Sister Nancy sighed heavily. "The hunted mansion is too much. They are using two young souls to risk their only essence left just for themselves."I looked at Sister Nancy. I suddenly remembered why Carl and Sir Reynold were having difficulties in buying water from the monastery. Was it because they don't approve of the hunted mansion's ways?Although I only met Sister Nancy so far, I have an inkling that might be the case.Lucas held Sister Nancy's hand. "Sister Nancy, you don't have to worry. We know what we are doing. Besides, you know the haunted mansion. They have ways to heal us in case something happened to us.""But your soul will get tainted. How could you go to the afterlife then?"I was stunned.Once the soul got tainted, they could not cross the bridge? Would the 'door to the afterlife' would not appear for them?"It's not entirely true, Sister. That idea only exists in theory." Lucas disagreed."And your confidence is not entirely a good thing as well. Besides, consuming
There was a long silence.Everyone looked at the back. Their eyes were on the two of us.I stared at Lucas in shock."O-one...t-thousand?" I whispered in a low voice. "Do we have that much money?""We don't.""...." Whattttt?Lucas then smirked seeing my comical expression, "But the hunted mansion has that much.""..."I could imagine Carl's dark face when he learned that we cost them a thousand just for a bucket of water.The fat man gritted his teeth at us. But he did not dare to bid more. Perhaps, spending a thousand tokens for a single bucket was something that Lucas could only do.The other patrons glanced at us curiously. They must be wondering where a big patron came from. I inched a bit away from Lucas. Look at him, not me. I am just a poor girl who was caught in this mess.The bucket of water was auctioned at a high price, naturally, the resident of the monastery was kind to us.After the auction, the priest, the man in charge of the auctioned house, invited us to his office
After I leave the hunted mansion, I walked on the way back to the hospital. I passed by the crossroad where I first met the ghost kid. There was still a bottle of flowers on the corner of the road. The flower had long ago wilted, and the candles were all melted and dirtied. I looked around to find the child, the kid was nowhere. I waited for a bit. In case the child finished playing or was done wandering outside and returned, I can meet him here. The Monastery accepted the children and take care of them without any fee. When I first become a ghost, I was very scared and frustrated. I don't understand many things and I am not aware that I am exposed to a lot of dangers. If I haven't met Lucas, perhaps I might still be wondering and might be caught in demon's traps or be captured by grim reapers. And that child was alone. He wondered outside where he could meet grim reapers and demons unknowingly anytime. It was dangerous to be outside alone. As a kind passerby, I could offer to
Seeing my expression, Lucas seemed to get an answer."Although it does look a bit scary, I am still in control. If you are afraid of me, you can keep your distance."I opened my mouth and was about to say something when Lucas turned his back on me. He seemed melancholy. My words were stuck in my throat."The mission tomorrow is important for the both of us. If we succeed, you can have enough tokens to fully investigate yourself. You would not need to hunt demons anymore." He then disappeared.I stared at the empty space where he had been for a while. And then my eyes turned wide.Was he telling me that tomorrow would be our last hunt?Why was he saying this all of a sudden?...Tomorrow arrives quickly.Lucas did not fetch me. I waited until noon but Lucas was still nowhere. I looked for him in the hospital but I can't see him. In the end, I came to the hunted mansion alone. When I arrived at Sir Reynold's office, I saw Lucas at the side of the room.My mouth twitched. This guy...I h
Lucas seemed to hear my thoughts. He handed me the water expressionlessly. "Soak yourself first. That Rica said she was spat out because she was dripping water, right? As long as you are wet, you are not in danger." I gritted my teeth and soak myself with water. If we succeed, this might be the last time I would hunt a demon! I encouraged myself as I was walking to my grave. Carl bid us good luck and went back to the jeep. I was very envious of him. If we could just change roles! However, I know that if Carl could hunt demons like me and Lucas, then there's no need for me. I took a deep breath and followed behind Lucas. The air was heavy and thick. I gnash my teeth as I endured the biting cold from the water and from the demon's aura that seeped through my soul. Lucas suddenly stopped. I stopped as well. We are only a few meters away from the warehouse. "...What's wrong?" Why did we stop? "....Shhh. Listen well." I follow Lucas' words and focused on my hearing. Then slo
I pulled up the empty bucket from the well. Seeing that it was empty, I shoved it back with a disappointed face."...The well is dried up here too. How can we live then?" A man's voice came out of my mouth.I carried the sack bag containing the potatoes that I just dug. My cotton pants that were originally white were now yellowed and grey. The straw sandals under my feet were starting to break down.My whole body aches due to overworking and the dryness on my lips told me that my body was dehydrated.However, I have no choice but to go on despite the thirst I was feeling.I started to walk as my mind wandered. This time, I am not confused as I was before when I was in a demon's stomach. This experience was obviously from the ancient demon. This process started when our souls merge.There's nothing I can do inside here but experienced the same thing that happened with the ancient demon. All I could do was hope that Lucas would come up with something to defeat the demon.I just need to
The men yesterday appeared before me. They were the four strong and big men just minus the man who took my bag. Instinctively, I clenched my hold on the sack. These guys...did they follow me? One of the men stepped forward and eyed my bulging sack. "It seems like you have a good harvest. If we did not see the blood on the ground, we would follow you deeper into the mountain. It's a good thing you arrived alive and well. Now, hand me the bag." I stepped back. These people were determined to steal my food. I don't have any other choice but to run back to the mountain. "He's escaping! After him! We will split the spoils!" They ran after me. It was only the adrenaline rush that was keeping me to run. But if they continued the chase, I would be eventually caught. My straw sandals finally broke and the blister under my feet bleed. The loss of blood and my hunger caused the dizziness to strike me stronger. In the end, I can't outrun the four strong men. They caught me. Being caugh
I don't know when they talked about this, but their plan changed. They become more ambitious. However, there was also a part of me that these people might succeed. They were four strong men, and the beast was only one. I - the man- continued to beg to let me go. I even told them that I would tell them the place where I dug the sweet potatoes. But the men seemed to lose interest in the potatoes, they wanted meat instead. In the end, they locked me up and did not even bother to give me food or water. As I waited for the next day, the hunger was starting to kill me. Without food or water, I was starved there for the whole day. I could only wait for death. But no matter how much I waited, the men did not come back. The next day came, and I was still alive. The starvation was too much that I really wish everything here would end. But no one came to take my life. Even those bastards did not come back. I could only torture myself slowly to death. This continued for three days. I w