CRESCENT MOON
Last edited 20th April, 2016.
Disclaimer: Detective Conan is not mine. Harry Potter is also not mine.
Warning: Female Shin'ichi. Kaishin eventual romantic relationship. Slow-developing plot and romance. Magical Universe. Victorian era hierarchy. Perhaps a very OOC Shin'ichi and Sonoko, please be the judge. Ran-Shin'ichi-Sonoko siblings relationship. Agasa actually has blood-relation with Shin'ichi. Typos and grammar errors everywhere, please be the judge. Kaito is not here yet.
This is the kingdom of Crescentia. Even though it looks beautiful from the outside, in reality, there is more than just beauty to this kingdom.
This kingdom is magical. Yes, that's right. In here, magic is very common. Therefore, needs an Academy for these talented people to train their magical skills. Magic Training Academy, or commonly known as MTA, is a government-supported school made just for the magic-users to hone their skills in spell-casting. Only people with magic powers, or manna as it were commonly called, are able to casts spells. Manna is like fuel to spells. If the caster doesn't have manna, the spell would use the casters life strings as fuel, which off course would shortened their life. But off course, in this modern life, the numbers of non-magic users decreased drastically since two hundred years ago. The assimilation between non-magic and magic users in more than two centuries ago made the new generations inheriting at least a bit of their parents' manna.
That's why magic users are so common now even though the technology are more advanced and sometimes, even some non-magic user would attend MTA only for the theoretical magic education. But that's not why Kudo Shin'ichi was here.
She is here now, in her class, at MTA, as a senior, together with Ran and Sonoko. They were very unlikely trio, but they managed to get along well. Ran was the mother of the group, always scolding and telling them what they should do, and cook them food. Sonoko, in her personal opinion, is the spoiled child of the group. It was true, though; being born in Royal Family tends to do that to people. A bit selfish and narcissistic, Sonoko always has power to do what commoners usually can't. Shin'ichi herself, in her own honest opinion, is the passive one in the group. She usually just follows what they told her to do and it doesn't matter is she disagrees. Her opinion doesn't matter because Shin'ichi only looks at the world from Sherlock Holmes' books—that's what Sonoko said. It offended her a bit, even though she knew she was just joking. But there is nothing wrong with admiring Sherlock Holmes, right? Books are the only things she has to remember her father by.
Shin'ichi was born with average manna, that is now growing to level S (the level where the manna growth reaches its peak), but with very high IQ. She was born into the Kudo family—it's not a royal family, just an average one where her magic-user mother married her non-magic user father, so she inherited her mother's average manna and her father's intelligence. To be honest, she prefers the intelligence.
Her father was a novelist—a genius one at that. Her father had released seven books and all of them are best sellers throughout the world and two of them had won a world peace Nobel. She has a whole basement of his book collection for remembrance. Her mother was an actress and she had heard everybody had said that she resembles her mother. She remembers that her mother had strawberry blond hair with curls framing her face. Well, Shin'ichi does have curls around her face, but her hair is black, like her father's, and her hair is more wavy than curly.
Well, it doesn't matter, though. They are gone now. Her parents had died three years ago.
Kudo Yusaku and Kudo Yukiko likes to travel the world—had been since Shin'ichi was a young child. Kudo Yusaku was a genius, but he hates working. So he ran away to the end of the world—literally—to escape his editors. As for her mother, well, her mother had always been a hedonist as far as she knew her, so she wasn't surprised that she was the one planning all the trips they've done.
When she was fourteen, the plane they had been riding on malfunctioned and crashed. Nobody survived the accident. And they had promised to be back that week too. Shin'ichi had been growing without her parents almost all her life, but there was a difference between knowing that you have parents who live abroad and knowing that you no longer have any. Shin'ichi mourned a bit, but after realizing that none of her lifestyle had changed since they were gone, she had no problem moving on with her life. It feels better when she decided to think as if her parents decided to move away and never came back.
