Chapter 52: Late night, Unreturning home (1/2)

TL: flarewk

”Eh? Wait, waitwait, to your house?!”

”Mm.”

A faint reply, followed by her pulling my hand and just like that leaving from the sides of the bench.

I dragged my feet slowly against the ground wanting to stand my feet up, but it's simply just impossible to stop!

It's not that the strength which she was pulling me was rather huge, but it's always just that it would be perfectly just destroying my balance, causing me to unsteadily trip about while following right behind her.

”Wait, Xue Qing, you can just directly tell me about the homework! There's no need for me to go to your house already, right?”

I don't want to go............

It should be said that right now, I only wanted to quickly distance myself away from Xue Qing.

Regardless of the retching stench of blood that's emanating from her, or if it's the killing aura that's given off just earlier, it already made me subconsciously set my guard up within my heart.

Although there's still no conclusive evidence yet, but within my heart, between Xue Qing and the corpse splitting homicidal maniac, there's already an 'equals' sign appearing.

It's impossible not to suspect, as no matter how I think, it can be only her already............

The murdering method of slicing a corpse into numerous pieces; an active-type handicapped admirer; always carrying along two pairs of blades, there's too many, way too many leads that had the arrowhead pointing towards Xue Qing.

And also, was............that aloofness which had already been deeply embedded within her bones, yet it just so happens to carry a provocative killing aura.

Killing arises from one's hatred, hatred develops from one's heartfelt thinking, heartfelt thinking results from one's forbearance, forbearance attains from one's humiliation.

There is indefinitely a reason for a person who develops murderous intentions, and that's what is being known as a motive for murdering.

Well then, for Xue Qing.............what's her purpose onto killing people?

Just merely because she wanted to turn others into a handicap?

She bringing me to her home, was it because that she wanted to turn me into a handicap as well.............

Just now, she had already placed Xiang Yue Xun's finger into her uppergarment's pockets already............don't tell me that I would be '17-parts-split*' by Xue Qing from her dagger that looked like Nanaya's knife* as well, being bizarrely severed into 17 pieces of meat, afterwards being stored within her pockets, right...........

A cold shudder rose from within the depths from my heart.

”.............”

”My hands, it's very dirty huh...........”

”Ah, ahhh?”

Suddenly stopping her footsteps, afterwhich asking out such a question that's neither heads nor tails.

Because her voice was too soft already, I also couldn't quite hear it clearly, hence I gave off a series of queries.

But Xue Qing unknowingly didn't repeat it once more, and used an even more smaller voice to mumble.

”Hands............mn............”

Hands? What's with the hands already?”

Just when I was in the midst of confusion, Xue Qing suddenly released my hand!

It's released! It's being directly released! I regained back my freedom already!

Good chance! Hurry up and escape!

Right now's the absolute best opportunity!! Once it's lost, there's probably no more chances for me to escape already!

My heart repeatedly nagged at me to escape, my brain issued commands to my four limbs, and afterwards, at that moment just when I was about to turn around and flee.

Seeing Xue Qing's actions, I suddenly became stunned.

She placed her hands, which was soaked with fresh blood onto her clothes, afterwhich started wiping.

After wiping about a few times, her hands still weren't that clean, as there's already a portion of blood being solidified. Even if water was being used to wash it off, it also wouldn't necessarily have everything being washed off.

But she just kept wiping about in an effort, causing the clothes that she was wearing to be dirtied already, and she even used her tongue to go lick her palms, using her saliva to wet them up, afterwards wiping once more.

So, just now it was that she was asking me on whether her hands were dirty or not, huh............

As I unveiled out a look of unwillingness, and also kept frowning my eyebrows, hence it made her feel that I was despising her hands onto being filthy, huh............

She was thinking just for my sake, yet I instead only thought of escaping............a sense of guilt flooded my heart.

Tch, what am I afraid of exactly, Xue Qing's status is blue-colored.

That's a safe color, that only a person who is deserving to be trusted, would be possessing.

Even if it's that Ji Lian Bing, when her status was blue-colored, she wouldn't do anything towards me as well.............

Well, so what am I being afraid of then?

Tonight's indeed a little crazed already............because I've witnessed a scene of a ghoul eating a corpse, and also having an experience of losing away my five senses, coupled with that emanatingly red title of Xue Qing's just earlier; under the many bouts of heavy impacts, it made even me lose away my composure, huh.............

It's not that she doesn't have any feelings at all, it's absolutely not as that.

Previously, I hadn't always realize about that point, because I didn't quite understand onto what Xue Qing was thinking...........I had always felt that she was like a human doll, simply not having any feelings at all.

