"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
The altar was made of antique wood. There were plenty of yellow papers with red characters written on them pasted on the altar. The closer I was to the altar, the heavier the pressure was. I felt like my skin was burning, my mouth was dry and my feet felt like a hundred pounds each."S-sister Nancy..." I tried to call out to her again. When I felt that I could not take a step further I stopped.This must be how Carl and Marcus felt downstairs.I stared at Sister Nancy who still had her eyes closed. I could not help but feel amazed. Sister Nancy could reach the altar without feeling burned. She had really made huge progress in just less than a month.Her aura changed drastically. I could barely feel the cold energy from her. As if I was meeting the grandma I met back then. The Sister Nancy right now doesn't feel like someone who died long ago.I was glad. It means that Sister Nancy was able to dispel some of the cold energy after staying here for almost a month.I called out to her aga
On the way back, I was silent. Sister Nancy's words hunted my mind. She wished to depart with her family, the monastery. In order for one to achieve Nirvana, and to successfully summon the door to the afterlife, one must fulfill the conditions. It was not sufficient for one soul to be in a pure state, the most important condition that could not be ignored was one needs their regrets to be fulfilled. In Sister Nancy's case, she would not be able to leave without her family. She chose to stay in this world because of her family, so she could only depart with her family leaving with her. I thought about it hard. But it seemed impossible to achieve this. According to Sir Benjamin, the monastery was about to give birth to a baby-greater- demon that could cause disaster. That place was filled with rich Yin energy that causes everyone to be demonized faster than they were supposed to be. To purify that place together with its people, it would need an abundant amount of Yang energy. A
His soul was stuck between the dead and the living world. He thought he already suffered enough for five years in the coldness of the dead's world and the torment of the demon constantly hunting him. There's nothing that could faze him anymore. However, it was only a peak of an iceberg.That empty darkness with nothing but everlasting pain was more brutal. It was endless torment of mental and spiritual torture. At the time, he was in pain as countless cruel mouths were biting his skin with its sharp mouths. Even if he wanted to faint, he could not. His consciousness was alive, allowing him to feel every little bit of pain. The nerve-wracking pain was a hundred times more severe than the pain he suffered for five years.He stayed like that for what he thought was an endless amount of time.He thought he would be suffering like that forever. He even began to wonder what kind of grievous sin he committed to be tormented like that. It hurts. It was so painful...that he even wish to die
Following Kelly's advice, Lucas arrived at Sir Benjamin's mansion. The door automatically opened for him. As he took a step forward, a figure appeared. Sir Benjamin had a bright smile, "I did not expect you would come here so soon. Are you here to give me a reply?" Lucas lowered his eyes, "...Not yet." Sir Benjamin's smile turned sluggish. He then sighed. "Young man, you should think about it carefully. You have little time left." "And so are you," Lucas replied with a mysterious glint in his eyes. Sir Benjamin did not comment on that and asked another thing instead. "If you are not here for me? What else did you come here for?" "Jia-" He haven't finished his words when Sir Benjamin snapped his fingers. Jia who had just finished buttoning the last button of her shirt appeared. She looked surprised and horrified. "Sir Benjamin! I told you to not summon me anytime! I was just changing seconds ago!" Lucas looked at Sir Benjamin as if he was a pervert. Sir Benjamin coughed. "My
Before the door was slammed to her face, Jia saw a nun coming down.'It must be that Sister Nancy.'She shouted once more telling Sister Nancy that Lucas was waiting outside.The shop owner got angry and cursed Jia to leave. Jia immediately ran away, winking at Lucas to stay before disappearing to the next alley.Thankfully, Sister Nancy heard her shout and came out. When she stepped out, she saw a familiar face smiling at her."Lucas..." Sister Nancy teared up and hugged the child she had not seen for so long. At this moment where she could disappear at any time, seeing the child she treated like a son appeared, make the regrets in her heart lessened.Lucas chuckled but his eyes too were a bit red. He hugged her back."I'm sorry, Sister. It took me a long time to visit you."Seeing their tearful reunion, Jia sighed in relief and did not come out where she was hiding to avoid the shop owner's glare....The reunion of the two lasted for an hour. For a long time they haven't seen each