chapter 8

after climbing for a few minutes a blue-colored wisp lantern can be seen in both side while the foggy miasma are slowly thinning making the path more clearer but the top is not yet can be seen by the eyes

but as the miasma thinning up so do the atmosphere, after climbing a few more step the place grow colder and looking sinister

'damn this shit'cursing at her head while climbing down from the head of Julius she then hides inside the clothes of his, 'ah~~ it is so warm in here, heck is this guy doesn't feel the cold' noticing Julius lack response to the cold atmosphere

while she is thinking why he didn't respond to the situation now, the one who she talks about is enjoying it

this cold, why do I feel so much affection to the cold is it because of that' he thought then he did not mind it after a while, he just enjoys the trip that makes himself....no his whole fiber is enjoying it

"hm~~" his moan can't help but to escape from his lips

'the hell, whose there, there is no one here only the beautiful me and this figurine..... wait figurine I think that sound is coming from the above' she looks up then imagine a figurine moaning' damn'

'i think I'll reach the top now' he thought while looking up and as he climbs so do the cold is becoming more intense that it can cause ice to manifest but strangely the place is still same old stairs with a wisp lantern on both side while the place is sinister it is not so much just enough to scare the hell out of some adventurous idiot but even if that idiot is mentally disabled that didn't fear anything it doesn't mean he/she can climb up because as you go up the more you'll become a nice figurine

hu~' after stepping under the square slab a gale of icy wind pass to his whole body making him shake while grasping for an air of enjoyment

while he is enjoying it the little lizard is also enjoying herself in kotatsu version humanoid ' what the hell is wrong with this figurine, why does his body not freezing but is more like enjoying it.... oh well I don't care ' she thought sheepishly while enjoying it inside

in the front of him is a shrine, a pretty worn out shrine but even though it is pretty old there is no missing part while in the middle of the way there is a throne with a skeleton wearing a black yukata with souls like embroidery on it,

the position of the skeleton is his/her head is resting on his hand while his legs are cross with the other one, yet his clothes aren't worn out as it is strange because of the old place, and the looks of it no one hasn't come here

'why does father know this place' unknown to him his father also didn't know this place as he points the direction to a relatively close in the inner region where the place is barren but he didn't say to go to the central region

ding~ ding~

chime sing's can be heard while a wisp is appearing one by one, more and more can be seen appearing and is making the whole place a little brighter, the color of blue wisp is making the place more ancient and mysterious

the appearing of the wisp came to stop after it is good enough to illuminate the whole place

crr~~

a sound of grinding can be heard, the grinding is heard for a second then the whole place retain its tranquility

"thou whom thy presence" a voice can be heard as a two white flare materialize in the two sockets of the skeleton

the voice who spoke is so shrilly that who listen became uncomfortable to continue listening

Julius calmly raise his blade toward the skeleton while he chants a spell, syllables and ancient words materialize in the space as it surrounds the black blade

"withdrew the blade as I'm no harm," said with a gentle shrill that it makes more comfortable to cut the throat to the one who spoke

"hmm?" mutter by Julius as he didn't believe someone to easily and it is more when the sound of it is so....so..so sigh just leave it

bite~

hmm~" moan by Julius when a little lizard bites his neck, he then looks at it and sees it shook her head making him felt puzzled then he focus his eyes again to the ancient skeleton

"ye must believe this as thou is weak" the skeleton then raise its hands as a cage-like shadow materialize bellow Julius making him narrowed his eyes but then relax as he is no match to this old shrilly skeleton

then it melts just like the ice as the shadow meltdown under him then, he crouches with his left knee while his right hand go through to the shadow and just like he is finding something, after a moment of exploring he withdrew his hand while there is now a scabbard with a black scale all over the body in his hand

shiing~~

he unsheathed his katana

his katana originally can be carried around but as this is a legendary blade it can be seen by the public or else a whole ant army will swarm to him with there mandible ready and it will be quiet troublesome to deal with to him

"as expected to the successor of that, ye have good mental" sounded by the skeleton while looking at the katana in the scabbard

'now that you said it that blade is familiar..... hmm well who cares' thought by a bitchy lizard

"I apologize to my rude performance, ancient being" Julius while fixing the scabbard to his left side waist

"ye don't have to worry as this servant is humble" replied by the Onmyoji skeleton then he said" as thee reach here thee can do my trial as I have no successor and ye also have the good aptitude to mine