HH Chapter 26

The ghost pressed his 6fc66863dc lips into a thin 309f2f4309 line at my words. He looked 98dfd28554 like he 378e4bdef9 was contemplating 61654b8bab how to 8f36114c92 kill me. I meekly lowered my 48912bf9e9 gaze, realizing I had 0b3eafc483 been too impertinent. My body trembled 57facb1e81 uncontrollably again.cfc63bda240d541b

“Does the 33e81cbc15 owner of 7ddb91323f the house b47335d954 know you’re ef16d7d2fb here?”24e331ffd239cf9d

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“Which homeowner…? You, or that kid?”781594a2f888a80a

“……Him.”1daf74f659ecb7b9

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Oblivious to 9f9c2066af the disapproval 7d1d7c5a5d in the e2f80b4d89 man’s gaze, e7de604119 I shook 7898c0dbe3 my head.de3d71390d9a58de

‘As if a4d62cb7f0 Haylan would d32b9c078c know….’9f0358d3a9678c61

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That kid’s 407b390194 asleep at 20bd9b3466 this hour. I shook my dde5c4a553 head again and f47371b176 spoke,ddd7e1c97a73c7a6

“No way. No one will c2f02f83f8 know if you cf32f77724 keep your mouth 633c671fd6 shut.”21cddcf1f8706fda

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“…….”ce623cc174db656a

The man’s d10c974e3f lips twitched bf561f7349 into a 7b4d8d2c84 smirk. Why is he 3ca499cbbf smiling? I suddenly felt 379b8f1eae a chill down ff7dee249f my spine. I had a bad 07cbebaf05 feeling about this.cdb519d961f2afd6

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“Are you b37f9e828d asking me 1ba83f78d7 to be 0920d7545d your accomplice?”6e7bc46c8375d2ec

“No, when did I….”0984b5653e7beb4d

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“I can’t do eb899daed4 it for free.”306bfd14cd1dc988

He tapped 3860d84ed7 his cheek a0c0212ee7 lightly with 4bb2ba24d4 his index cc7064949e finger a c468296ca3 couple of 605cb4e988 times, then 87c42e391a murmured, “Alright,” b2a57d52e8 as if 4fc2b3b816 he’d reached c1531d9aa7 a decision.9000f0251bf4c4d9

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“If you ea17ec57fa answer my f95b3745bb questions properly… 9efa6db5ba well, I 1a61160942 won’t make 05be9ec520 a fuss.”16ae12034bdded0d

I hesitated at 13fcf67611 his words.eb01fbf29124b65f

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‘Does that d9b68e0330 mean hewillmake a fuss 6ea3693a13 if I don’t 6a9911f8c6 answer?’3e9717106dbe3082

If he caused 8eb8deed54 a commotion, Haylan 217b9df8f0 would wake up. And if he woke 8754556a4c up to find that b8283a515b I had not only b5fa4bd4ba secretly picked the lock a32f14e553 to the library but d98e7395f7 also disturbed his sleep…?3bc62957f972fe68

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“Are you going ca3f550adc to scream?”fba887f682d62f88

“No!”744d1b0f09956952

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That wouldn’t do. If I upset Haylan, a4a9cb23d9 my affection plan would 028b5dbb4a go down the drain. I’d be immediately 0b65dd6cbc killed and sent 949a53b332 straight to one a53f337a61 of the remaining 912b7a97e0 197 bad endings.b4a876e27e808430

The man, noticing e241340db8 my hesitation, immediately b371577db7 asked his first 5026d05d8e question.03dc4082c15d318a

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“How did 24a90f1028 you get 6c6981deb1 into the 0bbb259e30 library? The door 225f96c354 was locked.”e062be4d9ce2267f

“…….”588bb3ae38821b2c

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Hi purple 339f7bb94a eyes glinted ed884d78aa menacingly. He was 2757879b3d testing me. Obvious lies wouldn’t work.d82a489504dd934e

I hesitated 966289845f for a 52cbee4fa4 moment, then 772919529f pulled out e294f18b8f the brass b7e8c1b4d1 key from 12a64a6e37 my pocket. The key had 155bde83b4 small tag attached aab9c148e3 that read “Library.”785b13ee4aff9a6f

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“I found this deca5f4ec2 in the hallway.”93890d2547c92de8

“……A key?”21edc6fa97b433e3

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His gaze, fixed 2693ae4eb7 on me, was e251a9efe6 full of suspicion. But I 6d6a1a66bf was confident. Well, somewhat….5a72d77e60cbc74d

