Chapter 11


    Once Eileen left the room, she felt a bit relieved. There were no cameras in the corridor, so she leaned


    against the wall, catching her breath. That’s when Egbert strolled out of the room, casually asking as


    he passed by. “You are afraid of ghosts?”


    Eileen looked up, immediately retorting, “Me, scared of ghosts? Ghosts should be scared of me.”


    Egbert paused, hands in his pockets, turning back to look at her


    Edeen held her head high, meeting his gaze. What do you want?”


    Egbert studied her face, slowly approaching her. Eileen stood still, not moving. Egbert stopped a step


    away, raising his right hand, his long fingers slightly bent, he lightly touched her face with the back of


    his index finger Eileen recoiled half a step instinctively


    Egbert didn’t move just showed her the drop of moisture on his finger. “And you’re sweating in winter?”


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    Eileen was taken aback, then defensively shot back, “Why can’t I sweat in winter it’s warm here, okay?”


    Egbert chuckled, wiping the bead of sweat off his finger, saying, “Whatever


    With that, he headed towards the restroom at the end of thedor. Eileen touched her face, where


    his cool touch still lingered. She wiped her face, ning in the direction of the restroom


    In the end, Eileen didn’t return until the movie was almost over. After the movie, everyone dispersed,


    but Eileen found herself wide awake that night. Scenes from the horror movie kept shing in her mind.


    Atst, she opened her eyes finding the darkness of the room even more terrifying, so she got up and


    went out.


    The lights were still on in the hall, so she stayed there in her pajamas. After a while, the hall suddenly


    dimmed.


    Eileen gasped sharply. She thought about how the power sometimes tripped due to unstable voltage,


    but it waste at night now and she couldn’t possibly ask the owner to flip the breaker for her. She


    figured it’d be better to just stay in her room


    She reached out to walk back to her mom, but as she turned the corner, her hand touched something


    warm. In an instant, Eileen froze, cold sweat pounng down her forehead


    She was terrified, her feet rooted to the spot. Various images shed in her mind, when suddenly a


    warm hand enclosed hers


    “Eileen?” a cool male voice echoed in the darkness.


    Eileen came back to her senses, hesitating “Egbert?”


    “Mm” Egbert’s voice was low, his hand gripping her wrist tightly, not letting go “The power topped


    again?”


    She confirmed it was Egbert, a human, not a ghost, and finally let out a breath, “Seems like it.”


    “I’ll go check.” He said letting go of her walking past her


    Eileen immediately grabbed his arm


    The man stopped, silent for a moment, then asked, “Scared?”


    Eileen gritted her teeth, resolutely responding “Of course not!”


    The man chuckled softly, his other hand covering her icy hand, prying her hand from his arm and held it


    instead Eileen was momentarily stunned.


    Egbert said “Let’s pretend I’m the scared one,e with me”


    Their palms pressed together tightly, Eileen could clearly feel her hand beingpletely enveloped by


    his


    “Hmm?” Egbert let out a slightly drowsy grunt, as if urging her on


    Finally, Eileen said, “Since you asked, I suppose I can apany you


    In the end, Eileen was led by the hand by Egbert, all the way to the breaker room.


    “Click” The moment he flipped the breaker, the sensor lights came on The lights were dim, but at least


    there was light.


    Eileen nced down at their hands holding together, immediately withdrew her hand, cing them


    behind her


    Egbert said nothing, closing the breaker box, dusting off his hands, then walked out.


    Eileen followed him, asking, “How did you know where the breaker room was?”


    The man casually replied, “European-style houses, they all have simryouts”


    Egbert went to wash his hands, when he came back, he saw Eileen was still there, raising an eyebrow,


    “Are you not going back to your room?”


    “I have insomnia” Eileen said defiantly.


    Egbert chuckled, “Is it because of the horror movie?”


    Eileen leaned against the wall, an indifferent expression on her face, “Why does everything have to tie


    back to the horror movie? I’m just having trouble adjusting to a new ce, what’s the big deal?”


    “Suit yourself.” He said, walking past her back to his room. Halfway there, he paused, turning back to


    ask, “The potion earlier, you made it?”


    Eileen looked at him, “Yeah, what about it?”


    “It works well.” The man said before stepping into his room, closing the door behind him.


    Eileen stood in the hallway, silent for a moment, then remembered, what was he doing out of his room?


    He didn’t go to the restroom, he just came out to help her flip the breaker?


    In the end, Eileen spent the whole night in the hall. Due tock of sleep, she woke everyone up at 5:30


    the next morning. Everyone, tired and groggy managed to get washed up, then trudged to the dining


    room for breakfast


    Eileen, full of energy, informed every one of the day’s ns, then looked around, “Any objections?”


    Everyone just nodded in a daze


    The next two days went smoothly under Eileen’s leadership, tasks werepleted sessfully, and


    they even ended up with fifteen euros left over


    The group voted on whether to spend the remaining money, except for Egbert who was outside on a


    call and didn’t participate, everyone agreed to spend it only Eileen disagreed.


    “Four votes to one” Eileen drawled, enunciating each word, “Four agree to spend the money, and I


    disagree, so, only my vote counts, the four votes are void. In the end, we’re going by my decision.


    We’re not spending the fifteen euros. Any objections?”


    Everyone else was speechless