Off course, her friends, Ran and Sonoko disapproved of that. But Shin'ichi can't blame them. They don't know how it feels to lose a family. Well, Ran lives only with her father, but technically they are just divorced and that is not even official yet. Ran's parents just live in different towns and Ran stayed with her father. Sonoko; even more so. She was born into the royal family of Bell. She was well educated and prepared to be the heir of the Royal family. She never even knew the struggle of not having a place to stay or go back to. Shin'ichi had.
After her parent's death, Shin'ichi's house was auctioned by the government because she wasn't old enough to take care of it. Her house was then sold to the Clover Family, the acquaintances of her parents'. The day her house got sold, Shin'ichi, armed with only a big bag filled with only her clothes and a family album, was sent to the orphanage by the government. She hated that place and after two nights, she ran away. She hated that place with a passion and she doesn't have any intention to come back there. She wandered around town, not knowing where to go and almost got lost to the neighboring kingdom if it wasn't for her uncle, Professor Agasa. Professor Agasa took her in, out from the damned orphanage and into his house and took care of her like his own daughter.
Shin'ichi had known professor Agasa since she was little. She often go to him whenever her parents were gone and cried to him, wondering why her parents never home and asked if it was her fault. Professor Agasa would always patiently patted her head and explain that it wasn't anyone's fault, that her parents loved her, just the way they express their love was different. Shin'ichi didn't understand that time. But now, she does; even when it was too late.
She gazes at her cell phone as she lost in thoughts. Her cell phone's wallpaper is a picture taken by professor Agasa candidly when she was seven. Her parents had returned from flight and were teasing her relentlessly when Agasa told them she cried when they were gone. Her face was red, her mother was poking her cheek, and her father smiled amusedly. She remembered demanding to Agasa to delete it, but she is glad he didn't.
"Shin'ichi! Quit looking at your phone. The class is over already!" Shin'ichi looks up at that familiar voice to Ran's exasperated face and Sonoko's bored one. "You really need to pay attention more to class, Shin'ichi. You do not have as much manna as Sonoko's." She scolds.
Shin'ichi heaves herself off her seat as Sonoko sneers teasingly, "That's the one thing I'm proud of having that she hasn't." Shin'ichi almost frowns. That almost offends her. Sonoko has everything that Shin'ichi doesn't; namely, a family. Sometimes, she gets the feeling that Sonoko secretly doesn't like her and only tolerated her presence because she likes Ran. She had told Ran this, but the innocent girl just brushed it off by saying that Sonoko is always like that and that Shin'ichi was just too sensitive.
Shin'ichi sighs inaudibly and follows them out of the class. They would never understand.
They are talking about girly things that Shin'ichi doesn't care about as they're walking in the school corridor. The juniors are looking at them with slightly awed eyes. She is a bit proud of that, but she reminds herself to not become a narcissist like Sonoko, and quenches the pride she feels bubbling up. It's not just her that the juniors were looking up to; Ran is a magic duel champion and she almost never lose in duel, while Sonoko is the heir to the Royal Family of Bells, which is automatically brings respect and prestige amongst students. As for Shin'ichi, well, she is…
Shin'ichi opens her locker to find hundreds of letters stuffed inside pouring out and fall on her feet. She was just blinking stupidly at all the letters when Ran sighs, "Fan mails?"
She just shrugs and pick up one of the letter. They were all pink, filled with hearts, and smells nice. These aren't just fan mails—these are love letters. "I can't believe you have so many people pouring their hearts to you just because you solve a case or two." Sonoko sighs with exasperated face.
"I can't believe it either," Shin'ichi says in respond. Yes, Shin'ichi is a high school detective—a famous one at that. She has helped the police with countless cold cases and solved them as if they were child's play. The people called her The Young Marple, or The Detective of the East (since she lives eastern area of Crescentia). While the police called her, The Saviour of Crescentian Federal Observance of Magic and Artefacts Force. Such a long title, isn't it?
Ran then tilts her head, "What are you going to do with these?" She asks pointed at the letters on her feet.
Shin'ichi stares at the small mountain of letters in despair. She doesn't want to bring these back home or read them, but she also doesn't want to break anyone's heart. It would trigger unsightly things that she usually seen in cases. Sure, she could use logic to solve cases, but there is no logic to human's heart.
