Dahlia was completely frozen on spot
{ "What should I do...?" } She began thinking
{ "Should I tell him?" } She gripped the edge of her dress
Jhony noticed the slight tension on her body
He narrowed his eyes before he sighed softly
{ "She is nervous..." } He thought internally as he goes towards her
Hunji's shoulders tensed up
He looked towards Dahlia, { "Will she tell him?" } he thought
"Dahlia... your tensed up now. Is it something that I shouldn't know off?" He asked gently
Dahlia bit her lower lip
Jhony soon patted her softly
"It is alright if you don't but answer me this instead..." He lowered himself to be at eye level with her
"The thing your doing... is this dangerous?" He asked again
Dahlia closed her eyes tightly
{ "He will go against my idea if I answer him this..." } She thought internally
Jhony watched her closely
He soon flicked her forehead lightly
Dahlia gasped as she snapped open her eyes
She looked up at him as she instinctively put her hand on her forehead
Hunji blinked multiple times, { "Eh? What???" } he thought internally
"Why did you do that for-" "Your my sister, right?" Jhony interrupted Dahlia
Dahlia blinked multiple times, "What kind of question is that?"
"It is that 'kind' of question, now answer" Jhony huffed
{ "Did he lost his mind" } Hunji internally thought as he looked away
He ruffled his hair
"What-... Yes... I am your sister" Dahlia replied reluctantly
"Your family, right?" Jhony asked again
"Yes..." Dahlia replied
"I care about you, right?" Jhony smiled
"Right..." Dahlia groaned
{ "What is he on about?!" } She thought internally
"Then it gives me every right to worry about your safety, right?" Jhony asked as his tone softened a lot
Both Dahlia and Hunji froze at that
Dahlia finally caught on before she looked away, "Right..." she replied
"So, in order to make sure you are safe. I will tag along whatever your gonna do" He stated
Dahlia's eyes widened
She snapped her head towards Jhony, "What- You can't- It is dangerous-"
"So it is dangerous?" Jhony smirked at her
Dahlia immediately covered her hands on her mouth, { "Eugh... I fell for that..." } she thought internally
Meanwhile Hunji let out a breath, { "Right, what did I expect? He is a snake after all.." } he thought
"You said it is "dangerous". Then I absolutely have to follow you along" Jhony tilted his head at Dahlia
"But you don't know anything" Hunji finally spoke up
Jhony soon set his gaze on Hunji
"Finally decided to talk?" He hummed
"I was silent out of respect" Hunji scoffed as he looked back at Jhony
"Oh, since when did you become so respectful?" Jhony gasped softly, in a exaggerated way
A vein popped on Hunji's forehead
"You really love testing me" Hunji glared at Jhony
Jhony remained unfazed, "Am I really?"
"Anyways- brother... Hunji is right. You can't just tag along! You clearly don't know anything!" Dahlia tried to change his mind
"Then tell me, let me know what type of "dangerous" thing you will do" Jhony turned towards Dahlia
Dahlia felt her breath hitch
"I..." She tried to begin
{ "I guess I have no choice..." } She thought internally
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After a long silence
Dahlia took a deep breath
"Remember the time I was missing?" Dahlia asked him
Jhony nods
"I wasn't just missing... I was taken by creatures... that weren't from this world... they are known as... "Ghouls"..." She closed her eyes, she couldn't bear to meet his eyes
Jhony froze completely as his eyes widened
"What...?!" A breath escaped him
{ "Guess I have to tell him... cause by the time she gets to finish her explaining, it will be nighttime" } Hunji let out a sigh
"Yeah, and we were taken to what she refers to as "Yang Realm". Somewhere that has only nighttime instead of any daytime. It is dark as only weird kinds of flames and a red moon were the only source of light" Hunji explained to Jhony on behalf of Dahlia
Jhony turned towards Hunji immediately
Hunji still continued after seeing how Dahlia isn't interrupting him
"And not just ghouls, but there are other creatures too that we never encountered... almost fortunately"
"But that doesn't mean that we all were safe. We all were both physically and mentally tortured by them all cause of their sadistic cravings"
Jhony flinched by it, "Cravings...?"
Hunji clenched his hands to fists
While Dahlia lowered her shoulders a lot, almost as if she wanted to disappear
"Those creatures feeds on human's negative emotions like fear, helplessness... sadness and so on... they also eat humans..." Hunji said through gritted teeth
Jhony's face had gone pale
"We were lucky we weren't killed. As Dahlia found a way to escape that place, but... Jeon started to hear those whispers again!" Hunji soon turned as he slammed his hand on a nearby table
Dahlia flinched by the loud sound
While Jhony narrowed his eyes, "Whispers? So it is from those creatures? Jeon was talking about them? And... seeing them?"
