Chương 328: Chapter 311. Talking To Kim

" And then, while I was dreaming, a charming Prince came to my rescue!"" Really! Where is he!?"" Right there!"" Huh?" Somehow the conversation had moved to being about Princes and Sarah had explained how we came to meet. Kim had the look of a person completely absorbed into the story... Until Sarah pointed at me... The sparkle in her eyes faded." Hey now. That's a bit unfair, he's very dashing when he wants to be!"" Thanks, Sarah... That means a lot..."

Sarah immediately came to my defense, but Kim didn't seem to believe her." You should've seen him last night, Kim. I doubt there was anyone more courageous than Our Husband. He dove headfirst into fighting the enemy last night."" He even saved me from being captured, in a P... Princess Carry no less!"" Alice... If it's too embarrassing to say, you don't need to. Besides, it was the safest way to catch you after I freed you. I'm sorry if that was uncomfortab-"" I NEVER SAID IT WAS!"

Before I could finish apologizing, Princess Alice cut me off quickly... The look in her eyes nearly sent a chill down my spine." Are you sure someone this dense is "Princely"?"" It's one of his Charms as well. You'll understand when you're older. When you find the man you want to be your husband." Sarah and Kim were whispering something behind me as Princess Alice took most of my attention away. She always has such weird mood swings...." See, even Kim sees it."" It's not polite to point at a Marquess, Vic."

I give Victor a side eye as I decided to push the conversation towards the original reason we came here." Kim, I'd like to tell you why we're here, if you don't mind?"" Shouldn't you tell my Mom that and not me, though?"" Well... I'm hoping that talking to you.... May help your mom. At least I hope it does." Kim took a few moments to think about what I said, then she nodded her head." Okay. The reason why we're here, is because of your dad and brother."" Dad and Vic? But they've been missing for weeks?

How did you meet them?" Okay, now I just need to answer this in the nicest way I can..." Well, you see, I'm a Paladin, Kim. And one of the abilities of Paladins is that I can speak to Ghosts..."" Ghosts?"" Yes, Ghosts... That's how I met your brother, Victor." She didn't seem to understand what I meant. It's probably hard to come to the conclusion I'm trying to guide her to... She's too young." What I'm saying, Kim, is that I met Victor, who's a Ghost now. He passed away sometime before I got here."" But...

That would mean..."" Yes, Victor died." / sniffle. / She started to cry as the last word came out of my mouth." How could he be dead!?"" I'm sorry about what's happened to him, Kim, but you need to keep listening to me, okay? Just try to hear me. Victor and your father are still here in this room. Right there." I pointed to where Patrick and Victor were standing. Kim looked at the empty space in the room that she could see and I could tell her heart was breaking as she looked."

What I'm trying to tell you, is that I can see and hear them and I can help you hold a conversation with them. I know you'd rather them still be here, but I can't bring back the dead."" I..." pat... pat... She doesn't know what to say. Since she was so close to me, I couldn't help but pat her head to try and calm her down." I know this is a lot to take in, take your time. We're not going anywhere, okay?" She heard me speak and she began to let the tears out." Was that really the best way to go about telling her!?"

Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit." How would you tell her it, Pops? There's no use sugar coating it, we're Ghosts now. I just hope Mom can wake up and hear him out. How are we going to get her to wake up?" Patrick and Victor both had different opinions on how I chose to break the news to Kim. Honestly, I wish I could've thought of something better, but I felt like honesty would be the best policy in this case.

While they argued about what I did, I just kept patting Kim on the head until she calmed down. Her shoulder-length black hair was a bit unkempt from the time she must've spent sitting with her mother before we came here, it made it somewhat hard to properly pet as my fingers would catch in the curls all around her head. I tried my best however and eventually, she was able to calm down. She looked at me with her pale-grey eyes and asked me a question with a trembling voice." H-How did they die?""

I don't think you should kno-"" Just tell me! I have the right! They're My Family!... They were.... My Family..." She looked at me with her big grey eyes and she seemed determined to know. I look at Victor and Patrick to see what they thought." Just tell her the truth, no reason to hide it."" I don't want My Little Girl to cry anymore..." Victor looked to be all for it, while Patrick looked absolutely defeated. I looked back to Kim and she showed no sign of backing down on this topic.

I looked away from her sight for a moment and then took a breath and began to talk." Your brother was captured by a follower the God Of The Blackwoods, which was the enemy that attacked Zana last night. He was murdered by said follower of the God. From what I could tell, your father got too close to the truth and then... He was killed as well." Kim clenched her fists tightly as I finished telling her about their deaths." Is that follower dead?"" Yes, I confirmed it with my own eyes."

Kim breathed deeply and then she said one word to me." Okay..." She was immensely tense as the conversation continued, but she seemed to relax after I told her about the follower's death. Who that was, however, I don't plan to tell her." Marquess Matthew..."" You can just call me Matthew for now, okay?'" Okay... Matthew... Can you really talk to my Daddy and Big Brother?"" Yes. If you want proof, ask me a question that only your dad or brother would know.""

