CHAPTER 23: SIREN OF TEN BLACK LAMBS

London, England's Police headquarters, 11:45 pm in the evening.

"thank you for your reports, Inspector hall. you may now leave." The commissioner's office is filled with desks and chairs, and on one of the desks is a man in his 20s with chestnut hair and fair white skin. He's wearing a white police cap and gold-rimmed glasses. He's sitting in a comfortable swivel chair, and he's busy looking at papers on the desk. This man is the chief commissioner of London Metropolitan Police Headquarters, known as Edgar Wilkinson. He's responsible for solving different unsolved cases in the whole United Kingdom and its jurisdiction.

"got it, chief Wilkinson." After Inspector hall left the office, Edgar only massaged his temples as he looked melancholy at the stack of papers around him and sighed.

"heck, this is too much." He grumbled, and put the papers in his hand on the desk. "And most of them are phantom knights! How can I erase their traces by myself?!" He added, and then he glanced at the serious face standing beside him, with short black hair, the man with black eyes, dignified complexion and handsome appearance, this was his most trusted assistant, caleb Wakefield.

when edgar was about to speak, his assistant cut him off and replied, "No."

"come on.. I haven't told anything to you yet, levistus~"

" because I anticipated that you will ask my help. and please refrain calling my codename inside of the headquarters."

edgar just puff his cheek due to that and decided to keep his mouth shut, but before that, he whispered something first. "you're such heartless person, levistus."

but caleb just ignore him and replied, "it almost time for the meeting sir." hearing his words, he look at his watch as his pouting face earlier turn into a smirk one.

"good." he replied, so caleb gave the mysterious metal ball to him, it has an orange patterns engrave on it and there's a button beneath.

"it's been a long time since this happen.. it's quite intriguing."

...

Black Cosmos penthouse apartment, 50th floor room 6669

Inside the penthouse located in Westminster, England, you'll find a beautiful woman with pink hair and pink eyes who just finished bathing. She hums the tune of Red River Valley, an English folk song, as she fixes her face in the mirror. This woman is Lovelle Collins.

She's the director of Collins Private Hospital, which was known for its good facilities and a home for famous professional doctors around the world. She also has a secret identity as one of the "deadly 6 of Phantom's Knight, Asmodeus", "the sadistic princess of underground society", and so on.

after a few minutes of fixing her face, she look at the time and when she realize that it's already 11:50 pm, she took a metal ball similar to edgar, but unlike him, this one have a pink patterns.

After fixing her face for a few minutes, she looks at the time and when she realizes that it's already 11:50 p.m., she takes a metal ball similar to Edgar, but unlike him, this one has a pink pattern.

"now then, I wonder how's our boss doing right now~"

...

Oslo, Norway, In Moriarty's private villa, 10:45 pm in the evening

a middle age man can be seen standing Infront of the tall windows while admiring the pale full moon above the night sky, he have a fair white skin, pointed nose, perfect jaws, long violet eyelashes, purple eyes and black hair with a purple hue on it's strands while smirking meaningfully, he's also holding a wine glass with a champagne on it as he sips a little, until someone talk.

"rhonoven.. are you really sure that this is ok? taking a sudden vacation in norway is a little bit.." After facing the person who spoke, Rhonoven saw a woman with silver hair and black eyes wearing a red shawl on her shoulder looking at him with a concerned expression. This woman was Angeline Faye Moriarty, the mother of the twins. Rhonoven approached her and simply held her hand.

"don't worry.. the house will be ok, that place is a lion's den after all." he laugh at her.

"seriously, how can you be so calm when there's always a danger waiting for us?!"

"it's ok, it's ok! our guys will take care the house for us and besides.." rhonoven let go of her and raise his hand above as the moon illuminates the wine glass that he was holding and smirk once again.

"even if we stay in the house, we will still going to fly all the way here. after all, no matter what we do, we can't defy our little elyze hahaha!"

angeline just sigh when he realizes what he said, "are you saying that you already anticipated this to happen?"

rhonoven look at him and wink, " maybe.. all I just know is that, there will be an interesting event that will happen."

then again, angeline just let out another sigh and shook his head while massaging his temple.

"you are really a man of secrets, dear."

"hahaha! thank you for the compliment."

...

