Curse Girl

Chapter 17: Two Mysteries

Ba–how does he know about me? Ilfra tried to maintain her sense of calm, despite the appearance of a vigilant attitude. The cause was the black aura around the figure of the girl in front. The aura was clear and radiated cold.

There was no smile on the face of the girl in the school uniform. He looked back at the sky, watching the leaves of the tree that looked dark like a cloud. His body felt the indigo that carried the snowflowers, worsening the atmosphere of emotions and expressions created.

"Well, why is there snow in this black forest?"

"Hey." Ilfra called out to the pale-skinned girl in hopes of a look back. However, the girl did not turn her head and instead moved to her left side.

"My name .. Shiori. What's yourname?" ask Shiori—si mysterious girl—right in Ilfra's sense of hearing.

Ilfra's pink irises instantly glowed, creating an instinct of resistance exhibited by the right hand. The black-haired girl by the boat instantly disappeared, changing places to a fairly tall tree branch.

"When I only ask, you know." - Shiori turned her sharp gaze flat-"Why are you attacking? Is it because of the fear?"

A strong wind instantly greeted as Ilfra realized Shiori's location. Vision had not been directed at a figure considered a danger, until the figure again said.

"Is it ... monster instinct?"

The shine! inner Ilfra while focusing looked at the darkness of Shiori's eyes. Emotional turmoil soon materialized within the girl sitting on the branch of the tree. After closing one eye, he quickly descended and approached Ilfra.

"Alright, I give up …!" said Shiori while stopping her steps. Although both of his hands were raised, he instead showed a grinning smile.

"Fighting only results in death for me."

Again the air passed through the void of Ilfra and Shiori's conversation, making facial expressions wary of each other. Slowly, Shiori returned a flat expression, while Ilfra immediately shortened her elongated nails. It was clear that his eyes were returning to normal and were not glowing after being shocked.

𝘒𝘶𝘬𝘶 𝘫𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘶 … 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘯𝘨? 𝘈𝘥𝘢 𝘢𝘱𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘶? 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘢 … 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘯𝘺𝘢? 𝘛𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬, 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘬𝘪 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯, 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘪 '𝘬𝘢𝘯 …. 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘩, 𝘱𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘥𝘪 𝘬𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘶 𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘪.

A cold chill passed when Anila set out to sail. Shiori was uncomfortable as her black hair ruffled the niskala thing. "The weather is irritating," his grunts with eyes looking up at the sky.

"It would be better if we were friends." Surprise again attacked Ilfra when he heard the mutterings of the interlocutor.

"In addition, if you don't want to, snowfall will force us to be on the same roof tonight" Shiori continued, looking at the leaves of the tree that had fallen from the cold.

Ilfra flinched for a moment, then smiled and said, "your choice is pretty good, yes, for a non-human figure." I guess I can trust a little. While digging for information.

Ilfra shortened the distance between herself and Shiori. He smiled again, but now as a greeting and greeting. "I'm Ilfra. As you know, I'm a human being, but also a monster at the same time." Yes, this is enough to reveal that I am not a normal human being. No need to tell the real entity.

"Hee …." Shiori slightly expressed a sense of pleasure despite the instant. "Then …."

Do I need to disclose the entity? The pitch-black-eyed girl extended her hand at the same time. "Reintroduce, my name is Shiori. I am a shackle figure without a soul, a death that lives around living creatures."

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𝘙𝘢𝘣𝘶, 25 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘪, 𝘱𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘬 𝘴𝘦𝘬𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘩𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘫𝘢𝘳 𝘥𝘪 𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘩, 𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘶 𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘱 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘢-𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘢. 𝘐𝘯𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘭 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘴, 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘢𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘥𝘪 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘪.

𝘖𝘭𝘦𝘩 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘐𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘺, 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘬𝘮𝘶: 𝘐𝘭𝘧𝘳𝘢 𝘈𝘭𝘧𝘺𝘯𝘢 𝘈𝘷𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘯.

