Who Is Ester Winch?

Chapter 28

Ester POV.

“You're alive?” he's walking towards me.

How can it be? I saw it in my own eyes that his neck was ripped by his father.

“My One…”

“Forgive me, that I cannot repay my debt.” He bowed at me.

He's alive? Or he's just another son that looks like My One?

“This is our curse, Ester.” Sir Alpha said joining his son's side.

“If we die, we will come back as an undead.” Mama Garm.

Then, he is not alive but undead? So, he is truly right in front of me.

“When you ripped his neck, do you know that this will happen?”

“Yes…” he killed his son without hesitation because he knows it will come back again.

He tricked me.

I sighed.

Never mind…I’ll forget that he tricked me, it's good that he came back but I still feel guilty cause now, he is undead.

What I should mind right now is that he is surrounded by a black aura. He is the only one surrounded by it, then how did they know that they have been cursed?

“Is he the only one that is undead?” I asked Sir Alpha.

“I’m an undead too. Actually, all of us are undead.” Said Sir Alpha.

I squinted my eyes at him. He's saying that they are also undead but I don't see any dark aura as My One has.

“I don't see a dark aura on you.”

“A good thing being undead is having the skill of stealth, we can easily hide it,” he said, then they throw a dark aura at me. It was dreadful. “My son just came back so he still doesn’t know how to use this skill.”

The dreadfulness is still lurking in my skin and the smell is like a dead body that just started to decompose.

It’s worst than My One.

“How come you die, Sir Alpha?”

“I am one of those you've given power therefore I am immortal but as you can see, I have sons and a wife. Eventually, I die in old age.”

I remembered that Ester can give power it includes not getting old but it has a condition that if you have a descendants, you will start aging again.

“Then you found yourself alive again.”

“That's right.” Hmm? How could they get the curse, I wonder?

“I’m cursed too!” Lorelie proclaimed.

“Me too!” the ghost. I ignore him.

“What? You too?” Is it just me or that it seems like everyone is cursed.

“You're all here.” Someone from the sky said.

“Calcifer.”

“Tch. Sea Urchin.” The lady expression suddenly change when Calcifer arrived. Hahaha! He really hates Calcifer.

His hair moves same as the wind. I don't understand why his hair is like that?

“Stop starting at my hair.” He noticed.

“Cally! You're here!” the ghost was running towards Calcifer. Oh no…he’s going to find out that he is a ghost when he pass through Calcifer.

But he didn't. The ghost hugs Calcifer and Calcifer hugs back.

“huh?”

“What’s wrong, child?” The lady asked worriedly.

“Did you see that?” I pointed to Calcifer and Ghost.

“You see it too!” she exclaimed. I was right, he is really dead then how did Cacifer do that.

“His hair is floating, isn’t weird?” the lady continued.

I'm not talking about his hair.

“I don't mean his hair,” The lady pouted. “Can”t you see that child that Calcifer is hugging.”

“Moon?”

“Yes, Him! Wait…you can see him??” if so, why didn't she even react that the ghost is here?!

“I can see him, what's wrong with that?” the problem here is that the boy should already be into the light but here he is!

“He’s dead, isn’t he?”

The boy laughed, “So, that's why you've been ignoring me because you thought that I am dead.”

Well, isn't he?

“Aren’t you?”

“I’m not.” This is confusing if he is not dead, what's up with his dramatic ending where his body turns into dust and glitters.

“Lady, years ago you saw him struck his stomach with a sword, right? No one will survive if they are struck by a sword in the stomach!” I remember in the dream that the lady was with him at his last moment.

“Oh, that! He just put himself to sleep just like you for years.” She smiled and I can see bubbles around her.

“He didn't commit suicide?”

“Nope. Eheh.” The boy.

Eheh?! I want to spank him. My hands are itching to spank him.

Who would pierce their self with a sword just to sleep?!

“If you are not dead then what about your grave?” what about the moonshadow's grave? Why did they put it or name it like that if he is not dead?!

“Isn't grave is like a resting place?” the lady.

‘Yes, it is.” Calcifer.

The grave is for dead people! But that boy is not dead, you should have named it Moonshadow's bed.

I don't understand.

“What about the conditions that I did to get the Holy Treasure? And, where is the Holy Treasure??”

“There's no such thing as condition. We are not even sure that what we instructed to you will work. We only hope for Moon to wake up by making him feel your power and let him know that you are awake.” Calcifer.

“What do you mean ‘We’ you're the one that made up that condition, do not include us!” Lady.

"You know, that Ester sets a fire in my consciousness, it really hurts that's how she defeated me!" Boy.

My efforts…where is it? All of it’s are gone! Oh! Right…I used it all up to get the Holy Treasure but it was used to wake a spoiled brat that put himself to sleep just because he was left alone.

“Sorry for not telling you this.” Sir Alpha.

Hahh my soul is leaving.

“Why do I have to do the condition that you made if I only need to use my power to make Moon knows that I am alive?”

“The magic that Moon used is a powerful one, you can only wake him up if you also use powerful magic but you are still weak so we need you to store magic that can withstand the magic that Moon put to himself. And, we think that it will be more effective if you store magic toxins cause before when you still have your memories, when Moon attack you with magic toxins you always reflect it to him. If we also do that, maybe he familiarize it and know that it’s you.”