After that intense life changing event, Raser's life took a complete 180 turn.
Raser safely came back home from the beach but not alone,the bloody scene of the lady's death repeated in his mind again and again, each time reinforcing only one thing: his inability and weakness in savings the lady.
Her face flashes in his mind whatever he does like someone was reminding him about her not letting him forget the event.
For two days all was good, only the flashes were part of his life, then he started to hear a lady's murmuring voice, who knocked on his door and cried for help.
Raser was able to see her form, drenched in blood from head to toe.Initially he ignored her assuming it was some kind of psychological trauma.
Even though She stayed with him when he tried to sleep, when he sat in class, when he tried to eat. She became a part of Raser's daily life. .
After all of that Raser came to the conclusion that the lady was not a result of his imagination; she had turned into an evil spirit and clung to him.
That day, one of his myths was busted; spirits aren't active during the day because he was able to see the lady in broad daylight,
Not only on day but In each and every moment of his life,The lady would visit him in a bloody form and ask only one thing: "Why didn't you save me? Help me. You still have a chance."
Why didn't Raser save her and how can he still have the chance? The question echoed through every moment of his life, filled with the haunting plea.
Later, the lady started to say other things, communicating with him and giving him two choices: first, give up on his life and let her possess the body; second, go again into the blessed land and save her.
The repetitive haunting scenes and voices became an inseparable part of his daily life.But he didn't give in.
These types of cases were rare in the world but not unheard of.
In fact, there are some organisations that provide solutions for this problem if an appropriate price is paid.
So, Raser endured the lady ànd started to search for money. He didn't wanted to inform his siblings and ask for money.
Already aware of the burden his brother snd sister carried,
However, he ignored one important thing—coughing, which had accompanied him since he had come back from the beach.
Later, it was discovered that the coughing persisted because the fish that had bitten him carried an infection with it, similar to pneumonia, where the victim's lungs started to fill with fluid.
Scene changed.
Raser decided to confess to his siblings, informing them about everything: the spirit and the disease.
He could endure the psychological pain of the evil spirit, but his physical chronic disease condition was out of his league.
Although the spirit was successfully exorcised, there was no known cure for Raser's disease.
After losing all hope,Thomson decided to resort to ritual ads.
Using rituals to solve problems is dangerous; each has a specific price that needs to be paid.
Often, the price remains unknown and sometimes tricky.
With the help of Melissa's mother and Raser's friend Ricky, his brother Thomson was able to find a rare ritual name "Absolute Transfer"
Success in rituals is rare. It depends on multiple factors like auspicious time, method, place, and intent. Additionally, the recipe required a sacrificial ingredient that was nearly impossible to find: Mugwort flowers, known for their ability to connect two different beings, were provided by Melissa's mother.
After preparing all the necessary ingredients, the time had come to perform the ritual that happened just two days ago. But to Raser's misfortune, it was only partially successful.
Little did Raser know that the events unfolding around him were intricately tied to an ancient transfer ritual—one that would soon determine the fate of both his spirit and another's.
The following day, which means yesterday, Raser was feeling good and full of energy as the ritual was half successful, giving him a euphoric feeling. So, he decided to attend the school as his final exam was around the corner.
Furthermore it's been a week since Raser took any classes.
Sitting on his determined bench at the far end of the classroom, he attended two lectures, but, at the third, his vision started to turn blurry, his focus drifting.
Raser began having difficulty in breathing,as well as unable to produce any sound,Unable to move, unable to think, the only thing he sensed was choking,
like a stream of water had been poured into his throat, filling his lungs from the inside out. Water reached to the point where it started to come out from his every cavity.
It was the same experience which Alex has endured while feeling like hs been buried under the depth of the ocean.
For Raser , the suffocating feeling was too much to bear. He started to embrace the lady's death.
But at that moment of tragedy, the ritual that was previously half successful initiated again, starting to fulfil its desired outcome by connecting Raser and Alex's existences for the very first time.
In a cruel twist of fate, Raser's weakened spirit entered into an unspoken pact with Alex's healthy soul, initiating a chain of body-swapping and a relentless transfer of the infection.
Raser's dead, weak spirit went into a hibernation-like state, latching onto Alex's healthy spirit, leaving Alex in charge.
In place of Raser, Alex's body bore the physical toll of the infection and succumbed to death, but his healthy spirit seized control of Raser's healthy physical body.
A miracle happens, where a single body is housing two different spirits.
That marked the finish of the ritual or so it was meant to.
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