Artoria wants to read people's hearts

For some reason, she always felt an inexplicable intimacy with that short-haired girl.

Maybe it's because she's young and cute.

Artoria, who was wearing a girlish appearance, sighed softly in her heart.

——Sure enough, it’s nice to be young.

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There is still a long time to go before summer.

The iced watermelon-flavored drink is packed in a transparent plastic cup. Due to the temperature difference between inside and outside, drops of water flow down the cup wall. The light red liquid reflects a crystal dream under the sunlight.

Shake it a little, and you can hear the sound of ice cubes colliding in the glass.

Drinking watermelon in a midsummer cup, the crackling sound of crushed ice breaking the wall.

Just listening to the sound of that ice cube, you will feel a little healing inexplicably.

Artoria was walking on the road, holding the glass of watermelon-flavored iced drink in her slender white hands, stopping and walking from time to time, raising her hand to take a sip from time to time.

There was a smile on the corner of her mouth, and the bright sun shone in her hair. When passers-by saw it, they couldn't help thinking that the girl was even more dazzling than the sun.

The harsh temperature did not cause any haze in her eyes. On the contrary, when people looked at her green pupils, there was a coolness like mint in a trance.

Of course Arturia is not hot, if you want to find out the reason, then you have to talk about the usefulness of magic power.

The breeze wrapped around her body, and then used magic to lower the temperature, forming an environment similar to an air conditioner within one centimeter outside her body.

I have to say that things like magic power are really super easy to use.

Black Martin shoes, a black pleated skirt, a white and blue short-sleeved sweater on the upper body, her hair tied into a ponytail with a blue ribbon, and then stuffed into a black peaked cap.

On the third day after finding a job, she cheekily asked her boss for a salary advance, and then got the money to buy the clothes she is wearing now.

There was no other way, she really didn't want to wear her gorgeous blue dress anymore.

Looking back on those frugal days, I feel a little sad.

These days are rare holidays.

No matter how tireless Artoria is, sometimes she needs to take a break.

The ponytail behind her head swayed left and right with her brisk steps, and anyone could see that she was in a good mood now.

Yesterday was the day to receive her salary. Artoria, who had just received her living expenses, was in a happy mood and planned to go to the shopping mall to buy a few more clothes for herself.

When I have money, I want to buy something. After all, I worked so hard before, and I need to reward myself occasionally.

After all, I don't know how long I will stay in this world, and the clothes I wear are not enough.

but............

She stopped her progress and turned her head to look at the dark alley on her left.

The college city covers an area of ​​about 729 square kilometers and is divided into 23 school districts.

The road system between each school district, that is, the city is extremely developed. In the academy city, especially such dark alleys, there are simply countless.

Do you want to take a shortcut?

Aldolia tilted her head, her eyes staring at the somewhat dim path in front of her.

People who live in Academy City probably know that it is more time-saving to walk through these city trails than to walk through those famous avenues.

It's just that the only problem is that dangers are more likely to breed in dark corners.

However.........

Arturia is a bold person, and she is not afraid of these potential dangers at all.

As soon as he turned his footsteps, that beautiful figure disappeared into the narrow and dark alley.

Artoria turned and turned in the dark alley, drinking the watermelon juice in her hand, her pace was neither slow nor fast, and there was a sense of leisure and ease in the clear footsteps.

Suddenly, her eyes froze and her steps froze.

His eyes looked at the ground in front of him to the left, and confusion appeared in his eyes.

'........what is that? '

Chapter 9 A lady's age is a secret

The alley is narrow, and the walls on both sides are high, blocking out the light, leaving only a narrow ray of light leaking from the top of the head.

Artoria took two steps forward, then bent down to pick up the thing on the ground.

"envelope?"

Why is there an envelope here?

Did someone accidentally drop it while passing by?

She raised her head and looked around, but there was no one else in the alley except her.

Pursing her lips, she looked down at the envelope in her hand again.

Turn the envelope over and double-check that the names of the recipient and sender are not written on it.

"........."

Could it be that this is not lost property, but garbage thrown away by others?

Sure enough, it's better to confirm.

