Chapter 72: Guilherme

I stayed awake all night, Ryuuji is right, at least I have the chance to walk and hold things again, it could have been so bad that he wouldn’t even give me that, so I spent the night trying to move.

Of course, just doing basic movements, I kept looking at my hand and trying to move my fingers, I did this for hours and hours until I had the ability to actually move my fingers by clenching my hand and opening it.

During these hours I thought about past worlds and the things that the so-called Yandere Factor could infect others with, and ironically I managed to connect that to the current situation.

In fact, the current situation indicates that the so-called acquaintance of Ryuuji is going to be infected, thus becoming a Yandere, I thought about it because incredibly as soon as I asked for help and Ryuuji said he was going to introduce someone.

Out of nowhere, Ryuuji’s family requires his presence, leaving me alone and vulnerable after I had been introduced to another person who for some reason is a fan of occultism and magic-related things.

And that by a great "Chance" of fate is known to Ryuuji who is a Yandere who removed my limbs, this looks very much like it’s going to go wrong.

This friend of Ryuuji’s has everything to be a Yandere, he is similar to Angelica and Flora, my interaction with Angelica was what made Flora start to act, so my interactions with Ryuuji and this acquaintance of Ryuuji’s can go wrong.

So the right answer is to make Ryuuji see that his acquaintance is a possible problem, thus making him take protective measures to ensure my safety.

"Darling, are you ready?" Ryuuji enters my room with the wheelchair and a dress.

"..."

"Yes..." I give a not very enthusiastic yes, I hope that at least it will really be useful to look for clues in the occult, I don’t just want to meet a weird guy who believes in false things.

Ryuuji comes over to me, who is lying on the bed, and lifts me up, I’ve gotten a lot heavier due to the prosthetic limbs, but he easily lifts me and takes me to the bathroom.

He starts giving me a bath while I try to move my body at least a little, he takes very good care of my hygiene and after that he dries me with a towel and puts the dress on me.

"Is it okay to wet the prosthetic limbs?" I question, I hope I don’t get a shock out of nowhere.

"Yes, they are waterproof" He responds as he puts me in the wheelchair.

"What’s the name of this acquaintance of yours?" I question him, trying to learn more about a possible future Yandere.

"Guilherme is the supposed name, but it’s hard to say if this name is real or not" Soon a maid knocks on the door.

"Master, a guest has arrived" The maid informs and leaves.

"It seems he arrived early, he must be excited to find someone who has an interest in his strange hobby and who can really talk to him" Ryuuji starts moving the wheelchair while I try to move my fingers.

"Hey Ryuuji, could you keep an eye on this man?" I start trying to get Ryuuji to be attentive to Guilherme.

"With Guilherme? Why? You haven’t even seen him yet, darling"

"Call it a woman’s intuition if you want, but this man is going to cause us trouble if he’s not being watched" Ryuuji is the type of cold, extremely cold, and this is easily noticeable.

He’s not just going to dismiss what I said as nonsense.

"Darling, please tell me why you want to know about the occult"

"I-I...want to know more about death" I want to break a curse cast by her, so knowledge is the first step.

"I don’t know why you want this, but if you think you’ll have problems with Guilherme, why don’t you give up?"

"..."

"Darling, I don’t think you need to worry, he won’t do anything in my house and I won’t let you go outside" That sounded a bit too possessive for my taste, but I can’t say anything.

In a way, Ryuuji is right, this Guilherme guy would hardly try anything here.

"But you’ll go see your family and leave me alone" I tell him.

"..." He falls silent for a moment.

"You’re right... this is incredibly a problematic chain of events, but I don’t think he’d be able to invade this house and do something to you, besides, why do you think he’ll do something, darling"

"He’s never seen you in his life and you’ve never seen him, we’re not enemies, he obviously won’t do anything"

"S-Sure...he won’t do anything...I’m just being paranoid since your acquaintances must be like you" He looks at my leg when I say this, making it clear that he understood.

"..."

"You’re absolutely right, I think I’ll increase security and add a few more hidden cameras, maybe a new anti-hacker system would be good too" He says as he grabs his cell phone.

’Is this serious!!? H-How dangerous is this Guilherme if he really took what I said into consideration!’ I think I’m regretting asking for help.