But in reality, she's a real, living human being.............

Perhaps there's some distortion more or less, but she's a human being that possessed flesh, blood, and emotions.

If I flee right now, it will create an opposite effect instead, merely causing her to feel betrayed, and betrayal can trigger a person to develop hatred. And when that time comes, it's also possible that it might engender her on to feel provoked instead, turning back to a red-colored status once more.

Calm down, I can do it.

Since I'm able to delightfully converse about with Ji Lian Bing, then I also must be able to get along well with Xue Qing.

Plus, speaking from a certain standpoint, Xue Qing is way more stable compared to Lian Bing already.

”It's fine, I don't mind.”

I proactively went forward and grabbed her hand, with the sticky sensation being felt once more, but this time, I didn't feel disgusted anymore.

As long as I think that her hands were not only being dyed in blood, but also had her saliva too as well, I immediately felt way better already.

Mm............this sort of thinking seemed to be a little perverted?

”............Mm.”

Xue Qing gently nodded her head, and once more pulled my hand and walked forward.

After leaving the park from an inconspicuous small path, we arrived at a street.

”So dark...........”

Although the time right now had already went past midnight, with the streetlights all extinguished, hence it being so dark would be rather understandable, but...........

It's a little too overly dark already, right.

There's not a single bit of light at all, there's no light emanating from the advert banners of stores, and there's even no moonlight as well.

Darkness, to the extent that you can't even see your outstretched fingers.

I gloomily plucked out my phone, tapped on the screen twice, and the only instance of light then finally appeared within this voidness.

Afterwards, when I just wanted to pull down my menu to open the flashlight application that was pre-built within my phone, I suddenly noticed that there were 101 missed calls.............

”Ehh............”

”Mn?”

”Ah, nothing, I've only took a glance at my phone, it's already almost 1, huh.”

101 missed calls, all of them were from Ke Ling.

This, this is a little............

Even though Ke Ling was such a good child, how could she suddenly be doing such overly extreme actions?

Even if she was to have a haraguro personality, she would not be doing such acts, right?

Ah, oh crap, my phone's almost run out of battery already.

Looking at the 8% remaining amount of battery, I decided against using the flashlight, as this tiny amount of battery would still need to be used on other places instead.

But then again, how did my phone had its battery being drained so quickly, I remembered that it still had about 50% charge when I had left my house...?

Just a short period of time span that's not even 4 hours, and my battery level had almost completely drained already?

Don't tell me that its because of these missed calls which had exceeded over a hundred counts?

Ke Ling should be already asleep, right...........usually, she would be already sleeping way, way earlier, and when I had left the house, it should by right already almost be the timing for her to sleep, so right now, she's definitely already asleep.

If not, how about I give Xin Ran a call? Mm............

After thinking for a moment, I still didn't make a call, but only wrote a short text message with the contents being [Tonight I'll be sleeping at my friend's house, won't be going back, don't worry about me.], and separately sent it to Xin Ran and Ke Ling. Looking at the 'Sent' word afterwards, I then put my phone away.

I still must give them a call after a moment later............

Although the street was pitch-black, Xue Qing seemingly was like as if she's able to view things within the darkness, as she pulled my hand and systematically led me progressing towards a target location.

After walking for about 15 minutes later, she stopped. Looks like we should have reached our destination already.

”Reached already?”

”Mm.”

I can't see the house's shape clearly, but the size shouldn't be small, as there's even a small yard for this mansion.

So this is Xue Qing's home, huh............

Just like that, Xue Qing went ahead of me and walked to the front of the door. I didn't hear the sound of using keys to open it up, was it an electronic lock? It can't be that she didn't lock her door, right...........

Following her going inside the house afterwards, Xue Qing didn't switch on the lights as well, not even taking off her shoes and just went into the living room, while I was at the entrance looking everywhere for the light switch, and was instead fruitless ultimately.

I could only follow after her and walk into the living room. Because there weren't any house slippers to change to, I didn't take off my shoes as well.

After entering the living room, I heard a 'ka cha' sound, and afterwards, I saw a bundle of bright light appearing inside the living room.

It's the lighter's weak fire glow, which illuminated Xue Qing's small face, and afterwards, I saw her using the lighter to light up the candles in the living room one by one...........the living room finally became slightly brighter.

But to be actually using candles and whatnot, wasn't it a little too out-of-date already...........

Within the house was silence, seemingly like as if there weren't anyone else around. The living room's decor was indeed rather modern, having whatever that it requires, but under the glowing candles, the atmosphere instantly became rather bizarre. It's not known why there was a window being nailed shut by wooden boards, it looked like it was being temporarily repaired.