Chapter 222 - Summoning (1/2)
I watch as the old man begins pulling out item after item from the shelf and laying it all out in a precise way. Bai Lei stands next to me and silently watches as well. Guozhi, on the other hand, was very hands-on throughout the entire thing.
He reminds me of a child, placing cookies out the night before for Santa Claus. He eagerly listens and follows the little old man's every instruction. To be honest, in any other situation, this would be funny but I'm still uneasy about summoning this mystery woman.
What if she's evil? What if she wants a soul in return for her help? Nothing every goes like it's supposed to but I keep my mouth shut and decide to let them do their thing. I look over to the walls with the large paintings and shiver.
Quite honestly, I would prefer someone else to deal with these things. I need to focus on Eli, not these walking nightmares. Not only were they extremely large, their mouths nearly took up their entire faces. Come to think of it...
I slowly step over to the paintings and narrow my eyes in on the creepy thing. Suddenly, I realize something. ”They're blind... they have no eyes...” I say out loud, causing everyone to pause and look at me. The old man nods his head and says ”That's why they're called the Unspeakables. They can't see so they follow the noises. They attack nearly everything that moves.”
Haaa... somehow that makes them ten times more creepy. ”Okay! That should be it. We've gathered everything it said to and now we just have to light the candle.” I turn back to find them trying to light an old, black candle.
I frown at the two as they try to light it over and over but because the candle is so old, the wick won't light. I sigh and take a seat on the ground as I say ”I feel like this is just a huge waste of time.” Bai Lei sighs and walks over to the candle.
With just a swipe of his hand, the candle instantly comes to life but the flame is white. Not a normal, white, orange, red, and blue mix. No, it's pure white and it looks odd on a solid black candle. The old man smiles and says ”Good, very good. Now we need to wait.”
I frown at his words as Bai Lei comes back over and sits next to me. ”Wait for what?” I ask looking back to the old man in question. He rereads the scroll before placing it down and saying ”We wait for her to come. When she's received the summon, the candle will go out and she will appear.”
”This doesn't sound sketchy at all. Nope, not at allll.” I say rolling my eyes but for the next two hours, we all sit around and watch this candle burn. If the white flame wasn't creepy enough, the wax never runs... it doesn't melt. No matter how long the candle burns for...
Suddenly, the candle goes out with a puff! The old man and Guozhi both jump up and run to the candle in excitement as Bai Lei and I watch from our places on the ground. I lean over to get a better view but after a few minutes, nothing happens.
I sigh and say ”Are you sure you did everything right?” The old man runs over to the scroll and begins reading everything again before reaching up to rub his bald head in confusion. ”I don't get it... we did everything it said to do.”
I lean over and prop my elbow up on my knee. I place my chin down on my hand as I say ”Are you sure this person really exists or that she's even still alive? This happened a looooong time ago, right? Maybe she's no longer alive.” Everyone gets quiet before we all suddenly feel a gentle breeze.
It was sweet smelling and pleasant but I couldn't seem to place the actual scent. A wave of strange power has Bai Lei and I both jumping up to our feet as the gentle breeze continues to fill the entire room.
”It's in bad taste to say that someone is dead when in fact, they're very much alive.” A soft but smooth voice says behind us, making all of us jump. Bai Lei quickly pulls me behind him as we spin around to see a beautiful, young woman with white hair.
She gives us a crafty smile as she says ”Did someone call for me?” My eyes nearly fall out of my head when I lean around Bai Lei to get a better look. Long, white hair with silver-blue eyes... she was short like me but she was curvy in all the right places...