Lucas stared at me, then he nodded in satisfaction."It seems that your soul is getting stronger. You managed to control a part of the ancient demon while being inside his stomach. You've done well." He patted my head. Hmph. Even if you complimented me like that, I would not easily fall into being your bait again! And why are you patting my head? Although he was still arrogant and annoying, he was nicer than usual. Suddenly, I remembered what Lucas said before the hunt when he was avoiding me. Right, this would be our last hunt together, right? "What are you thinking so deeply? I complimented you but you seemed out of it. You want more praise?" I glared at Lucas. "Cough." Doctor Eye coughed to catch our attention. "It's the end of your memories?" "Ah. I vaguely remember some movements. I think that was the moment when you guys are trying to get me out. Then I entered the merging process. I went the same thing again." My face went ugly. "The. Same. Thing. You get that? I had t
Being a ghost without a physical body was one of the perks of being a ghost. I did not need to recuperate from my injury or weak body. Once the pain was gone, I was back to normal.Carl came to the room afterward and lead us to Sir Reynold."Your luck is truly great, huh?" This was how Carl greeted me.How truly insincere. I swayed my hair arrogantly, "It's not luck but my ability."Carl: "...."Carl ignored my self-serving quotes and turned to Lucas."By the way, why are you wearing sunglasses?""It's a new fashion." Lucas dismissed it by answering nonchalantly.I was speechless.New fashion? You have time to care about fashion while I was suffering? "You guys have gone a great job. I expected there would be casualties. You did not disappoint us. So I especially prepared great rewards for you two." Sir Reynold put two folders on the desk."Your first reward is this."Folders?One has my name and the other one has Lucas.Lucas took the folder but did not open it hurriedly like befor
On the way back to the hospital, no one dared to speak. Both of us have weights in our minds.The 'door to the afterlife' importance to me had now become significant just second after recovering my memories.I should investigate more about this so I could help Lucas.I glanced at the folder. Although I badly wanted to study what was inside, there was a matter at hand that I must first do.When we arrived at our territory floor, I cornered Lucas."So...you promised to me that we are going to talk about it after the hunt was over. Now is the time."Before the hunt, Lucas deliberately avoided me because I saw something that I shouldn't see. It was Lucas' business, but as his partner, it was my business too. I could not help but be angry that he was keeping this to himself.Avoiding me was not the answer! If Lucas was suffering, I, the person who received much help from him should payback and help him.Oh...I sound cool at that, right?Lucas stepped back from my kabedon pose*.(A/n: Kabed
I threw away this another embarrassment. I controlled my expression and went back to the topic. "...Then what is gonna happen now? How can we fix your eye?" Lucas lowered his eyes. He let go of my hand and covered his right eye. It took him a long time to answer. "...It will never go back to normal." What...? "You are going to have a red eye for the rest of your lives? Lucas chuckled at my question. I shut my mouth. I realized my question was silly. "Why? Don't you like my new look? I thought you said I am still handsome even I look like this." He joked. But I could not smile. Not returning back to normal....This case seemed worst than I thought. Does it mean that the part of Lucas's soul that got eaten by the demon would never be recovered? What would happen to him then? He said he lost control over the demon. The battle that was going on inside him every day was not easy to handle and would be difficult with each passing day. If Lucas was distracted or lowered his
**** It was fleeting like a wind. It was as if Lucas was only a shadow that disappeared when the light shone on him. Lucas...was gone. I stared at my empty hand with my wide eyes. I was holding Lucas tightly but he still disappeared. Lucas.... Was he....truly gone? My sight blurred as tears poured down like an unending river. I could not believe it. I don't want to believe it. But the coldness I feel in my hand and the scene of him disappearing was proof that Lucas had truly disappeared. I covered my face while crying heart-wrenchingly. "Lucas...." I expected that I would feel sad when Lucas was gone, but I did not know that his disappearance would make me feel like a huge hole appeared in my chest. As if someone dug my heart and stole it from me. The shock of Lucas's disappearance made uncomprehend reality. This might be an illusion. A very bad nightmare. Lucas...could not be...He couldn't be gone... I just cried there unmovingly. The night was cold. Its chilling air
Room 400In a hospital room filled with a bunch of machines, Doctor Henry was doing another check-up.It had been an hour since the patient had woken up. However, there was no still response from him.Doctor Henry checked the patient's pupils again. He shoved his flashlight to see if the refraction of light would cause some movement even if it was slight. However, it remained dull and unmoving. It was no different from having his eyes closed. Although the patient's condition was not different when he was in a coma, it was still a huge breakthrough that the patient opened his eyes.It was the patient's first movement in five years."You have clearly waken up. So why are you not responding?" Doctor Henry pondered.The patient's vitals were weak but at least at a normal level. All the patient's senses were dull. That's reasonable since it's been five years ever since he was in bed.Doctor Henry raised the blanket and checked the patient's legs.The legs were thinner than the patient's a
Doctor Henry felt strange after the call ended. The suspicion in his heart grew and various dog-blooded dramas came up in his mind. He shook his head and took the patients' files to distract himself from these strange thoughts. An hour later, the nurse came knocking on his office's doors. "Sir, the guardian from patient 400 is here." Doctor Henry put down his file and looked up at the man who had just came in. That's right. The guardian who was supposed to be in overseas was here. Doctor Henry stood up and offered the newcomer to sit. "I heard from your brother that you are currently overseas. It's a good thing your previous number still works and you came to answer. This is a very crucial stage for the patient and I really wish to talk with the guardian about his condition. So I hope you won't take it against me for trying to inform you twice." Michael Aden seemed confused, then understanding came to his eyes. The thoughts came sudden and went quickly. The man's usual stern ex
Three folders were placed in front of me. "Here it is. This is the copy of the folders that Lucas received before. The last one is in his hands. We haven't made a copy of it because of his request. But I bet these three folders with Lucas' information are enough, right?" Carl said with a business smile. I eyed him in suspicion. How could Carl give this information that Lucas held preciously so easily to others? Lucas had paid an exorbitant amount for each file that five hundred tokens would not be enough for these three files. So for me to acquire it so easily, made me doubt this whole exchange. Was it really fine? I only expected Carl to answer my question or tell me a simple short story about Lucas' life and death. That's all. But to get something as important as this. If Lucas come to learn about this, he would be surely enraged-- Pang. My heart ached again. I once again was reminded that Lucas was not in the right state to worry about this. Lucas... "What? You don't