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
....Jia returned to the mansion quietly.At this time of day, right after sunset, the owner of this house, Sir Benjamin, would always stand in the hallway facing the mysterious object contained in the glasses silently.Jia, who lived here for more than a month, knew about this creepy routine.Sir Benjamin always does this. Sometimes, even in the middle of the night.There was one time that she woke up in the middle of the night and came down to get water. Her room was an old guest room with no water despenser. She always gets down in the kitchen to get water.When she was returning, she suddenly saw a figure in the hallway. She thought at first it was a ghost but after having a clear look, she recognized it was Sir Benjamin.She has already seen him standing at that same spot a few times after sunset. So she doesn't find it surprising. Jia doesn't know what this man was thinking or what he was looking at, but she knew well that the gentleman and eccentric Sir Benjamin was not in his
Days quickly passed.I have followed Carl and Lucas' suggestion to remain inside the haunted mansion. If there were matters that needed to be done outside, Carl would handle it for me. But since we already met Sister Nancy and I was only waiting for Jia's reply, there was not much happening here.But it doesn't mean the eyes of the Capital would not be on me.Wherever I go, there were eyes stuck behind me.Marcus still watched me like a hawk.I glared at him when I passed by where he was hiding and could not help but say,"I don't know if you are being discreet or not. But you are disturbing me like this."There was no use to hide anymore so Marcus stepped out from where he was hiding, "You only have three days left."I rolled my eyes at him. He's not the only one doing the counting. A week had passed by since the meeting with Sister Nancy. I haven't heard any news from Jia. But according to what Lucas replied to me through Carl, Jia had gone back to her hometown to look for it. If J
Well, I knew I asked for too much. It was a hard task with a small possibility of being successful.Since only the letter arrived, she must have failed.I am quite distressed. It means I have to find another way. But it was hard to look for another way for this ample amount of time.Although I am waiting for Jia's reply, I am not idle either. I kept using the haunted mansion resources of information about things related to talismans but their knowledge of such things was too little. Even Carl suggested seeking help from the Capital. But if I did ask for help, it would only make them all convinced that bringing me to the Capital was the right and only choice.If...in the worst scenario I have no other choice, then I would consider going to the Capital. But now, I can't afford that.So I continued waiting.I also went to the ghost market from time to time to widen my knowledge about the materials of the dead and how it affects both the living and the dead. But the result was the same. T
I immediately went to the antique shop. I left Carl in the haunted mansion to make sure Marcus won't follow me. Thankfully, Marcus did not insist to come. Perhaps because he could not do much in the antique shop due to the pressure of the Yang energy or he doesn't want to see me. In any case, I am happy to be left alone.However, I still take Carl's words to heart. He said that there might be some people in the Capital that were watching me from the dark. I assured him that I would be careful.The talisman's existence could not be explained. If I did, Jia's connection with us would be exposed. So for now, I could only hide it even from Carl.Fortunately, no ordinary ghosts could come to the antique shop except me. They could not spy inside without enduring the pain the Yang energy caused. According to Carl, it was like experiencing hell, and just stepping one closer was like increasing the hell difficulty. I don't know what difference he and Marcus had with Sister Nancy, who could e