Since I've enjoyed telling stories about mythical creatures. I am going to have this article to share another story which is a real experience of my father's neighbor in the former place where the live. In this story we are going to enter the world of encantos. You read it right, this man enter their domain and interacted with these extraordinary creatures.

For those who are unfamiliar with encanto/s. This is a well-known Philippines Mythology creature that can take the form of a human being despite being a spirit. Others claim that elves, mermaids, white ladies, and other mythical creatures are all encantos; the only difference is the type. But, for me, they are distinct from one another; I've heard and seen some of them, and I can say that they have differences, not encanto as one.

I don't know if you are excited or confused? But matter what, let's get started.

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In Other World

The province is the most common location for strange happenings. When my father and his family moved to the province when he was a teenager. This story happened to one of their neighbors.

Their next-door neighbor Pedro (I'll just use the penname Pedro because my father used to use this name when telling funny stories) has fallen in love with a beautiful woman in their place. He was attracted to the girl because of how charming she is, despite the fact that he hasn't spoken to her and is simply watching her pass by.

He approaches the girl one day, and to cut a long story short, they become close. Pedro tells the girl what he truly feels after a long time of friendship. He confesses his true feelings, and the girl accepts his love.

The girl became more kind and loving to Pedro, and told him that he needed to meet his father. So Pedro agreed to accompany the girl on that particular day. They walked for a while until he noticed a car. He was initially hesitant to accompany the girl because he discovered she was wealthy. He doesn't want to meet the father because he sees him as nothing but a poor boy. But Pedro has no idea why his body compelled him to leave.

They travel until they reach a place that is only vaguely familiar to him. He asked where they are, and the girl told him that they are going to meet his father. When they finally arrived, Pedro was astounded by how big the girl's house is, it was like a mansion as he described. They walk in, and he meets his father. The father accepts him wholeheartedly, but he has a question for him "I have two daughters, and both of them adore you. You only need to select one." Obviously Pedro choose the girl who bring him. At last, the father warns him to take care of his daughter as a wife, but never to engage in lovemaking.

Pedro agreed to live there with the girl's family because he loves the girl. They also have a business that help them financially, so he became preoccupied with assisting his girlfriend in running their business. Pedro was living happily there until he made a mistake. As a human; a boy, he does what the girl's father forbids.

The girl's father discovers it and punishes him by forbidding him from seeing his daughter.

He filled with sadness, and by the father's word he returned in front of their house just like how a portal works in movie. His mother saw him first and hugged him tightly. She had been wondering where Pedro had been for years, but Pedro became perplexed because he felt that he had only been there for weeks. He told everything to his mother until they concluded that he was attracted to an encanto; he also remembered having money in his pocket, but when he got it, it was only the leaves of a tree.

In this story I learned that not all encantos are bad, they even know how to love and give respect just to follow thier rule. And also that they are living like an ordinary human, living in an ordinary place, not creepy nor magical.

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Author's love message :

Hello lovely readers!

How was your day today?

The sky was so dark here now, and actually it rain earlier but only for like half an hour. It's an advantage for us to rain, since it's been a longtime since we are having some trouble in too much hot.

Also we should drink a lot of water to stay hydrated.

Stay healthy and keep safe everyone.

GOD Bless!

Sending hugs.

Ps. I would like to welcome one of my friend in noise.cash who are now a new member of this platform. He is Ashik, if you guys want to know him more, you can visit and welcome him too. Thank you!

September 5, 2021

-Ling