When midnight arrived, all of the students in their assigned dorms were already asleep. At the Royal Knights Dormitory, you can see Damion del Luna walking outside to see if any other students were wandering around the campus. By the time he passed by the silver gate, you can see Elyze Room looking at him from the window. As soon as she saw Damion gradually leave, she immediately closed the curtains and went to her office, where there is a desk behind the window.

A bookcase that acts as a border is next, followed by a contemporary glass table with six chairs on either side and a crimson couch in front of the table.

Elyze holding several folders and papers that was sent by her uncle, as well as a glass of red wine and a wine bottle, on the table in front of her. There is also a metal ball with black patterns engraved on it. e sighed deeply as he sat down on the couch, and then Elyze crossed her legs and pressed something against the metal ball. Suddenly, the table started to take on a three-dimensional appearance, and six hologram screens with people in each one wearing their own clothing and masks appeared.

until, the girl with pink curly hair, which is asmodeus, speak up and greet crystalle, [good evening boss!]

crystalle just nod at her slightly, still crossing her legs while holding a cup of wine and sips it, before she glance at 'mammon'. beside him is none other than caleb or known as levistus, the leader of ars goetia.

"the recent works phantom's knight made by 'barbatos' group, you better cover their traces and avoid your lackeys investigating them." she said to him while tapping the table, mammon just close her arms and replied,

["that's just easy, more like, I'm having a hard time taking care of astaroth's mess, even the FBI around the world is on his tail! how can I avoid them tracking him down if he just keeps messing around and killing from well-known people?!] he complains while pointing rohan who was just chilling on the right side while whistling as though he didn't hear anything.

[that's your job, though.] he replied simply.

[huh?! listen here kiddo! a guy like you who just turning 19 this august should play in arcades along with his friends! did you get it?] mammon started to yell at him. so crystalle just let out a sigh and sip another wine as though he regret putting rohan in phantom knight, then again, rohan didn't care at all.

"nevertheless, you better have taken care of astaroth's mess once we went back there. we can't let those FBI agents tail him so do everything you want." crystalle just added simply.

[yeah, yeah, I will.]

he look around and when she notice that all of the deadly six is already here except devian, so she just sigh once again.

'that guy, I told him that there's a meeting today..' she whispered.

"let's wait lucifer first." she said to her members, then he heard his uncle laugh that makes her frowned.

[don't you think something might happen to him?]

hearing his words, crystalle just shook her head, "the academy we were in right now is secluded, so it's impossible."

'well, unless if his half brother tried to kill him, may be it's possible.' she thought to herself, not until, another holographic screen appeared Infront of them, it was from devian's, when crystalle was ready to preach him, her eyes widened when a different voice spoke.

[heh.. would you look at this..?] When a young man with platinum silky hair and golden eyes wearing a T-shirt appeared on Devian's monitor, all of the members of Phantom's Knight were taken aback. rohan was about to disable devian's metal ball, when crystalle stop him, 'You serious?! his brother is actually planning to kill him?!' she added inwardly.

"you.. where is devian?"

when keir notice her, he smirk.. [If it isn't elyze.. and what is this? even rheyne and rohan is here along with four of deadly seven of the phantom's knight.. wait.. perhaps.. you two are really one of them! isn't it this fascinating?!] rheyne just click his tongue as soon as he saw keir grinning at him, he stand up on his seat and was about to leave when he stop as soon as he heard crystalle's cold voice.

"Rheyne, I told you to stay, did I?"

[but if he report this to the leader of black butterfly organization—?!]

all of them gasp again especially mammon who almost stand up as well, [are you saying that this guy is part of black butterfly organization?! we have to silence him—?!] and again, the whole place was re-engulfed by silence especially when they heard crystalle click her tongue.

"I'm asking you once again.. where is devian?"

keir glance to the person Infront of her, she's crossing her legs and leaned her elbows on the table with a wine glass beside her.

[You went above what I expected. I had assumed that you were only an inner member of the Phantom's Knight, not their leader or the one in charge of everything behind the scenes. Why did you lie to me then?]

"Oh my, if I still remembers, you just ask me if I'm one of the inner members of phantom's knight, so I said 'you're joking.', you didn't ask me if I'm their leader or not, did you? now will you please tell me where is devian—"

When Keir sensed the murderous intent behind him, his face turned pale, and he was prepared to say something when Devian, the man on the behind, drove him to the ground and covered his face with a blanket, causing Crystalle's lips to twitch.

[Fck you brother! I'm talking to elyz—!]

[shut up and don't you dare call me brother Infront of them!]