Do whatever you want, Artoria frowned, opened the envelope with both hands and looked inside.

I didn't expect there was something in the letter......

After taking out the items in the envelope, a trace of bewilderment appeared in her eyes.

It was a card, with a card number and a chip on the golden card, and the two English words "MONEY CARD" written on it.

This is really......

Forget about Japanese, although Alaya is unreliable in doing things, but at least it solved her language problem when calling.

But now I still speak English......

If she hadn't gone to nine years of compulsory education in her previous life, she really wouldn't understand it now.

"cash card?"

How does this place have cash cards?And it was packed in an envelope?

Although she still has some doubts in her heart, at least Artoria has confirmed one thing now, and this is definitely not someone throwing away unwanted garbage.

In this case, it must be returned to the owner.

There was firmness in her eyes, maybe someone was looking for it anxiously because of the loss of this card.

What should we do?

Sure enough, I still have to hand it over to the disciplinary committee.

The Disciplinary Committee is a security maintenance organization affiliated to the student city, and is responsible for solving various cases in the student city.

It's just that most of the people in Academy City are students, so most of the disciplinary committee's tasks are to catch criminals or other criminals who abuse their abilities, and to protect the safety of students.

In fact, in the final analysis, it is just a different kind of police.

It's just that most of these police officers are composed of students.

Speaking of which, the branch of the disciplinary committee closest to me is...?

What a hassle, if only she had a terminal handy now.

One must know that just yesterday, Artoria was still penniless.

I finally got my salary, and today I was on my way to buy necessities happily, but this kind of thing happened......

Clenching a fist with her left hand, she secretly cheered herself up.

It's okay Arturia, you are rich now, after handing over this card to the Disciplinary Committee, she vowed to buy herself a terminal.

As for now......

She turned around resigned to her fate, and walked in the direction she came from.

Now that she doesn't know where the nearest Disciplinary Committee branch is, she should ask someone on the main road.

Even if she didn't know, someone else would.

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The first seventy-seventh branch of the discipline committee.

"Name?"

"Arturia Pendragon."

"gender?"

"Female."

"age?"

"........."

This question is a bit out of line for Artoria.

So how to answer?

The body is 16 years old, and if the previous life is not counted, it is 40 years old, but if it is calculated by the current time, it is roughly estimated that it is actually thousands of years old.

"Why don't you talk anymore?!"

The brown-haired girl with twin ponytails slapped the table, raised her voice, and pointed at Arturia with the index finger of her left hand.

This movement came so suddenly that it almost poked Artoria's nose.

"...16 years old?"

Tilting her head, there was a little uncertainty in her tone.

"Why is it a question sentence? Don't you know your age?!"

Sorry, I really don't know.

Although he complained in his heart, he couldn't say that on the bright side.

"Miss Disciplinary Commissioner, maybe you can look at my ID, you must know that it has all my information."

She coughed lightly, and her blue pupils flickered slightly.

Although I don't quite understand why the lady in front of me is so aggressive, but even if she is treated like this by the other party, her tone and expression are as gentle and tolerant as ever.

I have to say it is also a kind of fate.

Arturia knew this girl with twin ponytails. Just a few days ago, in the restaurant where she worked, she personally entertained this girl and her friend.

It's just that he didn't expect that the other party was actually a discipline committee member.

"Don't do this, Shirai-san."

The short black-haired girl with a garland on her head had a troubled expression on her face. She stood behind Shirai Heizi and quietly reached out to give him a hand.

"She came here to hand in the cash card she picked up, Shirai-san, don't interrogate her like a prisoner......"

"......"

Chuchun was right, he really lost his composure just now.

Taking a deep breath, Shirai Kuroko finally sat back in his seat again.

This is also impossible.

As soon as she saw the other person's face, she thought of her elder sister's shy expression in that restaurant.

Thinking of her elder sister's expression, Shirai Heizi suddenly felt particularly uncomfortable.

It is precisely because of this that her attitude just now was so tough.

"...I'm very sorry, please forgive my rudeness just now."

She is not a bad child, when she clearly realized her mistake just now, she immediately apologized to Artoria very sincerely.