Chapter 46: The Sound of the Night
Dinner time was spent in a bland atmosphere. Pasta moved a table that worked to work in the courtyard, found one more chair, and put three chairs on the side. The room hadn't been tidied up yet, at least under the dusty and cobweb-covered ceiling, and no one had the appetite to eat, and no one wanted to eat a mouthful of dust, cobwebs, or spiders.
The trio didn't have time to prepare a proper dinner, and each had to eat shriveled bread and jerky, as well as water that Pasta had fetched from a nearby well—at least the water was clean and reassuring. Pasta, however, prepared some beers for himself, presumably bought them when he was out and about.
Dinner was quickly settled, and there was nothing to pack, so Lulunaka went into the house and continued to tidy up, as well as check on the house. "At least before we rest tonight, we need to make a place where we can sleep, and of course, there will be no spiders or other bugs crawling on your face. That's what Lulunaka said.
Naturally, Pasta and Julius could not do nothing, leaving Lunaka, a young "girl", to do the work. As the night began to darken, Lulunaka lit an oil lamp that had been sitting for a long time, which she had just oiled, and placed it on the side, and a little light came from the house, and it spread outside. In this lonely place, the fire in the house became the only light.
It wasn't until the sky was full of stars that the three of them finished their work for the day. The antechamber of the house was barely cleaned, the cobwebs were smashed and tattered, and the ceiling didn't look like it was going to fall down at any moment. Tonight, the three of them plan to stop in this small vestibule, and as for the attic, the two rooms, and the kitchen, they are not available for the time being. The two rooms weren't as clean as the yard, the attic gave the impression that putting anything on it would cause it to collapse, and the kitchen had a foul smell, and God knows what was inside.
All three of them found a suitable place for themselves and lay down in a position that they felt comfortable with. Julius lay down for a short time, tossing and turning, and finally got up uneasy, which happened to be discovered by Lulunaka, who had closed her eyes for a while. Lulunaka's eyes were half-open, looking like she was in a half-asleep hazy state, "What are you doing?" Her voice sounded rather confused, Julius rarely saw Lulunaka in such a state, but he wasn't in the mood to pay attention to it right now.
Pasta sat cross-legged on the edge of the doorway, eyes closed, looking like he was asleep, but not like he was asleep. Julius and Lulunaka's movements did not make him react, and it did seem like he was really asleep, but it could not be ruled out that he did not want to make do.
"That haunted rumor. Julius said, "It's late at night." ”
Lulunaka rubbed her eyes and laughed when she heard this, "That's what you're worried about, so keep waiting." With that, Lulunaka turned around and resumed her sleep in a different position.
Julius was uneasy, but he didn't want to show weakness in his words, otherwise Lulunaka would probably laugh at him for days. After thinking about it, Julius still lay down and closed his eyes. He wasn't really afraid of ghosts, he had even seen moving dead people, ghosts were just one of them, and he wasn't worth being afraid of, he was worried about whether the rumored thing would sneak into the dream when he was asleep, or if he would just scare himself by screaming. In short, Julius would never admit that he was afraid of ghosts.
It took a long time for Julius to fall asleep with a frown, and the sound of even breathing was heard. None of the three of them slept in a very ugly way, and no one could snore. If I had to say it, the snoring would probably be more annoying than the whispering of a ghost.
But when he actually heard a muffled voice, Julius didn't feel like that at all.
At the sound of that voice, Julius snapped open his eyes. Because of the apprehension in his heart, Julius did not actually sleep peacefully when he fell asleep, and the slightest movement might have made him sleep restlessly.
He straightened up and sat up, and began to look around. The scenery around him was no different from when he first lay down, and now everything in front of him was not a dream, nor was there anything unusual. If there was anything out of the ordinary, it was the voice ringing in his ears.
It was a female voice, seemingly speaking, but he couldn't understand what it was saying. The voice didn't have an ethereal feel and hoarse voice like the Necromancy, it sounded like a woman whispering in her ear. Julius rubbed his ears vigorously, and the sound didn't go away. He covered his ears, and the sound became quieter, and it sounded like it was separated by a membrane—because he covered his ears with both hands, and if that didn't matter, then the sound was probably coming from his brain, and Julius was glad that this was not the case.
He looked around, but couldn't find the source of the sound. If I'm not mistaken, this is the rumored haunting. Aside from being a little nervous when he woke up at first, Julius wasn't very scared now. Although he couldn't find where the voice came from, it sounded like a woman talking next door, it wasn't eerie, and he couldn't understand what the voice was saying, which made the fear even lighter.
He looked at Lulunaka and Pasta, both of whom seemed to be asleep, and the sudden appearance was not loud, and it seemed a little difficult to get the person who slept soundly.
He looked a little flustered, but he didn't dare to make much noise, he didn't think that Lulunaka and Pasta would give themselves a good face when they were woken up, even though Pasta sat there as if he was just closing his eyes.
When Julius didn't know what to do, and could only listen to the strange female voice in his ears, and gradually felt more uneasy in his heart, Lulunaka, who was facing away from him, turned around and made a dreamlike voice, "The signal is not good...... It's annoying......"
Lulunaka was saying something Julius didn't understand, he could understand every word and word that Lulunaka spoke, but he just couldn't understand what it meant. He looked at Lulunaka's face and remembered what had happened for a while. Now Lulunaka, who was asleep, had the expression of her face instead of the usual witch with a devilish smile.
While Julius was thinking about something inconsequential—which would have distracted him from listening to the strange voice—Lulunaka, who was facing him, suddenly opened her eyes, which startled Julius.
Lulunaka's eyes didn't look like she had just woken up from her sleep, but she didn't open them, waiting for this opportunity to scare Julius. "Can't sleep?" she asked, but it sounded more like a knowing.
Julius lowered his voice and said to Lulunaka, "Didn't you hear that?"
Lulunaka blinked, looking curious, "What's the sound? If you're talking about the wind, it's still a lot of noise at night in this season, or by the sea, but I don't think it's enough to make you sleep, right?"
Julius's eyes widened, didn't Lulunaka hear it?
Before Julius could get nervous, Pasta on the other side spoke, startling Julius again, "It's not your problem, don't think so much, kid - I heard that, too." ”
Although he was also frightened by Pasta, but because he was scared by Lulunaka before, Julius recovered quickly this time, and after hearing Pasta's words, Julius frowned and looked at Lulunaka, "You're scaring me." ”
"That's not my problem, it's that you're too cowardly. Lulunaka stood up and stretched, "It's not as pleasant as the wind, it's really disturbing dreams." ”
Lulunaka left the house, and it wasn't long before the voice died down. When Lulunaka returned, she didn't say anything and just lay down.
"Why is the voice gone?" asked Julius, but Lulunaka didn't move for a long time, and because she had her back to Julius and Pasta, no one could see her face. It didn't take long for Lulunaka to hear the sound of steady breathing. She was asleep—at least that's what she had told Julius and Pasta. No one wanted to test whether she was really asleep or too lazy to pay attention to the two of them.
Since Lulunaka responded like this, Pasta and Julius had nothing to say, one continued to sit with his eyes closed, and the other lay back. Julius closed his eyes and never heard the woman's voice again, only the faint sound of the wind and the faint sound of the waves. The sounds were like a lullaby that quickly brought him to a deep sleep.