Murder In The Old Castle
LXIX. Wood House
In the middle of the jungle, Ben saw an old building made of wood. The building looked unkempt, lots of moss and mold on its walls. The door is also made of wood, tightly sealed. Screeches of raucous crows are heard from the top of the tree, as if guarding the house from every immigrant. A mystical aroma emanated from the atmosphere around the house.
Ben never thought, who lives in a house in this remote forest? Or is the house empty? Curiosity makes Ben step slowly towards the wooden house. There was a sense of worry that he felt, but he tried to gather all his courage. For him, the house holds a hidden secret, which is ready to be revealed.
Ben pressed his ear against the door leaf made of wood, hoping to hear something. Unfortunately there was no sound he heard, only the sound of the wind rustling.
Krieeet!
Because he was leaning against the wooden door, the door accidentally opened. The atmosphere in the house is so dark, there is no furniture, except a table in the corner of the room. The smell is strange, Ben hardly ever inhales such a scent in his life. He walked into the room in the wooden house.
A room is quite roomy in the middle, with three rooms in the back. The table made of wood also looks weathered. Some things are scattered on it.
Ben was getting whipped by curiosity. He took out a handcuff that started to rust. He could feel the horror that was happening in this house. Maybe someone was once handcuffed to this place.
In addition to the handcuffs, there was a knife that began to rust. Ben's breath stopped. Knives are always synonymous with cruel torture. He did not dare to imagine further.
Satisfied with researching the items on the table, he turned to the first room in the wooden house. Inside there is a wooden chair, with rope ties in the handle. His mind immediately floated, that there used to be someone who once sat tied up in this room. Ben felt stuck. What kind of abomination is this?
Fear is creeping up. He wanted to leave the house immediately, but curiosity dragged him into the second room. In this room there is only an empty room, with a very dirty floor, with scattered fabrics. He picked up a cloth that turned out to be a woman's dress with an old model. The color is almost faded, undefined. Ben guessed, this shirt belonged to the person who was held in the room.
The third room, almost the same as the other rooms. A stuffy room with a large coffin made of wood inside. Looking at the chest, Ben's mind became more and more careless. He recalled the story of a vampire who fell asleep in a coffin for hundreds of years, then rose to suck blood. Ben was getting curious about what was in the box. It opened slowly, finding a human skeleton inside.
“Gosh!” peekkit Ben's.
In a hurry he closed the coffin containing the human skeleton. Who is the human figure whose skeleton resides in the chest? Ben's getting curious. His chest pounded. What kind of horror is going on in this wooden house? Under the chest, he saw a weathered woman's bag. He picked up the bag, to check what was inside. Just indecipherable weathered papers, a powder box, a mirror, and an old lipstick. Who owns this bag?
His mind is mixed. He felt uncomfortable in this wooden house for too long. Soon he decided to come out. Suddenly, he saw an old identity card lying on the floor. He picked up, then observed the blurry and unrecognizable photos. The identity is also almost illegible. Only the first three letters of the name can be read.
MAD ....
Who is this ‘Mad’?
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Michael finds the room in the land Adrianna pointed to has been empty. Adrianna. A while ago. He finds Tiara in there, but the young woman disappears. The room looked quiet, there was no one in it.
“You sure this room?” ask Michael.
“I'm sure this room! How could I forget?” ask Adrianna.
“Then where is Tiara? You said he was in here,” Michael said.
“Yes, he's in here. I don't know how Tiara disappeared. The killer may have lulled him somewhere else, Michael. We're late! Tiara must be dead, just like the others!” adrianna said with a sad tone.
“Do you want to look for it?” ask Adrianna.
“This underground space is like a labyrinth. If we do not have a plan in this basement, we can be sure we must be lost. We go upstairs first!” take Michael.
“Michael! We have to save Tiara! How could you possibly be that calm?”
“Adrianna listen to me! We don't know where Tiara is now. It could be the killer's trap for us to go deeper and hold us. Learn from what happened to Cornellio. What if all of a sudden we were walking, held from behind and put in these rooms? Do you want to? Don't be rash. Okay?”
Michael tried to calm Adrianna whose face had turned sad.
“But I thought of Tiara. He is my only friend in this castle. You have to help her!” adrianna.
“Yes, I will definitely help him. But not now. Wh why? The enemy we face is not clear. If we put forward emotions, then we do not immediately find, or we ourselves are lost. I think he's okay. The killer is not stupid, immediately finish the victim. My feeling says dr. Dwi is still alive, but I don't know where. So did Mariah and Tiara. They're also hidden somewhere we don't know, ” explained Michael.
Adrianna's face softened. What Michael said was true. He nodded slowly. Michael invites immediately to go upstairs, worried that bad things will happen if they linger in the basement.
Above, Helen was still staring at them with a suspicious look, as if asking about the events happening in the basement. Michael and Adrianna did not care, they chose to go to the living room, sitting silent to each other.
“This castle is so deserted. All of its residents are not in place except us,”, Michael said.
“And the killer was of course, Michael. He is like a chameleon waiting for its prey from behind the leaves patiently, to enter a trap. He also camouflaged to be our friend, to be easily deceived,” murmured Adrianna.
“You still accuse Maira of the culprit?” ask Michael.
“Maybe. I don't know, my gut feeling is that the mastermind of all this is Maira or Hans. Or they collaborate together to slaughter everything here. They're a weird couple, always dirty-minded,” snorts Adrianna.
“Currently Hans and Maira are at the waterfall. Then who locked Tiara?” ask Michael.
“I'm not sure they're really into the waterfall. I'm afraid their departure to the waterfall is just camouflage. They could sneak in and do that. It seems like these assassins are very skilled at deceiving and killing. I'm really worried.”
“Conscious, Adrianna. Do you believe me? Because Maira said I was a killer because the novel I made was very similar to the events in this castle,”.
“I don't know and not sure, Michael. If you were the killer, you should have killed me in the basement there when the opportunity arose,” Adrianna said.
After a while, they returned to their rooms. Michael is still inexhaustible with many irregularities that occur in this castle. He had just opened Anastasia's diary, when suddenly the sound of a firearm explosion was heard.
Dooorr!
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