Sayo short story

Sayosamonji


Recently in Yotsuya, there is a rumor of a ghost roaming the road at night.
A merchant said he saw a black haired girl.
Maybe it's from something not related to this world, thinking this i decided to check i out.

With theses information, i was feeling a little strange while walking the road at night without any sunlight.
Tsu, tsu, tsu, tsu~~~~.
I constantly hear the sound of someone running.
TSU~.
I look backward by reflex to see what cause the sounds, but there was nothing.
I may be a little too conscious of it.
I looked around again but there was still nothing.
When i casually took a breath, i looked back again----there is a shadow.
I suddenly swallowed my scream, i wonder if it's a woman, i was so confused that i was calmly thinking that.
I wonder what am i looking at, i shouldn't look away from the shadow, i shouldn't but... i had a weird feeling coming from my back.
--Tsu~.
The sound disappeared as someone appeared behind me. I noticed the feeling of a cold sword at my neck, and then---.

[bad kid, who are you...?]

---I heard a voice at my ear, my thread of consciousness easily broke.

And then i woke up.
After all, there was nothing around. It seem like i was sitting alone in the way.
I was wondering if it was a dream, but body was telling me no.
Looking again, i saw a red thread that wasn't mine. On the verge of losing consciousness i think i saw a woman with black hair and a red cloth around her neck.
Then it was real.
I felt a sense of terror, and ran back to the inn.

[...I found you..]

On the way, the voice of that girl i heard before losing consciousness couldn't leave my ears.

From here on, this will be about what i found out later.
A couple of days later, two merchants appeared in the store. He confessed having done fraudulent acts and that the girl with black hair will kill him.
It seem that she is a sword priestess and that she must be trying to get revenge.

In the end, the ghost disciplined the bad guys, however this fraud case don't only involve this merchant but also other peoples.
I remember hearing a report like this before.
After that incident, everything involved disappeared.

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