Chapter 128 - Flamel Elixir (1/2)

Luke and Nathalia thought it best not to call Shiro, Livia, and Jilly to see if Manilyn knew anything about Flamel's Elixir. The pair asked for directions from some officials, who pointed them in the direction of the man's residence.

Interestingly, Manilyn's house was much further away from the other homes but also showed by far to be the largest. Luke and Nathalia had to pass through a small garden of strange plants, which they had never seen before.

”This uncle of yours...did you get to meet him at the party?” Luke asked as he looked curiously at a blue plant. He touched the oval head of the plant, and it opened, releasing a bit of a bluish glow, which almost made him sneeze.

”He stood in the corner of the party reading a book. I went and introduced myself, but he didn't seem to care much,” Nathalia replied. ”Shall we go?” She asked, seeing that he had braked his walk.

”Sure...” the half-wolf was shy that he had been distracted by something as silly as a blue plant.

So they stopped in front of Manilyn's huge residence, which was three stories high. Interestingly, all the residence windows were covered with curtains, which prevented them from seeing anything that was going on.

Without hesitation, they walked to the door of the house. As they approached, Luke saw something so luxurious that he was amazed because he would easily steal this if he were still a thief: a door knocker made of gold.

Nathalia also looked surprised, but she still used the knocker. The sound reproduced by the gold hitting the wood was shrill and disturbed the sensitive ears of the half-wolf. KNOCK! KNOCK!

They waited for a few seconds, and no one answered, but since they had learned from their mistake when they had broken the door to Alexis' hotel room, this time they just opened the door to the Mansion carefully. Fortunately, the double door was not locked, so all Luke had to do was turn the knob and walk in the front.

Manilyn's entire house was in total darkness. Only a faint light was coming from the end of the main hallway, which was precisely where the main door was. Luke and Nathalia ignored the other rooms and walked quickly to the lighted spot. In these seconds, several theories crossed their minds.

Could it be that someone had attacked Manilyn? No... The Strogueher estate was too safe a place; even the former Luke knew it was stupid to break into such a place. But this residence was the furthest away, so perhaps an attack still plausible?

They eventually discovered that the light was coming from a flight of stairs leading down. Luke looked at Nathalia and realized she was nervous, so he stayed a little further ahead.

When they finally found what was reproducing the lighting, a large chandelier, they also found a bald man with his back to them, who was fiddling with a shelf full of books.

As soon as they opened their mouths to get the old man's attention, he turned back and saw them: ”AAAAAAH! WHO ARE YOU!? AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON MY PROPERTY!?”

Luke stretched his hands forward and leaned forward a little too to calm Manilyn down. ”Easy, sir... I'm Luke, and she—” At that moment, a book hit the half-wolf's nose, which was so thick that it almost broke his nose.

”Oops... Did you hurt yourself?” Manilyn asked, worried that he had thrown the book too hard, even though the half-wolf was still a stranger.

”No...” the half-wolf replied with a spindly voice and eyes just a little watery.