The Tippingback of Rania's World
Episode 73 - Secret

Taps... Taps... Taps...

Qiandra kept her steps carefully so as not to cause high-frequency sound waves.

"Where did that grandpa go? It seems to be heading to the end of the passageway," Qiandra murmured.

As per his plan, today Qiandra was indeed about to find out about the strange room that had her trapped underground some time ago.

But who would have thought, he even saw the grandfather also walking in the same direction.

"Why are you following me?" said Nico, Qiandra's grandfather.

"Who's following grandpa? I want to walk this way too. This is my home" Qiandra said.

"I don't eat your favorite cookies anymore. So don't follow me anymore" said Nico again.

"Jeez, this old geezer," murmured Qiandra furiously.

"Grandfather, eat those cookies. Spend it is okay. I can buy it again" Qiandra said later.

He was still following his grandfather.

"Tell me, where's my granddaughter Rania?" ask Nico suddenly.

"Ouch... What's grandpa talking about, anyway? I'm grandpa's granddaughter. How many times did you say. I'm grandfather's only granddaughter," said an exasperated Qiandra.

"Hm... I still can't believe it. Before it's too late, it's better to find out who your real parents are" Nico said as he passed.

Qiandra watched him," Ah, apparently he didn't go to the end of the hall. But towards the veranda beside the house."

Qiandra continued his plan to search for a secret room.

"Mkc... I've muttered seven times but still no leads? There should be a secret button cake, or an automatic sliding door hidden like in those movies."

Qiandra was getting upset. He threw his foot on the floor.

Nah! The granite pieces of the floor slightly shifted.

The teenager initially thought that the floor of the house had been damaged. But then he remembered something.

Qiandra was back in excitement, "Is this not the secret button, huh?"

But it wasn't that easy to find a door to open a secret passage.

Randomly, he then stepped back on every piece of the floor of the house. Nothing happened.

"What, anyway? Why is there nothing?" Qiandra.

He again tried to step on the pieces of granite attached to the cement.

Nah! One of the pieces shifted back.

"Hey, it seems true that this is a secret passage. But why is it clinking now? I stepped on it earlier."

Qiandra thought hard. He looked at the pieces carefully.

"Couldn't this just be stepped on, but create a pattern and have to be sequential?" thought Qiandra.

But he did not know at all, what pattern was used. What are numbers, letters, flowers, star names or geometry?

Qiandra again tried to step on every piece. This time he did it slowly in order to remember.

Nah! The third piece also shifted. Qiandra again turned his brain, finding a secret pattern to open the lock or hidden room.

"It seems I know the pattern," Qiandra murmured.

He then tried to step on the next piece while forming a geometry.

Attempt failed. Nothing happened.

"Hm... How about this?" The teenager gave up. He tried again with a different pattern.

Drakes! Drakes! Drakes!

The wall behind him was swirling like it was about to collapse.

"Successful!" yells.

The white wall sank to the floor and revealed a door exactly as it had seen it that night. A doorway filled with unique carvings and next to it is a classic European-style painting.

"I don't think the pattern forms the letter R. What could Rania mean?" thought Qiandra. I don't know why he was a little jealous.

Gluey!

Qiandra suddenly hesitated, "Do I have to go back into this room? What if I get stuck inside like that?"

Qiandra was still quite traumatized by the sightings she had seen that night. He was also worried that no one would hear him.

The hallway is rarely passed by the servants and is also not reached by CCTV. Is this intentional?

He thought long enough.

"No. This time it's different. I'm fully conscious and bring HP to communication." Qiandra emboldened herself.

"Well, it turned out to be locked," he murmured slightly disappointed.

He looked around, looking for the key.

Result nil.

Qiandra then thought of another idea. He immediately went to his room and came back with a spare key.

Of course, the keys are not the keys to the secret door, but belong to other doors in this house. But there is no harm in trying.

Qiandra tried it one by one patiently.

Chequek!

"Ah, this key fits perfectly, just a little touch."

Qiandra took a wire and slipped it into the door.

His efforts were not in vain. The door opened easily.

Qiandra was stunned to see the contents of the room.

"Nothing strange. Just like a normal room" he murmured.

The size of the room is quite small compared to other rooms in this house. Probably only about 3x 4 meters.

The white painted room has only one bed and also a lenari with a large mirror on one of the door leaves.

Not only that, there is also a bathroom.

Gluey! Again Qiandra swallowed his saliva. He endured the fear and opened the bathroom slowly.

Zonk up! The bathroom was the same as the rest of the bathroom, nothing suspicious.

"Oh yes. I haven't checked the place."

Qiandra opened the closet.

"Geez!" exclaim Qiandra.

He nearly dropped his HP in surprise.

The back of the closet has no walls. There was like a big tunnel with a very dark descending staircase.

Qiandra tried to light up the tunnel. But the light of the phone can not provide illumination to the end. But he believes that is the way to the secret warehouse where he was held first.

"Why in this house is there a room like this? No way, mom and dad don't know?" thought Qiandra infuriated.

Drrtts...

HP Qiandra.

"Yes, Ma?"

"Where are you, baby? We need to get to the dinner held by O'Neil's company."

"Yes, I'll be there soon."

Qiandra then closed the door without locking it and stepped on the granite slab like the pattern earlier.

And sure enough, the door was again covered by a white wall.

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Meanwhile in a different place.

"I still can't believe they're accusing a little boy of being a killer just for a box of milk?" rania's grouse in her room.

"Sister, what's not? We've been waiting for Dad, here," cried Livy.

"Yes, briefly. Again change clothes, nih," replied Rania.

The teenager pulled the shirt from the closet. He did not want his father too long to wait for supplies that they will deliver.

Crang!!!

Unknowingly, Rania dropped a box and took out its contents.

"That's good, the bracelet wasn't broken."

Suddenly his eyes were fixed, "Hey, why did I just wake up? The engraving on the side of this bracelet is similar to the image I saw in Anjani's fantasy novel."

"Does this have a secret meaning as well?" think Rania again.

"Sister, sneak dong," cried Livy again.

(Connected)

Thank you for reading. See you around..