’Wait, this isn’t a manipulation technique to get answers...’ The way Ryuuji asks his questions is "strange" he asks one thing and just leaves it at that.

And it’s hours later or another day when he asks again, but if I’m not mistaken, this is like an anchoring technique used for manipulation, I know this because it’s used in commercials, posters, and flyers of certain types.

But it can also be used in interrogations, he’s doing this to get the answer of why I’m after the occult, he probably stores my answers and looks for the connection between them later.

’I...should stop answering his questions...’ He always asks certain questions and I just answered them reflexively, but I have to remember that Ryuuji is a smart person, he’s not the type to easily show things.

I shouldn’t even be answering what he asks, of course the reason I’m being honest about looking for information about death is that he’s very intelligent and if I lied he would know.

So it’s easier to tell the truth since he won’t understand what I’m talking about as long as I don’t say I’m cursed, of course there’s the option of talking about my curse.

But many would just say it’s false, that I’ve gone crazy, or would simply agree without really believing, thinking it’s just a new method of trying to escape.

And I have no way to prove that I’m cursed, maybe in a world with magic it would be possible to prove, but in general it’s impossible.

"Darling, are you ready to talk to Guilherme?" Ryuuji asks as we approach the living room.

"Y-Yes, I think I am"

"Do you want to talk alone?"

"...Yes..." I didn’t expect this little bit of freedom.

"I understand, I hope you find what you’re looking for" Ryuuji’s speech doesn’t give me much confidence, I think he’s not happy with me meeting this Guilherme guy.

"..." He starts pushing the wheelchair silently until we reach the living room where I immediately see a man in a suit, he has brown hair and eyes and I must say his expression is somewhat malicious though he seems quite young.

"Hey! What’s up Ryuuji, it’s been almost a year, I thought you were already dead" Guilherme says with a certain malice, but not in a way that he wishes it.

"I still have a lot to live for"

"Yes, yes, you do, so this is your wife? She’s quite beautiful" Guilherme says while looking at me, staring at my arms and legs and then moving to my chest.

"I didn’t know your wife was disabled" He speaks without any filter and without containing any words while staring at me shamelessly.

"..."

’I already don’t like him...’

"What’s the problem with your wife?"

"She was in a car accident recently"

"Oh? Hmm, how sad for you to have a disabled wife"

"..." Ryuuji seems irritated, now I understand why he’s not a "friend" but just an "acquaintance" this guy is super rude.

’It seems he didn’t research me, since he was genuinely surprised’

"Did she break her spine? How do you take care of her?" He questions with curiosity.

"Guilherme, could you shut up? You always talk too much" Ryuuji says irritated, I think this is the first time I’ve seen him demonstrate irritation so visibly.

"Sorry, man, I’m a free spirit, anyway, we’re here on business, who’s my best occult-loving friend? Is it your son by any chance?" He asks excitedly as he picks up a briefcase from the side of the sofa and opens it.

From inside, he takes out a book that looks ridiculously old and dusty.

"..." Ryuuji looks at the book with disgust as the dust dirties the sofa.

"Hey, man, don’t look at it like that!! This is a relic!! Dated 10,000 years ago, do you have any idea how hard it was to steal this from the museum last year?"

’He...doesn’t even try to hide it...’ I can easily tell what kind of person he is just from this.

"My wife is the one who wants to talk to you" In an instant, Guilherme comes up to me, crouching down to my level.

"Oh, lady of culture!! Please marry me" He says with a smile as Ryuuji seems like he’s going to kill him right here.

"Ew..." I say with some disgust.

"..." I’m sure there was the sound of glass breaking...I think it was just an employee dropping a glass.

"I understand, lady of culture...then be my friend on this occult journey!" He quickly recovers and says this.

"..." I look at Ryuuji, who is barely hiding his rage towards Guilherme.

"Darling...I’ll leave you alone before I kill this idiot, I trust you’ll be a good wife" A clear warning for me to be careful with my actions.

"T-That’s fine, dear...g-go take care of our son" He starts to leave as I sigh.

"Okay, lady of culture, what do you want to know?" Guilherme asks as he sits back down on the sofa and opens the book, scattering a bit of dust.

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