Chapter 01
I am a thief.
But I’m also a saint.
Does that make any sense?
Well, a “cute and sexy man” doesn’t make sense either, but they exist anyway.
I’m like that.
“Stop right there!”
Speak of the devil—there he comes. A cute and sexy man.
“I said stop, Magic Saint!”
“Sigh.”
I don’t even get a moment to complain.
I threw the wanted poster in my hand and kicked off the roof.
“Did you not hear me?!”
That man chasing me with his teeth clenched—his temper is no joke…
If he catches me, I’m dead.
“There she is!”
“Don’t lose her!”
To make things worse, the city guards appeared from the back alley.
Forty men chasing just me.
“Musketeers! What are you doing? Fire!”
“But Captain, these muskets are for hunting beasts!”
“Just shoot!”
Click!
“Are you crazy?!”
Once this is over, I’m charging the temple for hazard pay—absolutely!
While cursing internally, I leaped across the tightly packed rooftops.
Click—Bang!
“Fire!”
“Aaagh!”
I swung the bonk-hammer on my back and deflected the bullet.
The bullet bounced off the toy hammer and turned into sugar stars.
Chwarararak!
“Grr!”
The captain, who got hit on the head by the raining star candy, growled in rage.
“Again! Fire!”
Bang!
“I hit her!”
No, you didn’t!
“Uh—she’s running even though she got shot!”
I didn’t get hit!
“Fire continuously!”
“She’s ahead!”
“It’s a dead end!”
“Turn around!”
“She’s getting farther away!”
I kept running until the guards who were chasing me fell behind one by one.
“Huff, huff….”
Should be safe now, right? I turned around—
Squeak—
“Argh!”
Squeak— Sssk—
“Ack! Hey!”
Sharp rubber pellets flew at me, forcing me to sprint forward again.
Next thing I knew, I was on top of the plaza’s clock tower—the one whose hour hand broke when I was hanging from it a while ago.
“……”
A dead end.
The only person who managed to catch up to me—the cute and sexy man—lowered his slingshot.
Compared to those guards firing beast-hunting rifles at humans, his weapon was practically merciful. I appreciated that, at least.
“This is the end, Magic Saint.”
Since he’s being so considerate, couldn’t he just give up now and let me go…?
“Surrender quietly. I’ll take your circumstances into account and reduce your sentence.”
“…How much will you reduce it?”
“One second.”
“Are you kidding me?”
“Do I look like I joke around? You pervert, running across rooftops in that trashy skirt.”
His contemptuous gaze dropped to my skirt.
As if on cue, a gust of wind fluttered my pleated skirt—barely covering half my thighs. He grimaced wordlessly at the sight.
“Sigh.”
“……”
I’m sorry, okay…!
“Flying around in the open dressed like that corrupts young children. You’re under arrest for public indecency.”
“No…!”
I didn’t want to wear this either!
This is the saint’s official battle uniform! What am I supposed to do, change tradition?! Go complain to the saint who lived 950 years ago, not me!
“In prison, you’ll wear long pants and reflect on your behavior.”
He put down his slingshot and jumped. In just a few steps, he reached the top of the clock tower where I stood.
“Magic Saint Sena, you are charged with public indecency, destruction of public property, theft, assault, and several other offenses…”
“Ugh…”
I stepped back—and then—
Rip.
“!”
“!”
The skirt that had been flapping wildly in the wind caught on the tower’s sharp decoration.
“No—!”
It can’t tear!
This outfit is enchanted with facial-recognition disguise magic…!
I was in a rush, so I didn’t explain earlier!
Actually, that cute and sexy man and I know each other!
If the magic breaks—
He’ll recognize me!
But it was already too late.
“Got her—!”
“He caught her!”
“Sir Arden has captured the Magic Saint!”
“Wait, but…”
“The Magic Saint’s hair color—was it always like that?”
The guards gathered below whispered in confusion.
It’s returning—
my original hair color.
The man right in front of me stared, eyes widening.
“You…”
Kill me now.
Dear God…
Am I really going to prison like this?!
