Unexpected Friends
Chapters 9. Something Strange

All right, I know I'm on a job here. But peeking a little is okay, right? Making a name tag is easy.

Leaving the work tool for the task, I took the sling bag I was wearing while going to the cursed room and looked for a book. After breaking the bag contents, I got a note book covered with ash with panther motifs at the end of the book. Because the light that was lit only near the window, I was alone beside the frame while thrusting the book into the light source.

The window curtains that are still tied make the moonlight enter the room so that it is enough to read. I also opened the cover diary. In my heart I begged the owner not to mind me reading the book.

"Whoever owns this book, Alice Yamada just wants to read this book. So I hope you're not angry, Amin."

Start reading his diary. Actually the contents of his diary is only a story about the daily life of the owner just like. "Today there's a meeting OSIS, it's about...," Or "K****fucking! He made the rumors unclear and now I'm stuck having the strangest nickname in school!"

Uninspiring. First page about the busy daily life of an OSIS child. But at least I got a hint that the owner of this book and possibly the murder victim was a member of the class of OSIS last year. He has an alias name because of rumors made by the 'K'. Maybe I'll ask Enji or the other OSIS brother about the diary owner.

When I opened the sheet again, there was an interesting story. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry I watched anime 1 season." It ended up being my favorite part.

"My grade dropped from 90 to 60! And so I got 'special' lessons from all the teachers. Oh, my God, this is too sad to write '("

BHAKATAKA!!! This part makes me laugh so hard that stomach pain when menahahanya. I guess what 'special' lesson he got huh?

I tried to hold back the laughter because Eliz and Fumika were asleep in a comfortable mattress while I left the abandoned task. So I went back to refreshing myself while opening the window and out looking at the night sky while closing my laughter. The night air was so cold it pierced my skin. But I don't mind.

Hah, the night sky is different from what Dad often told me. There are not many bright stars accompanying the moon. Only a pitch-black cloud covered the blue sky dongker with a small full moon in the sky. The happy feeling of my laughter disappeared after looking down.

This dormitory street is very stuffy at night because of the dark sky. If you hope for the light you find is only a garden light with a dim light. Did they never change the lights? This elite school is very strange.

First, a murder case and then a dormitory that was isolated from the school building. I wonder why I chose this school.

Oh yes, the recommendation of Okaa-san who graduated from this school. The school that he said can 'realize all your dreams'. What dreams have I ever had? What do I want to make happen?

At first glance, I regretted my initial decision to enter this school.  And hopefully no 'they' are bothering.

Yes, I hope my 'imaginations' don't go wild anymore and interfere with my school. To me call him 'imagination'?

Because where I come from we don't believe in ghosts, demons, demons, or anything like that. It's all just a mental disorder. "That's all just your 'imagination' Alicia. Your friend is not real." My Psychiatrist.

Yep, the unreal imagination that craze that makes me freefall from the top of London Bridge.

... "*Alice then walked towards us, but one..."

... "There are many hands, which attract Alice's body. Then he pushed it away before he could turn and in a second Alice fell into the Thames*."..

[It's not real.]

... Roughly pushed backwards fell into the Thames river...

My surprised self cannot fight. Time was short until the wind started to feel on my back. The blond hair I had tied was untamed because the ribbon was loose. Falling down, until the violent impact of the water drowned me....

Akhs! Goddamnit! Although I call it unreal, but what is everything I feel is also not real? Playing at London Bridge? When he saved me from a car crash?

Hour... He filled the void in my heart? With me when alone?

Tskkk! What's wrong with me?

You threw me in the river, killed Daddy, ruined my life.

But, why in the little corner of my heart still wish you existed? Trying to explain the reason for your actions?

Oye! If you can hear me from there, tell me why you did it! Mandoras. I hate you being like this.

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Beside the ancient bridge, a girl sat facing the black river in front of her. The sky has been night, only a few lights can make it bright again during the day. His eyes were reddened by the crying. His lips trembled incessantly saying the same sentence.

"A... Alicia... I'm.. I'm so sorry. I can't help you."

Every night his cries were heard in the streets. The shrill voice of the gray girl with a tragic death. The 'Grey Lady' Mandora Clementine.

"Why are you crying? After all, if you don't stop me, maybe Alicia will be yours." A hoarse voice sounded from behind his body. With its low intonation successfully make the feathers that hear standing.

Mandora turned around and got up from her seat. The veins are visible from his face. Her pale white skin was like a corpse accompanied by her black eye pupils shrinking. His hands were trembling not afraid. He was angry, furious.

"I didn't ask for your help Aldora! You're just a destroyer!" Mandora raised her hand in a ready-to-strangle position. But the man he was heading to ran away like smoke.

From behind, a figure he called Aldora floated above the river barefoot. This girl was wearing a black Hyundai evening dress in line with her eyes. His horrible face was covered in white hair. He replied to Mandora with a cynical smile, "Ah, you're the one who's stupid. Kh!"

Mandora who could not stand the behavior of her sister strangled Aldora's neck until the connector between the head and body shriveled the small so strong.

In between the anger, Aldora boldly said, "Sister, don't blame me. I'm dead already. It's free for you to strangle me. That you should have giggled the kid from the start." He easily took off Mandora's hand and went over the bridge. Mandora did not chase, she just fell silent downstairs.

"Sister, you should be thanking me because you got the collision even though I killed him, hihihi." Says His sister from above composes Mandora.

"Sacrificing Alice's father for me? I'm rather go to hell!" Mandora could not stand it anymore when she had to face her damned sister so she disappeared from the bridge. Go somewhere.

