I stepped towards the screaming Cynthia and have her wore the Holy Rosary.
The vicious spirit was weakened by the item. Making it easier for me to purge it out now.
[ACTIVATE EXORCIST SKILL]
I started chanting in latin.
Sarah and Gino looked amazed, and was awestruck in how fluent I was reciting it. When the final words left my mouth, the vicious spirit was successfully purged out.
I delt myself drained. The demon I purged out wasn't this tiring.
[TUTORIAL MODE AND THE REAL TASKS HAVE DIFFERENT DIFFICULTY LEVELS. THINK OF IT AS THE DEMON WAS JUST IN EASY MODE. BUT MOVING FORWARD, A DEMONIC CATEGORY TAKES MORE ENERGY THAN THIS. OR YOU WILL SUFFER A BACKLASH IF IT RESISTED.]
Translation? The system's telling me to upgrade it as soon many times as I could if I want an easy life ahead.
I stumbled back, seeking support, and Sarah was there immediately.
Cynthia's body was now unconscious on the floor.
"That's the real culprit." I said, and drank up a holy water to replenish my energy.
Gino has a lot of questions seeing me pull things out of thin air but kept it to himself for now.
"So it's her. That I just...." Gino didn't finish his sentence and gritted his teeth.
"You were under a trance." Millien said, calmly.
He jumped down from my shoulder and switched to Gino's broader one.
Makes me envious. Gino's got the athletic build, while I'm just...well, not far from his built but, leaner.
Got muscles, from province life, naturally built.
Wait..what?
Why am I comparing myself to him now?
I shook my head to smack the thoughts away from my head.
"Gino...we will talk about it after. For now... We must deal with that..." Sarah said.
Her expression changed into something lighter. Like she's relieved or something.
"What do we do now, Millien?" Gino looked on his shoulder, where Millien was now seated comfortably.
Quite comfortably.
Maybe not so... Millien wad frowning. Then hopped and switched to Sarah's shoulder and sighed in relief.
Now, that's him getting comfortable.
"Hey...wait a minute. Why are you asking Millien?" I reacted.
Quite a bit delayed.
"Isn't he the source of your knowledge? And all the stuffs you got for us?" Sarah answered for Gino.
Well... That's the excuse I made right? So I played along.
"Right. What's the plan now Millien?" I smirked mischievously.
I was proud about it. Finally, I could corner him for once. I was being his transport and feeder since I'm in this Parallel world.
But my mistake.
Millien mimicked my own smirk and raised his head a bit.
Oh no.
No no no no...
He's fighting it back.
"Do what I've taught you."
Just that simple.
Annoyingly simple. And he was out of the misery corner.
I sighed and slumped my shoulders. He got out of it and it backfired.
"Right. Right. Everything you even taught me." I faced the vicious spirit and sighed again. For the nth time.
I took out the dagger and gripped it tightly.
[DAGGER OF EXECUTION EQUIPPED]
The vicious spirit fried to remove the holy rosary that's weakening her but failed. Then she slowly slumped on the floor.
And started sobbing.
"Why? Why is it my fault again?" It was muttering, then it became louder. "He said he loved me! Ricardo said, he wants me! Why? Why are they angry?"
The vicious spirit slowly stood up again. Her anger was making the blood trickle from her head, and spurted out.
"Blegh." I turned around and was about to puke.
And it disgustingly went back down.
Sarah and Gino looked at me and sighed. Seeing how easily my digestive system flip over.
Sarah patted my back, and Gino gave me water.
"You're really weak." Gino said, with a little chuckle.
"You're weaker." I blurted out.
Didn't mean anything about it, but it just left my mouth.
Gino looked away, and didn't refute. He just, accepted it.
Then the vicious spirit, forced herself to stumble closer towards us.
No... To Gino specifically.
"I gave myself to Ricardo. I spread my legs for him, inside the third floor restroom. At the furthest stall." She started laughing and crying at the same time.
But her face and disfigured limbs doesn't match the intimate movements she's trying to relive.
"So, it was you, who they meant on the vandal in that stall?" Sarah said, meeting the vicious spirit's bloodshot gaze.
"They started calling me a whore. A slut. A boyfriend stealer! Ricardo... played me. After getting what he wants...he spread rumors on how easily I spread my legs!"
The vicious spirit got angrier and angrier. The lights started flickering from her rage.
"Continue." I said, calmly.
Trying to.
"Then Michelle, started bullying me. Locking me up in the same stall, then Ricardo would save me, but will also fuck me before letting me out. I thought he was my savior. But it was all part of Ricardo's scheme. He would fuck Michelle in a bed, while me in a stall." She growled.
"Why did you jump?" Gino asked directly.
"Jump? Right. The last time Ricardo and I did it. His friends recorded it. The next day? It was all over the country. I was ashamed. Whispers around me could be heard. Until I saw the video myself. Michelle, raging, slapped me and poured water on me. Almost undressing me publicly. And I... wasn't able to take it anymore. The humiliation. The bullying, the manipulation. So I ended it all!"
The vicious spirit went silent for a bit.
I hated this parts. The part where we have to listen to their grief.
Then she laughed. More creepily that we had to cover our ears on how bad it hurts.
Then she stopped and her eyes went towards Cynthia.
"The daughter of the man who played me, and the woman who bullied me." She lunged towards Cynthia and I blocked her our of reflex.
I raised my dagger towards the spirit and she stopped on time.
The truth was now laid bare. She wants her revenge.
And she figured out Cynthia was the link to her past.
This was getting bigger. She won't stop unless she gets whatever she was waiting to receive.
Revenge?
Apologies?
And I'm getting to the bottom of it. Like always.