Lord of Detective

In the very dawn, male fowl making everyone struggle to wake up.

Mashuk's dream just broke by that. Khalid was drinking tea while having a couple of papers on hand, sitting on the reading table.

Khalid just noticed him waking up and no reason why he swiftly took all the papers in the drawer before Mashuk could see it.

Khalid just forgot for a moment that Mashuk doesn't know how to read.

" Yo! Good morning! Human in carnage! How was your sleep tonight? "

" Fine. It felt very comfort but I wasn't able to sleep easily yesterday. It might be because I suddenly came to a new place. By the way, what were you saying Human in Car— "

" Nah, it's nothing. Just a joke. "

" Uh... Are all those people dead? "

Khalid patted his own head in frustration and glared at Mashuk. Staring at him for a while, Khalid pushed a plate of rice, omelette and lentils at him.

Mashuk was about to touch the food but Khalid stopped him hitting with a stick.

Mashuk rubs his hand in pain but didn't let a single word out from his tongue. Because he admitted his fault.

Mashuk calmly gets down from bed and goes to washroom.

Khalid took a small bite from the omelette.

After sometime, Mashuk came out. Water dripping from his head. He ran at the towel before a drop of water could land on the ground.

Washing his face properly, He slowly went closer to Mashuk. Giving a respectful salute.

" That's my bro, now you begin the war. "

As Khalid permitted, Mashuk cleaned the whole plate before Khalid could see him start eating. Khalid was thinking where all the food went. Thinking for a moment he understood.

Mashuk drank water and looked at Khalid.

" Did I ate too much? "

Khalid smiled while patting his head.

" Mister, I have a question, what if everyone think I am a freak or different in school? Will they assume me as one of them after all of that? "

" I don't know what they think as I don't care. You are going to a orphanage. You are not staying here. "

" Why? I want to live with yo— "

" Shut up! Life is a exam and Love is a curse. I don't know if I end up hurting you one day. I will regret it as hell. Go there, you will find freedom and good friends like you, I hope. "

Mashuk stayed silent.

.....

Khalid walking outside, wearing a cool t-shirt in black and yellow. He is going somewhere. Might be a mysterious place.

It's unlikely a scary forest surrounding by terrors. The big thing was it was night but he walking as if he is the terror itself.

Walking straight, suddenly stopped.

He looked left and right twice. He slowly murmured something in the midair. A portal in front of him.

Khalid passed through the portal and reached somewhere more terrifying. Some creatures looking at him from far, eyes were glowing brightly.

Flock of bats are flying up from his head.

Owls making sound like they are in hunt or something.

Khalid just standing in chill guy pose. Some steps forward there is a big building. It was about like ten floors. Going near the main gate he met Rahim beside the entrance.

" Hey champ! Congratulations on your promotion. "

Both shakes hands. Giving a hug for a second.

" Thanks. I can finally meet him. "

" Best of luck. You have a bright life I can see it. " Rahim gave a thumbs up while smiling awkwardly.

Khalid just patted his own head.

" Well, you have took retirement as a Higher at this age? What are you going to do now? " Khalid calmly staring at Rahim. Waiting for a answer.

" Now I will spend rest of my life living a second life with my family. I am going to my village. Hope to meet you again future..... "

Rahim slowly walked away from the place, mixing in the darkness, after leaving a smile.

Khalid smiled too for a second and entered the building. The entrance gate was of mirror. The building from outside felt like empty but inside it was filled by many people. The walls were sound proof.

Everyone just running there and here. He didn't had any idea. He slowly sat on a sofa which was placed beside a counter.

He already approved all his documents in online using Rahim's computer.

Hours passed away like minutes, crowd is growing bigger. At that time, a person called him. " Sir, you are Khalid? Follow me. "

He took Khalid in eighth floor. In front of a big gate. There is supposed to be a big hall behind this.....

The person pushed Khalid inside after opening the gate. As Khalid turned behind he saw the door is closed.

He heard someone clapping. He looked forward. There is a big dining table. Some maids are busy to broom the dining hall.

A old man with baddass look sitting on top of the dining table, slicing the beef and bitting.

" Come here, lad, take the sit. "

Khalid did all of that without fear.

" 0000, my lo- lord? "

Khalid felt something wrong. Why he is this much feared? " Lord " word came out from his tongue automatically which he didn't wanted.

Now Khalid is feared in front of the person, he always wanted to murder.

" Khalid, you have grown a lot. Wanna have a slice? "

Khalid was about to attack but suddenly he and every maid around them felt fear in their heart. Which pushing them backwards.

Meanwhile, Ali just came in and walked near to Kashim handing some papaers.

" See, I wasn't guilty because of the toilet incident happened yesterday. It was Blyke. Blyke is just careless during work. "

Kashim returns the paper telling him to leave by eye sign. Ali slowly walked close to exit and left the place.

Kashim's attention again went to Khalid.

Khalid was sweating don't know why.

" Your fault is not being weak, it's because you act weak. Don't think you are stronger. That doesn't mean you are better. "

Khalid was just flinching, trying to stay stable.

" Congrats. You are a official Spy now. I hope you grow stronger and one day we shall meet once again. "

Kashim gave some paper to Khalid. Khalid took those papers and slowly reached the exit. As he reached exit, his all fear vanished. Khalid was surprised too.

In the hall, while eating, Kashim apologizes gently to the maids for being scary in front of them. They really had trauma.

....

Khalid pressing his stomach came out from the Headquarter. It's dawn, sun is rising.

Khalid glared at the papers in hand and then stared at sky for about five minutes.

He looked at the path Rahim left him. He might be okay.... with his family.

Khalid asked himself that why he is alive....

Because I am human, top of that I am living, top of that I have soul, top of that God exists.

To this day... Many people will get mad if we talk about religious things. Why earning illegally? Didn't God showed us the way to live legally and comfortably? Children abandons their parents and ran away with their crush.... Some people will get mad hearing those but as I said, Love is just a curse in this world. This world isn't a place to smile... Our world lacks in teamwork, can't those billionaires invest their money for poor instead of creating those entertainment stages? I might be violating the rule of the world... The biggest war in the world is our mom's war..... Just like my mom suffered,

I had the humanity to protect my mom but not the money to save her.....

Khalid looked at the sky, slowly grabbing his mask aside.

His half face was of a person with huge trauma but have some happiness inside.

While, the other side with Jester paint showed a person making himself smile while having a huge boulders of pain inside.

" From now, My second life starts. "

~ The end of volume 1 : Faceless ~