“God, I guess Professor Drusilla must scream.” said Roger.
“Yes, she did but she broke in sobs right after that.” said Amelinda quickly.
“Poor her.” said Roger, looking at Heracles and Gwen “I think you both should go and apologize Professor Drusilla and Dai. You don’t know but Dai is a cute creature. He is like a child active innocent. He like to make friends with people but because of it making his inside danger many times. I can not find any one who can take care of him better than Professor Drusilla. She is a hearted woman.”
“She must be.” said Heracles, “That’s why I feel sorry to her.”
“She will forgive you soon. She has a generous heart.” said Roger.
Heracles kept silent thinking a little.
“So do you find out anything strange inside the forest.” said Amelinda quickly, breaking the silence.
“Nothing clear there.” said Roger, looking through his window to the forest which turned darker because of sundown. “I will go in it tomorrow and check one more time.” he added turned back to them and realized they were looking through his window to the same direction with him. They chatted for a while till Roger realized the sun was coming down.
“It is getting dark.” said Roger, “I think you should come back.” he advised.
“Yes, we will go back.”
Roger went with them to his door, kept staying there looking to them until their backs vanished in darkness then he walked in, closed his door. An oil lamp lit up in few minutes then turned off.
***
Heracles, Gwen and Amelinda turned back their daily life. They met Professor Drusilla few days after they met Roger in class. She came, requested them to study by themselves then hurriedly left. Therefore, they had no chance to apologize her. They planned to go and meet her at the weekend but they couldn’t because they were busy with few essays, one from their lyre Professor Linus and one from their history Professor Herodo who had gray hair, always wore in dark brown clothes with scarf around his neck. Honestly, Heracles didn’t pay much attention to his history professor until he gave them the essays.
“Do you find anything?” asked Heracles, turned to Gwen who was sitting opposite by a pile of book in their family library.
“Nothing,” said Gwen, bent down against the book he was reading. “I don’t understand why a lyre Professor wants an essay from us. There only have pieces of music and some stuff we don’t understand in the book.” Gwen lamented.
“Keep reading Gwen. You may find out something in them.” said Amelinda who appeared with a pile of books on her hand. “Give me a hand.” she asked. Gwen stood up, helped her take the books and put them next to the pile of his books. Amelinda pulled the chair next to Gwen out then sat on it. “Do you know what I find here?” asked Amelinda excitedly, grabbing a thick book named the spiritual strength and how to develop. She put it on table and opened the page very far from the beginning page. There had few words and she read. “Lyres are also used as like a mind control tools. Lyre masters can use them to control people or creatures they want force them to do what they want without the perceptions of the people or creature.”
“It doesn’t relate to our essay.” said Gwen
“Yes, it doesn’t.” added Heracles, “Our essay is to prove that lyre made your life and others better.”
“Yeah, it’s easy if he only requested to write something about it not to order we write a least three thousands worlds.” lamented Gwen, “My head turned reeled now. Do you want to go out and have some fresh air Heracles?”
“Yeah, you’re right. We need to rest a little. Amelinda, go with us.” suggested Heracles.
“No, I’m not. I want to stay here and finish it.” said Amelinda.
“Okay, we will come back.” said Heracles. He and Gwen hurried left their family library. They wandered and then went to the castle. They found the way to go downstairs, got passed the castle hall and stepped on front yard and manage to find some places to sit. Heracles and Gwen sat on a stone bench beside an old tree.
“Will get mad if I continue staying in library.” said Gwen, leaning on the backrest, face upside looking up to sky.
“Yeah, my brain also turns dull after reading the book.” said Heracles sitting by Gwen, also facing to sky as Gwen, “It’s great to get out from it.”
“That’s right.” said Gwen then turned quiet, enjoyed fresh air at late afternoon.
“Heracles, look!” said Gwen, shaking Heracles who nearly fell in sleep.
“What’s it?” said Heracles in tired voice.
“See” said Gwen, pointing at a black hooded-coat person who was striding out from the castle. The person kept going heading to the forest.
“Who is she?” asked Heracles, turned to Gwen in moments then turned back to watch the person.
“I don’t know.” said Gwen, still kept watching on the person, “but, why does she go in the direction? It’s the direction leading to the forest.”
“She looks so suspicious. Follow her.” said Heracles.
Immediately, Heracles and Gwen stood up and followed the hooded girl. They kept distance after her. Later they came to the forest’s edge which far away from Roger’s hut. As she came there, the hooded girl stopped at the in moments. She turned back and looked around. Heracles and Gwen were very hard to hide themselves behind a big tree and luckily she didn’t see them. Then the hooded girl turned back and walked into the forest didn’t hesitate. Heracles and Gwen left hideout, hurriedly went after her. They stepped in a small walkway which seemed to have very few people to walk on. They walked in long time and got deeply in the forest then suddenly, the hooded girl stopped. Heracles and Gwen immediately walked aside, hid themselves after an ancient tree and kept themselves motionless. The hooded girl turned back, looked around few moments. Heracles and Gwen forced themselves not to spread out any noise, kept staying there in moments.
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