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The state of Kinsel. It is the state located south of Volparine Empire, just above the Kingdom of Anderil. Just like every other region, this area is govern and shielded under the influence of a noble. In this case they are under the protection of house Ryuichi, Marquess Ryuichi to be precise. This area is indeed where our first story will take place. Now, I as the narrator hates prolonging our tale. Shall we?
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Miltnan street is blessed by the abundance of sunshine which gives merchants opportunity to expand their sales. Irene is one of the lucky buyers of these sellers and has spend her allowance for groceries. As we are speaking, she is making her way down the busy market all the way to her family vacation home, where she resides for the time being.
It has been a month since her departure to this new city from the capital and she is more or less comfortable with her station. One of her family acquaintances has prepared a vacant position in their news production industry and Irene had ask to try them out. Though, she never mention where it was to her family. You can say it is equivalent to her running away from her house.
Regardless, she is not lonely in this city. In fact, she ran away with one of her closes friend whom she had known since childhood. If she is not mistaken, that girl has just ended her interview this morning and should be resting at home. She has so many question to ask and simply couldn't wait for her mouth to start blabbering.
Or so she thought.
The moment she open the front door which leads to the connecting kitchen and living room, she expect to be greet with a grinning young girl. Instead there she is, destroying her head with the most ridiculous posture one could ever be on a chair. With her pouting face she held her legs up in the air, resting against the sofa headboard while her head is hanging upside down. 'Is she planning on un-a-living herself?!' Irene thought to herself, questioning this friend of hers.
Irene — "Yanyi, please fix your posture. It is not appropriate for a noble young lady to act like that, let alone you who came from the Marquess house."
Yanyi — "I'm not there right now."
Irene — "You get my point! Sit properly."
The girl, whose name is Xue Licia Yanyi sits properly... for a few seconds. She walks herself to the bookshelf behind the sofa while Irene is busy unpacking her purchases. Taking a book, she ask a rather scary question. "Irene, can you past me the lighter in the kitchen? I want to burn a few useless book." She is referring to the book at hand which titled -How to Ace your Interview-
This sudden aura really makes Irene uncomfortable and she persuade her dear friend with a warm cup of tea. "Why don't we talk about your problem first. I just bought your favourite tea and we can have a chat over them." With reluctancy, Yanyi sat herself on an armchair and starts fiddling with her long curly sky blue hair.
Oh wait, I've never really describe these girl haven't I. Let us start with Irene. Irene Millar is her birth name and she's one of the descendants of Earl Millar house. She is gifted with a straight waist length brown locks, which complements her emerald green eyes. She is the fourth child and the youngest, the only daughter from her family, which makes her having three older brother. Oh, and she has various talents that only a few know of. Yanyi is one of them.
Speak of the devil, let us discuss this... unique character. I have mention that her name is Xue Licia Yanyi but I have yet to explain the premises of her name. Her middle name -Licia- was a gifted name from the Imperial family. More on that later. She is the eldest daughter from four siblings and the only daughter at that. She is bless with a curly waist length sky blue hair as well as a pair of stunning silver iris, which makes her stand out of the crowd.
Both of them are of the age 20 and it has been 1 month since their initial -running away- plan. Now, let us see what these girls has to talk about.
Irene — "Now, care to tell?"
Yanyi — "I want to kill someone so badly today."
Irene — "Is it the interviewer?"
Yanyi — "Hell yeah! This motherfucker really dare to question my abilities and even insulted how my loyalty may put the state in jeopardy!"
"How does that play into everything?" Irene pour out a Vesqin Black tea into Yanyi's cup while she continues on. Just thinking about the situation is enough for the maiden to pull out her hair. Irene can only look on and advice her to stop. After sniffing the refreshing tea, her heart starts to beat slower than before, which is a good sign. She is calming down.
Yanyi — "I tell him that I came from Ashrin and had previously help in uncovering a few misleading cases. Of course, he ask if I work with the police forces or the military forces and I answer truthfully, just like what this damn book says." *throws away the book into a corner*
Irene — "-sigh- Continue."
