all my Mora first; if I can release it, I can..."

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a chill in his chest.