CHAPTER 1- A strange child.

CHAPTER 1- A strange child.

"Stay away from him, he's crazy."

"He's always talking to himself."

"He has no real friends, so he makes up his friends."

… So many annoying voices ... I still remember the voices of the children who made fun of me.

"Ignore them, Saik, you are not crazy, you are just different from the others."

"It's true, ignore those insults, words are just that, words. If you don't let that offend you, they won't hurt you. "

The ghosts were my only friends, but I decided to get away from everyone ... My family considered me weird ... The children considered me weird ... Everyone considered me weird, that's why I decided to stay away from everyone and be silent.

I got used to having a serious face, so that the ghosts wouldn't notice I'm seeing them.

Everyone considers me an emotionless boy, but I also have fun and feel sad. I got used to not smiling, that's why I never smile and keep a serious expression.

I decided never to get involved with ghosts, but she is a different case.

"My name is Saik." "What's yours?"

"M-my name is Yuki ..." "Are you also a ghost?"

"No, I'm alive."

"And why can you see me ?!"

"Hmmm. I never knew. For as long as I can remember, I have always seen ghosts ... Well, it was nice meeting you, you can go."

… "I can't leave."

"Oh, you're the kind of ghost that can't get out ..." already i see "I'll go get holy water." I'l be back in a few minutes."

"Uwaaaah!" "You want to kill me." I'm already dead, I don't want to die again!" I don't want to, I don't want to!"

"I'm sorry, but it's uncomfortable for me to have you here ... By the way, I guess you were murdered ... I didn't know that this house was being used by a family before ... My parents never told me anything about it."

… "I lived with my mother in this house 5 years ago ... One day a man entered the house and killed me ... I never knew the reason for his attack ... He just walked into the house, stabbed me, and left."

… "Didn't he rape you or steal anything?"

"No, he just murdered me."

… "That's weird. There must be some ulterior motive ... Well, honestly, I don't care. "I'll go get holy water."

"Uwaaaah!" You are the worst! Heartless monster! You're supposed to feel sorry for me and allow me to live here!"

At that moment, I remembered my ability and my mother's words ... The words I heard her say when arguing with my father about my behavior. "His grades are getting worse, he has no friends and he's always talking to himself ... What did we do wrong? "

... My mother felt guilty about my behavior ... I disappointed my mother. Surely my mother wanted to have an intelligent and sociable son like her ... My mother was a beautiful and intelligent girl ... She helped me study, but I was easily distracted ... She wanted to have a perfect child, and she ended up having a stupid child.

... "You know, my mother wanted her son to be smart ... I want to fulfill your dream ... I will graduate as the best in school ... But I need your help."

"My help? How?"

"Listen, I can't get smart overnight, so I'll cheat." You will give me the answers to the exams and I will give you a home. "Shall we try to make a deal?"

... "But that's bad. That's cheating Wouldn't your mother be disappointed?"

"No. Listen. I want to attend the elite school "Raikon". I must be smart to get into that school. While I attend school, I will study hard, I promise, but I must maintain excellent grades to be the best in school. As I get smart, you will help me and tell me the answers."

"I guess you're right. If you get smart, it won't matter if you cheat ... But I can't get out of here."

I patted her head.

"Ready."

... "Huh?! It's true, why can I feel your hand?"

"Let's just say it's a skill."

I developed this skill while ignoring the ghosts.

I would go through ghosts when I was ignoring them, but when I wanted to talk to them, the ghosts could touch me and I could touch them. If I want to, Yuki can touch me, but if I don't want to, he won't touch me.

That effect doesn't just work for me, it also works for other objects, as long as I want her to be able to touch them.

For example, a plate. If I don't want to, she can't lift it, but if I want to, she can lift it with her hands.

After explaining that to her, she immediately took my hand.

"I can finally take a bath!" I haven't bathed in a long time!"

"Won't you ask how you'll get out of here?"

"Oh... That's true. How?"

"Simple. The ghosts that cannot leave a certain place are the weak ghosts, ghosts whose soul is weak ... Or so a ghost told me, I don't know if it's true. You became strong because now you are able to touch objects, so you can go out without problems."

"How long does the effect last?"

"As long as I want." I am the only one who can disable it."

... "Thank you."

She hugged me tightly and started crying.

"Thank you very much!"

... "you're welcome?"

Well... not so bad. Having company will be nice.