Menedelia and Angela landed outside the hut.
Menedelia quickly unties Angela from the rope that is binding her to the chair.
The door opened.
Rebecca looked at the strangers outside the house in surprise. Only the two women returned? How did it happen? "Where is Granny Menedelia?" she asked them.
Angela and Menedelia looked at each other.
"Child, it's me... Granny!" Menedelia stated.
Frowning, Rebecca shook her head. "Whaaaat!? You don't look like her at all!" she said.
"What are you talking about!?" Menedelia looked at Angela and quickly removed the gagged from her mouth. "Angela, looked at me... what's wrong with my face?" she asked.
Angela shakes her head. "You're not the old Granny Menedelia that I know!" she replied quickly.
Menedelia's eyes widened in shock. If Angela and Rebecca no longer know her, then something must have changed on her face! Did that old witch turn her into something else other than her old woman self?
What if...?
Holy shiit!
She rushed inside the house, went to her room, grabbed the mirror, and looked at herself.
She had a hard time believing what she saw in the mirror! Oh, my! She's no longer an old woman! The wrinkles and sagging skin were gone! Her younger self is back!
She smiled brightly looking at herself in the mirror! Tears of happiness flooded her face.
Rebecca stood in the doorway, she stared at the stranger crying on the floor, she wore the same clothes as Granny before she left earlier. Which only means one thing... "Granny, don't tell me that the curse was already lifted by that witch?" she asked for confirmation.
Menedelia nods her head. Then she remembered her friend Evelyn that went missing!
Where the hell is she?
Why she didn't stick to their plans?
She rose to her feet. She needs to go back to the abandoned manor and find her friend!
She left her room and saw Angela sitting on the chair in the tiny living room crying silently. She went to her side. "Angela, did you see your mother? Why she's gone? What happened to her?" she bombarded her with questions.
Angela raised her tear-stained eyes to Menedelia and replied, "My mother told Rigor that she will stay by his side as long he will set me free, then they suddenly vanished from the room!" She continues sobbing.
Menedelia's knees weakened, she lowered herself on the chair. C-could it be that the reason why Evelyn finally decided to go with Rigor... to free her daughter and to undo the curse? Is that the reason why Evelyn discarded their plan?
No, this can't be!
She needs to find Evelyn!
She looked at Rebecca, she's currently giving Angela a glass of water to drink. "Child, take care of Angela for me. I'll return soon. I have to find Evelyn!" she said worriedly.
Rebecca sighed. "Go on. I'll take care of Angela," she replied.
Menedelia patted Angela's shoulder. "I'll find your mother!" she said with a fierce determination flashing in her eyes. "Stay here and wait for me!"
"Okay," Angela said.
Rebecca gave Angela a handkerchief to wipe the tears from her face.
Menedelia looked at Rebecca. "Take care of her..."
"I will!" Rebecca assured her.
Menedelia closed her eyes and teleported herself back to the abandoned manor.
A few moments later.
Menedelia landed in the same place, but to her surprise, the abandoned manor was no longer in sight. The only thing that can be seen around the area was the flattened surface, with a few pieces of rocks and rubble above it. Even the garden and the lake where she had seen Rigor bathed before was nowhere to be seen.
So... the old couple told her the truth earlier. The whole place will crumble into the ground!
Everything that was associated with the abandoned manor was gone!
What the hell is going on!?
What happened to this place? She was only gone for a few minutes? How can such a huge change take place so quickly? Could it be that the abandoned manor didn't exist in its physical form, but it's only part of an illusion?
If yes... then where is the exact hiding place of the Naga creatures?
She looked around the area... just a vast wilderness, mountains, wild trees, plants, and bushes staring back at her!
Nothing else to see here but wilderness!
"Evelynnnnnnnnnnnnn!"
"Evelynnnnnnn whereeeeee areeeeeeeeeeee youoooooo!"
"Evlynnnnnnn answerrrrrrrr meeeeeeeeeeee!"
Menedelia shouted at the top of her lungs over and over again until her voice grew hoarse due to so much shouting.
No one answered her call.
A few minutes later.
She got tired of shouting and lowered herself above the flat surface of the rock located under the shade of the tree.
She took a deep breath and looked heavenward, the sun is shining brightly in the sky.
The atmosphere around the area is windy.
She watched the nearest mountain.
She looked into the East, West, South, and North.
Where to find Evelyn in this vast area?
She got a headache just thinking about it.
"Evelyn, where are you!?" she said aloud.
The only answer she can hear was the loud chirping of the birds hopping from branches to branches.
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