The Mystery Red Umbrella
The Beginning of Mala Petaka Happened

A thick book covered in animal skin was already on the table. The book is heavy, no one knows what his grandmother wrote, even the book is old enough to be museum-able.

Although old but the book is still very good, it seems like the grandmother took good care of it even the book was wrapped well using a cloth. The smell of old stuff smelled and a rope tied the book.

Anna looked at her aunt, she looked impatient. Not only him, the others were impatient as well.

"Is Aunty sure there's a note about the box in this book?" ask Anna.

"If I don't remember wrongly I've seen it, Anna. Let's make sure" said the aunt.

"I've been looking forward to it, Aunty," said Anna.

The binding rope is opened, the wrapping cloth is removed. Suddenly the atmosphere became tense, the four of them looked serious. The aunt opened the cover of the book, on the first page was already seen strange writing that is difficult to understand.

"What is the meaning of this writing, Aunty," asked Anna, pointing to strange writings such as ancient Sanskrit.

"Somehow, only my grandmother knew what it meant."

"What in it also uses such writing?"

"No, let's see!"

The first sheet has been opened, the second sheet follows. Sheet by sheet was opened up on the sheet where a picture of a creepy woman was seen and the picture was made by her grandmother.

"Stop right there, Aunty," asked Anna.

"What's wrong?" ask the aunt.

"This picture, I feel like he's the one who's after my life!" Anna pointed to the spooky picture that was in the book.

"What?" her mother and aunt saw the picture Anna meant.

Anna turned the book around, to look at the notes written by her grandmother. It seems not without reason his life is targeted let alone his grandmother left a record of the existence of the evil spirit. He also felt that what happened was connected.

"At that time, in January 1923, Anna began to read the early writings about the black spirit. Anna swallowed her saliva for a moment before returning to reading.

..."A girl who comes from an incapacitated family, must become a victim because she is suspected of being a witch who has committed many crimes. I was 5 years old and the girl was 18. She was the daughter of a servant who worked in my house. That girl is called Mariana, I think she is a very good girl but unfortunately she is an evil witch. That's where the family catastrophe started, my grandfather and a few others began to judge Mariana. Not only was Mariana, she was judged along with some of her family members and burned alive by my grandfather and some of her friends," the writing came to a halt so Anna had to flip another sheet and re-read....

..."I hid behind a haystack to see the vile deeds done by my own grandfather. Mariana shouted furiously, behind the flames that burned her body a curse was heard. Mariana cursed our family, she will take every daughter born in our family home and will make her her slave. The curse is not only shown to my family, it applies to everyone who has killed her and Mariana herself who will take the life of every girl. I was scared, not daring to go out. Mariana and her family burned to ashes and I saw one of the men there carrying a strange black box. They kind of put the spirits of Mariana and the others in that box, somehow I don't know let alone I'm still too small."...

Anna's view now falls on the picture of the black box drawn by her grandmother, not wrong again, Indeed that's the box.

"Right, look at the carvings made by grandma. Exactly the same," said Anna.

"It turns out it's really a box of curses" Barrow said.

"Let's go back to reading" Anna said. They refocused, read the next post.

..."Since I was there before the incident then I was spared from the curse and my descendants were also spared from the terrible curse of Mariana. The first year after that terrible tragedy, my uncle's wife gave birth to a daughter. All rejoiced at the birth of the baby but the next day, suddenly the baby was found in a black, burning state. All hysterical, but my grandfather kept quiet. I didn't dare to talk either because I was a kid. Year after year passed with fear, I got married and moved to another city. From there I began to realize the ability that I had, I was afraid but I knew my ability would save my family from the curse of Mariana and sure enough, I was afraid, the two daughters I gave birth to were fine but all that changed after my twin granddaughter was born," from there the writing stopped, it seemed like the grandmother was experiencing great sadness at having to lose one grandchild....

..."The black box appears again, the box that begins to want a victim because of the evil spirit Mariana. Not only did the box, Mariana's spirit also appeared again to take away my granddaughter's special soul. I tried to find the box but the cursed box just fell into the hands of irresponsible people and again dozens of innocent girls became victims. I don't have much time but I hope that my grandson will soon come to his senses with his abilities and solve the case and get the black box that has eaten tens or even hundreds of young girls who continue to be the victims to be made slaves by Mariana let alone the people who got the box did a cursed agreement with Mariana. I don't know too much about what's going on, that I know Mariana is looking for a pure soul for her resurrection. He didn't need a body, but he really needed a pure soul for his resurrection in exactly one hundred years of his death."...

Anna stopped reading and started counting, a hundred years? Damn, won't it soon change years which means Mariana's death will be a hundred years?

"Damn it, answered it!" said Anna.

"What do you mean, Anna?" ask Barrow.

"That spirit needs a pure soul, Barrow. And the pure soul is probably Lucia Devan's soul. Therefore the spirit of the red umbrella wanted to kill him but until now it has not succeeded" said Anna and indeed, that is the reality.

Therefore, the victim did not fall again because the spirit of the red umbrella could not get the life of Lucia Devan so she could not take another victim to suffice who would join the other victims and then Mariana will rise up and kill all the descendants of the people who killed her but there is a big secret behind it all without them knowing.

"What does this have to do with the red umbrella's spirit?" ask Barrow.

"That's what we need to solve, Barrow. We need to know what the red umbrella's spirit and Mariana's spirit are. I'm guessing he's a slave used by Mariana even I'm guessing there's a secret that's even more complicated" he said.

"Then about the box?" they have not found a way to open it.

Anna went back to reading, some important points. If the book is studied, it is not enough one day.

"Grandmother wrote that the box could not be opened in any way except with the pure blood of Mariana's descendants. The symbol in the box is like a symbol, just one drop of blood will open the box, but the box will not open before the time comes otherwise Mariana's resurrection will fail and all the accumulated souls will be released. Mariana will be destroyed, she will not be able to rise again and all the victims' lives will be free" Anna said.

"Damn! We're literally missing a precious item that can stop it all!" barrow shouted annoyed.

"No need to be angry, Barrow," the book closed, had enough information.

"If we had even the box, we could not open it because we did not know who Mariana's pure descendant was. This case is getting tough, Barrow. All we can do right now is look after Lucia Devan and look for the whereabouts of the box so that there are no victims. I'll study this book carefully, maybe Grandma wrote down how to seal the box and I'll try to negotiate with the red umbrella's spirit if I see him again."

"Alright, I'll start calling the police for their help" Barrow said.

"Hopefully we can find her before it's too late," Anna sighed, the mother rubbing her shoulders to encourage. It's a complicated case and Lucia Devan is the key to stopping it all but she's a special girl who's been groomed for Mariana's resurrection.