"But... there wasn't anything..." Jhony lowered his head as he rubbed his chin
"That is all cause only those targets of "them" can hear them and even see them" Dahlia explained
Jhony glanced at her way
"And? For what?" Jhony tilted his head
"... It is to take them back either to "Yang Realm" or... it can be something even worse... it is unknown..." Dahlia hiccuped
Jhony's hand froze on his chin, { "Wait... uncertain...?" }
{ "The anonymity is just too dangerous in itself..." }
{ "But... wait-... doesn't this apply to everyone since Jeon is hearing those... and even seeing them. So, it is logical that both Dahlia, Hunji and Xinhua also hears them? Including Fenry?" } he thought internally
"Dahlia... are you also experiencing them?" He asked her
Dahlia shook her head
Jhony then turns towards Hunji
Hunji noticed before he crossed his arms over his chest, "I will be the one sleeping with Jeon" he replied flatly
Jhony stared at him for a long while
Before he nods, "That is right... but why only Jeon?"
"I don't know about that... I basically have to check it in the book..." Dahlia let out a exhale
"What book?" Jhony tilted his head
"It is a book which we found in that realm, it has all kinds of information of that realm-" Hunji was about to explain
Until...
"AHHHHHH!!! STOP IT, JEON!!!!!" A loud scream came from the door
{ { { Shatter } } }
The three flinched
"THAT'S MOM!!!" Hunji's eyes widened as he immediately gone towards the door
{ { { BANG } } }
Hunji pulled the door roughly and stormed off towards the room where both Jeon and Jasmine are at
Jhony and Dahlia followed Hunji from behind
{ "Oh no, what is happening?! Is miss Jasmine alright?! Is Jeon alright?!" } Dahlia thought internally as she ran after Hunji with Jhony
When they finally arrived at the room
There were many servants and guards gathered just outside the room
Their faces were pale
Eyes wide open in terror
As if they saw something completely horrifying
Hunji pushed through them
The scene finally came in to view
He froze completely
His breathing stopped
His knees weakened a lot
The color on his face drained were drained away
Jhony and Dahlia also pushed through
"What is going on-" Jhony froze, his eyes widened
"DAHLIA- DON'T LOOK!!!" Jhony immediately covered her eyes as quickly as possible
But it was a little too late...
She finally had seen the sight for about 5 seconds...
Before Jhony had covered her eyes
Dahlia gasped as she closed her eyes tightly
Tears trickled down her eyes
Meanwhile Jhony couldn't tear off his gaze at the sight
The scene was...
Jeon was fully awake but...
He wasn't himself
He had that far stretched out smile
His eyes were completely dark
His skin looked a lot paler as something dark followed around his skin
It resembled patterns... which seemed to look as if alive...
Slowly but surely turning darker and darker as seconds went by
He was holding a broken vase on his hand as blood trickled down from his forehead
Clearly he hit himself...
The blood fell around like water
While Jasmine was standing close by, her hands were bleeding as shards clung to her skin from trying to stop Jeon
She panted a lot as she was tearing up
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!!! YOUR BLEEDING A LOT-" Jasmine was yelling at Jeon
But Jeon was only smiling as he raised the broken vase as he threw it towards Jasmine
Jasmine gasped as the vase hits her on head
She stumbled back, falling on floor
Losing consciousness
"MA'AM!!!" The maids immediately gone towards her
"MA'AM, WAKE UP!!! PLEASE WAKE UP!!!" One of the maids shook her
But Jasmine remained still, unmoving
Blood kept trickling down from her head
"No no no" One of the maid trembled as she tried to stop the bleeding with a clothe, trying not to touch the shards that was already pierced through her skin
The male servants were frozen on spot before one came up
"YOUNG MASTER, WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!?!?! SHE TOOK YOU IN!!! GAVE YOU A HOUSE TO STAY!!! GAVE YOU FOOD AND CLOTHES!!! AND THIS IS HOW YOU REPAY HER!?!?!" He yelled at Jeon
"He is right, what is wrong with you!" Another narrowed his eyes at Jeon
While Jeon sat, unfazed
He simply began to laugh
The laugh made everyone feel shivers down their spines
The room suddenly felt colder
"No... he is... not..." Hunji mumbled as he could stare only
His shoulders trembled
Jhony kept Dahlia's eyes covered as he looked away, couldn't bear to see the scene
Soon Trev came immediately after he heard the commotion from downstairs
He froze completely at what he saw
"What the-" "Ah- SIR TREV, PLEASE LOOK AT LADY JASMINE! SHE FAINTED FROM THE VASE YOUNG MASTER THREW AT HER!!!" One of the maids said quickly
Trev looked over
He immediately gathered his composer as he hurriedly gone to where Jasmine is
He lowered himself and began to heal her
Golden lights surrounded Jasmine
As the injuries healed up
Trev bit his lower lip as he glanced towards Jeon
Jeon was watching everyone on room
He chuckled as he got down from bed
Stepping on the shards on the floor
His feet was bleeding badly as he walked on them
Many gasped in shock
Trev's eyes widened in alarm, "HOLD HIM DOWN! AND BE GENTLE!! HE ISN'T LORD JEON, SOMEONE HAS POSSESSED HIM!!!"
