Chapter 22: You Cannot Break Through It

" Treasures? What kind of fortunes are hidden there ?" Mike charged in as he heard the word treasure.

" About that, I am not quite sure off, my dad would never mention it in his last words if that was not important to him. We have to go there and check ourselves, what did he hide in the basement so securely. That day when I saw their bodies, I didn't look much in the basement area, never did I disobey him till now but it is time to do so."

The gang decided to visit Emmy's house on the weekend as they still needed to prepare themselves for this hunt. Jordan reported their plan to his master, Rotrigues who was surprised to hear about such a request made by his brother on his last breath. Master Rotrigues was a hundred percent sure that Shawn was hiding something supreme, down in the basement.

Emmy was called upon by the master to know more about the content of her father's letter. She produced a tattered piece of parchment stained with blood. It was really precious for her so she always kept it with her as it gave Emmy a sense of security in her heart. Her bond with her father was more than a father-daughter relationship, they treated each other like best friends. As Emmy didn't have much memory of her parents, she never changed any of the settings of their house.

Rotrigues read the letter in which it was written-

"Dear Emmy,

You have to persist with the goal of your life. We are sorry to leave you in this world of suffering. Don't worry my child, we will be there in your heart always. Just remain calm and never lash out at anyone.

Emmy, the next thing which I need to mention is of grave seriousness. Do not come to this basement ever again. Here lie the hidden treasures which no one must ever know. Even though all these are your possessions but it can only be rightfully returned to you when the time is ripe.

Yours only,

Dada."

After reading the letter, master Rotrigues felt his expression stiff, his eyes were betraying him as large droplets of water escaped through his eyes. He looked at Emmy who was having a cold face, he could not understand this girl at all. She has Shawn's ferocious mentality and her mother's beauty. Her strong will power was exceeding his expectation. He slowly stood up and returning the letter to her, he made a small request too.

" I want to visit my brother's place. Please, let me accompany you while going to the cliff top manor. I want to see the place as the interiors of the manor were specially designed for our princess, however she gave it to Shawn as his wedding gift."

Hearing his earnest request, Emmy couldn't say no to him. She nodded and while leaving, reminded the master to behave nicely to her friends along the whole journey to the cliff top manor.

" Lady Vilmon gifted the manor to your father, so it means that she knew that place. In fact, all Esbertrazian elders must have known that manor. So your guess might be true, Lord Vilmon's disappearance must be linked with the accident which happened to Emmy's family."

"Wait a minute Janet, If the elders knew that the manor was gifted to Emmy's father, then how did they lose contact between them? That is pretty much strange. "

"Well, I can clear that doubt for you guys. Emmy's parents fell in love deeply during their graduation years. Our princess had noted Elder Shawn's interest in the Dagaridian girl when they went on small visits outside the castle. Then, she deliberately asked the elder Shawn to attend this university as she knew that the girl's family were sending her here. So, in order to keep her plan a secret, she closed all the links connecting elder Shawn to the Esbertrazian clan. Only she could connect with him afterward."

"The other elders were furious over her decision, but the final say was hers, so they had to follow her decision at the end."

Hearing Jordan's explanation, Alex was a bit confused, yet he didn't express it outside. In addition to that, he was afflicted by yesterday's change in Emmy when one of the elders was mentioned.

The following days went without any melee. Master Rotrigues started to hate Alex less and the mocking term between them vanished easily with the interference of Emmy.

On the arranged day, all got set early in the morning to visit the cliff-top manor. Emmy was excited to go home because, after three long years, she was bringing her friends to her house. They boarded the sedan and set off.

Along the way, different thoughts were going in three people's minds, Emmy was super excited whereas their master was feeling pretty emotional and finally it was Alex, he badly wanted to confront master Rotrigues to tell him about Emmy knowing the elder Miandrake.

After a long journey, they reached the seaside. From there, it was a ten-minute walk towards the manor on the hilltop. Juliet and Mike held their hands while walking through the beautiful place. Jordan wanted to be close with Janet but both were intimidated by his master's presence.

The manor was looking quite Georgian, indeed self-sufficient and independent. It matched with Lady Vilmon's as well as Shawn's character. Without wasting another minute, they got settled at the manor and straight away went to check out the basement.

The narrow path towards the basement was dark and eerie, everyone was feeling particularly unpleasant with the offensive odor of dusty metal and blood mixed. They stopped in front of the arched door like structure, with Emmy showing the light towards the door, both master Rotrigues and Alex got stunned at what they saw at the door panel.

" I don't remember having a key to this door, I should have searched for it before we came down here."

Watching Emmy's flustered expression, master Rotrigues could not keep quiet anymore, "There is no key to this door and we cannot break through it. "

"But why? What is this door?" Mike eagerly asked his stunned brother, whose appearance clearly showed the onlookers that he knew about the peculiarity of this entrance.

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