GOSICK 6

With Avril now properly enrolled into the school, her interest in finding secrets never did overwhelm Kujo, after discovering secret exits in the compound. Having such interest doesn't really benefit much i guess, since it could be a risk with her poking around too much and got all caught up in another mystery again.

Kujo seems to have quite a bad affinity with magicians as well. Imagine having your textbooks made "magically disappear" and in exchange, you receive a fancy hat.



Not that i detest the hat, but that exchange just wasn't really fair. Furthermore, the loss of his textbook doesn't seem to have a large impact on Kujo either and continued to shop around with Avril until they witness a nun selling off antique goods. Avril picked up one of the boxes which burst open in a puff of smoke and birds flew out of it, similar to the previous magician whom Kujo had silently and unknowingly got into his ban list. Instead of the box poof-ing out smoke and birds, it poofed out a new mystery to interest the Golden Fairy once again. One of the antique plate had disappeared in the midst of the commotion.

Passively, Kujo heads to the library and gives Victorique the headstart to the small crime. Yawns~, was what Kujo received and such a small crime doesn't even require much thought from the Golden Fairy. Unlike Kujo. After allowing Victorique to wear the fancy hat that Kujo had unwillingly exchanged for his textbooks, the inspector arrives at the garden and was shocked to see Victorique in that getup as she had looked very alike to her late mother, Cordelia, who was a dancer.



It was deciphered that the criminal was most likely the nun herself through 3 possible outcomes that VIctorique came up with after hearing the description from ex-grim reaper:

The culprit was most likely the nun herself.

1. With her legs spread out while sitting down, she was most likely hiding the birds in the cage below her and released them at the right time.
2. The exploding box was most likely used to distract Avril and the rest to get enough time to release the birds below her.
3. With the attention all onto the birds in the sky, the nun grabs the plate and place it under her before claiming that it vanished.

Now that's some rather good observations...

And of course after cracking such a simple crime, Victorique got all bored again and Kujo gave her an article, listing the "Village of the Grey Wolves" and it's attempt to pull people who were curious about it. Reading it with intense concentration tripping over Kujo's leg, Victorique still managed her composure and asked Kujo to eat a snack on the floor, which he had smashed earlier, in return for tripping her.



Kujo suspects that Victorique might be extra sensitive to pain and out of curiosity, Kujo stupidly flicked her forehead, ultimately resulting in tears out of embarrassment.



Victorique then shuts Kujo for flicking her after resolving not to talk to him again. Kujo, who was the mastermind and had even went along with the tantrum and the cold war between the Golden Fairy and the Grim Reaper begun.

Victorique did showed some interest in the Village and attempted to sneak out of the town before she got found out by Kujo, who repacked her luggage once again and ended up going to the village with her. Incidentally, the nun whom was suspected of stealing the plate was also on the train heading towards the village. Kujo better hope he hasn't removed some vital things in the luggage like the previous ghost ship incident. At this time, Victorique's still able to hold the "ignore Kujo by any means" attitude. However, reaching a nearby village, Victorique was suspected to be a Grey Wolf since there was a huge similarity between her and them, small body and blonde hair. Victorique didn't let the rumours affect her and stayed at the lodge for the night. Whilst sleepwalking, Victorique ended the cold war much to her dismay and later, decided to share about her past when Kujo asked for the reason that she had decided to head for the village.



Turns out that Victorique's later mother was from the village of the grey wolves and was exiled when her mother was discovered to be a murderer and Victorique had headed to the village to prove her mother's innocence. Heading up the mountains with the rest of the travelers, Victorique wasn't welcomed by the villages after what her mother had done, but the chief allowed her to pass, announcing that her arrival is to be celebrated, in coincidence with their festival.



That village chief does already seem suspicious and i suspect him to be the antagonist of this arc. Hopefully this arc would be more significant than the rest, with a direct link with Victorique's past. The early crime has yet to be solved yet with the nun appearing to be a traveler to the village as well. Kinda similar to the previous headless cyclist and the fake Avril Bradley? Crossing my fingers to hope that this arc would be better than the rest and HOPEFULLY a little more complicated :)