Terros, Calder, and the rest of the men began their excavation in the said area the following day.
Two hours later, they found the secret room.
Terros and Calder entered the room but found nothing there that would imply that it was occupied by anyone.
Calder looked at the candles and noticed something. "It looks like they were recently lighted!" he said.
Terros examined the nearest candle beside him. "You're right! These candles are recently lighted, although the whole area is dusty, there are shoe prints on the floor. People have visited this place recently but when did it happen? Why we didn't saw them?" he asked, confused.
"I think they arrived here after the castle was burned down and excavated this place quickly. I'm sure they took something from this room, as for what is it? We don't know yet," Calder expressed his guess.
"C-could it be Graven and the King's body?" Terros said.
"Maybe yes or maybe not," Calder replied.
They stayed in the room for half an hour, trying to find clues, and made analysis, running theories in their minds.
In the end, they give up.
Terros released a deep sigh. "This room can't talk. The people who come here didn't leave any clues behind. Let's go back to the surface," he spoke.
Calder nods his head.
They left the room, closed the door, and hovered in the air.
Terros looked at the men. "Let's cover the whole place again," he told them.
They began putting the soil back in the hole, suddenly Veronica appeared in the scene, hovering in the air.
"What have you found, guys?" she asked right away. "I'm sent here by Elva to know if you found something," she said.
Terros looked at her. "We did found something, a secret room that was not destroyed during the fire. But there's nothing inside the room..." he replied.
"Can I see it?" Veronica asked.
"Sure, I'll accompany you down there," Terros replied.
Calder and Terros hovered down again and opened the door of the secret room.
Veronica entered the room accompanied by the two men.
"As you can see, the room doesn't tell much except for the telltale signs of the shoe prints on the floor and the recently lighted candles. When we entered this room, it's empty, nothing worth seeing here. But obviously, something took place in this room a few days ago. Unfortunately, we don't know what happened at that particular time," Terros explained.
Veronica stood in the middle of the room trying to feel anything. "Hmm... I think I need to go back to the deity and inform her of your recent findings. Maybe she can find a way to figure out what took place in this room that can solve our confusion. Guys, can you stop covering the hole in the meantime? I will try to bring Elva here so that she can see the room herself," she said.
"Sure! The men and I will take a rest for a while. We will wait for your return," Terros responded.
"Okay. I'll go back to the Windless Mountain now!" Veronica said and vanished from the room in the blink of an eye.
Calder and Terros left the room and hovered above.
...
Veronica appeared at the Windless Mountain, landing on the balcony.
Elva was relaxing during that time while eating an orange. She looked at Veronica who returned too early. "Any news?" she asked.
Veronica went to her side. "After excavating one specific area near the castle, they found a secret room, but it was empty. I went inside the room myself. I can't make sense of what happened there, it's beyond my capabilities..." she said.
Elva stopped eating the orange. "What? They found a secret room?"
"Yes! I told them not to cover it yet because I want to report it to you first. Can you find a way?" Veronica asked.
"You mean... to find out what happened inside the room?" Elva said.
"Yup! That's what I mean!" Veronica replied.
Elva stood up. "I think I know what to do. Let's try it!" she said.
"Great!" Veronica roared.
"Let's go!" Elva said and popped the orange in her mouth.
The women vanished from the balcony.
A few minutes later.
Veronica and Elva appeared in the forest where the ruined castle was located.
"We're back!" Veronica announced their presence.
Terros and Calder accompanied the women down into the hole.
They entered the room.
Elva scanned the room and noticed the candles. She waved her hand and the candles were lighted instantly. She looked at her companions. "Be quiet everyone. I will try to summon the Time Reader Book, let see if it can give us a glimpse of what happened inside this room in the past few days," she said.
They nodded their heads in understanding.
"I will begin now," Elva said.
Silence engulfed the room.
Elva closed her eyes and began summoning the magical book in her mind. She recited the spell that could summon it.
A few minutes later.
Suddenly, an old-looking book appeared out of nowhere, floating in the air.
Elva opened her eyes. "Magical book, show us the recent happening in this room in the last few days!" she commanded.
The pages of the magical book suddenly moved on their own as if invisible hands are flipping the pages...
Slowly they saw darkness, then forms and outlines of objects, and the people's faces become clearer.
People wearing black cloaks come and go inside the room and there was a coffin in the corner, two people, a man and a woman wearing the same clothing attire stared at the person lying inside the coffin.
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