Black Swan (Conan x Reader)

Chapter 26: Getting Caught

Author's POV
"Lilith-chan!! Are you alright?!" Ran asked in a worried tone

"Y-yeah..."

You got on your knees as you kept one hand on you back. Ran helped you get back up on your feet and you look at the chair that was misplaced.

"Who could've possibly done this?!" Iwai cried out

"The owner. He pretended to be dead and hid in the house. He killed Ayako in the garage. Isolated the mansion and attacked Mr. Fujisawa with the ice pick. And ran away, breaking the windows!" Kogoru exclaimed, pointing at the window

Toshiaki cursed under his breath as Ran patched up his wounded arm. "It's true that we argued sometimes, but it was we were both fans or Sherlock Holmes. Also, it was me who helped him with his book."

"Book?" Conan questioned with a raised brow

"Yeah... Last year, the owner published a book about Holmes. It's name was 'The Mockery of Irene Adler.' He told me that, if I helped he would let me take part in the contest. But, he may want to pay me for work this way."

Ran finished up bandaging Toshiaki and she turned to me asking if you were okay once again. You simply nodded your head as a 'yes' and Ran smiled.

"It's very strange. Among all the participants, you were the only one who knew him in person." Kogoru stated

"Miss Ayako also knew him. Her father and the master were close friends. That's why he invited her to this contest every year." Iwai said

Kogoru placed his hand on his chin, "The ones attacked were all linked with the owner..it's getting more and more suspicious.." He quickly turned his gaze at Ran, "Ran! Go after the owner!!" He yelled but Heiji stopped them

"No matter how much you search, you won't find anything. Look at this chair!"

Heiji pointed at the chair that was laying on the floor, facing up. It was the exact chair that you were standing on which had lifted up by someone.

"The murderer used it to break the window and left it thie way from such hurry!"

Conan crouched down to the chair and noticed the glass pieces on the foot ot the chair. "He's right! It has pieces of glass! The murderer must have used it!"

You crouched down behind Conan and looked over his shoulder. Conan shivered and his face reddened a bit as you breathe in slowly on his neck.

"Even so, the only thing we know is that the murderer used a chair to break the glass." Kogoru remarked

"But if they wanted to run away through the window, why bother to put the chair back? By the position of the chair, you could tell that the murderer was trying to place the chair back in it's regular position. When the electricity came back on, we were all occupied on the little girl and Mr. Fujisawa while the murderer left the scene not being able to put the chair correctly on it's position."

"W-wait a moment. We're the only ones in this room." Maria stuttered

"That's it. Now you know why the owner can't be the murderer. And that same murderer...is still among us!"

The room stayed silent. You wanted to grip the bunny plush but you couldn't find it. 'It must've fell in the cliff..' So instead you gripped Conan's arm.

It was a habit of yours. To hold something when you're worried or uneasy about something. You would always hold Kaito's arm but this time, you held Conan's arm.

He looked at you with a confused expression but then turned away. A smile small made its way to his face when he looked away.

"Miss, you made the fuses go out, didn't you?" Kogoru asked making Iwai nod