"What? I've never killed anyone!"
"I feel wronged. I want to go to the afterlife and rest in peace!"
"Your mistake will be revealed when a child with open ears appears."
I don't know what God is saying, but he's saying I'm going to be tied down in this shitty mansion forever!?
"Hello? Yes, school is over. I'll be there now."
Bangul, who had endured the bullies of the children and the pranks of the ghosts, was on her way home, talking to her grandmother on the phone. Along the way, a little ghost suddenly spoke to her, so she waved the small bell her grandmother had given her and ignored it as she passed. Upon arriving, Bangul was shocked beyond words. She found her grandmother collapsed. She carefully checked her pulse, but it had long since died, and her once-warm embrace had grown cold.
Twelve years old, still too young to handle such a separation. Bangul, who had cried often as a child but hadn't shed a single tear since third grade, cried. Tears fell drop by drop. Bangul ran as if in disbelief. He ran so fast, so fast, that his tears couldn't flow and flew away. Before he knew it, Bangul was deep in a forest somewhere.
"Where is this place?"
Bangul grew increasingly anxious. Then he walked toward a brightly lit place. There, he found himself in a very large mansion. Bangul, entranced, entered the mansion, and found it filled with delicious-looking desserts. Hungry, Bangul ate them and fell asleep.
"What is this? How did it get in here?"
Taehyung found Bangul asleep at his table, and she slowly woke up. Watching her, Taehyung tried to be kind, believing she might let him go. Bangul immediately ignored him. Then, he snatched up a silver bell with a red string and quickly realized it looked exactly like his grandmother's gold bell.
"Hey, what are you doing? Do you know what that silver bell is and why are you snatching it up?"
"What does it matter to you, sir?"
"Are you a cheapskate?"
"Oh, it's annoying, stop asking. I'll take this."
"I can't just send away a human who has entered my mansion without permission."
"Ha... You're annoying, sir. You're a ghost too. What's so great about a ghost mansion?"
"Hmm? I'm not a ghost?"
"Don't lie."
"Hmm... More importantly, you can see ghosts, right?"
"Yes, I can see it, but what can I do? Are you going to call me a lunatic too?"
"Phew, you're a funny kid. I won't curse at you."
"Another lie, sir, you're a liar?"
After saying that, Bangul put the silver bell in her pocket and tried to leave. But Taehyung closed the door without even touching it. Bangul was startled when the door suddenly closed and fell backwards. Taehyung was clearly behind her, but he was standing in front of her.
"What are you doing?"
"I told you, you came into my mansion without permission, so you can't leave as you please."
"Then what should I do! I have to go to my grandmother right away! Why are you talking so much, you ghost!"
"Haa.. I told you it's not a ghost?"
"Then what is it!"
"goblin"
"What about the evidence? They're exactly the same as ghosts, but there's a slight difference between goblins and ghosts. My grandmother said that goblins are born when ghosts are struck by lightning from God! So you're just a ghost who got struck by lightning!"
"As proof... I can't show you right now because my power is tied up. But if you free me from that power, things will change."
"Why should I let you go?"
"So then I'll let you go?"
"Huh... What should I do?"
"Touch my neck, both wrists, and both ankles with those silver bells."
Bangul touched Taehyung's neck, wrist, and ankle with the silver bell she had brought, and the mansion shook and seemed to collapse. Bangul was startled and crouched down, clutching the silver bell tightly. Taehyung jumped out of the mansion with Bangul in his arms, and before he knew it, they were outside the mansion.
"Huh..? What is it?"
"What the heck, what's that? It came out."
"Huh.. I don't know, just give me a quick ride!"
"Yeah, it's been a few hundred years since I last breathed outside air, haha~"
"Sir... If you really are a goblin, can you grant me one wish?"
"Yeah, just one thing... What is it?"
"Please save my grandmother..."
"Ah... That's difficult. I can't touch on things about life and death."
Bangul shed tears again at the words that she couldn't save her grandmother. For some reason, the tears in Bangul's eyes made Taehyung's heart ache.
"Hey, rum hmph, please, please watch over me..."
"Hey... wait a minute, why are you crying...!"
"Hal,, Money said he would protect me,, but, uh, the room, I'm shaking,, if"
"Ha.. I understand. Just protect me. So stop crying."
"I'll come find you when I hear the sound of bells."
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"Ting"
The end.