AMBER & EMERALD
Author's Note:
I'm sorry that I did not update last week! I was busy and the plot was only half-finished. I'm so sorry! I need more reviews, so review me!
On with the story!
Disclaimer: …You know what I'm going to say. But today, I will not say it. I will SCREAM it.
"I DON'T OWN ESCAFLOWNE!"
CHAPTER 14: THE FOURTH DOOR
"What about the fourth door?" Hitomi questioned, staring at Van.
In a fleeting moment, his expression hardened, his jaws set tight, and his eyes blazed as if on fire. Hitomi tried to distinguish whether it was anger, fear, or hatred, yet then she decided that it was more like a mix of the three. When she was about to make sure about it, his expression had changed tranquil.
"It is just a library," he said lightly, although Hitomi could catch the stiffness in his words.
Hitomi said nothing more, holding herself not to let out another question. She wanted to trust him; therefore, all she could do was to wait until he was ready to tell her.
'I'll let him alone for now,' she thought.
Hitomi found out that Van was not meant to be a cook at all.
When he said 'cooking', her mind instantly pictured scrambled egg, sausages, and fried bacons. Yet his mind pictured something different, like instant cup noodles and toasts with marmalade.
She took the pleasure of lecturing him about the meaning of cooking. However, when it came to the practice, it turned out to be a disaster. And it ended with Hitomi kicking Van out of the kitchen.
Breakfast went in silence. They sat on the sofas across each other, not daring to look up. Hitomi finished her breakfast first and began the conversation.
"May I see the library?"
Van's head snapped up, his gaze immediately on her. "I did not know you are interested in books."
"I love to read," Hitomi said, which was not a lie at all.
Van frowned, as if considering something hard. When he spoke up, his voice was cold and calm, "Fine. Just wait for a minute. I'll come with you." With that, he stood up, took his plate and hers, and headed toward the kitchen.
His eyes showed no emotion, yet Hitomi was sure, there were many secrets that he kept from her.
As soon as the door of the 'library' flung open, Hitomi knew what he was hiding.
The walls were lined with shelves full of books—common enough for a library, yet there were also papers and blueprints strewn all over a huge desk. Hitomi picked up a paper, and realized that it was about a man called Dornkirk, a scientist who was making an experiment about a machine called 'Fate Alternation'. Hitomi had heard about him, and she thought that the man had to be lunatic. But what made her froze was another sheet of paper that lied next to the paper in her hand.
There written:
SPEAR
President: Dornkirk
Vice President: Folken Fanel
Senior Secret Agent (SSA) Class 1: Allen Schezar
Senior Secret Agent (SSA) Class 2: Dilandau Albatou
Junior Secret Agent (JSA) Class 1: Hitomi Kanzaki
Junior Secret Agent (JSA) Class 2: Miguel Lavariel, Gatti
Junior Secret Agent (JSA) Class 3: Dallet
Donators: Grava Aston, Meiden Fassa
"Do you see it now?" asked Van, his eyes cold.
"Dornkirk? But…, I don't understand….," she said, confused.
Her gaze wandered to the name under Dornkirk. "Folken Fanel," she whispered. "Isn't that…."
"My brother," came the smooth reply. "He disappeared two years ago. His name was in all headline news. He was the heir of Fanelia Corp. after all."
"Then how…"
"I don't know," Van cut her, reading her mind. "But I know for sure that he is the one who killed your parents. This information is in the disk I took last night from Fassa Mansion. And the people with shotguns were agents from SPEAR. Their targets were us and the disk."
TO BE CONTINUED TO CHAPTER 15
This is a confusing chapter. Sorry if I confuse you, guys. Tell me what you think about this!
