Chapter 14 - The Scroll

The gazes of the six people in the living room were fixed on the scroll Lucas was held that afternoon. From their gazes, it was clear that they were both impatient to find out what contents of the scroll they had been looking for for the past two days or so.

"Lucas ... Open the scroll!" Lucas turned to look at Sam who had just asked him to open the scroll now, and of course, Lucas, who was also curious, nodded his head and prepared to open the roll of paper that was in front of him at this time.

The six people there, apart from Daisy who was playing alone with her doll, could only hold their breath when Lucas unrolled the scroll. Their foreheads all frowned when they found that the scroll was only half of it, as there were other burnt remains at the bottom of the scroll.

"Well… We can't know all of its contents." Said Eliot lamentably when they got half of the scrolls, but it was given a shake of his head by Lucas, who now spoke.

"No problem, what is clear we can find out the other contents." Lucas replied, who was then given a nod of approval by Sam who walked over to Lucas and stared at the scroll.

"So… What's in that scroll, Lucas??" Sam asked Lucas, who now raised his eyebrows and shook his head.

"I don't know what this writing means either, Sam." Lucas replied, hearing that made those who were waiting for him sighed in disappointment.

"Are you seriously??? You are looking for that scroll but don't know how to read it?? How strange you guys are!" said Eliot, now standing up from his seat and looking at them one by one, and from the gaze shown by Eliot, it was as if she said that she could not stop thinking about the behavior of these children.

"We was just looking for what Lucas was looking for, and the only clue Lucas got was this writing, Eliot!" said Sam explaining to Eliot, who was now exhaling his breath again and walking over to Lucas.

Eliot's hand was now up in front of Lucas, which made Lucas look confused by what she was doing to him. "Give… give me the scroll!" Eliot said to Lucas, who was now hesitatingly giving the scroll to Eliot.

Eliot quickly opened the scroll and took a photo while typing a few words into his cellphone as she said, "I'll ask my artifact teacher about this writing, the only time he finds out." Eliot said as she returned the scroll to Lucas who was now staring at her, "Let's just wait for a reply from my artifact teacher." Eliot spoke again, and then Lucas smiled at Eliot's words.

"Thank you, Eliot!" said Lucas, which made Eliot raise an eyebrow and nod as she walked to return to playing with Daisy who was engrossed in her own play area which is adjacent to the outside window of the living room.

Lucas's gaze was currently on Sam, Joe, Bill, and Erick who were now smiling and nodding together at Lucas.

"Alright… we just need to wait right?? " Bill asked the four who were now nodding their heads in unison,

"Then, let's play in the park while waiting… how about it?" Erick made a suggestion to them, and it made Sam frown and ask,

"What are we going to do outside?" Sam asked Erick who was now walking to reach Sam's skateboard while saying,

"We skateboarding and more!" That was the suggestion that Erick gave them, which his three friends finally agreed to, Sam even pulled Lucas's hand to come to play with them in the back garden, which in turn made Lucas follow their lead and play together.

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It was six o'clock in the afternoon, and it was time for them to stop playing and go back into the house. When they got in the house, they saw Eliot was preparing dinner for all of them, of course, it made the children happy because Eliot ordered several boxes of pizza.

"We can go home when you finish this pizza, okay?" Eliot asked Bill, Joe, and Erick, who now nodded in response to Eliot, who now invited them to sit at the dining table.

Lucas now turned to look at Eliot who walked over to him, "I got a reply from my teacher and he said that he would bring the scroll to an expert professor, do you mind?" Eliot asked Lucas, who was now frowning at Eliot, he did not understand the meaning of the words.

That gaze was certainly understood by Eliot who now immediately explained, "Um, my teacher doesn't know clearly and it looks like he will bring the writing to the expert, and the results of the translation will be given to you immediately, but that is if you allow the teachers and experts to research. That scroll writing." Eliot explained it in detail to Lucas, which made Lucas appear to think for a moment.

"Think carefully!" Eliot spoke to Lucas, which made Lucas appear to be thinking hard and nodded in response to Eliot's suggestion.

Sam, who saw Lucas, seemed to be thinking, even made Sam think about what Eliot had just said to Lucas that night.

That night, Lucas sat on his bed and stared at the scroll seriously. He was still thinking about Eliot's words. He was eager to accept it, but he doubted they would succeed.

Knock!... Knock!... Knock!

The sound of knocking on the door made Lucas's focus diverted and turned to look at Sam who had come and entered his room.

"Lucas!" called Sam to Lucas who was now smiling at that,

"Yeah?" Lucas responding to Sam's call who now walked and sat beside Lucas's bed.

"I heard it." Lucas turned to Sam who was just saying that and said, "Your talk with Eliot, about the scroll." Sam made it even clearer what he meant to Lucas.

"Are you going to agree and hand over the scroll to the experts?" Sam asked, turning his head at Lucas with a worried look,

Lucas nodded his head slowly and looked at Sam, "I think I have to hand this over so we know what's in it, Sam. Because what I need is the contents of this scroll, not the scroll. " Lucas answered Sam's question.

Sam nodded his head, he confirmed what Lucas had said to him, they needed the contents of the scroll.

"So… when are you going to give the scroll to Eliot?" Sam asked Lucas who was now staring at the scroll and then said,

"Tomorrow, I'll give this scroll tomorrow morning to Eliot." Lucas answered Sam asked, and Sam nodded his head again.

"Well then ... I hope we quickly get the results of their research.." Sam said to Lucas, who nodded in response to his words, he also hoped that they would quickly provide the results of the translation of the contents of the scroll.