Curse Girl

Chapter 21: The Dark Time

Uhh. Viera immediately lowered her head and touched her head with her right hand. I was so dizzy from reading my mind.

"Ah, I'm sorry. You can end his mind connection with me now, Viera," Hikari suggested when she noticed the dizziness that was engulfing her friend.

"okay."

The glasses are removed, as well as the green eye lenses in both eyes. Ten seconds quickly passed and Viera's eye lens was back in place before the glasses.

𝘈𝘬𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘪. 𝘏𝘢𝘩, 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘱𝘶𝘯 𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘬 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘩 𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘬𝘢 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘣𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘬𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘬𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯, 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘩.

Two minutes later, Shiori came with a tray of three cups of tea. He sat on the sofa opposite Viera and Hikari. After drinking his own tea, he began the conversation.

"alright. First and foremost, I apologize for forcing you to change agenda—"

"No, really, no. I was even happy because I would actually think today to be a boring day. My parents are out of town and school is also closed." Viera slightly displayed a sense of disgust at Hikari's tone which suddenly turned into super cheerful.

"good. Then, starting from the topic of conversation—"

"You don't need to be that formal, Shiori. Actually, I asked to see you today, too."

𝘐𝘺𝘢. 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘮𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘫𝘢, 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘪 ….

Viera quickly continued her delayed words, "can you explain who the girl is about? Hikari said that maybe ..." - Viera glanced sharply at Hikari who was clearly looking away from her - "the girl is the same as the girl who suddenly appeared in the temple."

"Yes, I'll be happy to explain." Shiori replaced her formal countenance with a relaxed expression and a short smile. "Name Ilfra. Ilfra Alfyna Avylin."

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"Hey, hey, Viera. I found this antique in the next room." Hikari suddenly appeared and cut off Viera who was contemplating the memory. The green-eyed student immediately stepped off the sofa, showed a sharp look in Hikari and grabbed the object in the man's hand.

"uh? What's the antique about this agate ring?"

"The ring was from human bones, while the stone was a human eyeball that was scaled down and hardened," Shiori's freshly-painted lead exited the kitchen room.

Nausea immediately churned in Viera's body, due to the explanation of the creature he knew disguised as a high school student. Hikari was seen frozen with an expression of disbelief, but Shiori instead chuckled after reaching the place of the two teenagers.

"Just kidding. It's just an ordinary agate ring." Shiori grinned as she took her ring. He grasped the jewel and made it disappear; it returned to its original place. However, I also joked .. that it was just an ordinary agate.

Viera gulped after realizing the power of reading her mind that had been active. Shiori's joke is really dark.

"Eh, what's going on with me?" Hikari was startled by her increasingly see-through self. Viera was also rewarded with that misfortune.

"Ah, it seems that my power is starting to wane. You two quickly go back to each other's bodies, or—"

"Damn it!" shouted Ilfra who was either awake or delirious.

"Shi—" Viera instantly disappeared from the living room with Hikari. Shiori naturally voiced her irritation with a screech, strengthening the grim look of her death-bearer. I hope nothing bad happens to them both.

Shiori rushed towards the room where Ilfra was laid. The black wooden door from the room was pushed quickly, but it could not open due to anything strange.

𝘗𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪.

One hand he directed penetrated into the door, but his self was suddenly pushed down. Its almost identical and similar expression now shows the characteristics of each. His broken hands and trapped in the room are the cause of the grin mimic applied.

"Is that …?"

The girl who declared herself a 'living death' woke up, setting a standing stance with a straight look at the door. A sweet smile that showed sharp teeth he showed. The dark eyes that could not be made into mirrors changed the color of blood. The long black hair ends of her back were pulled upwards, adding to the gloomy and sinister impression of the girl.

"Open up."

A loud noise and the gravitational pull of the cold air carrier emerged from the room space where Ilfra was. The door had been opened at Shiori's will, but the self that was drawn in was not of her will.

Ah, I'm stuck. Shiori was silent at the tightly shut door of the room, making her unable to get out of the room space full of black fog.

My guess is correct that the curse is very strong. Breathing that raises thin white smoke is released. After picking up and putting up his severed right hand, he was immediately next to Ilfra with his left hand slashing at the end of the black hands.

"Pacify yourself, Ilfra. Although I don't know how you're feeling right now" he whispered in Ilfra's ear channeling the cold.

"𝘜𝘬𝘩𝘩 … 𝘮𝘢𝘢𝘧, 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘢 …."

**

10:14 on January 25. Lina was sitting at Ilfra's study table, understanding the friend's diary.

𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪 𝘒𝘰𝘵𝘢 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘬𝘶𝘳𝘰, 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳.

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.

𝘋𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘶𝘢 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘪 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘯.

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𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘵𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘪.

-❞

"It turns out it's just that much he wrote." Lina muttered as she turned the book sheet to read the next piece of writing.

𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘪, 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘣𝘶 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘩. 𝘋𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘫𝘶𝘨𝘢 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘢. 𝘚𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘬𝘶 𝘪𝘵𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘬𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘵-𝘭𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨. 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘭 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘶.

𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘱𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘫𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘪 𝘱𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘢. 𝘔𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘬𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘱 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘪𝘬 𝘥𝘪 𝘵𝘢𝘩𝘶𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘪.

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𝘐𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘶𝘱𝘢.

-❞

A coughing sound rang out from the right behind Lina, the place where the female figure stood in calm. His blue eyes immediately watched the woman's mouth. There was black blood flowing out from there.

"Hey, why—"

"𝘛𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬, 𝘣𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘢-𝘢𝘱𝘢."

The woman immediately turned around and made herself turn her back to the girl. He leaned over and shut his mouth to hold the blood. While Lina remained seated and tried not to see him.

𝘈𝘬𝘶 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘩𝘭𝘶𝘬 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘩. 𝘉𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘩𝘭𝘶𝘬 𝘪𝘵𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘬 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘶𝘩?

Lina refocused on the book and was unaware of the changes in the female figure. The figure he called 'Shadow Woman' was experiencing a change of hair color—from black to smoldering pink. His red eyes also turned black, while the hair-covered ears moved above the head; resembling the black wolf ears.

The pale hand that was now sharp hoofed moved to strangle Lina's neck by itself, then threw the girl down and crashed into the door of the room. His consciousness seemed to be taken over by another figure, turning his inexhaustible mind into a thirst for prey.

"𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢 …!"

Lina ignored the pain in the body after hearing the sound of the woman's echoes torturing the ears. He tried to get up so as not to get a wound that raises blood. However, the rapid hand movements of the female figure had kept her locked at the end of the abyss.

𝘈𝘬𝘩𝘩! 𝘚𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯. 𝘈𝘱𝘢 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘫𝘢𝘥𝘪 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘪? 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘫𝘢𝘥𝘪 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪 𝘐𝘭𝘧𝘳𝘢— 𝘢𝘬𝘬𝘩!

As much as possible Lina bit her lower lip so that no sound was issued. Calmness is also sought to remain, so that solutions can be found immediately.

"𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘪 𝘬𝘢𝘶, 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪 …!"

"Akhs! L–le–kan— argh!" Finally Lina took out her life fluid like a female figure. The difference is, it does not change and becomes out of control. In fact, the female figure suddenly released a grip.

"Why do you still spare your old hatred for me, Shifera Ilina Symphony?" The shrill words of the woman who resembles a demon animal have given rise to three things: question marks, wonder, and old memories.