Yanyi — "Because I've never work with them, he toss may applicant towards me and says "Since you've never work with neither of them, your skills can be account as self-proclamation. We wish to work with people who has legit skills. Not a person who is playing doll house." Which is nuts! Who does he think he is?! I've been by Devian's side for my whole life and has much mire experience than him! That guy really makes my blood boil."
Irene — "That only explaining it, not answering my question."
Yanyi — "You know how my house and the Ryuichi house has been rival since the olden days? And that has account to a few of the people in Kinsel and Ashrin refuse to recognise each other. He takes that into consideration. It never mention in the applicant that they wish yo work with people of -Kinsel- specifically! What a hypocrite."
Irene saw how she had finish her cup in one gulp, it's the indication of her frustration. Therefore, this kind friend of Yanyi propose a new activity to get her mind out of this particular spider web. "Today I'm suppose to be searching for any materials for this weekends' news. How about you tag along, grab some ice cream and clean your eyes and mind?" With a deliciously describe activity in which she can enjoy a cold refreshing ice cream as well as clearing her mind, Yanyi has to say yes.
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It is now 12 o'clock and they have been walking for two hours has yet to take a break for a news worthy story. Irene is wracking her brain ears, eyes, every senses she has just to gain a worthy headline. At last, she got none. To her side however, Yanyi is heavenly enjoying her popsicle that she bought over a stand while Irene is milking out gossips from the locals.
"Arghhh! Why is there no headline worth news for me?! It's like they are all non living human being." With a glum expression, she close her notebook and drown in defeat. She has yet to catch any worthy cover and it is almost lunch. "We can stay out and eat lunch at a nearby restaurant if you want?" Irene lean and lay her head on top of Yanyi's shoulder, walking tirelessly. She nodded in agreement.
While walking down a certain path, they came across the area of entertainment circles. At the centre of this are stand a lavishly known stage theatre and rather oddly, they seem to have a large crowd today than any other day. Well, it is usually filled when night came around not usually during the day. You know if you know.
Yanyi — "Hey, miss journalist with an incredible hearing ability, try to make out the gossips over there? Something nice might come with it."
Irene stays silent for a while and look down onto the ground. After 30 seconds she recount the news to Yanyi which sounds more or less like this . "They seem to be talking about a body?... It's all charcoal-up and the scene is brutal... some... police is currently around the premises and... the police chief is coming over." Without Yanyi even giving out her thoughts, Irene had ran her boots off to the crowd. Yanyi has no choice but to follow this friend of hers.
The police are guarding the area quite well. A few forensic members had been dispatch to examine and inquiry any evidence and taking alibi and position of the person in charge. Off topic but not so much, Yanyi mention how Irene has a strong sense of hearing, right? Well, this girl also has a somewhat weird strong senses of smell. She probably developed it from the constant poisoning that she has to go through from childhood.
She sniffs the area casually and instantly covered her nostril and sticking her popsicle directly into her mouth, letting the sweet taste envelop her consciousness. "What's the matter?" Irene saw the weird act of her friend and ask what had happened or rather the true meaning is -What did you discover?-
Yanyi — "The time is noon and there is still a few lingering smell of explosive chemical in the air. People wouldn't come out of their house until early as 7:30 in the morning, excluding those who has their shift time span. This entertainment area will be vacant until 9:00 in the morning since nothing is open at the time. For the police to only came at this hour there is only two speculation. First is the attendants is colluding with the perpetrator and deliberately taking their sweet time or the accident happen at around 8:00 to 8:30 in the morning."
Irene — "Any other finding?"
Yanyi — "I can't really see but I can tell that the explosive used is rather a powerful one. The walls and the roof of the hallway is chard to black. To bad I can't see it clearly."
"Then let's go over with this!" Before Yanyi can react, she had pulled Irene's arm and snatch her notebook. With a stern expression she glare a warning to the brunette. She had no intention of pursuing someone or a group that can't give a chance or acknowledge someone's skills. She has a really bad impression of the group, especially the chief. If she suddenly came up and give out these information that she dig out by herself, they will think of her as a prime suspect just because of how much info she has.
