The Case Files of Jeweler Richard Vol. 2 by Nanako Tsujimura

Author:Nanako Tsujimura [Tsujimura, Nanako]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: light novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2022-07-15T07:00:00+00:00

There was a cheap Italian chain right outside the ballet company’s building. We chose a booth that was pretty out of sight. I got us some water and sat down. Richard tented his fingers and asked, “Yes?” I guess he knew.

“Any questions?”

“I have questions about everything. I don’t understand any of it.”

“Where shall we start?”

“From the phone call the other day, please.”

Richard looked annoyed but said, “All right,” and started explaining.

He received a call from Ms. Kataura on Friday night. She asked him if he’d be willing to take a look, considering it was gemstone related, but Richard turned her down, saying that regardless of whether it called for an exorcist or a private detective, he was decidedly neither. On Saturday, she suddenly showed up at the shop, and since I’d mentioned I knew Shinkai, he agreed to take a look—but only a look, no other promises.

“So what did you think of the emeralds?”

“Just from a visual examination, they looked like perfectly ordinary emeralds. I imagine you’d need someone who possessed some manner of occult powers to determine whether they’re cursed or not though.”

“Good point…”

I feel like Richard would probably have a slightly easier time making money if he could determine stuff like that just from looking at gems. I opened the images folder on my phone and pulled up the picture Shinkai had sent me.

The one with the word “Jewels” written on it.

“Explain, please.”

“Are you unfamiliar with the concept of a search engine?”

“Please! I’m not good at reading western script. I’ll pay for your drink!”

“Remind me again who was incredibly smug about having memorized all of my names?”

“That’s not western script—that’s your name! I’m capable of remembering the names of important people in my life.”

Richard aggressively averted his eyes, grabbed his cup, and began drinking his water. He must’ve been really thirsty because he downed the whole thing. I started to get up to get him a refill when he told me to sit back down. I must’ve set him off.

“Long ago in a place far away, there was a man named George Balanchine.”

“Please keep the difficulty level set to easy. Gimme the CliffsNotes version and only include the most important characters.”

“Shut up and listen.”

“Yes, sir.”

George Balanchine was born in Russia, worked in France for a time, and founded a ballet company in the US. Apparently, his name was even harder to pronounce in his native Russian, so I guess the English pronunciation stuck around the most after he ended up in the US. Foreigners sure have tricky names.

“Typical ballets are based on fairy tales, with the lead ballerina playing a princess and it all coming to a happy end in the finale. We tend to associate these conventions with classical ballet. But Balanchine was known for popularizing a new style of ballet, and his piece ‘Jewels’ is one such work. There is no story. They’re known as plotless ballets.”

So, dancing without a story. Isn’t that just dancing? Like the high school dance club’s training drills? No, I mean, there’s gotta be a huge difference in technique between amateurs and pros at least.

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