episode_0058

Cleo said she would meet the president and report this, so I parted ways with her and went back to the student center.

I feed the petite and watch the broadcast while listening to Indira’s commentary on the modified version.

The main content of the broadcast is Graven’s ranker hunt, and-

“Ahh! There is news that the Phantom Thief Ombre has reappeared!

That opponent is Gygax Rong!”

The revised video changed with Indira’s shout.

This time, perhaps it was a little late to turn, but Ombre and Gygax had already completed crew deployment and were in the process of turning 1.

The location is… Sheesh, it’s pretty far. Near the dock…

I’ll check it out on site this time!

I left the student council room and ran toward the dock.

It’s a long way away. On the way, I had to stop several times because I was out of breath.

When I got there…

“What… ”

Fortunately, no one was there.

But there was no Phantom Thief Ombre, there were just onlookers here and there.

“Coleman! Coleman Cantor!”

The students noticed me and cheered.

“It’s a really cool event!”

“Youth Phantom Thieves concept is so cool!”

“Colman. Can you just tell us the identity of Phantom Thief Ombre?”

Uh, um. I don’t know either.

Funforge has never planned an event like this!

I thought about answering like that, but then I closed my mouth.

If we confess here that the phantom thief Ombre is not within our control, that would be admitting that Ombre stole the model from the student council safe.

Of course there will be an investigation, and perhaps the competition will be suspended.

after. Let’s calm down. There’s still plenty of time.

Scores will be tallied tomorrow at 8pm.

If the identity of Phantom Thief Ombre is revealed before then, it will not affect the final tournament.

But how?

“Oh!”

While returning to the student center, I discovered the image of Ombre, the phantom thief, reflected in the 4th floor hallway of the training center.

I immediately ran towards it, but-

As expected, this time it was all in vain.

When I got there there was no sign of Ombre anywhere.

Of course. Because he would have lost his disguise!

Should we question the witnesses? No, it’s no use.

Currently, the students are enjoying this surprise event, and they are not even trying to reason properly because they believe that revealing Ombre’s identity would ruin the fun.

As a director, it would look strange if I went around messing around…

I had no choice but to return to the student center and start watching the broadcast again.

News of the phantom thieves Ombre and Graven has arrived, but I am exhausted and do not want to move.

So, I watched the entire broadcast from one sitting.

“Yes. This is the end of Day 1 of the Romantic Festival!”

“Everyone, give a round of applause to commentator Indira for her hard work!”

“Haha. it’s okay. young master.

According to the student council schedule, the flower of the social festival, the prom, is about to begin.

Please gather in the main auditorium on time!”

ball… Should I go? It would be right to go.

Originally, as a director, I should have walked around and listened to opinions, but I spent all my energy chasing ombre, so I stayed inside from 3 o’clock…

If I don’t show up until the prom, I guess people will ask me where Colman is.

I trudge back to the Kuroshio Dormitory…

After climbing the hellish 12 floors of stairs to my room…

Since I don’t have a formal uniform or tailcoat, I just change into my black school uniform…

Go down the stairs to the 12th floor again…

I barely managed to move my body and arrived at the main auditorium.

“Coleman. I’m late.”

“Chairman.”

She was waiting for me at the main entrance to the main auditorium.

A red evening dress that clings gently to the body.

A small but definitely sparkling diamond necklace and earrings.

A golden tiara placed on top of her blonde hair.

Lilac Bonnet. Crown Princess of the Aeorid Empire.

The sight paralyzed my tongue for a moment, and only after a few seconds of silence did I finally regain control and speak.

“That… Aren’t you going in?”

“As the imperial princess, that would be correct, but since she is the student council president of the academy, she has to make sure that no one is late.”

“Ah, then let’s go in first. Thank you for your hard work.”

“Wait.”

The chairman holds my arm.

“Why… Is that so?”

“… ”

She bit her lip for a moment, but then smiled softly as always.

“I think I can go in now.

No one will come later than Coleman.”

“Is it that late?”

Maybe I should have moved a little faster.

No, even if it’s later, I should have found some decent clothes…

I looked back and forth between the president’s luxurious dress and the academy uniform I was wearing.

“What’s wrong?”

“No. What I was wearing was so shabby… ”

“I’m a freshman, so what? And it’s not even a proper prom, it’s a kids’ party…”

“Still. I don’t think there’s anyone worse dressed than me.”

At those words, the chairman whistled briefly once.

“Do you really think so?”

“Yes?”

“You will find out when you go in.”

But when I went to the main auditorium, there was no one there.

All that is there is a strange cylindrical device in the middle of the auditorium.

What, am I this late?

The chairman explained with a chuckle.

“There are a lot of people, right? And when domestic and foreign guests and students mix together, it feels uncomfortable.

So the dean created three subspaces.

For parents only, for parents and students, for students only.”

“Aha. So if you press this… ”

The hair on the back of my neck rose with a whooshing sound, and I squeezed my eyes shut.

What you see when you open your eyes again is-

“Uh, Coleman. Are you here?”

Tangaroa is exposing its furry upper body.

What you are wearing… Pants made from banana leaves?

