Meeting a real ghost
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After Hilda left with a new conviction to deal with Yuki completely misunderstanding that the 'kindhearted' Maou was disposed of by the hands of that evil spirit. In the Rosa Villa, things were starting to go back to normal, and to Yuki's surprise, he found that Emilia prepared the dinner for them.
"OH, Emi, I didn't know you could cook" Said Yuki while enjoying the delicious food and calculating in his heart how much this must have cost and his heart ached slightly…
'I can't let this woman purchase our groceries in the future' thought Yuki and he could see Emilia blush slightly as she replied "Of course I can, I lied on my own since I was a kid… Anyways do you like it?"
Not wanting to delve into such a sad topic, Yuki smiled with his mouth full of food and said " It's delicious, right Mashiro?"
Mashiro didn't stop eating and simply nodded at hi absentmindedly bringing a smile to Emilia as she also started eating and they started to forget about what happened with the ghoul attack…
But the topics of discussion quickly dwindled down as Mashiro wasn't the talkative type and Yuki was engrossed in eating such a delicious meal so Emilia thought for a bit before she was hit by a good idea "That's right, Yuki, you didn't send me the picture we took in Akihabara"
Mashiro paused for a few instants and stared at Yuki silently prompting him to ask "What's wrong Mashiro?"
Mashiro simply stared at him silently and Yuki couldn't help but think 'Am I not supposed to be the creepy one or what? Is she thinking of ways to kill me? Stab me in my sleep? Fuc- Nah, she's a simple girl'
After stomping on the breaks of his mind, Yuki said "You want us to take a picture?"
Mashiro's eyes flashed slightly before she nodded slightly causing Emilia to glare at them in annoyance 'This girl is dangerous'. Meanwhile, Yuki let out a sigh and took out his phone "I completely forgot about our picture from all the things that have been happening, let's see if this phone is good enough to take pictures first" After all, he only used it that time to complete his despicable mission [Monsters in disguise]
So, after clicking on the image and without looking at it, he showed it to Emilia first while Mashiro waited for her turn, but Emilia froze and took her time staring at the picture 'Why's she taking so long to comment on the picture? Hmm, why's she looking behind me and then looks back to the picture? Oh, now her face's changing colors… I know I'm handsome but I didn't think she would be so affected by just a picture'
After his thoughts reached this point, Yuki smugly turned the phone to him expecting to see his greatness that left Emilia frozen with a blue face and wide eyes in 'admiration'
"Let's see, let's see" muttered Yuki, but the moment his eyes landed on the image, he also completely froze and started shivering all of a sudden as Mashiro stared at the two of them puzzled while they kept staring at each other's eyes in terror
"Show me…" Said Mashiro who was overwhelmed by her curiosity and she tugged slightly at Yuki's shirt, but he didn't expect her to touch him and screamed like a Maou "AAAAA, o—oh i-i-it's j-j-just you ma-ma-Mashiro"
Mashiro looked at him puzzled as he quickly hid the phone away from her and said "I'm going to visit my dear neighbors for a moment, I will be right back"
Then Yuki gulped slightly and went to his neighbors while Emilia saluted him and didn't move at all as her heart kept beating like crazy from the fear she just felt…
Mashiro didn't understand what was going on, but soon after Yuki left, three terrifying screams came from room 201 and she could hear someone praying and water splashing everywhere
"Is Yuki okay?" asked Mashiro to Emilia, but the latter just shivered and said "I- I don't know…"
….
"EMI! COME HERE!" Yelled Maou and Emilia gulped slightly before she went to room 201 to face her terrors…
After entering, she noticed Yuki's phone sitting alone in the corner of the room, but it was still open to a certain picture, it was a picture of her smiling happily and Yuki smiling forcefully, but if that was all, she wouldn't have reacted that way… Instead, there was a translucent dark figure with long grey hair and its head was poking right between the two of them, and its dark hairy hands were interlocked around their necks like a good friend and it had a terrifying smile on its face, making Yuki's smile look cute…
The more she looked at it the more she felt her spine tingling and she could somehow still imagine that hand still on her shoulder making her face turn blue again.
"W-w-why did you call me h-here?" asked Emilia nervously while staring at Yuki who was wet from the holy water Ashiya showered him with and trapped in a corner of the room by a magic barrier
"You have a hand mirror right? Can you give it to me please" said Maou nervously, and Emilia suddenly remembered the rumors about Yuki destroying any mirror he passes by… 'Don't tell me, he's actually possessed?'
