I became a heart-stealing thief in Azure Files

At that time, at the seminar.

"Hey……"

The girl, resting her chin on her hand, stared blankly at the calculator in front of her, her eyes half-closed and her expression melancholy.

Perhaps because she had recently resolved all the backlog of tasks from the seminar, she was enjoying a rare moment of leisure today…

But it was precisely because she suddenly had free time that Yuka felt a sense of 'distraction'.

Based on my own physical condition, the probability of "hitting the jackpot on the first try" is...

'Hmm... If there's a next time, I'll definitely have to make Sensei a little more careful...'

'If...we weren't outside...'

'At the very least, you should...equip yourself with armor.'

Feeling agitated and thinking about all sorts of nonsensical things, Yuka subconsciously rubbed the inside of her calves.

Lost in her thoughts, the girl was completely unaware that her best friend was quietly approaching her from behind.

"Yuka-chan~"

The sudden, heavy pressure on her shoulder, and the voice that seemed to see through everything, startled Yuka so much that her soul almost flew out of her body.

"Noah?! When...?"

"Oh dear..." Noah, seemingly expecting Yuka's startled reaction to her sudden 'launch' and her unusually wary gaze, smiled and narrowed his eyes. "What are you thinking about, Yuka-chan?"

"...!"

Seemingly realizing that her 'instinctive reaction' was a bit excessive, Yuka breathed a sigh of relief and quickly relaxed her guard.

"Really..." she sighed softly, rubbing her forehead, "Noah... don't scare people like that so suddenly next time..."

Noah smiled without saying a word, just looking at Yuka with an expression that was 'better understood than explained'.

'...Why is Noah looking at me like that?'

'Could it be that she... really found out...?'

Before Yuka could become even more suspicious or panicked, Noah suddenly spoke up: "Yuka-chan seems to be in a state of 'excessive self-relaxation'... While a balance between work and rest is a good habit, you can't relax yourself like this, okay?"

"Yuka-chan, who is usually so perceptive, couldn't even handle such a simple prank today... She didn't even hear my footsteps approaching from behind..."

Noah, holding a small notebook and a high-end pen that Yuka had never seen before, was recording his "what he saw and felt," and he didn't forget to tease Yuka in the process.

“好~！『12月22日早上10:05分32秒，优香酱因为在想Sensei的事情从而完全没有注意到我从背后接近，被简单的恶作剧吓了一跳……』”

Yuka blinked, then suddenly realized something and tried to stop Noah from continuing to record.

"Wait, Noah?!"

However, Noah acted faster than Yuka, nimbly dodging Yuka's 'attack'. Then, she simply put her notebook into a bag she was carrying and ran away.

"I'll forward this message to Sensei later~"

Knowing she couldn't outrun Noah, Yuka hesitated for a moment before standing still and sighing dejectedly, not continuing to chase after him.

"Will Sensei come back a thousand years today...?"

Thinking this, Yuka felt a slight vibration from her phone in her pocket.

I took out my phone and saw... it was a message from the person I was thinking of.

"……Why?"

"...So there are such things."

"The idea that 'failure to meet the standards will result in suspension or even expulsion' is indeed a problem that cannot be ignored."

After reading the message, a look of deep concern, almost as if she herself felt the same way, appeared in the girl's beautiful eyes.

In Yuka's view, the consequences of being 'expelled' or 'suspended' are almost equally tragic.

Hopefully, Sensei can resolve this incident perfectly...

After replying with an "OK" emoji, Yuka put away her phone, pinched her cheek, and started to cheer herself up.

'Sensei is working hard...'

'I can't slack off anymore...'

'I heard that President Rion has decided to use her speech at this Millennium Grand Prix as a form of 'repentance,' so it seems we need to revise the entire speech at the last minute...'

……

After a short wait on the train, Amamiya arrived at the self-governing area of ​​Trinity.

Instead of rushing to the activity room coordinates of the tutoring center sent by Hifumi, he first went to the fountain square of Holy Trinity to see if he could run into any helpful people worth befriending.

Then, he 'had the good fortune' to see a member of the "Justice Realization Committee" with a particularly strange art style.

With long, straight black hair, her posture looked slightly odd, like a 'monster' from a game... in any case, she didn't look like a normal person.

Even her long, straight black hair couldn't save her from the absolute oppressive aura emanating from her withered wings that looked like black thorns, and the mantis-like antennae on her head.

Alongside her were several Justice Committee members wearing Justice Realization Committee uniforms, with slightly different hair colors, and either all wearing black wings or no wings at all.

However, compared to the normal members of the Justice Committee around him, this strange 'fallen angel' is like a completely different world.

Well...

Amamiya even has a sense of absurdity about 'honor and beast'.

I sized the other person up with my third eye... and sure enough, they were an assistant with special qualifications.

[Assistant: Kenshin Tsurugi / The Justice Committee's Ultimate Ace]

Arcana: Death (XI. Death)

[Assistance Relationship: Not Unlocked]

'The Grim Reaper...?'

