"Ahem. Well, next, I should be showing you your room. But since no one comes to the Lily class, and no one is here right now, you can pretty much pick whatever room."
"But, just not the rooms in the first floor. Everything here, in the first floor, is mine. I stash my research notes and books anywhere here so don't touch anything, understand?"
He glared at her in warning.
Hearing his instructions, Inna nodded obediently.
"Come. I'll take you to the second floor."
He stood up and guided her through the hallways where they soon climbed up a set of stairs.
When Inna reached the second floor, it just consisted of a hallway filled with doors.
"Since you love ghosts so much, I would love to tell you the stories behind each room."
Ulima's tone was filled with delight and a hint of sarcasm. Before Inna could refute, he began talking.
"First room on the left, the girl sobbed loudly before she killed herself. So, you'll hear frequent sobbing near the bedside."
"Second room on the left, the man stabbed himself in the heart and before dying, he used his blood to write his grievances but he died halfway through."
"So, at night, avoid the space in front of the bed. Blood will begin to appear there and it would look like someone was using it to continue to write. Also, if you step on it or ruin the bloody writings, he might try to choke you in the middle of the night."
"Well, he won't actually kill you so it's all good."
Inna's face lost all its color.
It's not 'all good' at all!
"The one beside it once belonged to a female student who got pregnant during her stay in the academy. The partner didn't want the baby so he cursed her to make her miscarry. The girl died along with her child during the miscarriage, but at random times of the day, you'll hear lullabies and sometimes, even a baby crying softly inside the room."
"The room across it belong to a psychopathic student. He used to catch stray animals from the forest and he sliced them opened to hang in the walls and sometimes even in the ceilings. So, at night, you might see blood seeping out of both the walls and the ceiling."
"On the second room on the right, a crazy male student kidnapped and mutilated a female student by chopping her body in half to offer her to the God in exchange for strength. Now, I don't know how he got that idea, but it didn't work. He killed himself days after because after his failed ceremony, he started seeing the upper half of the female student crawling towards his bed."
"And if you stay there, the same thing happens. The bloody woman would crawl slowly towards the bed, leaving a trail of blood and stink."
Inna shuddered from the mere thought of it.
"Also in the first room on the right, there was a woman there who loved the man in that room, the fourth one on the left. So every night, you'll see the door on the right suddenly open and close. And then, same thing happens to the door on the room on the left, it opens and closes as well, then after a few moments, you'll see her standing in front of the bed and just staring at you sleep."
"Well, if you were a woman in the bed, she'd get jealous and go all crazy on you. Sometimes, she'll immediately pin you down to choke you. But she doesn't really kill you so--"
"OKAY! STOP! STOP! STOP! I HAD ENOUGH! I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU SAY 'IT'S ALL GOOD,' I'M GONNA BASH YOUR FACE WITH THAT ICE BAG!"
Inna screamed as she felt her soul almost leaving her body.
She had to admit, the horror stories are interesting and all, but she didn't want to acknowledge that it actually happens in the place she's going to spend countless nights in!
And by the way he vividly explains, it seems that this asshole doesn't want her to stay in any of the rooms at all!
"I'll take the one at the end of the hall!"
Inna dashed across the hallways and opened the door before Ulima can even say anything. He followed her as well as he clicked his tongue at his failed attempt of scaring her away.
"Hey, you know, that room actually ha--"
"LALALALALALALALA! I CAN'T HEAR YOU! CAN'T HEAR YOU! LALALAAAAA!"
Inna covered her ears and began dancing around while screaming to distract herself.
Meanwhile, Ulima looked at her weirdly.
What's happening to her?
Now, she's actually…. dancing?
Was his speculation actually true?
Is this girl really nuts?
Inna didn't notice his weird gaze as she immediately twisted the knob in the door and opened it. Once she saw the huge fluffy bed that seemed to cover half the room, she didn't think twice before diving towards it.
"HUBBY! I MISSED YOU!"
She began rolling and bouncing around on the bed, laughing with glee as she made kissy noises on the blankets.
Seeing her strange actions, Ulima nodded to himself slowly as if he just confirmed one of the mysteries in this world.
I knew it.
She's crazy.
Now, time to ditch this troublesome lunatic.