Surviving in a School of Ghost Stories
Chapter 120

Noah Eugene Eglinton had never liked anyone since birth.

He did not know how to truly care for, love, and cherish someone.

Since Noah was born, the duke and duchess had never been free from nightmares.

The reason was unknown. In their nightmares, terrible evil spirits always appeared and tormented the couple, demanding that they give up Noah.

When they could not sleep and complained of their suffering, the Pope gave them advice.

“Have a second child. You two need a ‘real child’.”

“What do you mean?! Does that mean that our Noah is not a real child?”

At first, the duke and duchess were furious at those words. However, as time passed, the Pope’s words continued to ring in their ears.

After suffering from nightmares for another year, the couple finally had a second child, half in doubt.

The atmosphere of the Eglinton family, which had always been gloomy and dark, completely changed as soon as their second child, who was five years old, was born.

In addition, the couple stopped having nightmares after the birth of their second child.

As a result, the Eglinton family became even more harmonious. However, when Noah appeared, the whole house would become cold.

“Noah, today is your brother’s birthday, so please stay in the room. Isn’t that a gift to your brother?”

Whenever the younger brother saw Noah, he cried as if the mansion would fall apart and was instinctively afraid of him.

The couple loved Noah but also feared him, and gradually began to hate him.

“How can you be so emotionless? We wanted to raise you with love. But you take care of us. Raising you makes us feel like bad parents.”

It was exactly as they said. The duke and duchess put in a lot of effort. They wanted to raise Noah with love.

But Noah was insensitive to anything. He didn't know about affection.

One day, Melody Hastings, who appeared in front of Noah, naturally aroused his curiosity.

This was the first time he had seen someone so fiercely sacrifice themselves for his younger brother.

Even his parents, who said they loved him, could not give him true love and affection.

Noah looked at Melody's back as she entered the opera house with curious eyes.

At that moment, she was unusually dusting off Raven's clothes.

It was funny to see her lovingly caring for Raven, as if she would break it if she touched it, but it was also strange.

Yes, it was strange.

I couldn't explain it, but it felt strange.

Melody looked back at him. As if waiting for that moment, the clouds cleared and the sunlight poured down on her head.

The platinum hair reflected the sunlight and shone dazzlingly. A faint smile crossed her neat face.

It was a beautiful sight.

“Senior, look at this. The Duchess gave me a VIP ticket. It’s a better seat than the one the music teacher gave me.”

Melody came closer and unfolded the ticket in her hand.

Only then did Noah answer.

“That’s good.”

Easton and Raven looked back at Noah at the same time. Their expressions changed subtly.

“Why.”

When Noah questioned, Easton shrugged his shoulders with a trembling face and answered.

“What did I see wrong?”

“I don’t think I saw wrong.”

It was not Noah but Raven who responded to Easton’s answer. Raven looked at Noah with a very uncomfortable expression.

Noah frowned. It was because he genuinely didn’t understand what the two were talking about.

However, since I wasn’t particularly curious, I decided to let it slide without asking.

[It’s frustrating.]

Noah, who followed Melody into the opera house, sighed because his head hurt at the voice ringing in his head.

‘What are you going to say now?’

[I’d rather be honest with my feelings than you.]

‘It must be because you took what I should have.’

[I can’t deny it. You’re me. I’m you. Someday we’ll become one. To be exact, you’ll be eaten by me. You were born for that.]

Noah didn’t answer Vidar’s words.

He even gave control to Melody, so he talks a lot.

After the incident at <House of the Dead>, Vidar woke up and was locked in a cage again by Melody, but he still shared his mind with Noah.

It couldn’t help but be very annoying.

[I always think about it, but you think I’m funny.]

‘Well. I didn’t say anything, but if you felt that way, then you’re a hypocrite.’

Noah sighed after saying something useless. His head was noisy with Vidar’s swearing.

Vidar was someone who couldn’t be controlled at all. Since we couldn’t even communicate, there wasn’t much information we could find out.

It was fortunate that Melody was able to control him. Thanks to her, he was able to put him back in the cage.

