Stepping back into his domain, a system notification popped up almost immediately.
[Ding! Mysterious object with special energy detected. Absorbing object ...]
Pro sighed as he watched the bloody hair clip gradually fade away from his hand.
[Host's domain has absorbed a special possession object filled with gratitude, hope, longing, and sorrow. Host gains 100 life points. Host gains
"Hair Clip of Hope?" Pro whispered in confusion.
As he said this, a familiar hair clip slowly materialized in front of him. Grabbing the hair clip with his hand, Pro examined it and noticed that it was no longer bloody. After staring at it for a while, Pro couldn't help but ask, "What is this hair clip even used for? Do you expect me to wear it?"
As he imagined himself walking around with a lady's hair clip in his hair, Pro's mouth twitched in mirth. Shoving the image out of his mind, Pro opened the system library as he searched up 'Hair Clip of Hope'. Surprisingly, there was a description in the system library.
[Hair Clip of Hope] A dying spirit entrusted its sorrow and hope to the host, and left a special parting gift. This item can be given to a female lingering spirit in order to upgrade the female spirit into a low-level baleful specter without consequences or contamination. This item will reduce the resentment in the lingering spirit and there is hope for a recovery of the spirit's sanity.
Pro held onto to the clip tightly as he sighed in melancholy, "Thanks for the gift. It seems that I will really have to get revenge for you someday."
Glancing over at Alice who was lying on the bed, Pro smiled gently as he strolled over. He then gently fixed the hair clip on Alice's black hair. Stepping back a bit, Pro watched as the hair clip melted and was absorbed into Alice.
The nearby air then rippled as Pro felt a faint force of suction originating from Alice's head. Black mist surged towards Alice's head, but as it got nearer, it seemed to encounter a barrier as it stopped in place. Then, the black mist was purified and turned into a glowing white mist that flowed into Alice's head.
It wasn't long before the suction force stopped as the black mist gathering dissipated to reveal Alice laying on the bed with eyes closed.
[Ding~ Host's subordinate, Alice, has been upgraded into a low-level baleful spirit.]
Pro's blinked his eyes as he continued to carefully stare at the sleeping Alice. Then, he watched as Alice slowly opened her eyes and blinked a couple of times. Alice then slowly sat up as she curiously stared around at the bed room before resting her eyes on Pro.
"Mmm .. you're awake, Alice," Pro whispered with a gentle smile.
Alice blinked her eyes before she nodded with a smile. Then, as if recalling some scenes, Alice's pale face blushed a little as she turned her head away, a little too hard such that the head twisted all the way backwards. Pro chuckled as he saw this. He then sat on the bed as he gently twisted Alice's head back to look at him while asking gently, "You don't blame me?"
Alice blushed as she looked down and thought for a bit. She then locked eyes with Pro as she whispered, "Will I be your only chosen one?"
Pro nodded as he promised, "My one and only, always."
A charming smile appeared on Alice's face as tears leaked from her eyes. Pro's face stiffened in shock for a bit before he quickly wiped her tears while comforting, "Alice, why are you crying? Don't cry, just tell me what's wrong?"
Alice then shook her head lightly as she wiped away hear tears with her hands. She then replied in a cheery voice, "No, I'm just happy. When I was alive, I was timid and always walked in the shadow of others. I thought I would never be the chosen one. Who would have expected that after death I would have a wish come true? Thank you, master."
Pro blinked his eyes as he stared at the charming Alice. He asked with an aroused voice, "What did you just call me Alice?"
"Master?" Alice said as she tilted her head cutely.
Pro placed his palm on Alice's face as he stroke it gently, "Why do you call me that?"
"Master, I can feel a connection with you and it tells me you are my master," Alice cheerfully said with a cute smite.
"Mmm, still, as my woman, I still wish that you knew my name. My name is Pro Ye. I allow you to call me that," Pro commanded as he leaned his face towards the charming Alice.
"Yes, master. Alice is yours and will remember your name forever," Alice whispered as she closed her charming eyes with a blush on her face.
After an exciting yoga lesson, Pro hugged Alice who buried her face in his chest. Pro glanced at Alice's status screen.
[Name] Alice
[Gender] Female
[Level] Low-level Baleful Spirit
[Description] A resentful spirit formed from the residue resentment of a baleful spirit, but her resentment was purified by an external force. She still holds a grudge over her death, but will no longer actively seek revenge for it. However, her sanity has been stimulated by an external force and she has recovered her timid but playful and cheery personality.
The spirit is not bound to any object and will dissipate after a while, but due to the intervention of the host, the spirit is now bound to the host's domain and will exist as long as the host's domain exists. The spirit can also regenerate over time inside the domain if injured, and host can consume life points to bring the spirit back if it is destroyed.
