The Mystery Red Umbrella
He's Serious With You

Lucia and Nick leave because it's late afternoon. They must not return too late because danger is still lurking Anna. After all their father would be angry if they came home too late. On the grounds of going to buy things, Lucia was allowed out by her father.

Anna peeked out from behind the window, looking at Nick and Lucia's departure. She knew Lucia would be safe until the night of the full moon, and Nick was with her anyway. At least he didn't have to worry about the girl until the night of the full moon.

Lucia looks towards Anna's room, lucky Anna is hiding so Lucia can't see. He knew Lucia was worried about him but he had no choice but to deceive the girl. The car that Nick was carrying was gone. Anna closed the curtains and walked out of the room. Her mother and aunt who drove Nick and Lucia away went inside. The aunt nodded. She doesn't understand why Anna cheats on a guy as good as Nick. Nick worries about Anna's condition since she goes missing but Anna tricks him. I don't know why he was so sorry for that young man.

Don't tell me Anna always does things like that so she's abandoned by her lovers. Looks like they have to advise Anna so that this time does not fail especially Nick looks serious with Anna.

"Why are you still cheating on her, Anna?" ask the aunt.

"I have to do it, Aunty."

"Why? She's so worried about you, you can see she's so serious but why don't you trust her and still cheat on her?"

"Aunty, I've already told you that I should be vigilant because anyone can be my enemy. I have no feelings for him anyway."

"really?" mother and aunt did not believe.

"Yeah, I've been close to him all this time because I'm suspicious of his father. I also need to know why Lucia was targeted. Our meetings can be counted using fingers, we haven't even known for long. How could I fall in love with her in such a short time? I don't even know how I feel about her right now, to be honest I approached Nick because I suspected his connection to the red umbrella's spirit. I also did not refuse to let him not suspect my purpose, so I wanted to be close to him" Anna explained. Indeed that was the goal but he did not expect Nick to be serious but he was suspicious of the seriousness of the man.

"But he's serious with you, Anna. How will you refuse it later?" ask mother.

"We'll see that later, Mom. For now I have to put aside the romance issues first until I finish the case I'm working on. If he's my soul mate, then we'll definitely be together but for now I have to focus on stopping Mariana's awakening first and preventing bad things from happening."

"Well, you're right.we'll help you find the clues in Grandma's book" her aunt said.

"No need, Aunty. Grandma's book is nothing."

"really? Are there no clues at all?"

"No, but I've got a little clue and I need you to solve the puzzle" Anna said.

"Thanks teak?" her mother and aunt looked at Anna in surprise.

"Yes, that's why I need your help so don't talk about romance."

"Well, now we have to be serious!" her mother and aunt followed Anna's steps towards the room. Anna took her phone because she wanted to find something.

"Tell us, what puzzle do you have to solve?" ask mother.

"It's narrow, but it's not narrow" Anna said.

"That's the puzzle, Aunty. The place is narrow but not narrow, it is closed off from the outside world and far from human existence. It is closed but many live there. Even the layman who sees will not realize the place and will not be able to enter it. It was a puzzle I had to solve to find the existence of a knife that could destroy the cursed box and stop Mariana's resurrection" Anna explained as she repeated the puzzle spoken by her guardian spirit.

"What do you mean by a tomb?" ask mother.

"I thought so too, but whose tomb? We can't guess it just by coming to such a conclusion."

"Then what we have to do, the puzzle is confusing" his aunt said.

"We have to find, though,. Aunty's. What I thought the first time was also the tomb but I'm not sure. Even so we should keep looking for it and we can start looking for the tomb of the saint."

"Where to look?" ask her mother and aunt.

"There are several old churches in Manhattan. I'm going to start from Trinity Church, Mommy's looking at St Paul's and Aunty's looking at St. Patriarch's Cathedral. We can ask the whereabouts of the knife, maybe someone knows the information because it could be that one of the leaders in the church knows where Mariana hid the knife. If what we're guessing is a tomb, it's possible that the knife was in the tomb of one of the church's deceased leaders."

"Well, tomorrow we'll start looking for her" said her aunt.

"I want that talisman, Aunty," Anna pointed to the talisman that was stuck to the wall, "It doesn't need much, no need for much, I need it to disguise my existence so that Mariana's evil spirit doesn't know of my existence so that my acting isn't in vain."

"Mommy will get the one in Mommy's room, besides the amulet there are many, only taken a few will not matter" said his mother.

"Thanks, Mommy. Now I'm counting on you two and I beg you both very much, please don't say anything to Nick" Anna said. He hopes his mother and aunt won't let him talk so Nick knows he's just acting.

"No need to worry about it, you can count on us" his aunt said.

"Thank you" Anna hugged her mother and aunt, "I'm really lucky to have you. I'm counting on you guys because there's no Barrow" he said.

"We're lucky to have you, Anna. We'll definitely help you until you thwart Mariana's resurrection."

"Thank you, Aunty. Then let's make a code that only the three of us know!" take Anna.

"Code? For what, Anna?" asked his mother not to understand.

"Mom, um, I've been tricked by Nick's figure a few times so don't let one of us be tricked by Mariana's minions who can turn into anything and therefore we have to make a code that only we three know. We'll ask each other about the code if any of us are suspicious."

"Smart Girl, you've come to think of something like this. Grandma used to say that the devil can turn her into anyone. Mommy had never thought of this before so what code would we use?"

Anna seemed to be thinking, eyes looking at her mother and aunt. What code is unknown to others and known only to them? They had to think about this carefully because the code was very important to the three of them.

They started to talk to code. For a long time they exchanged ideas until they finally agreed on a code that would only be known to them.