The Mystery Red Umbrella
Just Acting

Thin black smoke shot out from the painting then the smoke flew up and turned into the figure of a woman in a black dress. The figure also stepped closer to a man who was waiting for him in front of the window.

Mariana approached her son, touching his shoulder from behind. Mariana even stood by the side of her purebred who was looking out the window.

"What news are you saying?" tanyakanya.

"Are you shackling his soul?"

"Hng, do you mind?"

"No, but for what?"

"Of course I'm going to take the hostage. As long as she's in my hands, Anna Baker won't be able to stand in the way of my awakening" Mariana said.

"I hope you didn't take the wrong action" a man was at the end of the room, the man was in chains. That man is Barrow.

"Of course not, my son. I've been waiting for this for a hundred years, I can't possibly go wrong taking action let alone for my eternal awakening. I would do anything so that nothing would stand in the way of my resurrection, no one would be able to. Once we rise, we will rule this world!" mariana. He will surely rule the world, then with the eternal beauty he possesses, he will make all men his slaves.

"What about Anna Baker? He's our biggest threat, isn't he?"

Mariana closed her eyes, trying to sense Anna Baker. He had already gotten word that Anna was like a dazed person at the moment. Anna was like an empty shell that had no soul.

"I can't feel her presence" said Mariana. Strangely, this was the first time he could not sense a person's presence. What the hell's going on? If Anna's soul isn't in her body anymore then why can't she feel where Anna's soul is?

"Why, Mom? Aren't you the one who locked up her soul?"

"Of course not!" java Mariana.

His son looked at the mother closely, if not the mother who locked Anna's soul then who?

"With the power you have you should be able to feel its existence even though you're not the one who's captivating its soul right now."

"I can't feel it, it's gone. What really happened?"

Mariana and her son looked at each other, what really happened? Why can't Anna's existence be felt by Mariana? It was because of the amulets made by Anna's grandmother that were attached throughout the house. The amulet was indeed to fight the evil spirit of Mariana. Because of the amulet too, Mariana could not feel Anna's presence. The decision of her mother and aunt to bring Anna back was very appropriate and that was exactly what Anna wanted.

Is his soul really gone? Of course not. What Anna did was to deceive the enemy. As his guardian spirit had said, he had to be clever let alone an enemy was nearby which meant that the enemy could be anyone.

Anna remembers at her grandmother's house being fitted with a talisman, she was sure the talisman could not be penetrated by Mariana's power. That's why he pretended to be a daze. Although he had to make his aunt and mother also Nick worried but he had to do it. He deliberately wanted to trick the pure descendant of Mariana who thought of him as a shell without contents.

Perhaps that way they would not be so vigilant and with the lies he was doing and the time he had, he would look for a knife as well as a cursed umbrella that shackled the spirit soul of the red umbrella. No one should know about this. Anna hopes the plan goes well. According to his estimation, his mother and aunt brought him home.

Anna is already at her grandmother's house, so Mariana cannot feel her existence because Anna is protected by a talisman made by her grandmother.

Anna was still like an empty shell as her mother and aunt helped her to lie on the bed. She was already desperate to end her acting but she could not shock her mother and aunt all of a sudden.

"Rest, Mommy make you some porridge" said her mother. Although Anna did not respond but she hoped Anna would eat even a little.

"I'm going to drop things off" said the aunt.

The two of them came out of the room, Anna was still silent but a moment later Anna exhaled quickly. From that moment on, he had restrained himself, he even felt like he was in the water. Acting is not easy. Hopefully what he is doing right now is not in vain.

The living room, his mother's room all he checked. The talismans were also there, Anna was about to check elsewhere but her steps came to a halt as the aunt went inside and was shocked to see her whereabouts.

"Anna, why are you outside?" the things her aunt had brought down, her aunt ran up to her.

"What are you doing outside?" asked aunt. Anna was silent as before.

"Sister, please help me!" upon hearing her sister's scream, Anna's mother came out. Like her sister, she was also surprised to find her daughter outside.

"Anna, what are you doing? Are you all right?" ask mother.

Anna took a breath and she replied, "I'm fine, Mom," surely her aunt and mother were very surprised because Anna could answer.

"Anna!" her aunt hugged her while her mother ran up to her and hugged her.

"What happened to you? Why is your condition suddenly improving?" ask her mother while crying.

"Sorry, Mommy. Sorry to worry Mommy and Aunty but I've been fine since then" Anna said. I hope he doesn't go too far because he cheated on his mother and aunt.

"What do you mean, Anna?" asked aunt.

"I'm just acting, Aunty. I'm sorry I made you guys worry about my acting."

"Why are you doing this, don't you know how worried we are?"

"Mom, I did it for a purpose. I definitely need your real role. I did this to deceive the spirit of Mariana and her pure offspring. I had to pretend to be dead but alive. I had to pretend I wasn't in my body so you could take me home to Grandma's" she explained.

"Why should I go to Grandma's? Why do you have to pretend to do something like this?" asked her mother, she did not understand what her daughter was planning.

"That amulet," Anna pointed to the amulet that was all over the room, "Mommy said the amulet to ward off evil spirits and I believe it can block my existence from Mariana's evil spirit. My guardian spirit said, My enemies are near me so I have to be wary of anyone so I have to act as if my soul is not there for you to bring me back here. By being in this house I will be safe, and I will use the remaining time to search for some objects without anyone knowing" he explained.

"So you've been talking to your guardian spirit?" ask the aunt.

"True, therefore help me. Only the two of you know this so if the evil spirit of Mariana can know then I will assume one of you is her pure descendant" said Anna.

"Stupid, that can't happen. We'll help you, let's talk more seriously" said the aunt, who stepped away to close the door.

"If so Mommy will call Nick and tell him how you are."

"No, Mom. No!" prevent Anna.

"Other than you two, no one should know!" said Anna again.

"Alright, Honey. We'll discuss this in more detail after you eat. Mommy's so glad you're okay," her mom hugged her back.

"I'm sorry I worried Mommy" Anna hugged her mother.

She hopes her plan of pretending to be a living doll can trick Mariana and she hopes, he could find two things he had to search for to destroy the cursed box and free the red umbrella's spirit soul.