Haji
Getting inside the school grounds unnoticed was simple, that and having the red shield bypass the guards up front, but I was getting concerned about Konella. Her last report was before Saya went to the museum and recovered part of her memories. From what Saya had spoken it would seem Konella is experiencing fragments of her own past and haunting her. With this case being close to an end and finding the chevalier to Diva, I hope to end this mission quickly and have Konella return.
"Haji," Julia spoke to me and was obscenely dressed to show off. "We're moving in now to meet up with Saya. Stay on guard out here until she calls for you."
"Of course," answering her regardless knowing what I must do, she went back to David and was escorted inside the ballroom.
Hearing the students and males dancing in the room I could almost remember what it was like dancing with Saya back when I first met her. Such simplicity it was back then. If only I wasn't such a fool to have slipped and fallen to my death would this never happen.
"Mr. Goldsmith you must be joking," hearing a man speaking to another with anguish, I turned and saw them together in the garden.
"I'm not leaving this party until I take this woman with me." Holding a young woman in his arms that had fallen asleep, it was hard to tell what circumstance happened between the two. It was not of my concern, but they were oddly placed at this ball full of young women.
"This is absurd," the man with the French accent complained to the other and seemed to be taken lightly of.
"You may find it unlikely of me, but this is my wife." The man seemed shocked by the news and had to fixate his glasses. "See to it that Karl receives this message and we shall be moving the container immediately."
"Sir I—what do you mean this is your wife?! When was this?" Watching the man carry the woman, it struck me when the man turned enough at an angle to see the face.
"It was some time ago that we were married before getting separated. Now that she's back I will take her home." Smiling as if nothing happened, I grabbed my case and gripped the straps once I recognized that the woman he was carrying was Konella. "Now go and deliver the message." He ordered.
"Y-yes…" scurrying off and taking a few looks back, I threw the case towards the chevalier and found the spot he was at empty.
"…I see you haven't changed over the years, Haji." Atop the roof with Konella in arms, his smile unnerved me.
"Chevalier," I eyed him angrily as I watched his hands grip Konella. He seemed perplexed why I would be here until he heard the commotion coming from the courtyard and hearing Saya call for me. "…."
"Not good of you to ignore your queen," he chided.
"Release her," making my point on who he was holding, he simply chuckled and brought Konella closer to him.
"Now why would I release my own wife?"
His words struck me. Was he speaking the truth about Konella? Is she affiliated to Diva like I feared? But why married to Diva's chevalier? Nothing was making any sense other than the fact he held Konella and Diva was here as David had suspected. Hearing Saya callfor me in the distance made my blood boil to go to her and answer her calling. But I had to rescue Konella!
"Saya calls for you Haji…if you don't go now you will regret it." His voice darkening, I could hear Saya call for me with more desperation and clutched my case and reluctantly ran to her aid.
Getting to Saya in time to take her across the gorge, we arrived to the small desolated building filled with blue roses and went down the stairs to find a gate leading to a warehouse. David and Julia caught up to us through the church passage and we headed into the warehouse.
"The phantom is here," Saya looked around the corner and saw the crate holding Diva, along with the chairman. "Let's go."
Wielding her sword and going after the chairman and chasing after her for cover, we fought the phantom relentlessly. During the fight he would narrate the battle he once had with her in the past when she had woken early from her slumber. This brought Saya back a few times, but her memories remained a blank state. It wasn't until the crate holding Diva started leaving that the chairman stopped the battle and realized Saya was not her old self. Wishing for the past Saya to do battle, he left Saya with a single blue rose to their parting and we had to leave these grounds and chase after the crate holding her sister.
"Where's Konella," Saya asked hurriedly while running out the door that I stopped and nearly forgot to go back. "Haji," she looked back to me and I just couldn't move. Turning around and hearing his words speaking to me, the man was on the roof and holding Konella still in his arms.
"You've lost Haji…I will be taking back what is rightfully mine." Disappearing into the night with Konella, I felt a sense of loss inside me that hurt more than anything. Saya took me by the arm and tried asking me what had happened before I picked her up and took her to the vehicle to get away from this school.