Lycèe De Cinq Flèsches

After a week of leaving Okinawa and boarding a ship, the red shield had officially gotten Saya to join their cause after her father's untimely death. I've been beside her a little more to try and get used to her after meeting with the doctor named Julia. She's keeping a close eye on me, saying nothing to the other members of the red shield and only watching everything that I do. If I screw up and make her think I'm a threat then I will no longer be traveling with Haji. He's noticed nothing of my troubles since being back together with Saya though, so I don't think I have much to worry about. But on the other hand, it's come down to me playing a role of chevalier to Saya and no one else.

"Konella," hearing Haji and turning to face him, he was not with Saya for once on this trip. "David and the others have something to discuss with you."
Feeling nervous being with David in a room, I nodded and started heading there when Haji stopped me.
"Are you alright," he asked. His hand pressed lightly on my face, I was comforted knowing he still cared of me, but a chill nonetheless creeping in to the man I was going to be questioned by.

"Yes," answering quickly, he seemed to not believe me and went to speak more when I felt someone's eyes on me. "Looks like their waiting, I have to go."
Feeling bad turning my back on him, I went to the room where they wanted me to meet and saw Saya here as well?

"Good of you to come," Lewis spoke up and pulled out a seat beside Saya. "We have a question for you Konella," he waited till I sat down before they handed me a file.

"Can you go with Saya to this school to find out some information for us?" David asked. A little thrown off to the task they asked of me, I looked at the file in hand and felt like I've been here before. Not exactly here, but something similar to it for some reason.

"What is it that you need," I asked them.
Giving me the readout of the files they retrieved back at the museum, there were some filed on there that mentioned a certain brand of wine that was exported from the boarding school mentioned:
"Chateau Duel." I spoke so easily without missing a beat to the name and felt my lips tingle a bit. "I'll see if I can access their computer. Maybe I can find out where the warehouse is and where they export the wine."

"That would be most helpful," David nodded and gave us both the registration form to enter the school. "This boarding school is for girls of prestige. We will manage the rest," giving us a uniform and telling us to pack, I looked to Saya and guessed on helping her pack some things to take since I don't have anything.

Saya took me to her room she was staying at and had a few things to say to me that was about the relationship of our past. I gave her something she would like to hear instead of the truth and went along with her until we arrived at our destination.

"Saya, until we get to our dorms I suggest we act as proper ladies." Whispering to her as the head mistress of this school would soon come and greet us, she nodded nervously and held her luggage close. "No worries Saya, I'm here for you."
She gave a shy grin as the head mistress had come. Her straight posture gave me all I needed to know that she would not tolerate anything out of her rule book. She called for someone to carry our bags and began to guide us around the school. With each step I took I kept having this feeling like I've been here once before. The surrounding looked unfamiliar, yet the sensation I was feeling as I walked down these halls and hearing mumbling from the mistress passed me over.

"Did you hear me," the mistress repeated herself, supposedly, since I looked up and found her looking right at me. Saya seemed worried for a minute but I passed it off by giving the mistress a harmless smile and nodded.

"I heard you head mistress," speaking politely as possible, I bowed my head. "I was taking in the scenery of this garden you grow here in the courtyard. We are honored to come here to such a beautiful school." Flattery getting me somewhere with this cold woman, she opened her file and furrowed her brow.

"Hmm," raising an eyebrow and looking back to me, she cleared her throat. "Ms. Brooks, before seeing to you two I had come across an old file I wish to bring up." She handed the file to me. "In our record books it shows that you are registered here. Be that impossible, but this is what I found in our files." She laughed through her nose and pushed her glasses back up. "The picture there is unmistakable." She leered at me for answers, but the picture stunned me.
It was me. Had to be. But the date this was done was far too long ago. The date being 1920; that was 54 years ago. And this school was founded in 1901, so the possibility of me being in this school at any time would be impossible since I've been traveling the world with Haji.
"Konella," Saya looked at the file over my shoulder and gasped softly. "Is this you?" She whispered so the mistress didn't hear, but I knew that this was me, no question. Merely longer hair in the photo to my mid-length hair I have now.

"Ms. Lee this must be one of my relatives. I would be pretty old coming here and trying to enroll," handing it back to her, she seemed skeptical of the words I used, but she nodded to the possibility.

"I will show you both to your dorms. Follow me."

Being led to separate dorms and finding this situation unlikable, I browsed the room for a bit to find my roommate to be a wealthy girl. Rich finery in the closet and far too much make-up to bother with. I just happened to look at one of the perfume bottles though and an image flashed through my head so quick it made me dizzy.
"Just what…" my words fading as I held my head, I leaned against the vanity and felt myself losing more of myself than ever before. "I need to clear my head," changing into my uniform for this school and stepping out, I wondered the halls and came across a church. An old church, but the feeling of ease quelled my inner turmoil and I slipped inside.
Once inside and just sitting in the silence, the bell chimed loudly in the empty room and echoed. As calming to me as it was, class was starting, it would be bad if I missed out on my first day.

"Saya don't you know about the phantom?" The girls whispered to Saya with much gossip and giggle that I tuned in to the conversation from afar. "They say that the phantom picks the prettiest girl in the whole school by placing a single blue rose on the desk. It's super romantic." The girl spoke with such fantasy that it was hard to bear any more conversations from the group. But I did hear of a dance coming up after the field trip to the museum of Vietnam. Once the classes for the day was over with I decided to venture around the campus during lunch break and the time between classes till night fell. I wasn't sure where Saya was at, but I headed back to the church and decided to climb the tower.
Seeing I wasn't the only one who thought to do the same, Saya was here holding a candle.

"Konella," she whispered so her voice wouldn't echo.

"Yeah," going to her and handing her one of my daggers, she took it and held it close. "I overheard about the phantom during class. Do you think it's real?"
She gave it some thought before heading up the stairs. Her thoughts about the phantom led to being a chevalier. I agreed to the thought and figured she would come to that conclusion. After a while of climbing steps we finally made it to the top and took in the surroundings. My eyes caught something blue a little away from the school grounds. There was no way to get there other than carry Saya and jump across. But seeing those blue roses over there made me shiver—but not in a bad way.

"Konella," she touched my shoulder and had a concerned look on her face.

"Sorry Saya, I think I'll be calling Haji to take you over there and scope it out. Those blue roses…" I stopped there and clutched my robe over my heart and felt empty inside. "I'll get a hold of Haji," looking away and taking out my phone, I called David to send Haji over and explained to him what we found.