Filed to story: A Little Princess's Journey from Darkness to Light Novel
However, Lily had a cute little girl’s voice that everyone liked. The class was amazed at how talented she was and felt that she recited the poem better than Cheryl.
Even the homeroom teacher was startled.
“Lily, you’re amazing! Have you read the poem before?”
“No, this is the first time I recited it!” Lily blurted and glanced at Pablo.
“Keep up the good work, Lily. You’re gifted!” The homeroom teacher praised Lily again.
The class continued. However, Cheryl could not concentrate at all. She recited the poem better than Lily, but the homeroom teacher only praised Lily and not her.
It took Cheryl a night to memorize the poem. How could the homeroom teacher compare her to Lily, who read the poem for the first time just now?
Cheryl was mad. She knew the homeroom teacher praised Lily because she came from a wealthy family.
If I also come from a wealthy family, the homeroom teacher will also praise me too…
Cheryl was jealous. A thought suddenly flashed through her mind.
If I kill Lily, I can replace her and become the rich daughter of the Crawford family.
Thinking of that, Cheryl deliberately stretched her hand out. She wanted to push Lily to the floor.
However, Lily was not sitting up straight. She was resting her head on the table.
Out of balance, Cheryl fell and bumped into the back of Lily’s chair instead.
“What’s going on?” The homeroom teacher turned around and asked.
Cheryl quickly sat upright and pretended nothing had happened.
“Nothing…” she replied quickly.
The homeroom teacher could not help but purse his lips. Somehow, he felt Cheryl was acting a bit strange.
The vanity spirit saw Pablo glancing at her and quickly shook her head. “It’s not me! I didn’t ask her to do that. She did it herself!” she explained in a hurry.
The vanity spirit sat upright immediately. However, she was still reluctant to let go of Cheryl. She was still sprawled behind Cheryl’s back.
It was not easy to find someone like Cheryl who was blinded by vanity at such a young age. The vanity spirit still needed two more days before she could fully possess Cheryl’s body.
When the time comes, Cheryl’s body would belong to the vanity spirit completely. With that, no one could ever harm her again.
“Master, she’s so big. Can she fill up the jar of souls?”
“I don’t think so…” Pablo shook his head.
“What? She can’t even do that?”
Pablo leaned against the wall and stared at the vanity spirit. “Are you a teacher at this school?” he asked.
The vanity spirit’s face darkened. She clung to
Cheryl’s back even tighter.
Pablo took out a book and asked, “Lily, do you know how one turns into a malignant spirit? It’s not easy, you know? Let me tell you now. So listen to me carefully.”
“First, they must die a tragic death. Being hit by a car or jumping off a building is not considered a tragic death. They have to die in a way even worse than that.”
Clearing his throat, Pablo continued, “These spirits keep wandering at the place where they died and keep reliving the last moment before their death. As time goes by, resentments accumulate in their hearts and turn them into malignant spirits.”
After saying that, Pablo closed the book and asked, “I’m curious. How did you die?”
Hearing that, Lily tilted her head and glanced at the vanity spirit. She was curious about how she died too.
However, the vanity spirit turned her head away. She did not want to answer Pablo’s question.
The vanity spirit could not tell what kind of spirit Pablo was, but instinctively, she felt Pablo had a terrifying aura.
The vanity spirit was a malignant spirit. In fact, she was the most ferocious spirit in the world, but why was she still afraid of Pablo?
Finally, the bell rang. The class was dismissed.
Cheryl glared at Lily and gritted her teeth. The dark circles under her eyes were getting worse.
“You did it on purpose, didn’t you?” Cheryl bawled. She was furious.
“Huh?” Lily was confused. “What do you mean?”
“You purposely recited the poem after me, right? Do you want to prove that you’re better than me?”
Hearing that, everyone looked at Cheryl in surprise.
Cheryl was startled. It was only then that she realized she had spoken her mind.
She quickly packed her school bag and sneered, “Didn’t you say you wanted to meet me after class?”
After saying that, Cheryl left in a hurry.
Hearing that, Lily quickly put Tortoise and Polly into her bag.
“Where are you going?” Josh inquired.
“Come on, Josh. Let’s go! We need to catch the evil spirit now!”
Saying this, Lily took hold of Josh’s hand and started running.
“Hold on!”
Josh hesitated to follow Lily. He had a fear of ghosts. There was absolutely no chance he would accompany Lily to capture the evil spirit.
Lilly forcefully pulled Josh along, urging him to run.
The scorching sun still hung high in the sky. The trees in the school grove were not particularly short, but they provided just enough shade.
As soon as he entered the grove, Josh noticed Cheryl standing there with her head hanging low. She appeared downcast.
When he approached, she sluggishly looked up and stared at him.
A shiver ran down his spine, causing every hair on his body to stand on end.
Lilly turned around. “Are you scared, Drake? You can go back if you are!”
Josh was tempted to leave, but he stayed out of stubbornness. “…That’s not funny. Do you really think I’m scared?”
Calm down… I need to calm down.
Nothing in the world can scare me.
Just as he was thinking this, a resounding scream pierced through the air. “Ah!”
Josh jumped. “Eek!”
Lilly, startled by the scream, chased after the boy as he began to run wildly. “That’s Polly, Josh!”
Polly, sitting in the school bag, was singing. “….Take the red string of fate… You and I… Ah…”
The bird couldn’t reach a higher octave, resulting in a hideous scream.
Josh was left speechless.
He felt like crying.
