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Ludwig raised an eyebrow at her words, his tone lightly curious. He seemed to actually consider it, a faint gleam flickering in his sharp eyes. ”
Jean shut her mouth and didn’t say anything else.
“Actually, you look more like one,” Ludwig concluded after a moment, a smile tugging at his lips.
The two of them kept chatting non–stop as they walked blending right in with the amusement park crowd,pletely immersed in the carefree, sunny atmosphere.
It almost made Jean forget what they were here for.
Plenty of passersby threw curious nces their way, eyes full of confusion and intrigue.
And no wonder — Jean’s current appearance was bound to draw attention.
She was holding a cute cat–shaped balloon, yet dressed head–to–toe in ck, her face coveredpletely
Yeah, she probably looked like some kind of moody creep trying way too hard to look innocent with an out–of–ce balloon.
That said, Ludwig wasn’t much better.
Though he’d insisted he didn’t need to hide his face, he was now wearing a mask and had pulled a baseball cap low over his head — not a single strand of hair showing.
“Wait a second,” Jean blurted out, eyes wide, “didn’t you say you didn’t need to cover your face?”
Ludwig shot her azy sideways nce. “I said not <i>during </i>the meeting.”
“Outside of that, I have to stay disguised.”
<i>Fair </i><i>enough</i>.
Jean recalled how Ludwig had been hiding out in the Sterford Academy art building all this time to conceal his identity.
Aside from their private meetups, he rarely ever showed himself in public.
With all these people around, even a casual outing like this could be a serious risk if someone recognized him.
“But don’t you think…” Jean lowered her voice, her tone self–mocking, “the two of us right now kinda look like… a pair of shady weirdos? I mean, look at that kid he looks like we scared the soul out of him.”
Ludwig let out a low chuckle, voice as cool and dry as always. “Good. I like scaring people.”
They kept walking side–by–side, speaking in hushed tones<b>. </b>
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Jean stopped too.
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He’d been leading the whole time, and Jean had no clue where they were actually going so she could only follow his leads
“We’re here,” the boy said quietly.
Jean followed his gaze and looked straight ahead-
And what appeared in her line of sight was….
A haunted house. Gloomy. Strange–looking. Totally creepy.
Jean’s mouth twitched. She nearly choked.
She tugged on Ludwig’s sleeve and asked in disbelief, “Please don’t tell me… the meeting’s in there?”
Ludwig nodded like it was the most natural thing in the world. “It is.”
“Heh.” Jean forced a smile. “So we’re having a team meeting… with the ghosts?”
A whole viin organization, holding meetings inside a haunted house at an amusement park…
That’s… <i>not </i><i>something </i><i>I </i><i>ever </i><i>pictured </i><i>happening</i>.
Ludwig gave her a calm look. “You’ll understand once we’re inside.”
With that, he turned and walked toward the haunted house entrance.
Jean huffed but followed behind him anyway.
Ludwig didn’t walk straight in. Instead, he stopped at the ticket booth- and bought two tickets.
<i>Seriously</i>? <i>We </i><i>have </i><i>to </i><i>pay </i><i>admission </i><i>to </i><i>attend </i><i>a </i><i>secret meeting</i><i>? </i>
Jean stared, dumbfounded, as Ludwigpleted the transaction. He raised a hand, waving her forward. “Come on. Let’s go.”
Then he handed the tickets to the employee at the front gate.
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