Curse Girl

Chapter 2: The Monster

"I said 'a little while away from class', but you seemed silent. What's up?" asked Lina with her usual facial features— doesn't seem too expressionless. Ilfra's head was done five times, hinting that I was fine, really.

"alright. It's seven o'clock. The other students have also begun to enter the classroom." The bell came in ringing after Lina finished the speech. Ilfra gave a small nod and picked up the textbook, while Lina kept her phone and headset.

These. A smiley expression was shown by Ilfra while returning Lina's headset.

"Thank you," Lina said as she returned Ilfra's smile.

Ilfra's gaze shifted to see the classroom atmosphere becoming crowded. It was clear that the students who had just entered the class after the bell rang. He was curious about this unusual thing.

𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢𝘬 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘪 𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘩. 𝘈𝘵𝘢𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘵? 𝘠𝘢𝘩, 𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘬𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘪 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘳.

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𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘪 𝘪𝘯𝘪 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘫𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘬𝘢. 𝘖𝘭𝘢𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘬 𝘬𝘶𝘪𝘬𝘶𝘵𝘪 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘢-𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨. 𝘔𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘸𝘢 𝘬𝘩𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘬 𝘴𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘯𝘺𝘢.

𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘶 𝘥𝘪 𝘜𝘒𝘚. 𝘏𝘢𝘢, 𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘪-𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘪 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘬 𝘣𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘶. 𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘬𝘪 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘬 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘪𝘵𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘶.

𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘥𝘪 𝘜𝘒𝘚, 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘢. 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘬 𝘣𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪 𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘢, 𝘣𝘢𝘩𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘪 𝘪𝘯𝘪, 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘪 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘬𝘯𝘺𝘢. 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘬 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘺𝘶𝘮 𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘪 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘫𝘪 𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘶 𝘣𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘺𝘢. 𝘐𝘵𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘬𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘨.

𝘈𝘩, 𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘫𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘬𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘪𝘩 𝘮𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪 𝘪𝘯𝘪 𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘢. 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘥𝘪 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘪 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘬 𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘺𝘢. 𝘠𝘢, 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘬 𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘢, 𝘴𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘪 𝘣𝘶𝘬𝘶 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘬 𝘥𝘪𝘬𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘬𝘢𝘯.

𝘐𝘭𝘧𝘳𝘢 𝘈𝘭𝘧𝘺𝘯𝘢 𝘈𝘷𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪 𝘋𝘶𝘢 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘪.

Ilfra's black pen placed next to the sealed diary book. He breathed when he remembered what happened today. Although everything was written in the book, the discomfort was still left in him. However, the thin smile he concluded in order to close the feeling.

My body is starting to weaken. Ilfra sat leaning back while looking at the star ornaments on the ceiling of the room. He smiled faintly at the star's ornamental sparkle.

Well, it's time to go to bed. He began to move from the study chair and approached the bed.

The bed creaked slightly as he laid down. However, he felt happy after thinking of a thing. His smile seemed slightly widened and showed sharp canines. What if I just get out?

No-no, it's late. I have to sleep. The blanket pulled it so that it closed up to the head. He closed his eyes and exhaled, hoping the drowsiness would put him to sleep. However, a strange question suddenly appeared in his mind. The mythical monster ... is it real?

𝘈𝘬𝘶 𝘫𝘢𝘥𝘪 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘰𝘵𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘪. 𝘈𝘱𝘢 𝘬𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘫𝘢, 𝘺𝘢?

Ilfra moved up and sat back in her study chair. Sheets of books that were still empty he opened before being stared at sharply. His pink eyes slowly lit up after staring at the book for a long time. He began to breathe the night air, and was exhaled with a vision that looked at the darkness.

"The mythical monster from Shikuro City, Reader." Ilfra displayed her glowing netra after speaking in a reverberating voice.

𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘶 𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘢. 𝘞𝘶𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘪 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘢, 𝘵𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘪 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘬𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘫𝘶𝘮𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘵𝘶𝘫𝘶𝘩. 𝘉𝘶𝘭𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘥𝘪 𝘵𝘢𝘫𝘢𝘮, 𝘭𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘪 𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘪 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘪 𝘫𝘪𝘸𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯.

