We went to the haunted mansion directly. I have no time to read the letter so I only keep it on me.When we arrived, the people crowded around us again. They were pleasantly surprised that I brought Lucas with me. Lucas and I was a celebrity to these people.Carl got the news of us coming here so he immediately run towards us."Great contribu-!" The rest of Carl's words were swallowed down when he saw Lucas. His jaw dropped.Carl glanced at me and then at Lucas. He shut his mouth. I could literally hear his gear turning. He then decided on something and jumped toward Lucas. He wrapped his arms around Lucas' shoulder affectionately like a good friend who haven't seen his friend for a long time."Luas! Man! You disappeared suddenly!""..." I want to smack Carl's mouth. Don't speak about it so loudly! Others might notice and figure it out!Lucas just shook his head. "I have something going on so I have to disappear without notice.""You made me worry. I thought you..." Carl halted. He t
The ghost market in the haunted mansion was lively as usual.Lucas was a celebrity in this place. Since he had both reputation and money, the booth sellers immediately crowded around him. However, because the stingy Carl was with him, they only said their greetings and said in passing about their new products.Lucas just nodded at them with a smile.When the crowd dispersed, he tapped the arm that was around his shoulder. "You could let me go. I won't follow her inside."Carl took off his arm, "You noticed?""I knew you long enough to know that you deliberately pull me away. It's not just because you are glad to see me, right?""Hey, I am really glad to see you. I am worried this time. I thought you totally become a demon."Lucas touched the necktie over his right eye and muttered, "...I almost."Lucas was not even surprised that Carl knew about his condition. Carl was wise and sharp to know that something was going on when he disappeared. Carl met a lot of ghosts and demons in diffe
However Lucas could not expose himself, or else the problems Kelly has to face were not only about being detained in the Capital but also freeing him. Lucas knows that Kelly would save him. He doesn't want to be a burden to her. "I know I can't be seen right now. But Kelly could not be kept in the Capital." Lucas said stubbornly. Carl sighed heavily. The reason why he took Lucas away and swallowed down the words he wanted to say to Kelly earlier was because of this. He did not mention the people from the Capital earlier because he know Lucas would keep Kelly safe even though he needs to offend the capital by not sending Kelly over. And Kelly might run away due to fright. She kept postponing the matters with the Capital after all. It would not be strange for her to do that. "They won't harm her. They might even place protection for her and she would get the most polite and generous treatment. Think of it as her having a vacation." "It will be a very very long vacation. Kelly does
The greatest archenemy of ghosts and demons was the grim reapers. They were the missionary of death. Grim reapers could end their life with just a spun of their black umbrellas.Lucas did not answer him directly and said, "The grim reapers have been active in attacking ghost market a few months ago but then they suddenly stopped. As if hunting demons are more interesting for them than hunting thousands of soul. Don't you think it's strange?"Carl was stunned by this sudden realization so he slowly processed Lucas' words. He then noticed the difference, "Now that I think about it after five consecutive markets were attacked, the grim reapers suddenly turned silent. As if after the exhausting hunt, they have found what they were looking for...."Then his eyes suddenly turned wide.Carl shouted a name that crossed his mind. "Mr. Finch!"Lucas' eyes were solemn. "I was there when the group of grim reapers attacked the underground mall ghost market. Mr. Finch was there, but he quickly esc
[Kelly's POV] The nice voice of the long black-haired man blended with the surroundings. I could not make up for what he was saying because my mind was constantly turning. All I could think was....the Capital is here. I haven't made up my mind yet. Just earlier I am still thinking of what am I going to do once the Capital came. Avoid them? Run? Or negotiate? I can't do the two choices because they have seen me already. So there was only one chance. Negotiate. But I negotiated with them before and failed to keep my words. Would they still believe me? I have offended them, would they still treat me well, or even trust me? Even this handsome man smiled gently at me, I don't believe they would let me get away so easily after fooling and rejecting them like that. "Is that alright with you, Kelly?" My swirl of thoughts was interrupted at the mention of my name. "Excuse me?" I did not catch on what they were talking about. Mr. Lin Ze, Marcus, and Sir Reynold were staring at m
"Because we are still researching and making progress here." It was Carl who answered.All eyes turned to him again.Carl glanced at me and signal me through his eyes to stick with his story."We first witnessed this phenomenon in this area. So we believed the breakthrough in that matter would be here as well. Mr. Lin Ze and the Capital have been researching the door-to-the-afterlife for so long, right? But the Capital hasn't made any progress. Why do you think we can offer results greater than the Capital when we only discover this matter a few months ago? Can't you see that the potential lies in this place?"I opened my mouth at Carl's nonsense excuse. It was full of shit but the way Carl said it seemed like it was true. It makes me even think it was reasonable.Mr. Lin Ze thought for a moment. Then asked, "What is special about this place then? What difference does this place have from the Capital? In the Capital, you can use all the resources right away, while in this barren place
A/n: This chapter is fixed. Thank you for waiting. **** "Kelly, wait!" Carl ran after me. The exhausting meeting finally ended. After Mr. Lin Ze dismissed us, I ran out of the room immediately. Staying there any longer made me uncomfortable as if my lies and secrets would be exposed. I stopped and stared at Carl. "Why the heck did you become my assistant?" "Do you think I want to?" Carl's face showed anger. "That damn Lucas pushed me to clean up your mess!" "What mess! I handled it well!" "You handle it? You almost cut your tongue. If I did not help you, you could have been dragged away!" Carl's words were right. If Carl did not speak for me and buy me time, I would be dragged to the Capital while still thinking of ways to escape. Thankfully, we can fool Mr. Lin Ze at that time. "I-it's true...that you somehow helped me. But why didn't you tell me earlier that the people from the Capital are here?" It's really hard to say 'thank you' to Carl's disdainful attitude. Carl sig
A/n: This chapter is fixed. Thank you for waiting. *** Two weeks might be short, but it's quite long for me. Especially when the Capital was watching my back. Fortunately, they did not pressure us by supervising our daily lives with the excuse of observing our 'experiment' personally. They just stayed inside the haunted mansion and did not summon me or bother me anymore. It was as they said, they were waiting patiently for my reports. Mr. Lin Ze usually stays in Sir Reynold's room to talk about business matters while Marcus would come out from time to time to visit the ghost market owned by the haunted mansion. However, when we crossed paths, the man would squint his eyes at me. As if I owe him a huge debt. Although it looked like they settled down, I won't still slack around, because they might have placed eyes on me anywhere. I stayed in the haunted mansion for the past week. When the appointment day has come, Carl and I prepared to leave and went to Sister Nancy's place. Bu