Sonoko, finally feds up with her only staring desperately at the letters, strides up to Shin'ichi and scooped a whole bunch of letters into her arms and casts a teleporting spell. "There. That should help unload the letters to your house easily, doesn't it?" She throws a haughty look at a blinking Shin'ichi before sighing and turned around. "Come on. I'm hungry. Let's eat at Neo—I want their ice cream, my treat!"
Ran cheers at the mention of ice cream. "Come on, Shin'ichi. Let's teleport these letters to your house, then we'll eat some ice cream."
Shin'ichi silently nods and casts a simple teleporting spell to those letters until the last ones begins to fade away. She spares a glance at Sonoko. It's true that sometimes she feels that Sonoko only tolerating her presence, but sometimes it also feels like she genuinely regrets every hurtful comments she threw at Shin'ichi. She smiles. She will see this as an apology from Sonoko that has never came out from her lips.
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"I won the duel tournament last week, you know." Ran states to Shin'ichi as the former licks the remains of her green-tea-flavoured ice cream.
"I know," Shin'ichi responds while still chewing her cheese sandwich.
"Don't talk with your mouth full," Ran scolds softly before glaring at her. "You promised we will go to amusement park when I won."
At that, Shin'ichi looks up at her, "I did?"
Both Ran and Sonoko groan. "Really, what else do you remember in that pretty little head of yours besides your books, Holmes-freak?" Sonoko asks in exasperation.
"You said you will go with us to amusement park! Sonoko had wanted to try their new roller coaster." Ran impatiently reminds her.
Sonoko gestures to Shin'ichi in agitation, "I've been dying to try that new roller coaster! We have to go there, like tomorrow!"
Hearing that, Shin'ichi frowns in disagreement. "Tomorrow? But—"
"No buts, Shin'ichi!" Shin'ichi tries to protest before Ran cuts her off. "We will go to that amusement park! You've been doing nothing but holing yourself up in your library lately, and that is not healthy!"
"What's wrong with adding more information to my brain?" Shin'ichi argues.
"There nothing wrong with that, but staying at home for too long is wrong." Ran responds.
"I am not staying at home all the time," Shin'ichi replies again. "I go to school with you guys."
"That doesn't count!" Now it's Sonoko's turn to cut her off. "Anyway, I don't care what you think! You will go to Tropical Land with us tomorrow, whether you like it or not! I won't accept any excuses!"
"What if I don't have any money?" Shin'ichi still tries to bargain her way out of this, even though her chance is dwindling with her every attempt.
"Then I'll pay!" Sonoko plays her 'Heiress' card as she closes the debate. "Wear something nice for tomorrow. We're gonna hunt for handsome men! Finally, a day came for me to hunt for the perfect man to be wed as an heir to the Royal House of Bells!" She cheers in joy as she lifted up her chocolate float to the air, mimicking a kampai.
"I thought you say we're going to ride that damned roller coaster." Shin'ichi mumbles quietly.
Apparently Ran hears her, "We will. You know how Sonoko is." She answers with a patient smile.
Shin'ichi rolls her eyes and resumes eating her sandwich. So apparently she will go to Tropical Land tomorrow anyway, so she has to finish that new book tonight.
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"That's good, Shin'ichi-kun. You should go out more often." Professor Agasa says without looking away from whatever he's been working on.
Shin'ichi groans out loud from in front of the TV, "Not you too, Professor."
"But Ran-kun is right, you know. It is scientifically proved that spending too much time indoor will lead to depression and decrease of immunity system." Professor argues back, again without looking away from his table.
Shin'ichi rolls her eyes, "Yes, yes, I've read about that too."
"Then you should go with them. This is a good chance for you to work out, soak in the sun, form bonds with your friends, and perhaps meeting new people. It's good for your health. And Sonoko will pay for your expenses. Technically, you have nothing to lose." He reminds her as he finally looks up from his table to smile at his charge. "It's been a while since you go out with Sonoko-san and Ran-kun too. I was beginning to get worried, you know."
