Chapter 66.66 Xun and Juncheng
Humans and ghosts have different paths. In the past, the soul messengers in the underworld often said this.
It meant that humans and ghosts lived in different worlds, not in terms of distance, but in different times. Even though I came to the living world, I still couldn’t blend into human circles. Even though I learned many things and knew a lot…
Some time passed, and he got married and had a wife.
Marriage, as I understand it, is a ceremony where one becomes family with the person they love. My home and his home would merge into a complete home. I didn’t want to stay there for even a second; it was the first time I had ever been so unwilling to see him. I felt terrible…
When he found me, he was covered in dirt, looking just like I did the first time he met me.
My heart ached for him even more, and I felt like I had been too willful. Why did I hide? I’m an idiot!
“So you found me like this! Are you an idiot!”
“I was really scared too…
“I’m not going anywhere. This is my home, and if I leave here, I won’t be able to see you. Waaah!”
He suddenly hugged me. While I was a little startled, I suddenly felt… nothing else mattered… as long as I could see him…
Listen to me. I didn’t want to marry her, but…
It’s okay, I understand. I don’t blame you. I’m a ghost, I can’t always be with you… It’s better to have her by your side.
He still looked like he couldn’t let go. I knew he felt guilty, but I didn’t want him to become like this because of this matter.
“I secretly went to see her. The girl named Kibicho is very beautiful. She’s very suitable to be your wife.”
He was silent for a long time, then said to me as if he had made up his mind.
“Come back with me, Xun. I’ll marry you as my main wife.”
My heart raced, and countless ideas of agreeing with him flashed through my mind, but I still had reservations. I don’t want to trouble him…
“No… I’m a ghost.”
“I’m just happy to see you…” He forced a desolate smile and finally nodded. I regretted it again, just like the first time I saw him and regretted not…
Then we made a promise to each other: we wouldn’t leave without saying goodbye, and no matter what happened, we would meet here.
I never knew that waiting could be so agonizing.
It was more empty than the boring times, like a piece of me was missing. I lost interest in everything I did.
“The smell of blood from the foot of the mountain is so strong… Did something happen?”
…Will he be in danger?
I really want to go find him… But A-Shin said he would come find me…
What a shame if I missed him.
I felt groggy and couldn’t muster the energy.
“Come quickly…”
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It’s happening again, that feeling of wanting to sleep… Ugh, no, I need to stay awake. I’m still waiting for him to come back…
No, I can’t… eat…
I suddenly woke up and saw A-Shin’s pale face, even paler from the loss of blood.
“…Haha, sorry for making you wait…”
I happily threw myself into his arms, and he actually fell over.
That’s strange. I didn’t use much force. He should have been able to catch me easily? A faint smell of blood entered my nostrils. I followed the scent to find its source and discovered it was coming from A-Shin’s shoulder.
“Huh? A-Shin, you’re injured! Let me see! My saliva has healing properties. If I lick the wound, it will stop bleeding.” The wound looked like it had been torn open by something… but if it were caused by a wild beast, it would be too small. Besides, I had warned all the wild beasts in the nearby mountains. With my deterrence, they wouldn’t dare to harm A-Shin.
“Let go of me! I bit you!”
But he grabbed my hand.
Look!
“I’m a ghost! I’ll eat you! Why… why do you still come to find me!”
I would only harm him by staying by his side.
In the end, ghouls still prey on humans.
Like this… I don’t deserve to be by his side.
“Listen to me!”
…”
“Didn’t we promise? No matter what happens, we’ll meet here.”
“But!”
“Don’t worry. Being eaten by you would also be a form of happiness.”
“Say… say…”
I burst into tears. It was the first time I had cried in my life. In his arms, I cried like a child.
He was twenty-five that year.
“Yes. I’ve already heard… I, I can go with you!”
“No, I want you to stay here.”
“I don’t want you to turn back into… Promise me, don’t eat people anymore. Even if you have to eat, only eat me.”
A-Shin misunderstood and thought I also preyed on humans daily, but there was no need to explain. If he didn’t want me to eat, I wouldn’t.
“I promise, but you have to promise me too!”
“Of course, no matter what happens, I will come back…”
This is our home…
I was a little sad when I said goodbye to him, but in the end, I sent him off with a smile.
I inquired everywhere and communicated with other ghouls, traveling to many places. It took me several years, and I finally found a mermaid and obtained some mermaid flesh by saving her life.
I happily handed this piece of flesh to him. At that time, I thought so.
