Responsibility

The room is too dark that not even a light could pass through. The surroundings are extremely silent that it is too deafening and even a bead of sweat falling to the floor with a plop could be heard. But, no matter how dark the surroundings, for someone who is blind like Duan Yuan, it was never been a problem.

After all, blind people have always lived in darkness. When people close their eyes, it was dark. But, even if blind people open their eyes, it is still dark for them.

Duan Yuan adjusted his breathing not only to calm himself but also to not alert anything else that could be inside this room aside from him. His heart is beating too fast with loud thumps as it hit the inside of his chest. Fortunately, his skin is thick so his heartbeat could not be heard by anyone, or anything, aside from him.

Even if the evil ghost has already left, for some reason, Duan Yuan still didn't relax his guard since there might be anything else other than him that is inside this room. After all, the evil ghost brought him here. Would it be so kind to send him to a safe place? For Duan Yuan, he doesn't believe it. Thus, he still has his guard up.

Duan Yuan was still sitting on the bed and didn't immediately move even after the evil ghost has left. This is not only because he knows that the evil ghost, if it didn't permit him to, then he could not leave. So why bother trying to escape? Not only it is futile, but you will just waste more of your energy. Duan Yuan didn't move also because he wanted to continue investigating the Purple Old Manor, and so is this room which is one of the rooms in the manor.

It is surprisingly strange, but Duan Yuan could still continue investigating. Of course, he is still nervous about his own situation. This is especially true when he was taken away by the evil ghost. He could not see anything because he is blind, and even if his eyes are special since he could see in another way, but the evil qi surrounded the manor thickly. So, he didn't notice that the evil ghost is coming for him after Su Yu pushed him earlier. It was only when he felt a gust of wind that he knew. But unfortunately, it was too late for him.

However, despite he was taken away by the evil ghost, Duan Yuan still remained calm. Not only because the evil ghost might just drop him someplace, which is likely dangerous, if he annoyed it, but also Duan Yuan could feel that what is holding him is not solid. It is surprising how can it hold him, a human, but still, it is true since Duan Yuan was really taken away by it.

Anyway, Duan Yuan also knows that he would not be able to do anything if he would remain nervous, more so panic. It will just cloud his judgment and make his movements erratic, thus making him miss some things in case. So, Duan Yuan tried to remain as much as he could and resume investigating. Only when he, and Su Yu, know what happened in the Purple Old Manor could give them some hope of escaping.

"Senior…" Duan Yuan muttered as he resumed copping around the bed, and then at the bedside drawer which is near him, hoping he could find something while also hoping that Su Yu would be fine on his side.

He hopes that Su Yu would not blame himself because Duan Yuan was taken away. Even if the other is older than him, Duan Yuan is an exorcist while Su Yu is just an ordinary mortal, which is braver than the other mortals. So, even if Duan Yuan is blind, Duan Yuan could take care of himself.

Unfortunately, Su Yu doesn't know Duan Yuan's identity. This made Duan Yuan feel regret now. If only Su Yu knows that Duan Yuan is alright and could take care of himself instead of thinking of him becoming helpless because he is disabled, then Su Yu might not feel worried, as well as guilty because of what happened to Duan Yuan.

So, the only thing that Duan Yuan could do is to hurry up and reunite with Su Yu as soon as possible. Not only because the more people, the safer it would be for them and they could work together. But also, Duan Yuan could protect Su Yu since Duan Yuan is an exorcist.

Duan Yuan vows that as soon as he and Su Yu reunited, he will confess his identity to Su Yu so that he could openly protect Su Yu, who has been the one that is protecting him all this time. Thinking this, though, Duan Yuan helplessly smiled. He feels embarrassed.

He knows that Su Yu was protecting him not only because he feels responsible for the disabled, but also because Su Yu feels responsible for him since Su Yu was the one who brought him here to Purple Old Manor. Not to mention that Su Yu is older than Duan Yuan, which added to Su Yu's sense of responsibility to take care of his juniors. Thus, when an accident happened to Duan Yuan, Su Yu would definitely feel thrice responsible for it.

Duan Yuan bit his lip. If only he didn't ask his uncle to have Su Yu take him here, Su Yu should not feel responsible for him. Duan Yuan could just secretly protect Su Yu as an exorcist. Yet, Duan Yuan made a mistake since he decided in haste after he overheard Su Yu talking about the Purple Old Manor. Now, Su Yu would be blaming himself because an accident has befallen Duan Yuan.

Duan Yuan sighed, feeling like he is not acting like himself lately. But, he doesn't have any time to worry about his changes right now since he suddenly feels that the ring on his finger suddenly heats up.