This is the second Death Card that Amamiya has encountered since Misaki Kamino.

This card is exceptionally special, whether it points towards death or blossoms from death...

Perhaps it's necessary to make contact.

The members of the Justice Committee seemed to be assigning locations before their patrol. Amamiya observed them from a distance without trying to disturb them.

After quietly bypassing the square, Amamiya headed straight for the tutoring club's activity room.

In terms of the style of the club activity room, Trinity's club activity room seems to be quite different from Millennium's.

After arriving at the activity room, Amamiya tried knocking on the door.

The door wasn't locked; it creaked open.

Amamiya lifted her foot to go in, but then suddenly stopped because of the 'phantom thief's sense of danger'.

The next second, a pale pink girl in a blue and white JK uniform resembling a sailor outfit flashed before his eyes, a girl with a plump figure.

"Oops~"

Seemingly because her actions had not yielded the expected result, the girl staggered unexpectedly.

Then, taking advantage of the loss of balance, she steadied herself against the door frame and then cast an intrigued glance at Amamiya.

"Is this... the 'legendary phantom thief'?"

"Indeed, as Koharu said... it felt like my heart had been stolen the moment I saw it... I can't help but want to do something lewd..."

Amamiya was completely stunned: ?

What is she saying?

Is that Xiaochun referring to Jiang Xiaochun? How did she spread her fame?

"Haha... Hanako-san, even if you're a phantom thief, you can't just sneak into someone's mind right in front of them and then... do weird things like Koharu-san said."

"That's impossible..."

Hifumi's voice immediately came from the event room.

Hanako naturally took this opportunity to move aside, no longer blocking the doorway, and at the same time, she opened the door completely.

The next second, Amamiya felt three gazes coming from inside the room.

Two of those gazes were familiar to Amamiya—one from Koharu and the other from Hifumi.

And that remaining gaze...

Amamiya turned her gaze over and naturally met a pair of violet eyes.

[Assisted by: Shirasu Azusa / The Ice Witch During Tutoring]

[Arcana: The Tower (XVI. Tour de bel)]

[Assistance Relationship: Not Unlocked]

'...'

Upon seeing the Arcana above the other's head, Amamiya immediately curled the corner of his mouth into a smile.

Goodness... another tall tower.

What is the connection between him and the members of Arius's squad, who are all of the "Tower" brand?

Just then, Hifumi noticed Amamiya's curious gaze and Azusa's somewhat wary look.

Realizing she should do something, Hifumi decisively shifted to the side, blocking Amamiya and Azusa's gaze from meeting. She then coughed lightly and solemnly performed a skirt-lifting bow to Amamiya (which she had specially practiced to conform to the 'elegant etiquette of a phantom thief').

"Welcome to the tutoring department...Sensei."

Chapter Thirty: The "Innocent King of Cars" of Holy Trinity

"Welcome to the tutoring department...Sensei."

As Hifumi greeted him, Amamiya also took a look around the tutoring center's interior...

It looked pretty much like the kind of high school classrooms he remembered. Common desks and chairs, a podium, a blackboard... Although it was nominally a club activity room, in reality, it was just a classroom that had been decorated.

After turning away, Amamiya responded to Hifumi, then went to her side and carefully examined the 'ordinary girl' whom he hadn't seen for a while.

Just as Amamiya was about to pat her head, Hifumi, realizing that the other three members of the tutoring club were watching, was startled and instinctively took a small step back.

Then, because of the backward movement, he bumped into a table, leaving a shallow dent on the tabletop.

"Well……"

The girl's expression twisted for a moment as she winced slightly in pain, but she quickly managed a somewhat forced smile.

"Ahaha... Um, Sensei... Shouldn't everyone be a little more discreet in public?"

Amamiya paused slightly, then, amidst the girl's bewildered embarrassment, took half a step forward and, under Hanako's surprised gaze and Koharu's now cat-like vertical pupils, reached out her hand towards Hifumi...

Then, I helped her tidy up her loose Perolo hair clips and her sideburns, which were a bit messy because of it.

【~???~】(from Hifumi)

【~???~】(from Xiaochun)

"Her hair is messy. Hifumi, if you want to maintain a good image, it's not just about paying attention to etiquette; you also need to be mindful of your appearance at all times."

After calmly helping the slightly sullen girl tidy her hair, Amamiya met the gazes of the other three members of the cram school club.

"Oh my...Sensei...and Hifumi-chan's relationship is really 'special'~"

Suddenly, the girl with emerald green eyes seemed to understand the situation. She then cupped her cheek with one hand and gently comforted her chest with the other, as if expressing her feelings.

"Could it be... that Sensei and Hifumi-chan have developed into that kind of 'special relationship'...?"

She jokingly shared her 'guess': "Or is it that you've already taken Sensei and Hifumi's cheating a step further? For example, Sensei has already used her own '██' (censored word)..."

Hifumi lowered her head in embarrassment, gripping the corner of the desk tightly with both hands, cracking the specially treated edge of the desk.

She was ashamed as she was, but she was 'powerless to refute' it.