Stepping into the dark corridors, Lee Soohyun decided to try attic first. Secrets were hidden in the attics, and although attic could be frightening, it was her excitement which kept her going.
Walking over to the door, she turned the k.n.o.b and pulled open the door. Seeing that the door was not locked made a small smile appear upon her face.
Entering in, she noticed how dusty and dark it was insides, and began to laugh. Unable to locate anything in the dark room, Soohyun moved her hand around the wall, trying to find the switch to the light.
When she found a switch, she clicked on it, and seeing the room in front of her dimly lit, an astonished expression sat on her face.
Within the attic was a small bookshelf, and books lied on top of that bookshelf. Some of the books had its cover tattered whilst a couple of them had fallen off of the bookshelf, lying on top of the ground.
Few inches in front of Lee Soohyun was a circle drawn in white, and in the centre of a circle was a melted yellow candle. This made creases between two of her eyebrows.
"Are they doing some kind of ritual with that?" Soohyun mumbled as she stepped further into the room.
Staring at her right, she noticed that a chair couple of centimetres in front of the wall, and noticing how the chair swung backward and forward made chills go down Soohyun"s back.
This reminded her of a scene out of the movie, and not staring at the direction of the chair, she decided to look forward. The temperature of the attic began to gradually drop, and rubbing both of her arms, she tried to warm herself up.
Lee Soohyun had to get out of here before she catches a cold, and before she could leave, there was something that caught her eyes.
On top of a small shelf was couple of gla.s.s bottles filled with weird coloured liquid, and her eyes fell upon the small piece of paper beside the gla.s.s bottles, which was held by one of the gla.s.s bottles.
Although she did not know what that paper could possibly hold, she found herself being drawn it. This could be because of her curiosity on why the paper was there.
Beside the paper was a large gla.s.s bottle of weird liquid, and as she extended her hand to pull out the paper, the large bottle shook slightly.
Lee Soohyun found her actions shocking as well. Although she was not the brightest one out there and held curiosity, she wouldn"t pull out a paper like this all of a sudden.
However, with this, it was as if she couldn"t control herself, and subconsciously, she found herself reaching out for it. In a way, Soohyun found it frightening on how her body was being controlled this way.
Extending her hand towards the gla.s.s bottle, she tried to stabilize it, and when she successfully managed to pull out the paper, her eyes stared at the contents of the paper whilst she scanned over the contents.
"Age Alteration spell."
As Soohyun began to silently read through whatever was on the paper, she heard a scream behind her, cautioning her.
"Yah! Ugly Lady, watch out!"
Kim Junghyun had no idea on why he was followed Lee Soohyun. Nevertheless, after he was done doing the dishes, he found his legs dragging around, trying to search for her.
As he looked around the mansion, he could not find any signs of her. She was not present in any one of the rooms, and thinking it would be too embarra.s.sing, he did not call out for her.
As he was searching around, something caught his eyes. A door was open, and Junghyun"s eyes widened at that. He was shocked at how the door to the attic was open.
Walking towards the door, he turned his head to look into the attic, and his eyes dilated further when she noticed that Lee Soohyun was the one inside it.
Being taken aback on how she had entered into the room, his eyes took in how she was trying to pull out a paper. When she managed to do so, his eyes narrowed at something.
Noticing how the gla.s.s bottle on top of the shelf shook, Kim Junghyun found his heart beating rapidly within his chest, and panic began to rise in him when he saw that it was showing to fall upon Lee Soohyun.
Without a second thought, he rushed towards Lee Soohyun. Knowing how much of a human Soohyun was, he was well aware that she would be severely hurt by this.
His body was not in his control any more when he yelled out to her, and realizing how slow she was reacting to it, he decided upon s.h.i.+elding her with his body.
At that moment, there was no time for him to think why he was possibly doing this. Imagining Soohyun getting severely hurt and that bright smile on her face disappearing was enough to give him this rush of energy.
As Junghyun pushed Soohyun further, he closed his eyes for the impact. Nevertheless, Soohyun did not react to it that slowly.
Noticing that the gla.s.s jar was about to fall on top of her and Junghyun was trying to save her, she extended her hand towards Kim Junghyun, and gripping his wrist, she pulled him towards her.
Surprised— That"s what Lee Soohyun felt by Junghyun"s abrupt action. Never did she admit for him to run in like this, and maybe under that demeanour of his, Kim Junghyun had a warm heart.
Soohyun then heard the loud sound of the gla.s.s cras.h.i.+ng against the floor, and turning head towards it, she noticed that the gla.s.s bottle had broken off, splattering its content all over the place.
Before Soohyun could process what was going on, she found her back touching the floor whilst there was weight on top of her body.