However, I never saw him again.
The waiting time was too long, much longer than the previous ten years… a hundred years…
Seasons changed, life and death cycled, and countless years passed.
I firmly believed he would return. Eating mermaid flesh would no longer limit my lifespan. When he finished all his affairs, he would return to be with me forever.
Until one day… two strangers came here.
Why did they come here?
This was clearly a place exclusive to A-Shin and me…
Ugh, go away… drive them away.
“Hmm, it should be here.”
I heard one of them, who sounded like a monk, nod and say.
Could it be that A-Shin sent him? I understand. He must have had something come up and couldn’t come himself, so he asked others to deliver a message.
That must be it.
Thinking this, the other person wearing a hat placed something under a tree.
Did they put something there?
No, it looks like a jar…
“As per the adult’s instructions, his remains are to be placed here after his death…”
“The adult said someone would come to receive it.”
“Let’s go. It’ll be bad if we’re discovered.”
The jar, surrounded by flowers, contained his ashes and that piece of mermaid flesh.
I knelt on the ground, hugged ‘him’ tightly, and bit my lower lip until it bled. My face was already covered in tears.
Disappointment stemming from hope, despair from disappointment, sorrow from despair, and a face twisted by extreme grief.
If ghouls had gods… I pray to you. I am willing to offer my soul. Please listen to my wish.
…All those who killed him must die!
Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die!
The moment the boundary between emotion and desire disappeared, I swallowed all the sad memories.
That’s why I forgot him.
And now, I remember again.
In fact, he had returned.
Yes, he had kept his promise.
No matter what happened, he would eventually return to my side–
“But… this isn’t what I wanted…”
I suddenly opened my eyes. My vision was blurry from tears. I quickly wiped my eyes and sat up, only to see…
“Yo, Xun’er. Having a nightmare?”
…I’m still dreaming?
I had a long-lost dream… and I recalled everything I had forgotten.
Huh? No, after that… some things happened. I looked around and realized we were in a cable car.
At this moment, Juncheng in front of me smiled and said.
“That’s great. It looks like you finally remembered.”
I had forgotten about him, and I had only just found out myself, without telling anyone.
Speaking of which, A-Shin was Juncheng’s past life. They really looked alike.
“Ah, you had amnesia before. You only remembered…”
You only forgot who I was, which made me sad for quite a while.
My head started to hurt again…
But it wasn’t that I had no impression at all.
I can vaguely recall recent events… That’s right, I did forget about Juncheng, and Juncheng took care of…
What kind of memories are these!
Am I a child?!
Waaah– Waaah–
This is too embarrassing!
“Haha, you were more cheerful back then, Xun’er.”
“Th-that doesn’t count!”
“It’s okay. You were cute.”
“Mmm! It doesn’t look like me at all!”
I had decided to keep some distance from Juncheng.
“Hehe, did you suddenly realize you’re not hungry anymore?”
“Huh? Why? I suddenly don’t want to eat you, Juncheng!”
“Oh, well, I stuffed you to your heart’s content.”
“No, no, this time I did it voluntarily.”
“You! You fed me blood again! Really! I told you not to do this anymore! Let me see the wound!”
I stood up indignantly, wanting to take off his clothes, but he just smiled, opened his clothes himself, and showed me his shoulder.
“Hehe, Juncheng, I remembered things from the past too! I knew you in my past life!”
“…What a coincidence. I remembered too.”
“Huh? You… you remembered too?”
I asked out loud.
Did I really recall it? Did we dream together just now, so Juncheng could remember? Or was it Juncheng who had these questions swirling in his mind but hadn’t asked yet? I immediately thought of another question and asked it.
“Then why didn’t you eat the mermaid flesh I sent you?!”
This question had bothered me for hundreds of years. Today, I must get an answer!
Juncheng suddenly looked embarrassed, scratched his cheek, and after a long pause, said.
“I… can I not say it…”
“No! You have to say it today!”
Under my intense gaze, Juncheng rubbed his nose and said in a very low voice.
“…I couldn’t bear to…”
But I still heard it.
“You didn’t tell me eating it would make me immortal. I thought it was just a gift from you, so I didn’t have the heart to eat it and kept it as a token… I didn’t expect it to become a memento.”
I didn’t expect such an answer. My head started to hurt with anger, and I shouted at Juncheng.
“Are, are you an idiot! Meat is for eating! Besides, have you ever seen meat that doesn’t spoil after being kept for so long!”
“That’s precisely why couldn’t bear to eat it!”
