Chapter 365: The Lost Wallet
Chapter 365: The Lost Wallet
How come another person lost his wallet?
Looking at the Duke of Lionheart who was anxiously searching his body, Jacob's heart, which had just calmed down, suddenly jumped up again.
The incident of the customer who lost his wallet yesterday had already caused me to lose my job as a waiter in the VIP area, and I could only greet guests at the door. If the same mistake happened again just one day later, I might not even be able to do the job of greeting guests. Even if this bad-tempered Duke insisted on pursuing the matter, it is possible that I would be fired directly!
Damn it! These damn customers, is it so difficult for them to take care of their wallets?
"Don't worry, I'll help you recall it first!"
After taking two deep breaths and suppressing his heart that was about to burst out of his chest, Jacob, who thought it was not good, smiled and said:
"You are sure you still have your wallet with you before entering our beverage area, right?"
"Aren't you talking nonsense!"
After switching on [Master of Performance], Leon, who had lost his wallet, stamped his feet and said angrily with an anxious look on his face:
"Didn't I show you my ID badge earlier? If I didn't have my wallet with me, where did I get the ID badge from? Did a dog on the street give it to me with its mouth?"
Is that the case?
After trying hard to recall the situation when he entered the door, and finding that it seemed... seemed... almost true, Jacob, with sweat on his forehead, gritted his teeth and said with a slightly trembling voice:
"So where have you been since you entered the door?"
"You've brought me all this way here, and you're still asking me?"
After Leon lost his wallet, he yelled a few words and said anxiously:
"The door, the main counter, the stairs, the bar, and this private room! Just these few places! Damn it! How did my wallet disappear?"
"Don't worry! Maybe it fell on the road. I'll help you find it!"
Jacob kept saying "don't worry, don't worry", but he was already panicking. He turned around quickly and wanted to look for it along the way he came. He didn't doubt at all whether Leon really lost his wallet.
After all, the other party is a genuine noble. Even if he seems to be ridiculed by the nobles for being a gigolo of the princess, he would not pretend to lose his wallet and tease a little waiter like himself, right?
From this perspective, the wallet's whereabouts are most likely to have been lost after I took the badge, or to have been placed on the stage when I signed. As long as I look for it quickly enough, it may not have been picked up by someone else...
……
"wait!"
Just as Jacob was about to leave, he felt a sudden pain in his wrist, as if someone was pulling it hard.
Turning back in surprise, Jacob was horrified to find that the Duke, who had lost his wallet, was squinting his eyes and looking him up and down with suspicion.
"Why are you running?"
"Ah? I need to go find your wallet!"
"It's no problem to find your wallet, but what I'm asking is, why are you running?"
In the slightly dim room, Leon's piercing black eyes were like two dark fog lights, madly devouring the surrounding light while completely devouring Jacob's remaining courage.
"If you wanted to find your wallet, why didn't you wait for me? Why were you in such a hurry to leave me?"
"I...I'm worried that your wallet might be picked up by someone else..."
"Are you worried that my wallet will be picked up by someone else, or are you worried that I won't have time to hide the things you stole?"
"You think... No! It's not me! It's really not me!"
Seeing that Leon actually suspected that he had taken his wallet, Jacob couldn't help but shudder, and then shook his head repeatedly with horror in his eyes:
"I really didn't! I never stole anything from anyone! Really! I swear!"
It's true, he didn't take...
After looking at Jacob's soul fire, which was panicked and frightened but did not show any "contradiction" or "conflict", Leon nodded slightly, then squinted his eyes and continued to dig:
"I'm going to assume you didn't take it...but do you really know nothing?"
"What...what do you mean?"
“I mean, people who work as waiters generally don’t want to offend anyone.
For example, if my wallet falls on the bar counter, and you see someone taking it, but you find that person's identity is very special and you are worried about getting in trouble, so you deliberately say you know nothing or you didn't see that person's face... Would you do that?"
