The sound of the wooden floor creaked with every step we took, nervousness filled between the two of us, my tongue felt numb, but several times I looked at her, and start thinking about topics of conversation.
"So, Luna, you're Queen's friend, right? Since when did you two become friends?"
Luna turned her head, then her head looked up, trying to think and remember something, I waited for her to speak.
"I think it was when I was about 10 years old, I've known him since elementary school."
"It turns out it's been quite a long time, huh?"
Luna nodded with a smile, then her gaze turned back to the front. At the end of the bend in the hallway, I heard quite loud footsteps, it seemed like they were running, Luna gasped in surprise, her feet stopped walking for a moment, looking straight ahead, in the direction the sound came from.
Several people in ghost costumes appeared, running in fear as if they were afraid of themselves, They screamed like crazy, Luna's body shook in fear when she saw that.
"A-Are they trying to chase us?"
Luna spoke stutteringly, her legs were shaking a little, her eyes were also shrinking, I patted her head gently.
"I think there's a little problem, so please wait here, I'll ask them."
I started running after the costumed people just now, turning to the left and seeing their backs in the distance. My hand reached for one of the men, he gasped in surprise, his breath was ragged, his costume was wet with his own sweat.
"Hey, what happened?"
"T-There, there's a flying human, it's so scary!!!!"
He pointed down a long hallway, my eyes narrowed, a flying man sounded so impossible to me, the costumed person let go of me and started running back.
Footsteps slowly approached me, Luna with an expression that looked confused and worried, several times she turned to me, as if asking for an explanation without having to ask.
My smile widened, making a question mark appear on Luna's head, my hand raised to signal her to come closer.
"W-What's wrong, Kama?"
Luna walked closer, following my signal, as soon as she was close my index finger touched her forehead, she flinched but after a few moments she fell asleep, I quickly caught her falling body, then carried her gently.
"Sorry, Luna, if what that person said is true, then I know exactly who it could be, and you can't know that."
*
The five women leaned against the wall unconscious, for a moment the condition of the haunted house became chaotic, people increasingly crowded to see what was happening, the hustle and bustle of commotion was heard, as if complaining about the condition of haunted house.
"Now what? We can't look for Ray, even if we wanted to split up, someone has to look after these troublesome girls."
Jerry blurted out, while watching the girls who were still sleeping soundly, then his gaze fell on me.
"This was the right decision, wasn't it? I was forced to put one of the girls to sleep because of your orders, and I'm also not really sure Ray would riot like that, even though he's annoying."
"You are right, even though Ray is an attractive person, he would not have caused a riot just like that, if there was no trigger, he would not have done that."
I turned my gaze to the one person who might know the answer, he was standing leaning against the wall, his arms folded across his chest, as if giving a gesture of indifference.
"Fizen, did you hear anything? Maybe a clue as to whether Ray really did start a riot."
Fizen turned his head lazily, then sighed softly.
"I think it was him, about a few minutes ago before the riot, I heard his whisper, then he just disappeared."
"Really? What kind of whispers?"
His eyes narrowed after hearing my question, his fingers rubbing his chin slowly, thinking for a moment.
"I can't say specifically, because the sound wasn't clear, maybe because it was too far away, but I heard his whisper, like... It seems like he is confused with someone."
"He feels confused about something?"
"It seems so, but this is just my speculation."
Silence enveloped us, each of us thinking hard, my mind kept spinning, trying to find an answer that might be a quick answer.
"Oiiii!!! Guys!!!! I got a great catch!!!"
The voice surprised us, making us look up, towards the direction the voice came from quickly, Ray's figure floated in the air, his smile spread wide, his hand was holding the collar of a small child.
The little boy looked unfamiliar to me and Jerry, both of us widened our eyes in disbelief, now Ray's body slowly descended, I immediately ran over as soon as he showed his feet above the surface.
"Wait, how is that possible? What happened?"
"I found him stalking all of us."
Now Ray lifted the little boy's collar, showing him forward, his expression still full of his innocent smile, as if the child's body was like a helpless doll to him.
"Hey, Kama, isn't this the kid you said killed the principal?"
I pulled the child hard from his hands, Ray widened his eyes in surprise, his sweat started to drip as he saw my serious sharp gaze, making him swallow nervously.
"I told you, didn't I Ray? Be gentler with small children."
Her lips were pulled down, tears were forming in the corners of her eyes, her hands clenched tightly and she lunged at me and hugged me tightly.
"Huaaa Kama, forgive me!!! Forgive me! Forgive me! Forgive me!!! I promise I won't be naughty anymore and I will be more gentle, I promise."
I lowered Ray from my arms, then looked at him with a tired expression.
"Then try repeating what I told you, we have to be gentle to?
"Children, old people, women, animals, yes I remember them all.'
He lowered his head with regret, a smile spread across my lips, I think that's enough, at least he regrets his actions.
"I'm glad you regret it."
He smiled broadly, nodding his head enthusiastically, like a child who had just received a new motivation to drive him. Jerry came up behind him and patted him gently on the head, making Ray jump in surprise.
"You idiot, I thought you intended to make this haunted house a mess."
Ray chuckled softly, scratching the back of his head with a bitter smile on his lips, He shook his head slowly, giving a reason for Jerry's previous statement.
"I won't do that, don't worry."
Ray was free from his guilt, he floated in the air with his innocent smile that we see every day, like a ghost wanting attention, his lips pressed together in a line that almost formed a "W".
My attention was again diverted to the little boy who was still unconscious, I looked around, take some rope to tie his hands to avoid any unwanted possibility. This time Fizen came closer to me, watching me as I was making the binding cover.
"So? What are you going to do next?
I thought about my answer, trying to put words together, but as my mouth tried to speak, Fizen's voice cut me off.
"No need to answer, I've read your mind."
"Very rude hahaha, after he wakes up, I will try to interrogate him.
Jerry barged into your conversation, his tone forceful and calm.
"As for interrogation, leave it to me, that's my specialty."
"Sorry Jerry but this time I won't use you. I'll ask Ray to do it for me."
Jerry widened his eyes, then followed by a look of displeasure and a little disappointment, he turned his body and walked away, s while Ray turned his head in surprise with food coming from nowhere filling his mouth.
"Huh?"