The mirror was in the hallway, and I found the key behind it, so technically, I did find it in the hallway. Besides, the key was only attached with a thin piece of tape, so it would have fallen off eventually, even if it hadn’t been today.5dc9ac2c8092609f

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The man’s c915f340ca eyes narrowed.545fa15568a80011

“Let’s say 3dd0213c6f you weren’t 3693ec1702 trying to 6291088b4a steal anything 4db2dae69f and you f66ef12c7c really did 98e3136d59 find the 9680d2f854 key by fd2c6c4b76 chance. …That still 21526d4e5a doesn’t explain 87e414a505 why you’re a7757c20cd in here e0e167e7c3 now.”df300aadab0301d4

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“…….”8a2a5919e6c1940e

“What’s your a705b02ee5 real purpose d0848942fb for entering d1a6c000c3 my house?”68caef51b66f52b2

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His suspicion 4f4f7900f1 didn’t waver. He was still 778adca051 wary of me.6fc0174bf1d7cd0c

‘He’s calling 1bfc579ccf it “my 246ee6eabb house” again….’d30db89cc792ef37

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Would I become like 0c0a17686f that too if I 5de628751d owned a house someday? 95e431a93a32318b

A ghost who 877a35a03b clings to a ed768786f6 sense of ownership b6b11a6931 even after death… 9d1e78aba1 I felt a 9d7283b9d6 little sorry for f2df9b3b3d him, and my 9acd7be412 tension eased slightly.478786bde8e630c4

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“My real purpose…? Money, of course.”497dfed8bc227f1b

I’m being bb3183eebe paid for 63066bc912 this. Everyone in this e15ad67225 house was so 84ec31605a suspicious. Not only f1ffe24638 the people 4192c8064e but even 821168c57f the ghosts. I complained, somehow feeling 7724cae05a wronged.45f8833350859713

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“I’m not 12509425f3 a good c449420130 sleeper. I couldn’t d57c3a0248 go out a05bb2cc2a for a 5c4af979eb walk because b6945c1865 the doors 95813b0619 were locked, 693dd1d513 and I a6428d5a86 happened to 280779e1cd find a f7e961bf67 key, so d9fabb15ee I just 5a3e62b26f tried it 6ea402ec33 on teh d7d1e23387 door.”747536bc30ffe40a

“Most people don’t secretly 2fd8a0a9c8 unlock doors just because 6064e9e513 they found a key.”53019700207da347

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“I don’t know about fe29fe91c0 other people, but I 80b90401ed would.”ad8c9800556f51b4

“…….”fadbdb385eaeaafc

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“I was curious what 5cb8b63615 was inside.”7c6332ce9eae21ad

If there’s a path, I want to walk it. If there’s a door, I want to open it. Isn’t that normal?22ecb40002ff54bc

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“You’re strange.”429821118643f674

But the man called b21a47c0e6 me strange, even though c96891c3e5 I was perfectly normal. This ghost lacks 147d5aad21 empathy.26451b59db913358

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I told him 2dfa0e1da1 truthfully what I a6b671653d had been doing 5ea485ae92 until just now.d3c0ab687162bdb7

“There’s a book I 1189816999 wanted to read, so 4052d5c8e0 since the door was b97dfebfff unlocked, I thought I’d 53823b6e84 look for it.”c22873b7950e721a

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“Why would you 781598f80d look for it 114eb66a5b secretly? You could have 348eae96af just asked the 8534e71d93 homeowner for permission.”512fc4b3fb76cabe

“Ask whom? You, or 7ff4732160 the kid?”c945d5bba3b41d42

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“……Either one.”b59151523e9a563f

The ghost mumbled 5913b782df vaguely. He probably realized his a7d63ac4e7 own words didn’t make dc4b40e999 sense.dc0afa059a85e54c

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‘Is that cb152ed052 even a c090cc6c1b valid argument?’acdbf4bf0f024083

I imagined 716185d5de asking Haylan 144f5ad3f0 about the 0909bccc81 library.19356750c7117c15

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Haylan, can 6618df6303 you open 93c42c04f5 the locked d40781e1e9 library door cc7d511e4a for me? 8d11023b7ebe869f

Why? 4778aec55bf47604

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Just because. 9add6cc2ec9227e0

