Rosetta

(car sound) It rained, the whole city was drenched in rain. "Sir, we will arrive in 20 minutes." "Zoe" "Yes? Did you need anything?" "Let's buy some flowers first." "Sir, to the nearest florist, please." Hans took a deep breath while looking out the car window. It was raining outside. Leaning his head back, he slowly closed his eyes. "I'm sorry, Hans, I'm sorry." "It's not your fault, not anyone's fault." "I should follow him." (thunder sound) "Are you okay, sir?" Zoe is looking at Hans, who suddenly wakes up from the thunder. His face turned pale, like someone meeting a ghost. The rain was getting worse,but Han's eyes were still looking at the window, and he didn’t even bother to answer Zoe's question. He is in deep thought, remembering old memories of his. "Sir, if you're not feeling well, should we go to the graveyard at another time? I will make the appointment for you, and the rain seems to be worsening." "It's fine, I want to meet them." "Bur, sir.." "It's Natalie's birthday, I have to go." Didn’t even looking at Zoe Hans cut the conversation, upset? Maybe Zoe was just looking at Hans helplessly because, back then, Han never gave her such a cold answer, and he even didn’t bother to look at her. Zoe is not only his assistant but his childhood friend too, so of course the two of them are really close, but now everything seems different the warm and kind hans that Zoe knows have changed like never before. Where did the hans that always smile at her go? The one that always gives her a warm gaze while walking to the graves of his two best friends. Hans eyes were stunned at a white tomb, in front of the tomb was a girl with long hair. The girl seemed to be staring at the flowers that were placed around the tomb. A red rose.. "How passionate aren't they? Giving such a flower in someone's graveyard." Hans smiled bitterly while looking at such a beautiful white tombstone. Among the many white roses placed around it, there is a bouquet of red roses right in the middle of the tombstone. "Zaylee? Ah, the beloved daughter of Wayne family." "Did you know her?" "Yeah little.." Hans is looking at the girl, a girl wearing a black dress and pitch black hair with pale white skin. breathtaking, those pair of vermillion red eyes make her look like she's not coming from this world, but somehow that also makes her look scary. "Are you okay?" "Right, I'm sorry. I know her a little; the Wayne family is a kind, noble, and famous family after all. They say that she is recognized by all the family members and even by friends or relatives that are close to the Wayne family" "Hmnn, you're right by looking at her grave, she must be really loved. How happy she is that so many people are grieving for her" "Yeah, no wonder after all she is known to be a bright and kind girl" "How about you? Who are you grieving for? They must be really precious" "How did you know?" "Those eyes, even though you smile warmly like that, your eyes can't lie." "Haha, you are really a strange person, but you are right." The girl looking at Hans hand that holds a picture of him and his friends "Natalie Shu...and is that novelist William Grey?" "!?" "I'm sorry, how rude of me." "You know them?" "Once I go to the singer Natalie show and I have one of William Grey's books, his books are very interesting." "The world really is small, isn't?" "Haha, maybe it's just fate." "Right, and yeah, both of them are my best friends." "You look to have trouble." The girl walked closer to Hans, and that made Hans a little surprised by her action. The girl's face looked at Hans and seemed to realize something. "Their death is too sudden for me, so it's really hard to accept that they are gone, and in the worst way that I could think." "Well, now that I look at you, you look familiar." Hearing those words, Hans took a step back and looked away from her desperately. "Lately, there are many rumors and scandals about me after all." "So that's why you look familiar to me. I'm sorry to make you uncomfortable." "It's alright. It just can't be helped." "That must be hard." .Even though you hear many things about me, how kind of you." "If those rumors are true, then you won't come to their grave alone on this rainy day." "......" "They must be really a precious person to you." "After many things happening to me, this is the first time I've gotten sympathy. Thank you." "Here, take this" "this.." "my number, you look need a help or maybe someone to talk." "Why..." "You look like you have many things that can't be told." Hans gives the girl a surprised look, and the girl just smiles softly at him "It seems like you can see everything who are you? A