Chapter 9.2 (1/2)

The girl timidly opened her eyes and looked up at the boy who had an awkward expression.

…… What exactly was going on.

The boy had an expression that suited his age and was completely different from the impression she had earlier.

Elizabeth thought he was not as scary as she had expected.

[Erm…… are you not going to do anything to me?]

[No.]

The boy answered. It seemed like he really did not intend to hurt her.

The taut feelings within her were released and she sighed with relief.

…… It seemed like the boy was more reasonable than she expected, and it seemed like it was going to be a favorable situation for her.

Perhaps she would be able to realize ‘that’ after spending so many years thinking about it.

(—This monster!)

But the instant the thought of hope appeared in her mind, she suddenly remembered these words.

Maybe this boy was the same as the other adults.

She was an abnormality, someone who was different from humans after all. And it was clear that she was an abnormality upon first sight.

Was he not afraid when he noticed for what she really was?

She looked uneasily at the boy, but he did not appear to be scared.

[Erm! ….. Are you not afraid of me?]

Silence filled the room. Elizabeth bit her lips tightly.

[I’m not exactly scared—]

[Why…… Why exactly!?]

She yelled out loudly.

Everyone who knew her was feared her.

There were people who cursed her, there were people who swung swords at her, there were people who ran out — Every action they did in front of her was filled with fear.

The reason as to why was because she was —

[I’m already dead. I’m a genuine ghost. A monster. My body is transparent, and—]

Because, a ghost—

Was an existence that people detested.

It was an abnormal existence from humans.

But it seemed like she was not the only abnormal existence around.

[Even though you’re a ghost it doesn’t mean you would attack people. Then it’s fine—]

The boy answered.

He was someone who had a different common sense from this world.

She was stunned by the boy’s words, and when she understood the meaning of her words, her tears fell.

Once her tears fell she was unable to stop her tears, and began to stand there crying softly.

[I’m sorry.]

Elizabeth apologized with a blus.h.i.+ng face.

The gaze that was full of kindness made her blush even more.

[Don’t worry about it.]

The boy waved his hand to show it was a trivial thing.

[My name is Elizabeth. Onii-san’s name is……]

[I’m Chaos.]

[Chaos, is it? Why did you come to such a remote place?]

From Chaos’s words, it seemed that he was on traveling from Meldor to the capital.

As he pa.s.sed through the mountain path, the number of attacks from the undead suddenly increased, and after moving from the place he fought, he discovered this dilapidated house by chance.

He saw Elizabeth by chance and came to take a look.

Since Elizabeth had never left the house even once, she did not know where Meldor or the capital was.

She asked Chaos what they were like.

Chaos answered that he did not know what the capital was like since he was going there for the first time, but he talked about the adventurer’s life in Meldor.

They were experiences on doing quests and joining a party for the first time.

There were plenty of words that Elizabeth did not understand, but she found everything new and listened attentively.

How long had it bee

n that she was so lively?

Ever since her father died, she had never spoken up until now.

She felt the world that was faded was suddenly filled with colors.

[Meldor roughly felt something like this.]

[Thank you very much, Chaos-san. I really enjoyed it very much!]

[…… Is that so?]

Elizabeth thanked Chaos who spoke for some time.

She thought he was scary in the beginning, but realized he was really a nice person.

She wondered if he was able to do something.

[Chaos-san, I humbly request of you to destroy the orb in the bas.e.m.e.nt.]

The bas.e.m.e.nt in the house was her father’s laboratory, and created often made magic items there.

She rarely visited there from the time she was alive, and even until she had became like what she was now.

When her father was still alive the bas.e.m.e.nt was properly cleaned, and the impression that the books, specimens, and magic items were arranged properly, but it was dusty now after long years of neglect.

The spider webs were everywhere and made the place unrecognizable from its former self.

There was an orb sitting in the pedestal in the room.

[This?]

Chaos asked Elizabeth for confirmation.

[Yes. As long as this is here I am unable to leave the mansion. I will be released if this is broken. I can interfere with objects in this mansion, but I am unable to touch this jewel.]

When she tried to approach the orb, she was blocked by an invisible wall, as though there was a barrier blocking it.

[So please help me break it—]

[…… Understood.]