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Chapter 23 - The Forbidden Room SLOTH

After I said my goodbyes to Katelyn and doctor Moisturizer, I walked to Martin's house. The only problem was that I had no clue where I was. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต? I was wrong. I wandered around the village not being able to find the house.

I encountered a crowd of people standing close to each other. It seemed like they were looking to something. I was to small to look over everyone's head, so I squeezed myself to the crowd. Then I saw what the people were looking at. It was a red suited knight standing on a wooden stage.

Everyone around me was whispering to each other. I heard rumors like, "isn't that the prince's loyal knight?" and "is it about the prince's birthday?"

The red suited knight finally began to speak, "attention everyone!" A knight behind the stage handed the knight on stage a scroll.

I recognized the knight off stage. It was Jeevan who handed the scroll.

The red suited knight opened the scroll and began to read aloud, "this is a message from king Grandon!"

I heard someone whispering, "the king? Does he want more money?"

The red suited knight continued, "Prince Lucas's birthday arrives in two days. The 8th of summer next tuesday we will celebrate prince Lucas's 18th birthday. On that day we also held the cook of the year competition. Cooks who want to participate have to register at Leevan over there today. Everyone is must meet here to celebrate the prince's birthday next tuesday. Everyone who doesn't show up can expect punishment. Everyone also has to pay 500 silver coins for the prince's birthday. If you don't you will be punished as well."

Of course nobody was happy with this message, but nobody dare to spoke against the knight. If you ask me I wouldn't be that sad about it. It was not my problem, caus I wasn't in controle on tuesdays.

๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ช๐˜ต... ๐˜ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ'๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ. I still didn't know where to go. Lori Village couldn't be that big. Than I relized something at the side of the road. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด...? I just reliezed the signs for the first time. ๐˜ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ... I walked to the signs. There were a couple of them and I couldn't read all of it, but I still tried. ๐˜–๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜บ... ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด... ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ... ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ-๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ... ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต... ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต? ๐˜ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด... ๐˜“๐˜ฐ... ๐˜ณ๐˜ช... ๐˜๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข... ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ... ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ... ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ... ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ? ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ... I decided to follow the signs in the hope to find my destination.

After following a few signs I arrived at the entrance. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ! ๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ต! I was proud of myself and turned to Martin's house. I didn't hesitate to go in Martin's warm nice house.

At the moment I opened the already unlocked door I felt empty or rather the house felt empty. I walked around. Everything was clean. There was not a single evidence of life. ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ... ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ... A tear rolled over my face.

My father yelled at me when I cried, he hated weakness.

My mother hugged me and would say, "mommy is here, I will always be here for you when you're feeling sad, I promise."

"Liar..." I cried. "Where are you mom? Where are you?!" I used my arms to whipe off my tears. "You promised... you promised you would be here!" I was angry, but gave up on the feeling. I looked at the ground and murmured, "where are you...?"

Mom was gone, dad was gone and Martin was gone. I was alone in this house. Katelyn weren't here for me and neither was doctor Moisturizer. They weren't here. ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ ๐˜ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ? My brothers weren't here, they were nowhere.

I walked upstairs and looked at the back door. I was ordered to keep out, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต... I looked at the key and lept to the door. I put the key in they key hole, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด. I turned it and opened the door.

I stepped inside the room and looked around. It was just a normal bedroom. There was nothing worth of value in this room, nothing at all. But that wasn't actually correctly. This whole room was worth a lot actually, but in emotional worth. It was a room of a person. It had a bed , a desk and a closet. The bed had a panda plushy laying on it. The closet was filled with clothing. The desk had books laying on it. I couldn't read any of it. I looked in a drewer and saw another book with a feather pen, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช... ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข? ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ. It had a lot of words in it, but I couldn't read any of it. Some of the pages had drawings. ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ...?

I ran to Martin's room and looked at the drawings in his room. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ... ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ. ๐˜๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ? ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ?

I looked in the diary at some drawings. A lot of drawings had a boy figure. ๐˜š๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ'๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ? The kid in the drawings looked happy on the first few pages. He had a mother and father. He was gifted books. He tried to learn magic with his father. After a few pages some letters seemed weird and the pages felt weard to. It seemed las if something like water was spilled over the pages. However, the boy in the drawings stopped with being happy. He cried on this drawing. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด? I looked at the drawing and saw an angry man yelling at the crying boy. Though it wasn't the father. The next page kind of scared me. It was a girl with X eyes which meant she was dead. The boy cried on the drawing. I saw a word written on the page. ๐˜” ๐˜œ ๐˜™ ๐˜‹ ๐˜Œ ๐˜™... ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ?! The word murder had an arrow connected to it pointing at the boy. ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ?! I looked further until I saw a drawing of his mom laying on a bed. The boy, father and mother were crying. There was also a man with a suit that had an water sign on it. ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ. However the doctor in the drawing wasn't as large as doctor Moisturizer, so it probably wasn't him. I looked further until one of the pictures showed the mother, but with X eyes. The pages after really disturbed me. The word murder was written all overe the upcoming pages. There were like 8 pages filled with the words. After that there were no more drawings anymore. Only words were left. I tried to read the last words of the last page written with big letters, it said "GOODBYE WORLD." ๐˜๐˜ฆ... ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ... ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง?

My hands were trembling and I dropped the book. I bowed to pick it up again. I walked back to the boys room and placed it on the desk. "Mom... please help me... someone?" I dropped myself on the bed and felt something hard in my breast pocket. It was a ring. The stone was red, but turn blue at the moment I touched it. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ? ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด? I put on the ring.

I walked to my own room and found some letters. ๐˜ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜'๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต. I left the letters on the table and went to sleep.

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