CHAPTER 5
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As Parthiv entered his next room, he was surprised at first and then he was satisfied with what he saw in the room. Even if it was all covered in dust, he knew his answer to the riddle lay ahead. The room also contained a bookshelf with a lot of novels and magazines. There was a cupboard and a bed here too. With a smirk on his face and hands on his hips he faced the dusty object placed near the door next to him.

*PARTHIV : WELL WHAT DO U KNOW…

It was old PC with boken speakers. Its monitor screen was covered with dust and so was his answer,THE KEYBOARD. He was now thinking about the simple riddle and smiled to himself,

"I am a key maestro, except that I never open locks"

*PARTHIV THINKING : The keyboard has keys, so maybe that's why it's referred to as key maestro.And then the keyboard didn't open any actual locks.

A swirl of dust filled the air around him when he blew at the keyboard. The letters seemed to be in place on the keyboard, but a few keys were missing on the right part of the it. He didn't much care about those. His only aim now was to find the next clue.

SO WHAT NOW
He was totally lost. What was he supposed to do with this keyboard. He randomly started pressing the keys. He took the keyboard in his hands and searched for some other sorts of clue. Since there were no lights it was hard for him to search for clues....even though it was daytime which he noticed through the mild light through the thick glass windows, When he took a closer look at the space bar, he noticed that something was written on it.

A▶D▶F▶G

He thought it was just a simple clue. But he was Soo wrong. He tried typing those keys in the keyboard in that specific order with high hopes that it would work. Nothing happened. He was getting tired and frustrated. He hadn't ate anything since last night. And the instructions said he would get a pill only if he solve the clues. He tried to think from a different angle. The riddle was going on a loop in his weary brain and he kept staring at the keyboard.

Then he was soo shocked at seeing a specific key on the keyboard.

*PARTHIV THINKING : HOW DID I MISS THIS..IM SUCH A FOOL…

Now realising that he had all along been wrong about the first Clue's answer, he felt a little disappointed at himself. The key he saw was a NUMBER LOCK…and now he also realised there were other locks in the keyboard…like the CAPS LOCK or the SCROLL LOCK….Eventhough these keys didn't specifically open actual locks, they opened the locks while typing a password into the computer.

SO THIS WAS NOT THE ANSWER

Now walking his way back to the main hall, he knew that had to be answer….he once again recalled the riddle
"I am a key maestro, except that I never open locks"

He was already tired of thinking about this riddle so many times, but there was no other way…he had to finish it and go back to his normal life. He remembered seeing an old piano on the table, just when he exited his first room…the answer to his first clue had been Soo close to him all along..but he unnecessarily wasted time due to his foolishness. AND HE NEEDED A WATCH TO KNOW THE TIME.