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Chapter 8 - Mysterious Building

Elon looked at Diana for a moment and followed the direction of her eyes.

At the front of them in a far distance about thirty meters was an old crushing building standing.

It was built in with normal material woods and cement. Although it looked like it had been around for decades,

making it look old and broken.

"Is…Is this this place?"

Elon asked looking all confused and surprised. It wasn't what he had expected the place to be.

"Yes it is."

"Are you sure? This place looks so old and haunted. Are you sure this is the right place? By the way it doesn't look like a shop to me."

Diana stared at Elon with her usual daunting expression. She didn't say anything at first,

although it was enough to keep him shut."

Diana then walked a bit closer to the building covering around seven meters.

"If you doubt it, look at the front closely." She pointed.

Elon followed the direction of her hand and saw what was displayed at the top of the door of the building.

"It is the bird with four wings."

Elon mumble while he walked to where Diana stood.

"Although it looked more like a dragon and not a bird. Are sure this is the right place, I said a shop and not an old building. A shop."

Elon faced Diana as he said this, and immediately she snapped.

"This is the only place that matched your description of a bird with four wings. I don't know much of what you know, or where you got your directions from. However, all I can tell you if that this is a place that no one comes to. At least not in several decades. I had heard stories about it from the elders, but I don't know how much is true. All I can tell you it to be careful. As you can see, no one is approaching here, so… take care of yourself."

As soon as Diana said this, she turned and began walking away from the building.

"Hey wait up! Aren't you gonna follow me?"

"What?… why would I? I have other things to do y'know. This was a request I accepted, and I have already fulfilled it, so my time with you is over. Take care."

As soon as she said this, she departed.

"-"

Elon was left alone with the haunted building. He took a good look at it and noticed that some part of it has already fallen.

/THUD!/

A part wood fell to the ground creating a pile of dust.

"Cough cough. Damn what it this place?"

Elon mumbled, while clearing the dust. After it was cleared, he turned back to the direction where Diana departed from.

"She truly left. I thought that she would at least accompany me untill I was done. Although what was I thinking? I am just a stranger to her, so there was no way she would go out for her way, to enter a place that has bad descriptions. She had already helped me, she that's enough."

'I wonder when I would see her again. I didn't even say appreciate her.'

Elon faced the building one more and summoned the courage to move forward.

As soon as she courage arrived, he took the first step, then the second and finally he continued.

He moved closer and closer until he was at the front of the door.

"Wow! Just stepping on the stairs almost made it crumble."

Elon stared at the door—at the dragon with four wings. He squinted and noticed something familiar.

"Uh? Where have I see this before?"

It was a drawing of a heart surrounding by dragon scales. It was an unusual design of a dragon,

although that was the only description that it could be given at this point.

"Right! I know!."

Elon quickly brought out the amulet form within his clothes and turned the back of it.

"Just as I thought! I knew I had seen this before."

At the back of the amulet was the same pattern of the heart cover with dragon scales, just as how it was in on the door.

'Is there a link with this two?'

Elon thought for a while, he wondered if there was a connection between the amulet and the dragon on the door.

Although he figured that, there should be, since it was his grandmother who game him the amulet and also told him about this place.

"Right! It's time to go in."

Elon left the amulet handing outside of his cloth and afterwards knocked on the door.

On the first try there was no response, and so he tried again,

however there was silence—no response. He became concerned and wondered if there wasn't any around.

And after the third try and still had no response, he decided to go in.

Holding the handle for the door and pushing it…

"Oh! It's unlocked?"

This was a bit shocking and scary at the same time. Although Elon knew there wasn't any turning back now, knowing that the door was unlocked, he entered.

"Hello?"

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