[don't! do you want to get us caught?!]

[I told you.. to.. stay..put!]

[Leave me alone.. hmmpp!!]

They all kept a poker face while watching the screen, pretending they were in the movie. A few minutes later, they all stopped watching when they noticed Keir on the screen, who was wrapped in a blanket like a caterpillar and had his hands and mouth tied. Devian, however, sat in front and pretended nothing had happened while clasping his hands together.

[Now~ should we start the meeting? I'm sorry about the commotion earlier, someone tried to sneak up on my room, but rest assured, I already caught him~]

[hmmp...mmpph..]

for the second time, crystalle just shook his head while looking to devian smiling at her Innocently, and before the others started to bombard him with questions, crystalle decided to speak.

"Now that all of us are here, let's start the meeting.. did you open the files that uncle give to you earlier?"

mammon then spoke, [ by a files you mean.. the information of norwegian's royal family?]

"that's right." As she continued to sip her wine, she cast a quick glance at Rohan. When he grasped what she was getting at, he pulled out a hologram tablet and slid the screen so that a multitude of three-dimensional panels appeared in front of them.

"the queen give us an important mission, and that is to eliminate the people who dare to threatened the whole england, which none other than the norwegian royal family."

all of their face turn solemn, as soon as she said those words, until.. her uncle raise his hands so crystalle nod to him.

[ but we can't eliminate them once and for all, right?The wisest course of action is not to assassinate them because the queen wishes to keep peace throughout the king's territory. The British Empire would be held responsible if we assassinated the entire norwegian family now that the relationship between Norway and the British Empire only broke down two years ago, and those issues are still the current latest news even until today.]

"precisely. which is why we wouldn't assassinate all of them, rather.. we will going to kill the person who have the most connection than king magnus itself, which is his successor." She moved her finger over the screen, pointing to a picture of a man with blonde hair and yellow eyes. Rheyne's eyes widened when he recognized the man.

[Wait.. lilith, this is chauncey, right?!] rheyne said in shock, so crystalle just smirk.

"seeing your reaction, it seems like you didn't look at the folders that your father passed to you that time. that's right, chauncey aadavan steinhart or rather.. chauncey aadavan magnus, is the first prince of norway and king haakon's successor at the same time.. the norwegian family is also connected to the black butterfly organization just by looking to this pictures and their records, take a look at this."

Crystalle swiped up her finger on the display as a photos of king Haakon's subordinate appeared. The image showed the underling wearing a black cloak and a strange man wearing a hat. The two men were conducting business in a pier that included boxes of jewelry, a gun, narcotics, and money.

"this picture was sent by the queen's most trusted butler, grey. You can see the black butterfly organization's crest on the boxes that have been delivered to the pier if you look carefully. On top of that, I gave Astaroth orders to penetrate the underground society's operating system last week in order hack some data about whether or not there are records of them buying or selling items on the black market, and as I predicted, there are."

She swipes the screen once more, and a document appears. When they discover the contents of the file, everyone's behavior turns enraged, including her uncle, who clenches his fist.

[Sex slaves, child organs, and even their bones. these are too disgusting.. they are worse than a demon..] her aunt replied while covering her mouth.

".. we can't help it, We are helpless to stop human nature from expressing itself when it comes to money, which is why the Phantom's Knight were created for this purpose—to reveal the actual nature of the people."

hearing her words and seeing her smirking devilishly, they couldn't help but to sneer as well. [ we are just like them, wasn't it?] her uncle added.

"that's right. well anyway, in order to catch him without getting caught by the media's attention, we have to eliminate his successor first. after all, eliminating the first prince will gives us a huge advantage since Chauncey is the source of his power, strength and wealth."

another voice spoke again but this time it is coming from rohan,

[now that you mention it.. The supreme 9 of the academy we were in is Chauncey, who goes by the code name "camelia." and when we put it all together, it makes perfect sense. If I recall correctly, six months ago, I overheard Chauncey and his father talking on the phone, and at the time, I saw Chauncey clenching his fist, if my memory serves me correctly. I've also heard that they interact well, but to me, that sounds like sarcasm. "Just don't hurt Charlotte, and I'll do whatever you want of me." that's what he said, or something similar like that. I'm merely speculating that those details could be useful for our meeting today..]

crystalle nods to him again, and she was about to speak when she notice keir crawling towards devian's while gazing at her, so crystalle smile again and put another wine on her glass.

