Surviving in a School of Ghost Stories-Chapter 80

When I woke up, there was only that one note left on my bedside table.

‘I need to meet you tonight and talk.’

After school, I was going to go to the mountain lodge that Noah and Dante had mentioned, so I would have to meet Raven after that.

‘I wish it was night soon.’

I was glad that I could finally have a proper conversation with Raven.

I excitedly went through the discharge procedures and went back to class 2F.

“I heard that Hastings went to the hospital again. Is he okay? He seems to go to the hospital often, but he doesn’t have any health problems, right?”

My homeroom teacher asked me worriedly when she saw me coming to school. I shook my head and smiled.

“I get hurt easily because I’m careless. Thank you for worrying, teacher.”

“Well, that’s fortunate... Anyway, please be careful.”

“Yes.”

The homeroom teacher nodded at my answer and soon stood in front of the desk. Then he announced the announcement.

“Okay, our students. You all know that the exam starts next week, right? Make sure you prepare thoroughly. You have to work hard to enjoy the festival that will be held after this exam.”

“Festival?”

When I expressed my doubt, my classmate Dante, who was sitting next to me, explained.

“Our school holds a festival every fall. This festival overlaps with the island opening ceremony, so it’s going to be very grand.”

Oh my. A festival. My ears perked up for a moment.

This was the first time I’d ever seen something like a festival.

That’s because I’ve always lived in small rural towns where large-scale festivals weren’t held. freeweɓnøvel.com

‘Well, of course, protecting Raven comes first. If I just plan my route well, I think I can enjoy the festival too.’

I quietly took out Raven’s dedicated scheduler and checked Raven’s schedule and route.

I needed to plan my movements thoroughly to protect Raven.

“Okay. Let’s fight today too!”

The homeroom teacher finished the morning assembly with a cheer and the first period literature teacher came in and the class began.

After school.

After finishing all the classes, I waited for Noah in front of Johannes Castle.

I had planned to go to the mountain lodge that Dante had mentioned with him.

I took out my pocket watch and checked the time.

The current time was 5 PM. The time I was supposed to meet Raven was 8 PM.

‘We’re just going to look around the mountain lodge, so that should be enough, right?’

Noah also said that nothing bad would happen.

After all, the guys from ‘the other world’ usually start moving around at 9 AM.

I was standing at the main gate of Johannes Castle, and the students who were leaving school glanced at me as they passed by.

The ghosts passing by also wandered around me, taking a look at my face every now and then before passing by.

I was used to the stares I had received since I entered school.

Knock knock.

At that moment, a ghost tapped my shoulder with a cotton-like hand. When I turned around, he was pointing to the floor.

I looked down and saw a key lying on the floor.

‘Key?’

I picked up the key. There was a shape like an inverted triangle drawn on the key.

The ghost who had told me that the key had fallen pointed to someone running far away.

‘Huh? That person... ...?’

The middle-aged man who was hurriedly running to the main building was the head of the academic affairs department.

It seemed that he had dropped the key.

I took my steps to follow the head of the department, but stopped again. He had already disappeared somewhere because he was so fast.

‘I should give it to you tomorrow.’

I put the key in my pocket. At that moment, I saw a shadow on the floor.

When I raised my head, I saw a male student standing with his back to the sunset.

The man who appeared with a natural halo was Noah Senior. He had a beautiful appearance that seemed to have been carved by a craftsman, and his old-fashioned appearance made me exclaim in admiration every time I saw him.

“Have you been waiting long?”

He asked me. Somehow, his voice sounded like he was gasping for breath.

‘Did he run?’

I shook my head.

“I didn’t wait long.”

“......Wait, Melody.”

He lowered his head to me. His long fingers approached my lips. Soon, they brushed past the corners of my lips.

“There’s bread crumbs stuck to your mouth. Have you been doing that all day?”

Noah Senior asked in a tone of bewilderment and then snickered. As if he couldn’t stop me.

“Anyway, you get hurt and broken every time. Now, I have to take care of you like a child.”

Instead of answering, I slowly raised my hand and covered my mouth. What is it?

“Wellington?”

Senior Noah asked me. Only then did I come to my senses and point behind him.

“There he is.”

Dante jogged over and stood in front of us.

“I canceled my evening training and went to the gym. Sorry for being late.”

Senior Noah tapped Dante on the shoulder a couple of times and lifted his wrist to check his watch.

“Let’s hurry and move. It would be better to go before the sun sets.”

The days were getting shorter, so it would start to get dark at 7 p.m.

The mountain behind us wasn’t that high, but if the sun set before we could even get down from the mountain, it would be a bit difficult.

“Sorry for being late!”

Then Eastern also appeared.

Originally, the entire student council was going to move.

However, even though it was a small mountain, Dante suggested that it would be better to move in a small group since we were climbing the mountain.

“What kind of celebration did the cricket players have after winning a game?”

Easton, who was climbing the mountain, said, panting as if out of breath.

Dante also tilted his head.

“It was a party the dean threw. I didn’t know it was strange at the time.”

The fact that he didn’t know it was strange at the time was also somewhat meaningful.

Dante climbed the mountain in the lead, followed by Easton, and finally the student council president.

It wasn’t a difficult hike. The slope was gentle and it was a mountain that could be easily climbed wearing school uniform shoes.

But even so, a mountain is a mountain.

After a while, my feet hurt and I got tired.

I stumbled for a moment, panting, and a hand reached out from behind and grabbed my shoulder tightly.

“Be careful.”

“Ah, yes, yes.”

I quickly stood up with strength in my legs. Senior Noah looked at me with a puzzled look.

“Where does it hurt?”

He put his hand on my forehead. His large palm wrapped around my forehead.

I suddenly felt dizzy and my body swayed.

My nose started bleeding right away. Now, even if I’m just a little tired or in pain, I get a nosebleed right away.

What a weak body.

Senior Noah clicked his tongue and covered his nose with a handkerchief.

“Senior Hastings, is it a nosebleed again?”

As the distance between us widened, Easton turned around and looked at me with a puzzled face.

“How can you be ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) so weak? Raven said you weren’t like that until half a year ago.”

There was nothing I could say about that. Raven probably didn’t know why I had become weak.

“The two of you... were you originally that close?”

Dante asked, looking back and forth between me and Noah with a puzzled expression.