Chapter 36
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Life in Galviberth, the twins….
“Hey Lyra, where are you” Libra asked as he walked through the garden looking for his sister who seems not to be inside the house where he had already checked for
“Lyra!!!!…., Hope you aren't hiding from me, no joking this time, it's urgent” Libra continued calling out for his twin sister as he moved through the garden where he knows she had being find of spending her time on when there isn't much activities indoors
Lyra is also known for hiding in the gardens as that was her private fortress no one can out best her in since she designed the garden and have been in sole care of it since the sprouting of the first flower bud
‘Oh damn, seems like she is truly not anywhere nearby’ Libra thought started to accept the possibility of Lyra not playing games with him by not showing herself up but sincerely not around anywhere in their noble mansion
Getting back into the mansion, giving up hope that Lyra is anywhere nearby ‘she must have gone out without telling me’ Libra thought since it was unusual for Lyra to behave this way, they literally tell eachother everything they do and thinks
Now sitting down thinking ‘where must she have gone off to…, hope not to the bakery shop’ he's eyes widen with curiosity ‘The town baker promised us some chocolate, so maybe she must've have gone there to take all herself ’ thoughts ran through his mind as this was unsual
“Why the concern in your face Libra, you don't seem like your cheerful self this morning” Sir Edmund came in, holding a large package with both hands, must have just arrived from the market, brought up by one of the workers of the noble's mansion they reside in..
“I can't seem to find Lyra anywhere, she's missing or betrayed me”
With this sir Edmund gave out a smile ‘betray?, that's a bit harsh Libra' he thought
“So you search for your twin and you don't seem to find her anywhere and then the next thing that comes into your mind I'd that she have betrayed you?” Sir Edmund laughed as he said it
“Why are you laughing, it's not funny but hurtful, she knows we were to go together to the bakery to go get the chocolate, bit she left to there without even telling me, must have also eaten my own portion before she gets here”
He weight of the package sir Edmund friar was carrying was now weighing him down, having carried it for so long listening to Libra and his complaints about his sister
To put Libra mind to rest before he goes back into the storage room to put the package he just received from one of his workers
“Ok boy, let me put your mind at ease, Libra told me and seeker my permission before leaving this morning, so she didn't just disappeared into the thin air nor went to get the chocolate promised to you guys”
Libra, a bit relieved now then asked “ where exactly did she went to that she didn't bother waking me to join her,..” sir Edmund hands were already getting down from the weight of the package he was carrying as he left to drop it without replying Libra last question
‘Seems like they plan to keep this a secret from me Libra thought, ‘i wonder where she went to that sir Edmund wouldn't tell me too, not fair’
Determined to find out what's happening Libra went into the field, outside the mansion where some of the workers perform their daily activities on service to the residing noble
“Hey eruta!...” he called out to a female worker who was a bit far off, now gotten her attention Libra moved forward to cover the distance between them
“Did you see my sister Lyra leave the mansion this morning, or did she ever talk to you about going out somewhere on this day” he Asked her having seen Lyra with the worker ‘eruta’ a few times, they must have been a bit close
“No my lord, I have not seen or heard from her on this day, wasn't on work duty this morning, so there isn't a way I would have seen her if she was to leave the mansion in the morning today” eruta answered in a rush and in full attention to the question she was been ask about
“ok eruta, your answer is well received…. However which worker was on duty this morning, so I may inquire of the person to what you have just been asked of now” Libra was not giving up that easily, he found puzzles fascinating and his curiosity just don't satisfied that easily
“Oh my lord, about that I think the workers of the native block C were on duty this morning, though assuring you that they would know about the whereabouts of my lady Lyra, that I can not”
‘She seems smart, and also oddly loyal to his sister’ Libra made a mental note as he left her side towards the native block C which eruta, one of the workers of the field around the mansion just directed him towards
The field he has to pass through to get to the native block C was muddy, ‘thankful I brought along my boots to wear in case, anticipating this kind of scenario’
On reaching the native cell block C, the building was of an old structure, at the boundary of the field not the mansion, and everywhere around it was oddly quiet
Odd not in the sense that it was not this way last time he came around, because he had never been around here before not had a reason to come this distance away from the mansion and the comforts it provides, bit odd in the sense that, it was a large building of shelter for a lot of the workers of the field, so the quietness seemed odd
Now having reached the front gate of the building, he was now hearing a bit of voices coming our of it, more like a whispered conversation than a normal one
Got a bit on the alert side as he knocked on the gate, then the whispers goes silent and footsteps approached where he was
“Who is there” one of the initial whispering voice said on reaching the gate at the other side
Opening the gate to see Libra standing in front of them sent them into a shock of silence and zero movement
“Good morning” Libra said, seeing the clear look of suprise in their faces
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