"This woman's attitude changes way too fast…"
Childe's mouth twitched as he watched La Signora smiling sweetly while chatting with Boss Han at the counter.
Toward him, she showed nothing but annoyance— even the occasional "are you stupid?" look.
Toward Boss Han?
Instantly all smiles and grace.
Come on— we're colleagues at least, aren't we?
Shouldn't we be closer than her and that "outsider" Boss Han?
Childe felt extremely wronged.
…If La Signora knew what he was thinking, she would definitely wave her hand:
"Don't overthink it.
We're not close."
Even though he was silently complaining in his heart, manga was manga.
What if today's read gave him a good reward?
No need to punish himself.
"Ahem… Boss Han, I'm here again."
Childe forced himself forward.
"Mm."
Boss Han took a sip of tea and casually pointed at the shelves.
Childe: (⊙_⊙)
Seriously?
La Signora's different attitude he could understand women are complicated beings.
But Boss Han too?!
Has he forgotten the classic rule "The customer is god"?!
Then Childe remembered yesterday's "rogue policies."
He instantly shut up.
If he annoyed Boss Han and got kicked out… that would be disastrous.
"Fine… just read manga."
Childe sighed, dropped a bag of Mora, gave Boss Han a resentful look, and went to choose a book.
"What's wrong with him…?"
Han Feng blinked.
I only took a sip of tea, didn't I?
Or is this because of that Fake Peace Star yesterday?
Well, that was his own fault.
Shaking his head, Han Feng continued drinking tea.
"Huh? No more Iron Kid Bibideboson?"
Childe checked the shelf and frowned.
"Someone must've taken it already…"
He sighed.
He originally wanted to continue reading that one— maybe, maybe he'd get another Fake Peace Star.
And this time he would definitely not let it escape.
Looking over the remaining manga, he felt his head ache.
"…Whatever. I'll just pick one."
He grabbed Detective Conan and headed inside.
"Huh? You're reading that?"
La Signora looked up in surprise.
"You've read it?"
Childe brightened.
"Is it good? Does it have any powerful rewards? Any strong abilities?"
"Uh… does Death God Constitution count?"
La Signora flipped a page of her own manga.
"What?! There's a Death God in this one?!"
Childe became excited.
He didn't know what "Death God Constitution" meant exactly, but anything with the word "god" couldn't be weak.
Maybe the reward was something death-god-related.
With high hopes, Childe quickly found a seat and began reading.
…
A few pages in, he frowned.
"Wait… this just feels like a normal manga?
Where's the Death God?"
Where were the divine battles?
Where were supernatural beings?
All he saw were daily life scenes and murder cases.
"Hey, La Signora—where's that Death God Constitution you mentioned?"
Without looking up, La Signora said:
"That kid Conan. Isn't he one?"
"Conan?"
Childe blinked.
"He's just a little kid! What's he got to do with death gods?"
"He walks anywhere, people die.
Isn't that literally a Death God Constitution?"
La Signora sighed helplessly.
How could he not understand something so simple?
Was this Childe fake?
Childe: (⊙_⊙)
"That's the Death God Constitution…?"
His entire worldview cracked.
This was not what he imagined.
So… this was basically a normal mystery manga?
He looked at the title again.
His mouth twitched.
"…Whatever. I picked it myself. I'll finish it even if it hurts."
He sighed and continued reading.
Actually…
Once he calmed down, the cases were pretty thrilling.
The elaborate murder tricks impressed him.
"Oh? You can kill someone like this?
Huh. Learned something new."
At the moment he was reading The Idol's Locked-Room Murder Case.
Famous idol Yoko Okino had been stalked recently.
Someone had even moved things inside her apartment.
She hired Detective Moore to investigate.
Then, when everyone visited her home— they found her ex-boyfriend dead.
The suspects included:
Yoko herself, her assistant, and another actress, Yuko.
After reviewing the setup, Childe crossed his legs thoughtfully.
"It shouldn't be Yoko. No idiot would kill someone in their own home.
Her assistant was always with her—so not him either.
So the killer must be that Yuko woman?"
Just as he was about to continue reasoning—
"Nope, it's suicide.
He fixed the knife handle into an ice block and then— boom, suicide case."
La Signora said casually.
"Hehe, see? I remembered it correctly."
She smiled.
She was reading her manga originally.
But watching Childe get so absorbed in solving cases, she couldn't help walking over.
Then she saw which chapter he was on—
Such a simple case? You can't solve this?
So she simply told him.
Childe froze.
Did you just… spoil the whole thing…?
If you're going to say everything, what am I supposed to reason about?!
"Forget it… real men don't argue with women."
Childe muttered and continued reading.
But that was only the beginning of his suffering.
Soon—
"For this Valentine's Day Murder Case: the adoptive mother poisoned the cup."
"In this Art Museum Murder Case: the curator is the culprit."
"Oh! And this Moonlight Murder Case— the killer is actually that female doctor!
He dressed as a woman. That twist scared me the first time!"
Case after case—
Every time Childe turned a page, La Signora spoiled it.
Right. There.
Live commentary spoiler mode.
"Can you STOP SPOILING?!
Why am I even reading anymore?!"
Childe finally snapped.
"Hehe… sorry, I got excited.
It's rare to see someone else reading Conan."
La Signora scratched her cheek sheepishly.
Childe: (⊙_⊙)
You're "excited," so you destroy all the suspense for me?
"…I'll stop. You read slowly."
She waved and wandered off.
Childe: "…"
"…Fine. Let's just continue."
He picked up the manga again…
But the feeling was gone.
Totally gone.
Everything tasted like cardboard now.
…He wanted to cry.
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