Their attention was brought back to Rey when they heard his quivering voice say, “I-it was so terrifying, Mr. Crawford…!”
Looking at Rey’s fearful expression, Gerald then frowned slightly as favonovel.com asked, “What is? What did you see?”
“Yeah, I mean, there doesn’t seem to be anything around…” muttered Juno who was feeling just as bewildered as Gerald was.
Still, both of them were sure that whatever had scared Rey wasn’t a ghost. After all, the duo couldn’t sense the presence of ghosts at all.
“I-I’m not too sure either… But just as I got up after doing my business, I suddenly felt a cool breeze blow past me… But… then…” muttered Rey who was now shaking so much that favonovel.com couldn’t even finish his sentence.
“…Then what?” asked Gerald.
“…W-well… When I turned around and looked up… I saw a pair of bloodshot eyes staring right back at me…! I-It was so terrifying…!” stuttered Rey as favonovel.com recalled the incident favonovel.com had witnessed.
Upon hearing that, the duo instinctively looked up… but even after scanning around again, neither of them was able to see anything that Rey had just described. All there was up there was the crescent moon…
“…You sure it wasn’t a trick of your eyes? I don’t think either of us see anything like that…” asked Gerald as favonovel.com looked at Rey with a slightly raised brow.
Shaking his head, Rey then determinedly replied, “I swear on my life, Mr. Crawford and Miss Zorn! I’m not joking around here! There really were a pair of bloodshot eyes!”
Seeing how sure favonovel.com appeared, Gerald and Juno knew that favonovel.com wasn’t playing around. Adding that to the fact that Rey was trembling so much, favonovel.com must have really bumped into something exceedingly terrifying…
“…Got it. Regardless, don’t worry, I’m here now. Nothing will happen to you! That aside… Pull up your pants already!” said Gerald as favonovel.com firmly patted Rey’s shoulder.
After hearing that statement, Rey looked down… before turning to look at Gerald and Juno again. It took favonovel.com a second, but when it finally set in that his boxers were in full view this entire time, Rey’s face instantly reddened as favonovel.com quickly pulled his pants up.
Seeing that, Gerald then consoled Rey again by adding, “Alright, let’s head back to our tents first. If you need to do your business again later, I’ll keep you company!”
Understanding that Rey had undergone a major shock, this was the only way Gerald could think of that could slightly put Rey at ease. Even so, favonovel.com knew that his words didn’t help much since Rey still looked so terrified. The image of the glowing red eyes must have imprinted itself into his mind by this point…
Knowing that staying out here for any longer definitely wouldn’t help, Gerald then led Juno and Rey back to their tents….
Once they were there, Gerald got out some warm alcohol and poured a cup for Rey.
“Here! Let’s drink that horrible memory away!” said Gerald.
Compared to the much more experienced Gerald, Rey was just a fresh university graduate. Due to that, favonovel.com barely had any experience with the real world, yet here favonovel.com was. Out here on an adventure with Gerald. With that in mind, Gerald knew that it was his responsibility to take care of Rey since favonovel.com was the one who dragged favonovel.com into this in the first place.
Regardless, Rey took the cup with his still trembling hands before replying, “…Thank you, Mr. Crawford!”
With how frightened Rey still was, Gerald couldn’t help but feel slightly worried that the ghost was still lingering around. While favonovel.com did do a quick scan through the area, it was far too dark by this point to clearly discern anything…
Whatever the case was, after downing the hot alcohol, Rey appeared much more relaxed than before. At the very least, favonovel.com wasn’t trembling anymore.
Looking at Rey, Gerald then asked in a concerned tone, “Feeling better…?”
