I nodded my head strongly at her.
"You're damn right. We can't change anything right now. We are dead."
"Hic." The drenched woman started sobbing.
"Hic. Wuahhhh! Wuahh!" She cried a river.
Sigh. I had no choice but to hug her and let her cry in my chest.
She made my whole uniform wet now, ah.
Well, what could I possibly do?
She doesn't want to see her brother and I can't change what she looked like.
A long time passed before the woman calmed down.
She peeked at me from her wet hair.
"I...I want to see my brother now."
"..are you sure? You wouldn't haunt him?"
The drenched woman shook her head.
"I won't. That's why you are coming with me to stop me from hurting him or haunting him."
"...."
How come she was the one ordering me around? I was the boss here, ah!
But I still weighed the pros and cons.
Since I don't have anything to do and this will keep the ghost fro
"Wait." I suddenly stopped.Rica looked at me.I couldn't see her whole face. But her clear brown eyes reflected my bloody figure."I just wanted to remind you that if you ever become a demon I wouldn't hesitate to offer you to the burned mansion. You know what they were interested in."Rica nodded. "I've heard rumors that there was a ghost market in the city. The famous burned house. "It looked like Rica had lived here in the dead's world for quite some time to hear of this rumor."Yes. I have connections with them and I could easily ask for help to haunt you and harvest you."Rica tilted her head. The continuous sound of dripping water was loud and clear in this moment of silence."I am not joking. So promise me you won't turn to a demon."Rica looked at me for a long time before she pointed at the house."I won't turn. Now, let's go."I finally followed her to enter the old house.Since we are gh
I was silent for a moment.Then I raised my hand that was holding Rica's hair."As you can see, she was being held as my prisoner right now. I have to bring her or I have to tie her somewhere."Sir Carl nodded. "Then tie her somewhere.""...."You are so ruthless Sir Carl. Really, as expected for someone who came from this corrupt burned mansion.I glanced at Rica.Rica did not need me to say anything and just nodded her head. She was fine with it. Or should I say she doesn't seem to care?"Alright. Where can we tie her?"*****After we tie Rica on some burned pole and looked for Sir Carl's friend to look after Rica, Sir Carl and I went to his room."Kelly, I know you are a green soul and probably doesn't know the ways of this world. It's a whole new world for you.""Yeah, you're right. It's a scary world."Sir Cal nodded. "That's why I knew that you don't know some of the dangers hidden
I told the news to Rica and surprisingly, she did not react strongly about this.She was actually happy that she could see her brother even at the cost of her own soul.She must truly love her brother a lot."Are you sure? These people would watch you until you've become a demon and is ready to be harvested. Are you really fine with that?" I asked dumbfoundedly.How could someone be so calm and be happy about it when they knew that their whole existence might be gone? And the people who would be responsible for that were the people in front of her?It wasn't fine that I am the one who brought her here and have her trapped in this situation. I felt responsible.But Rica's eyes were shining."I am not sure if I should meet my brother. Because I am afraid I would hunt him and refuse to leave his side. I was afraid I would totally become a demon and bring cursed into his household. I can't bear to see him with that in mind. But now.
Dawn breaks and the sun started to reveal its presence.Rica and Jun were holding hands.They were on the roof of Jun's house. They watched as people come and go from his house. It was chaotic. After all, a man had just died.The sun had risen.His second son came. He was crying as he hugged his mom.In the afternoon, the eldest came. He was even wearing his own military uniform. He cried too as he hugged his mom and his brother.The two at the top of the rooftop were silent. Their eyes were on the people on the ground.Jun came down and hugged his family as well. Tears started to swell up in his eyes.Rica was left on the roof. She just watched him.Sir Cal was quiet all the time. I glanced at him. At least he has some conscience to give the siblings some time to reunite.Then Sir Carl stepped forward, "It's time to go."Rica turned to us.Since we were only watching their
I was standing in front of Sir Reynold's room. Carl directly went to Sir Reynold's office to report an important matter. I bet it was about Rica's disappearance and the demon's warehouse. It had been half an hour already when the door finally opened. Carl looked at me. "The investigation for the demon's warehouse will start tomorrow. " "Oh.." So I have still days left to enjoy my life as a ghost until I become a demon's food? Carl then passed me a pouch, "Sir Reynold wanted to give this to you." A gift? I reached out for it and was about to take it but Carl did not let it go. "Do you really want to give it to me or not?" Carl finally reluctantly let go of the pouch. "In all honestly, I don't see why Sir Reynold has to give you some rewards when all you do is cause trouble for us. You even tricked us." "When did I tricked you? It was you who tricked me." Carl turned to the side. His half handsome face was
Lucas looked away, "I promised that I won't let anything happen to you under my watch. So it's expected that I will help." My lips twitched. 'Won't anything happen' my ass...I have almost become a nutritional meal for a demon twice. Anyway, I should consider that paid since Lucas really helped this time despite his attitude of not wanting anyone to know about his past. Based on Lucas's arrogant and loft attitude, he would never want anyone to know his pitiful past. "Yes, yes I understand." Knowing Lucas, I should not tackle on this matter anymore. So I changed the subject. "You came to find me about the next mission?" "Yes and also some other things." "What things?" "I have heard that you encounter a strange situation. Have you truly seen the 'door to the afterlife'?" "What??? Where did you hear that? I have not seen the 'door' Rica mentioned!" I asked flabbergasted. Not a day had passed yet people already knew t
One of the disadvantages of being a ghost was the lack of resources for their kind. Unlike the living, they aren't able to feel anything like hunger, tiredness, and pain. As well as pleasure, fullness, relaxation, and comfort.The Dead doesn't need anything so to find water was such an impossible thing to do.Lucas shook his head, "There's no market that sells water. I have been in the five markets before and visited the three widest ghost market, but there was no such thing as selling water. There's no demand, so of course, there's no supply. We could only ask help from drenched ghost and give us drip by drip."I scratched my head. Rica should have told us in advance this information so that before she left we should have gotten some water from her. Well, it was too late to regr
There was heavy pressure in the air as I walked along the corridor. Unlike before, when Lucas met every people and greeted him, no ghost was in sight. Lucas broke the silence. "Carl, what are you aiming for using the whole people at the mansion and spreading this rumor about the door to the afterlife? I can't believe you told them to search something fruitless." "Is it not entirely useless. Besides, this will give more hope to the dead who are roaming aimlessly without care. Who knows, maybe we will get something out of it. " Carl then turned to us. He spoke to Lucas, "You'll know the rest later. Sir Reynold will explain it to you. And also, the reports you asked for are here already." "You got the result?" Lucas asked with a hint of anticipation on his voice. "Yes, we did. It took quite a time. I bet you owe us again this time." "Don't worry. I always make sure to pay them." ??? What are they talking ab