~IN THE MOUNTAIN HOUSE~
Soon after the meeting with that man , the old figure lying over the bed got up hurriedly and recalled all the events that had happened back in her dream .
Because the man warned her to be alert and stay focused more in the upcoming days, she just scanned the whole room and also her mountain wood house with her powers.
Assuring that there was no danger and no signs of any other creatures, who could pose a threat and harm to her or her people, she hauled up from the comfy bed and approached the glass jug filled with water. She poured some water into it and thought of the P2 werewolf guide and wondered as to why he needs to be summoned hurriedly.
Just when she was in her thoughts, she remembered that the man over there in her dream mentioned that book . Taking a few sips of water from that glass, she just looked over towards the door and summoned Carol .
"Carol ... Carol .... come inside. I need your help."
Carol who was guarding the room of her empress just came inside at the very moment when she heard her calling her name and stepped towards the old lady.
“Yes... my lady... ! How can I help you ?? "
Thinking over something in her head , the lady gestured Carol to prepare hot water for her bathing and also her clothes for today. Carol nodded her head and went away to do all the preparations.
After a while, Carol headed inside the room and informed the lady ...
" My lady ! everything is ready. You can come ."
The old lady looked somewhat worried and her worrisome face didn't go unnoticed by Carol . So, she sensed and asked her ...
“ My lady, Should I help you with bathing ? "
“Hmmm" in response to that question , the old lady just hummed.
Meanwhile Carol and other two maids helped the lady to have shower and change her dress and then they all joined her towards the main hall, where she used to sit in her leisure time.
"Carol, I feel tired. Prepare herbal tea for me . " the lady asked Carol .
“Yes , my lady .."
Just when she was about to go for tea preparation, the old empress stopped her a d asked her ...
“ Do tell me the time , Carol...I ... I need to look for something at proper time. "
Carol couldn't understand the meaning hidden behind her words and just nodded . She peeked over the other maid who just answered the question saying that it is 11:54am right now.
"My lady , 6 minutes are left for noon to approach." Carol reminded the old lady.
Just as the lady listened to her words, she perplexed and told her ....
"Hurry up Carol.... bring me that book , which I was showing you yesterday right now."
Not asking anything further, Carol headed to bring the book and the lady murmured softly ...
"P2 guide werewolf."
Carol stepped inside another room of the house which was like a house but was actually a mansion. when she stepped inside , there were many antiques and valuable things placed and it gave off the look like it was some kind of a museum.
She was mesmerized and wondered as to how cum such a room was not explored properly by her prior to today .
Stepping out of her surprises and excitement , she hurried to find the book that was way too majestic that she clearly remembered the essentials to find it within a moment.
Looking here and there, her gaze stopped over the corner of an old fashioned mahogany desk which looked like it was passed over generations. The great book was resting over the bluish black colored silk cloth placed over the desk like it was only made to keep it and looked like it had always been there and was some kind of a holy scripture.
Carol took long strides towards the desk and stopped near the edge . She calculated the things and took the book in her hands .
While thinking about the type of stories , secrets and tales that this was holding , Carol paced towards the hallway where the old empress was resting and was rather waiting for Carol to arrive with the book.
The book was placed in front of Empress on another mahogany desk but it wasn't that much antique as the previous one. The book was still draped in the cloth and Carol didn't keep out the cloth thinking it could be the way to keep the book.
Carol had already looked at the book once but there was nothing carved over it ... no title ... no name was there. This was also a reason for her excitement. She wondered about what contents would be there inside a book with no title and name.
"Is it 12:00 O' clock now , Carol !!??" the empress asked Carol snapping her out of her thoughts and she confirmed once before letting her know ...
"Yes, my lady ... it's just 2 seconds left . "
The empress heard her say and prepared her mind for the other mysterious tale that was going to be unfolded in front of her .
Just when the clock hit 12 ... a sharp sound of tingling of bells was heard all over the mansion and the heavenly book started to emit various colored lights.
Sometimes , it was blue, sometimes a mix of red and black and it continued for long 5-7 seconds and then a golden colored cover got carved over the book under the dagger .
All these sightings were way too wonderful to Carol. while all the other maids were dismissed from there from this event.
Empress understood that it's time to open the book ... but still the carvings were going on . so she just decided to wait for a little while and gestured Carol to sit beside her couch to accompany her.
Soon , the carving and drawings stopped and the title of the book became visible. Just like the book was heavenly and posed a magnificent aura, similarly the title and the cover were more than lavish and could lure anybody towards it to read it .
The title was engraved like it was carved with blood in red colored bold letters over the golden cover giving it an appearance like that dagger which was tucked beside the book was used to carve it.
As soon as the empress spotted the title of book ...
"7 DAYS AND 7 LIVES"
She could help but gasp and got her mind prepared to open it .
The title of the book was just more than enough to arise curiosity in the heart of the reader. what kind of secrets were there in the book ?? ... Why didn't the emperor ever mentioned about it to her when he was alive in the past 1000 years ...!!!
All these kind of thoughts were revolving in the head of empress while Carol was busy admiring the beauty and secrecy of that majestic book . Not being able to suppress her curiosity anymore , Carol just expressed her thoughts asking ...
" My lady ... what kind of magical book is this . ?
It looks way too secretive and mysterious. !"
Not knowing anything about the book, the old lady sutured her lips and said while holding that large sized book's title..
" I don... I don't know Carol . I am opening it for the first time. "
Having left with nothing to say over this statement , Carol just nodded her head in agreement .
The empress just wanted to read the book from beginning . But as she was just about to do it , she remembered the words of the man who was frequently visiting her dreams these days that she had to only read the contents of page No. 715 and the summon the P2 Guide Werewolf.
Thus suppressing her curiosity , she just flipped the pages which were all blank and were dusky white in color giving off the appearance like the book was more than 20 centuries old.
She didn't know up to where she had to scroll because there were not even the numbers over the pages. But as she was scrolling, abruptly there was a faint greenish blue colored flame which was emitted from a certain page in the book .
This caught the curious and attentive gaze of empress and she scrolled hurriedly towards those pages. Just when she opened the concerned page, the flame became even stronger and some words started to appear.
Carol was sitting beside her and was watching all these magics for the first time in her life. When the lady looked over the words, she sighed a long sigh and Carol widened her eyes.... because it wasn't some language that they have been taught .... it was some kind of sign language.
The person who was aware of the dialect could only read and speak it , let alone anyone else.
The lady was somehow happy too and looking over the symbols , the just reminded her past days with emperor when she was a young and a naive lady and just married Emperor . He used to teach her these symbols and signs saying that she would be needing them one day.
It was like tomorrow and still many hundreds of years have been passed .She Murmured under her memories like a whisper ...
"Time passes away too quickly.... " and started reading the contents of the page.
On the other side, in the human world, scarlet was in her class with all her gang of 5 people and was overflodded with questions from all of them. They were enquiring about how could her hair grow longer suddenly and how did her face shine so brightly.
“You... You scarf ... don't tell me that you really did go to the parlor early morning before coming to the classes..." Eva asked scarlet and to which she just made herself face Eva and told her to touch her face to know whether she had applied any makeup or not.
Everybody's gazes were fixed on her and amidst that the professor entered the class. when they were busy in their chit-chats , Jenny spoke hurriedly ...
"Guys, pay attention now. Mr. Fart has entered the class. "
Listening the nickname of their professor ... everyone giggled and prepared for their lecture, while Scarlet was feeling thirsty again.