Okay, what flavor was the cake I had for my 12th birthday last spring?" I looked over to the Ghosts and they were scratching their heads." What?"" She didn't have a cake... We had steak for her birthday, because she wanted to try it with a new sauce that dad brought home." I turned back to Kim and repeated what Victor told me." You didn't have cake, you had steak because you wanted to try a new sauce that your dad brough home."" Wow..." She's starting to believe." Do you believe Our Husband now, Kim?"

Sarah spoke to Kim again and in response to her words, Kim nodded her head." Tell her that I love her!"" Huh? Ah... Yeah sure... Kim, your dad says he loves you."" I know you do, Daddy. I love you too. But what are you still doing here? Isn't it bad for a Soul to stay here for too long? The same with Big Bro... Are you both okay?" Her eyes filled with worry as she asked them questions. I looked to them and they were looking at their bodies. I looked back to Kim and reported to her what I knew."

They're checking their bodies for any issues. From what I can see though, they're perfectly fine. If it wasn't for Victor, we wouldn't have even been prepared for the battle last night, so I'm pretty sure he hasn't turned into a bad Ghost yet. Granted, I'd like them both to cross over before anything like that happens... Speaking of which..." I looked to Ms. Victoria who hasn't moved at all since I entered the room. I looked to Patrick again and proceeded to ask another question." Hey, Patrick... Is there...

Anything I could do to snap her out of it?"" How would I know? I'm not a Doctor or anything?"" Obviously... But does she have like a specific cologne or fragrance that she really liked to smell that she connects with you?"" Why would that matter?"" Smell is a strong sense, it can help wake people up."" How do you know that?"" It was in a book? haven't you ever been woken up by a weird smell before?"" No... My Wife usually keeps the house spotless and smelling like.... AH! Black Love Roses!""

What are Black Love Roses?"" They're my Wife's favorite flower! She loves how they smell! She always tries to make the house smell floral! Because her family had a flower shop when she was young!"" Okay." I turned from Patrick and began to call to Lily." Lily... Is it alright to Summon you?"" Sure, I have some time before my next appointment. I would think it'd be about that thing from before, but let me guess, you'll need Black Love Roses this time?"" Yup!"" Okay, bring me over."

I raised my hand, and a bright-green light illuminated the room. Lily originally was talking about the detour I made before coming here. It was something that could only work with her after all. I was glad that the experiment I did was successful." Woah! What's going on!?" Kim began to freak out, but I turned to her and calmly spoke to her." I have a 2nd Job. I'm a Summoner. I'm bringing a Friend here who can help us out. But it's a secret that I can Summon Lily, so can you keep it a secret for me?"" O-Okay?""

Yes, hopefully I can help... Oh... Poor baby... She's quite tired..." Lily came out of the green light and Kim was scared for a moment, I got her to agree to keep Lily's presence a secret. Right after that, Lily immediately saw Ms. Victoria's state and was quite sad about what she saw." Yes, we're hoping that this will work. I'd hate to rush, but..."" Oh, I know. Look, I've already grown some out that window. See?" I turned to look at where Lily was pointing, and I saw a giant bushel of Black Roses.

I turned to Patrick and spoke to him." Are those it?"" Yup! The Church that Our Wedding was in was filled with them at my Wife's request! I'd never forget what they looked like!" With Patrick saying it was the right plant, I got up and got a few of the roses to use." Thank you, Lily."" It's the least I could do, since I couldn't do anything last night."" Like I said, that wasn't your guys' fault, it was just that the enemy was a bad match up for us. We'll all do better next time, okay?"" Really... You...

Trying to console me..." /Woosh. / Before anything else could be said, Lily returned to her home in the Spirit Forest. I tried to speak to her, but like a disconnected phone, she wasn't answering me. I decided to just let her relax back home as I moved back to the side of the bed and placed the Black Roses towards Ms. Victoria's nose. Just from the small amount of time I was holding them, the smell of the Black Roses had already spread across the room and the smell of flowers infested everywhere." Call her Vicky!

I called her that when I'd wake her up in the morning!"" Patrick and Victor are still here..." What is with these Ghosts making me do something embarrassing each time!" Vicky...." PRESSURE! I whisper the nickname out of my mouth and I could feel a massive wave of killing intent to my left. I'll apologize and explain to my Wives why I said it later... I kept the roses close to Ms. Victoria's face hoping that it would be enough.

"...." But I was let down by the silence that followed. I was about to remove the flowers, when I had my wits scared out of me." ACCHHOOOOOOO! Dammit, Pat! What did I say about keeping flowers near my face! Oh Gods! A HUMAN!" pain! Push! /WHACK! / Soft!" Ah!"" Oh! Maybe we should've woke Kim up like this?" Sarah had a jovial reaction to Ms. Victoria waking up and smacking me into her chest.

I'd be more upset if it wasn't for the fact that the softness of my Wife was overpowering the pain I felt in my cheek and neck.