192 – 65. Aren’t you afraid of ghosts? (2)
Judas hates ghosts.
It is not just because of transcendent fears such as suddenly popping out in strange shapes or interfering with the real world without any substance.
She doesn’t know who it is, so she hates the situation where she has to suffer helplessly.
For example, if the other person is a person, you can respond.
He has mastered many types of excellent communication tools, including back-stabbing.
But ghosts cannot be defeated or defeated.
Judah hates ghosts because he cannot fight them, and as a result, he is afraid of them.
‘That’s why I’m scared, I’m not scared, uh. ‘Absolutely not.’
And then Elijah and I overheard someone hiding and talking about ghosts.
“Shall we check?”
I received a suggestion from Elijah.
“… Well, why do you have to do it yourself instead of having someone do it for you? Is it necessary? “Is there one?”
I tried to refuse.
“No. This is my job too, so I have to step up. Let’s go check it out for ourselves. “There may be something important going on.”
I was rejected.
“… ….”
I was so busy glancing around that I didn’t see that Elijah was smiling evilly.
In the end, he had no choice but to be led by Elijah’s hand.
I had no choice but to follow along, and Elijah smiled and patted Judah’s butt.
“Don’t worry. “If anything happens, I will protect you.”
Elijah’s magic can burn even if the target is an intangible ghost.
“… Huh.”
Judah decided to rely on her warmly and dependably.
“As expected, there is only Ellie.”
“Wow. Of course.”
*
“I want to hear more about that ghost story I just heard.”
Elijah went to those who were whispering and immediately spoke.
“Hey!”
They were so startled that their bodies trembled.
However, I soon recognized that the opponent was Elijah, the current emperor of the Bevel Empire.
It is difficult to know the true appearance of a person who is inherently high.
Moreover, they were ordinary soldiers hired by Jericho.
Nevertheless, the reason I recognized Elijah was because she was special.
When the evil spirit disappeared, she appeared like a dream in everyone’s fantasies.
Everyone recognizes Elijah unless he is a child born after that incident.
“Your Majesty… !”
“Shh. Lower your voice. “I don’t want to make a fuss for no reason.”
“Old… !”
“Anyway, tell me more about that ghost.”
“Uh…. Your Majesty, it’s not a big enough issue for you to worry about… !”
“I, the listener, decide that.”
The soldiers had no choice but to open their mouths due to Elijah’s resolute attitude.
Besides, Judas listened to their story with great nervousness.
Elijah felt her strength tighten as she held his hand.
‘Cute.’
She smiled happily on the inside, without showing it on the outside.
“This happened a few days ago. At some point, food started disappearing from the camp we had set up outside the city.”
Jericho is one of the main bases for supplying supplies.
The amount of traffic was so large that the size of the city alone could not accommodate all the people.
So, some of the people coming and going gathered outside the city and pitched tents to sleep.
“It wasn’t that much, so I thought I might have been confused at first.”
“But this happened repeatedly among merchants for several days. I thought it was a thief, so I investigated, but everyone denied it. “No evidence of actual theft was found.”
“Then one day….”
As the soldier’s voice calmed down, Judah also became nervous.
“One day, a family did not sleep at night because they were determined to catch the thief. “He lay down in the dark, pretended to be asleep, and waited for me to come.”
“When I waited for a long time for the moon to set…. “I heard footsteps from somewhere.”
“But the sound of those footsteps did not sound like a normal person.”
Judah swallowed his saliva without realizing it.
“Sabababaak, doing it felt like crawling on all fours.”
“But they also said that the sound was so small that it seemed like a sound that would not have been made originally.”
“Why, isn’t there such a saying…?” ! “Evil spirits don’t act like normal people!”
Well, there is a saying like that.
Judah’s back became increasingly cold and wet.
“But he said he raised his head because he felt like he had to check. Moreover, it happened to be approaching the box where the food was stored. “So I jumped up!”
“The thing that was lying flat on the floor crawled on all fours and ran away!”
“Furthermore, it is said that while his jet-black fur grew fluffy and not like that of a human, he even had white clothes fluttering around… !”
Judah wanted to hug Elijah.
Just as she hugged her stuffed cat to comfort her, she wanted to do that to Elijah.
Her urge to be safely buried in Elijah’s arms spiraled out of control, but she persevered for now.
She was truly proud of herself.
“So what next?”
“Similar eyewitness testimonies have been reported several times since then.”
“She also tried to gather people from the security unit to track her down…. “She hasn’t found any physical evidence yet.”
“Oh, and around the time this report came in, it was said that a moan that sounded like a child groaning was heard somewhere.”
“Where is the source of that sound? “Have you visited?”
“Yes. “I am the one involved, but the crying only got louder even though there was no one, let alone a child, in the place.”
Judas wanted to run away.
“Hmm….”
On the other hand, Elijah was quite serious and worried.
How can we solve this situation?
“First of all, I want to check the place where the rumor started. “Just tell me where it is and I’ll find it.”
“Yes. It’s outside the south gate of Jericho. “There is a large bonfire lit and several people staying in tents, so you will be able to spot it quickly.”
