My Possession Became a Ghost Story - Chapter 38

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At that moment, Yulma stopped moving. Someone who shouldn’t be here had appeared.

“Sister Daisy?”

“Oh my, are you hurt anywhere? I’m so glad you’re safe.”

Daisy, covered in tears, hugged Ranon and Yulma. Behind her, Troy could be seen. Just as Ranon said, Troy really did come to rescue us!

And seeing the person who entered after them, Yulma gasped. Crazy, how can a person look like that?

Just from her clothes, she was clearly a noble young lady. But despite looking so frail, what she actually radiated was an overwhelming presence. If all nobles were like that, it would be a bit scary.

Seeing that they came together, did Sister Daisy or Troy bring her?

“Headmaster…”

With the intrusion of these new faces, the headmaster also returned from the past to reality.

So his weak son had brought Daisy as an ally. The headmaster remembered Daisy as a lucky child. She was always well-behaved and obedient. She had good conditions for selling, but Troy kept interfering, so his final impression of Daisy was that. The child left over after selling the others.

She posed no threat so he left her alone, but he never expected her to join forces with Troy, with whom she had such a bad relationship.

“Troy, you interfere with me until the very end.”

Really, why is there no one who understands me?

Merai had sacrificed herself by the headmaster’s side, but there was no one by Merai’s side. Not only her son, but even the demon wouldn’t move as she wished.

And white clothes fluttered.

The headmaster saw the angel standing behind Troy. Merai sighed. She praised. She trembled and was moved.

The whole world flashed white. It was a similar sensation to when she saw the painting in the temple. What a noble, brilliant, and authoritative being this was.

The angel smiled faintly. Merai believed she had received a revelation. The angel had given her a hint to resolve this situation.

Yes. Her beloved son right before her eyes.

Merai groped along the wall. She felt something blunt in her hand, carefully grasped it, and hid it behind her back.

There were too many obstacles now. She had to wait for the moment when the others turned their attention away briefly.

For example, like now.

“Ranon? Yulma?”

“Mary! I told you to keep your eyes closed!”

“I counted all the way to one hundred…”

If there was one thing Yulma misjudged, it was that Mary could count very well. Mary had counted all the way to one hundred after making several mistakes, then opened her eyes.

When Mary spoke hesitantly, Yulma shouted angrily. Mary was already scared, thinking she had made a big mistake.

And while everyone’s attention was focused on Mary, the headmaster didn’t miss the opportunity and lunged at Troy. Yulma, sensing something ominous, hurriedly hugged Mary and covered her eyes.

Stab!

“Mo… ther?”

“Haa, haa. Ha, haha hahahaha!”

The headmaster laughed brightly. It was an expression filled with joy, but tears formed and rolled down her cheeks, so no one could interpret that expression as a smile of happiness.

No one expected the headmaster would actually stab her own son. Even the headmaster herself had no intention of harming her son, so it was natural that no one could predict it.

Troy staggered and leaned against the headmaster. Daisy tried to run out, but Yulma and Ranon grabbed both her arms and stopped her.

“Melek. I offer my son as a sacrifice. Troy should have that much value. Now you’ll grant my wish, won’t you?”

The headmaster whispered to the demon and extended her bloodied hand. Melek, who was barely breathing after being hit by Ranon’s blind strike, swallowed at the appetizing smell. He had been starving for too long. With his already weakened body now injured, an even more severe hunger washed over him.

Reason was gradually being consumed. Just as Melek was about to devour Troy, a clear voice awakened his mind.

“Are you hungry?”

Melek nodded without even knowing who was asking. The headmaster dismissed it as a lie, but Melek truly hadn’t had a proper meal since becoming a demon.

“I’ll take care of feeding you. So you don’t need to force yourself to eat now.”

The voice was firm like a command yet somehow gentle, so Melek decided to follow those words.

“What are you doing? Melek!”

At the headmaster’s scream, Melek felt very sorry. Merai was clearly still unable to escape from the basement of 20 years ago. Wasn’t that the same for Melek?

The headmaster turned her arrow elsewhere.

“Haven’t you come to save me?”

The headmaster pleaded toward Evangeline. Just like when she appeared in the painting of the Grand Temple, hadn’t she descended now to give an answer? Evangeline answered nonchalantly.

“That was the original plan, but the situation changed.”

“Am I abandoned?”

“Yes. You didn’t meet the criteria. So stop now.”

Only after being abandoned by what was surely an angel, following the demon, did the headmaster give up everything. Through Merai’s vision, the scene of the basement came into view.