Seeing the look the professor sent her, Shin'ichi can't help but feel guilt. "Yeah. I know. I'm sorry, professor."
"It's okay, Shin'ichi-kun. I understand that you're not a people person and you're busy as an aspiring young detective—but you should at least take time to stop and watch to flower, so they said." He speaks as he looks at Shin'ichi fondly before the gadget in front of him suddenly explodes in small blast, but it doesn't stop the burns on his face, hair, and white jacket.
Shin'ichi coughed up some of the smoke and fanning the air around her, "Professor? Are you okay?" She asks with concern, but also with no small amount of amusement.
"Yes. This is the third time this blasted thing explodes in front of me. Darn it!" He curses in a very old-man way. This sends Shin'ichi to a fit of giggles.
"Do you need any help?" She asks.
"No, it's okay. I'll clean this up myself," The graying old man speaks as he heaves himself up from his sitting position. He arches his back, and sighs with satisfaction when he feels some cracks. "You should go to sleep and prepare for tomorrow, Shin'ichi-kun."
At that reprimand, Shin'ichi groans again for the nth time that day.
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Ran is crying openly, while Sonoko struggles not to let her feelings show, but it is clear that the brown-haired girl is also disturbed by the case just now. Even though it isn't her fault, Shin'ichi can't help but feel guilt, so she keeps her thoughts to herself and let them sort through their own thoughts.
They are in amusement park, in Tropical Land, just like they had promised. The day had turned out well and beautifully, the sun was shining, the breeze was blowing, it was a perfect day to spend at an amusement park. They had played many games, won many prizes, and eaten several times (mainly because Sonoko wanted to try out the food in here). True to her words, Sonoko really paid for all her expenses, including playing games and eateries. Because of that, Shin'ichi held herself back. She didn't want to get carried away and ended up using all of Sonoko's money. Finally, the sun is setting, and Sonoko declared that it was time to end the day by trying out the new roller coaster she had been wanted to try. The other two girls just followed her whims and they had gotten into the roller coaster.
The queue was very long, since everyone wanted to try the newly built roller coaster. Shin'ichi met a young lady who came with a man and his girlfriend. Ran, being a friendly person she is, happily introduced themselves. Ran even offered the lady a seat beside them, because the lady seemed uncomfortable by the lovey-dovey couple she was with. The lady refused and sat alone in the cart in front of them, with Shin'ichi directly behind her, and the man and his girlfriend sat in the cart behind Shin'ichi's.
Then somehow, the man who sat behind Shin'ichi had gotten his head chopped off while the roller coaster was still moving. Shin'ichi and Ran, who sat directly in front of their cart, felt the warm spray of blood to their backs. The police came quickly to the murder scene. Ran and Sonoko visibly traumatized and tried to hold themselves together while being questioned by the police and Shin'ichi worked to solve the case. The police had suspected the man's girlfriend because she sat right beside the man and there was a bloodied knife found in her bag, and two men in black who had rode the cart directly behind the killed man.
Shin'ichi, wary of the two men dressed in black and pressed by the protective feelings towards her friends, hurriedly solved to case. She doesn't want to them be in murder scene for too long—it's bad for their mental health. She found that the man's girlfriend is innocent, and the killer is the other lady who came with him. It turned out that the other lady was the man's ex-girlfriend. The motive was because the man had broken her heart and dared to invite her along in his date with his current girlfriend. She had killed him without magic and with the complicated trick because she knew that magic residues are easily detected by magic-users.
It is because of these kinds of cases that make Shin'ichi reluctant to get close to other human beings. No one can predict human's heart and she wonders sometimes if she herself would become like that when she cannot take it anymore.
"That was sick, dude." Sonoko finally finds her voice. Her face still pale, but at least now she is saying something. "I can't believe there are people who could do that just because their love was rejected."
Shin'ichi frowns in thought of what Sonoko has said before the heiress calls her, "Hey, Shin'ichi. Is this what you have to solve every damn day?" She asks with pale face. "Because, hey, I don't know how you can take all of the sight."
