Ghost of Yuragi-sou

After Smith left the Yuragi-sou, there were only Kimihito and Chitose inside. "Chitose-san, I'm going to my room first." He said.

"Okay, please rest first. I'm sure you must be tired, and don't forget to come to this room for dinner."

"I'll introduce you to the other residents of Yuragi-sou later." She added.

"Okay."

Seeing Kimihito, who had walked into his room, Chitose decided to sweep the yard. However, in her mind, she wished Kimihito would not be like the people who had lived in his room—terrified after seeing the figure of Yuragi-sou's ghost.

***

In front of a room, Kimihito felt someone, another being, or maybe someone else inside the room. He thought that perhaps it was the ghost that the people who had lived here were afraid of.

Clack

Kimihito saw nothing but a traditional Japanese-style inn room through the bedroom door. If he looks around, there is nothing strange about the room, just a room ready to be occupied. However, he felt something odd in the corner of her room. It was like something invisible was stuck to the wall, so he kept his eyes on it.

Even though there was nothing, he could sense an invisible figure there. Shortly after, the invisible figure moved towards the front.

Kimihito could feel the figure moving to the left, then to the right, and behind him. Feeling confused, he decided to speak to the figure.

"Who are you? I don't know if you can hear me, but I'll ask you a few things." When he finished speaking, he could feel the figure constantly moving, become still, and then move in front of him.

Sensing the figure silent in front of him, he continued to speak. "At first, I'm not sure if you could hear me. If so, please move to my right side; otherwise, move to my left."

A few moments later, Kimihito could feel that the invisible figure quickly move to his right side and then back in front of him.

'Looks like this figure can understand what I'm saying.' He thought.

"So you can hear me, but I can't hear you. Wait, you can talk, right?"

He again felt the movement of the figure to his right side.

"Can you touch things? Like a pen, maybe? So we can communicate with each other more easily."

Again feeling the invisible figure displacement to his right side, Kimihito immediately took out writing equipment such as books and pens in his suitcase. Then he put it on the table near his bedroom window.

"Let's start with introductions first, I'm Kimihito Kurusu, and from now on, I will stay in this room." Finished speaking, the pen on the table suddenly floated over the open notebook. Start writing something quickly.

Kimihito, who saw the pen flying, was quite surprised, but he quickly dispelled his surprise because there might be a lot more to it than this. Finished writing, the book then turned towards him. He then looked at the book the figure had written and began to read it.

{Nice to meet you, I'm a spirit bound in Yuragi-sou Yuuna Yunohana.} She wrote.

"So Yuuna... Can I call you that?"

{Sure!} She replied quickly.

"Yuuna, can you touch anything?"

{I can touch whatever I want because I've been a ghost for long enough.}

"I see..." He muttered, understanding what she meant.

It's only natural that Yuuna can penetrate through anything, considering she's a ghost. However, it was surprising to know that she could touch any object. It's like she's a ghost with a higher level than an ordinary ghost.

When he saw the pens and books that were floating, he suddenly thought, 'I wonder, what does she look like...'

"Yuuna, I'm curious about your form." He said while noticing her whereabouts.

How could Kimihito not be curious about Yuuna's ghost form. Indeed, he was very curious now, especially about how she looked. Unfortunately, he couldn't see that for now. He hoped to see her form someday.

{M-me?}

"Um."

{...I have red eyes and long white hair. I'm wearing Yuragi-sou's yukata with a red haori.} She wrote, explaining a bit about how she looks now.

'Red eyes, long white hair, yukata, and a red haori...' It was pretty difficult for Kimihito to imagine his form if he only knew a little information about her appearance.

"Hmm... I can guess that you are a pretty girl." Kimihito could feel that the ghost figure he couldn't see must look beautiful for some reason.

{...}

Moreover, Yuuna was surprised by the sudden statement that Kimihito said just now until she dropped the pen she was holding. That was the first time she had been praised as beautiful by a human who was usually frightened by her terrifying appearance.

{Ano... Kimihito, I wonder how you can see me but can't hear me speak?}

"I can't see you."

{Eh? So, how do you know where I am? I saw your eyes staring at where I was. Even now, it's the same.}

Yuuna was quite surprised when Kimihito looked at her in the beginning. Although not evident, she was sure that his eyes were directed at her. More specifically, her entire body.

