Carl was really talented. If he was a seller, he would be able to swindle a lot of customers. Although I only said a few words about the lead, he was able to elaborate it to Sir Reynold grandly. He hadn't heard what was the lead about, but Carl speak about it as if it was a game-changing event. Although I personally think it was, Carl who was suspicious of me earlier should not be saying this. If the information I have was lacking, I might be disappointing Sir Reynold. I looked at Carl with a realization. Perhaps this was Carl's intention. To make Sir Reynold expect something great from me. If the information I have given to them did not end up giving justice to what Carl had said, the reward I would receive would be small. Hmph. Carl was really cheap for using this trick. Thankfully, the grandma's existence gave me a huge discovery. Sir Reynold nodded at Carl's explanation. "Kelly, you can trust us that we will give an equal reward to your discovery. Please tell us what is
Although the information was lacking I at least got a witness on the day of my accident. I haven't started investigating about the person who hit me. Because I have no extra money to investigate something else except my identity, I did not give much thought about this assailant of mine. I glanced at my bulging pocket. But since I have extra time and money, I could finally make a request. "Thank you for that. If you ever remembered something that day, tell me. I'll give you candy." Will's eyes turned bright. "Candy? You have candy?" It must have been ages ago since this child was able to drink or eat anything. "Of course. I promise you. I am quite rich now. I can afford it." Will was full of expectations and tried to think hard about that day. I looked at Will. Compared to me who was bloody from head to toe, Will looked clean. Only the back of his head and his hair were dyed with blood. If you did not look it closely, you would not find anything amiss. He died on the spot and t
"Alright. Give me a pack." I handed the fifty tokens to the seller. The seller was happy. He then introduced me to some tempting products. But I have to stop him or else I would buy more since I have money on hand.I took one mochi and gave it to Will."This is my promise."Will took it without even thanking me and unwrapped it hurriedly. When he took the mochi in his mouth, he closed his eyes and savored it slowly.Hmmm...The bait was now settled."How do you feel? This place is not that scary, right? The people here are not that scary too." "Is it the place you mentioned?""No. The place I told you about before is a lot livelier than this. It is full of nuns and children.""Oh." Will did not speak anymore and just looked around the market with interest.After showing him around for half an hour, I lead him to Carl's office.Carl was already waiting for me. Seeing the child, Carl raised his brow."Where did you kidnap this child?""I did not kidnap him. I just met him on the way."
I was in a daze as I stepped out of Sir Reynold's office.I could not believe that I have gotten the attention of the higher-ups in the ghost society because of my discovery. I only wanted them to be distracted away from Lucas and me so that they would not mention hunting for a while.But it turned out that I underestimated the information I discovered.They might have looked away from Lucas, but the spotlight pointed towards me. And the attention I got this time was more scandalous than hunting an ancient demon.My recklessness would not end up exposing my condition, right? Hopefully, they would not be so bored to investigate about my identity fully.Although as a ghost, they have plenty of time on their hands and have much boredom, it was likely that they would want to know about the person who found a key to enter the door-to-the-afterlife, their only way to salvation.My greatest fear was that these powerhouses would not find out that I-Kelly- was still breathing and was just sepa
This child! After giving an inch to him, he wanted to take a mile!"Of course not!" I said with a firm tone.Will pouted. "Why not?""Hunting a demon is not easy. Do you know how many times I almost lost this little soul of mine? Every time we hunt, I am always in the demon's stomach! Besides, you have a small body so it's impossible for you."Will's head dropped. "Then... are you going to give me a pack of mochi's every month if I agreed?"A month...?!I can do that if I continuously hunt. But it's not like I have an obligation to raise this ungrateful child. Just helping him find a home was all I can do."Nope. I can only give you this once."I took the pack of mochi and hid it on my back. "Never mind what I said. If you don't like it, you can continue living in the streets and be endangered by demons and grim reapers. If you see one, it's too late to regret then."Will took my arm that was holding the mochi. "I did not say I won't agree. I am just thinking about it. Let's visit the
"Did something happen?" I asked out of the blue to the short nun.The nun stiffened for a moment. She tried to cover up her stiff expression with an awkward smile. "W-what?""Sister Nancy told me last time that I am welcome to come at any time and she is willing to meet me again. So it took me by surprise that she could not meet me today. Besides, Sister Nancy seemed to give utmost importance in taking care of children than other matters. And you two have not-so-good expressions. Did something happen?"The nun paled. "Ah...It must be because we have been so busy nowadays. We usually received guests warmly but today is not a good time.""Oh...." The nun seemed adamant about covering up the matter. This made me more curious. Does their suspicious behavior have something to do with what they were talking about earlier?They seemed to be talking about 'time'."Big sister! Can I play with them?" Will pulled my hand as he pointed toward the children who were playing in the field.I looked
I followed the tall nun on the way back to Sister Nancy's office. There was only silence between us.The tall nun was frowning. I bet she was puzzled why Sister Nancy called for me.Well, I am too was quite surprised that Sister Nancy wished to see me. If my conjecture was right about this 'graduation', then I could understand why the nuns wanted to hide this from me, an outsider that does not belong in the monastery.Sister Nancy would have to attend to this urgent matter before anything else. But now that she was inviting me in, I wonder if my guess was not on point and I was just overthinking all of this.My thoughts halted when I saw Sister Nancy outside her office, waiting for me. She also saw me and smiled at me.I smiled back."Sister Nancy." I greeted her as soon as I arrived.Sister Nancy held my hand. "I did not expect to see you soon. I said before that I would welcome you the next time you come here. But something urgent happened and the other nuns have to send you away."
I was shocked. For ghosts, life means having time and staying as they are in this world of the dead, or the hope to enter the door-to-the afterlife for a new life. Death was becoming a starving demon or getting captured by grim reapers. But this coin could be used in any of those moments? How? "...I don't understand," I said, confused. Sister Nancy just smiled at me. "This coin...is a pardon token given to me by a grim reaper." ! Sister Nancy...met a grim reaper and survived?! "How did you...how is it..." I have so many questions that I don't know which one to start with. Sister Nancy put the coin back in my hand. "That grim reaper told me that my soul is still somewhat pure. That I still have quite a lot of time. And that he would come to me when I ran out of time. In the meantime, he said I could used this coin when I met other grim reapers who wanted to capture me. If the grim reapers saw it, they would let me go. Sister Nancy smiled as she reminisced. "He said each grim re