Interesting. Subaru would have to look into this kid’s solved cases, though he was somewhat curious of if Hakuba knew of the murderous pack of wolves roaming the streets. “Oh? What sorts of cases? Robbery? Missing persons? Murder?”
He adjusted his glasses and handed money to the cashier, enough for both of their drinks. “My field of study was and is engineering. I am working on my graduate thesis at the moment.”
Hakuba at first had moved to answer the question while fishing for his own wallet, but hesitated when that became unnecessary. He looked from the cashier to Subaru, faintly confused, but grateful.
“Ah, thank you very much,” he said first, then nodded to both he and the cashier before returning to the matter of hand. No need to embarrass the gentleman with further displays of appreciation.
“Engineering, hm? I imagine it’s quite intense… at least if the Oxford students that I know in the program are to be believed. Brilliant work they do. A very respectful field. Very competitive. As for myself…” Shifting back to the previous subject – himself – Hakuba couldn’t resist the smug smirk that was creeping in.
“Homicide is my specialty, though as a student and intern I do quite a bit of everything. Whatever the force and my private clients can use me for, really. Once I’ve, ah, transitioned fully to university, I’ll focus specifically on Cold Case forensics.”