Just by the look of her eyes, Irene shuts her mouth and they take their leave as quickly as they came, intending to find a restaurant in which they can enjoy some lunch. They have a strong senses but in this world, countless people is a force to be reckon with. The same can be said for the young man with a bright red hair stood by the side of the crowd. With a smirk, he pop out the lollipop in his mouth and said with smiling eyes. "Now this is something we can take advantage of."
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Just then, a black car arrives at the scene and came out another young man with an empathetic face. With one step outside, people starts to fawn over him. They dare not to come close, reason being that he is someone to be fear with. His connection is able to push him into the leading chief inspector of Kinsel Police forces. "Yo, Inspector Chen Luyao!" A voice that this man hadn't thought would appear came through his ear canals.
The young man from before sling one of his arms across Luyao's shoulder, hindering him from moving forward. Quite annoyed, Luyao take his arm away from him and move towards the crime scene. "What inquiry do you have now, Kazuto?"
Kazuto — "Oh? You guess?"
Luyao — "If you bother me during work, it meant that you found something interesting. Now, spill it."
Kazu — "Eh, I'll tell you later. Go on with your work."
Luyao — "-whisper- Annoying."
While they are looking over the scene, let me introduce our new males. The first one that appear just by our ladies side is name Ryuichi Kazuto and he is the only child and heir of the house Ryuichi. If you look back to the first passage of this journal, I mention that house Ryuichi or Marquess Ryuichi is the protector of Kinsel which put them on the top spot of High Noble in Volparine. With him being the only heir, he often get called by the name of Young Marquess everywhere. To his appearance, he has a bright red hair with a pair of blue irises.
Now, the other one is name Chen Luyao... I don't know if we can call him being named that? Whatever, he is the fine disciple and adopted son of Marquess Ryuichi albeit choosing not to take their name. Though he didn't posses any Ryuichi blood, he has train enough to a point where Marquess Ryuichi puts him in charge of the police forces. His hair is a shade of midnight blue and his eyes are crimson red, almost the shade of blood if you watch from a dark room.
Luyao — "Spill it, you annoying fly."
Kazuto — "Hah, right back at ya, Artic wolf! Geez... I want to ask you first, did anyone came by this morning to the station for an interview or something?"
Luyao — "Yeah, what's with it?"
Kazuto — "And you turn them down?"
Luyao — "She's a self-proclaimed genius with a few experience of investigation and has neither work with the police nor military forces. What's the good in hiring her?"
Kazuto — "Yeah, you didn't hire her and now you're stuck handling cases alone, once again. Seriously, you said you need someone that can work by your side but you turn everyone down without giving out chances. How are you supposed to ensure the safety of the people living here if you can't open a creak of that brain of yours?"
"Spill the bean! Idiot!" Luyao has had enough of Kazuto's slander and want to end it as quickly as he can. He is a very busy man as Kazuto has pointed out. Without someone that can be on par with him in both combat and wits, his load becomes more and more difficult to handle. Maybe, he should have consider appointing Yanyi as his assistant. Welp, the deed has been done.
"That girl, I saw her just by the crowd, at the back. Without having a clear view of this area she can pinpoint the time in which this incident happened and reason's why it took the authorities to come so late. You said she is not suitable, right? Want to take that back?" His eyes shifted into a more condescending look. With a smirk plastered on, Luyao has to fight the urge to punch him across directly. It's okay, he can create a beef back at the manor.
He turn back to the men at work and ordered for the body to be brought back to the station for a round of autopsy. The rest of the evidence will also be sent there for further investigation. He left a few men around to drive off any pesky visitor or on lookers that insisted on sneaking in. He on the other hand has a rather pressing matter to attend to. Perhaps he has change his mind a bit... only a bit.
With everyone gone, the two males enter the black car and Kazuto instructed the driver to drove to a certain restaurant. "She came from Ashrin and you know that your house and their house has been in rivalries for quite some time. You can tell who she is, after all I believe you have seen her countless time already." Kazuto left out a -tch- and gives out a side glances at Luyao. 'His ego can't be subsided now can it?'
