Beautiful Ghost Of A Lady
(Main Protagonist's Pov)
We had started moving towards the Roundbeck while fighting with monsters along the way. It was a good choice to go with Ms Whitaker or else it would have been difficult for them to proceed further towards the Roundbeck.
After sometime, we had finally arrived at Roundbeck. We saw the guard stationed at the entrance and when he saw my dad then his default expression of his face changed to the smiling one.
"Oh my god! It is really you! It is a delightful day to see you again!" exclaimed the Guard.
"Ah, yes. Same here." replied dad.
The guard stepped aside and let us pass through the entrance. We went straight to the Inn and then went in a room where I saw two people. One person is on the bed and looked sick, the other one is taking good care of the person on the bed.
"Oh, you came back. So, did you get the medicine?" asked the person who was taking care of the person on the bed.
"Yes, now Mr Whitaker will be right as rain in no time." replied Mrs Whitaker.
She went near to Mr Whitaker who is sick and my dad-
"Hm, I should probably also go and see what is his current condition." said my dad as he also went near Mr Whitaker.
"Hm, what should I do now?" I asked myself with a low voice.
"Oh yes, Abel. If you feel bored then you can go for a walk with my little Bianca and play with her." said Mrs Whitaker.
"Oh, okay. I will." I replied.
"Come! Let's go outside and have fun. I will show you around so you won't get lost." said Bianca.
"Er...I won't get lost or something but I think I can go along with you." I replied.
"Okay, it's decided then! Let's go!"
We went outside and enjoyed ourselves as we explored the different shops and places at this village.
"Ah, wait here for a moment. I will go and get the candies for both of us. My mom gave me some pocket money after all!" said Biancaa she went ahead to the candy shop.
"Hm..."
I looked around and I suddenly noticed that a person was coming to my direction. I was a little scared but I held my ground. The person is a lady. She looked beautiful as she came near me. She opened her mouth and said.
"Oh my, you could see me, huh?" She said.
The first thing she said, I didn't understand at all. Then she made a little serious yet sad face and asked a question.
"Kid, have you ever heard about the tales of the Uptaten Tower?" She asked.
"Um, not really. In fact, it's the first time I heard of such a name."
"Oh...." She looked even more sad and-
"Wh- No- Did she just!?"
The lady in front of me suddenly vanished as my whole body went cold. I felt like my feet suddenly froze and my breathing rate increased.
"*Huff* *Huff* Ju-Just what did I saw? I hope it's....not a ghost. No, I should calm down first. It must be an illusion and perhaps I am tired or something....but it felt-"
My attention was suddenly caught by a conversation between two people.
"Hey, do you think that the ghosts really do exist in that tower?"
"You mean, Uptaten Tower?"
"Yes, that tower. I heard some rumours that it is cursed or something. People often avoid roaming around that Tower. It is best for us to stay away from that Tower and perhaps find a new spot for monster hunting."
"Yeah, I think you are right."
When I heard them, I felt like that I may have been also cursed since I just saw a ghost myself.
"*Gulp* "
A hand suddenly tapped lightly on my shoulder and-
"ARGGHHH!! NO I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING PLEASE FORGIVE ME."
I suddenly jumped, thinking it must be that ghost again and grabbed my knees while covering my face, putting my hands on my head as I sat.
"H-Hey! What happened! You scared me a little as well. Abel?"
When I heard the voice, I realised that this voice is...
"Ah! Oh, it's you....haha it's you....okay....*phew* "
It was Bianca who tapped lightly on my shoulder to let me know that she came back.
"But what happened to you? Why did you screamed like that?" asked Bianca.
"About that, actually."
"Yeah?"
I wondered if whether she would believe in my words or not so I had decided to hide it and changed the subject but related to the Uptaten Tower rumours.
"Nothing, I was just scared when I saw a....a....yeah a cockroach! Haha, I am scared of cockroachs. Anyway, I wanted to ask something regarding the Uptaten Tower rumours." I said.
"Uh, alright if you say so. And why did you suddenly put this kind of topic?" she asked.
"I was just curious to know since people were talking about it." I answered.
"Hm, well according to what I had heard..."
She started to explain me and I went quiet to listen to what she had to say.
"I don't know much but it seems like, a long long time ago.....There were two couples, mighty count and his beautiful countess, who lived over at the Uptaten Tower." said Bianca.
They both wanted their own children but unfortunately they had none. Then after some time passed, they both died and the place was left deserted. However, after few years later the voices could be heard of crying from within the castle walls." she continued.
"That means what I just saw, was she the countess?" I thought.
"Well, anyway. That's about the story. No one really knows what exactly happened at the tower. People often avoids going near that place." said Bianca.
"I see..."
I just hope I don't go near that place even by mistake or even if I forget about the place. It was truly scary until a moment ago.
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To be continued...