The cold-faced earl doesn't want to trigger the plot

However, for Alice herself, this should be her purest wish at this moment.

"Those are fine, I just want to be an earl!"

"..."

Come on, Bai is serious.

Riber and Sebastian looked at each other and shook their heads.

"Well, this matter is put on hold for the time being. Later, let's call Ed and Fern and discuss together whether we should be baptized by the Church of Light for you."

"Eh~?"

"Don't show such a disappointed expression. Shelving does not mean vetoing. However, since there is a lot of room for discussion on this matter, and the Church of Light is temporarily required to be baptized, the tight time may cause some accidents. Therefore, three days Now that you will have your birthday later, this is not suitable as a gift anymore. Then, let me give you another gift. In this way, if this matter is not put on hold at that time, you will be equivalent to receiving two gifts. You earned it, Alice."

"Yes, is it?"

Alice looked suspicious.

Out of the long-standing prejudice against Riber, the "inferior" earl.It made Alice feel that the other party was just fooling her and not wanting to give her a gift.

"Sebas, if you are a nobleman, what kind of gift would you normally give on such a day?"

Riber turned to look at his butler and asked.

"Return to the young master. Most of the gifts are not common, but there is one that should be prepared by all noble families."

Sebastian paused.

"It's a painting. In the era without cameras, people could only use painting to record a person's growth trajectory. Therefore, until now, nobles have kept the custom of drawing paintings for their children on every birthday before they reach adulthood. "

"Draw it?"

Riber thought about it, and felt that this gift was really good.At least, unconventional.

In the previous life, most people probably never received a painting as a gift in their whole life, right?

So, he blocked Alice's noise of "Huh? I don't want to draw—" and decided to make a big show.

"At that time, I will personally..."

"No, no, no! Master, everyone invites famous painters to paint! Noble nobles, painting portraits by themselves will be a joke!"

Sebastian stopped him repeatedly with a high-pitched voice as if someone had stabbed him suddenly.

"You... do you think I'm not good at painting, so you deliberately talk about this kind of thing? Let me tell you, my painting skills have improved a lot, and it wasn't that I was not good at painting before, it's just that my painting was not good enough. It is only understood by this era!"

"Really! It's really the etiquette of nobles! How could I deceive the young master!"

Sebastian waved his hands one after another and said.

"This way... that's fine, please ask a painter."

Although seeing Sebastian taking out a handkerchief and constantly wiping his sweat, he always felt that he had been fooled.But Riber still chose to compromise.

"Then, the young master, may I ask which master to invite to paint for Miss Alice?"

"Master Grofell."

Riber blurted out.

Just because when talking about keywords such as "painter" and "master", the name automatically comes to mind.

Speaking of which... who is this guy?Why does his name appear in his mind?

Although, Riber himself who pronounced the name is still confused.However, Sebastian, who managed to get the young master to give up his brush, felt relieved and hastily went to invite Master Grofell.

...

...

night.

Nancheng District.

Chris and the Phantom Thief, who had returned to the unnamed restaurant for a while, stood in a tall building with Riber and looked down.

"what..."

On an extraordinarily cold early autumn night, Chris, who was dressed thinly, faced the bitter autumn wind and kept blowing heat into his hands that were red from the cold.

Perhaps the strange thief next to Chris couldn't stand it anymore, so he took his own scarf and handed it to Chris.

"Thank you, Miss Phantom Thief."

Chris thanked the strange thief with a standard smile, then turned his head and looked at Riber with anticipation.

"..."

Unable to stand Chris' gaze, Riber silently took out a spare glove from his coat pocket and handed it to Chris.

Chris, who got the scarf and gloves, re-equipped, and immediately became much more energetic, and stopped shivering.

"So, if it's so cold, why are you wearing this outfit?"

Riber looked at the blue and white maid outfit on Chris, and asked a little speechlessly.

The current Chris was not hired by Ribel as a maid.Instead, he was hired by Ed as a waiter in an unnamed restaurant.

Therefore, he is neither the original detective costume nor the male waiter costume, which means that he simply wants to wear the maid costume.

"Isn't this more suitable for me?"

Chris said, facing Ribel,

"How about it, Lord Earl. Do I look cuter now?"

"..."

The corner of Riber's mouth twitched, naturally he didn't really observe seriously.

But really don't say it.With just a quick glance, he noticed that Chris's appearance and atmosphere seemed to have really changed a bit.

And when Riber was wondering why he felt this way, Chris, who was always unable to suppress his "explaining" heart, began to explain on his own.

"With the help of Miss Phantom Thief, I did simple makeup and added some embellished jewelry. Among them, I think the most important thing is this hairpin."

Chris points to the top of his forehead on the left side, where an orange barrette with two diagonal lines holds his front hair.

"According to Ms. Phantom Thief, since my hair tends to curl up, it is difficult to arrange it into an orderly posture and obtain the 'beauty of symmetry'. Therefore, it is better to simply expose one side of the forehead in order to obtain a 'The beauty of asymmetry'. Originally, I thought my face would look bigger than women's, so I deliberately lowered my front hair and slightly covered the side face for refinement. However, Miss Phantom Thief told me that my face itself Not bigger than most women..."

