"Where is it? Where is it?"
Annalisa looked around at the master's bedroom. She sneaked in just to look for that thing.
She opened the closet, looking at the back of the painting, even at the bathroom.
However, she couldn't find it even at least a glimpse of a safe.
Just as she was about to leave perspiring, she remembered she didn't check under the bed yet!
She rushed and bent her knee to check, there wasn't anything unusual except an out of place pattern of the floor. Based on her experience, it's a secret compartment!
Annalisa tried to open it but in vain. It looked only like wood and easy to break, but it was certainly metal. It needed a password.
She tried to remember what Leila usually used as a password before in their college days, hoping it would work this time too.
It was the day where Leila and her parents' last meeting. The day Leila's parents died. Well, that was what she said to her that time.
Click
"Yes," She mumbled.
There was one box inside, her eyes widened, and felt excited.
"At last, my work will finally be over. We can finally be free." She said.
Annalisa slowly opens the box with her heartbeats fast.
And then she saw... A paper.
"What?!" She exclaimed.
She grabbed the thick paper and found out that it was actually a photo. She neglected it for a while and tried to check the box if there are still other secrets compartments inside.
But none.
She was furious but held her anger. She looked at the photo and was stunned. She threw it away from her instantly with fear and anguish.
"Wha- why? That-that's her!" She gritted her teeth while fiercely looking at the picture. She remembers the kid who was in the image very well. But didn't know it was Leila.
It was Leila when she was seven-ish and her parents. Leila looked different now, especially when Leila was in college. Thus, she didn't know Leila was that kid.
Annalisa met Leila at their almost young adult ages.
What she didn't know until now was that they actually met way early before.
That kid in that photo owes her big time!
If it wasn't for that kid, she and her whole family won't ever become a slave!
"Huh! Fate really did bring us back together, you bitch! I thought I would never found you after you left, didn't know you were always there beside me!" Annalisa glared at the picture on the floor.
"You betrayed me before, I'll do the same to you now. Screw mission! I can do it at the same time! No more Ms. sweet BFF!" She put back the picture in the box and put it all back in the secret compartment before she left with eyes of madness.
While she was doing a self monologue, she didn't know someone was rigorously watching her somewhere.
Carla, who was in the secret door watching her from the hole at the wall, while eating a small size popcorn, was having a great time.
It feels like she was watching a show!
"Ish this what really villains says all the time? I thought it would only be when they were talking to someone or ordering people around. Never knew they would do it also when alone." Carla kept munching the popcorn.
"Master, her monologue was too common. She doesn't have originality. I think all her brains went to her boobs and ass." Charlotte took a bite from a small popcorn but surely a big size for her.
"Yeah, she truly did have a great body. But her heart was the opposite. And her monologue was not even common but common to the common." Lucy joined them eating popcorn.
Carla nodded, but still wondered, "What exactly is their past that Annalisha hated mom so badly. Geez, their years of friendship was instantly broken because of it. I thought it was because Anna would fall to that father of mine."
They shook their head thinking about it.
Carla couldn't say that Anna was a shallow person when she didn't even know the hatred past between them.
She also didn't know if this was worse than Anna fall in love.
What would happen if that were the case? Would Annalisa find a little conscience at least?
Carla shook her head, a woman's jealousy is scarier than seeing a ghost. There is no telling what could Annalisa do if ever she was jealous instead of seeking revenge.
Entirely, it was more likely the same. The process would be different but the outcome is the same.
"Let's, go. We aren't done with the tour yet." Carla sips a juice that was from the space and put it back with the popcorn.
The popcorn and the drink were cooked and made by the pixies.
The leaves turned into appliances and they used mana as a substitute for electricity.
They searched on the internet on how to make it using raw materials.
While strolling, Lulu panicked and gave them an emergency signal. "Master! Annalisa is knocking at the door! Fortunately, the door was locked. She left but probably gonna get a key!"
"Tsk," Carla turned around, "Let's go back, please. Faster,"
Everyone around her nodded. Charlotte became a small motorbike that had three wheels while Riri became a helmet and as usual, stayed on her head.
Lucy rode on the motorbike's basket. They went straight back to Carla's room and closed the bookshelf. They put back the books where it was supposed and other suspicious things.
Carla hid her shoes in her space and went to the bed with her fuzzy hair. In case Annalisa would check her shoe temperature, it would be safe in her space.
With her hair with a disturbing style, it would look like she got bed hair.
Carla closed her eyes and waiting for Annalisa to come back.
And she did...
Click!
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Written by KircheLeaf
Cover Designed by CxlxrGreg
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~End of Chapter 27~