Are MZ Shamans In Trouble In Romance Novels? - Chapter 8

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8.

Human flesh was like a highly addictive drug to the dead. Therefore, it was necessary to establish proper discipline from the start.

“Yin-Yang Five Elements Household Gods Three Platforms Six Stars Imperial Great Gods Heavenly Upper and Lower Clash General Four Seas Heavenly Disaster Transformation General.”

A blue energy settled in Calisia’s red eyes. Soon, the General Spirit’s mighty and clear power surged throughout her entire body.

“Here I come.”

Calisia, gritting her teeth, lunged at Isaac.

“Ugh!”

Isaac fell backward, landing hard on his bottom from the force that pushed him like a bull. Not missing the opportunity, Calisia swiftly climbed on top of his stomach.

“Stay still.”

Calisia pressed down on Isaac’s throat with one hand.

“Let go of this!”

Isaac struggled desperately to escape from the grip around his neck.

-Let go, I said!

Isaac’s hideously distorted soul appeared overlapping the boy’s body. The two faces layered and mixed together like a broken screen.

Calisia grabbed the boy’s bangs with an unhesitating touch and lifted them up. Her blood-stained fingers touched his straight forehead.

Swish swish-

Enduring the stinging pain, she wrote out the characters stroke by stroke. The seal character . Though it was a temporary measure, it was a sealing technique that bound the dead to human flesh.

“What, what is this.”

The character written in blood emitted a red light and burned away. Soon after, an unidentifiable massive pressure slowly constricted his body.

Like solid iron chains. Isaac, gasping for breath, rolled his eyes frantically in confusion.

“What do you mean what? I told you that you wouldn’t be able to come out even if you wanted to now. You’re trapped. You.”

Calisia rolled up her sleeves as if she was about to begin a proper beating.

***

“I was wrong, Lady Calisia! Please let me out!”

Isaac, thoroughly beaten, cried and begged like a child. If he stayed in the boy’s body any longer, he would surely not live out his natural lifespan.

“Why? You said you wanted to keep staying there.”

“No! I want to get out! Really!”

“Good. You thought well. Crawling into someone else’s body isn’t as good as you thought it would be.”

Calisia rubbed the seal character written on his forehead with her finger. As the smudged character lost its form, the energy that had been binding Isaac’s soul disappeared.

-Uwaaek! Uwek! Hueok!

Ejected from the boy’s body, he fell face-down on the floor and retched. It was truly an experience he never wanted to repeat.

“But why isn’t this kid waking up.”

Calisia, crouching on the floor, examined the boy’s complexion. His face was full of romantic features – he was quite handsome. Having this idle thought, she poked the boy’s cheek.

“The kid is more frail than he looks.”

Even though quite some time had passed, he showed no signs of waking up. Well, having good bone structure and having strong energy were different things.

Especially since this boy would have been tormented by the dead since childhood due to his ghost-attracting fate.

Still, this is taking too long to wake up.

Finally, Calisia shook the boy’s shoulders vigorously.

“Hey, snap out of it… Ah!”

In an instant, he strongly pulled Calisia’s arm toward himself. Caught off guard by the sudden attack, her delicate body tilted forward and fell. It looked as if she was covering the boy.

Their gazes collided in mid-air and Calisia’s silver-violet hair rippled like waves.

Following the flowing hair, the boy lowered his eyes. Between his dark blue eyelashes, golden eyes that held the sun shone brilliantly.

It was a gaze so deeply enchanting that it could bewitch even the living. So much so that one couldn’t dare look away from those eyes they met for an instant.

“….”

At the distance close enough for their lips to touch, Calisia held her breath. Not missing the opportunity, the boy seized the advantage in that gap.

Calisia let out a hollow laugh at the instantly reversed position.

“What are you.”

The boy emanated a menacing aura. Like a predator eyeing its prey, he bared his teeth and gripped Calisia’s forearm tightly.

“My back hurts, so get off.”

“I’m asking you. What are you.”

“Calisia Valus.”

Calisia answered casually and reached out to push the boy away. If she delayed any longer, Deorik’s scolding would come down.

“What did you do to my body.”

“What do you mean what. You were collapsed on the street so I hit you a few times to wake you up. Now that you know, hurry up and get off. Get off, I said!”

Calisia shook her body wildly like a crazy person, making a big fuss. At the unexpected struggle, the boy pulled his body back momentarily. His face showed a mixture of displeasure and bewilderment.

Taking advantage of that gap, Calisia quickly escaped and stood up.

“Damn. My clothes are all ruined.”

Glaring at the boy, she brushed off her dirt-covered clothes.

“Hey! Don’t walk through overgrown places like this from now on. And avoid damp and dark places when possible. Especially don’t go out on rainy days. Someone with weak energy like you…!”

Calisia, who had been rattling off words, made a strange sound and trembled. It was because the boy, who still hadn’t gotten up, had suddenly grabbed her ankle.

