My Husband's Ghost

Chapter 43 Towards the Fifteenth Night

Van Costel IV opened a box of carved wooden chests inscribed with spells located on a table in the middle of a spacious room.

He took out a black-covered book made of leather.

He looked at the book with a serious facial expression.

''Today is the fourteenth day shortly before the fifteenth night.'', murmured Van Costel.

The ghost of Van Costel IV sat in front of a carved wooden box holding the black book.

''Lucian is not here and I must be careful that my change is under control the fifteenth night.'', Van Costel IV said.

The handsome ghost stood up from its place and then stepped into a protective circle with green flames surrounding it.

''From today on I cannot meet anyone including Jia Li but I did not say anything to her about this, Van Costel IV said.

Van Costel IV looked at the black book in his hand while facing the protective circle in front of him.

''But how I told Jia Li that this fifteenth night I could not meet him.

He stood pensively staring at the protective circle surrounded by green flames.

The great protective circle was deliberately created by Antolin Lucian to welcome the fifteenth night to Van Costel IV upon his return from the dead.

In the center of the protective circle there is a picture of a circle smaller in size than the circle on the outside decorated with plum symbols around it.

The plum sign is a symbol of the relationship between Jia Li the holy girl who is the girl of choice to raise Van Costel IV from the realm of death.

That reason was chosen by a girl scented plum blossoms as a condition of the rise of Van Costel IV from the dead because only girls with special plum sign that has a distinctive plum blossom scent that is able to wake Van Costel IV is dead.

Many say that plum blossom scented girl is a decent and qualified living mash.

The symbol of the protective circle also hints at the same thing that the owner of the distinctive aroma of plums is one of the absolute most necessary conditions to turn on Van Costel IV who has died.

There is a special sign on the skin of the girl who has the scent of plums that is a sign of plum blossoms on her body, whether it is located where no one knows for sure.

''I do not say goodbye to Jia Li if I lock myself in this special room on the eve of the fifteenth night'', Van Costel said.

The handsome ghost sighed while looking straight at the tightly closed room without a door.

The special room to welcome the fifteenth night for Van Costel IV was designed in such a way that the entire surrounding of the room was tightly closed by walls without windows or doors.

Only Van Costel IV and Antolin Lucian can enter the special room because only those who have the highest spiritual power are able to enter and have special permission from the ruler Van Rogh.

The special room was indeed made by Van Rogh Costel III who was the father of Van Costel IV who knew of the special conditions for his son Van Costel IV after he was resurrected from his death.

How Van Rogh Costel III found out that it came from his practice of meditation after his son was killed in battle in the battle of Patra.

He tried to raise the dead Van Costel IV to life again but various ways to bring him back to life always failed because Van Rogh Costel III did not find a meaningful clue to turn on Van Costel IV.

At one point when Van Rogh Costel III found a way to raise Van Costel IV from the dead, his son had to marry a typical plum blossom scented girl.

Van Rogh Costel III also had to make a special sign in the form of a protective circle in the middle of the protective circle decorated by plum blossom symbols.

Antolin Lucian was chosen as the supreme spiritual leader in the thirteen noble clans because he had the most perfect green fire as a true indigenous leader and had the highest spiritual level that no one able to match the spiritual holy power in the Lucian Antolin.

It was this special condition that made Van Rogh Costel III choose Antolin Lucian besides he is the strongest with the highest spiritual level, he is also the most loyal figure.

''But the message from Antolin Lucian indeed I must not tell Jia Li this and that I should also stay away from him without coming into direct contact with him and fast on the fifteenth night''

Van Costel IV looked at the room around him with a long sigh.

''Forgive me Jia Li.., I cannot say this to you, Van Costel IV said.

Van Costel IV stood upright facing straight towards the protective circle in front of him while holding the black book.

Suddenly a voice came from outside calling the name Van Costel IV.

''Van Costel ! Van Costel's ! My dear, where are you, Van Costel !''

The handsome ghost immediately gasped in shock when it heard Jia Li's voice calling out his name.

''Jia Li..!?', the handsome ghost muttered stunned.

Van Costel IV is almost affected by Jia Li's call and nearly foils the handsome ghost's plan to live out his fifteenth night.

''Oh t-no.., no ! I can't go see him.., no ! I can't do it.'' said the handsome ghost.

Van Costel IV fell down sitting in front of a protective circle.

He tried to restrain himself from being affected by Jia Li's call even though he was so eager to meet the woman he loved the most.

''Oh Lord!', muttered Van Costel IV.

Van Costel IV bowed lethargicly on the floor of the wall-covered room.

''I have to hold it... I must be strong, he said, holding his chest tightly.

Jia Li's voice was heard from the closed room outside calling the name Van Costel IV.

''Van Costel dear ! Where are you ? Van Costel, where are you ?''

Van Costel IV increasingly gripped tightly to the black book he was holding as he closed his two eyes restraining himself from meeting Jia Li.

Between the great desire of meeting Jia Li and having to live out her fifteenth night which was indeed one of the special conditions for Van Costel IV as a spiritual ritual that she had to live after she rose from the dead.

On the fifteenth night was a special night for Van Costel IV the hardest of the early stages he came back to life as the most perfect ghost and lived like a human in general.

Van Costel IV will experience a bad thing that is from the karma of the rise of him from the realm of death as a human being which is a prohibition of Heaven that must be opposed by Van Rogh Costel III.

Every fifteen full moons Van Costel IV will turn into the strongest demon even though he has turned into a ghostly figure. Because of the Redu lineage, those who are cursed become bloodsuckers because of the sins committed by their ancestors who have finished off Vlad who likes to sulk humans.

Where the karma is also Van Costel IV get from the karma of the favorite of his ancestors who have killed all the descendants of the sinner like Vlad.

Dalca II was one of Vlad's descendants who survived the Redu clan hunt, unfortunately during the Patra war, Dalca II of the Vlad clan was able to kill the life of Van Costel IV who was the son of the ruler Van Rogh Costel III.