Crying [2]

Creak! 

The stairs creaked under my feet as I slowly moved up the stairs that flanked the entrance hall. 

I held onto the wooden railing while taking a few breaths to calm myself down. 

I looked towards my right hand, where a black marking appeared. 

The Nightwalker... It was back. 

However, I knew that I couldn't summon it like before. 

Thinking back on what had previously happened, I could only bitterly smile. 

'It'll probably attack me if I summon it.' 

I needed to think of a way to handle the situation with the Nightwalker. It was a really useful helper. It had already helped me get out of multiple terrible situations. 

I couldn't do without it. 

"...Too bad I don't see anything in the shop that might help me." 

There were quite a few items I thought could help, but there was no guarantee they would work. They also didn't seem to be able to solve the crux of the problem.