The softly spoken word in the heart was immediately written on the blank sheet of the book. Not spared also the sentence that came out of his mouth. Wait, I forgot the follow-up story.

Ilfra shook her head small. Ahh, I just started. But ….

His eyes that glowed with pink light again looked carefully at the writing in the book. Every Latin-style word and letter is neatly written in purplish-blue ink. There was a sense of amazement when I read it and remembered that: Se– everything was the same as I thought!

Ilfra bit one end of her lips with a negative thought. He made his mind aware of the miracle that could be done.

Indeed, I can already control my power. But …. Ilfra recalled a reminder message she wrote last month. He closed his eyes for a moment, then looked at the writing on the book on the table.

𝘛𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬, 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬. 𝘐𝘯𝘪 𝘣𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘬𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯, 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘪— 𝘢𝘩 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘩𝘭𝘢𝘩.

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On the third day of January, I felt strange today. Ilfra's eyes focused on the cold palms. He continued to monitor it while being moved like a railroad barrier. Occasionally, he closed his eyes to focus the chaotic thoughts.

𝘓𝘢𝘨𝘪-𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘪 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢 𝘪𝘵𝘶, 𝘶𝘩𝘩.

Ilfra immediately got out of her bed and opened the window curtain, glancing at the still-open notebook on the table. Eh? Writings increase?

" 'Don't continue anymore'? Hee, what does this mean?" Instantly, her pink netra glowed in wide-eyed conditions. His body fell silent, but shivered in fear.

After shaking his head quickly and making a slight dizzy feeling, the expression of his mouth that showed fangs slowly disappeared. A–what did I say earlier?

Ilfra shook her head again before looking closely at the writing in the book. Nothing has changed there. Only, his eyes had seen a color. He blinked a few times to see what he saw.

𝘈𝘩, 𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪 𝘩𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘶, 𝘺𝘢. 𝘒𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢 𝘪𝘵𝘶—

Surprise began to languish in Ilfra's soul. Slowly, he realized that there was no sunlight from outside the room. Fear was created and made him flinch to see the color that is expected to exist.

𝘈𝘬𝘶 … 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘶𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘢-𝘢𝘱𝘢.

The sound of broken glass suddenly sounded deafening his ears. However, the pain is manifested by a glazed vision. He sat on the floor feeling confused without positive thinking.

𝘉𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘪? 𝘈𝘬𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘢? 𝘈𝘬𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘢? 𝘈𝘬𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘬 𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢 𝘪𝘵𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘫𝘢. 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢 𝘪𝘵𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘣𝘢𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 … 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢 𝘪𝘵𝘶 … 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘤𝘢 𝘪𝘵𝘶 …!

The moving clockwork sound instantly resuscitated his chaotic mind. A smile he concluded before his gaze focused on the wall clock.

"Oh." The soft, roaring sound of Ilfra immediately quieted the atmosphere of her soul, also gathering cold air throughout the room.

His right hand closed his vision to look at the darkness. Slowly, the strange color that bothered him disappeared, as did his negative emotions. Two minutes and ten turns out.

His eyes began to look at the room. A grain of sadness slowly appeared at the end of the eye, although his hand instantly removed the grain. Everything looks clearer than before.

After closing the window curtain, Ilfra made the notebook on the table the center of attention. After closing it because of the additional writing that appeared, he let out a breath as a tranquilizer.

𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘳, 𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘪𝘩 𝘣𝘢𝘪𝘬 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘫𝘢. 𝘈𝘩, 𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘫𝘶𝘨𝘢.

A picture frame seen by Ilfra from a distance. It is located on a long table where books and other objects are placed. Despite the lack of light, he can clearly see the photo on the frame. A picture of her seven-year-old with her parents. He smiled at the photo, while hiding fangs that bit his lower lip.

𝘚𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘩 𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘢.