Chapter 91 - Spirit, Soul, and Shadow (1) (1/2)

Actually, I had no idea what they meant by shadow. But, from the way he told me, it must not be something good.

”We have followed the source. Apparently it's the old man's friend. They have been trying to attack Milady because they knew about your power.” The man said calmly.

After hearing it, I could vaguely guess what shadow was.

Shadow was the astral entity that was used to harm people. It could be a form of curse if one couldn't see them, but it could be an eternal haunting to those who could see them, because they would never come in their beautiful form.

No, scratch that, they didn't have beautiful form. They were the embodiment of wicked, sin, and evil beings who used their negative aura to create bad things towards their victims.

I knew this kind of things more or less because it was not something new from where I came from nor where I was studying at.

These shadows could do various missions, from haunting a person until killing the person. Of course, the master should pay for it, too. The more dangerous the task, the more expensive the master would pay too. For example, to kill someone, they needed to prepare human blood as the payment.

There were also some of these shadows who were hired to make a person rich. Through a vessel like statue or any other items, they would ask for payment. For example, when someone asked for wealth and power, this person might need to sacrifice human's life.

The life of innocent children who got kidnapped while playing around, or worse, their own children or family member.

Those who were used in these kinds of activity, either served as a tool for human's greed or as curse for black-hearted humans, were called Shadow for they didn't have their true forms anymore, and their originally transparent and grey soul turned dark and black.

There was nothing good upon agreeing a deal with them.

”Where is Siji?”

”In the captive room.” Probably torturing the old man, I know.

”Tell him to come here now.” I pushed the cover from my body and got down from the bed. I really needed to take a shower, but I decided to finish the problem that was coming at me.

While I was checking on the clothes my friend brought for me, I felt Siji's aura coming near me and stopped behind me.

”Milady.” He started. ”Do you need me?”

”Tell me, Siji, you've seen the shadows being sent to me, right? What do you think?” I turned my body until I was face to face with him.

He was beaming with smile as if what I've been asking him was a low-leveled question and not more than just a joke to him. ”A child play.” He said, his voice was laced with confidence.

Siji was not an old man. He was like an a.d.u.l.t man in his thirties, even older than Sanji. He was full of vigor and his eyes still sparked with mischievousness sometimes. I had been wondering what he used to be when he was alive. He had the same aura of those deceased people, meant that he used to be a human, too. How did he end up being the supervisor of this army?

”So, can I trust this child play to you?” I arched my eyebrows.