"No, no! I won't! I...I shouldn't!" "Huh? Why did you hesitate when you said that?"
Seeing that Jacob was a little shaky and conflicted, but far from lying, Leon couldn't help but frown, and then switched from "suspicious Duke" to "angry Duke", and said with a chill in his eyes:
"Hurry up and tell me! What are you hesitating about?"
"me……"
"I'm patient enough!"
Duke Leon, who was very impatient, raised a finger and said unkindly:
"This is your last chance. Tell me what you are hesitating about, or don't blame me for calling for someone to arrest you! I hope you can still be as stubborn as you are now after you fall into the hands of the secret police of the Secret Investigation Bureau!"
"Don't! I'll tell you! I'll tell you right now!"
Seeing that the Duke in front of him was really angry, Jacob couldn't help but panic, and hurriedly said like a bamboo tube pouring beans:
"The reason I hesitated is that yesterday there was also a customer who lost her wallet, just like you, and I clearly remember that her wallet was taken away by someone. I even looked at that person on purpose to remember his appearance.
But…but when the customer who lost her wallet got it back, I couldn’t remember the face of the person who took her wallet. I just remembered that someone took the wallet, but I couldn’t even remember if it was a man or a woman…”
Can't remember the appearance...
So it's an anomaly that erases memory? Or an anomaly that reduces the sense of existence?
After keeping the information he had obtained firmly in mind, Leon's expression changed slightly. He thought of the [List of the Fallen] from the Gemini Branch, and also thought of someone from the Gemini Branch - the female reporter named Nicole.
If I remember correctly, she happened to have something on her body that could eliminate the smell. Could it be that making the witness unable to remember his face was also one of the effects of the sheep's tail?
If there were no [Evil List], it would not be certain, but in a place where there are abnormal objects from the Gemini Branch, there are signs of suspected Gemini Branch members' activities, which seems very suspicious...
"I see……"
After muttering to himself, Leon's tense expression relaxed slightly, and then he looked up at the very frightened waiter in front of him, and said calmly:
"Then I will just believe for now that you didn't take my wallet... Hey... I wanted to have a good drink today, but I was not allowed to register, and my wallet was lost!"
After waving his hand disinterestedly, Leon stood up with a look of disappointment and said:
"Forget it, I won't drink anymore!"
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!"
Seeing that Leon seemed to have given up pursuing the wallet, Jacob couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then hurriedly followed him downstairs, and then asked for paper and pen from the main desk, and said eagerly:
"If it's convenient, could you tell me what your wallet looks like? And what can be revealed inside?"
"Ah."
Considering that he had to do the whole act, it would be suspicious if he didn't rush to find his wallet and just wanted to leave, so Leon made up a story:
"My wallet... It's naturally embroidered with the Lion crest of the Ryan family, and my name is sewn with precious gold thread, and there's a portrait of me in it, and there's also a lot of money in it...
I have forgotten how much I have. After all, for someone like me, it is good enough to remember to bring money when going out. Why would I have the energy to count how much money I have? Anyway, it is enough to spend no matter how much I bring, don’t you think? "
"Yes, yes, yes! You are right!"
After secretly cursing that the dog nobles would have a bad death and would be run over by an 18-wheeled steam carriage as soon as they left the house, Jacob took Lyon to the waiting area with a smile on his face, and then hurried back to the main desk with the characteristics he had memorized.
Lyon, sitting on the sofa in the waiting area, squinted his eyes and began to wonder what the female reporter from the Gemini Branch wanted to do, and whether she knew that Director Aquarius had been sent to the dead world...
"Your Majesty the Duke!"
Just as Leon frowned in deep thought, a joyful call suddenly reached his ears.
Leon looked up in surprise and found Jacob holding a gold-wire purse that looked very valuable. He ran over with joy on his face and reported happily:
"Your Excellency the Duke, your wallet has been found!"
"..."
(｀Д)? !
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(End of this chapter)