Hikone-shi,
Shiga
When Yui regained consciousness, she starts telling us what she sees in her vision. I see anxiety in her face when he looked at us and Hanasaki family. It seems hard for her to tell us what she sees. Because this is a tragedy. Some people may not want to hear bad things about their ancestors from others. But, we still have to tell them.
Yui took a deep breath, "I will start with rumors about the curse in the Hanasaki family," she said, "Nakagawa-san said that the man born in the Hanasaki family has always died young since the time of his great-grandfather, Hanasaki Keizo, is that right?"
"Yes," Nakagawa-san nodded her head, "My uncle even died in his 20s, so there are currently no male descendants in Hanasaki family. We wondered where the curse came from,"
Yui doubted as she nervously looked at Nakagawa-san, "The curse came from Hanasaki Miyabi, the great-grandmother of the Hanasaki family,"
"Ehhhh ?? !!!" They all looked very surprised. Especially the Hanasaki family.
"Why is my great-grandmother cursing her own family?" Nakagawa-san aunt, Hanasaki Suzuka-san asked with a puzzled expression.
"Your great-grandmother didn't curse the Hanasaki family in general," said Yui, "She only cursed the boys born in the Hanasaki family,"
"Only boys?" asked Nakagawa-san, "Why?"
"This is what I see from my vision," Yui looked hesitate, but she added, "The accuracy of what I say can be wrong,"
"Morimachi-san, right? After what you did with your colleagues, there is no reason for us not to believed what you say. So, please. Don't hesitate to say what you know." Suzuka-san nodded her head.
"My wife is right," Suzuka-san husband smiled, "So, why did our great-grandmother cursed a boy who was born to her own family?"
Yui took a deep breath, "A boy born to Hanasaki's family at that time, not a child from Hanasaki Miyabi," Yui said, "The boy was born to a maid who had a relationship with Hanasaki Keizo,"
"Ehhhhh ?!" I could see their facial expressions. It's not an expression of surprise or anger, more so, "How dare you to talk like that?"
"What do you mean?" Nakagawa-san's mother glared at Yui.
"Miyabi-san and Keizo-san have 7 children, I'm right? Five girls and two boys. The oldest and the second oldest are girls, right? The third and fourth children are a boy and the youngest are girls, " Yui explained.
"Yeah ..." Suzuka-san answered, she still confused.
"Isn't there a huge gap age between the oldest daughter and third son?" Yui asked.
They fell silent for a moment. As if trying to remember it.
"So, our great-grandmother... put cursed to the son of the Hanasaki family because it was not her son, but... the son of a maid...who had an affair with our great-grandfather?" said Suzuka-san in a trembled voice.
"I apologize for saying this," Yui looked at us. We just nodded our heads. Tell her that what she's doing is right.
"What happened after that?" Suzuka-san's husband asked, "What about all the human skulls in the basement?"
"When Miyabi-san found out that her husband had another woman who was much younger than her, she began to think about how her husband could back to her," said Yui, "But, at that time Miyabi-san realized that she is not young anymore and she can't give birth," Everyone focused on her. Waiting what she will say next. Yui continued, "She read a lot of books. About how to stop the aging. Maybe because she liked the Western style, she started reading about their books too. I thought, there, she found a story about a woman who used the blood of a young girl to maintain her beauty and stop the aging, "
"Elizabeth Bathory," Ayako muttered.
"Do you want to say that our great-grandmother killed young girls and drank their blood?" Suzuka-san raised her voice and glared at Yui.
Yui stopped for a moment. The more she tells about their ancestors, the more she will make them suffered. I understand why she hesitates.
"Please continued, Morimachi-san," Suzuka-san's husband said while hugging his wife. He looked at her wife and shook his head.
Yui took a breath, "She didn't plan to do that," said Yui, "Even after reading the book, she did nothing. However, one night. It seemed that night was her birthday. But, instead of spending time with her, Keizo-san chooses to spend time with the maid and her children. Their son, "
"How could it be?" Nakagawa-san muttered while putting her hand on her mouth.
