THIRST || Vanitas no Carte

7.1

"Undercover?"

"Yes, Y/N. I want you to find the murderer and murder weapon from this case." Lord Ruthven hands you the case file.

"And this one." he hands out another one.

You smirked as you go through the two files. "So, where are we going, Y/N?" Vanitas walked out of the estate with you. "Y/N! Vanitas! Wait for me!" Noe rushed out from the hallway to catch up with the both of you. "Hmm, Vanitas, could you buy us some ice creams?" you asked. Vanitas got confused and couldn't help but ask back, "Uh- sure but why so suddenly?" You gazed at Noe and said, "It seems that Noe wants some ice cream." Vanitas and Noe had an abrupt pause and were shocked by what you uttered, I thought she wasn't listening to us that time. Noe stuttered, "Y-Y/N, how did you know?" As you were going through the files you replied, "Oh, you were looking at that ice cream shop for over 20 seconds so I thought you were craving." Vanitas and Noe were dumbfounded, Oh, so that's why. I thought she was listening to our conversation at the tower, Vanitas and Noe thought.

I'm sorry boys but I had to focus on this alone. Distractions are not an option here. As Vanitas was walking towards the ice cream shop, Noe follows. You chuckled a bit and thought, I knew Noe wants to pick his own flavor. Now time to disappear. You went off without them in a flash. You stand on a rooftop and assessed the first case. Okay, I could finish this in 2 hours the most. So I only need to infiltrate the banquet and find the murder target but why do I have to find the weapon? It's been a week for sure the murderer could have to dispose of it unless the weapon was valuable to him. This time I won't let my guard down. You went into the location that was stated in the file. You asked Domi for a gown suitable for the event without letting Vanitas and Noe know. As you finally got ready, you went inside as a guest representing Lord Ruthven.

I never thought I could go to an exquisite banquet with this gorgeous dress. You smiled and blushed at the same time. Domi you have really outdone yourself. Kya! I love her! I love it so much! I wish I can have a dance partner though. It'll be such a waste. You snapped yourself out. Now's not the time. Okay...You took multiple glances at the environment that surrounds you in the banquet and smiled. Hmph, I thought I would never find the murderer in this crowd but finally, I found you. Lucifer Ross, who also belonged to the second estate. Good thing he's human. It'll be easier for me to handle him. A man who has multiple businesses. Despite his crude personality to the lower ranks, he's a bankrupt businessman himself. Well, the victim was a reporter of his bankruptcy so I'm not surprised that he has ill intentions to this reporter. It was after 3 days that the reporter posted the issue, she was found dead in her own home. The only problem is that there was no proof to prove his guilt and so the case was filed as suicide. No murder weapon was found in the reporter's house but there was only blood all over the place and a rope hanging above her. So how did he killed her? You decided to go up to the culprit and try seducing him to get information.

"Excuse me, sir..." You smiled with clear intentions to get his attention.

He turned to you and was left in awe, "Wow! Another beauty wanted to talk to me." He pulled your waist towards him that gave you such an awkward position. This perverted bastard, I need to create some distance. You got annoyed but you kept your composure. You slowly grabbed his wrist and removed it from your waist, "Good sir, I'm flattered but I couldn't help but say the same to you. I've always wanted to chat with you ever since I entered this banquet." You continued to smile so that you won't get caught. He had a disgusting look on his face, "Oh? So was it love at first sight?" You got super annoyed, "Who knows, sir?" He then looked at your top to bottom, "So, mademoiselle, what do you want to talk about?" You secretly had a sinister smile and whispered to his ear. You acted like you were flustered, "Um, sir, to be honest, I wanted to talk to you privately like somewhere no one could hear us, is that okay?" He laughed and took the bait. He signaled his bodyguards to not follow the both of you, "Ha! Okay then." You and Lucifer Ross walked away from the banquet and he eventually leads you to a closed room.