
Asfa didn't want to say anything. This time, he could only give a child a hug. Letting her father calm down and face reality. Even though the sun shines at night. Fate doesn't allow her to have any more children. At this moment, the couple could only give each other support and still trust each other.
Two hours later. Asfa came out of his papa's room. The woman must accompany Mr. Luxifer who still cannot bear the guilt of having doubted his own daughter. While Vans downstairs is talking to Dominic and Justin. Rose and Prince Chubby had already walked into the room to rest. Varo and Rania are enjoying time together to share their stories in the music room.
The sound of footsteps rang down the stairs, making the three men sitting on the dining table chairs turn towards the stairs. They saw the arrival of Asfa. The woman looked tired with the look of the injured eyes. Wanted to treat, but they realized they couldn't do all that. Then, how can the heart still insist on saying the situation out there?
Asfa approached the dining table. Where the three men were looking at him wistfully, "Don't look at me like that! I'm still alive."
"What are you talking about, Periku?" Vans filled an empty glass with water, then handed it to his wife.
Asfa accepted without hesitation, then gulped until it was gone. Then, he pulled out a chair to sit together. Now, the three men look at each other, except for Asfa. The woman was busy playing the empty glass in her right hand. The silence was distracted by the voice of Deheman the queen.
"I asked or did you explain?!"
Dominic held his breath while shifting the seat slightly back. It felt too crowded with heat, making anxiety control his heart and mind. He looked at Asfa seriously, "A week ago there was an attack on the border area. I don't know who's behind it yet, but the five weapon crates are gone. Three days later, I heard the sale of the same kind of weapon at a famous auction."
"I should have said this after the news reached my ears, but I thought I could handle it. Turns out I was wrong. The attack happened again, and this time one of the weapons crates disappeared again. After I investigated, the culprit disappeared without a trace. Only one clue, the perpetrator left an identifying mark in the form of a mask."
Dominic got up from the chair, then took something from behind his back. The man placed a fold of white paper onto the table, and Justin deftly pushed the glass tray to the other side. Leaving the table in front of them empty, while Asfa stopped playing the glass in her hand.
That piece of paper, it still holds a secret. Even so, Asfa looked at him seriously, then he opened it. The gaze of the eye examines each line of the mask drawn. The mask was not foreign and the symbol was also very familiar. Justin stood up, and ran out of the dining room. In just a few moments, the man returned carrying a medium-sized box of chests.
The crate that he had kept for the last two years and today will open after all this time. Justin opened it, then took out a mask that turned out to be the same as drawn. Whoever owns the mask, he must be the mastermind. Someone who secretly infiltrated and prepared to take down the Phoenix kingdom. Whatever happened, Asfa was still silently watching.
"My friend, what are you thinking?" ask Vans, distract the others.
Asfa got up while pushing the chair using his left foot, while his hand he used to grab the fruit knife that was on top of the fruit basket. The woman's actions, made Vans, Justin, and Dominic surprised. However, one left-hand gesture of Asfa neutralized the calm back.
Asfa left the dining room, he walked towards the kitchen.
"Duke, what's wrong with Queen?" dominic asked, but Justin put his shoulders down.
Whatever an Asfa would do, only that woman would know. A true leader cannot be overthrown by anyone because only one person can take down Queen Asfa Luxifer. That person was Queen Asfa Luxifer himself. However, anyone with bad intentions should be prepared to get punished.
Asfa returned before ten minutes passed, but the woman returned with a bowl in her right hand. Then put it on the table, blood red with a sour aroma and what else. Whatever it is, obviously the contents of the bowl is not something that can be eaten let alone drunk.
"Duke, put on a special glove and put that mask in this bowl!" Asfa gave the first command, then continued to say his second command, "Dominic, give me your phone!"
Justin moved quickly to do the queen order, as well as Dominic who immediately took his phone from behind his pants pocket. Not knowing what will happen next, for him whatever is most important is never to doubt Asfa. Vans only listened, he wanted to know, this time the wife used what method to find out the puzzle behind the mystery of the mask.
Half an hour later, Dominic is shocked by the fate of his phone, while Justin smiles thinly with a sense of pride. While Vans shook his head in an inexhaustible manner. Over the years, Asfa has increasingly advanced to apply many things in terms of medicine, hackers and others. Who would have thought, secretly the woman still continues to hone her skills without ever getting tired.
Dominic's favorite phone must be finished because Asfa casually dropped the inanimate object into the chemical liquid. After the mask that Justin took out of the bowl. Who would have thought, the black mask with the rose symbol turned into a red mask with a winged dragon symbol.
So too with the mask. Asfa's flick finger deftly changed the image without having to bother and in just a matter of half an hour. Finally the image is exactly the same as the mask that has changed color and symbol.
"I don't care. Wherever this man hides, find him and bring him before me! Duke, I can't leave this to you, but the situation can't be left for much longer. I leave the responsibility of the search to you, and Dominic, listen to me. Your job remains their target. He won't give up, just for a while."
"Queen, why don't you act straight away? Just one name, you know you can catch him in seconds. Why...,"
Asfa smiled faintly with a glance towards her husband, "He just wants to, I know him, he still wants to play hide and seek. Let it go."
"What does this mean, you know who he is?" justin and Dominic asked.