The Disappearance Case

Several more peaceful days passed.

For Love and Thousand Blades, life went on as usual. They headed out to patrol each morning, made a circuit of the Northern Capital's streets and alleys, did a little shopping along the way, then flew home at a leisurely pace in the evening.

They called it patrolling, but it was really more like going for a stroll. Day after day, life stayed quiet and steady.

Before coming to the Northern Capital, Thousand Blades had thought its Magical Girls would be terribly busy!

As it turned out, things were even easier here than in Our City.

The only fly in the ointment was that Love couldn't shake a feeling of unease.

She couldn't say what was wrong.

As Love herself put it, it was as though something had been sitting quietly right under her nose, yet she still couldn't notice it.

Thousand Blades had spent some time trying to think it through with her.

Unfortunately, neither of them could recall anything.

But since nothing seemed to be happening in either the Northern Capital or Our City, Love and Thousand Blades stopped worrying about it.

It would come back to them eventually.

That morning, the two prepared to head out on patrol as usual.

But just as they reached the door, their terminal rang.

It was the Supervisor at the Dispatch Center.

[Lady Love, Miss Thousand Blades, please come to the Dispatch Center.]

[There's something we need to ask of you both.]

Love and Thousand Blades exchanged a glance.

Normally, they didn't even have to check in at the Dispatch Center. They were free to act as they pleased.

They hadn't expected the Supervisor to summon them today... Had something happened?

The two wasted no time and flew straight to the Dispatch Center.