I'm (Sort of) an Expert on Ghosts by Cho

Author:Cho
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, horror, ghosts, comedy, humor, japan, supernatural, ghost, romcom, light novel

Chapter Nine, in which I Aim to Bring an End to the Suffering, if Manageable

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Based on all I could piece together from Spirit-san's memories, and by trying to examine the series of events from her point of view, I felt the idea of Spirit-san haunting her parents was a very likely possibility.

Kijimuta-san never really connected with other people in her village. She had peers and neighbors—but nobody she could call a close friend. She had her parents, and every now and then perhaps a relative or two would visit, but outside of those few family members Kijimuta-san simply did not interact with others very much.

It was difficult to say too much about Kijimuta-san's personality, given how my interaction with her was solely through her ghost, and most of her memories I experienced were during traumatic events. But it at least seemed clear she wasn't normal. Kijimuta-san and her parents were a blend of unusual that apparently didn't meld well with the village at large. Everyone preferred to leave Kijimuta-san's family alone, and the parents were perhaps content so long as some form of harmony could be feigned. Kijimuta-san was thus difficult to approach in more ways than one, and in this setting of isolation it was simplest for her to just blame herself for her lonely fate.

As a ghost, Kijimuta-san's perception of things had surely been skewed over time. People were like that in general, naturally twisting their understanding of events, ideas, and memories how they or their subconscious saw fit. But based on everything I had ever read on the matter, the emotions of a ghost could become stronger over time—stronger, and more dangerous. There was very little to distract a ghost from her thoughts. A ghost didn't need to do any of the daily chores of life, or eat, sleep, move, or even breathe or blink. She could just exist forever, with nothing but a single thought to base her entire existence upon.

What entailed Spirit-san's thoughts when she killed herself? I doubted she was happy about it. She likely saw it as necessary, for the sake of everyone around her. She didn't want anyone else to die; she couldn't bear to watch any more people suffer because of her.

Based on all my experiences with her, she didn't seem like a vengeful yurei. But perhaps that was because she already had her revenge.

Why was Kijimuta-san the way she was?

Wasn't she the result of her peculiar upbringing?

Didn't Kijimuta-san have two people other than herself she could blame for everything?

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Spirit-san didn't respond, so I asked once more: “Did you haunt your parents?”

She made a sound in my head, something like a quiet sob. Silence again, and then... She had something to say, but she couldn't bring herself to say it.

“It's okay. It's normal for a ghost to haunt someone. It will be easier for me to help you though if I understand why you truly became a spirit.”

I didn't want you to know, Spirit-san said. I'm.

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