*clop**clop*(the sound of the moving carriage)
"Sis are you alright? you don't look very happy."
" Oh Irene! I am fine . I am just tired."
It is raining for a week already yet I can't believe they decided to move to wanton as soon as possible.
Our family is consist of five members. My father , mother , me and my twin brother and sister. My father and mother are quite fun-loving couple who dots on their children a lot . My twin sister and brother are what people usually call mischievous children. So my life with them is monotonously "lively" and noisy that drains out my energy. So when our family decided move to the old mansion near Wanton , I would have never imagined that I could experience a rare episode of mystery.
Wanton is not far from our capital Mansa. We are descendants of the count family waltsam that rule over wanton. Wanton is a pretty wealthy county. So of course it has some shabby history too. And those histories are obviously related to the waltsam family. Amongst them the seventeenth heir of wanton county, cont Andrew waltsam's sad story is pretty popular across the wanton even till these days. It is said that the unhappy spirit of the lord still wander around the mansion . So People usually avoid this mansion. But Nobody would believe me if I say that our moving out of the main mansion to this one is solely because of my family's unshakeable curiosity to the rumours. I don't know whether the former lord's soul is there or not but if it is there then I would like to apologize to him for disturbing his peace in the future in my family's behalf.
" Sis wake up . wake up . we are almost here ." I slowly open my eyes .
" Oh my ! Serin are you feeling better now ? we are almost there .
"yeah." I answer briefly. I was thinking about so many stuff that I didn't know when did I fall asleep. I notice the rain stopped a long ago . It's clearly dark outside. After a while the carriage stop.The carriage door opens up.
" we arrive at the mansion. please come out young ladies. " The butler escorts us from getting down the carriage. we all get off . There is a beautiful mansion ahead of us . An old lady come out from the manision with some other maids and greet us . Then she lead the way .
"waw.. the mansion is so beautiful and well kept . " My brother says excitedly.
" I wonder where is lord ghost . " My sister said with twice excitement.
" We all arrive here today . Lord Andrew is our ancestor and lived here before us . we shouldn't disturb him ." Father says seriously.
" Our dinner is prepared.We should wash up and have some food." My mother says .
Seems like they are pretty serious about lord ghost Andrew.
Nothing happened in the past few days except they could not find the key to the old library. Even the maids and butler and other caretakers don't know about the old library. So that library remain untouched for many generations. There is not any sign of Lord Andrew's ghost . My family seems pretty disappointed. At first they were disappointed but they slowly let go of sir Andrew's matter . The unreasonable traps my twin siblings held for Lord Andrew become unnecessary. So the main topic of their discussion at the dinning table changes from Lord Andrew to the old library.
" Sis aren't you interested in Lord Andrew's ghost? I think the old library is related to him ." My sister is the most curious one . And for me , no I am not curious at all . why? because I have already met him the night we entered the manision is what I want to tell them . it's the truth . But I just smile," No I am not interested at all . "
The day we came , everyday was okay until midnight . i could not sleep at that time . No matter how much I tried. so I wake up from the bed . Suddenly I heard a loud voice of someone as if they were in pain . I took the candle and went outside . As the cross the corridor and went ahead I saw a person as pale as paper sitting in the staircase and patting his foot as if he was injured .
" Are you alright ?" I ask softly. The man turn his head . I could see eyes as red as blood there is a vital cut spot on his heart . Even in the moonlight I can say that he is very handsome.
"You people should have never come here . You are disturbing us . So noisy. " He walked on the staircases . I see, so my siblings set a trap for the lord ghost. They put lubricants on the staircase and and also a cross.
" I am very sorry Lord Andrew . I apologize for the insolent behaviour of my family on their behalf......"
Lord Andrew grabbed my neck . I got scared.is he going to kill me ? I don't want to die .. suddenly a light appear and he let go of my neck . I was in dazed for a second. He was still staring at his hands .
