"If it was magic that took the rose out of our room, then who could have done it? And Why?" asked Yue.
"If it was not magic that took the rose, then who is capable enough to break into our room and not wake us up," asked Nodoka.
Zazie Rainyday, walking back from her only class activity while juggling in one hand and eating an apple in the other hand, spotted the two librarians in the distance. She waved at Yue and Nodoka with a brief smile upon her face as she disappeared between the brick buildings still juggling away.
"Was that Zazie?" asked Nodoka astonished.
"Guess so," replied Yue as she shrugged her shoulders bewildered.
"Is that all she does is juggle?" asked Nodoka with a puzzled look on her face.
"Apparently so since she hardly says anything and even hardly participates much in class," said Yue.
Nodoka gazed in the direction Zazie disappeared between the two brick buildings.
It began to drizzle as Yue said, "Back to our discussion. We do have suspects but how do we confront them."
"It will not be easy if you do," said a female voice from above the two girls.
Nodoka looked up to where the voice was coming from. She saw a buxom blond haired vampiress floating above her. Nodoka began to tremble because she did not recognize who it was.
"What? It is me Eva. It is a full moon. I need fresh blood after all," said Eva in a demanding tone with a wink at the two girls below her.
"Master you should not frighten our classmates," replied Chachamaru flying right up to Eva's side with her rocket boots blasting fiery fuel.
"Oh alright, cannot frighten boya's two little lovely disciples," said Eva as she floated down next to Yue.
"How are you doing Eva-san?" asked Yue plainly.
"Fine at this misty night," replied Eva wiping off some red substance on her lips.
"Who...did...you...bite tonight?" asked a scared Nodoka figuring the red substance was blood.
"Do not worry mind-reader. Was not a classmate or at least I hope it was not," whispered Eva with a smirk.
"Well you probably already know that someone stole the pink rose from Nodoka-san," said Yue trying to change topics.
"Did they now? Why would they do such a terrible thing to the poor helpless librarian," said Eva mockingly.
"Who could indeed," said Yue suspiciously.
"Do not look at me, why would I do such a thing? Negi is an enemy of mine because of his father and Imma, but what possible motive would I take the rose?" said Eva.
"Sure you say that Negi-sensei is your enemy, but your actions dictate otherwise at times," said Yue being blunt.
"Had enough talk with you two. Will see you tomorrow to train with the brat boya," said Eva disgusted as she floated and disappeared into the misty night.
"Sorry but the master tends to get emotional nowadays. Could be that Negi-sensei gets to her," replied Chachamaru as she flew away out of the two remaining girl's sight.
Yue and Nodoka did not say anything at all after that when they reached their dorm.
"Did you hear that sis?" said a girly voice in the shadows.
"Sure did sis," replied the other girly voice in the shadows.
Most of the girls arrived at the baths together for their daily gossip and updates about the day.
Asakura-san said, "Was it me or was Nodoka-san acting very suspicious earlier today?"
Ayaka responded coolly, "It is like Negi-kun purposely chose her to receive that rose. I CANNOT ACCEPT THAT."
"Class rep calm down. There should be a reasonable explanation why she did get it and now why was she acting so strangely," said Sakurako of the cheerleader three.
Ayaka bit her lip trying to think of something to respond to.
"Nodoka-san always seemed afraid of boys and men. Perhaps that was her ploy to lure in poor Negi-kun," said Makie whose ribbon skills contain reaching out for food when she is at a table or saving a certain teacher from a pitfall.
"Logically Nodoka-san is smart but a tad on the clumsy side," said Madoka of the cheerleader three.
"Does Negi-sensei like Nodoka-san more then just a student-teacher relationship?" asked Natsumi who is the only student who is an actress.
"I hope not," responded Kakizaki of the cheerleader three.
"True the cute little professor of mine, I mean ours, would get in deep trouble," said Ayaka concerned.
Suddenly the Narutaki twins came barging in and yelled, "WE KNOW SOMETHING YOU DO NOT."
