LUNA
"Wait so you are Luna?! And the one who actually got kidnapped was Rinalyn?!"
Ezryn kept repeating on what I had just told him or what I had just revealed to him. He was rather perplexed by it, well, anyone would, but not Mr. Eyepatch over here.
"Yes, and can we move on now? That's the third time you repeated that phrase."
"Shouldn't you tell the others the truth?" He question, that made me sigh.
I would've if Mr. Eyepatch here doesn't suspect anyone from our group. But Shiki's got a point as well, there might be anyone lurking around still and may happen to over heard our conversation.
"You shouldn't trust the people around us too much, they might be an ally of the perpetrator." Shiki remarked. He was sitting on the monoblock chair holding a blue rolled paper. "Not everything you know, is the truth, some lies behind a mask that they don't want other people to uncover."
For some reason, his statement prick my conscience. I'm one of those people who wear a mask, in my case— literally. Because this isn't even my body, my soul was the only one present in this unknown world.
I don't even know how my body's condition is within back my world. Does time flow different in here and there? Is it like one second here equals to a year back? Or perhaps it's vice versa? Agh! I don't know!
"Then, do you guys have anyone in mind that can be the main suspect?"
I glance over to Shiki which he did as well to me then to Ezryn.
Shiki place the curled paper down on the table as he stood up, as he soon took his eyepatch off, pocketing it.
"You. . . your eyes!" Ezryn burst, his eyes bulging out of their socket from the shock as he saw Shiki's bare while face. "They're two!"
"I had Professor Gillian to make me an artificial eye, it's not that shocking." Shiki coldly dismissed, but Ezryn began rambling.
"No, it's. . . it's just, woah— you're. . .pretty handsome." Ezryn said, but then suddenly looked away embarrassed by what he had said, as Shiki just looked at him with a knitted brow.
The awkward silence filled the shack as my eyes go back and forth at the two.
"Is there any news from your beasts?" Shiki gaze directed to me, completely shrugging the awkward silence.
"They have, but they won't tell me until they return." I answered.
Unexpectedly, Shiki signed me to come up to him. He went back to the table and I followed, the curled blue paper was now pinned against it as blocks of rash dented book was place on each edges.
I jerked my head down to see the dark lined image imprinted within the blue paper. It was a map.
"Isn't this the map of Cosmo? Where did you get a copy of it?" Ezryn who seem to be over the embarrassment went to my side and looked at the image down. Cosmo is the city or the setting of the game is in and where SMA reside.
Cosmo is a huge City, going around will take forever. Besides, all we can do now is browse the library.
"We need a lead." Shiki said, crossing his arms around his chest, his eyes gazing at me and Ezryn.
Sadly, we don't have anything to find any leads. The professors in charge of searching doesn't disclose any information.
"Did she have her phone? We can track it." Ezryn suggested.
I shook my head. "She left her phone in the restroom. It's currently in her room."
Rinalyn's phone was with Elmira that day, she gave it to Rei when she calmed down. It must've been really traumatic for her.
Speaking of Elmira, after that incident, she rarely goes out and would just go if asked. She oftentimes lock herself in her room. It's a little worrying but she does interact still with us over breakfast and dinner. I wasn't that close with her, Hikari is the one who's usually with her, she's quite mysterious if you ask me.
Sometimes, I see her in a daze. She's a shy girl, but she bites. Enoch teases her since they're seatmate and all, and Elmira always gets annoyed by that, that she would tease him back.
"Even if she had her phone with her, there's no guarantee the abductor won't throw it out, don't you agree? Though, I'm not sure if Hikari has hers." I added.
"You haven't checked her room?" Ezryn asked. I shook my head in response.
"For some reason, all I know is that, it was locked. Strangely enough, we couldn't find the key nor the master key for the dorm."
When we got back from the dorm, we tried opening Hikari's room, but unfortunately, it was rather locked and when we requested the duplicate key, they couldn't find it. Nor was the masters key.
It is as though, someone is keeping us away from her room. Must there be something in there that can lead us a clue?
Does anyone knows lock picking?
Oh.
My eyes gaze straight to Shiki who was apparently looking at Ezryn and I, listening to our conversation.
"Say Shiki, do you know how to lock pick doors?"
***
I fell flat unto the soft mattress, changing into one of my clothing than Rinalyn's. We have quite the similar style, but also rather different.
Usually, I wear dress that are pass the knee, shirts, sweaters and pants. Rinalyn' wardrobe consists of blouses, trousers, skirts that is above the knee more likely and croptops. She has dresses too, but I most commonly see her in pants and shirts.
"You're in deep thoughts."
Luna jolted up when she heard Agapius's voice. Stood at the corner was the two deity in their original form.
"I see you two are back. Care to update me about whatever you guys are doing recently?" I asked sitting up at the edge of the bed.
The two looked at each other and then nodded as they gave me a direct glance.
"We know where Rinalyn is," Agapius intoned.
"Really?! Where is—"
"But Hikari isn't with her." Aella added cutting me off mid sentence.
What?
Did I hear them correctly? Hikari was not with Rinalyn? Were they separated and taken to two completely different locations? That's strange.
"Confusing right? Two girls was abducted, but only the other one was present at the hidden place of the perp, where could the other be? Was she killed? Sent to a different location? An ally of the abductor? Or perhaps. . . " Agapius talked in riddles, trailing off the last words.
"Or what?" I impatiently asked.
There was no response from them, all they did was stare at me with such an earnest eye. Why aren't they saying anything?
Oh, do they want me to solve this on my own? To decrypt the situation? Is that it?
"Let me ask you one thing," Agapius started, a screen popping up in front of me.
[ Task
Find the 'Double-crosser' and be rewarded!
Reward: Holographic Copy of The secluded book -Pages from 1 to ???-
Remaining time: No limit ]
It was the task that appeared long ago.
Looking confused, Agapius once again continued what he was supposed to say.
"Who do you think the traitor is among you?"
As he uttered those words, another screen appeared. This time, there was four names of people imprinted unto the translucent screen.
「 Who's the traitor?
➤Shiki
➤Hikari
➤Elmira
➤Daryll
Please select a name 」