After the incident, Hannah talks about her life a little more, while Yuan is just sitting there looking like he is in the waiting room while his sister or mom are inside shopping. but even so, he didn't interrupt her talking; instead, he is listening to everything that she is saying until
Hm?
A head pops out from the door of the infirmary. Levia slowly looks around with her eyes half closed, and for some reason she has a weird look on her face. She moves her head back again and pops it out one more time, but in a different spot. She is like one of the games in an arcade where you have to smash something that keeps popping in and out of holes with a hammer.
She pops out again at the door, and this time she opens her eyes completely and looks around one more time.
Let's see, where is...ah.
She noticed Yuan sitting next to Hannah, who was wiping her face with the handkerchief she was holding, in the infirmary's second bed. They both appeared uncomfortable. She smiled for no apparent reason, and then Yuan spoke up just as she was about to call him.
"Ahem!" "I suddenly want to eat ice cream," Yuan says out of nowhere, then he looks at the girl sitting on the infirmary bed as he continues.
"How are you feeling, Hannah?"
After a brief moment of staring down, Hannah nods and smiles as she turns to face Yuan.
"I think I'm better now. I guess my sickness just came from stress since when I let it all out, I immediately felt better."
Levia walks inside the infirmary, stands next to the door, and decides to observe the situation.
"But still, just to make sure, go home for now; don't worry, I'll go back to class and tell our teacher about it." Yuan stands and takes off some dirt from his pants.
Hannah smile "I think I'll do that, thank you again, and tell everyone that I'm sorry for worrying them."
Levia, on the other hand, made a serious expression while looking at Hannah. She paused and then said, "T-This girl feels a l-little weird..j- just to make sure I'll accompany her for a while."
Yuan replied, "Sure." Hannah stood up, walked towards the door, and opened it. As she was about to go outside, she turned around, made a little bow, and walked out of the room.
As if answering both questions, Levia and Hannah replied "see you" at the same time.
After the door closed, Yuan sat on the chair as he massaged his temple. His face was a little pale, as he felt really exhausted.
"It's been a while since I got tired this hard, not just physically but mentally as well." "What the hell is happening?"
"Let me answer that for you~"
The light began to flicker, and the room's atmosphere became suddenly heavy. His neck began to tingle, and he experienced a creepy feeling throughout his body.
"Hehe, not that you can hear me anyway~"
*crak crak* A hand suddenly grabs Yuan's shoulders from behind, and the sound of bones on its fingers can be heard as a face slowly advances to the left side of Yuan's face.
Yuan's face immediately gets pale, not because of the devil itself but because of its appearance. He is clearly different from all the devils that Yuan came across; his hands are full of wrinkles and pointy nails, and his skin is like dirt. His face is not like a human; it has a pointy nose and teeth, and its ears are also pointy. He looks like a dark brown, hairless goblin.
"I finally got you, boy~"
Another whisper from the devil. Yuan tries to move, but he suddenly feels like he's been glued to the chair; even the other parts of his body can't move.
Is this a devil? He doesn't look like the one that I see every day; actually, he looks more devilish than the devil that's around me.
I can hear a voice in my head. So this is how it feels to be whispered by an actual soul guide.
Even with the cold temperature inside the room, a sweat flowed down from the side of Yuan's face.
The devil's hand slowly moves up to his head, and as the devil makes a grin, he speaks.
"Now let's hear what kind of deepest desire you have~"
Yuan suddenly felt lightheaded, and everything started looking blurry. He tried to keep it together, but the more he did, the more he felt heavy.
The devil grins more as he grips Yuan's head in a much tighter manner.
*
--10 years ago, before Rikko and Yuan met
"Hey Yuun!!"
"I told you it's Yuan, not Yuun." She looks at him full of anticipation.
"So what are you going to teach me today?"
A 5-year-old girl with long white hair and two round purple eyes wearing a white sundress jumps around the 5-year-old Yuan in a joyful manner with a smile on her face.
Yuan is wearing a blue shirt with the letters BLAD on the front and black shorts.
"again? But you haven't even mastered the things that I taught you yesterday," Yuan pointed out while he carried a book in his right hand.
"You mean the "how to smile evilly" technique?"
Since she can't really grin, she puts each of her fingers on both ends of her lips and lifts them up a little to create a grin shape, but she just looks more adorable.
"Pfft, you're doing it wrong again, hahaha." Yuan smiles and laughs like any other kid his age as he walks towards the door of his room. He turns around to see that the girl is still trying to grin. He just looked at her for a few seconds and then gave a light sigh.
"Come on, let's go now to the park."
He offers his hand and smiles at the girl as he calls her name excitedly.
"Lilith"