"It's a new generation, a new make peace should be consider. Let's just talk to them over some lunch." This statement caught Luyao off guard and turn his head sternly towards the man sitting beside him. He squints his eyes in anger, never had he thought that the person he grew up with would push him to do something he hates the most. Reclaiming his mistakes.
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On females side, their dishes had just been serve and they are now waiting for their side dishes as well as their tea. Irene is not responding to any of the food and instead looking gloom with her eyes downcast. "Irene, stop sulking and eat your meals. You'll waste the money that your father and mine had prepared." The girl only respond with the action of bringing her head downwards, really intending to break her neck in half.
Yanyi — "Look, I know that you're upset of not being able to find any good story aside from the one in front of the theatre. I'm fine if it has no connection to me. But since I've just finished my interview, with this sudden evidence that you'll post it will look like I stage a crime just so I can enter into the circle. Do you wish for me to be in jail?"
Irene — "Of course not! It's just... -whisper- I want to conquer the headlines this weekend..."
Yanyi — "Look, the gap between today and this weekend is literally four days away. We can try to find some other gossips later this week. And this time, I'll help you so don't be so gloomy, okay?"
Irene — "Okay."
"Wow, you want to search more these few days?" An unknown voice intrude their conversation which put both of them on guard. If they heard it then Yanyi will be in trouble if they has any evil wishes in mind. And Irene, her reputation will tarnish just after 1 month of starting her career because she intends to milk out information on other gossips and case without the consent of the authorities further down the line.
Both maiden sharply twist their neck to the direction of the voice and saw two males standing beside their window table. One of them is Ryuichi Kazuto while the other is the faces in which Yanyi despise starting this morning, the chief inspector Chen Luyao or in her case, her interviewer. Which she hates with her guts.
Luyao's gaze consist of looking over outside of the window, unwilling to change his direction of view into those glaring cold and sharp silver. Shaking off the intense aura, Kazuto proceed to call the waiter for a menu. Both of them casually sat on their table without any embarrassment and even order out their preferred dishes. They don't have any face to spare do they?
Kazuto — "So~ I've heard that you came in for interview at the police station, right? The name Kazu, Ryuichi Kazuto."
Yanyi — "..."
Luyao — "..."
Irene — "U-Uh, Irene Millar. This is Yanyi, Xue Yanyi."
Kazu — "I've heard that you both travelled far from Ashrin to here just to find any available work opportunity. May I extend my hand for help?"
Irene — "Sur-."
Yanyi — "Thanks for the offer, but I'm afraid my highly matured brain aren't able to work with some simple minded nerve."
Sensing the insult to be directed towards him, Luyao slam his palm onto the table glaring at the girl that dare to question his reasoning. "Watch your mouth, you insolent, self-proclaimed, doll playing girl. Do you wish to be put into the first grade prison?" Yanyi isn't someone that back down easily just because of a mere threat, so she fire back towards the male with the same level of... slur. "Well I would have been behaving myself if some egotistic, narcissist gun playing boy put up his advertisement for an assistant much more clearer than the one that he let blatantly fly all over the city!!!"
Luyao — "You bitch!"
Yanyi — "Dickhead!"
Irene — "..."
Kazu — "..."
Them raising their voices aren't really helping them sort things out, instead it makes them the centre of attention from all the customers and employees. Even they are terrified themselves to step into this circle. The renown chief inspector is yelling and someone is on par and even dare to go against him. Who wouldn't have their leg shaking?!
"Let's calm down, okay? You both are attracting unwanted attention just after 5 minutes of seeing each other. For Sage's sake, calm your asses down." Kazuto tries to put Luyao back into his chair while Irene takes Yanyi's hands and gently stroke it. She then called the waiter who is shaking their boots out for a hot cup of Vesqin cream tea for her friend.
After roughly 15 minutes of waiting, their food have all been served and they are currently stuffing their oesophagus with various delicacies. Aside from Irene and Kazuto who casually starts a conversation between them, the others are as quiet as a mouse. And when I said the others I mean everyone, including the waiters, customers, employees and even the fan didn't make any sound.