After confirming her location, Elijah immediately put her hood over her.
She didn’t want to be noticed by people for no reason.
Judas followed her, his hood pulled down in the same way as hers.
Elijah stopped at a little distance from her soldiers.
“Are you scared?”
“… No? It’s not?”
“Then there’s no need to hug me?”
“Why? Why is that conclusion drawn? “It’s not logical.”
Elijah burst out laughing at his impatient response.
“Okay, okay.”
At that moment, there was a pile of abandoned wooden planks nearby.
Elijah stood on top of her and spread her arms.
“Now, come here.”
Judas was not embarrassed.
She approached him with long strides and hugged him tightly to her chest.
She takes a deep breath and exhales.
Cozy and warm arms.
The soft and sweet smell of flesh melts your nervous heart.
The excellent volume of two pieces of flesh can be felt even through the fabric. And it feels soft and fluffy.
This is the moment when the whole world becomes peaceful.
Elijah hugged and stroked his head, which was held on her chest like a child.
“That’s right, that’s right. Are you okay. He’s nice. Are you very scared? Should I just order someone else to do it?”
“… It’s not scary at all. “I just wanted to be hugged, so I hugged him.”
“Oh my, that’s right.”
“… ….”
For some reason, I was treated like an immature child.
But she didn’t just hate that feeling.
Judah hated herself for that.
‘… Wait for a sec. Come to think of it, if you have the pupil of the moon, wouldn’t you be able to cut down evil spirits? In the first place, the magical power that was given attributes works on evil spirits. ‘Why am I scared?’
She essentially lost her fear of ghosts.
But she liked being in Elijah’s arms, so she decided to stay in Elijah’s arms for a while longer.
Meanwhile, as Elijah held her Judah to her chest and stroked her, she felt a strange sense of security.
She wondered if it would feel like this if she had a child.
The desire to protect and want to do anything.
I have no plans to have children yet.
She wants to enjoy a long time alone with Yuda, so she is receiving prescriptions for her emergency contraception from May.
Still, she thought she would have a child someday.
At least after the conquest of the Demon World is over and the world becomes stable.
Just picturing the future of having children made her feel filled with warmth.
‘I heard that Judah is secretly childlike.’
… When I think about it, she does it openly, not secretly.
But even that side of him is endearing.
“Are you stable now?”
“Hmm. Good. “Let’s go solve Jericho’s problem.”
“… “I suddenly gained momentum.”
I moved to the point the soldier told me about.
Right in front of the South Gate of Jericho.
People who sleep in the open by randomly spreading cloth or setting up tents around a bonfire.
He didn’t look like a refugee.
I’m only staying for a while.
“They say that a ghost-like thing appeared here…. “Given that she has only been seen at night, does that mean she is not active during the day?”
“It would have been difficult to approach during the day because people were awake.”
The current time is also close to daytime.
The afternoon when the sun reaches its peak and sets.
Both Elijah and Judah were too well known to be questioned by people.
If the reason for the search is revealed, the rumor that ghosts really live here may spread.
Elijah wanted to avoid unnecessary disturbance.
First of all, in her opinion, her real culprit was not an evil spirit or ghost.
“Looking for traces like footprints… “It must be difficult, right?”
“There are so many people coming and going that there is no trace.”
“Then we have to go to the point where that sound came from.”
Start from the tent village and walk to the place indicated by the soldier.
As he moved, Elijah looked at the movement.
“It leads to a shady area outside Jericho’s outer wall.”
“… ….”
A shady place.
A corner place.
Judah became afraid again.
Even though she knew she could stand up to that enemy, whether she really did so in that situation was another matter.
-Kkiiiiing….
At that time, she heard a sound that sounded like she was in pain.
“!”
Judah quickly hugged Elijah.
“It’s okay, it’s okay.”
Elijah calmly patted his buttocks.
“Wow, that was really a child’s sound.” The sound of people… !”
Elijah guaranteed her freedom in his imagination.
‘I don’t think so.’
Because it is a place where no one travels, tall grass grows thick.
Go through the grass to the point where the sound came from.
There, there was something similar to a small nest made of wood.
A crude nest made from rotten trees and wooden boards discarded by people.
It was built tilted against the castle wall to avoid rain and wind.
Remains of human food are scattered nearby.
“… What.”
Judah also began to realize that she was not what she had feared.
At that time, a black shadow walked out from within the shade hidden by the trees.
Ears lying flat.
Lie down and expose your teeth.
Elijah said as if she had expected it.
“It’s a dog.”
It was not a ghost but an animal that stole people’s food.
That too, just an ordinary dog.
“… ….”
Judah had no time to be embarrassed.
That dog.
“… “Is this the dog that used to live in my house?”
It was a dog I knew.
This is the same dog that sometimes came to play in the yard of his house in Jericho.
Border Collie, one of the sheep herding dog breeds.
Even the dog recognized Judas.
After relaxing her low posture, she stands with her eyes wide open and wags her tail.
“… ….”
And belatedly, Judah was overcome by her uncontrollable embarrassment.
The oblivious dog welcomed him.
“Woof!”
