Thion 3XQ: Journey (SaTzu) [ON HOLD]

Chapter Sixteen

The five girls stood outside the Captain's office. They were here to inform Jihyo about their recent discovery, Tzuyu had insisted on doing it alone but Sana insisted that they should all come along for support. There were many things running through Tzuyu's mind. They would probably have to go and inform the Queen yet again, because there was only so much Jihyo could do. And she didn't want to have to go through that again. A big part of her had a feeling that the Queen would reject them again, but then there was another part that thought that there was no way the Queen would refuse after reading the journal. Something had to be done.

Of course the contents of the journal could be false like Nayeon suggested, but Tzuyu had a feeling it wasn't. They weren't sure how old the journal was but if they were to find one of the relics, then that would mean that something bad was going to happen soon. Therefore, they needed the queen's authority to find the relic. Like the journal mentioned, one of the relics is located on Zanerth, if they could perhaps find that one first then that would mean that the journal is true. But they didn't know where to start looking first. Thus, they decided to inform the Captain first then the queen. They also wanted to speak to the princess because Sana is convinced that she knows more than she's letting on.

Elkie was the one to knock on the door, after Tzuyu had been spacing out a little. Jihyo told them to enter and so they all came barreling in.

"Oh, what brings all you girls in here today?" Jihyo was sitting at her desk, with papers in hand as she usually did. As Captain of the Vesta Base she had a lot of responsibilities. This time she was overseeing an upcoming mission for another team.

"Captain, we need to show you something" Sana said, holding the journal in her hands.

"Yes?" Jihyo said as she continued writing something on the paper.

"We have this journal here, and we think you should read it. It talks about how something will happen on the third of March of next year. We don't know what exactly but Klanta's planning something and we need to find the relics"

"Oh really?" Jihyo asked, seemingly uninterested.

Tzuyu cleared her throat after seeing Jihyo's reaction. "Princess Jisun gave us this book"

Jihyo looked up at the mention of the word "princess". Her eyes scanned the book in Sana's hands. She motioned for her to bring it over. That's when they showed and explained to her about what the journal stated. Jihyo didn't know what to make of it either, it could've all been fake but she had to admit she was curious about it as well. Especially when she saw that Klanta was planning something, he was not one to be messed with.

"Why would the princess give you this?" Jihyo asked. She knows that out of the two, Jisun was the smarter one. So there's no way that she would just give a book like this to some strangers.

"We're not sure, but we'd like to speak with her again and see if she knows anything about this"

Jihyo had an unreadable expression on her face. "Well okay, I don't see the harm in asking. I'll call Dami and let her see if she can set up a meeting with the princess"

"Wait, really?" Momo chriped. Tzuyu thought the Captain would be more skeptical about it all but it was surprisingly easy. She'd hope the queen would have a similar reaction but deep down even she knew that was a stretch.

"Yeah, it shouldn't be too hard. I'm sure she'll agree to meet her future sister in law" Jihyo teased. Elkie snorted, while the rest just chuckled awkwardly, especially Tzuyu who held Sana's pinkie in her finger.

"So we're all set?" Jeongyeon asked, trying to change the topic. "The sooner we get to speak with her the better?"

"That reminds me, I'm a bit busy this week so I can't take you guys to the palace. However, I know someone who can" Jihyo announced. Her schedule was full and as much as she wanted to know more about the journal, she had to finish her duties here at the base.