the man who died leaving 12 small chests behind(part2)...arrival

12:03 p.m.


except only a cryptic message was left behind

a boy not too tall
has to be thin lean and poor
can complete the job

and then in the doorstep stood our protagonist fitting the description for the same message had reached him along with a set of twelve keys. more questions no answers. the boy was unaware of what had happened, a distant relative he said. he showed the letter gave the keys and all 12 chests were opened. inside each was a note all filled with different gibberish messages. finding nothing there after upturning each chest, the whole house was searched. no one else lived there and the mansion had no other secrets to hide. the family lawyer who had also arrived with our protagonist was also questioned but even he called the old man cranky and showed them his will where our protagonist was mentioned. so they left, sending the body to the morgue and writing it officially as a suicide attempt for they suspected no foul play except the old man was cranky.

and so the boy was left behind with the lawyer. the boy was no distant relative of the cranky man, the cranky man had no relatives. he was just picked up from the street following the instructions given by cranky man.


...if liked may be continued