"It seems like your brother wanted to say something, devian. remove the tape on his mouth." she orders her casually while swirling her glass that have a wine and observing it.

[.. are you sure about that, my lady? he might yell.]

again, crystalle give him another threatening smile and said, "if he yell, kill him."

hearing her words, devian sneered on her. [ as you wish.] she stand up on the black couch before went at keir's direction and carried him casually then throw him on the couch, before removing the tape on his mouth.

[ phew, at last—eeh?!] keir stop speaking when devian pointed a gun on his head as he give him a sweet smile with his eyes close.

[It sadden me to do this with my younger brother but, I don't have any choice, so forgive me.]

[don't be sadden about it if you didn't mean it! it's gross! disgusting!]

[this is so painful~]

[ahh, go back to hell damn it!]

'damn they are so noisy.' these are the words that she's thinking by watching the two of them shouting to each other, so before someone might hear her, she call devian's name as his face went serious.

"Now then, it seems like you have something to say, what is it?"

keir stare at her first and then to the others, then a few minutes later, he sigh and started to tell what he knows.

"w-well, not only he's the supreme 9 academy, Chauncey aadavan magnus is one of the inner members of black butterfly organization as well, his codename is.. 'psalm' of 10 black lambs." The only one who didn't gasp when they heard what Keir said was Rohan, who was rendered dumbfounded and furious when he heard the codename of one of the Black Butterfly members. So Rohan simply clenched his fist to calm himself.

'Psalm.. the rank 8 of ten black lambs, his marked symbol is dove.. I should calm myself.. I can't leave here..' he thought while tapping the table patiently.

[but joining in black butterfly organization isn't something that he wants.. he was force to do it by his father in order to protect his youngest sister, charlotte. that's all I can say, I can't speak up anymore.]

"...I see, that's already enough. however.. it seems like you know so much about the black butterfly organization, are you perhaps, one of them?"

[.. I don't divulge my own information without exact payment.]

crystalle grin, "so you are one of them huh?" so keir couldn't help but to click his tongue but soon after he sigh.

[nevermind.. consider this as a trade for knowing your secret.. yes, you're right, I'm one of them.] keir clasped his hands together and his childish action earlier had gone as his presence turns into cold and dark one that is similar to devian when in the middle of serious conversation.

[My codename is 'siren', The rank 2 of ten black lambs.] he then look at rohan with provocative smile and said, [nice to meet you, astaroth. you've been glaring at me since then, did you not?] when rohan's frustration started to make his vision turn dark, he grit his teeth and tried to calm himself. he has been secretly searching for the identities of ten black lambs for nearly four years without disclosing anything to crystalle. and now, one of them was right in front of him, but he was unable to kill him because he knew that keir was a dangerous individual. as a result, even though he desperately wanted to kill keir, he was forced to sit back in his chair.

[.. everyone is glaring at you. not just me.]

when keir heard his words, he just burst into laugh and replied, [ you're a patient one, I see. unlike your twin who's been gritting his teeth and stopping his self on attacking me~]

[because if I didn't try to stop myself, I might've tear you up into pieces right now, you damn spy.]

keir just pouted and pointed at him, [ you're being harsh! is that how you treat your friend?!]

[friend? who?!]

When Keir finds Crystalle laughing at him, he and Rhyne cut off their conversation. Keir winces and trembled from head to toe. Keir still recalls their previous conversation from two days ago, during which Crystalle laughed inconsolably when she learned that Damion was the heir to the Black Butterfly Organization. At this moment, Keir is still shaken by those memories and begins to feel afraid of her.

'It so stupid of me to reveal my identity Infront of this psychopath, who knows, she might order my brother to kill me!plus, I did call her bitch earlier!' he thought while pouting.

"how interesting, so you're saying that... there's an important members of black butterfly organization listening to our secret meeting, do you think that after all the things that you revealed to us, I will let you slip within my grasp?"

keir, for the second time, clicked his tongue again,[are you sick in your head? you're the one who wants to know my identity, and now you're threatening me?]

hearing his complains, crystalle laugh silently again, as she clasped his hands together and smile to her sweetly, "I never say that I wanted to know your identity tho. I was just guessing, yet you immediately talks and told everything about your secrets, now who's fault is that? is it me?"

[...]

when crystalle didn't heard any response from him, she smirk once again as she look around her members and say,

"Let's continue the meeting, ofcourse, along with our special guest, siren, you're cooperating too right?"

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