The Billionaire Twins Need A New Mommy! novel Chapter 495

Chapter 495: The Zorken’s True Power

A month at the Zorken Manor, and yet Lola still hadn’t explored every corner. This place was huge — and "huge" still felt like an understatement.

For instance, the path she was taking now with Sybil was some sort of underground passageway. Lola had no idea what was inside it or what to expect. She just followed and was secretly amused at its existence.

"Don’t you have lights here?" she asked, her voice echoing along the narrow stone path. "Sybil?"

Sybil slowed down and glanced back. "There are lights — torches." She smiled. "Although it would’ve been easier to install electricity here, the master preferred we keep it like this. The lack of light slows down intruders... if there ever were any."

"I see. Made sense." Lola rocked her head and followed closely behind Sybil, who was holding a lamp. "Where are we headed?"

"We’re almost there," Sybil replied as she slowed her pace. "We’ll take the right turn, and we’ll arrive shortly."

And so they walked ahead, reached the turn, and took a few steps. Lola glanced at each old door they passed, but Sybil didn’t stop at any of them. Instead, she stopped in front of a stone wall.

"This is a dead end, Sybil," Lola pointed out, but Sybil only smiled.

The old woman hung the lamp on a hook beside the wall and felt around the stones. When her wrinkled hand stopped, she pushed one stone in. To Lola’s surprise, the wall shifted beneath her touch. Then, the entire concrete surface shuddered.

"What the—" Lola stepped back, breath hitching as the wall rumbled and lifted. Dust and smoke filled the air, making her squint her eyes and hold her breath.

But her amazement only grew.

"Wow..." she whispered, watching the concrete rise halfway like some enormous roll-up door. Her eyes moved upward, wondering how the mechanism even worked.

"Come on, Young Madam," Sybil said, not bothering to retrieve the lamp as she bent and stepped through the opening.

"Wait—" Lola paused. "What about your lamp?"

Sybil chuckled. "We won’t need it anymore."

"..." Lola pressed her lips into a thin line and cleared her throat. Then, just like Sybil, she bent and walked through.

What she entered was pure darkness. If not for the small stretch of lamplight lingering behind them, she wouldn’t have been able to see anything — even with her eyes wide open.

"You said you don’t need the lamp," she murmured. "But it looks like you need it more here than earlier."

All she received in return was Sybil’s gleeful laughter.

"Let’s go, Young Madam," Sybil said. "Though I advise you to squint your eyes a little."

Lola’s brows knitted, but she followed. Then, on their third step, something flashed above. Lola instinctively squinted and flinched, earning another wave of laughter from Sybil.

Slowly, she peeked from one eye, just when another light flicked on just a few steps ahead of them.

One after another, lights illuminated the entire hallway.

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