Understanding the confusion she felt, he began to explain. "I can only feel you. I can feel you very clearly, but I can't see any apparitions or even ghosts at all."

{Hoooh, so it's like that! This is the first time I've heard of such a thing.} Even so, she somehow felt like he could see her complete form even though he couldn't.

"Is that so? Well, probably most people can only see ghostly apparitions, and few of them can see ghosts completely."

{That's right, there are already a lot of people living in this room and are terrified to see my form as a ghastly white shadow with a terrifying voice. Though I just wanted to say hello to them.} She complained about the problems she had.

"It might be hard for you."

It isn't easy. Yuuna has an invisible form to ordinary people's eyes and scares them when they meet her because they can't see her complete form. Such conditions must be difficult.

Even so, she wrote, {It's okay, now I'm happy that someone isn't afraid to stay with me.}

Reading the writing in the book, he felt there was something strange about it. "W-wait a minute! Where do you live, Yuuna?"

{In this room.}

"Do you need to sleep too?" He asked curiously.

{Ghosts need sleep too, Kimihito!}

"Can't you sleep in the other room?"

{Because I am a bound spirit, I can only sleep in this room.} Actually, she could sleep anywhere, but once she fell asleep, she would fly back to room number 4.

Kimihito was surprised to see her reply. He thought she could sleep anywhere as long as she was in Yuragi-sou. "Huh... then, you said you could penetrate anything you wanted. So, while going to sleep, please make it so that you can penetrate my body."

{Why? Are you afraid of me?}

"I'm afraid... You're still a girl, and I'm a man, so I'm afraid I'll attack you later."

{...} Her face instantly turned red with embarrassment, and without him knowing it, her power activated and made Kimihito lift.

Of course, Yuuna wasn't stupid. She knew what Kimihito meant. She was also unsure if it could penetrate his body while sleeping since she was asleep too. So there is no guarantee she can do that or not.

"W-whoah! Yuuna, stop! Stoop!"

Kimihito wasn't sure if this was a poltergeist, but he was convinced of Yuuna's power because he could feel it. So he asks her to stop it immediately.

Yuuna, who heard Kimihito's scream, immediately realized that her power was active and immediately calmed down to deactivate it. Then she immediately grabbed a pen and started writing something down.

{I'll try.} She wrote.

Even so, she wasn't sure if she could do it because it was her first time sleeping with someone who wasn't afraid of her.

After reading it, Kimihito just smiled gently at Yuuna and said, "I'll arrange my things first."

{Do you need help?}

"No need, I can do it by myself." Even though he was exhausted after his long journey on the train, he would not let a girl organize his belongings.

[DING!]

After a few minutes, Kimihito had finished moving his things from the suitcase into this room. He also heard something familiar in his ear and saw a dark screen suddenly appear right in front of him.

[Find a place to stay to survive before the night!

Reward: Gacha Ticket

Punishment: Being homeless forever

Status: Done]

Looking at the screen in front of him, he was happy to complete his first mission with ease. Plus, getting a gacha ticket made him happy too, hoping to get something interesting out of it, some power to see ghosts or something like that. However, Kimihito doesn't know how to use the gacha ticket.

'Is there some keyword?' He thought.

'Gacha!'

'Menu!'

'Gacha Menu!'

Kimihito shouted all the keywords that might open a menu to do gacha. Yuuna, who saw him, was silent for a while, then confused. Judging by his expression, he seemed to be in deep thought. She couldn't read his mind, so not sure what he was thinking made him freeze.

{Kimihito, are you okay?} Yuuna asked while shaking his shoulder.

"I'm fine, Yuuna. I was thinking about something. You don't have to worry."

Kimihito didn't say anything about the system or the gacha because it was his secret. He would only tell his secrets to the people he trusted the most. After all, he had just met her.

{Is that so?}

"Um." He replied, giving the nod.

'Use Gacha Tickets!' He still hasn't given up trying to find the keywords to do the gacha.

Suddenly, a screen appeared before his eyes after saying that.

[Gacha 1X]

[Gacha All Tickets (1)]

Looking at the two options, Kimihito believes there is no difference if the gacha uses one gacha ticket or all gacha tickets if he only has one ticket. So he decided to go with the first option.

[Gacha 1X]

[DING!]

Instantly a new screen appeared containing the information he got from his gacha just now.