witch?" "Haha, do I look like one? Hmnn, maybe you can say it's because of my experience" "A little, You look younger than me, but you already have such experience. Your life must be full of adventure" "Well, I will leave that to your imagination" Hans smiles at the girl. "How kind of you" "You know, you are right there are a lot of rumors saying nasty things about you." "......." "People in social media said you killed William and you killed Natalie, or Natalie's death wasn't an accident but something else, and many more things." "Like what?" "Like a wolf that died because of loneliness" Hans, too tuned to speak, his eyes widened as the girl spoke. "Nice to meet you, sir" The girl said goodbye to Hans and left him alone. In the parking spot "Sir, here's the towel." "Thank you." "I know you're not in a good mood, but you can get sick. You have to be more careful." "Zoe." "Yes?" "Make an appointment for this next week." "Sure sir, But can I ask what this is?" "The witch's number I just met." One week later in the glass house "Sir, is this really the place?." "The address she gives is exactly here." "Are you sure she has not tried to deceive you?" Hans and Zoe stand in front of a huge glass house. While they were in confusion, someone approached them. "Welcome to the glass house. Did you have an appointment before?" "Um, no, it's just a girl that I met before, she gave me her number, and said she has something interesting for me" A man carrying a basket of roses greets Hans and Zoe with a smile. "Can you tell me what the girl's name is sir?’ ‘Her name is Rose." "Then you are in the right place, Please let me escort you inside." Hans and Zoe follow that man inside the glass house, both of them amazed by the garden view. There are a lot of flowers and plants in many different colors. "Please sit here and let me pour you a cup of tea." The man motioned for the two of them to sit down. In the middle of the garden, there are tables and chairs with an antique impression that complement the beauty of the flowers and plants around them. "My name is Noah, the gardener. May I know your name, dear guest?" "Hansel And she is my assistant Zoe" "Nice to meet you." "So, where is she?" "Right, the rose" "The rose?" "Yes sir, every agent here is named by flowers. the one who met you is agent Rose" "This place is not an ordinary agency huh? The way she approaches me looks like she has targeted me before. It looks like someone paid you to do this kind of thing." "Well, every flower here has its own beauty. Whatever it is because of someone or the flower itself that took an interest in you is not your business as long as our guest's wish is fulfilled, it doesn't matter how we do it, does it? Of course, it is not free." "To do this kind of creepy thing, we can report you for it." Zoe stood up and looked at Hans. She looked furious, as if she were being tricked. "Sir, you don't have to do this! These people are very suspicious, let's get out of here." "Wait." "Sir! They trap us! What if they commit a crime?" (Broken glass sound coming from Noah) Noah broke the tea cup after hearing Zoe's words. He smiled at her. "Lady, watch your mouth." Zoe is surprised in fear, looking at the cold expression Noah gives her. Knowing Zoe's fear,Hans holds Zoe's hand. "I'm sorry for the comotion. She just worried about things that have happened lately." "But sir!" "Zoe! I need this! If you don't like what you see, you can wait outside." "I'm sorry sir, Let me stand by your side." "I'm sorry for yelling at you. Thank you." "It looks like things are settle down. Shall we move to our business?" "You look like you already know why I'm here." "I have some thoughts about it, and as you know how famous you are recently. it's not that hard to guess one or two reasons you're here." "Help me find out the story behind novelist William Grey's death." "Sir!?" "What I know and the public know is that he died because of a robbery accident." "But you don't think that's the truth, right?" "That's right, I found odd things about it here in the document is look more than an accident, it's like.." "Planed Murderer." "I hope I was wrong. I really hope my intuition is wrong." *knock knock* Door open The door opened, showing a girl in a long white cardigan. She had black hair tied into a low ponytail and glasses that covered her greyish eyes. She entered Rose's room. Rose's room is really simple compared to the other agents. Everything is white the wall, the desk, the chair, etc. There is no decoration only very wide windows show the garden behind the house, and in front of the windows there is a single white sofa that she found Rose taking a nap