Curse Girl

Chapter 13: Only Humans

Ah, looks like people are just starting prayer and offering sessions, huh? Ilfra slightly concluded a smile before stepping back, hiding so that people would not see in the temple. Even though they can't turn their heads except for a little boy who doesn't understand the rules.

The girl in black clothes and long skirt looked outside the temple, behind the red Tori gate. It was fortunate that no one but him saw the prayer sessions and offerings—hal that must be done on the night of the Celebration Ceremony.

Uh! Ilfra immediately went into hiding and did not bring her face towards those people. A child who suddenly looked back was the cause. On the sidelines of the shock, Ilfra thought of leaving or staying here. However, as the men began to move away, he solidified the intention to stay away.

"May our offerings all be favored by the gods."

"Yes, our plea is all too."

"Most importantly, all of them remain protected and blessed."

"Yes!"

A few minutes passed and the men had returned to their homes. Not with Ilfra who returned to the temple after going into hiding to the cemetery. It's okay to come here too, right?

The cold atmosphere blew in the form of snowflakes that had disappeared for several days. A girl with short pink hair looks uncaring. He only focused on stepping and did not turn his eyes to anything other than the offering. A large wooden temple with a natural brown color, he had set foot on the wooden floor of the building.

𝘌𝘮𝘮, 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘩 𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘢 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪 𝘪𝘯𝘪. 𝘗𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘩𝘶𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘶 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘪. 𝘈𝘱𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘮 𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘳?

The girl looked closely at what was in the temple. Some old jugs are arranged on the edge of the room, also the lamp hangs and sticks to the wall. At the front end of the door, there was a table placed flowers and offerings. Then, two small statues and one large statue in the shape of a seven-tailed wolf.

𝘛𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘺𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘱𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘬𝘶.

The fragrant and slightly pungent smell was ignored, but the seductive-looking offerings began to be seen for a long time by Ilfra. Looks delicious. Eating a little is okay, right?

After taking and eating one of the offerings food, the good taste that flowed in his mouth made the hands again take the offerings. He almost ate all the offerings until someone patted him on the shoulder.

"𝘚𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯, 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳."

"Hem?" Ilfra turned her head while swallowing the food in her mouth, then looked at the female figure dressed in a black kimono.

"Haah, I really don't understand you after becoming a human being," the woman shrieked before sitting down and rubbing the cheek of the girl before her. He looked at the face with that innocent and innocent expression, examining the hidden original look.

"𝘒𝘢𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘩𝘶 𝘣𝘢𝘩𝘸𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘩𝘮𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘪, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘩𝘭𝘶𝘬-𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘩𝘭𝘶𝘬 … 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘮 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘪. 𝘈𝘬𝘶 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘪 𝘫𝘪𝘬𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘶 𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘺𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪, 𝘵𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘪—"

"Mou ii's. Can't you just let me be stupid last night?" Ilfra spoke in a low tone and removed the woman's hand from her cheek. A clear stream immediately came out from the tip of the eye, giving shock to the black kimono woman.

He concluded a smile; locking his mouth so as not to reveal the word. Although finally, one sentence he uttered in order to clarify his short will. "I don't want to think about problems that aren't mine …."

𝘈𝘬𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳-𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘶, 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘶, 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘪 …! 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘩𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘶𝘤𝘰𝘣𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘬𝘢𝘯? 𝘔𝘢𝘶 𝘪𝘵𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘩𝘭𝘶𝘬-𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘩𝘭𝘶𝘬 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘶, 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘩𝘬𝘶, 𝘮𝘢𝘶𝘱𝘶𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘱 𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨-𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨. 𝘒𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘴𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘱 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮, 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘬𝘢 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘫𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘬𝘶. 𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘬𝘪 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢 𝘥𝘪 𝘬𝘰𝘵𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘪 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪 𝘪𝘵𝘶, 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘴 … 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘪?

𝘈𝘬𝘶 𝘣𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘸𝘢! 𝘈𝘬𝘶, 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘥𝘪 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳! 𝘈𝘱𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘱 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢?

𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘢 … 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘱 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪 𝘪𝘯𝘪? 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘢?

The long black-haired woman simply shook her head at Ilfra's silent cry. There was no feeling he wanted to channel to end that grief. He knew that doing anything other than silence could bring disaster. However, he also did not know about the feelings that the human girl in front of him felt.

"Hey …." The reddish-black netra of the woman slightly widened, changing the blank stare for the girl into a normal look. He saw clearly the abundant tears had been thrown away, as well as a sad and withered expression.

"𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘩𝘭𝘢𝘩. 𝘒𝘢𝘮𝘪 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘩𝘭𝘶𝘬 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘩 𝘤𝘶𝘬𝘶𝘱 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘱 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢-𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘶."

Quiet for a moment, Ilfra immediately woke up and glanced at the large statue in front of the table containing the offering. The woman also stood up and followed the focus of Ilfra. Statue with the shape of a seven-tailed wolf, both of them pay attention to the statue until the woman interrupts.

"𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘩."

Ilfra smiled faintly because she was insinuated by the expression of the black kimono woman. He looked at the woman with his eyes closed. After opening it with a little sparkle that emanates, one word comes out as awareness.

"𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘩."

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06.54, January 24. There was an unusual new atmosphere going on in one of the ninth classrooms. Many, many students were chatting and joking in class, as well as cheerful faces full of fun. Although not all experienced it, but the aura of silence that was always attached has now disappeared. Invited some question marks in the mind of a schoolgirl.

The long white-haired student looked silent, unconcerned and as if he did not know the fanfare of his class. However, his hearing still enjoyed the conversation of the students. While listening to music with a bluetooth headset, his mind began to blur in remembering other things.

𝘈𝘱𝘢 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘥𝘪 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘮? 𝘈𝘬𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘢𝘯. 𝘈𝘱𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘫𝘢?

The student who was usually called Lina turned to look at the classroom door, looking for the figure of the student who usually came the earliest. Did Ilfra not leave?

The melody of the entrance bell rang and the students immediately sat on their respective benches, except for those who had been sitting on their own stools since then. Students who hear the music certainly keep their cellphones and headsets. While waiting for the teacher to come, a crowded atmosphere was created after a moment of silence.

The basic can not be silent inhabitants of this class, inner Lina for the classroom atmosphere that interferes with the principle of sunyinya.

The classroom door opened and the awaited figure of the teacher finally entered the classroom. All of them were quiet and sat neatly, waiting for the teacher's cue to begin the prayer. After praying and saying morning greetings, the teacher continued to check the attendance of the students. The student who was called by his name certainly replied 'present', except for those who were not present in the classroom.

"Ilfra Alfyna." A puzzled look on the teacher's face as he looked towards Ilfra's bench. There's only Lina as Ilfra's friend.

"Ilfra not leaving?" ask the teacher to all the students in the class. Nothing shrank until Lina shook her head and replied.

"It doesn't seem to."

"Is there any evidence?"

"Nothing, ma'am," Lina replied with a nod of understanding from the teacher, as well as whispers from students talking about her friend.

"This time the student did not leave."

"Yes, I didn't expect it either."

"Well, this is a good sign."

"Don't do it, hahaha."

Lina bit her lip as a result of the words she did not wear. The teacher does not seem to listen or care about the clean talk of his students, as if he considers the classroom atmosphere that is not usually crowded is ordinary.

𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘶 𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘪 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘥𝘪 𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘭𝘧𝘳𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘢𝘥𝘢? 𝘏𝘢𝘩, 𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘩. 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘶 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘭 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘳𝘢𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘫𝘢𝘥𝘪.