12 Clues (1)

Quince turned his head to glance at the direction Queen is looking at. He saw a group of men walking into the party. They stood out from the crowd at first glance. This is not because of anything but due to their clothes. Any one of the guests here could tell that they were wearing rental clothes from the imprecise fitting of the suits and cheap loafers.

"Why are those men the clues?" Quince asked.

"Well, do you remember the information we got from the guards?" Queen replied, prompting Quince to think of the conversation they had with the guards before coming to the party.

1 hour ago

In the victim's room:

"Oh I almost forgot!" Queen exclaimed before turning back to look at the guards.

The guards immediately stood up even straighter as soon as they saw her gaze. 'No woman is insane enough to bet with our boss. This lady is definitely not normal.' All the guards had similar thoughts running in their minds.

"Keep the death in this room a secret. Do not alert anyone of what happened. Secure the room and make sure no one enters this place for the time being." Queen commanded them.

Even though Quince is not pleased with the way she assumed authority to command over the guards, he didn't interfere with it. What she said is something that he would have done as well. It is best not to create a fuss where the police cannot come and needlessly scare the guests in the party.

So Quince merely kept quiet to observe Queen's decisions.

The guards glanced over at Quince and seeing that he didn't refute Queen's orders immediately said, "Yes Miss."

Queen nodded in satisfaction before continuing, "Also, one of you find the information regarding this guest and bring it over."

"Yes Miss!" One of the guards said before getting his cellphone out to contact the booking center. Not long after he got the information.

He immediately stood up straight before saying, "Miss, the man in this room is called Mr.Bernard Craw. His descriptions from the booking agent matches the body on the bed. He is part of the engineering team that created this cruise."

"Hmm, engineering team? Isn't this supposed to be a party for the nobles?" Queen asked curiously.

The guard glanced briefly at Quince before saying,"Since it is the grand opening party of the cruise, the engineering team has specially been invited to thank their hard work. This party is their reward for completing the cruise within the allotted period."

Queen chuckled and turned to Quince when she heard that. 'How stingy of you' were the words she mouthed at him. Even though the company claimed it to be a reward for the engineering team, the truth is actually to use them if anything goes wrong in this grand opening. Quince merely used this excuse to save on the cost of hiring the whole engineering team. The engineering team of course would not refuse this honor from their client, not knowing they were being used for free. 'Stingy smelly cat!'

She turned back to the guard after seeing the usual non expression on her cat face.

"Alright, so the whole engineering team is on the cruise correct?" Queen asked the guard.

"No Miss. The booking agent said that the vice supervisor is not presented as he has urgent work to do. Apart from him, everyone else is here." replied the guard.

"Hmm, alright." Queen nodded in appreciation. "By the way handsome, what's your name?" Queen couldn't resist asking. His attention to details really impressed her. As soon as Quince heard her semi flirting with the guard, he increased the icy power of his gaze to be 100 times stronger and directed it at the guard.

Originally the guard was blushing after receiving a compliment from a beautiful woman but as soon as he felt that creepy icy stare, he felt goosebumps all over. He glanced at the direction where he felt the icy gaze from and immediately choked due to fear. His boss looked scarier than the hell's king right now Ok! He still has a family to feed! Dear Boss have mercy! Dear Lady don't compliment me! Please curse me instead!

Queen didn't think anything of the guard's reaction as she patiently waited for his reply. After all people , whether in the past or present, always had weird reactions around her and she was used to it by now.

"John Pi Miss!" The guard half yelled his answer due to fear. He vehemently prayed for this storm to pass by soon. But God wasn't going to answer his prayer yet.

Queen nodded before saying,"Good job John. Let me know if you want to change your employer." She smiled before winking at him. Her eyes filled with admiration. The guard almost fell on his knees as he felt the gaze directed at him become even icier. Boss don't look at me like that! I won't leave you! I swear!