Across the reflection

Secret

The black car left them just some feet away from the entrance of the mansion. Chuuya still complaining and Dazai sneakily taking photos of Chuuya reached a large black iron gate. 

Chuuya tried to ring the bell, but his height was against it. 

"Ahaha... Chuuya is so short. He can't even reach the doorbell."

Before Chuuya could punch Dazai, Dazai already rang the bell. 

"You asshole. I gonna kill you after this is over."

"Oh my, Chibi is so kind."

"I will make it slow and painful."

"How cruel"

Dazai let out a dramatic gasp as he clutched the fabric where his heart was supposed to be.

"Whatever drama queen."

Soon an old man, wearing a black suit arrived and opened the gates after confirming their fake identities. 

Two female friends who just lost their jobs and were almost homeless. 

The brunette's name is Haruko Ota and the red-haired female is Nakahara Fumiya.

They walked through a specular and a waste of space for a garden, they noticed a dozen gardeners working. 

Chuuya was creeped out by the appearance of the workers. They looked like they had been starving for months because their bones were sticking out and their skin looked rather burned than a rather natural dark color. It looked like their energies were being sucked in.

The workers weren't even wearing any gloves or any hats. 

Dazai glanced at Chuuya and then with a childish smile he spoke.

"Wow, soo many gardeners!"

The butler remained silent, but Dazai noticed how the old man's body became slightly stiff. 

"Ah yes, the mistress and his daughter love flowers and butterflies."

Instead of replying, Dazai looked at the workers. His eyes hardened and he subtly grabbed Chuuya's arm. At the contact, Chuuya glared at him but said nothing. 

It seemed like something was wrong with the gardeners.

Or more precisely the garden.

Well, using their own language the pair decided to investigate.

They followed the butler who looked at the guards stationed in front of the door to the mansion. The guards said nothing and opened the large wooden door in a practiced manner.

As soon as they stepped in the door was closed. Dazai felt uneasy. Like something was terribly wrong. 

And just like he deducted, something was wrong. 

This mansion belonged to the Tsushima family. 

To his father's mistress...

Why?

He just entered the mansion and between two stairways was towering a large statue with the crest of the Tsushima family over him. 

He felt small in front of it. Dazai tried to focus on what the butler was talking about, but all he could hear was gibberish. 

Dazai's grip around Chuuya's arm tightened when he saw a little girl with a beautiful dress running down the stairs.

She looked like a brat...

the way she rudely talked to the staff who were trying to stop her from running down the stairs. 

Well, she got her Karma by tripping and falling some steps down. 

Chuuya couldn't help but muffle his laugh... 

It seemed that the girl noticed it and she stomped with a red face towards them.

Dazai was a bit dizzy, but when Chuuya pinched his side, he snapped back to reality.

Dazai stared at Chuuya slightly shocked but still a bit thankful.

Chuuya looked into his eyes, trying to unveil Dazai's emotions. Dazai saw how he frowned as if he saw something. 

Something that caused him worry and distress.

But Chuuya couldn't, he shouldn't be able to see his emotions.

Chuuya is too dumb and stupid like a dog.

But Dazai knows that he knows. 

Dazai's mask created for years, slightly crumbled. 

Before Dazai could say something, the little brat punched in Chuuya's stomach causing them to break their eye contact.

And Chuuya just looked at the girl baffled.

Of course a young brat can't hurt Chuuya who is a master in martial arts.

"You! How dare you laugh at me? My mother will hear about this."

So mommy's girl...

A nerve could be seen bulging from Chuuya's head. He then let out a sigh to calm himself. 

With that, he ignored the girl skillfully and asked the butler...

"So when can we start?"

Although Chuuya looked unbothered, the butler looked really pale as if he had seen a ghost.

Well the mistress is more like an old witch, thought Dazai. 

Finally calming himself down...

Then the brat began yelling and kicking the butler, the butler stood there taking the beating.

"Hello there young miss!"

said Dazai with his sly smile.

He scorched down to be at the eye level of the brat...

"You are so beautiful and delicate. You will hurt your beautiful legs if you keep hitting the old butler. I heard if young children touch an  old man, they also get wrinkly like them."

Which was a lie, but the girl was happy to hear that and she immediately stopped kicking the poor butler.

"I want you to be my personal servant."

Dazai bowed his head with a smile so fake that Chuuya wanted to hit him in the face.

"Of course my lady. Anything the miss wishes will be fulfilled."

The brat grabbed Dazai's hand and took him to her room. 

While Chuuya was left alone with the butler. 

"You will work as the maid of young miss second sister."

And so infiltrated Dazai and Chuuya as Haruko and Fumiya.

They were in for a big ride. Not just stealing documents but also uncovering a gruesome secret of the mansion.