Hellbound With You

Zeres had to come out and check once again if he had gotten the right address, but it was truly the right place, so Zeres entered the house again.

He quietly searched around the old bookstore and when he did not find anything unusual, he climbed up a narrow stair that was also filled with old books from side to side that only a small space the size of a palm width was the only space left.

As Zeres climb up, he instantly noticed a presence now. Someone was indeed here, and he or she was upstairs. He still doubted if this someone was Caliste though. Because he still could not feel any presence of a witch. However, he also knew that perhaps, Caliste was one cunning witch who could hide in plain sight. The fact that he had blended into this area so seamlessly where humans live was proof enough. Otherwise, why would she be so hard to find even for someone like him?

Zeres concealed his presence now and sneaked inside the room stealthily at the end of the stairs. It looked as though it was a room in the attic. He felt that the person inside was still awake.

As soon as he entered into the room, a loud voice instantly welcomed him.

”Damn it!!! It’s not handsome enough!!! Not sexy enough!!! Not hot enough!!! Urgh!!!” the sudden yell made Zeres just stood there in shock, unmoving, as he looked at a girl grumbling in frustration before her computer. ”I’m doomed now!!! It’s over!!! My life is over!!!” she was wailing and wildly gesticulating at her computer screen.

She suddenly stood up angrily that her chair was pushed back and fell over. Then she ran towards the window and pushed the window open a little too violently. Wait… could it be… was she actually intending to …

Suddenly, Zeres approached her and spoke up. ”You’re too young to end your life like this young lady.” He said, causing the girl’s head to whip around, not expecting to hear another person’s voice in her own personal space.

”Huh?! Who the hell is ending her life…” she trailed off and her eyes slowly stretched wide open as she looked at Zeres. Her eyes roamed over Zere’s body and sparkled. ”Oh… oh my god… who… who are you? How…. How did… oh my god… silver… so beautiful… c-could it be… witch… you’re a witch!!” she then shouted out.

”Yes, I am. And I am here to –”

And she fainted and crumbled to the floor.

Speechless, Zeres sighed. This girl was definitely not Caliste. She was very clearly a human! There was no way the woman that he was looking for is a human.

Zeres tried to stay calm. Of course, it would not be easy. What the hell was he even expecting? When did anything he wanted ever came to him easily? He sighed out heavily and resisted the urge to roll his eyes.

Sighing again, Zeres looked around and saw a small bed huddled in the corner. Even this attic room was filled with books until there was nearly no space left for anything else, much less to talk about sitting room. Books were even stuffed under the chairs and tables… every space that was available was occupied.

Quietly, he moved towards the girl, picked her up and then laid her on the bed.

After that, Zeres walked towards the window and rested his hands on the windowpane. There was no mistaking that this was the place he had seen in that woman’s head. But where was she? Why was a human girl living in a place that was supposed to be occupied by a powerful witch?

Zeres’ gaze then moved around the room. He noticed that all books were vintage and quite old. What if the book that he was looking for were among these piled up old books? No, that would be too easy, would it not? But… what if Caliste chose to hide it plain sight? It was always known that to hide, the most obvious place was the safest…

His gaze then fell to the girl on the bed. Now that he realized it, the girl called him a witch. No human ever called him that the moment they saw him. He always hears them tell him he looks unreal and things like that, but no one ever pointed out at him and called him witch, point blank.

Thus, Zeres thought that this girl definitely knows something. It seems that he needed to wait for her to wake up and interrogate her…

Zeres’ attention was suddenly pulled by the thing that he saw in the computer’s screen. Slowly, he approached it and saw it was a digital drawing of a man with a long and silver hair. His robe was opened and showed his tempting ripped body. So she was an artist… this explained what she was mumbling about a while ago.

Just as Zeres was about to take his eyes off it and leave, something stopped him. The man in the drawing had a dialogue saying, ’I will help you return to your body and come back to life again.’

Despite knowing that it was just probably some random story cooked up out of an overactive imagination, the line caught Zeres’ curiosity. So, he scrolled the page down and his eyes narrowed. Because the man in the drawing was talking to a young man in a spirit form.

’How? I am already dead and can no longer even go into the afterlife. I am going to disappear soon. No one can save me now.’ the spirit had said, and the long-haired man smirked and lifted a book magically appeared in his hand.

Zeres could no longer contain his curiosity now. This story… there was no way it could be just coincidence, right? This girl definitely knew something about the book that he was looking for! And it was ridiculous, but he was going to find out what he was looking for, for so many months in a drawing!

A/N: 5 hours left hellbounders.. If you want to join the paperback give away, please send me the screen shot of your tier 2 privelege now.