The Contract Between a Specter and a Servant, Vol. 1 by Michiru Fushino

Author:Michiru Fushino
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Yen On

“Every item you see here has a soul. Be rude, and you will be duly punished.”

No. It can’t be.

Masamichi shook his head.

I feel bad that I made that doll fall, but I wasn’t trying to be rude.

But as Masamichi made excuses for himself, the light from the doll became stronger and stronger…and…

“Are you going to treat me badly, too?”

…he heard a distorted, high-pitched voice.

Though it wasn’t loud, it resembled a woman’s voice. Or perhaps the hoarse tone of an older woman.

Masamichi gulped. It felt like the sound was tapping directly at his ears or, rather, at the auditory cortex of his brain.

He slowly looked around, but there was no one there except himself.

There was no doubt about it. The voice was coming from the doll.

The doll… Have I made it mad? For real?

Masamichi had never even considered that an object could have a soul. His mom always told him to take care of his things or he’d receive divine punishment, but what was happening now didn’t seem to be what she had meant.

“‘She’s cute. Daddy, I want her.’”

“…Huh?!”

“She wanted me so badly.”

The doll was speaking. Then it suddenly got up off the floor.

It was such an abrupt movement that Masamichi wondered if someone was manipulating it on invisible strings.

“She doesn’t want me anymore. Says to throw me away. What a terrible thing to do. Just terrible.”

“Wh-whoa!”

Both his legs trembling with fear and unable to get on his feet, Masamichi managed to support himself with his hands and tried to shift his hips backward to get as far away from the doll as possible.

But sadly, the floor space around him was extremely limited, and his back immediately hit another mountain of objects he had yet to dust.

If he kept backing up and dropped another object, he might make that item angry, too.

It was a wild idea but a serious fear for Masamichi, the target of the doll’s wrath.

“I-I’m sorry. I didn’t make you fall on purpose. I’m truly sorry…”

“You promised I would meet someone nice if I stayed here!”

The doll stood up without a sound, not listening to a word of Masamichi’s apology, as if still controlled by invisible strings.

The doll, which structurally could never have stood on its own, took a step toward Masamichi, then another, its soft body swaying back and forth and left and right.

A small sound escaped from under Masamichi’s towel, which still covered his face.

His upper and lower teeth clashed rapidly, chattering as his whole body shook.

“I…said I’m sorry!”

“Liar. Betrayed me. You promised me…”

The last word came out like a song, and then the doll raised its arms to shoulder level.

Its eyes, which had been painted onto its face, stared into Masamichi’s horrified, wide eyes…then snapped. The eyes were no longer painted. Instead, they were huge, jet-black orbs that seemed to be formed from condensed darkness.

This can’t be happening! You’ve got to be kidding!

“Crossed your heart and hoped…”

The doll sang a strange verse in an eerie voice as it slowly approached Masamichi. Were its hands aiming for his eyes or his neck?

He couldn’t tell, but one thing was for sure.

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