"Ha.. ha.. hahahaaha........ so you are the one. hahahah.... I can't believe this . "
What is he talking about. He was scary a moment ago and now he is laughing. And what was that light. I was confused.
" Lord Andrew .. We are sorry for causing you so much inconvience .."
" You are sorry?" He took out a crimson cross and hand it over to me." If you are sorry than you have to help me."
Huh...what?......Help...Who?
I sip the last drop of tea .Now I am curious too. who he actually is . why his soul still wander through this house . Most importantly what was the reason for the light that appeared that night when he tried to kill me. I am so confused . Isn't he the villain who killed his family and beloved wife mercilessly. But for some reason he didn't seem like one . Those red eyes were obviously full of sadness . Is there something I don't know. But then again the old library is closed.
" I have finished the tea. I want to rest for a while. Father and mother have a good day."
I bow to them and left for upstairs.
" summon the old head maid ."
After a while, " My lady how can I help you?"
" your family has serve the waltsam family for generations . So there must be some story of the seventeenth lord that others don't know. Would you like to share with me?"
The old lady did not get surprise at all .well that was given considering how overly curious my family was.
" My lady , my family has indeed.serve the count family for generations . There was a story about lord Andrew I heard from my mother when I was young . "
" Go on."
" Lord Andrew met Lady Martha at the royal banquet and fall in love at first sight. Later they got married. She was his beloved wife. But lady Martha was an wicked women. She pretended to be kind and innocent in front of the count and harm the family members mercilessly. So when the other count family members accused her of bullying them she act so innocent that the lord didn't believe his own kin . Lady Martha gained lord's full trust and continued to bully the other members. She also had a lover . It was Duke Hannoy. She poisoned the family on count Andrew's birthday and tried to harm him . At last the count understand her true motive . He killed her and also killed himself. He was cursed by the family members on their dying moment. If anyone of his own blood with divine energy would put the crimson cross that he had to the family church behind the old library then he can rest in peace."
"That is the story my mother told me."
" Thank you. you can leave now."
I didn't know about it. It was so different from the rumours. Does that mean I have divine energy. I am so confused right now . I have not seen Lord Andrew again after that night . He seems too relex for someone who has been cursed after handing the crimson cross over to me. Does he thinks of me as an angel? ...
Lord Andrew had been suffering all this time. He must have felt pain and frustrated when he was falsely accoused in those rumours ridiculously. He was lonely . I would never forget those red eyes . If I have the divine energy to give him peace I should help him . I have made up my mind .
But the biggest problem is the old library door is still closed and no one have the key . But strangely it has no keyhole. Does that mean it cannot be opened by a key . Is there any other way? well I do have some divine energy don't i? I should try .
* After a few minutes later
The door is still closed . I now start to doubt on my own power . Do I not have any divine energy? Oh Lord Andrew you have such a bad judgement skills. I sit down near the door. The crimson cross is on my hand . I am so desperate right now . I take it to my forehead and push it to the door. Suddenly the door opens. I get started. It feels like a miracle. The library is so big . There is a sea of books there. All are arranged in an orderly manner. They were covered up with complete dust . i see another door at the end of the library. There was a cross imprinted on the door. As I got near to it , it open up on its own. I entered the church and bestowed it as an offering.
Lord Andrew , you have suffered so much in the loneliness for all these times. Rest in peace. A red light appear and spread all around the church . It slowly turns into white. I suddenly notice Lord Andrew's face there as if he is smiling and biding farewell. My head feels so dizzy . I didn't know when did I pass out . when I woke up the next day I was on my own bed .
It been two years since we have been living here . And today we are returning to Mansa again. In those two years I haven't seen Lord Andrew again. My family too seem to have forgotten about him . They never knew what actually happened to the old library and the church behind it. Now the Church and the library is well maintained. I ,too ,have not been able to experience divine energy again . Everything seems to became the way it was before.
"Sis , hurry up. otherwise we will be late ."
" Coming."
I look back the maids and the butler and other servents are their. I didn't know when we will come back to this place , but I will always look forward to it .