"Wait- what-?!" One male servant's eyes widened
"WHAT ARE YOU STANDING THERE FOR!!!" Another male servant immediately tried to lift Jeon
But the servant gasped as Jeon was heavy...
A lot heavier despite his small stature...
"HE IS HEAVY!!! I NEED MORE HELP!!!" That servant yelled out as he couldn't stop Jeon from trying to walk away from the room
To who knows were
His feet were leaving bloody prints on floor
As the already pierced shards gone more deeper in his foot
Yet Jeon barely reacted as he kept that smile
"RIGHT AWAY!!! RIGHT AWAY!!!"
"HOLD HIM DOWN!!!"
"BRING THE ROPES!!!"
The male servants scrambled to stop Jeon
They had struggled a lot in handling Jeon
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Finally, after about like 20 minutes passed by
The male servants and guards were able to tie Jeon on bed
Trev was just done healing Jasmine fully
As Jasmine was carried away by the maids to her room
While Trev remained as he was healing Jeon
But Trev was tensed up as he noticed how Jeon was watching him treat him
Both Hunji and Dahlia were away from the room to where Jasmine is taken to
But Jhony remained as he observed everything
"You said that he is possessed..." Jhony narrowed his eyes
Trev looked towards Jhony and nods, "Yes, he is possessed"
"This is not my first time encountering this. As of sudden, all the children that had gone missing. They did returned alongside with Lady Dahlia..."
"But..."
Jhony tilted his head
"But?"
Trev let's out a sigh as he was done treating Jeon
"I can't say this to you, Lord Jhony. It is something no child should hear" He said as he turned his head
{ "A... child...?!" } Jhony thought as he groaned
"I sure am a child but, don't forget that I am also a heir to Guillebeaux household-" "But before that, your still a child" Trev interrupted Jhony at the middle
Jhony only stared at Trev with a blank look
{ "Eugh... this stare... again..." } Trev thought internally before he soon turned and walked towards the room's door to leave
Jhony stared while remaining silent
Before...
"The children got possessed, didn't they?" Jhony asked suddenly
Trev's hand stopped on the door handle
His eyes widened
Meanwhile Jhony noticed, { "So... it is what I guessed..." } he thought internally
"If my guess is correct all the children said about hearing whispers and also seeing 'unusual things". Didn't they?" Jhony began
"They're eyes goes completely dark. Their bodies started to slowly turn into black like how Jeon's is" Jhony glanced down at Jeon
His eyes sharpened more seeing Jeon was giggling and trying to free himself
"They try to go... somewhere... and if my guess is correct, it is not somewhere safe from how you reacted..."
"Am I right, Sir Trev?" Jhony crossed his arms over his chest
Trev groaned as he ruffled his hair, { "Right... what I was expecting? He is the son of the Duke. Of course he will be as perceptive as him" }
"You have half guessed all of it" Trev admitted
Jhony nods only, "Do you know who possessed them and why?"
Trev shook his head, "I don't know about that... but, I guess you know as well as I do that whatever is happening to them is dangerous..."
"And I would advise to watch over Lady Dahlia. Cause after all she went missing alongside the children..." Trev added before he turned the handle and left the room
Jhony glanced at the closed door then back at Jeon
Jeon was still smiling
"... What is happening exactly...?" Jhony mumbled to himself
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After that, both Jhony and Dahlia soon returned back to the estate
Dahlia when she reached home
She headed straight into her room
Jhony blinked multiple times, { "What-" }
He quickly began to follow her to her room
When he reached the room, he looked inside
There was Dahlia as she had just pulled out a unfamiliar book from her bag
{ "This must be the book she brought..." } Jhony thought internally as he goes inside the room
"Will it have any solution there?" He asked as he was besides Dahlia
"It has to... since it does contain a lot of information from there..." Dahlia replied rather quickly
She dusted off the book
Then opened the book
"Huh-!?" Dahlia felt her breathing nearly stop
Jhony looked closely as his eyes sharpened, "What is this Dahlia?"
Dahlia's hands started to tremble as she kept on turning the pages on and on
"I don't know! I don't know!" Her voice cracked
"I... don't understand..." She hiccupped
"The words were written here... but now... where did it go?!" Her grip on the book tightened