Noah wished that he could stay locked up forever.

Unless he lost consciousness or had an out-of-body experience like before, Vidar wouldn’t come out of the cage.

“I heard that Lady Hastings is eighteen, but you know about the Hermen formula. That’s surprising.”

“I want to go to Brendan University later if I get the chance. I’ve read all of Professor Hermen’s papers.”

At that moment, Noah turned his head at the voice he heard. The Duke of Eglinton and Melody were talking without any awkwardness.

The Duke of Eglinton was a graduate of St. Gloria's Private School and Brendan University, so he seemed to like Melody's passion for learning.

"I like you so much that I want to introduce you to my son. Unfortunately, my son is already engaged."

The Duke of Eglinton was a person who valued status more than anyone else, but he really seemed to like Melody. Judging from the fact that he was saying such empty words.

"Huh? Senior Eglinton is engaged?"

Melody looked back at Noah in surprise. Then the Duke of Eglinton scratched his cheek with an embarrassed expression. An embarrassed look appeared on his face.

"Ah... Noah doesn't have a fiancé yet."

The Duke smiled awkwardly and patted Noah on the shoulder.

“This guy is picky by nature, so it’s not easy to find a perfect fiancé. What I meant was the second son.”

It’s not that he doesn’t have a fiancé because he’s picky, it’s just that he’s out of the Duke and Duchess’ interest.

The Duke wasn’t a person that Noah liked, so when he asked about his son, he naturally excluded Noah.

“Oh. I was wondering where everyone was, and they’re all here.”

The one who broke their awkward mood was Crown Prince Joshua.

Noah sighed when he realized why he kept glancing at Melody.

He was weak to overly beautiful appearances and was a fatalist who believed in fate. Also, Melody had an appearance that suited his taste very well, and he probably thought she was his destiny.

“Where is your seat, Lady? The seat next to me is empty, by any chance......”

“I think the seat next to you is for His Holiness the Pope.”

Joshua gave Noah a hint as if telling him to stay still.

“Your Highness, do you think there are ghosts in the world?”

There was silence for a moment at Melody’s question. Joshua tilted his head, not understanding her words.

“Why are you suddenly asking that? I don’t believe in ghosts.”

“That’s fortunate. If you had seen them, you would be tired of sitting next to me.”

Melody looked at Joshua with a bright face that showed no signs of falsehood.

“There are always ghosts near me.”

Silence fell as soon as Melody finished speaking.

And Noah knew. She had blocked the Crown Prince’s feelings for him.

Snicker. He let out a faint laugh. Then he touched his lips and smoothed his expression.

Melody was indeed an interesting person. How many people would be able to build such an iron wall around the crown prince?

Especially someone with Melody’s status would be even rarer to have the guts to do so.

Tinkle tinkle!

“The show is starting!”

Fortunately, the bell rang at a perfect time to signal the start of the show.

Joshua greeted Melody with a trembling face.

“Well... if there’s another chance, I think it would be nice to have a cup of tea with Lady’s ghost friends.”

Joshua was a man who didn’t give up. Fortunately, he had company today, so he had to step down.

Noah looked at his back as he entered the theater first with a tired expression, then grabbed Melody’s shoulder.

“Let’s go in too.”

When he carefully grabbed her shoulders, she felt her body stiffen. When he slightly lowered his head, he saw Melody’s side profile tense up.

When their eyes met, she smiled awkwardly and pulled away from his touch. Her earlobes were red.

“Yes, sir. Come in quickly.”

Noah quietly looked down at his empty palm. Then he sighed helplessly.

The Duke and Duchess of Eglinton had already greeted the crown prince and entered ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) the theater first.

Yes. First, whether they liked it or not, they had to watch the opera with their mother and father.

It was fortunate that Melody was by their side.

With that thought, Noah opened the door to the opera theater with Melody and went inside.

But,

“Huh? Where did everyone go?”

Melody asked. As she said, there was not a single person inside the theater.

Ting-

At that moment, a bell rang from somewhere and the curtain rose on the stage.

The opera had suddenly started.