He noticed that there were numbers and letters on the key, he started trying to remember these numbers, he felt that he had seen them somewhere, he stopped and then started searching again
He passed by the door that leads to the garage, suddenly he remembered where he saw the numbers, he headed towards the garage and saw his father's car, he compared the numbers with the car's license plate
He found a match, now he needed to know what this indicated, ''Damn, how he loves to play puzzles, can't he just give me the map or take me to see the ship''
Karl scratched his head in annoyance, he started searching inside the car, but he didn't find anything, he decided to change the search location, he looked around in the garage, he opened every drawer and searched it well
He climbed on the table and tried to reach the shelf hanging on the wall, but he noticed a picture of his father with the car, he removed it from the wall, maybe he would find something in it, but to his surprise, he found a locked safe behind the picture
He jumped with joy and almost fell, he quickly clung to the shelf above him, He sighed in relief then looked at the safe, found a special place for the key, he was very happy then entered it nervously
He heard the sound of the safe opening and took a breath to calm himself, then opened it, but his smile fell and he shouted loudly "Damn"
The safe was empty and there was nothing, he tried to feel with his hand maybe he would find a secret opening, but after half an hour he lost hope and gave up
He jumped from the table with a frown and headed to his room and locked himself in and did not come out that day, he was annoyed by all these puzzles
Days passed, Karl completed his daily routine, going to school then returning home, and so a week passed
Karl was still annoyed but he would not give up, he started thinking of another way to find the map
When he was paying attention to the lesson in the class, someone behind him touched his shoulder, he turned and found his friend approaching him and talking to him in a low voice
"Karl, did you bring me the PlayStation controller?"
''Yes, when we go out I will give it to you, but don't break it, my mother won't buy me another one.'' Karl also lowered his voice and spoke to him.
''Karl, Arthur, this is not your home, pay attention to the lesson.'' The teacher suddenly shouted when he saw Karl and Arthur talking.
The two quickly separated and each of them started writing down what was on the blackboard.
''This teacher is annoying, we only talked and punished us with a lot of homework, it seems that my plan to play today should be postponed.'' Arthur complained as he sat next to Karl in the schoolyard.
Karl just laughed and took out the controller, he didn't care about the homework, as a smart child it was easy for him to solve it in an hour.
''Here, as I said you will return it to me after 3 days, if I find a single scratch I will hit you.'' Karl raised his fist threateningly as he gave him the controller.
Although his father left them a good amount of money to live on, his mother was always frugal. And she won't buy it for him if he breaks it.
''Tsk, don't worry I'll return it safely. Where have you reached in the new game? i have reached level 31 and found a way to pass the level.''
''Really? , I'm at level 29 and I'll pass it soon, I heard that many people got stuck at level 30''
'' Hahaha, I discovered it by chance, there's a secret door with a concealment potion, after drinking it you can hide and pass by the last boss, then you pull a wooden pole and a cell falls that traps the boss for a minute, so you have a minute to defeat him from the outside''
Arthur explained proudly as he raised his chin up waiting for the praise, but he waited a long time and what he was waiting for did not happen, he turned to Karl and found him muttering
'' Hide... hide... yes, I know the answer'' he started to mutter while thinking, then he jumped up excitedly and ran quickly,'' Arthur, tell the professor that I will be absent this evening''
He didn't give Arthur a chance to understand anything and ran quickly towards the house
After an hour, he quickly opened the door and headed towards his room , He carried a strange tool and then washed towards the garage
He jumped on the table and opened the safe, took a breath and then inserted the tool into the safe and turned it on, he was happy when he saw the result
Some writings began to appear on the inner surface of the safe, after reading it he was upset, it was another puzzle
What was written was just a symbol "XXV"
This time Karl quickly knew the solution, this symbol referred to the number 25 in Roman, but now he had to know what the number referred to
He thought about what it could mean, he started searching again for things that symbolized this number, maybe he would find a connection
After a while he narrowed his idea down to 3 things, the number of his old toys that his father bought him, the number of shelves in his father's library, his sister's birthday
He examined his toys but after a while he excluded them because he did not find any connection, his sister's birthday did not remind him of anything, but he would ask her tomorrow when he visited her in the hospital
All that remained was the bookshelf, he headed back towards his father's office "I lost weight with all this running because of these damn puzzles."