Like a lovely Merry-Go-Round, the lives of everyone in Q Class continued. They all embraced maturity as they chose their own paths. These stories take place after the last chapter of the manga and will continue until about 6 years after. They can be read as separate stories, but it all lead to the same alternate ending. As it should be, the series will contain 9 works when it's finished!

This is part 4 of the Luvly, Merry-Go-Round series

Case. The client got a mysterious email from a dead person.

Characters. They settled in their roles for the case.

*Note. To avoid language confusion, dialogues in English will be in italic.

Chapter 1. The Mysterious Email

"Ryuu, today's already hot and you drink hot chocolate?" Kinta brought his face near Ryuu's cup. "It smells nice, though!" Kyuu sniffed at the same cup. Ryuu, who was sitting between them, backed off a little as the heads suddenly blocked him from his cup. "I was never a fan of cold drinks to begin with," he finally said. "That is actually better for the body, but I'll stick to milkshakes," Kazuma drank his chocolate milkshake. "I agree, it's pretty cool that you can still drink that hot choco in this weather," Megu smiled sheepishly beside Kazuma.

A waitress came and brought two big plates of french fries, three sandwiches, and two jumbo burgers. "Sorry to keep you waiting!"

"Here it comes, here it comes!" Kyuu grabbed his burger and started eating eagerly.

"It's always nice to have hearty meals after a long day," Kazuma munched his sandwich.

"Right! I can't believe that scary teacher actually forced us to memorize the whole chapter!" Kinta barged.

"Hey, your food's going everywhere!" Kazuma roared, "and it is harder for you because you haven't read it, right?" Kinta grinned, "Well, that's easy for you to say, not having part time jobs everywhere for living!"

"C'mon guys," Megu's voice was soft but it stopped the quarrel effectively.

"Ryuu, is that you?" came a voice from a man with a perfect American accent.

Not only Ryuu, but all of the heads turned towards the voice.

There stood a brunette man about Kinta's height, but probably about five years older than Kinta. He had pale blue eyes that looked like grey from afar. Judging from the casual clothes, short sleeved china collared shirt with sweatpants, he was a diligent person on his holiday. And his two time-zones watch showed that he often went overseas, either for work or holiday. In short, he was a really rich guy.

"Joseph?" Ryuu blinked, twice.

Kyuu stood up and offered a hand, "Hey, Ryuu's friend, I'm Kyuu!" Joseph smiled and shook his hand, "Joseph."

Ryuu was now standing up beside Kyuu, "It's nice to see you, Joseph. Please meet my friends from Q Class." He gestured his hands as he introduced them, "This is Kinta, Kazuma, and Megu." Then, he gestured his hand to introduce the brunette, "Guys, meet Joseph Rios." Joseph waved his hand. "I met him from a case back in New York. He's a chemist," Ryuu explained.

He turned to look at Joseph, "What are you doing here in Japan?"

Joseph turned his body towards Ryuu, "Actually, my father died last month. After the funeral, I was overwhelmed from my work too, so I guess I needed a break."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear about your loss," Ryuu lowered his head.

Joseph shook his head slowly, "He had a condition and we were prepared, so it's not that bad."

"By the way, this Q Class is from the Dan Detective School you enrolled, right? Actually, I have something to ask." He fetched his phone from his pants and flicked the screen before handing it to Ryuu. Kyuu got closer and Ryuu held the phone for both of them to see. "See the email? It was sent from my dad, even though he's already dead."

"May I see the email?" Kazuma asked while opening his own laptop. After scanning the email, Ryuu gave the phone to Kazuma. Joseph watched with fascination when Kazuma flicked through his phone with one hand while his other hand worked on the laptop.

"I think your father automated this email, triggered to be sent a month after his death certificate is recorded in the health department system," Kazuma said, "It is a very complex automation, was your father a programmer?"

Joseph blinked twice before answering shakily, "W-well, wait what? Programmer? My dad's a farmer, he's far from being a programmer..." He drew his brows together and added, "Although... I always wondered why he used a very modern PC with two big screens even though he's only a farmer."

"What does the email say?" Megu asked. Kazuma brought his attention to the phone and began to read, "If you received this email, then I am no longer in your world. Don't be sad because believe me, I'm in a better place now. However, my job is not yet finished. Please find my will in the lab and read my confession. I will always be looking after you from up here. Love, can I really say I'm your dad?"

"Interesting," Kyuu held his right hand that touched his chin, "Will you found the will, then?"

"It's 'find', not 'found'. And rather than 'find', you should use the word 'search'," Ryuu corrected with a smile. Kyuu had been learning English from Ryuu for a year now. He had to catch up with the language because more and more of their study cases were taken from real cases around the world. Kyuu's mom had given up teaching English to Kyuu a long time ago, so she was so happy to see Kyuu somehow learned fast with Ryuu. And even if he still made minor mistakes, Ryuu was proud to know that Kyuu could understand the current English conversation so far.

And as a native American, Joseph had no problem in understanding what Kyuu wanted to ask. "Yes, I intend to," Joseph answered. He looked at the young detectives before him and suddenly he had the idea. "You know what, you guys should come with me!"

Five heads turned towards him again, "WHAT?"

"Joseph, I know your pharmacy business is going well, but inviting all of us to come is still..." Ryuu tried to reason.

But Joseph replied with confidence, "Nope, it will be MY honor if you guys went with me." His face softened as he said, "Actually, I don't want to do this alone and my expertise is limited to chemistry. You guys found out about the email automation in a blink of an eye."

He turned to look at Kazuma, "Sorry, can I have my phone back? I will make this an official request to your Detective School. You won't have a problem, then, right?"

Ryuu could not possibly say no if it was an official request, so he smiled, "We'll do our best to assist you, Joseph."

"Thank you, thank you so much, really," Joseph gripped Ryuu's hands before facing Q Class, "Okay, meet me at the airport at 7 am tomorrow, guys." He waved and exited the restaurant.

It took a few seconds before Ryuu and Kyuu sat again.

"Wow," Kyuu started, "that was AWESOME!" He beamed with happiness, "I can't believe we'll go to New York together! It's like a dream come true!"

"Yeah, I can't believe it either," Megu said.

Kazuma cleared his throat. "I'm sorry to ruin the happy moment, but... I really have to apologize. I really can't escape from my next game's release."

"What? Not again, Kazuma!" Kinta barked. "Can't help it, man," Kazuma lowered his head, "I actually really wanted to go as well..."

"Ah, sorry to hear that Kazuma," Ryuu said. "It's okay, Ryuu. I can always help from here, and I can easily connect us to DDS or anyone from here if needed," Kazuma answered firmly.

"That's a nice idea, Kazuma," Kyuu grinned widely. "I believe it will help us a lot!"

Ryuu nodded, "Yes, I believe we'll be a better team that way."

Kyuu stretched out his hand above the table, "For Q Class."

Kinta put his palm above Kyuu's, "For Q Class."

Ryuu, Kazuma, and Megu also put their palms above their friends'.

"Let's do this!" they cheered together.