39. Overheard conversation

Fourth knew that he should trust Gemini, after all Gem said it himself and yet he couldn't get rid of the nasty feeling of being betrayed. But it wasn't Gemini, who betrayed him. There was a slight relief, because when he heard it all, he found out that Gemini was in this case completely innocent. When he looked at Prim holding hands with P’Win, he felt that something was wrong. Prim and Win couldn't see him. Since he got pregnant, he got a few new abilities, one of them was being invisible if he wanted.

“Thanks Prim. I’ll pay you for this as much as you want”, Perth Tanapon walked closer to Prim and handed her a small, wooden box. She opened it and Fourth saw a beautiful, for sure very expensive necklace.

“No worries. You know what I like. I’m glad I could help”.

“Does he suspect anything?”

“Who? Gemini? Naaaaah! Ha ha ha! I guess he finally gave up and fell in love with Fourth. Your idea was really amazing. We got two of the strongest candidates out”, Prim laughed and Fourth knew already that he will never trust any girl so easily again. He wanted to run away and find his Gem to tell him what he just witnessed, but he also knew that he shouldn't say anything without evidence. He took his phone out of the pocket of his jeans. To his own fear he noticed that the battery was very low, he hoped it’ll be enough to record everything.

“I think we should celebrate it. Both of them won’t stand in our way now. We can finally rule the world. You’ll see I make the rule to kill all these fucking faggots”.

“Y-you want to… to kill them?” Suddenly Prim dropped her smile.

“Yeah. We don't need them, do we? They're just wasting our air, time and money that should be ours. I don’t care, I hate them to guts, I hope they disappear before I become a king”.

Perth's voice was full of hate and badly hidden anger. He took out a cigarro from the box that previously lay on the table next to them and lit it up. Fourth felt as if his whole body was filled with frost and cold. He was worried and frightened. He didn't want to hear it any longer, but he understood that for the good of all of them it would be better if he stayed until the end.

Fourth ended up in this room completely by accident. He was on his way to a class with Professor Earth. There had been a Halloween party the day before, which was why the professor had ordered them to start classes early that day. Fourth somehow dragged himself out of bed, did his morning toilet, and slowly, completely sleepy, walked to the lecture hall. However, he was so sleepy that he mixed up the floors and corridors and somehow managed to sneak into room 609 without being noticed, where someone was already. Before Nattawat knew it, he had already witnessed a suspicious conversation between Prim, Perth, and Win Metawin. He had never expected to see the latter again, after all, Win was one of the Forsaken.

“It was a really great idea with this diary. Where did you find it?” Perth changed the topic.

«Diary? What diary? What are they talking about?» — Fourth tried to figure it out but he couldn't think about any diary except his own that he was writing but he thought that nobody knows about it.

“I didn’t. I made it appear. I enchanted it. I made it look like it was old. This stupid boy doesn't even know that Gun and others found something in his room. Before he understands it, he’ll be in jail already. He should never forget the place he comes from. And he comes from poverty”.

“But now he is rich, isn't he?” Fourth heard a new voice, very familiar. After a closer look he already knew who it was. P’Namtan. But what is she doing here?! Fourth always thought she was by their side. Then why was she with this suspicious group of people?

“He is only rich because my family gave him an opportunity. My dad wanted him as my husband, so he put in some money. He gave him work, he gave him opportunities, but generally Gem is nobody without us”.

Prim said this in a voice full of ignorance and reached for a tangerine, which she began to peel. Nattawat couldn't believe what he was hearing. His worst suspicions were confirmed. And while he could have predicted Prim's betrayal, Namtan surprised him. He never thought that the girl everyone spoke so highly of and who everyone considered nice, smart, and sensible could do something like this.

“Ok, but what next?”

“Don’t worry about that. We’ll wait. They'll soon be accused of plotting to assassinate the head of the Institute. That box you gave Gemini, it's got a lot of evidence of his conspiracy with the Thai Mafia. He won't get away with it. And if he tries, we'll threaten to kill Fourth and the kid. Gemini is so fixated on his new family that he'll do anything to save them. I'm telling you, there won't be any problems. And then we'll appear out of nowhere like saviors and become superheroes to the entire wizarding community. They'll thank us for saving them from traitors. So? What do you think about my plan?” Perth was clearly amused by his own mind and proud of himself.

