(*Kindly note that Chapter 17 beginning starts from the same night as Part 2 previous chapter 16.)
Nic has a surprised, shocked, and embarrassed look on his face.
Nic keeps quiet for a while.
Sam looks at Nic, who’s in silence, and he thinks, what should he say next?
Nic suddenly says, “I forgot I didn’t turn off my laptop in my room” and he gets up, walks out of the room to his room.
Sam was shocked by Nic’s sudden reaction and he didn’t have time to talk about anything he sees Nic leaving his room.
Nic closes his door and locks it, he says, “This is too sudden, my mind and heart not up for it yet. I can’t handle this, wait for tomorrow morning; how should I respond to Sam?”
“Ah! I don’t care for now I need to sleep.” Nic goes to sleep.
Sam was still in shock, and he wonders, did he say anything wrong that offend Nic or maybe Nic didn’t hear him?
Sam can’t sleep the whole night thinking about what went wrong with his sentence or conversation.
(This is the third day in the Mansion; also Nic met Sam for the third day.)
The next morning, it’s a bright morning sun shining inside the Mansion.
Nic wakes up and looks out the window, he says too badly or else he can go to the beach, but now trapped in the Mansion he sighs…
Sam couldn’t sleep and he was just too dizzy…
Sam slowly wakes up and sits straight on the bed and goes to the bathroom to bathe.
Nic goes to the bathroom and baths.
Sam came out of his room walking to the living hall and sat at the dining table.
Nic just takes bath and walks to the living hall.
When Sam sees Nic, he says good morning while looking at the dining table.
Nic looks at Sam and as he comes closer to Sam’s face; he says, “Ah…! Why are you having dark circles on your eyes? You look like Panda.”
“Hahaha…” Sam says under his breath whose fault is it.
Nic says, “Ah! What did you say?”
Sam says, “No, nothing. After I eat breakfast, I will need to sleep for a while.”
Nic says, “Okay.”
Joe finally came out of his room.
“Good morning everyone!” Joe sees Sam’s eyes, “He asks what happened, and you didn’t sleep last night?”
Sam nodded.
Joe says, “Huh! I thought Nic should be the one unable to sleep.”
Nic says, “I sleep well last night.”
Joe asks, “What happened Sam, why didn’t you sleep?”
Sam says, “Nothing because there was a bug that bites me and it’s too hot in the room I can’t sleep.”
Joe says, “Oh! New chapters come out on g.com first. I see, let get the maidservants to clean your room now and Nic’s room so that it’s bug-free. You can turn on the AC, it’s okay.”
Sam says, “I saw it but there wasn’t any remote control.”
Joe says, “Oh!
Let me get it for you, it should be in Ken’s room.” Joe tells Nic, “You can also switch on the AC in your room.”
Both say “okay and thank you Joe.”
Let’s eat breakfast now.
Nic asks, “How’s Zen?”
Joe said, “I don’t know but since he didn’t step out of his room he hasn’t recovered yet.”
Joe realized Sam was dizzy after he finishes eating.
Joe asks Nic to lay Sam on the sofa first, so when he is better than he can go to his room.
(Because there’s a staircase to go up to Sam’s room and it’s dangerous to walk while Sam is dizzy.)
Joe asks Nic to take care of Sam.
The maidservants inform Joe that both rooms are cleaned.
Joe tells Nic and Sam he needs to go back to his room to work.
Nic says, “Okay.”
Sam seems unconscious as he sleeps on the sofa.
Nic looks at Sam but he didn’t want to disturb him and Nic just sits beside Sam.
All the time, Nic didn’t leave Sam until afternoon came.
Sam wakes up.
He realizes Nic was asleep beside him; he smiles and touches Nic’s face; “You are so cute even when you are asleep.”
Nic wakes up by the touches.
“Hmm… Sam, you are awake?”
“How are you? I feel better.”
Joe came out of his room into the living hall.
Joe sees Sam, he asks, “Did you sleep well?”
Sam replies, “Yes, I slept well now feeling better.”
Joe says, “Let’s eat lunch together.”
