At noon, Zach got out of bed, walked over to the window. Outside, there was already a yellow line encircling his neighbor's house. Zach got the thought, They're working on a case of a woman asking for help.
Because putting a yellow line means the victim has died. Zach glanced down the road in front of the house, saw a dry patch of dark red. Mixed in with the brick, looks to have been there for years.
"It left a trail, but no one would have guessed that it was a mark that was there overnight" Zach muttered.
As time passed, Zach kept thinking about what might have happened. And got some conclusions.
"Firstly, regarding the matter of the sealing medium being different from what the clan head and his dream said about a male silhouette. That's probably because he's basically not a descendant of Clourfuss"
"Although that raises a new question, why can I activate the symbol. Was it because of the death of the last Clourfuss?"
"The second is the matter regarding the suspicious Bat. I know it's not a normal bat, but considering the Clan Head never mentioned this, I can't make a guess."
"The third thing is a question that still doesn't have a definite answer. If the offering he was referring to was sealed astral souls, then that opens up limitless possibilities. Why did he collect souls from the astral? dedicate it to a greater existence "He", Is it related to a god?"
"This is stacked with a few things, which god is he referring to? The sun god? no, that is the most ridiculous possibility. Belief in the sun god appeared after the Age of Darkness. While Clourfuss was active in that Age. It would mean that there was another existence. If I I'm not mistaken, before there was belief in the sun god, people bowed to the dark goddess."
"But, the word "He" does not refer to Her. It means that there are other existences besides the two known Gods".
"Fourth, It's likely that the Clourfuss Family contracted with this mysterious existence for their own benefit. The Clourfuss Family wants to eradicate shadow creatures and the mysterious existence wants Souls in exchange for the power to seal shadow creatures?"
"If that's the case then what's the offering for? Is it to awaken the mighty being in question?"
"Also, the man who appeared in my dream wearing blue clothes is the same man who was possessed by the astral and sealed by me. His last words were "please", What does that mean?
"Did he ask for help to free the sealed soul?"
"Clan head said that the orthodox faction has an implicit hatred of the Clourfuss family, is it for that reason they hate the Clourfuss family? But that should be a family secret"
"That's also related to the last point, matters related to offerings are a secret that shouldn't be leaked. That's proven by the warning he gave me while trying to ask Ilya about this"
"But related to that, I already told Mr. Miller about the same dream before. No...no difference, this time a mysterious figure appeared in my dream"
"Previously only the silhouette of a man who I assumed was a member of the Clourfuss Family appeared, but this time it's different. Plus the fact that this time the matter regarding the offering was mentioned by him"
"But regardless of that, the most important thing is, I must not divulge the matter of offerings or mysterious existences to others."
"I got a hunch that the life cycle that happened to me is related to this matter..."
After gathering everything he knew, Zach took a deep breath. One thing he does know is that the serial killer who was being chased by the police is now gone. That will reduce the number of victims that will fall.
After relaxing himself, having some enlightenment, He came out in the same homely sleepwear.
In the living room, you can see three men in green uniforms with white hats sitting and chatting with Ilya.
Zach approached, he already knew that they were Vandash Town police. After all, his neighbor had just been killed by a serial killer, they would want to gather as much information as possible.
After seeing Zach approaching, the three policemen fixed their gaze on Zach. Zach took a leisurely walk as he asked calmly "What's this all about?"
Ilya didn't turn around at all and still turned his head away. At this point, one of the policemen said, "Good afternoon Mr Clourfuss."
"We're from the Vandash Town police, Gathering a bit of information regarding a series of cryptic murders being talked about lately"
"One of your neighbors has fallen victim to the brutality of this madman"
"We wanted to ask, Did you hear or perhaps see anything suspicious?"
"This murder happened around midnight, and if anything strange has happened at that time, can you tell us?"
Hearing that, Zach held his chin as he lowered his eyelids as if in thought. Of course this was just an act. He knew some things that happened, but there was no way he could leak them out.
"Mmm, I'm sorry about that. I wasn't even aware of it though. I had heard about the case... We just moved to Vandash Town so we weren't even a week away. I can't believe it happened in this area." Zach showed a contrived, uneasy expression.
Zach sat beside Ilya, asked several questions until the process was complete. The three police officers left the house and at the same time Zach got up to clean himself up.
Ilya didn't even glance, it was a reaction of fear and confusion and some regret.
But before Zach left, he first asked "Ilya, how is business with Mr Vanders"
When he said that, Zach's expression was as usual as if nothing had happened. Ilya turned his gaze towards Zach and replied softly "Yes, He will take care of this matter"
"Good"
After cleaning himself, Zach returned to sit in the living room chair. Samar faintly listened to the commotion outside which slowly decreased.
"This should be the last one. I've already sealed the killer, there's nothing to worry about anymore... Somehow I really want to tell this to people"
Zach leaned back in the chair relaxing his body "Tomorrow is my first day at work... Well, I can't let me burden Mr Vanders and Ilya in terms of economy"
"Atleast the initial contract fee will be paid. In Obsidia, the initial contract fee is around two gold coins... But it could be different here."
After thinking this all over, Ilya came over with a glass of tea.
The day goes by fast. Until nightfall, Zach had nothing else to do besides sitting on a chair in the living room after dinner. Enjoy sweet tea at the table.
Occasionally he would look at the newspapers and find news about serial killers in the vicinity had been included in the newspapers. "That's not surprising anymore..."
After a while, there was a knock on the door. Zach who had nothing else to do stood up, put the newspaper on the table and walked to the door.
Without asking Zach immediately opened the door. That's Mr. Vanders. "How are you?" The first question asked by Vanders.
Zach gave a small smile as he casually replied "A little bit is better"
Zach motioned for Vanders to enter. They sat in the living room, and with one extra glass of tea Ilya had made for Vanders.
Vanders briefed the situation regarding his work tomorrow. After a brief conversation, Zach sighed as he was starting to understand some of the rules and things regarding Vandash Town's Gate Keeper. It wasn't much different from Obsidia City.
Because Zach couldn't attend today, the signing of the contract was postponed to the first day of work. "That means, I will receive the contract fee tomorrow..." Zach muttered.