Huh?

Hearing this, Riber looked at the strange thief in puzzlement.He wondered how the Phantom Thief told Chris.Come up with a list of female face size statistics?

And meeting Ribel's eyes, the strange thief suddenly showed a look of despair,

"My face is bigger than his! Are you satisfied with this answer?"

"..."

Thank you, very satisfied.

Riber silently looked away.

No wonder that after returning to the restaurant, although the strange thief changed his disguise, he was still a man instead of a woman.

Turns out to be traumatized in a weird place...

Although, generally speaking, the gender of Kaitou is unknown, after all, he can change whoever he wants.But all the signs have shown that she has a high probability of being a woman.

So, what to say?

Let's change our condolences...

On the other side, after explaining how he has become more "cute", Chris turned around in front of Riber as if showing off.

Watching Chris' movements, Riber looked at the slightly raised skirt, scarf and colorful hair... There were mixed feelings in his heart.

Why did a good-looking GALGAME hero become what he is now?

Is it his fault?

Was it because of his time travel, the chain reaction of his butterfly wings waving, that caused the current consequences?

isn't it?

It's really not his fault, is it?

This is really just a problem with Chris!

...

Riber, who really wanted to cover his face with his hands, sighed a long time, and it took him a long time to calm down.

He decided to find out the dismemberer quickly, because he didn't want to face Chris, a weirdo, for a moment.

It's so cold, hurry up.

In the middle of the night, he had to bury his sword.

Count, but very busy!

Volume 84: Chapter [-], I Found You

"I didn't expect Miss Phantom Thief to be able to find signs of the 'Dismemberer' in such a short period of time."

In the night, while looking at the Nancheng District from the top of the tall building, Chris said so.

"Her name is Evanna, not Dismemberer."

The Kaitou responded with dissatisfaction.

"Sorry, Miss Phantom Thief, I will pay attention next time."

Evanna...?

Listening to the dismemberer, no, the name possessed by the Sorrow Witch, Riber on the side remembered some conversations between the three after they decided to cooperate a few days ago.

...

Among the unnamed restaurants a few days ago.

Although, the strange thief believed Ribel's words and knew that he was the same as himself, simply wanting to understand the reason why Ewenna left suddenly and hid in Greenwater City to become the "Dismemberer".However, it is impossible for her to really regard the Earl Riber and the detective Chris as partners of the "Phantom Thief".

So the Kaito provided some information, but withheld more.

However, just a small amount of information also brought new waves to the "Dismemberer Case", which was like a pool of stagnant water.

First of all, the strange thief mentioned the historical background of Greenwater City.

As we all know, Greenwater City is a "civilian" city that quickly prospered after the establishment of the emerging Mebrian Kingdom, centering on a large fort that was abandoned after the civil war.

One of the big reasons why Greenwater City has rapidly prospered and increased its population is that in the past years, Greenwater City will merge and relocate the surrounding towns and towns to Greenwater City every once in a while. in the city.

Because Greenwater City is far more suitable for civilians than the old aristocratic territory, whether it is policies or tax rates.Therefore, many towns in the old aristocratic territories were merged into Greenwater City.As for those towns that are not in the old aristocratic territory, let alone those towns.Because, if they neither belong to the noble territory nor Greenwater City, these people will not be able to settle down at all, and they will not be able to obtain the certificate of being a citizen of Xinmei.

Of course, these practices of Greenwater City will cause many hidden dangers while the city is developing rapidly.For example, the friction with the surrounding old nobles, or the "class" determined by the time of moving into Greenwater City, etc.

But these, of course, are not what the Phantom Thief wants to talk about.

What the strange thief wanted to talk about was the last batch of small towns that moved into Greenwater City, the town of Orient.

Until 15 years ago, there was a small town with a total population of about 2000 people in the south of Greenwater City, less than [-] miles away.

And just when the small town of Orient decided to relocate to Greenwater City after many negotiations, a terrible serial killer appeared in the small town.

The first generation of dismemberers.

The details of the case of the first generation of dismemberers are no longer available, and the strange thief only knows a thing or two.

But it was said that the serial killer was extremely cruel, and the number of victims he killed even exceeded ten.

Also due to the activity of the first generation of dismemberers, even the relocation plan of Aurette town was put on hold.

Because Greenwater City already had a considerable scale at that time, and Orient Town was also the last step of the merger plan.

If it wasn't for the fact that the location in Orient Township needed to be vacated, their relocation plan had already begun.Greenwater City is even considering giving up the town of Ottery.

After all, at that time, the folk customs of Greenwater City had already begun to show signs of "sincere".

It is not worthwhile to exchange a terrifying murderer with a population of 2000.

Fortunately, after the relocation plan of Ottery town was shelved for nearly a year, the case of the first generation of dismemberers has taken a turn for the better.

No matter what, in a small town with a population of only about [-], many secrets cannot be hidden.