"Alright, little Plutia come here please." Nicole said as she took Brian's sword out of his sheathe.
"Huh?" Brian said in a puzzled tone as he realized Nicole took his sword.
"W-wait what are you doing with my sword Nicole?"
Brian looked at Nicole as he saw her pointing his sword towards Plutia who is cowering in fear.
"AWAWAWAWA I Didn't ask for this!!!" Plutia cried out as she tried escaping through the window.
"Nope, stay in here little Plutia." Peter said as he blocked her way with his big body.
"No!!!!!! Somebody save me!!!!!!!! KYAAAAAA!" Plutia screamed as Nicole approached her body and pricked her finger.
At this time of the night the people in the nearby rooms who heard Plutia's scream reverberate shuddered as they tried to imagine what was happening to her.
"A-aa..." Plutia gasped for breath due to all her screaming and crying as she collapsed on the bed after Nicole and the others got her blood with dead eyes.
"M-maybe I went to far?" Nicole said as she realized how terrifying it must've looked when she was approaching Plutia with a sword instead of a needle or something smaller.
"You did go to far. Sally had a pack of needles you know? Can I have my sword back now? I think if I don't go clean it Plutia might be afraid of my sword for the rest of her life and stay away from me unless I got a new one."
Brian rolled his eyes as he extended his arm towards Nicole for his sword.
"Ha-ha... H-here you go..." Nicole said as she returned his sword while averting her gaze away from him.
"P-Plutia? PLUTIA! Don't die on me!" Sally shouted all of a sudden.
Everyone heard Sally's shout jumped in fright and started to have cold sweat as they turned to look at Plutia on the bed who has dead eyes and laying motionlessly on the bed.
"Awawawa what do we do!" Sally said in fright.
"I-I didn'- it wasn't me!" Nicole hurriedly said.
"I give my prayers to heaven for a wish, give me the power I need to save the people I care about. Heal!" Sally quickly chanted.
Everyone looked at Plutia with care as they prayed she would be fine.
"How is it? Is she okay?" Ben asked Sally.
"I-I actually don't know what kind of condition she is in... She just looks like a lifeless doll." Sally replied.
"A lifeless doll huh? Do you guys by any chance know what Plutia's fears are?" Ben asked as he turned to look at everyone else in the room.
"""She's definitely scared of ghosts and creepy haunted stuff.""" Everyone said in unison with emotionless faces as they recalled the dangerous time they had in the haunted house where Plutia was unconscious the entire time.
"Do you know if shes maybe afraid of pain?"
"""I don't know.""" Everyone said in unison with curious eyes as they truthfully don't even know much about Plutia.
"Let's see if this will work..."
Ben takes Peter's sword and walks towards Plutia with killing intent being directed towards her.
"Hii!" Plutia awoke in fright as she backed into the corner of the bed with tears filling her eyes as she looked at Ben in fear.
Ben and the others looked at the Plutia who was cowering in the corner of the bed while shaking so badly with tears strolling down her cheeks.
Ben who finally accomplished his goal that answered everyone's questions then released his killing intent.
"Meow." The black spirit cat leaped towards Plutia as he tried to console her.
(Master, don't worry everything is going to be okay.)
"M-mother." Plutia said weakly and softly to the point where people couldn't even understand what she said.
"Mother?" Ben asked.
"Mother..." Plutia said once more with tears filling her eyes still as she hugged her knees and placed her head into her thighs.
"I wonder what her mother is like for her to be wanting her at this time." Nicole whispered to the group.
"She must've been the same as Plutia in appearance and a more motherly figure." Laura replied in a whisper.
"She must've been a saint! Even I a healer can't comfort her, even though her mother isn't here shes consoling her indirectly!" Sally whispered.
"Still if she is unconscious will it affect her spirit contract with the black cat?" Brian whispered as he looked towards Laura.
"There would be a high chance of her not being able to make a spirit contract with the same spirit she tried to contract due to them already taking her blood."
"Tch! Then we need to make sure that doesn't happen and console her so she can finish her spirit contract!" Robert exclaimed in a whisper.
"Plutia it's all okay. You're fine we won't hurt you." Laura said as she walked towards Plutia.
She then extended her arm to pet Plutia.
Sally who saw this did the same but pulled Plutia into her embrace and started to caress her like a mother.
"Mother..." Plutia muttered once more as she closed her eyes slowly."
"Wait just a second there little Plutia. You need to make your spirit contract first before you can sleep." Nicole said.
Plutia then shook out of her daze as she looked at Nicole in fright due to her remembering about how Nicole took a sword and pricked her small finger with it.
"U-un..."
"Somehow I feel really pained. What you guys said about her fearing me is actually coming true. Who was it that made the flag?" Nicole said with a crestfallen tone as she looked back towards the group.
Everyone averted their gaze away from her as they couldn't bring to say it was them.
"Alright then Plutia. Give a name to the black spirit cat while your hand is on it as you channel your mana." Laura said.
"Un..."
Plutia outstretched her hand and placed it on top of the black cats head as she named him 'Hastur' while channeling her mana.
"Meowwwwwwwww."
(I-I feel so strong. What is all of this mana? How can it be so pure and refined?)
"Master that's enough." Hastur said.
"Y-you can talk human language?" Peter stuttered as he looked at Hastur with his eyes wide opened.
Everyone else excluding Plutia who looks like she is about to faint at any time looked at Hastur with their eyes wide opened in shock.
"Naturally, after getting so much pure and refined mana from master I was able to become a high-tiered spirit and gained the power to talk in the human language." Hastur replied.
"Plutia!" Sally screamed once more as she saw Plutia collapse on the bed with a tired expression on her face.
"I guess today was a rough day for her." Ben said.
"Alright since its night, you kids should go rest now. Laura and Sally will stay here with Plutia while you three boys will sleep in a different room. If I catch you trying to peek on them I won't hesitate to chop you into little bits and pieces."
When Ben shot deadly gazes towards the three boys they shivered and nodded their heads at once as they ran out the door to find a room for them to sleep in.
"Alright you three, take care of the angel for us. Have a nice night and sleep well since you have school tomorrow." Ben said as he turned his back towards them and walked out the door while waving his hand.
"Nicole, make sure you apologize to her thoroughly okay?" Sally said as she looked at Nicole with concerned eyes.
"Y-yes, I'll make sure I apologize to her when she wakes up as I don't want her to fear me. After all she is so cute... I just can't refrain myself from petting her. However, if she stays away from me all the time I wouldn't be able to pet her which would be sad... I hope she can forgive me." Nicole said with a sad tone as she walked over to an empty bed.
"Haha, you better pray before you sleep that she'll accept the apology." Laura chuckled as she walked to another empty bed to lay in.
"Ah, lets just pray that Plutia will be fine in general as shes the one that's always been unconscious most of the time and crying." Sally said.
"""Good night.""" They said in unison to one another.
"Meow."