MY BELOVED KNIGHT'S
GOT AWAY
For a while, Ernest remained standing pensively beside where Tira lay, until he finally decided to surround Tira's apartment, to make sure everything was in safe condition, while waiting for Tira to regain consciousness, because the effects of the drug can be short, but it can also be for hours depending on how much has been inhaled by Tira, where Ernest also does not know for sure.
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"Stevens...." The sound of Ernest's call that opened the door of Tira's apartment, made Steven immediately look back.
"Mr Ernest...." With a respectful attitude, Steven returned Ernest's call, who had just finished inspecting the entire corner of Tira's apartment, and also cleaned up the shards of ceramics on Tira's bedroom floor.
"How are things around this place? Did you find anything suspicious?" Ernest said while giving the code to Steven through his hand, for Steven to enter Tira's apartment.
"No Mr. Ernest, everything looks fine in this place. It's just, like Edi found a suspicious person, it's just...." Steven stopped his deed for a moment.
"Did he not catch it?" Ernest who seemed to be able to directly guess what Steven was going to say, immediately asked him.
"Actually Edi continued to pursue, it's just that the suspicious person seemed to know very well with the ins and outs around this apartment and area, and Edi just reported that he lost track of that person." Steven tried to explain that with a doubtful voice.
“What about the condition of Tira's daughter Mr Ernest? Is he still unconscious until now?” Steven who was reminded of Tira, immediately asked Ernest who seemed to hold his breath at a glance, with a face that looked guilty, because Steven's question made him remember he had failed to take good care of Tira.
“As you know, Chlorophyll spray can make people faint even in a matter of hours. Princess is still unconscious.” Ernest's answer made Steven sigh long, along with feeling based on the events of today.
“May the princess quickly come to her senses, and her condition is fine..”
“Most importantly, hopefully he does not feel traumatized and paranoid with people and the surrounding environment. You know in the palace, princess Tira is the weakest princess among others.” Ernest said in a hopeful tone.
"Begging Edi to come back immediately and go straight to the princess' apartment. Before the princess regains consciousness, we better talk about this incident in this place." Ernest's words were greeted with a nod of the head by Steven who directly contacted Edi, and asked him to do what Ernest had just said.
"I've been trying to research him, Mr. Ernest. The cctv camera toward the student locker, apparently deliberately tampered with by the perpetrator. He had really prepared it carefully." Steven's words made Ernest's forehead frown.
"He's not a random person. He must be the one who had access or influence on campus so that he could damage that cctv with such a short amount of time. Due to the distance of the destruction incident with the incident when I put my saxsophone in the locker, no more than 2 hours, a very short time to make people can damage the cctv and also find the right time, he said, where no one saw the action, while the student locker arguably very rarely seen quiet by the students who passed by there.” Ernest said as he began to narrow down the names of people he suspected among the names he had mentioned along with Steven and Tira at that time.
“Then judging from Mr. Ernest's thought, it seems I also suspect that the person may be the one who works on campus so as to have access and influence as Mr. Ernest said just now.” Steven said while remembering the names of Romeo, Lena and also Luis.
“That's just my estimate, don't forget Robin who has a sibling relationship with the higher-ups of this campus.” Ernest said while remembering how from the results of the follow-up examination, he got information about his uncle and cousin who were working on the campus.
Ernest's words left Steven speechless for a moment, along with thinking hard to guess who exactly the person who had terrorized Tira so brashly.
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“Continue analyzing you two, I will see the condition of princess Tira.” Ernest, who had been busy doing the analysis, returned with Steven and Edi, who had returned to the apartment, and joined them, said as he got up from his seat.
“May princess quickly realize Mr. Ernest.” Edi, who seemed sorry for not catching the suspicious person, said expectantly, as Steven had done.
“You better go back to your apartment, and do an investigation there, because your data is there. Steven, try looking for cctv footage around the location of the student locker. The vandal may damage the cctv that leads directly to the locker, but he is unlikely to damage all cctv throughout the premises on campus. Find a suspicious-looking person walking towards the student locker during the time I left my saxsophone in the locker until I found my saxsophone condition broken.” Ernest gives the next order to Steven and Edi before he steps toward Tira's room again.
Trying as slowly as possible, not making a sound, Ernest opened the door and walked into Tira's room, which still appeared to be lying on the bed.
A hand movement from Tira though slow, made Ernest immediately run closer towards the bed, because for Ernest it was signs that showed that Tira would soon be aware of his stupor.