She saw her son bleeding from being stabbed by his mother, Daisy, Ranon, Yulma, and Mary who were wary of her. And she saw the other children blocking their eyes and ears, turning away from Merai.

Merai burst into tears.

She felt viscerally that she had ruined everything.

Realizing that the headmaster had lost her fighting spirit, Ranon and Yulma took Troy away from Merai and supported him. Troy was barely managing to stay conscious.

“Thanks, Ranon… Yulma.”

“Forget it. Patients should shut up.”

Yulma cursed instead of accepting thanks, unable to handle the conflicting emotions. Daisy listened to the two bickering and examined Troy’s wound. The wound was large.

Daisy looked at Evangeline.

“Why, why didn’t you save Troy?”

Whether it was Lady Evangeline or the demon called Jelly, both could have stopped the headmaster. Then Troy wouldn’t have been hurt either.

“That wasn’t in our agreement.”

Evangeline answered leisurely to Daisy’s reproach.

Hearing those words, Daisy’s head spun. That was right. What Daisy had asked to be saved were the headmaster and the children.

Daisy realized she shouldn’t blame Evangeline. Since she couldn’t understand human emotions, she had simply tried to faithfully keep what Daisy had requested in her own way.

It was Daisy who had first cursed Troy and hit his back, so she had no right to blame Lady Evangeline for just watching Troy get stabbed.

“Why? Do you want to save him?”

“Yes. I want to save him.”

Was there some method? Of course, excluding raising a corpse like Jelly had done…

“Fortunately, I have holy water. Just one bottle though.”

One bottle?

“Daisy, you choose. Who should I give the holy water to, Troy or that man?”

Evangeline raised her index finger to count and pointed to Troy and Melek, whom Jelly was tending to. When Daisy hesitated, Evangeline continued.

“Just kidding.”

Evangeline lifted the corners of her mouth like a painting.

Daisy felt nauseous at herself. If she hadn’t heard the last words, the person Daisy would have chosen was clear.

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Daisy rushed inside urgently. Fortunately, it seemed like the kids were found safely. Daisy took the boy and girl and retreated from the headmaster. All the other children were huddled together in a corner, so why were only these two out in danger?

The headmaster seemed to be making a last desperate struggle after noticing our arrival. There was already someone injured, as if there had been a knife fight.

The person with chains on his arms and eyes covered seemed to have been confined to be sold as a slave.

“Melek?”

“Do you know each other?”

“Yes, sort of. But he seems different somehow?”

Moreover, it seemed like Jelly knew him. Was he someone she knew when she was kidnapped by human traffickers? Or maybe he’s also a beastman?

“Same species?”

“Huh? If you really want to categorize it, yes?”

The answer seemed to be that he was a beastman who was also kidnapped together. This clearly reveals that the headmaster was involved in Jelly and Daisy’s kidnapping incident.

“Troy, you interfere with me until the very end.”

A thief’s feet are numb, as they say. Look at her making Troy the bad guy when she’s the one who did wrong. Isn’t that gaslighting? Domestic violence.

The headmaster seemed to have no intention of admitting her wrongdoing and stabbed Troy with a knife while we were distracted, then grabbed him. What kind of person takes her own son hostage?

Moreover, it seemed like Troy alone wasn’t enough and she was at a disadvantage, so she appeared to be trying to win over Jelly’s friend. She was whispering but I couldn’t hear well. Jelly, whose hearing was as exceptional as her sense of smell, summarized the conversation.

“She’s trying to tempt him with food right now.”

What? Would he fall for that?

“He seems starving.”

He seemed about to fall for it. Starving? The headmaster must have starved him without giving him food. Then the hungry voice I heard earlier must have been from that man called Melek, not the children.

There’s nothing more heartbreaking than being threatened with food. I stopped Jelly before my friend completely fell for it.

“Are you hungry?”

The headmaster is really petty. It’s not like he’s the only one with food. I have some too! I bought tons of bread to give to the kids. There’s an armful waiting in the carriage.

“I’ll take care of feeding you. So you don’t need to force yourself to eat right now.”

“What are you doing? Melek!”

Fortunately, it seems I properly cut off the headmaster’s gaslighting. Melek rebelled against the headmaster, and the backlash came flying my way.

“Didn’t you come to save me?”

“That was the original plan, but the situation has changed.”

Did you plant a bug? How did you know I originally intended to save you? Ah, come to think of it, spirits relay people’s words and such. You must have heard through them.

If Daisy had known the orphanage director was a rotten person, she wouldn’t have asked me to save her. But now the situation is different, isn’t it?

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