Shin'ichi shrugs, "If that's what you're worried about, then no. It doesn't bother me anymore."
At her implication, Ran looks up at her with teary eyes. "Anymore? Shin'ichi, you…" Shin'ichi doesn't answer her, but she simply stares forward with thoughtful expression. Ran sniffs and she thinks. Shin'ichi has always been obsessed with Sherlock Holmes and becoming a detective for her whole life. But she hadn't been this closed off to the world before her parents were still around. When her parents were still alive, she was still a cheery person—able to leave her books to play and hang out with her and Sonoko. She was a more talkative and girly person, cheery and able to fangirl about Holmes and her favorite soccer club until she and Sonoko were sick of it.
Shin'ichi had said to her that she is done mourning for her parent's death, that there was nothing changing in her life even if her parents had died; that their death doesn't affect her. But Ran saw the change. Shin'ichi has withdrawn from the world. She started to see her and Sonoko less and less. She started to speak less and observe more. She started locking herself in her library more and more. She started to hold people by arm's length. She doesn't even let Ran in anymore. Shin'ichi started to become a real detective from the day her parents died.
Ran remember exactly when there was news to her parent's death. Ran was cooking for Shin'ichi in the latter's house, because she knows that Shin'ichi is too lazy to cook for herself. Shin'ichi was watching TV in the background. The other girl was in a good mood because her parents were going to come home that week. Ran still remembered how happy she was and how she tried to act nonchalant but failed miserably. And there was a sound of glass shattered. Ran immediately went to Shin'ichi to see what was wrong, but the other girl was frozen in front of the TV. The news casted an accident of a plane crash and that nobody survived the crash—the plane she later learned that Shin'ichi's parents had been riding on.
When Ran accompanied her to her parent's coffins, that's the first time she saw the other girl broke down into a sobbing mess. She had never seen Shin'ichi so distraught and loss that she didn't know what to do, so she just stood aside and watched—she regretted that now.
Not too long after that, Shin'ichi's house was auctioned off by the government; they said because she wasn't old enough to take care of the house. Ran and Sonoko were shocked and horrified when she heard that Shin'ichi was sent into an orphanage outside Beika city. Ran was about to take the girl into her house, no matter what her father said. It took a lot of efforts to go out of town, mainly because they were just 14 year olds then. But when they got to the orphanage, Shin'ichi was gone. She and Sonoko frantically searched for her and asked for help around to look for her. Thankfully, not 24 hours later, Shin'ichi's uncle, Professor Agasa found her. He said she was on her way to the neighbouring kingdom, Caelis, when he found her. He said not to worry anymore because he would be taking care of Shin'ichi from then on and she wouldn't have to live in orphanage again if he could help it. Shin'ichi was asleep on Agasa's shoulders that time, but Ran remembered exactly how her eyebrows were furrowed, even in sleep, and there were bags under her eyes and her face and hands were dirty of salt, possibly from tears.
It took weeks for Ran and Sonoko to get Shin'ichi to talk to them again. Even then, they realized the changes Shin'ichi took. She started to become a real detective. She had withdrawn to a cold and hard shell she had created for herself. The hard blow of losing her parents made her more determined to become a detective than before. She was lucky that Inspector Megure from FOMA was friends with her father's and he agreed to take her in as an apprentice, probably because of pity, but Shin'ichi clearly didn't care. In only three years, her reputation preceded her. She had become the detective like she'd wanted, famous throughout the kingdom, even earning nicknames like Detective of the East and Young Marple. But is she happy?
Ran watches her childhood friend from behind, watching at the small back that has to shoulder so many burdens that they don't understand. Looking at her from behind like this, she seems too far away from her reach. Ran wonders if someday her friend would fade away and disappears just like that and there would be nothing she could do but watch—just like that day when she watched her break and do nothing. And for that, she deserves it. Ran bites her lower lip; she deserves every bit of resentment Shin'ichi may or may not have because of her cowardly behaviour, unfit of a friend.
"Guys, I should go. You should go back without me. The police will escort you home safely." Shin'ichi speaks, breaking the silence and Ran's thought.
