Innamoramento (Future Luke x Reader)

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(This part contains massive spoilers from 'Professor Layton and the Lost Future', the series 'Layton Mystery Detective Agency: Kat's Mystery‑Solving Files' and the game 'Layton Brothers: Mystery Room')

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"Come along, you slowcoaches! Hurry up, we don't have all day! The key to this mystery lies ahead, I'm certain of it!"

Ernest and Sherl are running to keep up with the pace.

"M-Miss Layton, I beg of you, wait for us!"

"Seriously, Kat! You haven't told us anything since you've dashed out of the agency after yapping something random about a newspaper clipping and locking yourself in that red telephone box! To whom did you even speak?"

"Let's catch the bus first, then we'll talk! RIGHT THERE! IT'S ABOUT TO DEPART! RUN RUN RUN!"

Katrielle elegantly hops in the vehicle followed by Ernest and Sherl, who both fall to the floor, out of breath.

"Where are we going, miss?"

"Obviously, visiting family!"

"Whaaat?!", Ernest and Sherl exclaim at the same time.

"Goodness, golly! Family? But, I thought that... Do you mean that you've finally discovered who your real father is?!"

"Uh? Balderdash! My daddy is Hershel Layton, of course! Even if we aren't related by blood, he'll always be my real dad."

"Then... a relative of your mother, perhaps?"

"Nope. As far as I know, my mother had no living relatives when she gave birth to me."

"Okay, so, are you talking about Rosa?"

"Grandma Rosa is definitely family to me, but she's not my only next of kin, you know!"

"Raaah! Out with it already, lass! Can't you see we're waiting agog? Are you expecting us to worm the truth out of you or something?!", growls Sherl angrily.

"Eew, gross! A delicate British lady like myself doesn't need to hear such vulgar expression!"

"Indeed, Sherl! Mind your language!"

"On which side are you anyway, Pinstripes?! You wanna know as badly as I do! ENOUGH with the bloody suspense!"

"Why, Sherl, you're so impatient! Fiiiiine, I'll tell you both! We're heading to my uncle Clive and my aunt (Name)'s house!"

"Ooh! You've never mentioned any of them before, miss!"

"They're actually daddy's friends. Along with grandma Rosa, they looked after me when daddy and uncle Luke left on their grand puzzle-solving journey... Especially when grandma was busy searching for a new place to live in, in the wake of his disappearance... Auntie (Name) was working with dad at Gressenheller University and used to accompany him around the globe, just like uncle Luke!"

"Another academic, eh. And what does your uncle do for a living?"

"He's a freelance reporter with expertise in investigative journalism. Though, nowadays, it's more of a hobby to earn a little extra money during his spare time. Long ago, he worked for the London Times! By the way, he's also an ex-convict."

"Oh, how nice... Wait, what?! M-Miss Layton, did you just say he was an ex-convict?"

Ernest's imagination is suddenly running wild as he is picturing in his mind a tall and muscular man with scars on his face, graphic tattoos all over the body, his legs cuffed with a ball and chain.