SSHS 178 Grabbing the opportunity presented to her at night, Hestia ventures out in the darkness to do her task: placing the cameras and listening bugs. She is well aware of the placements of the security cameras of the school— she has memorised the blueprint of it after all— and she was using it to her advantage to not get noticed or even be captured by any camera. By doing so, she can also identify the blind spots that further bad guys may use in the wrong way and could hurt the students as the worst case scenario. She cannot recommend those or inform the school itself of those blind spots— she will be questioned if she did. Once she was done, she swiftly went back to her dorm room and logged in to see if all the cameras and listening bugs were all working perfectly. She also contacted Albert about this and informed him of the updates. “They are all placed now. Now we can monitor them.” her voice was almost a whisper, yet still that cold and monotone. “Thanks Hestia. By the way
SSHS 179 Hestia has a lot of path to take to make this mission going. The only problem is, she needs the target to cooperate too. If only Freya would willingly allow her to approach, then this mission could have gone in a smooth start, but due to the past conflicts, confrontation and interrogation, both Arthur and Freya were wary enough to not let the Student Council Secretary to be anywhere near them. Although the two lovers were cautious enough to stay vigilant and to never be seen with each other— let alone glance with those heart eyes— it seemed that they had planned ahead of Hestia. They may not know of the mission, but they are indeed cautious around her. Well, Arthur may know that she is a spy, but then again, she has yet to deny or agree to the speculation of the tech guy. Though it may not matter at this point, in fact, it is already a late matter and there is no merit in coming clean or patching it up. But Hestia knew that whatever Arthur knew or knows would become a hin
SSHS 180 It was the end of the second week of the month of August. Students were rejoicing because ‘thank god it's friday’ and they can’t wait to spend their weekend relaxing or enjoying an eat out with their families. For the clubs, it’s their time to plan ahead for their recruitment plans, on how they will utilise every resource they have in order to recruit as many students as they can. The weekend is also being utilised by the school to invite people to host their Charity Event in the La Florence Academy. For the Student Council, it was their time to also relax. They have also planned ahead of time for the possible Charity Events that can happen in the third week of August. Although they have even contacted some people they are in connection with to ask them and convince them to host their charity events in the La Florence Academy, but they have yet to receive any reply or response about the matter. They are hopeful that at least three known people were to do a charity event—
SSHS 181 Cafe de Luna was a cafe that was considered as a rare thing to exist. It is rated five stars because of its magnificent service, food quality and whatnot. But the thing that made Cafe de Luna sought after and considered rare by the people: was that Cafe de Luna is not your regular cafe where you can just enter whenever you want. Cafe de Luna operates in a reservation system. You cannot go in if you don’t have a reservation beforehand. And that guests must appear never a minute late, or else their reservation will be revoked and dismissed then and there. That is why, even if the location of the cafe was somewhere not that densely pop;ulated, they still have so many customers. A table was not left empty even for five minutes, that is why they have to be fast when clearing the table. But guests were willing to wait just to taste the food and drinks that the cafe offers. That is how highly regarded they are. “Woah…” Albert muttered in a low tone, followed by a whistle. Who kn
SSHS 182 “Goodness, that was so satisfying.” After a burp, Albert massaged his stomach, his face full of satisfaction from all the food he ate and drinks he drank. His hunger was satisfied. Hestia on the other hand, barely touched her: she only ate half of the sandwich and drank only half of the cappuccino latte that was specifically for her. Albert, spotting the half finished food, eagerly pointed at it and asked her, “Can I have those?” his eyes were sparkling at the front of the food. She only responded with a nod and he quickly snatched teh sandwich from the plate and devoured it in seconds. He also drank the cappuccino latte in seconds and let out a satisfied sigh followed by a burp. “That is so good,” he said again. Hestia stood up from her chair and walked around the room again, checking it one more time before settling at the bay window and looking at the restroom door. “Can you tell us why you made us come here now?” her voice was a bit cold and annoyed— she was getting mo
SSHS 183 It is just too bad they do not have any kind of recording of the voice. Whoever the owner of the voice was, they are clever enough to think of all the things they could possibly do in that situation. Even Albert grumbled in his corner as he tried to repair all of the cameras and all of the listening devices but every single one of them were fried up to the core— they were beyond repair. “My babies…” with sadness and disappointment in his tone, Albert stored all the ruined cameras and listening buffs into his box and went back to scanning the IP Addresses and looking up the photos and verifying them. Hestia is all focused on her task. “Most of these documents are transactions and contracts in trades and stocks. Some of them are also partnerships. But most of them, the primary signature was Freya’s father, and she only bears witness to it.” Hestia said and showed her laptop screen to Albert. He nodded in agreement and said, “It is common now for business involved people to
SSHS 184 The following days in La Florence Academy have been quite peaceful. The pace of things was on the moderate side and it made the students feel a little calm and at peace, that they are in control and that the time is going at their pace. They have yet to feel the rush of things. As the teachers have yet to put down the assignments and projects. But to be fair, they are letting the students be on their own as of the moment— as the students are eager to learn, they see that there is no need to push them on some readings or to encourage them to read in advance. And they were mostly thankful for that for the example that the role models of the school presented last year: the Student Council has done a good job. And everyone was hoping that they would do so again in this year. Excami, Damian and Hestia can be seen walking together towards the building that houses the Student Council Office. Along the way, they encountered some familiar faces and some of the new o
SSHS 185 Hestia’s mind was still stuck to her encounter with Freya in that coffee shop. it somehow felt untrue to her, as if it was staged that she will see Freya on that very day— like it was planned from the very start. and yet she cannot do anything about it now, it already happened and now here they are, on their way to the headquarters of the ISO. “Hey, you okay?” Albert asked her with a tap in her shoulder. Hestia turned her head and only responded with an uncertain nod. then returned her eyes to the road. Albert let her be, knowing that the female rookie undercover spy was deep in her thoughts. Once they were in front of the headquarters of ISO, Mr. Ben drove the car into the basement parking lot and parked it there. Once they were out of the car, Mr. Ben waved them goodbye and drove off with his own car. “Bye kids. Take care.” He said and disappeared from the sight of the two rookie undercover spies. Albert and Hestia then walked towards the entrance and were welcomed by