Nic and Sam get up to the dining table.
They start to eat lunch.
Joe asks Sam, “How is your study?”
Sam replies, “I am still studying.”
Joe says, “I have informed the school you will have your online test tomorrow morning; you have to submit it before noon.”
Sam says, “Noted.”
After they ate, Joe says, “He needs to go back to work in his room and left the table.”
Nic turns to Sam and says, “Since you need to study, I won’t disturb you.”
Sam says, “Okay, after my test we will play games together.”
Nic nodded.
Nic left the table, walking to his room.
Sam studies in the living hall since it’s more spacious.
At 7 pm, Sam is still studying, suddenly he sees Zen walking towards him.
“Zen, you are awake? Have you recovered?”
Zen says, “Yes, I am recovered.”
Zen asks Sam, “Where is Ken?”
“Didn’t Joe inform you that Ken is sealed somewhere in the Mansion, its Joe that sealed him personally?”
Zen asks, “Why is Ken sealed?
No, Joe didn’t inform me, as Joe was not permitted to enter into my room.” Zen quickly goes to Joe’s room and knocks on his door calling, “Joe, open the door, it’s me Zen, and quickly open the door.”
Joe opens the door when he sees Zen, “My Lord, have you recovered?”
“Yes, I am recovered.”
“Where is Ken, I heard from Sam that you sealed Ken? Where is he now?”
Joe says, “My Lord, I am sorry, I have no other option but to seal him in a bottle as it’s within my powers to save Ken. Sorry…”
Zen asks, “Where is Ken now?”
Joe brings Zen to the special room, he unlocks the door.
Joe points, it’s at the bookshelves in the centre, where there’s a box shape in the bottle.
Joe immediately took out the bottle.
Zen looked into the bottle and saw Ken inside.
Joe stops him, “Wait, have you fully recovered? Or else I won’t release Ken out of the bottle, it might create us and even the entire Mansion people in danger.”
Zen says, “Yes, I have fully recovered,” he asks, “What’s wrong with Ken? Why are you so afraid of him?”
Zen says “I thought his poison I have neutralized it. What’s wrong with Ken now?”
Joe says, “Nic told him about his sudden behaviour change.
Before I sealed him in the bottle, he was like a walking zombie.” Joe also mentioned, “I read the book and only you can save Ken.
But you will need to be fully recovered to proceed with this.”
Nic comes out of the room into the living hall.
He sees Sam there.
Sam says Nic, “Zen is awakening, I just see him but he went to look for Joe.” Sam says, “Let’s wait here for them since it won’t be nice to barge into others’ rooms.”
Nic agrees.
Zen tells Joe, “Yes, I told you, I am fully recovered.”
Joe holds the bottle and speaks the unknown language, and Ken is released from the bottle.
Zen wanted to grab Ken on the floor but Ken quickly ran out of the room too fast to react Zen was a blur.
“What was that?”
Joe says, “Oh no, Nic and Sam are outside the living hall.”
Both Zen and Joe ran out of the special room.
Joe shouted at Nic and Sam to avoid Ken touching them.
Zen ran after Ken, but he was at the door and Ken opened the main door.
Zen was grabbing Ken and the seal of the Mansion happened to break
Joe was stunned.
Zen because of the sudden sealed break he released Ken’s hand caused Ken to run out of the Mansion.
Joe quickly gets a hold of Zen because Zen almost falls backwards (Due to the sudden impact).
Nic cries, “My brother is gone…”
Sam shakes his head.
Zen says, “I will run after Ken.”
Joe passes a handphone with charging wires, “All the best My Lord. I will keep track of you.”
Zen off him goes.
Joe says to Nic and Sam, “You are free to return home now. But I think it is still the safest place to stay because outside might be dangerous now. For safety, please stay here.”
After Ken ran out of the Mansion, he forgot who he was.
He goes under the sun; he gets a burn.
He screams, “Ahh…” Ken quickly rushes somewhere to hide.
“Why can’t I remember anything?”
Zen seems unable to detect Ken.
(What will happen? Exciting right! I have to pause here. To be continued… Please vote!)