[Book 2] Gate Guardian - Song of the Frozen Soul

PHASE 79 - TIARA'S NIGHTMARE: SONG OF SORROW

PHASE 79 - TIARA’S NIGHTMARE: SONG OF SORROW

I’m dreaming again.

I can see the shadow, lurking in the streets of Myrrh City. Like before, I can see it in a third person’s view. For some reason, the figure of the shadow is a little bit clearer. Its silhouette is similar to a beautiful girl’s, with crimson eyes piercing in the dark. Every time it moves by floating, its long hair flows with the wind.

"Aaaaaah..."

The shadow is singing a song, both telepathically and physically. Its mouth is wide open, but the voice is muted. Its existence is very much a paradox.

I closed my eyes.

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When I opened my eyes, I finally saw the shadow in front of the gate of an old mansion. This mansion is all familiar to me, for I have stayed there for a couple of years. I spent most of my childhood there after all, and it is the home of my step-mother and step-sister. It’s the Baroquefloux Residence.

The shadow floated and passed through the metal bars of the gate, like a phantom. The alarm of the gate went on, signaling the entrance of the intruder in a silent night. There are also two pit bulls on the side of the gate who were barking at the floating shadow which should definitely alarm the house owner and the neighbors.

Beeeeep! The whole mansion is on red alert. The lights from the mansion went on, and there are heavy footsteps coming from the inside. Patiently, the shadow just waited for a few meters in front of the door.

“WHO’S THERE!?”

The voice came from my step-mother, Miss Catriona Baroquefloux. She is still on her pajamas, and her white hair is full of curling tubes. She has this tobacco on her mouth that unleashes thin black smoke. On her hand, is a big shotgun.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!”

The shadow sang with fury. Her voice is like an ocean wave that blasted through the gardens of the front gate. The trees around swayed, and the windows shattered. The pitbulls who are now witnessing the might of the shadow immediately curled down and cried.

“Y-You! You’re the one who killed my beautiful daughters!” Miss Baroquefloux roared. “You will pay!”

My step-mother cocked her shotgun and then fired it relentlessly on the shadow. The shotgun is extraordinary for the reason that it fires Weapon Gems that immediately materialized swords. The sword-bullets scattered and rushed towards the shadow.

Alas, all those sword Weapon Gems just passed through the incorrigible phantom.

“How did you-”

The shadow did not let Miss Baroquefloux finish her sentence. All of a sudden, the phantom lady materialized ten dark tails on her back and spread it out like a peacock. These ten tails elongated and whipped my step-mother’s body in a supernatural speed that is capable of severing a limb.

“Kyahack-!!!”

The dark tails are like swords that chopped off my step-mother’s hands, elbows, knees, midriff, neck, and chest. In an instant, my evil step-mother was converted into chunks of wet flesh.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!”

The phantom lady sang a song for her victory. It is as if this is one of those moments the shadow has been waiting for a long time. However, her celebration has been cut short as somebody entered the scene. 

Somebody familiar.

“What the hell!” It was Diadem Solstice, my dear twin brother. His long black ponytailed hair danced as he immediately drew out his Weapon Gem and materialized it as a crimson katana. “Why… Why did you do that to Miss Baroquefloux!?”