Chapter 1658: Unbound Spirits
By dinner time, Ning was already feeling much better. Not only had his strength improved, helping him feel stronger, but his healing had gotten rid of most of the aching parts of his body as well.
Right now, he was feeling as well as he had in a long time.
“I have talked with the young man, and he says he doesn’t want to. But I want to ask you as well, young lady,” the old woman said. “Do you wish to stay here with me?”
Shara stopped in the middle of her chewing her food, staring blankly at the old woman as she took some time to comprehend what she had said. She wanted her to stay with her, in the village.
Shara couldn’t answer immediately and had to turn toward Ning for some help.
Ning simply crossed his arms and looked at her. “This is your decision to make,” he said. “I cannot help you here.”
She took a deep breath. “I don’t think I can,” she said. “I need to find out what it was about my father’s lineage that the director was talking about. I need to figure out who I am.”
“I can help you with that,” the old woman said. “I told you I knew someone a long time ago. I’m sure the answer will pop up in my head in the next few days. You’ll know all about your lineage even if you stay here.”
Shara didn’t answer immediately, thinking through things. In the end, there was only one thing she could say.
“I… I will need some time to think.”
The old woman nodded. “Take as much time as you will need,” she said. “You can stay here for as long as you want to before making your decisions.”
Shara looked at Ning, waiting to see if he would say something.
“I plan on staying here for another week,” he said. “You can use that time to come up with the decision.”
Shara thought for a bit and nodded. “I will make use of the time thinking properly then.”
Shara helped wash the dishes after dinner and then went straight to sleep after that. There wasn’t much to do in this place, and she had been tired from the day’s work, so sleep was heavenly for her.
Ning couldn’t find any fault in that. He was tired too, so he slept as soon as he was given the chance to.
Ning woke up early in the morning thanks to some commotion and got up. He looked around, wondering what the commotion was about. He couldn’t see anything, but there were mumbles from the room over.
Ning walked out, yawning as he did so. “What’s going on? What’s all the noise about?” he asked.
“These damn Spirits keep going through the house,” the old woman said, rather angrily. “What the hell do they think they are doing? I will need to get a word with whoever the Overtaker is that bonded with them.”
Ning looked around. “I see none. Are they gone?”
“Yes, they already left,” the old woman said.
Ning yawned once again. “Are you sure those weren’t unbounded spirits instead of Overtaker bounded spirits?” he asked. “What’s the difference?”
“It’s simple,” the old woman said. “If they are unbound spirits, they appear as a haze to my eyes, and I can’t see their figure without focusing on them. But when they are bonded by an Overtaker, their figure becomes their regular figure that everyone else can see, including Exorcists and Spirit Detective like you.”
“Oh!” Ning said. He knew a lot about these things, but not all of it. “So if I see a spirit out and about, then I can know if an Overtaker has taken over it already?”
“Yes, that’s how it works,” the old woman explained with a sigh. “Forget about it. They’re gone already. Go and wash your face. Shara is preparing breakfast.”
Ning nodded and went to wash up. As he washed his face and was about to use his low-quality brush for his teeth, he noticed a Spirit arriving next to him. It zipped past him, doing nothing but just looking at him.
When Ning’s eyes followed it, the Spirit seemingly got shy and went to the house of another person.
‘Is there an Overtaker in the village?’ he wondered. The ghost was clearly bypassing the privacy of many of the people, so it was quite bad.
Ning went to breakfast and sat beside the old woman. “Are there Overtakers in his village? Where did that Spirit come from?”
“It was there again?” the old woman asked with a major frown on her face. “There are no Overtakers in this village. There may be a few in the main city itself though, inside the ruined fort.”
“I see,” Ning said.
“Why did you ask?” the woman asked.
“Just because I saw the Spirit and was curious if someone put them upto the task of helping the helpless or some stuff like that,” he said. “Otherwise, they are breaking the basic right of privacy.”
“They ARE breaking the right to privacy, which is why I was so clearly angry earlier,” the old woman said.
“Can bonded Spirits act on their own?” Ning asked.
“Yes, but only if the master gives them the permission to,” the old woman said. “Otherwise they had to do what the Overtaker says.”
“Then could this be a perverted Spirit acting on its own?” Ning asked, feeling disgusted. “I wonder where and how it is going around—”
The door to the house opened, causing all three to stop speaking at once. A man walked in, seemingly in a rush. He turned at the kitchen, looking at the three.
“Mother Usha, what did you do?” the man asked.
“What are you talking about?” she asked.
The man looked at Ning and Shara, a look of suspicion flashing through his eyes.
Ning frowned when seeing that reaction.
“There are people asking for you,” he said. “Important looking people. What did you do?”
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