From his thick-jointed hands, a chilling coldness that raised goosebumps emanated.

“Let go.”

Calisia, slightly annoyed, shook her caught foot.

“…sac.”

Then the boy, who had been silently looking up at her, uttered a name in a very small voice.

“You called me that earlier. Isaac.”

“…?”

Calisia, who had been shaking her foot with an annoyed gesture, immediately changed her expression.

“You remember. How do you remember?”

Her head tilted to the side curiously.

“Come to think of it, you’re more intact than I thought.”

Her bright red eyes carefully examined the boy, trying to find what she had missed. Usually, people possessed by ghosts don’t remember those moments.

Possession.

Because it’s literally a state where control of the body has been taken away.

“With this level of ghost-attracting fate, this wouldn’t have been the first or second time. But you’re fine. Your complexion and your mental state too.”

It was truly mysterious. Possession was originally something that put great strain on both physical strength and mental state. Therefore, possessed people suffered from various aftereffects like dizziness, vomiting, and exhaustion even after exorcism.

Moreover, when the degree was severe, it was common for them to completely lose their minds.

Pupils left empty with only the shell remaining-.

But this boy was different. His eyes were clearly full. Though defiance might dwell within them, they shone clearly.

“Cases like this are really rare. Though you have a ghost-attracting fate, your spirit and soul are remarkably solid.”

Calisia repeated the word “solid” and fell into thought. A body prone to being possessed by ghosts, yet also suitable for enduring them.

-It would be perfect if I could directly infuse mana into your body and forcibly open a path.

The Previous Head of House’s words flashed quickly through her mind. Along with a solution to replace his long-rotted flesh.

“You’ve been seeing things that aren’t living people since you were young.”

Calisia’s eyes sparkled as she crouched in front of the boy.

“What are you trying to pull.”

“Why are you pretending not to know now. Ghosts, I mean. Even if you can’t see them all, you should be able to feel them. Let me see.”

Calisia grabbed the boy’s shoulders and suddenly started sniffing. It was to smell the ghost scent that had lingered around the boy.

A sour sweat smell like vinegar. This was the scent given off by spirits who died in their beds.

Sniff sniff- This time, the smell of rotten perfume and powder pierced her nose. A maiden ghost who died young in her prime. It was a Lady Ghost.

“Until recently, two of them were clinging to you. One was a perverted bastard obsessed with lust, one was a young female ghost. Right?”

The boy gave no answer. But he was definitely shaken. Judging by how the ankle he was gripping was becoming increasingly painful.

“You’ve probably had things like that attached to your body your whole life, ordering you around. Aren’t you tired of it? Should I remove them?”

It was quite like a snake oil salesman’s behavior toward a growing adolescent. But what could she do. Her own situation was desperate.

“You’d better not run your mouth carelessly in front of me.”

The boy’s jaw muscles tensed up.

“You don’t need to be so defensive. This won’t be a bad deal for you either. For now, I’ll take responsibility and keep the ghosts from clinging to your body. Just do one thing for me in return.”

“What thing?”

“Let me borrow your body for about a month.”

Calisia smiled brightly and offered a handshake. Her slightly upturned eyes curved into crescents. That smile was as radiant as a freshly bloomed spring flower.

“You just need to lend your body to our old man for half the day!”

“Ha.”

The boy, completely deflated, let go of the ankle he was holding. He stood up abruptly, saying he wanted to wash his ears immediately.

“It’s not anything weird!”

“If half is too much, how about five hours!”

“Then just exactly three hours!”

Calisia, growing desperate, grabbed onto the boy’s pant leg. A possession hotspot with the ghost gate death configuration. Where else could she find such a perfect body?

“Nonsense.”

But the handsome boy turned away coldly, as if he had nothing more to hear.

***

“Really now. Does he think there’s no other body but his?”

It was about five days ago when she grumbled while watching the boy leave without looking back. From that day on, Calisia began searching through the entire Duke’s Castle like hunting for lice.

All to find a body that would be perfect for the Previous Head of House. To cut to the conclusion, she failed to find a suitable person.

It was because Deorik’s caliber was too high. Even mages with indomitable will and knights with steel-like bodies would find him too difficult to handle.

“If someone had spiritual power, their mind was too weak. If their body was decent, their inspiration was too lacking.”

Calisia, with a weary expression, was troubled at her desk. No matter how many times she thought about it, there was only one answer.

-Miss! Miss! That handsome boy you told me to look into before!

Just then, Isaac came rushing into the bedroom in a frenzy. He began his story, panting continuously as if out of breath. Even though he had no lungs.

-Several servants were just assigned to that place over there- the separate palace in the northeast!

The empty palace was given over entirely due to an unofficial visit from a high-profile guest.

And.

-That boy was Ian Lakies! The Grand Duke’s son of the Northern Region!

Those who occupied the separate palace were the Lakies Ducal House, guardians of the Northern Region.

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