"Well what is it?" asked Kasuga whose running speed only is surpassed by Asuna.
"We heard Yue and Nodoka discuss a certain thing about the rose," said Fumika
"What about the rose?" asked the blond class rep.
"Well, the rose is missing from the library exploration girl's room where Nodoka-san had it last," said Fuka.
"You mean she lost the rose that the professor gave her?" asked Akira who is like a fish to water in swimming competitions.
"I guess, they went to bed and the rose was gone when they woke up," said Fumika.
"Really? So that may explain why Nodoka was acting more jittery then usual," said Asakura-san.
"Do they know how the rose was taking?" asked Ayaka.
"Could not hear that part," responded Fuka.
"Alright well how dare bookworm lose the very precious gift the professor gave her," said a furious Ayaka.
"If Negi-sensei finds out she lost the rose, what does that mean for the rest of the girls who like him?" asked Makie.
Ayaka was thinking devious thoughts now. That if she notified Negi about Nodoka he might say, "Oh thank you class rep, you are most beautiful as well as noble for telling me this." He shuns Nodoka as she runs off admitting she was not the right one for the professor and tells Negi that Ayaka should be the one that he should fall in love with.
"Oh my! Ayaka-san please do not think what you are planning," said Chizuru placing her hand in front of her mouth.
"What? I am not planning anything. We could search for the rose and whoever finds it will return it to the professor and Negi-kun might be thankful and more," said Ayaka.
"That is a great idea," said Asakura-san.
Back in the library exploration girl's dorm room, Nodoka and Yue were making up a list of who was possibly the culprit.
"Sayo Aizaka-san, the class ghost, could get inside the room unnoticed. But she cannot dematerialize anything to get the rose out of here. Sayo even has a hard time picking up things. Even though I heard she is developing some tiny bit of telekinesis," said Yue.
"Well I could always look up with my artifact who could have took it," said Nodoka.
"It might not help since it has been awhile. And it is invasion of privacy sort of," responded Yue remembering how Nodoka found out about Yue's feelings for Negi.
"Alright ethical and moral reasons not to I suppose," sighed Nodoka.
"Yuna Akashi-san tends to love to play pranks and have fun, but doubt she would pull a stunt like this with her dad being a professor," said Yue.
Nodoka nodded in agreement.
"Kazumi Asakura-san, became Negi-kun's manager of his time, really would not do it but she is good at solving mysteries with her investigative knowledge. Should ask for her help," said Yue.
"She would be a good help, but she may tell Negi," said Nodoka.
"Ah yeah I forgot," replied Yue.
"Ako Izumi-san and Akira Okochi-san make up half of the sports group. Neither of them shown interest in Negi-sensei at all," said a relieved Yue.
"Did Ako go on a date with someone at the festival as well," said Nodoka scratching her head.
"That is what the rumor said according to Paru," said Yue.
"Akiro tends to be quiet and observes a lot. But she ends up being embarrassed by Yuna," said Nodoka giggling.
"Kakizaki Misa-san and Madoka Kugimiya-san have shown little interest in the professor. But, Sakurako Shina-san might have some as the professor gets older," said Yue.
"Sakurako-san does?" said Nodoka now worried because Sakurako is very beautiful.
"Do not worry about it Nodoka-san," replied Yue reassuringly.
"Yeah but another one that may be in competition with," said Nodoka.
"Asuna, Konoka, and Setsuna we can dismissed as well," said Yue confidently.
"Yeah they probably were the ones that suggest Negi give me a rose or something," said Nodoka.
"And you are happy he did give you the rose," smiled Yue.
"Yeah I am," said Nodoka smiling but she looked at the empty vase and began to frown.
"Fei Ku-san and Kaede Nagase-san may have the stealth to get in here. Especially Kaede. But, why would they care that you got a rose. Fei is Negi-kun's martial arts master and Kaede tends to be his bodyguard and adviser when Negi-kun needs," said Yue.