Prim klapped her hands for him.

“Bravo! You are a genius. I knew that getting you involved will solve all our problems”.

“My pleasure. Oh, by the way, you don't regret it, do you?”

“Regret what?”

“Getting pregnant. Hmmm?”

“Oh come on, Perth. It’s nothing. I’ll get rid of it once Gem and Fourth stop being our problem. No worries. I can handle it”.

“You knew it was Tsunoda not Gemini?” Namtan wanted to know. She was just sitting there with phone in her hands as if she was waiting for an important call. She looked nervous and sad.

“Of course I knew! I’m a woman, don’t insult me like this! Everyone could tell it wasn’t real Gemini”.

“And still you let him touch you?”

“My dad thinks it was Gemini. He already hates him. My plan worked better than I thought”.

Fourth didn't want to listen to this anymore and finally the opportunity to come out of the room unnoticed appeared as someone else entered the room.

It was Java with Ohm Pawat. Both dressed like a mafia in expensive suits and Fourth noticed they have guns with them. He took advantage of the favorable circumstances and, as hard as he could, squeezed through the door before it closed. His heart was beating loudly and quickly, but he had no time to think. He finished recording on the dictaphone and immediately dialed Gemini's phone number, but to his great dismay, there was no answer.

“Shia! I have to do something!” Fourth was close to panic. Usually he wouldn't be so stressed out, but now in his state everything became unpredictable. There was only one person he could go to. P’Earth. He believed that telling P’Earth may help. He made himself visible again and ran straight to the classes. Fortunatelly professor was already there.

“Professor, can we talk in private for a moment?” Fourth asked. He had little difficulties with taking deep breaths but what he had to say was more important than anything else. P’Earth quickly understood there was something wrong. They walked out of the classroom and before Fourth was able to say anything, he handed professor his phone, turning on the recording.

After few minutes P’Earth understood everything.

“We have to go to your cousin, P’First. I bet he can help. Let’s go. Also I need to tell P’Zee to come over. Don’t worry, professor Zee is one of the best secret agents, he won’t fail us”. P’Earth said, seeing a worried look on Fourth’s face. For some reason unknown to Nattawat, he didn't want to tell the boss about it. Fourth found it weird and suspicious.

“What about students?”

“I’ll ask Tawan to come and take my classes. You did good telling me about it. I’ll take care of rest, now go to your friends, I think you should warn Gemini, he needs to be very careful”.

Fourth was a bit disappointed. He thought that after he told professor, professor will let him be part of the investigation, but it seemed like P’Earth was going to send him to the classes.

“But P’... I…”

“Yes, I know, you want to participate, don’t you? Yeah, that's what I thought. But Fourth, you have to understand that I can't let you go with us. If something happened to you, we’d all be screwed. You better stay in the classroom, you’re safe there”.

“But I don’t want to be safe? I want to help, I want to do something!”

“I’m sorry nong Fourth, but this is my last word. Go to class. And I'm taking your phone, will give it back later”.

Before Fourth could protest any longer, P’Earth slightly pushed him towards the classroom. Fourth sighed and walked in. He really wanted to take part in this. In the classroom everyone was already there and when he walked in, most of the students looked at him with curiosity. Gemini waved his hand at him.

“Come here, Fourth, sit with us”.

Fourth looked at them. Gemini was sitting next to the empty chair that was for sure reserved for him, for Fourth. On his other side were Dunk, Phuwin, Pond and Joong Archen. Seeing them all together felt weird to Nattawat. Usually Pond and Joong would never come so close to Dunk or Phu, but today they sat together. In front of Phu on the table was the red rose. Fourth wondered who could give it to him.

“Hi Gem, hi boys”.

“Hey FotFot. Oh! Where have you been? When I woke up and didn't see your face, I was terrified, you know”.

“I went to the classroom but I was so sleepy that I got lost”.

“No way! You won’t tell me that you slept in a broom closet!” Pond laughed. Fourth showed him middle finger. He didn't trust him at all and didn't want him to be with them. He knew that with Joong and Pond here he couldn't say much about what he discovered. He had to wait for a better opportunity.

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