Finding first clue to find Nagpa.

 Oh, well.  He used to come here before and chat with us.  Sitting and drinking tea. But since last two days he has not come here.  I don't know what happened to him.

 The colonel said, "Please show us Nagpa's house. I came a long time ago, so I didn't really notice."

 You can see that hill, Nagpa's house is behind it.

 A huge mountain can be seen in the distance.

 Mr.Haldar said, "Should we climb that hill and then go to Nagpa's house?"

 No. You can pass by that mountain.  There is a narrow road along the side of the hill.  However, Nagpa's house is a little higher on the hill.

 When the man finished speaking, we thanked him and left.

 I left for Nagpa's house.

 The village is really beautiful.  There are small houses on small hills.  And some of the big hills have rows of tea gardens.  Some are empty. There are colourful flowers on that empty hill.  However, the fragrance of that flower is not reaching our nose. However, I realised that the fragrance of the flowers here is much less than the fragrance of the forest.

 We are moving forward to see the beautiful scenery around.

 Some mountains touch the sky.  In fact, the mountains do not touch the sky, but they seem to do so.  There is a reason for that too. And the reason is dense fog. A thick fog is on and above the mountains as if the clouds of the sky have descended on the mountains.

 The thick fog and cold wind made our way very difficult.

 I'm wearing winter clothes but it's still very cold.  Bone-chilling cold. I have never felt this cold before.  This Darjeeling place is very beautiful. Although it is winter almost most of the year, there are many tourists from the country and abroad.  They see the beautiful and charming scenery here.

 Today we are also lucky to see those beautiful scenes.  I don't want to miss that opportunity. So I look around like a tourist and move forward.

 I walked for a long time.

 Mr. Haldar said, "Mr.Colonel, how much further? I can't walk anymore."

 The man said a little way.  He raised his hand and showed that mountain.  It seemed close from there. But still we could not reach that mountain.

 I said in surprise, "When the man pointed out the mountain, it seemed close. Now how did that mountain come so far?"

 Colonel could not stop laughing after hearing this.

 He stopped laughing with a lot of difficulty and said, "No matter how close you think the mountain is, its distance is actually more than that. It is very difficult to tell the real distance between not only mountains, but also deserts and seas or rivers."

 So what?

 Hmm,  But don't worry.  We are very close.

 After some distance we finally reached the mountain.  The hill which was our goal and destination.

 Come and see a beautiful house on the hill.  There are stairs to climb there. Of course, this staircase is made by cutting the mountain.

 We went up the stairs.

 Go and find the door closed.

 The colonel called Nagpa by name.  No answer came from inside.

 He called again.  Yet no sound came.  But I heard a man's cough.

 The colonel pressed the door with his hand and the door opened.

 We entered inside.

 I saw an old man lying inside.

 We went to him.

 The old man looked at us for a while.  Then he said with great difficulty, "Who are you?"

 We are friends of Nagpa.  I came to meet Nagpa. Is Nagpa at home?

 I looked at the man's eyes and saw that his eyes were dripping with water.  I understand that she is Nagpa's mother.

 He said with great difficulty, "Nagpa went out to look for his wife two days ago. He has not returned yet."

 That's why he started crying.

 We didn't stay long there.

 I came to comfort the old man.

 Mr. Haldar said, "What shall we do now? Nagpa has not returned home. And his wife has not returned home either. Where have they gone? I do not understand anything. My head feels like it will be destroyed. On one side Vayjanti is gone and Nagpa is gone. This mystery  Seems too complicated. Can we solve this mystery?"

 The colonel said, "Yes, of course I can. If you work hard, you can solve many complex problems. You just have to try again and again."

 So what do we do now?  where to go

 The colonel thought for a while and said, "We must go back to the forest. Go to the lakeside where the ghoul was sitting and search again. This time let's see what we can find."

 I said, "Go back to the forest now?"

 Yes, must go and see now.  Go to the lakeside before night falls.

 Well then let's go to that monstrous scary forest.  Where there are known and unknown dangers.

 We came out of Durgapur and came to our car.

 I got into the car and left for the magical woman's forest.  Where nothing happens without his command. Even the leaves of the tree do not move.  Even the animals forget to call.

 Our car is moving slowly.  I noticed several cars on the way back to the forest today.  However, there are several differences between the arrival and departure times of one of the cars.  The car is coming from the front after about 15-20 minutes.

 Due to thick fog, I am sometimes startled by the headlights of the car coming from the front.  Because in the thick fog, the headlights look like the eyes of a wild animal. Two terrible blue eyes.  From a distance the eyes of the animal and near the car.

 Finally we came to the edge of the forest.

 Three of us got down from the car and entered the forest.  Going forward along the forest path to the edge of that terrible lake.

 No significant danger occurred on the way.  We reached the lakeside safely.

 The colonel said, "Everybody look around. Surely something will be found."

 We started looking.  I searched for a while.  Then suddenly my eyes fell on something near the bush.  I got down on the ground and examined the thing carefully.  Then I called the colonel in surprise. I showed him that thing.

 The colonel was somewhat happy to see that.

 Then he said, "Ash."

 Mr. Haldar was surprised and said, "What? Ashes!"

 Yes, ashes.

 Does that mean?

 That means someone must have lit a fire here.  So what...?

 So what Colonel?

 So is that terrible magical woman disguised woman?

 May be. This is done to frighten someone who enters the forest.

 But if someone enters the forest, why should he be afraid?

 That is what we need to find out.  And for that he needs to find that magical woman.

 We have to wait here today too.  If she comes then today we will find out the mystery of that magical woman.

  Let's go and rest in the house we made for now.  We have to stay awake at night.