Chapter 1:

The Girl

Blood City : Who will be the ruler ?


Rain poured heavily from the dark sky.
A girl stood completely still in the middle of the rain. Bodies lay scattered around her, but she barely seemed to notice them. Her clothes were soaked, and her hair was dripping with water.
She stared ahead in shock.
“I... I... don't... don't do this,” she muttered.
Her voice trembled.
The rain continued to fall upon her, but she didn't move. She couldn't understand what had happened.
Her mind suddenly began drifting into the past.
She remembered her elementary school days—the days when she was constantly bullied by other students. She remembered the fear, the loneliness, and the feeling of having nowhere to go.
Then another memory surfaced.
Middle school.
There was an old abandoned building behind the school. Students were strictly forbidden from going there.
There was a rumor about the building.
People said that it was the home of a ghost.
Because of the rumor, the school had made it a rule that no student was allowed to enter the building.
Everyone knew about the rule.
Everyone except the people who were curious enough to break it.
One day, while the girl was being bullied, she tried to get away from them.
Without realizing where she was going, she accidentally entered the abandoned building.
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After entering the building, she found herself inside Class 1-3.
It was an old classroom from Grade 1, Class 3. Dust covered the room, and everything looked as though it had been left untouched for years.
The classroom was strangely quiet.
She tried to calm herself down.
She started listening to music and eventually fell asleep.
Then she began to dream.
In the dream, she saw someone dressed completely in black.
The figure slowly approached her.
Closer.
And closer.
She couldn't see the person's face.
Suddenly—
She woke up.
Her eyes opened wide.
For a moment, she didn't know where she was.
Then she realized.
She was still inside the classroom.
The haunted classroom.
Before she could gather her thoughts, someone entered the room.
It was Tithayan.
The girl who used to bully her.
Tithayan looked around the classroom.
Then she noticed something.
A book.
It was lying inside the classroom.
The title was:
Guest Invitation
The book contained something strange.
It wasn't an ordinary book.
It contained instructions about ghosts.
Tithayan opened it.
And what she found inside would change everything.
Yumya
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