"Miyabi-san can only look at them from behind the door. She looks very angry and hurt. Maybe because of her anger, that night she did something in the basement," said Yui, "Some kind of rituals,"
"Rituals?" Suzuka-san looked confused, "What do you mean?"
"The next day when Keizo-san left the house, Miyabi-san called the maid to her room and killed her, " Yui took a deep breath, "I don't know because she remembered the book she read or about the rituals, Miyabi-san, asked the servants to bring the girl's corpse to the basement. They tied her and let the blood drip into the bathtub,"
"What?!!!" Hanasaki family shouted.
"After the bathtub is filled with the girl's blood, Miyabi-san goes inside to soak her whole body. That girl, the maid who took away his husband, is Miyabi-san's first victim," Yui held her chest. She can't continue the story anymore.
"She...she takes a bath with blood?" Nakagawa-san shocked with her eyes widened, "What about our great-grandfather? Didn't he know?"
Yui nodded, "He knows. Because the night after that, he himself killed Miyabi-san. He stabbed her with a knife,"
"I can't stand it anymore !! How can this happen to our family!" Suzuka-san sobbed. I understand her feelings. Even outsider like me feels hurt.
Noamasa looked at us and we nodded, "Nakagawa-san, it would be better if we stop here," said Naomasa, "You already know what happened at the house in general. So, we want to suggest what should be done next,"
We just fell silent. We also couldn't say anything to them anymore.
"Please don't, Morimachi-san. Please tell us everything. We want to know," Nakagawa-san's mother begged, "Then what happened after that? Didn't the body of our great-grandmother disappear on a funeral day?" she asked.
Yui took a breath again, "It didn't disappear," said Yui, "When Keizo-san searched for Miyabi-san's missing body, he found the body in the basement. Actually, that's not just a Miyabi-san missing body," Yui looked at them, "When Keizo-san arrived there. He saw Miyabi-san soaking in a bathtub filled with blood. On the floor, there were two maids who had died. Their bodies dried up due to blood loss,"
Everyone fell silent. I can feel the awkward atmosphere. My heart beats more and faster. They looked at Yui with various expressions on their faces. Whatever Yui said seemed to be beyond their expectations. What really happened to Miyabi-san?
"Is...she back...alive?" Suzuka-san looked at Yui with pales face, "She came back alive?" she repeated, "A vampires?" she murmured.
"Vampire only a myth. The story always different depending on the religion," Sakuya explained, "We can't say for sure if Hanasaki Miyabi-san turn into a vampire, "
Yui nodded, "Actually, when Keizo-san stabbed Miyabi-san, she didn't die, but only unconscious. When her body left in the room for a funeral the next day, that night, she performed the ritual in the basement, she drank the blood and then sank herself into a bathtub that full of blood,"
"What did my great-grandfather do after that?" Nakagawa-san asked.
Yui shook her head, "I don't know what Keizo-san was thinking at the time. But, he didn't look scared when he saw Miyabi-san laughing and enjoying bathing with human blood. He even approached Miyabi-san and hugged her. Maybe...he feels guilty," Yui took a breath, "At that time Keizo said, 'We will live together forever at this house. Until we rot together', "
"No way! No way!" Suzuka-san burst into tears. Her husband could only hug her to calm her down.
All of us can only be silent. It is very painful to have to tell someone about a tragedy. What's more, if it's about people who are important to them.
"Nakagawa-san, we recommend purification. The only way is to burn down the house. Then, do the purification ceremony of the people who died in the house. You can call the temple priest to do it. Kougami-san can help you do purification, " Naomasa explained.
I looked at Hanasaki family. They don't know anything. The tragedy that Hanasaki Keizo keep until he died became a boomerang to his descendants.
"I understand. Thank you very much for all your help," Nakagawa-san bowed her head as well as the other family members.
We left the Hanasaki residence afterward.
