Out of the corner of his eyes Yūrei couldn't help noticing Hayami who stood near him, feeling confused as to why she held her head down low so much.
_Was something wrong, did she perhaps happen to have hurt herself?_ he thought worriedly before placing both his hands on her shoulders respectively, to his confusion he felt her body react sensitively from his touch.
"Hayami, is something wrong, you didn't hurt your self did you?" His once cold eyes now looked warmer and far more gentle than his reclusive look.
Hayami who was absent minded felt her body jolt slightly from his sudden touch which brought her back to reality.
"I..it's..n-nothing...r-really am actually quite fine, what gave you the idea I wasn't" she replied with her head still head down, only now, her face was covered in a shade of light red, her ears burning up, feeling flustered.
"Oh..., sorry maybe I misunderstood, you just suddenly seemed out of it when Megami was about to explain the haunted houses backstory, sorry..I didn't mean to really"
"N-No...i..it's ok, you were just worried that's all, there's no need to be sorry"
_ Thank God.., for a second there I thought she'd get mad at me as well for misunderstanding, just like Su Jiang _ Yūrei let out a breath of relief before turning his attention back to Megami who was on the stair way, for some reason, though slightly, he couldn't help but feel that she was actually staring at him for some reason.
_ The ice empress actually spared me a glance after so long?, Somethings definitely wrong!, I may be the schools greatest athlete but even I know am really not that handsome, Don't Tell me she's plotting something against me?, hahahaha no way, theirs no way someone that snobbish would even spare me a glance, am sure I just happened to fall into her line of sight_ he tried reassuring himself.
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" Uhh Megami, what's the matter, you suddenly stopped all of a sudden, is something wrong?" Su Jiang who stood beside her at the top of the stair way asked when he noticed she suddenly paused out the blue.
" Please do forgive me, it seems i apparently got distracted by something, no matter, I'll just continue right the story from were I left off" The short haired girl beside him replied coldly, before continuing from where she stopped.
Though Su Jiang found her actions a little weird and annoying, he didn't try inquiring any further since he already knew who she was, inquiring wouldn't do him any good so he might as well ignore it, he quietly stood by the side, letting her continue her speech.
Everyone listened attentively as she continued, the more they listened to what she had to say the more their fear grew, from what they heard, they lot of them couldn't help feeling frightened by the story behind manor.
When she told them about some of the victims experience's they felt even more nervous, from the story they heard, at the beginning the manor wasn't all that scary, but as she continued the more they felt their heart rate speed up.
"the first sighting of the manor was 4 years ago after the battle humanity had with judgement, just like an anomaly, no one knew when it appeared, or where it suddenly came from, it's existence similar to something that popped out of thin air...."
"At first it didn't attract much attention, but as time passed, strangely, more and more rumors regarding it's existence would start circulating, some about people who mysteriously disappeared a few days after visiting the manor, the appearance of bloody footprints that soiled the manors hallways at night only to vanish without a trace by the break of dawn, wailing cries of anguish as if several souls were being tortured without rest....that echoed within the manor by nightfall... sending shivers down the spines of those who heard it...their eyes glancing around in fear, the more they listened the more they felt as if the voices grew...from down the hallway till they sounded right behind their doors like specters trying to–"
"That's enough Megami, Don't you think that's a little bit inappropriate, can't you see your starting to scare everyone" Su Jiang frowned lightly, the more scary she depicted the manor to be the more he saw the fear and traces of reluctance that emerged within everyone, at this rate she'd scare the rest of them off before they even begun exploring the so called manor.
"Don't be absurd, I was just stating a few facts, it's not my fault they'd get scared so easily, if their so scared over one little story then what's the point of bringing them along in the first place?, as the club president shouldn't you prioritize quality over quantity" Megami glanced towards the shivering few with disdain, her voice sounded detached and straight forward.
Though she was a beauty no doubt it was a known fact within the school that she was an extremely cold woman, even though most of the group felt her words were a little bit to harsh, they didn't voice out their opinions.
Just like Su Jiang predicted, after hearing her scary story, it wasn't long before the others slowly started wavering.
"Umm is it too late to back out, Am sorry but I just can't go through with this" a random figure said and like a domino effect, his words were quickly followed by others.
"Yeah am with you, that Manor gives me the creeps"
"Same here, After hearing that story, theirs no way I can go into that haunted house, who knows just what might pop up inside that place"
"Sorry but it's just too scary..., Am out as well"
"I for one ain't ready to die yet, sorry but I'd like to sit this one out"
_ Dammit, why on earth did you have to go and scare them like that! _
Seeing their changing opinions, Su Jiang glared towards Megami but the beauty acted as if she didn't notice causing him to feel even more frustrated, but even then he still knew he couldn't Force them, it was their decision whether they really wanted to go through it or not.
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