on. Slowly She approached her and tried to wake her up by calling her name. "Rose? Rosetta!" Rose, who was half awake. Startled by the sudden approach, reflexively locked iris arm and pressed her against the window, her sense back with iris scream. "Rose!!! Its hurts!" "Iris? Gosh..." Rose released Iris, and then she fell to the floor due to the sudden attack. Rose squatted down to checked Iris condition. "I'm sorry. Did that hurt so bad? Let's get you checked up in the treatment room. can you stand up?" "It's okay; I'm alright. It's my fault for walking into the room without permission and startling you. I'm sorry." "Let me help you get up. What are you doing here? You don't normally come into my room." "Right, Noah called you. he said your guest is here, but are you okay? Can you meet them? You look kind of pale." "I'm okay, thank you. Where are they?" "In the glass room." "I'll be there. Once again, I'm sorry Iris." "It's okay honey, just go." Rose walked down the hall to the glass room. Before she entered the room, she heard the sound of breaking glass and the sound of arguing in the room. She smiled and listened to their conversation until the guests made their request. "Sometimes intuition are more reliable than what people talk about." Hearing her voice, everyone's eyes were on her. The assistant named Zoe looked at her sharply. "It's nice to see you again, my dear guest. Please forgive my sudden impoliteness." "Not at all rose, you came at the right time. Since you have come, I will hand them over to you." "Yes master, thank you for accompanying them for me." "I entrust the final report to you. Well, then Mr. Hansel and Miss Zoe, I'll take my leave." "Yes, thank you, sir Noah." Noah smiled, greeted them and left the room. "I have never seen you before, since this is the first time we meet. my name is Rose." Rose greeted Zoe and watched her closely a petite girl with long blonde hair and golden brown eyes. She looks like a chihuahua keeping watch over his owner, but Rose finds her kind of cute. "Nice to meet you too Rose. I'm Zoe, Sir Hansel's personal assistant." "Alright, sir can you tell me the story now?" "In William's case, the accident happened in-" Before he could continue, Rose stopped him. "No" "What?" "Not that story." "Then what do you want to know? The evidence? or autopsy results?" "I already know all that" _So what else can I tell you when you already know everything?" "What I want to know is the story between you, Hansel Oxley, the novelist William Grey and the singer Natalie Shu." "Why did you want to know that?" "The three of you are not in an ordinary relationship, am I right?" "Of course, they are my best friends! I already told you that." "Are you?" Surprised by the question, Hans accidentally met eyes with a feeling as if the girl already knew everything. He bit his lips and fell silent. Zoe was confused by Hans' response. Zoe chose to be silent, waiting for an answer. Rose took out a book. a novel that was very familiar to him. Realizing the novel, he widened his eyes. Our story by William Grey William's last published novel before his death "You seem to recognize this book." "Of course I do, that's Will's last novel." "Right, do you know what the contents of the last page of this novel are?" "I haven't had time to read it." "This novel is dedicated to people who are precious to me, my beloved Natalie and my best friend Hans." "What?" Hans snatched the novel from Rose and read the last page. His eyes started to tear up as he couldn't believe what he was reading. "Judging from the date on the book, this novel was completed one year ago and released five months later, which means seven months from now and at the time I heard some interesting things." "........." "Oxley family engagement to Nathalie Shu a month after the book was released. This doesn't look like a normal relationship, does it?" "You are talking nonsense" "Sir, the wall has ears, and the door has eyes. Information about you had become the talk of upper-class social circles a few months ago, and it was easy for me to find out even though the news had been closed by both families." Hans bowed down in tears while tightly holding the novel in his hand. "If you want to keep your relationship a secret like that, why do you want to find out the truth about William Gray's death so badly?" "Rose, don't you think this is very unfair?" "what's unfair? Don't you cover up your relationship to maintain the good name of the family? If you reopen the case, you will put two families at risk because the evidence you provided points towards the Shu family" "This is unfair both to them and to me, and even if