[Abilities]
Chosen One Curse, Fear Me, Save Me Instead Curse
[Chosen One Curse] Set a target in sight as the chosen one. Regardless of the target's distance to Alice, as long as the target is in host's domain, Alice can affect the target with her abilities. The chosen one can never escape!
[Fear Me] Alice doesn't want to be so timid anymore! Instead of being scared of others, let others be scared of her! Alice can grow by absorbing the emotions of fear!
[Save Me Instead Curse] Alice can switch position with a person near the target of the curse. The target will be affected by the illusion that Alice is the person who she swapped with. Alice can choose to break this illusion anytime. The curse will end when Alice swaps back with the individual she swapped with or the target leaves host's domain. Alice can only target one person with this curse at a time.
Pro's eyes sparkled in excitement as he stared at Alice's useful abilities. If he could, Pro would gladly exchange all his abilities for Alice's abilities! Pro couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Holy sh*t, they aren't sh*tty like my abilities. This is more like what a ghost should be like."
Alice peeked up at Pro as she asked, "Master, what abilities?"
Pro then explained to Alice her abilities. Alice sat and listened with rapt attention as she nodded cutely from time to time. Then, she put her finger on her lips while tilting her head to ask, "So, Alice can be helpful to master now?"
Pro nodded happily as he gave Alice a kiss on her forehead, "Yes you will Alice."
Alice happily giggled. Then, she saw the faint sunlight beginning to stream through the gaps of the window. She blinked her eyes as she reminded, "Master, it's time for work."
Hearing the reminder and checking the time, Pro then hurriedly got up and prepared to welcome his leeks for the day. Making sure to reload his gun back to 17 rounds to prepare for emergencies, Pro stared at the empty ammo box in regret.
"I am going to run out of bullets soon. I really need to start saving it instead of using it for every situations. Since guns should be more effective on humans, I should save it for them from now on instead of wasting on evil spirits," Pro decided as he stashed away his gun and continued to clean his workspace in addition to fitting the door of apartment 445 back into place.
Alice happily followed him around as she explored the domain in excitement. Pro also got Alice to test out a couple of her natural ghost abilities and discovered that Alice can also switch to physical form and can maintain it for as long as he could!
From his past experience, Pro knew that a normal baleful spirit may actually be able to maintain physical form and leave their domains much longer than he could. Alice should normally be able to do the same, but since she was bound to his domain, she was also restricted by the same rules as him. Not only that, she wasn't able to leave the domain at all. This was unfortunate, but Pro was still able to come up with many ideas for Alice to join in the fun.
With that, Pro welcomed another day of lovely harvest, but now with a cute wife next to him to help share the burden. With the 10 minutes of physical form time along with the chance of alternating with Alice, Pro had no trouble fooling his leeks to believe that everything was normal.
Unfortunately, even if Pro managed to fool the visitors that came, he couldn't fool the ones that didn't even want to come in the first place. It seemed this area was on the blacklist of many companies and only some small brave ones were willing to come. Not only that, after so many days of harvest, the number of appointments has dwindled.
Night settled in after a day of work and Pro pitifully glanced at his extra 110 points. Glancing at his new total of 3050 life points, Pro sat at his desk and sighed in worry, "Still a long way to go. I hope I make it in time to escape."
Alice came up and hugged Pro from behind as she placed her head on his shoulder, "Master, don't worry. Alice will always be here to help you."
Pro smiled as he gently stroked Alice's head as she giggled happily. Pro then thought for a bit before he softly pinched Alice's face, "Alice, you're so cute that I might need you to sacrifice yourself a bit."
"Mmm?" Alice tilted her head in confusion before she willingly agreed, "Alice is willing to sacrifice herself for master anytime."
Pro snickered suspiciously as an evil plan formed in his mind. With Alice's assistance, Pro found social media account and downloaded some old photos of her because the laptop camera can't get a clear photo of ghosts. Then, Pro went on a dating website to set up a profile for Alice.
Most of the information Pro filled in was the truth except that Alice's address and phone was Pro's apartment room. Of course, the birth date was filled in, but there was no need to mention a death date.
Alice cheerfully giggled with a playful smile, "Master, you are so evil, but Alice likes you this way. Master, remember to let Alice play with them a bit as well~"
"Of course, of course, but Alice, I'll only let you play with the nasty, rude ones got it? We can't scare too many of them away or we may attract attention, but a couple is fine," Pro tapped Alice's cute nose as he agreed to indulge her.
Alice puffed her mouth a bit before she nodded in agreement in happiness.
As the dating algorithm found matches for Pro, Pro dropped his hook through a sweet message to these unknown local folks. Pro then patiently waited for a fish to bite the hook as he grinned evilly, "Hehehe, come get cat-fished thirsty boys, and get a free ticket to Toilet Wonderland's counseling service as a consolation gift!"