The girl in the white school uniform was directly lying on the bed. He left his best friend's phone clasped with his right hand, as well as a view directed to the ceiling of the room. A small smile was expressed for a moment when he realized the uniqueness of the room space: depicting the night sky without stars, looking dark and bringing calm, also against the time of day and the sun.

Lina, the girl with white hair from birth took a sitting position, staring at the reflection in the mirror next to the door. He focused on seeing things that looked different. The blue color of the iris turns white, then black, then ends up back to the original color. After blinking and covering his face with both hands, he again saw the light reflecting object.

"Did you call me, man?" A female figure who looked to be in her 20s appeared blocking the mirror. He tidied up his hair bangs so that both eyes could be seen, also looking at the mouth of the teenage girl in front who was wet with blood. Strange man.

The teenage girl wiped her blood with a finger, making the liquid absorb into the skin. With a gaze that continued to return the gaze of the woman before, Lina ended it through a breath. I overdo it in self-harm, don't I?

"Do you know any long white-haired, red-eyed high school students?" He asked with his head lowered, making his focus on the blood-absorbing right hand. I've been like no—

"Huh? High School Student?" The woman dressed in black robes answered with a question. His tone channeled an expression of disbelief. "You mean the woman who wandered from midnight until that morning? That's right."

𝘏𝘶𝘩? 𝘈𝘱𝘢—

"Maybe you think she's a high school student, but to me ... that woman …!" The female figure clenched her hands tightly, producing a blaze of black aura from where she stood.

Lina tried to hold back the curiosity after her mind was cut off. He immediately moved closer to the female figure, but his legs immediately came to a halt as he reached the distance of the blazing aura.

𝘈𝘱𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘪? 𝘛𝘶𝘣𝘶𝘩𝘬𝘶 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘶𝘢𝘵. 𝘐𝘯𝘪 … 𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘬𝘢 𝘐𝘭𝘧𝘳𝘢 𝘬𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘪. 𝘈𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘪 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘪—

"Killer, he's a real killer to my people who aren't mindless creatures!" Lina's deafening reverberation became so as her volume increased.

Lina as the caller instantly closed both ears and screamed in pain. He almost sat on the floor if the woman who was the cause did not catch him.

"Nh …."

"M–forgive me ..," shrewdly the female figure with a voice that has been made normal: neither resonating nor deafening. He displayed a guilty expression that hid fear, as well as a sense of annoyance at him in the past seconds.

𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘩 𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘪𝘩 𝘣𝘢𝘪𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘐𝘭𝘧𝘳𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘪. 𝘚𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘪 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳-𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘬𝘶 𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘪.

When the pain in hearing had lessened, Lina quickly stood up and took a step back. Then, he sat himself on his soft bed. The female figure certainly helped him to feel the comfort, before ending up directing his gaze to the floor.

"For a while, you better control your emotions than your voice" Lina asked as she lowered her left hand to the bed, while her right hand moved to hold her head. The pain immediately spread to dizziness. Really torturing.

"B–well. Again, I'm sorry, Miss Lina."

"Don't call me miss. Just call people as usual." Lina slightly raised the voice due to dizziness that disturbed emotions. Uhh, I'm swallowing my own saliva now.

The silent atmosphere created for one minute instantly ended. Lina chose to express her wishes, without questioning the intention of the answer not helping the woman. "I'm going to meet that high school student you thought was the killer. It seemed, this Shikuro City had indeed become part of the black color from the beginning."

The female figure did not reply or reply with movement. He kept his head down until Lina blew out the cold morning air. Given the heavy snow outside. Indeed, it's impossible.

"Can you be my shadow? No matter if it turns out that woman chose to come here? Well, that's if he wants to. I'm lazy to go to the address."

Red eyes that had looked sharp, now felt afraid and lost their firmness. However, that minus aura instantly turned into a breath of confidence.

"𝘠𝘢, 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘱 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘶𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘮𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘶𝘯—"

"But you have to say it clearly, about who that woman is, the Shadow Woman."