Sonoko frowns in concern, "Then what about you?"
"There's something I want to check. Besides, the police will need me for questioning anyway. They still need me here. I'll be fine. They'll escort me home too when they're done." She reassures them before gesturing to a man in uniform. "Officer Takagi will escort you home."
The man bows and gesturing for them to follow him. "Please this way. Don't worry about Kudou-san, she will be perfectly safe."
Ran tries to protest, "But Shin'ichi…"
"I can take care of myself, you know." Shin'ichi cuts her off. "I've been taking care of myself for the last three years. I'll be fine."
Her words do nothing to reassure Ran, it simply makes her feel even worse. But Shin'ichi doesn't linger around to listen to her respond, because she turns swiftly to talk to Inspector Megure. Sonoko pats her hand in clear sympathy before taking her hand to follow Takagi to the police car. Ran will bet that Sonoko probably knows what she thinks.
Ran feels as if she will not be able to see Shin'ichi again until distant future.
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After seeing both her friends safely driven by officer Takagi, Shin'ichi turns to where she last seen the men dressed in black at the crime scene. She asked about them to Inspector Megure. He said that they looked agitated and kept saying they don't know anything, as if they don't want to be involved with the police for too long. Shin'ichi also remembers that the silver haired man had stared at her with such cold and hard eyes that she felt chills down her spines. She knew instantly that those are the eyes of a cold-blooded murderer—the eyes of a person who kills just for the sake of it. That's why she has to know—what could a murderer be doing there, on a roller coaster no less? What is it that he wants?
The amusement park is almost on closing time; especially with a murder going on, it looks like the park is going to close earlier than she anticipated. She has to hurry and look for those men before the park closes. She has to prevent whatever they're going to do.
She thinks again. What could the men possibly want when they were on roller coaster? Murderers like them couldn't be riding on a roller coaster casually without some sort of purpose. Then she remembers that the roller coaster is on the edge of the park, looking out to an abandoned empty field just beside the park. They must be on a look out, she suddenly concludes as her feet runs toward the place where she thinks they were. They must have an agreement to meet at the empty field with someone, and they were riding the roller coaster to inspect if that place was empty or if the one agreed to meet with them came as they promised.
Her feet came into halt as the empty field comes into view. In here, she has to be stealthy. The men in black weren't just ordinary men, she thinks. If my feelings were right, she breathes in and out to even out her breath. If my feelings were right, then those people are dangerous.
She hid behind a big lamppost when she heard distinct voices of conversation. She controls her breath as she peeks to the source of the conversation. There are two men, by the thick bushes. If nobody searches carefully, they can easily go undetected. They are talking in hush voices Shin'ichi can't make out of.
One man wears the all black, the one who accompanied the silver-haired man in roller coaster, she realizes. The other is someone she has never seen before. He is bald, wearing a grey suit, and carrying a suitcase. "You sure the artefact has been sent to my company yet?"
The man in black answers sinisterly, "Yes, you don't have to worry—unless the amount of money you give is not enough."
The bald man visibly gulps before opening the suitcase in front of him, "Here," revealing a huge amount of cash, neatly rowed inside. "I've hold my end of the deal." Seeing the unusual amount of cash and the question the bald man asked, Shin'ichi instantly concludes that this is an illegal transaction of magical artefact.
The man in black inspects the cash for a moment before nodding and takes to suitcase in his hand. "We'll see about that after we count the money." At this point, Shin'ichi is already has her cell phone out on recording mode. "After all, the artefact is extremely rare. It took a lot of efforts and many strings pulled to collect Hand of Midas." Shin'ichi's eyes widen. Hand of Midas is a very rare and very dangerous artefact. If not handled carefully, anyone who touched it could turn into gold. The myth has it that only two of them were ever made. "I say, 780,000,000 kan isn't supposed to cut it—not with what we've been through to get it and what the artefact could do, but what could I say. It seems the boss is fond of you after all."
The bald man scoffs, "Humph, after all I've done to supply her with whole bunch of artefacts, you don't have the right to say that to me. I've been getting a lot of warnings from the FOMA lately; they've suspected me already because of the last time's incident."