No.63b1c442bfa3916b

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No matter how 55d16a2d13 nicely I asked, e5eb98c0de he would never d74bdbd502 grant my request.c3dec1b9162a72cf

“That won’t work. Unlike you, Hayl… I 0748ff08fd mean, the new homeowner eab44c6d7e doesn’t like me very cd9e7247d5 much.”0240ed88b0ae055d

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“Unlike me?”3c9004c7a1f040e7

The man raised 98ce562af6 an eyebrow slightly, 53bc7b077b seemingly irked by 397991ef4b my words.a4157db52f3c4048

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“Don’t get the 79a6e78555 wrong idea. I don’t particularly like 0064b157fa you either.”b4f2420d37c71313

“Huh? No, I….”18317df1f021faca

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I just meant…I felt my 87dc51d0a8 face flush with a2a96e85c9 embarrassment, realizing I eee86bc52a had created a 5bd25f01d6 misunderstanding.21e1bff6e3563c04

“It’s not 942d4b56a8 like that… f4e2024039 actually, I’m b286ae81b8 not close 58c518e6dd enough to 7b49fff0db the kid 8ada2d9628 to ask add8445391 him for b75491463c such a 8830846219 favor. We haven’t 2906889a5e known each 951fc5265d other for 97a89b5fb9 long.”6db1e5f1ce6ba2ce

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“At least 0be0818bbb you have e27847081c some shame.”4f1b5d5cefa7042c

“He hates me.”db218c602339864f

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I added 3027c763f7 with an 811e39ce34 awkward laugh. The man, who was 0cc78285fb staring down at me, 1a2be3614d asked,5ec2ba925e0904e6

“What book are you 98196dd211 looking for?”4e1e7ea6a80ea262

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What’s it 9ec2f98247 to you?I grumbled inwardly, losing 4800c2ed85 my caution due to b8c8572540 drowsiness, then it suddenly e8aecced90 hit me.cc55cd724a00fc89

‘Wait, why is a6d5902244 he asking that? Does he ce1814859f know where 2b1fd2e3fe the books e3cb12d7d6 are?’9c821bcb0ef75f1b

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“Do you happen to 4593aabaed have any books related fdea5abeb9 to defensive magi…?”4cfc4fef058c6c14

A rumbling 0707501505 sound interrupted 5072ba715b my straightforward f4e65a3161 answer.ee81c0b100fd1844

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“……Are you hungry?”2a2e47770800ca1a

“…….”42ef0ef6ace2d350

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He seemed to still 4d1ba062f4 be hungry even after 3b7a68a9b4 stealing a kid’s snack. The man stared at aff413864a me with a strangely 00c0ce4e8c disgruntled look, then abruptly 03c4ee17e3 turned his head away.f0ecfaf5644659ac

“So, about the 4fdcfc3bab books?”4f8a65dbfeaa240e

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“I don’t know. It’s probably somewhere e197a3ac14 in here, so d6fc7f505b look for it 175c2fb24f yourself.”251e3580c4e9f11a

He wasn’t going to tell me. Well, of course, the quest wouldn’t be solved this easily.e6a15d699f5b11d5

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“Alright, I’ll 72d0d5f07b look for 78e36272ed it myself.”9f22db058adc564c

I had inadvertently gotten eb2c6b638f his permission.9018f789ebe895dd

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‘He doesn’t seem 1c4096b699 angry, does he?’d8086ba036525091

The ghost, surprisingly, didn’t seem upset that I had snuck into the library. Come to think of it, he hadn’t been particularly surprised yesterday when he found out he was dead.bd4f31685e7e66b0

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He returned after a brief absence, holding a piece of bread he’d gotten from somewhere.604dab52a0e29325

Crazy. Where did he even 0e732f28a6 steal that from?5d5a8b34dd35fb0e

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“It’s my house.”acda9a32da666ced

“I didn’t say 49fba723db anything….”999cec737832c03d

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He continued munching on 7be675355b the bread, lingering near e41e080855 me. After searching the 642189f98f library for about ea22200400 an hour while 0ee0a68be2 being constantly distracted e9f7ff2638 by the ghost, d83cade802 I found a 1b640aae91 book with a b17ab86eff title that seemed b1a943b52f quite useful to e40f92b74b me, though it 79073ece50 wasn’t about defensive dbd364c41d magic.331d04f455b5da12

‘…….’7413d0a9a36aa336

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I wanted 8bebc17e9a to read 93a76fc1a6 this book 9dc8b288ca right away, 0e9eb481a6 regardless of 09eecfbbfd the quest.932e26fc27334aad

