[AUTHOR NOTE]: For Privilege Readers, I have fixed the previous chapter which was repeated, and added a new chapter previous to this right after the first one, so go check that out first, thanks and sorry for that.
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Catarina was a bit annoying now, but she had a point, I guess.
And I know that very well, that’s why I’ve slain so many assholes and might kill many more in the future.
“Yeah, I know, and you were sent to kill me, right? So it makes zero sense to want you to become my friend or anything, right? I am just a retard, I know,” I said.
“Eh? Y-You recognize it?” She asked.
“What? That I am an idiot? Yeah, I am self-aware that I don’t make the best decisions ever, and I recognize that I sometimes don’t like to listen to common sense because my own common sense is often biased,” I said.
“Y-You’re really insane…” She muttered.
“Isn’t it obvious? What sort of person that is a ghost would not be insane? Ghosts are composed of grudges, grief, and negative emotions. We live with them every single second… Our traumas and resentment are our drives to exist… We manifest because we want payback. That is what a ghost is,” I said.
“…”
“So of course, no sane person would have ever become a ghost,”
“Huh… You’re weird… I-I can’t… Ah, fine, just leave me alone after I am done with this, okay?”
Suddenly, Catarina opened up to me.
Something deep inside of her made her more open, and she gave into my insistence.
“R-Really? Nice!” I said, sitting at her side and giving Catarina her food.
“Ugh…” She sighed, as she began to eat the warm soup.
“I can barely taste anything,” She sighed.
“Well you’ll slowly develop it more; you just have to train your tongue…” I said.
“You talk about a lot of weird stuff sometimes,” She said.
She continued drinking the soup and eating the meat, and at some point, she began eating everything faster and faster, as she regained her appetite…
“How is it? Hehe, you’re enjoying it,” I said.
“…”
She drank the tea, and she sighed in relief after that, feeling comfortable.
Catarina then rested over the floor of the carriage, sighing in relief once again as she looked at the ceiling.
“Feeling better now? My mother always said that people with empty stomachs always act more aggressively,”
“I am an Undead, I wasn’t even hungry but… I feel better now…” She muttered.
“Well, I have a Cooking Skill! So the food I make is always tasty,”
“You do? So weird seeing a ghost with a knack for cooking…”
“It is one of my hobbies,” I replied.
“Hmph…” She muttered, averting her gaze.
She seemed to not want to talk anymore.
I was about to leave but she suddenly said something.
“I was going to kill you, you know? I was destroying everything just to get to you because that was my job… Silvio and Francesco too… Despite that, why are you so nice to us?” She asked.
“Well, do you want to kill me now?” I asked.
“…Not really,” She muttered.
“See! And why is that?” I asked.
“There’s no point. I was asked to kill you because it was my job but… if I am already dead… I doubt my boss is going to accept me now… You killed me,” She said.
“And you hate me for killing you?” I asked.
“Obviously, it makes me infuriated that I got killed! It makes me angry; it makes me… Ugh! But then I see you being so nice and trying so hard… I… I kind of… had begun to not hate you so much,” She said while crossing her arms.
She blushed a bit.
“Eeeehh? Is that so~? Well, it’s kind of the same for me. I don’t really hate you because I know you did things because you were forced… I also empathize with your past and that of the other two guys… It just made me sad to know your past when I checked your memories, so I decided to make up for it and try to give you nice lives even if you’re now Undead. Are you willing to help me out in making you happier?” I asked.
“Eh? W-What kind of stupid question is that? Y-You really want that? Why are you so devoted? Are you into me or something?” She asked while blushing.
“Fufu, maybe~?” I asked while giving her a wink, and I moved near her, and she suddenly found herself over the floor while I was staring into her eyes.
“What’s wrong? You froze out of nowhere. I haven’t done a single thing,” I said.
“Y-You’re way too close…!” She exclaimed.
“Hahaha! I was joking, just to lighten your mood… Don’t worry I won’t try it again. See? Don’t you feel looser now?” I asked.
“Ugh, not like I liked doing that!” She said.
“Aw, come on! Not like you disliked it either, right?” I asked.
“Y-You’re really a cheeky woman…” She said.
“I just want to make the people I am with happy, not everyone happy. That is way too stupid. But the people at my side? That seems possible. And I can’t help but feel happy myself when I see them smile. I pitied you so I picked you up and now you’re my people. It’s up to you if you want to be happy or not… But if you need anything, just ask me politely,” I said.
“…”
“Hm? What’s wrong?” I asked.
“Thanks… I guess,” She said.
“Hehe, you’re so cute when you’re honest,” I said, petting her head.
“Y-You won’t do that again? The order thing, right?”
“I won’t, but you promise me to stay here with us,” I said.
“I do… Not like I can escape. What will I even do anyways other than endlessly kill monsters… Get caught by a priest and then exorcized?” She sighed.
“Good girl!” I exclaimed as I went to my bed.
“Huh?”
“What? This is my room, you know? Hehe, wanna cuddle with me~?” I asked coquettishly.
“EH? W-What are you even talking about!” She shouted while blushing profusely.
“Hahaha, it was a joke- Eh?!”
She suddenly moved near me and rested at my side, facing the opposite side of my back.
She closed her eyes and slept.
“Oh…”
Partner is going to get angry when she sees this…
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