Aldora is still looking over the bridge. With a cynical smile, Aldora said, "Well, I envy you sister. You're strong but you're weak."

Aldora again saw the view of London from the border. True as people say, the view from above is more beautiful and Aldora admits it. His gaze was porous, he was daydreaming. Even though his actions at that moment Aldora did not deny, but did not feel guilty. "So, this is just a small sacrifice." Mumbled.

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Back in Japan, 21:23

Hah, like he's gonna hear me. Deck. I insinuate myself for being too hopeful. After all, the past is the past now I have to focus on school and help Fumika solve this case. When they wake up, I'll tell them the contents of this diary.

I put the diary back to the beginning, my bag of luggage. I want to see the view outside the window before making a name tag. So I look back at this boring night view.

Deg, deg.

'They' are many and varied. The sound they made was so noisy, there was even something that made my ears hurt from the sound of screams out of nowhere. I never remember having fantasized about them before.

The kimono woman who was walking in the garden but there was something strange behind her what was cloth? Oh no, that's the neck. The neck is so long that it forms a spiral.

Then a strange slime monster with an irregular face stuck on every wall of the dormitory. I tried to stay calm because one of them saw me.

And some humans with unnatural limbs. All this, I never thought of such a strange thing! Not in my life! Is my illness getting worse?

"Ga.dis Maniss... "

Deg. My heart skipped a beat, cold sweat came out of the temple, my eyes frozen locked against what I saw. A long-necked kimono lady just now realized my existence. His neck raised his head to the window of my room. But this is on the 3rd floor!

"Ga..disss sweet..I ing.in your heart." Scared, that's how I feel now. This crazy woman wants to eat my heart even the slime monster also speaks.

"The eyes I want!",

"His heart!", "His brain", "His fresh meat.. "

Daddy, Okaa-san, I'm afraid. Help me

\["*Please...A.li.lice*."\]

"That's all just your 'imagination' Alicia. Your friend is not real."

At this moment I remember my Pskiater. Ja. They're not real, they can't kill me.

That was my hope before I realized the truth. I was too stupid to take my hand out of the window frame so that the slime monster pulled it tight until half my body came out of the window. Then this kimono lady bit my left hand. "YAHOO!" My reflexes screamed out loud so I woke Eliz and Fumika up.

"A..what's up? ALICE!" They compactly ran to the window pulling me into the room. Supposedly with the help of two people would be enough to pull me in, but the pull of a creature I didn't know was stronger.

Now I feel like a tug of war and they decide my fate. Drawn inside to survive or get out and die.

Not to mention this long-necked kimono woman's sharp teeth were like tearing flesh in my hand, like thousands of needles impaled into various places.

Although Eliz and Fumika did not know, I saw their bodies suddenly bruised by the strange slime monster. The damn thing slipped in when Eliz and Fumika pulled my waist.

Mr. Pskiater, it's not my wild imagination anymore. It feels so real.

"YAHHHK!! KYAA! It hurts!! It hurts! Stop, please!" I tried to scream and asked the kimono woman to stop. But he ignored her and continued to bite my hand until it bled. My bones were almost touched by her canines.

Not enough to pull out, he shook my body until my left arm was half torn apart. Of course all the screams and desperate efforts of Eliz, Fumika, and I invited a lot of attention all the residents of the female dormitory.

Those who woke up to my screams were curious and looked out the window.

"What's going on?"

"See there's a room girl next door out the window!"

"He killed himself?"

"No! His hands were torn apart for no reason!!"

The dormitory that was supposed to be quiet is now becoming noisy because of seeing the things that happened to me.

"Alice! Whatever happens, don't let go!"

"Hold Alice!"

Fumika and Eliz respectively encouraged me to be strong. But if you can feel it, it hurts a lot.

I tried hard not to take off the handle. But I cried hard because my left hand was torn to the bite of a kimono woman. No matter how hard you try if he and the slime monster don't take off, it won't all be over.

When my hope was almost gone, a white flash came from behind the head of the kimono lady. Then with a single slash, his head was cut off and his bite was released.

Because too suddenly my body bounced into the room. I landed safely because it was protected by Eliz and Fumika.

"Alice now you're safe." Fumika. Due to reflexes, I looked towards Fumika and saw the slime monster attached to her neck and shoulders being lost due to a white slash. It was the same when I saw Eliz. The monster that was attached to them was gone.

"Take it." The sound of a silhouette in front of me. I couldn't see clearly his face but all I knew from his bass voice was that he was a boy.

It happened so fast that I haven't been able to thank him. But suddenly in my hand was a bracelet.

"Take it."

That silhouette gave me a bracelet, is it possible a talisman? My mind is fucked right now. I didn't want to be pulled out the window again so I put the bracelet on my right hand. "Akh!" Since I put up the bracelet with my left hand, the pain is stabbing.

"Elizabeth quickly take Alice to the UKS below! I'll cover the wound." Shouting Fumika. The wound? Oh yes the long-necked kimono lady bit my hand.

I tried to look at my left hand that was covered by Fumika. But he told me to get up to be escorted to the UKS with Eliz.

"Alice endure! You can be yourself, right?" Fumika asked me and I just nodded. Then they took me out of the room.

On the road to the UKS we are not ceaselessly in the spotlight of people.

"That's the girl in the window?"

"Crazy his hands are really bloody!"

Most of them talked about me being pulled out the window and then getting hurt for no reason.

I was still curious about the condition of my hand and the pain it caused. Was it hurt so bad? Should I have amputated?

That terrible shadow was accompanied by my cry. But at that time, Eliz and Fumika encouraged me and said everything is gonna be alright.

Yeah, I hope everything's okay.

[To Be Continue!]🍵