"Remember the bowling alley. We all thought Negi-sensei was asking Fei Ku-san out. I am not that into physical stuff. Fei-san was in that kiss Negi-sensei game in Kyoto though. She may have feelings for him," said Nodoka.
"She may have little feelings, but she tends to concentrate more on her martial art training then a love life at this point of her life," said Yue.
"Yeah but Chao was Chinese and Fei Ku is. Logic dictates that if we could believe Chao that Negi was her descendant," said Nodoka.
"Stop it right there. We have no evidence that Fei-san was related to Chao. Only Chao confessed that Negi-kun was a blood relative. And since its a hundred year difference, could be one of Negi-kun's grandkids as Chao's parents. Means that one of the grandkids could have married a Chinese girl or guy," said Yue.
"Still wish we saw what was inside Chao's family tree book," said Nodoka.
"Chachamaru-san could get inside this room, but she would make a sound probably," said Yue.
"She tends to be very protective of Negi-sensei as of late. So doubt she would do such a bad thing even if Eva-chan told her to," said Nodoka.
"I disagree. She was on the opposite side during the festival fight remember," said Yue.
"Alright she is a suspect," said Nodoka.
"Kasuga Misora-san would be scolded by her superiors so cannot see her," said Yue.
"Would not put it pass her though, remember the church," said Nodoka.
"Makie Sasaki-san shows a lot of keen interest in the professor, but why does she not make a move. Out of fear maybe since he is only ten. She has that ribbon that could easily snatch the vase and with her balance as a gymnastic performer, she is capable. Only thing is that she may not be that smart in trying to get in here. She could be a suspect," said Yue.
"Another rival for the affection of Negi-sensei," said Nodoka.
"Mana Tatsumiya-san tends to scare a lot of people. Especially the ones she has tried to shot at during the festival. I wonder if Negi-kun and her had a talk yet about her involvement with Chao more then she said during the festival," said Yue plainly remembering the terrifying incident and then her frank talk with Negi alone in the rooftop. How special it was being with Negi alone.
"Well she showed no interest at all toward Negi-sensei, but we could ask for help from her," said Nodoka.
"She does not work for free Nodoka-san, she tends to get paid for her work," said Yue.
"Oh right," responded Nodoka.
"Satomi Nakase-san has rarely been seen much besides in class. She was an ally of Chao so I hope Negi-kun did talk with her. Another one that is too busy with a love life," said Yue.
"Heard she developed Chachamaru new look," said Nodoka.
"The Narutaki twins can be dismissed because they are never quiet," chuckled Yue.
"Yeah that is so true," giggled Nodoka.
"Chizuru Naba-san is to sweet to do something like taking a rose," said Yue.
"Yeah but according to Paru, Chizuru-san almost ended up doing something harmful to Kotoro-kun with a leek," said Nodoka.
"Natsumi-san rarely showed any attraction toward Negi-kun. Maybe she likes Kotoro-kun," said Yue.
"Poor dog demon," said Nodoka.
"Eva-chan is always a suspect," said Yue.
"But how do we interrogate her?" asked Nodoka.
"Carefully," said Yue.
"Could be hazardous," replied Nodoka.
"Chisame-san does not like Negi-kun by her words and yet sometimes there is a glint in her actions that she likes being around him," said Yue.
"The net idol tends to have a split personality I would say," said Nodoka.
"Ayaka can be a suspect because of her obsession with Negi-kun, but how could she get inside here," said Yue.
"Maybe she bribed someone who was capable into taking the rose," said Nodoka.
"She does have the money," replied Yue.
"Satsuki Yotsuba-san to kind and tend to be busy with her food cart," said Yue.
"Great food," said Nodoka.
"Lastly Zazie who we saw earlier tonight," said Yue.
"She would have the ability since she is an acrobat in the Nightmare circus," said Nodoka.
"Add her to the suspect list," said Yue.