"You are going to owe me a mirror" She said to the trapped Yuki and went back to room 202 to retrieve her small mirror from her purse
"Here you go" Said Emilia as she gave it to Maou, and the latter looked at the silent Yuki for a few instants before he gulped down and with a determined look took one step forward towards him. But then he imagined the thing staring at him from behind Yuki and his forward step took a 180° as he faced Ashiya instead who was still praying like a saint and said "My loyal servant, you do it"
The prayers suddenly stopped as Ashiya locked eyes with his lord but his hand didn't move to take the mirror from him "My lord, go on with courage, don't worry I will bless you"
'Bless my ass you bastard' Thought Maou seeing that Ashiya was ready to run at any moment so he turned to Hanzo, only to find the latter watching from the door of the room with a smirk and a look on his face that said 'You are on you own'
Maou gulped down, before he steeled himself and stared at himself in the mirror to affirm his resolve, but the moment he did, it suddenly broke, but it didn't escape his eyes the dark figure standing right beside him and staring at him with a grin and another bitch scream escaped his mouth…
"AAAAA" and the rest followed him in the scream… Only Yuki was silent as he seemed absentminded. Of course, this was what happens whenever he gets a new quest.
'Interesting' Thought Yuki after reading the details of this quest…
[Quest: Regretful spirit]
[Quest Description: You discovered that the spirit of the previous owner of your body, Yuki, left some remnants after his death as he died with a lot of regrets in his heart and that transformed into this regretful spirit thanks to the power that helped your soul reincarnate into this new body]
[Quest Task: Help this tragic spirit solve its regrets so that it can leave this world peacefully]
[Quest Reward: Phantom phasing | + additional rewards if the host overperforms]
[Quest punishment: - 5 to your soul attribute | Curse of the dead]
[Quest note: I really wonder who's haunting who, but it is what it is…]
'But how am I supposed to know what its regrets are' thought Yuki completely ignoring the system's hateful note before he said to Maou "Release me from this barrier, it's not working"
Maou was still shaken by what he saw and looked at Yuki doubtfully and was reluctant to release him" Are you sure you are not an evil spirit?"
This made Yuki's veins pop in anger, but someone else was faster to deal with the stupid Maou, it was Emilia who smacked him in the head and said "You are a demon lord, what are you being scared for"
'If only you didn't say it with a blue face dear hero' thought everyone in the room before Maou released Yuki and the latter immediately asked "Do you guys have any idea on how to communicate with this spirit?"
Everyone remained silent before they turned their heads at the devil sitting by the door of the room "Oh, so Hanzo-kun is good at this type of thing"
"Leave me out of this mess" said Hanzo and he tried to make a run for it but a hand suddenly grabbed him from his shirt's collar and threw him back inside the room before the door closed behind him
"Ite ite ite, This hurts you bastard" yelled Hanzo thinking that it was Ashiya that dragged him back, but to his surprise, no one was near him, no, they were all distancing themselves from him as they huddled together with pale faces…
Hanzo seemed to realize what just happened and his face turned slightly pale as he heard Yuki say shamelessly "It appears that our new friend agrees with us as well, go ahead Hanzo do your magic"
'Damn you all, I wish you burn in hell' cursed Hanzo before he stood up nervously and Yuki passed him his mana before he started muttering nervously in an unknown language, but soon his tone turned eerie as a dark fog started revolving in front of him, and the more he spoke, the faster the dark fog revolved until Hanzo's eyes shot out an eerie white light which stabilized the revolving vortex…
Soon, the revolving vortex started to transform from a fog into a liquid substance that took the shape of a round mirror, and it almost appeared like a portal to the world of the dead!
This even caused huge clouds to form above Rosa Villa creating an eerie feeling. The demons, Emilia and Yuki watched nervously as waves suddenly appeared on the round mirror before it stabilized again, and in it appeared the eerie figure they saw in the picture…
"Finally, I can speak…" An eerie voice echoed from the round mirror, surprisingly, it sounded just like Yuki's voice, which was something they didn't expect… Minus Yuki of course who knew the identity of the being they were facing.
"W-who are you?" Asked Emilia nervously after mustering her courage, but the ghostly figure simply pointed a finger at Yuki and said with an eerie smile "You know, right?"
Everyone immediately stared at Yuki silently before they took their leave one by one and Ashiya said "It's your problem buddy" before he quickly escaped and Maou and Hanzo immediately followed after him…
Yuki and Emilia stared at each other before Emilia gritted her teeth and said "I will stay with yo-" but before she could finish, she felt a hand grab her by her shirt and threw her out of the room at the escaping demons before the door locked behind them and no sound escaped the room…
"Yuki!!" Yeled Emilia in worry, but Ashiya put his hand on her shoulder to console her and said "Don't worry, they are both ghosts and will get along together just fine"
"Indeed" said Maou before he went to room 202 as his nose picked up on the smell of free food…
Meanwhile, Yuki who was left alone to face this monstrosity couldn't help but gulp as he thought 'I will never forget about this you bastards!'