“Lee...are you alright?” Lector wondered as he got up from his spot. She had her hands buried into her palms, resting her face. The small exceed brushed her hair out of her face. Her head lifted to her little friend.
“No. I am so stressed out, Lector.”
The small exceed lowered his ears. On her desk, there lay a stack of papers with a sticky note from Tadashi. Her eyes were glued to it. Immediately, she got up from the floor and rushed over to the desk. She read the note:
Lee,
Found this is Astrid’s coat pocket and thought you could use this. It’s a hit list of all of our names, but I am not familiar with the handwriting or who exactly wrote this. There are documents of our whereabouts including some of the Blue Pegasus guild members. I see a pattern with anyone associated with the family that seems to be on the list. Astrid’s name is crossed out.
Take care,
-Tadashi
The note was placed on the left side of the desk. She sat down in her chair and examined the documents. There were four different papers. The first one was a map of Hargeon with parts of it crossed out with red markers and circles in the Nakamura Manor and Blue Pegasus Guild Hall. She skimmed it carefully. The next document was information about Hikaru, Ryu, and her. There were birth certificates of all three of them circled with big fat letters “TARGET”.
The color from her face drained upon studying the documents enough. The final documents were a letter from Astrid to herself and the list of names. It was so shocking to find someone was aiming for the Nakamura family and she was the target. The kitsune felt sick to her stomach. Automatically, she rested her forehead on her hand and stared at the floor beyond her desk. Lector stood there really confused.
“We’re not safe. We’re not safe, Lector.”
Lector grew puzzled. “Why?”
Ragtime spoke up his thoughts on the matter. “Oh, interesting. Try comparing handwriting to old journals of the family. See what you’re missing. Everyone is a suspect here.”
Without a word, she listened to Ragtime this time, forgetting about her exceed’s question. Completely ignoring her friend’s presence, she sent herself to work searching through all the documents the Nakamura family held on hand. It had to be someone within the family or close range to get this kind of information such as birth certificates, whereabouts, and so on. Her focus was so great that she forgot to even eat the next few hours. She ordered Lector about asking for all the possible papers and handwriting from everyone in the family, even some old rune knight papers from people who worked under her Uncle Simon.
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