Chapter 42
“Because I am the owner of the place.” Today, this monster seemed ready to talk to me. “What are you going to do with me? Will you kill me like other tutors?” Henry said this monster ate the tutors. Is that true? “Killing you? Can’t do that. How long have I been waiting for you, my mate.” “Mate?” “Because you are the only woman on the border between the living and the dead, you are the only human woman I can mate with. Because the living can’t stand by my side for long. Like you, I died once and now I only want a woman who can be by my side.”
“I don’t understand.” “These tutors were the food Henry threw at me. Henry knew that if he didn’t feed me, I would kill them all, because I feed on the vitality of living humans.” “What?” “Henry was greedy. No, his ancestors were greedy for generations. Henry’s ancestors sealed me up on this land hundreds of years ago, built a mansion on it, and locked me in this mansion. And through me, he got the wealth he wanted so much. I have the power to bring wealth to humans.” Those tons of gold in the basement. That gold was from this monster.
“But I’m a monster that sucks the life of humans. Henry’s ancestors wanted to get rich by imprisoning me, yet they didn’t also want to deprive me of my life, so they gave me food constantly. Then Henry inherited it. He inherited his ancestral heritage. He had to feed this mansion and take its gold, as I inherited it too, foolish Henry. I didn’t know I was getting closer and closer to freedom. I should have noticed that I was getting weaker, but greed blinded me.” The man smirked to the fullest. It was mocking Henry.
“If he had let me go, Henry would probably be healthy. But he couldn’t. A foolish person who could not give up his greed even after heaped up gold like a mountain in the basement that he would never use for the rest of his life. He took the girls in the name of tutoring and fed them to me. All those women died in less than a month from just being in this mansion. And Henry buried those dead women.” So it was a joint venture between Henry and this monster that killed those women. “I, what am I going to do?” “You live here with me. You will enjoy the wealth and glory that Henry enjoyed, and you will become my partner and live here with me for the rest of your life.”
“What about Leon? What’s gonna happen to him?” “Ah, that little kid.” The monster grinned. “What should I do to him? I could swallow him in one bite right now, or I could rip his limbs apart in front of you and chew on that little head.” “Hey, don’t do that…!” “It’s up to you. If you’re obedient, I’ll let him live here.” “Hey, can you really promise me that?” “Monsters always keep their promises. You can do whatever you want. You can do anything during the day. Do what you want to do and go where you want to go. It doesn’t matter if you leave the mansion. Wherever you go I will follow.