○ Capturing you falling for the blind spots in love ○
"Good morning, Ms...?" 3SN greeted but failed to know his guest's names. "J, call me J. He's Yanjun, there's no need for formalities. We're all the same, 3SN, we're merely lost people who claim to fight for justice" she said and he nodded. "Of course, no matter how much we train, we're mere poor people who just does things like programmed robots" he said. "I'm glad you agree, 3SN-" "Xikan, just call me Xikan" he smiled.
"It feels uncomfortable being called by my codename everytime I talk to someone" he said. "Very well then" she said and they arrived at the dining room. "Where's Yanjun, by the way?" she asked. "Inside, he met L, or YueYue earlier and went here with him" he said.
"Greetings, Your Majesty" she curtsied as he bowed. "I see you've come to join us, please, take a seat. Your meal should be ready any moment now" the Queen gave a warm smile. "Thank you" she smiled and sat down beside Her Majesty.
"Are you not going to put off your mask? You are going to eat after all" XL2B asked and she shook her head as a no. "I never take it off. No one has ever seen my real face, save for my... family" she said, her voice getting softer as the sentence ended. They decided to not ask anymore questions and just enioy breakfast as it is.
It soon ended and they returned to their own rooms, but not before the Queen reminding them all to meet her at the meeting room, the security meeting room. They knew that they would be talking about the man who started the attack last night. They knew that they would have a lot of explaining to do and a lot of planning to work on. Most importantly, they know that it would most likely turn out bad for them but they didn't mind.
They, together, have only one target, the man who goes by M and they would do possibly anything to get him. The two guests came for undercover to take him down but that obviously failed. Luckily, Yanjun was someone who worked for M so access and information will be easier to get and all that.
The guards have only one reason to chase after M, and that's because he had attempted murder or at least danger to the Queen and everyone inside the ballroom at that time and there are many innocent civilians by then. It's their duty to do so, but without it being their duty they would still be after him. It's part of royalty that they're threatening, and that is completely no joke.
When someone comes after royalty, it is definite that they are powerful wealthy people. No one comes after the Queen just like that, they would definitely fail and to succeed, one must have a strong army of men to secure the area, a stealthy team of spies to spy on their target, and most importantly, a lot of money and a high rank in society.
With all that, they would be able to hire the best lawyers in the kingdom to defend them and provide an alibi for them to get away and the chances of someone from the royal family to win in a court like that would decrease drastically. They wouldn't be able to win just like that, not that easily at least. They need to have concrete evidence to win and people like those after the Queen for power would usually have people do forgery or make up stories.
"Thank you all for gathering here, I suppose you all know the reason why I asked you to?" the Queen said and they all nodded. "I suppose the both of you have more information than all of us here combined so please, tell us all the information you have" she said. "I used to work for the man and I was on a mission to kill her" Yanjun spoke after a while and everyone snapped their heads to his direction.
"I did it because I needed money for my parents' medical bills and as soon as I knew that I failed but got the money beforehand, I started working with her. I told her that he started going crazy after the death of his wife and has started to kill people for his own pleasure and we decided to work together and take him down as I found out that he was coming here. And there our plan went, down the drain" he said.
"I think we can help you with that. That is, if you still have any connections who know where he's heading now" H said. "I might know a way, but it's risky" J said and they turned to her. "Is the ballroom cleaned up yet or is it still the way it is after the ambush?" she asked. "We were planning to have it cleaned by this evening" H said. "Don't, cancel the cleaning. I can investigate" she said and they nodded.
The meeting went on for a while until they settled another meeting in the ballroom for the investigation tomorrow. They knew that it would take them a while and it isn't going to be completely accurate but they knew that it would give them a hint, maybe some helpful clues to track M down and get him once and for all.
"How did someone, moreover a woman like you managed to do such thing?" HQ asked. "It's a long story but that's for me to know and you to find out" she smiled at him. He found himself staring at her charming smile but then snapped out of it. He had promised to himself that nothing would stand in the way of him and being the head guard and protecting the Queen.
But here he was already falling for her charms. He didn't know what to do but most of all, he didn't know what to do about the feeling. Meanwhile, J was already attracted to his cold yet elegant demeanour. She has never felt this way before.
And before she knew it, she was already falling for him too.