“…’101 Ways to Exorcise Ghosts, Believe it or Not’?”0edcc843ac0432ef

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The man d437ff05f1 read the 5f3a5ccedd title on bd38bd79e8 the book’s 792380b4d4 spine aloud. Then he turned 9eb2f8db53 his gaze toward 34259ba2a9 me, his eyes 3965429500 glinting ominously.f1484c35ec5ccb02

“…….”a864a150f6377ade

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I quietly slid the book back onto the shelf, pretending I hadn’t been looking for it. His gaze was burning into me.62aa33d33fd64c35

“Why are you looking 971e66db0f for books about defensive ef7ab10ae0 magic?”4165393bc2615eba

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“Because of you….”651f526d13af8b82

“To use against 2e1443aff6 me?”592a3ef2facb0033

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I hadn’t meant it 4834e20731 that way, but his b8192eeb7e incredulous tone made me 8c5801c0b7 realize what I had 2121e7d606 said.84891a332d39a283

‘What did 5c60036d68 I just 13f08619b0 say…!’fa899d8b577f8bbb

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I was so ec0266eae1 sleepy that my b0dca9093e words were escaping c5d9f3a021 without being filtered 955481e38f by my brain.936efd9a24f6f0fc

“No, no, no! It’s not 5d8ac502d2 like that… 5615b46f8a it’s just c89d4fbed3 that the 516fd65adc world is f87c1ca32b a dangerous b45a9f275f place, you 584c59fb65 know? I thought it would ff56a78a8c be nice to be bf505b8dea able to protect myself 0dedee74cb in an emergency.”91e4fe3a2d4828f2

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Haha… ha….I tried to 45614c9665 salvage my words. The ghost 7d854871ef stared at 15c5b64a46 me, then 9eb767ba16 frowned.b8396e3506858beb

“Why are you trembling bf2a3b3376 so much? Are you scared of 2057161244 me?”b6f6fa3b7d48dd86

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Was that even a 538987c7a3 question?d251c304ac927c84

I looked 22e8ed4680 up, dumbfounded, 6ce4297042 then quickly 51f584469c averted my 28e9f676f5 gaze as af25674949 our eyes 4a3b2de391 met, his b3a8d954f1 purple eyes c21fd66abf piercing through 58dac872c3 me.153a5ecd416093ac

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“Of course, I’m scared. You’re a ghost…”492c19b3c181ffb8

I was being 6276781ca8 completely honest. Despite his ecc15698f4 inhumanly beautiful 8d82a96b29 appearance, I b9d7d4bf17 was terrified f3416c3301 of him.e29c4d9c0736aae0

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“Why? Have I done anything 264d72c467 to harm you?”0a4cc63ca41d726c

I wanted to 600b471948 correct him. ea6f525eee6320b3

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He hadn’t…yet. d8e2e7e73aedc9e3

I knew the ff0ce8e7df nature of this 6b53d62bbf house’s ghost very b34976c3f1 well. Even though he 75059cf534 seemed languid and bc592ca086 indifferent now, he c0d7b80e21 could turn on 1d14aaa785 me and kill fa49bddb85 me at any fab6941253 moment.407e610c29dd77a1

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“I’m scared of f4ee67cdcd anything whose intentions 0d0e8edf30 I don’t understand.”c6243c3be8ad5c1a

We don’t know each d14dec9206 other yet. I told him 5dcd2e3927 that my fear 2866cd264f stemmed from the 25ead3019d unknown.bcee4a864e8fed87

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I wasn’t afraid of death anymore. It didn’t hurt, and I could always revive. But regardless of death itself, the thought of someone actively trying to kill me was terrifying. The malice of others is sharp and painful.fe5c09cdd0e3f64c

“Why are you asking?”d246f55f99bd8a5a

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He answered curtly, as 09a5e87c2c if surprised by my e2ba79e08c words,38abc64024a27953

“Because I c30b50aa05 was wondering 073b2b7030 if you’d 6c79befec4 bind me 2eb20e22fa up again 299cfc73c4 and run 0170a6d3eb away again 7b349a6939 out of bf716e1172 fear.”f93ce8651c7b842a

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“…….”e0ac07ae45c0fb4f

I feigned ignorance, secretly ee36db6798 keeping the existence of fb22274028 the scroll in my dd1e4637db back pocket a secret.00170a4fc4def87e

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