“You, you’re really, really a big fool! No wonder the servants called you a big fool when you were young. You really are a big fool!”
“You’re talking about me. That flower wreath I gave you, the flowers withered, and you still didn’t throw it away!”
“….. If only I had written an instruction manual.
“Haha, I died hundreds of years ago. Don’t think about it anymore.”
“You’re right. Anyway, I got to see you again, Juncheng~”
“What’s wrong? That look like you have something to say?”
“I was just thinking, would you forget about me…”
“I remembered everything! All the missing parts are back!”
“Ah, I see… Honestly, maybe forgetting would have been better…”
“Juncheng, what nonsense are you talking about! How could it be better to forget you! I will never forget you again!”
…That’s true.
He slowly shook his head, then stood up and smiled at me.
“Well, it’s time to go back. Everyone is worried about you.”
“Yeah!”
He stood up and opened the cable car door. I looked back out the window. We were still a long way from the station. Why did Juncheng open the door so early?
“Juncheng, the cable car hasn’t…”
Before I could call out to Juncheng, a bright light shone through the open door, making me instinctively close my eyes.
*Screech… What’s going on?*
When I opened my eyes again.
My vision was extremely blurry.
“…Huh?”
What… what is this? And on the floor covered in blood, there was only a mirror. Through the mirror, I saw blood on the corner of my mouth. I looked down and saw that not only my cheeks, but my hands, my body, and my… were all stained red. And the smell…
I instinctively understood whose blood this was.
I could no longer make any other sound.
I lost him again….
I couldn’t think any further.
I frantically pulled at my hair, screamed hoarsely, and collapsed in the pool of blood, exhausted, weeping.
The blood on the ground suddenly seemed to come to life, wriggling like worms. The blood gathered, suddenly swelled and expanded, entwining around me. The pool of love transformed into a crimson wedding dress.
No matter what happens, I will come back… You did it…
But this isn’t the reunion I wanted…
Not at all…
Postscript
Yo, everyone, this is the Ghost of the Night, just call me Ghost.
The male lead is finally dead. Congratulations on the end… as if.
*Cough cough*, opening a harem and flying off into the sunset, such blissful happiness, of course, comes at a price.
As mentioned in the previous postscript, the fourth volume was indeed a “daily life” volume? *Cough cough*, yes, it was daily life… Hmm, it sounds a bit Naughty…
However, most of the plot was indeed relatively bland, which can be summarized as “Juncheng An’s daily life after accepting the anomalies around him.”
And the end of this volume marks the storm that descends after the tranquility, destroying everything.
Ah, although I forgot to add it at the end of the last chapter, Xun’er is actually the Witch of Calamity of Famine. A reader in the comment section got it right.
Perhaps everyone has noticed, the so-called Four Calamities refer to Death, Slaughter, Plague, and Famine, which are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Although the other one should have been War instead of Slaughter, in my version it’s Slaughter. This setting has also been changed several times… but in the end, I decided on Slaughter.
And these Four Calamities are Ji Lianbing, Jiang Xueqing, Li Nai, and Kaoru Tsukiyose… Yes, they are the chapter heads of the first four volumes.
In fact, I already spoiled the identities of the Four Calamities to everyone. Heh heh.
And the protagonist, who finally faced the great ‘Calamity’, thus kicked the bucket. Yes, he’s really dead this time. There’ll be no turning into a zombie this time, because even his corpse was completely eaten.
The first part of the Cursed Girl has thus ended, at just about a million characters.
But you thought it was over? Next, we’ll enter the middle part!
And starting from the fifth volume, the middle part will be the “true” daily life.
Everyone might wonder why it’s “true” daily life. Well… that will be revealed soon.
Entering anomalies from daily life, obtaining daily life from anomalies, and this time, we will return to the origin.
It’s like shuffling the deck again. Ah… I don’t know if everyone will like it, but I’ve decided to write it this way. The foreshadowing has been laid for so long, it’s time to dig it up.
Moreover, this book also has the Yandere tag, right?
In fact, up to this point, I haven’t written too many Yandere scenes. Instead of Yandere, it’s more like… *cough cough*… The anomalies possessed by the female leads in Cursed Girl are too strong, and our protagonist is so weak, so there won’t be any so-called kitchen knife incidents.
But this time it’s different. It’s true Yandere… hehehehe…
The specific story will begin with the first chapter being released today.
That’s all!
Finally, here’s the reader group… 618322780.
See you in the next postscript or reader group~
Bye-bye~