you are right, this will only harm me. I still want to know the truth. As someone who has lived with them, I want them to get justice and not be forgotten on purpose by others." "You will get nothing from this, sir." "Do you remember what you said to me at the graveyard back then?" "yes" "The wolf who died of loneliness is not me" "....." "Its Natalie." "The statement given by both families is that you and Miss Natalie have an addiction to sleeping pills and Miss Natalie died as a result of a traffic accident." "that’s right." "When Miss Natalie died you were reportedly rushed to the hospital due to shock and an overdose." "that's true but not the truth, Natalie died by suicide." Hans wiped his tears and looked at Rose deeply. "I found some evidence that actually Miss Nathalie is dating Mr. William secretly, but I never thought it would be this intent. that's why you accepted the engagement? to protect them both?" "No, the real reason was because Natalie's family thought her relationship with William was a mistake and would bring disgrace to the family because of Will's background." "which is why they chose to use the two of you who are close friends to hide the fact." Hans nodded his head "high-class social circle obviously won't let this go easily as this could become a weapon to attack the shu family considering miss natalie is an only child." "yoou’re smart." "High-class social interaction is hard, and you are experiencing some of it. Are you sure?" "You're like someone who's actually had experience with it, yes I'm sure. I will tell you everything, so please help me." "The payment will not be cheap." "As long as we find the answer, then it's worth it." "If you are sure, let's make the contract. Until your expectations are fulfilled, I will accompany you to the end." Rose took out the contract paper and had it signed by Hans. Now their contract will continue until it is fulfilled. "I, Hansel Oxley will provide any form of assistance needed by Agent Rose and the Glass House until the contract is completed with proper payment." "It's an honor to work with you, sir. Let's meet again in the next two weeks." "Thanks, Rose. I look forward to hearing from you." Hans shook hands with Rose and left. Hans looked worriedly at Zoe, who kept silent, observing the situation while walking towards their car. Hans tried to talk to her. "I thought you were going to try to stop me earlier." "Even if I try to stop you, will you stop?" "Thats..." "No, isn't it?" "Are you worried?" "Of course I'm worried as a friend who is always by your side and as an assistant, I know your hard work to get to where you are today. What she said is true, all this will only harm you" "I know." Zoe stopped walking and looked at Hans. Hans did the same thing, and Zoe smiled at him. "If all this can release you from that nightmare, let me be with you until all of this is over." "Thank you, you are truly a precious friend to me." "Right, you better don't forget that. Ah, this is our car; you drive it. Come on." "What!? I'm still your boss." "Then? I'm your precious friend remember?" "gosh…I'm not going to be able to win this, let's go." "Hahaha!." "Don't laugh!" One week later at the glass house Noah was watering the plants in the glass room when he heard approaching footsteps. "Sakura? Good morning" "Good morning, master!" The short-haired girl, dyed blush pink with green eyes, smiled brightly. "You look happy, did something good happen?" "Yes! Iris told me that Rose got a very interesting contract, so she's going to be spending a lot of time in this glass house." "Hahaha, Sakura is a big fan of Rose." "Of course I am! How can someone be so pretty and smart at the same time? and the way she got the contract is such a fate! I really like her." "Then you also have to try to be even better in your next mission." "Yes master! umm master? I can't find Rose; do you know where she is?" "Ah, she's been gone since the sun came up. She had something to do." "What!? Even when I get here as soon as possible, it is still difficult to meet her. She is really dedicated." "There..there.., you can meet her when she's back." Noah smiled warmly while patting Sakura's head, who was disappointed. From a distance, Iris and Daisy watched the scene, and soon Jasmine followed them. "What is it? What is wrong with her?" Jasmin stared at Sakura in astonishment, Iris chuckled in response to Jasmin's reaction and Daisy sighed. Noah notices the presence of all his agents and approaches them all. "Good morning, everyone. It looks like everyone has gathered. I have new information regarding the mission. Let's gather in the meeting room." "Yes master!"