Lost City of Gold ⚱️

Lie Detector

The next day, the young adult heroes explain to their families they are fine and unharmed, making this white lie more convincing without having them suspect they are superheroes. They can't let them know that, yet. For safety and their own good. As soon as they are convinced, they tell them to continue their day in Paris and wish them luck, hoping they don't get akumatized since they heard stories about a supervillain terrorizing innocent lives. They assure them they won't and as long as the Parisian superheroes are there, they always save the day.

Unfortunately for Adrien, he wasn't allowed to be out of the mansion again since his father asked him who was the person who saved him but Adrien didn't know much about her and claimed she was just a young college student and just risked her life to jump in and save him at instinct.

As for Marinette, her parents were relieved she was alive and well, wondering if the elephant hero had a part in saving her. She had to lie and say that he did come to her rescue from being kidnapped. Adrien had to find this woman as Cat Noir since his father doesn't believe him but perhaps she can explain to him in person to gain his freedom back but that would be like personal gain but he can't let his father keep him like a caged animal like this. But it wasn't gonna be easy to find her. He did hear rumors from two weeks ago of a Swedish man who stood up to Chloe at the hotel to defend a Hispanic woman who was getting threatened by Chloe.

Luna was feeling extremely overwhelmed when the news got out that the model boy was safe but his father said nothing to the news. It made her feel guilty to believe that getting involved like that was a big mistake in her life. Her kwami assured her it wasn't her fault, she only did what was brave at the museum and Gabriel gave no gratitude to save his son.

"What am I going to do, Clawws?" Luna said.

"Talk to a close friend like Pelle. He's your friend" Clawws suggested.

"I can't get him involved in this. I bet it's that girl who works with Gabriel Agreste, she probably told him something that isn't true" Luna said but she's jumping to conclusions.

"Are you sure?" Clawws asked.

"I can't get ahead of myself, Clawws. But I can't just let Gabriel think of me as some stranger. It was so offensive and it embarrassed Adrien so badly that he just wanted to socialize with new people" Luna said until realizing that Cat Noir was standing near the open balcony, "Ay!" She exclaimed before calming down, "Cat Noir?!"

Clawws quickly hides before the feline sees her.

"Hi. Luna, right?" Cat Noir asked.

"Uhhhh.......si? Um, huge fan of you? I mean, you're Cat Noir? The real and only Cat Noir?!" Luna talked too fast at how much she wanted to talk to him as her true self rather than as Panthera, "What are you doing here?"

"I just came to talk to someone. Ladybug isn't out tonight" Cat Noir said.

"To talk....to me? You barely know me at all. I'm just a nobody and a reckless tourist in Paris. You probably saw me saving a model guy that night at the Louvre. That was you and Ladybug's job, not mine" Luna looks away, feeling upset at how Oscura did have a point that some people can be judgemental.

"Not always, Mademoiselle. Everyone has the right to save loved ones in danger. And from what I think, you did the right thing to save Adrien's life. That's why he wanted to make up for this misunderstanding and he also told me to find you because he needed you to explain to his father in person. Believe me, as much as that fashion designer can be stubborn, he doesn't listen to me and Milady that much. But maybe he can listen to your side of the story" Cat Noir encourages her to try.

Luna sighed that it wouldn't be easy because she heard people say he was a powerful man in Paris and she was nothing like wealthy people to be that perfect in everything.