The Mansion You Fantasied

Chapter - 33

"Good morning ma'am. Which kind of books would you like to read?" The lady there, asked me.

"Actually, I'm here for some newspapers", I told.

She then asked  me if I was interested in membership of their library.
I told yes and filled the application that she gave me.

"Can I get the newspapers of the year 1800 or so, please?" I asked.

The librarian was stunned and asked me, "Can you come again ma'am? Newspapers of which year?"

"You heard it right, I guess. The year 1800."

"Would you mind me asking why?"

"No, of course not! But may be. Anyways, I need them for my school's project."

"Okay. You can come with me."

She checked the registers to know where exactly those old newspapers were kept.
And then, opened the room number-8 and told me that they were towards the left corner, in the 3rd rack.
I thanked her and went in, to check.

"Oh god! Now I'll have to trace the helpful newspapers."
I was lazy, but it was very important for me to get the details.

After about 15 mins of searching, I found a useful newspaper dated 18-5-1800.
The news read,
'One of the richest women, the Queen Mistress of the Diva Islands, Agnes Harrison's death being a mysterious one is supposed to be the reason for the death of her sons.
None knows how they were killed yesterday, on 17-5-1800. The dead bodies are most likely to be sent for an autopsy.
However, some of the maids in the Mansion complain of paranormal experiences that they have encountered.'

Oh god! Just the day after Queen's death, her sons died too.
All the deaths being mysterious.

Another newspaper with highlighted bold text,
'The Queen mother kills the Princes'

The news read,
'Not only the Princes are murderers, so is the Queen mother! The latest news is that the Princes had murdered the Queen Agnes Harrison for the Mansion, with the help of their World famous cook, Shantanu.'

"Oh! So he's the world's best chef, I believe. But I'll have to read more to unlock this mystery", I told myself.

My phone was vibrating.
It was Taylor.

He had asked me to get back home, after I told him that I was in the library, alone.

"Let me take some papers home", I thought and did the same.

After so long, I wanted to have something outside and went into a cafe.
When I ordered for some lemon zumo, an old lady asked me,
"Hey young girl, can I take a seat?"

"Why not! Feel free to", I replied.

I was waiting for my order.
Meanwhile, she asked me, "so, what's your sweet name? Young girl."

I introduced myself.

"Uhm.. so how was the reading? You've been to the library, isn't it?" She shooted the next question.

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Heyya guys...
So I'm done with my exams today and would now be giving regular twice a day updates, even though I had been giving most of the times for ya'll ;)
And yeah, whoever wanted me to read their books and give a feedback, I'll do it now! :)
Good evening!