After Kazuto finishes his meal he breaks the heavy silence by giving out an offer to the sky blue locks. "So, I saw you both at the entrance of the theatre and I heard all of your conversation. If you don't mind, I would like to offer you a working chance as the assistant and detective of our chief inspector here. What do you say?"
Yanyi — "No."
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She didn't spare a single second to think about that offer. She really hates him, huh? Even with this turning down, Kazuto didn't give up and starts to offer the same thing again. However, instead of saying it to Yanyi he presented it to Irene's who seem to be one of the factors in which Yanyi can't back down. Just by stroking her hand, this girl manage to calm down the raging tsunami growing inside if her.
Irene — "Yiyi~ please~. I really, really, really need your help with my work. Can you accept his offer? Just this once can you do your friend a favour?"
Yanyi — "-turning her head out of the window to avoid those puppy eyes-."
Irene — "Please~~."
Yanyi — "..."
Irene — "Yiyi~~."
"Argh! Fine! I'll accept it. With a few condition at my dispenses." Luyao didn't seem to agree with her sudden proposal and gently but loudly slam his tea cup onto its plate. He glare at Yanyi with a clear warning of saying "There is no negotiation. You want to work with the police force, you shall obey the contract." Which turn Yanyi really down and decides to take out the offer and throw them out the window completely.
Kazuto kicks his brother's ankle as a warning. 'Things has just gotten better and you are trying to ruin our effort! Mind your own manners, Chen Luyao!' Is what he would have said if they are communicating between themselves. Given up, Luyao sips his tea while Kazu tries to reassure Yanyi that the terms of contract and demand can be discuss later. However she didn't intend on waiting for an official paper before she presented the terms herself, so she takes the initiative to talk about her condition, right here right now.
Yanyi — "In the contract, it is said that any holidays that isn't apart of the public holiday must have the consent and approval from the Marquess personally and you must present a well made paper work for these holidays. Instead of this, I want my holidays to only have the consent and approval of the chief inspector and I have to send out a notice beforehand before taking my leave. Do you agree with this?"
Luyao — "... - boiling his blood inside-."
Kazuto — "He agrees."
Yanyi — "Second, I wish to share the same space of work with the chief inspector and has the same level of authority as him. Oh, and I wish that I can look through any cases and documents in the archive as freely as I can. Is this alright with you?"
Luyao — "Yo-."
Kazuto — "He agrees."
Kazuto has done nothing but cutting him off his words. Is he even listening to any of her demands. Dude even in the real world, this would be over exaggerated. But he has no power to stop it as he is in need of a partner and his paper work has been piling up more and more. If he continues to fly solo, he'll be dead in less than a month. He thought that the exaggerated condition has come to an end, oh he could not be more wrong.
Yanyi — "It is stated that the clock hour of each employees are schedule and they has to follow them strictly. I wish to get rid of that rule to me and I can choose either to stay overnight, go back early or come at a later time."
Luyao — "..."
Yanyi — "And lastly, the position that you requested is to be the assistant for you, but I refuse to take that. I wish to be the second in commands in the station. Meaning, if you are no where to be seen then the order of the city falls to me and I can give out commands and the others has to follow them, strictly."
Luyao — "Okay! Are you done?!"
Yanyi — "-smirking- Yes, yes I'm done."
Luyao — "That last one will have to be discuss with the Marquess. Even if you are the civilian of Volparine, I won't put something so important onto someone who just showed herself and demands an absurd amount of changes to the contract.
Yanyi — "I'm okay with it."
"Okay! Now that it has been settled, how about we go down to the station after this? There is still the autopsy report waiting for us, right Luyao?" Kazuto sneakily smack him hard on his back to warn this man to behave and speak according to the situation. He nodded and walks towards the counter to pay for his meals. Kazuto offer to pay for the girls but they refuse, they wish to start living independently for the time being. Learn how to survive out of their den.
Now that those misunderstanding and miscommunication has been resolve, we can finally jump into our cases. Oh how I love to see them working together! This is so exciting!
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