Hwayoung was drawing pictures on the vice president’s body with a brush.

“As you can see from Tangaroa, there is no dress code in the student-only space.”

“Ah… ”

“How do you feel?”

The vice president’s question asking for an evaluation of traditional clothing.

I had a hunch that this was Goroshi Shido.

There is no reason to hang it. I ignored it and started looking around the auditorium.

“Hey! Don’t your words sound like words?”

I think I know what you mean when you say there is no dress code.

There are similar numbers of people wearing only a shirt and no tie and those wearing only a tie and no shirt.

Baekyang student drinks non-alcoholic juice and shouts loudly as if drunk.

A black swan student plays Viking while hanging from the chandelier on the ceiling.

I looked at the chairman and muttered.

“It was a school like this.”

“Then. It’s this kind of school.”

Falling chandeliers and screaming students.

The chairman took a deep breath and went to sort out the situation.

There was someone approaching me while I was sipping a drink alone.

“Hey, Cantor Director.”

“President Priestley.”

Cobb Priestley shrugged his shoulders.

“It seems that the imperial nobles do not welcome me very much.

My only friend, Mark Karcic, went to the guest house to take care of his wife… ”

“So you are in a student-only space?”

“Wouldn’t I feel so shabby if I said that? Please tell me back.”

Right after I laughed at the nonsense, I remembered something I had forgotten.

right. Phantom thief ombre!

“Me, Mr. Priestley. There’s a problem.

Now, someone impersonating Phantom Thief Ombre is using the model… ”

When I saw Cobb Priestley’s expression, I hesitated.

“… You knew it. no! You made this up!”

“To say it was staged is an overestimation, Director Cantor.

There is someone else who suggested it. I just thought the idea sounded good, so I added some support.”

“Who is that?”

“It’s not fun to talk about.”

ha. If you think about it, isn’t it natural?

In order to prepare an ombre cosplay in such a short period of time, there must have been cooperation from Priestley.

Then the culprit is…

“Are you a member of Funforge?”

“Try to guess well. Don’t worry too much.

Because on the third day, my identity will be revealed naturally.”

“No. I’m so pissed at you that I have to find out for myself.”

As Cobb left my side, I began to think deeply.

Cleo saw Phantom Thief Ombre with me, Hwayoung and the Chairman were doing different work, and the Vice President’s body type was so different that he couldn’t disguise himself with Ombre.

“Wow!”

So was this the work of an outsider?

The best person to contact Priestley, know the concept of Phantom Thief Ombre in advance, and steal the painted model is a Funforge insider, but it may not be impossible for an outsider…

“Graven! Graven! Graven!”

Oh really, let me think about it.

Be quiet-

“Ombre! Ombre! Ombre!”

… what?

I raised my head quickly.

The phantom thief Ombre slipped backwards and came in front of me.

I tried to approach him, but the enthusiastic crowd already blocked my way.

A bald black man approaches Ombre with Goofy on his shoulder.

“This is the end of running away.”

“I didn’t run away. I just didn’t want to fight in a place without spectators.”

“Indeed, since there is no broadcasting at night, does that mean you came to the ballroom?”

“Ukkisqueak!”

“Ohhh!”

The cheers of enthusiastic fans and pet monkeys.

Graven and Ombre developed a romantic relationship at the same time, without even having to say who went first.

“I didn’t know I would be hunting a phantom thief!”

“I am different from the lower rankers you have been hunting, Graven.”

“I hope so, ombre!”

Indira rushes over to give commentary.

Random terrain resembling a ballroom generated on adjacent tables.

Models deployed at lightning speed.

“Grand strategy selection. Food looting.”

food plunder

Place a food service token in the exact center of the table, and place two more food service tokens 30cm apart from east to west.

The model within 12cm of each food station token is “Contender”.

Starting from round 2 (starting from round 1 for simple games), at the end of the round, the following will be checked at each distribution station:

If you have more contenders than your opponent’s contenders, you get 1 victory point.

I looked around. Before we knew it, the chairman had disappeared.

Has it been moved to a space for parents? or not…

“Random distribution of stories. Choose a story.

Decision to attack first. Graven first.

Both players roll magic dice!”

“Late night showdown! Graven vs. Ombre! Let’s get started!”

[Today’s Unit]

Phantom Thief Ombre – Phantom Thieves, Ombre, (basic attribute or synthetic attribute)

Single model unit – 30 points

Movement 14 / Defense 5 / Resistance 5 / Magic Power 2 / Learning 3 / Stamina 10

shooting armament

Baton Ray – Range 24 / Attack 2 / Accuracy 8 / Penetration 5 / Damage 1

strike armament

Baton Strike – Attack 5 / Accuracy 8 / Penetration 0 / Damage 1

ability

persona, revelation

Cloak of Shadows – This unit is always stealthed.

Wear a mask – action. Mana 1. Select a unit whose identity has been revealed this turn. Replace that unit back with the unit it was before the identity was revealed.

Leader of the Phantom Thieves – This unit can cast spells known to the entity and use unique actions available to the entity. Immediately after this unit acts this way, the opponent can deduce this unit’s identity. If the guess is correct, the identity of this unit will be revealed.