***
"Hey, isn't it dangerous if Hanasaki Miyabi and her husband come out to seek out for victims?" Ayako asked.
"Don't worry about that. If they can go out to look for victims, then there will a lot of disappearing around that area. After all, the front yard of the house is used as a playground for children, right? And there is never a children's missing," Naomasa explained.
"Heh, that means they can't get out of the house and just wait for someone to enter the house?" Rui asked.
"After knowing the truth, Hanasaki Keizo actually helped his wife to look for victims," I took a deep breath, "Why didn't he try to stop her?"
"If he does, he will kill his wife a second time," Sakuya sighed, "He feels responsible for what happened to his wife,"
"Then, what about the maid spirit?" Ayako asked, "Why she still roaming around the house?"
"She can't let it go, her feelings," Sakuya said, "She hopes there will be someone who will help her descendants from the curse of Hanasaki Miyabi,"
"That's how it is. She was confined to the house," Ayako muttered.
"It seems, Hanasaki Keizo started the renovation after the first accident," Yui said, "Maybe, he read about how Sarah Winchester built lots of room to trick the vengeful spirits who is seeking for her. Maybe the victim's spirit starting to haunt him. Or because he feels guilty about what he does, "
"By the way, Yui. Whose comb do you touch?" Ayako asked.
"It belongs to Hanasaki Miyabi. The memories I see, are her memories," Yui sighed.
"Ehhhhh? !!!" we were all surprised, except Sakuya. Because he saw the same vision as Yui.
"That means, you also feel when is she soaking in the bathtub full of the blood of young girls?" Ayako widened her eyes.
"Also when she killed the young girl? And when you were killed by Hanasaki Keizo?" Rui added with a surprised expression.
Yui nodded her head, "But, I wasn't in pain. When I was stabbed by Hanasaki Keizo, more than being hurt by being stabbed, I felt a deep sadness from Hanasaki Miyabi,"
"I see," I nodded, "Sakuya's spiritual energy is truly extraordinary. Don't you feel the pain, Sakuya-kun?" I asked.
"Not really. When I saw Yui's vision, both our spiritual energy protect us because is become strong, the pain is reduced, I guess," Sakuya answered.
"The pain that I feel is more like how Hanasaki Miyabi suffering from her husband betrayal," Yui took a deep breath, "In the end, the husband, rather than save her wife from becoming a demon, he helps her. And he becomes part of it. They are not the husband and wife anymore. Is more like a demon and her servant, "
***
A few days later, news of a fire in the Hanasaki family's house began to spread. The Hanasaki family made the fire, as if by accident.
And about the worker who is found dead, the explained comes that they got lost and trapped inside the basement. Even the last two victims, they don't remember anything.
The house was burned down. Nothing left. The tragedy keeps untold. I don't know if it's the right choice. But, Naomasa takes advice from Kusanagi-san.
The Hanasaki family then performed a ritual for purifying the location of the house. I gave a suggestion to conduct a ceremony for the victims who died inside the house.
"You know, when the first time we came here, I felt this place was very intense. But, now, the air feels light," Ayako said.
"Does Hanasaki Miyabi give up on the curse?" Rui asked while looking at the burned houses.
"I hope it burns down together with this house, " I said, "Revenge, no matter how many centuries passed, as long as you can't let it go. You will be bound by it, even until you die,"
"Argh! Why Shibasaki-sensei gives us terrified case like this?!" Rui looked upset, "I don't want to deal with demon, vampire, or zombie anymore,"
"Don't it's our job to solve the unsolved case?" Ayako chuckled.
I took a deep breath.
I hope there will be no more tragedies like what happened to Hanasaki family. Hatred, revenge, jealousy, greed, all the feeling sometimes make people do things that make them forget that they are human.
Giving the soul to the devil. And even when they die, there is no place for them.
No matter how dark the place we are in, I hope there is will always light that will grow brighter, so even inside the dark place, it will still, shine brightly.
Next issues
Shibasaki-sensei comes back??
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