"So there's nothing in particular I want. If I had to name something..." A faint smile appeared on the Bride's face beneath the Wedding Veil. "Sitting in this room all the time is rather stifling, and the master still hasn't returned. If no one in the household minds, I'd like to sit outside in the courtyard and walk around a little."
Standing behind Wen Wen, Sha Linghai and the others had mixed feelings.
When they had first discussed how to speak to the Bride outside the door, they had treated her like a quest character in a video game who simply answered questions. All they had planned were one-sided questions, hoping that even if she was a ghost, she might answer one or two useful ones.
But to everyone's surprise, the Bride sitting in the room seemed more like a living person than a Ghost Creature. When she had first spoken to them, her face hidden beneath the Wedding Veil, she had shown some resistance. Later, perhaps realizing they meant no harm, she had willingly revealed some of her nervousness and even started conversations with them.
From the moment they entered the Nightmare World, everything around them had suggested that this was only a game. Yet once the Bride's emotions began to affect them, they felt as though they were in a real world.
Even Wen Wen, who had calmly discussed their questions with them before entering the room, seemed affected by that feeling. She abandoned her original gentle probing and began following the Bride's lead, asking more searching questions. At first, Sha Linghai had wanted to remind Wen Wen with a cough, but gradually, rather than sensing any rejection or anger from the Bride, they began to feel her emotions just as Wen Wen did. She no longer seemed