Chapter 2: The Talk

Keir's POV

"It's been a while, Keir Leggièri," Midnight said with a cold tone. This kid never changed a bit since I last saw him.

"Midnight, that's not how you should greet your uncle, you know? I'm hurt, kiddo," I said to him, not minding that sharp gaze. Aaaah his eyes looked like his mother's

"Never mind that. Just tell me why did you call for me? I'm pretty sure you did not call me for some petty reason like catching up" He said with the same tone again

Like mother like son indeed. I sigh deeply

"We'll talk about it over dinner, Vera bring it in" I said to her and she nodded. She took the bell and rang it, soon the chefs came inside and set it on the dining table into another room in my office

"Well let's head over to the dining table" I said to them and stood up and went directly at the dining room

"I don't want to. Who knows if it has poison or anything" Midnight said. Now I'm seriously hurt. It's not like I'm gonna poison him or anything.

"Kiddo I'm not trying to kill you or anything. You're the next head of your family. Why would I dare to touch my sister's kid?" I asked him with a deadpan look.

"Family relations don't matter Keir. There would always be a struggle for power in the family and you know that as well as I do" He stated to me. Well, he's not wrong but I'll never harm him. He's my niece after all.

"I know how you feel but as I said you are my sister's kid. Also, I'm not interested in the power struggle of your family. Since when did I ever betray you?" I said to him while looking at his eyes but I still saw anger

"Humph you may not betray me but you would most certainly betray those who are constantly around me" He said then went ahead in the dining room and sat in a chair.

I looked at Zithea and she shook her head and went beside Midnight. This is seriously gonna be a long night for all of us.

Midnight's POV

I seriously did not come here to eat food and try to catch up. What's the point of doing all of this? How annoying.

"Midnight my dear why are you not eating? These are all of your favorite foods you know? It took the chefs a long time to prepare these" Keir asked chirpily while smiling from ear to ear

Now I'm annoyed so much. Why is he doing this to me?

"Enough already Keir, just tell me what do you want or else I'll leave," I said to him while sending a sharp glare toward him

"Humph Eat first, then I'll answer you. Come on my baby say ah" He said not minding my glare and even offered me a spoonful of my favorite mousse cake. It looks delicious but I did not come here to be eating food

I glared at him and took the spoon and ate the cake. He grinned happily and said, "See what a good baby"

"I'm not your freaking baby" I said to him, coldly

"Good Lord Midnight why do you have to be so colder than any winter" He asked then suddenly Zithea laughed

"What is so funny Zithea?"I asked with a deadpan look

"AHAHAHAHA most people wonder why you hate your uncle so much but we both know you love him," Zithea said teasingly

"Hah?!! Who loves this twerp?" I said to her. This is absolutely ridiculous

"You duh. The only reason you hate Uncle Kier is that he dotes on you too much to the point you weren't able to make friends on your own" She said and I just glared at her

The dinner went on for another hour then finally we all moved into his office to discuss the matters.

"All right let's discuss why you're here. Midnight I have a job for you" Kier stated with a very serious look

"And that is what exactly know?" I asked him

"Go to school," He said then smiled

. . . . . .  Is he freaking serious? . . . . .

I stood up and slammed my hands on the table, "Huh??! Did you ask me to be here just to say go to school?  Are you freaking mental? I've finished my studies long ago" I stated angrily. That's right I've finished my studies a long time ago due to my intelligence

"Now now calm down, you need to go to school because that's where your target is." He said then took a photo out and gave it to me

It was a book and what looked like a family emblem and a ring. Wait it looks familiar. Isn't this my family's emblem?

"What is this? Why is my family's emblem here?" I asked him

"As you know your family is really famous and powerful but with power comes with great responsibility. A few years ago that book, ring, and emblem went missing and recent reports say that it's somewhere around that school but the problem is that the school itself is a neutral zone. We can't be sending troops directly which is why we have to send you" he told me with a serious look in his eyes

"Why is this so important?" I asked him curiously. Then I noticed he went silent and inhaled some air as if he was hiding something. He looked at my eyes then spoke,

"That ring... belongs to your family obviously. All we know is that the ring belongs to a head of the family but it's not been identified who owns it. You know it yourself that your family's ring can store valuable information and if that falls into the wrong hands your family might be put into danger and all of us in the Organization as well. " he said it and worry is evident in his eyes

I stared at him then spoke, "Okay I didn't expect that one. But in the first place do you have any knowledge or files that know the reason when or how it was taken? If that ring truly belongs to one of the previous heads of the family then how come it was taken? All of the previous rings are locked up in a room that only leaders of the family can open"

"That we really don't know. But since there is a slight chance we can recover it, we'll have to take risks Midnight. So will you do it?" He said to me

I nodded in agreement, "Indeed it's truly important. But can you give me some time? I'd like to think about it first. "

My uncle looked so relieved then he spoke, "Zithea you'll be supporting Midnight all right? As I said things can be dangerous since you're a doctor as well tend to him in case an emergency happens and be his backup. Remember we can't send help if things become troublesome so you'd only have each other"

Zithea spoke, "All right Uncle. Let's just wait for Night's decision then we'll proceed with the planning. You cool with that Night?" then looked towards me.

"Yeah, I'm cool with that. I'll go ahead first then let you know about my decision later. See you" I said then left the headquarters and went outside the city near the ocean.

To be continued