Sweat dripping from his body, his arms were sore, but Haru forced himself to continue. He could learn magic, and in the future, he thought that it might be possible to get a "devil fruit" from the world of One Piece.
"....998, 999, 1000."
Haru stopped and thought about Gintoki's swordsmanship style. He felt that Gintoki's way of fighting was similar to a brawler rather than normal swordsmanship. He grabbed a towel from his table and wiped the sweat off his body. He thought about taking a bath before he went to sleep since he didn't want to sleep with such a sticky body. He sang a random song and went to the bathroom. He didn't notice that someone was looking at him with lustful eyes.
Sora couldn't concentrate on her manga since Haru's body was too hot. She really hoped that both of them could be together since she loved him more than a brother. She loved him as a man and wanted him to touch her.
However, Haru didn't know all of that. He had come back from the bathroom and Sora was laying on his bed. He smiled and said, "Let's sleep. I'm quite sleepy."
"Hmm..."
Sora nodded in response.
Haru entered the blanket and turned off the light. He closed his eyes and went to sleep instantly.
Sora didn't sleep and looked at Haru. She poked his cheek with her finger several times and this action woke him up.
Yawning, Haru asked, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
Sora looked at Haru and asked, "Why did you train so hard? Do you want to become a martial artist?" She thought that a thousand sword swings only happened in the manga, but she didn't expect Haru to do it in real life. But she had to admit that his body was very good and it could give him money if he showed it to a rich woman.
Haru raised his eyebrow and shook his head.
"Martial artist? No."
Haru looked at Sora and asked, "Do you think that I'll open a dojo or something?" But he suddenly thought that it wasn't bad business to open a gym since a public gym was quite rare in this country.
"But I might open a gym in the future."
"Gym, huh? I think that is also good business," Sora said.
Haru smiled and pinched Sora's little nose.
"Yeah, I guess that it can also help you so you won't turn into a pig after eating a lot of snacks," Haru said.
Slapping Haru's hand away, Sora was annoyed and pouted.
"Hmph!"
Sora turned since no girls wanted to be called "pig" by anyone.
"Don't get angry. I'm only teasing you. You're really cute and if you really turn into a pig then you'll become a cute pig," Haru said while patting Sora's head.
"I'm not a pig!"
Sora was annoyed and started to pinch his hand from time to time.
"Ouch! Ouch! Stop! Stop! Let's sleep now!"
Haru grabbed Sora's hand and made her stop.
Sora raised her nose and felt annoyed, but she nodded regardless. She thought that Haru was quite tired and needed to sleep after that workout.
Haru smiled and started to sleep since he was quite sleepy.
Sora looked at Haru for a while and heard soft breathing from him. She poked him again and this time he didn't wake up from his sleep. She moved closer and kissed his forehead.
"Goodnight."
Sora also slept while hugging him.
---
The next day, Haru went out to visit the house which he wanted to buy. He called the property agent who managed the house and told him that he would come at 10 in the morning. He looked around and saw a male in a suit who leaned on the door of the car.
The man also noticed Haru and thought that it was the one who wanted to buy the house from him. He smiled and walked toward Haru.
"Hello, are you Kasugano-asn?"
Haru nodded and said, "Yes, I am. You're Takahama, right?"
"Yes, that's my name."
Takahama is a middle-aged man in his early 40's. He almost lost his hair, but his appearance was quite neat and clean.
Takahama looked at Haru and felt that Haru was quite young, but he could see that Haru wasn't flustered or nervous. He could tell that Haru had money and he was very polite to him.
"That is the house. You can see it from this spot."
Takahama pointed his finger in some direction. He waited for Haru's reaction and thought to offer him another house since he knew that Haru was only attracted by this house because of its price. But he knew once someone entered this house, they would instantly be scared and run far away from this place.
Before that Takahanam needed to stop him and told him to check another house rather than this place.
Haru followed Takahama's finger and saw a quite dirty house that was located right in front of him. Even though the house was quite dirty, he could tell that the foundation of this place was very strong.
This house had two floors and quite a large land area which was around 220 m2.
If this house wasn't haunted then it wouldn't be possible to buy this house with 10 million yen.
Haru thought that the ghost in this house was really scared or would curse the people who stayed in this place so the price was very cheap.
Haru knew that it was a bargain, but at the same time, it was haunted. He thought for a while, but the cheap price really attracted him. He could renovate it easily and turn it into a beautiful house easily. He was wondering why it had turned into a haunted house since it felt quite strange for such a large house to be suddenly haunted by something.
Looking at Haru's reaction, Takahama seemed quite unsure and asked, "A, are you really going to buy this house?"
"I want to visit inside. Can I?" Haru asked.
Takahama seemed quite tangled but nodded regardless. He took a deep breath and said, "I'm sure that you might hear it, but this house is haunted and cursed. I'm in charge of this house because I pulled the short stick in my company...." He closed his eyes and opened it again.
"My advice... it is better to see another house around this area. I can show you a lot of better house."
Haru didn't seem afraid and was interested in this house.
"Can you tell me what has happened to this house?"
Takahama was reluctant, but in the end, he told him the story of this house.
"In the middle of the night, you'll hear the sound of children crying loudly, the door will be opened and closed by something, the light will turn on and off, etc. It is the same as a haunted house that you watch in the movie, but it is in reality."
Takahama looked at Haru and said, "There were a lot of people who were interested in this house because of its price, but in the end, they regretted their choice. I want to advise you once again that it is better to choose another house."
Haru became even more curious and said, "Can I enter the house?"
"............."
Takamaha was speechless and snorted. He looked away and took his cigarette.
"Just go inside, you can visit it anytime."
Haru nodded and said, "Thank you."
Takahama lit his cigarette wondering how long it would take him to hear Haru's scream. He looked at his watch and thought that it would be 30 seconds or a minute before he would see him running away.
"Boy, I've told you beforehand...."
---
Haru entered the haunted house and felt that the floor was quite strong since he didn't hear a "creak" when he walked. He opened the door and saw the inside was quite dusty and dirty. He was sure that he couldn't see anything at night. He could understand that it gave everyone a creepy feeling, but he walked regardless.
Suddenly he felt the wind blow behind his neck which made him frown.
Haru ignored it since he didn't think that a ghost could kill him. He walked calmly while checking the condition of this house. Walking around the first floor, he was quite satisfied with how big it was.
After checking every corner of the first floor, Haru decided to check the second floor, but suddenly he heard a strange noise.
*Scratch!* *Scratch!* *Scratch!*
It was as if someone scratched the wall or the door of one of the rooms on the second floor, even though no one was living in this place.
Haru felt curious and walked toward the source of this noise. Walking quietly, he found the source of this noise and looked at the door in front of him.
"It should be here."
The noise became loud and suddenly the door was forced open.
*BOOOM!!!*
Haru jumped back to avoid the door which almost smacked him.
"Kyaaaa!!!!"
"Help us!!!"
"Don't kill us!!!"
Haru got goosebumps when he heard this voice since it seemed that someone was tortured inside. But he didn't force himself to enter rather he went out to discuss this problem to the "group chat" since he had a feeling that they had a solution for it.