The man in black smirks, "Don't worry about FOMA; we've got it all covered." Shin'ichi's eyes widen some more. Those last words seem to imply that they have inner connections inside FOMA.
"The detective game is over, girl."
Shin'ichi is a few a seconds too late to realize that there's someone behind her when a sharp pain explodes to the back of her head and everything goes blurry and painful. Her ears are ringing and everything is a blur to the haze of pain.
"Aniki! What's going on?"
"This silly girl has been spying on us."
"What should we do? Should we kill her here?"
"That would be best. Put down your gun, Vodka. We can't risk using guns—there are still too much police loitering around here. It'll be troublesome if they hear us."
"Then what should we do?"
"The killing curse."
The sinister words enter Shin'ichi's ears through the blurry haze. Killing? "It has just invented. It would kill the manna and life string of the person it curses bit by bit—like crushing their bones and flesh. From the outside, there would seem no damage to the physical body. And the best part is there would be trace of magic residue. Even the most experienced wizard would not be able to sense the curse within the person."
Suddenly Shin'ichi feels as if her whole body was crushed by an invisible weight. She gasps on air, desperately trying to get oxygen into her lungs. "This one is tougher to kill." She hears the man mutters before more weight is inflicted on her.
Shin'ichi desperately clung to her life string, whimpering and groaning in pain. She rolls over in order to escape the invisible weight and she sees the blurry images of the men in black through her tear-soaked eyes. Suddenly she feels hot, searing pain on her heart. It's smouldering hot—as if there was a burning stake stabbed through her heart. She doubles over as her heart stutters and screams in pain before she feels her heart stops completely.
The silver haired man stares at the collapsed girl in front of him. After checking for a pulse and finds none, the silver haired man in black grinned wickedly. The eyes of a murdered girl are always the best. Her eyes are blue, he notes. Now, her eyes hold nothing but the screams of pain as they're dulling and became bloodshot, like eyes of dead fish. Then his eyes strayed on the cell phone she has dropped on the grass. Ah, that's right. He just remembers that this silly girl had eavesdropped and recorded their whole conversation. Gin raises his foot and crushed the cell phone under his shoes. Gin nods in satisfaction when the phone has been nothing but shattered glass. Now that she's dead, now that the phone's broken, nobody would hear any of this. Their secrets are safe, their boss is safe.
"She's dead, aniki?"
"Yes." He straightens himself and pats his black coat to smooth them. "Let's go, Vodka."
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To be continued
Author's note:
Hello, this is Morte-tan, back with a fantasy-mystery-romance story. Again, this is going to be a female Shin'ichi kind of story, and off course the pairing will be Kaishin. And as you can see, there is no Kaito yet. Yes, off course. This is like reading the beginning of Detective Conan volume one all over again. Please don't be disheartened, and please be patient. Kaito will come out officially in chapter two or three. I would probably do slow updates with this story, but I will work as hard as I can.
The idea for this story stems first from Swan Lake, then it goes to Harry Potter, then it goes to games called Emerald City Confidential (it is where I got the inspiration for the kingdom and its governance) and otome game called Wizardess' Heart (where I got inspiration for the magic school). Then there are Black Butler (where I got the reference for the hierarchy between nobles) and Howl's Moving Castle (where I got the inspiration for the magic and spell casting stuff). And off course, last but not least, I should give credits for SilvCyanide for taking his/her idea for calling magic powers "manna" in her story titled "Study in Magic" (I don't want to be called plagiarism for this story). That story is very good, try to read them while you can.
Please give me feedback if the story seems unclear, or if my writing style is too rushed, or anything at all. Please be the judge, and tell me what's wrong in this story and what could be fixed. I will respond to any reviews and messages in time. I'm sorry for any type of mistakes in this story that offends you in any way; I assure you, that it is not intentional; and I hope that you can love this story as much as I do.
Thank you for reading. Click the review button if you want to comment on how horrible I did in this story, or click favorite or follow button, I will deeply appreciate it. Thank you again, and I will see you in the next chapter. :D