"Susan, you there?"

Taehyung's voice echoed against the bathroom walls and they both looked around, the darkness in there causing their vision to not see anything. But as soon as he spoke those words, a glowing blue figure appeared from no where and smiled.

They with great difficulty made it till here and it was such a hassle to get there without getting caught or something. They were supposed to be in their dorms but look at them searching for some answers.

"You both shouldn't be here? What's the matter?" she said and Taehyung stole a glance at his best friend's glowing face who nodded, "Ask."

"So, Susan I won't complicate it, I just want to ask you something and promise me you will answer it honestly, no adulterated answer, please." Taehyung requested causing the soul to let out a chuckle, "What is that? Tell me. I will answer honestly."

"Is the mage a bad person?"

If it was possible, he could have seen the girl's face go pale but no it wasn't possible however the change of expression from cheerful to something that screams she is scared was something he can't ignore.

"Why do you ask?"

"Just answer it, Susan."

"What if I say, yes?" she mumbled and Taehyung gulped. No, this can't be. The mage can't be this cruel.

This was nothing less than a shock to him and all he wondered was how will Jeongguk react if he hears any of this.

"Tell me what happened to you and everything you know."

Susan didn't want to remember that night but she had to in order to tell the both boys about what happened back then.

"If I could tell, wouldn't I have said it to Jeongguk already?" Susan mumbled getting close to the shorter boy and with every passing second the her face changed and at one point it turned into some horrible. Her lips were stitched together with some thread and her face had blood all over.

Jimin was almost gonna scream and expose themselves when Taehyung pushed his palm against his lips stopping him.

"Get a hint what he can do."

"Why can't you say it?" Taehyung questioned, his insides horrified at the sight of her disfigured face and all those stitches.

"Spells."

"Fuck man, did he do this to you?" Taehyung asked, his eyes scanning the glowy figure's face which wasn't anything less than something popping out straight outta a horror movie.

Susan couldn't move. Anything that's related to that night, she can't say it, she can't reveal any of that, her soul was under control and she can't pronounce the words that happened that very night she died.

"Taehyung." Susan mumbled and pointed at the floor down, her eyes had that weird request in them, as if she was pleading for something.

"What is it?" Taehyung asked and Susan just kept on pointing at the floor, "Please understand it, you are smart enough to figure it out, you can do it."

"I can?"

"I believe you can, Taehyung. Do it and save everyone." the girl said and emphasized on the last words, "Find the key to free me."

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"I lost my mind, I don't know what to do or what to think, Jimin what's going on?" Taehyung said, moving back and forth as he kept on thinking what's going on.

"We have to calm down and think about it, whatever it is, we have to do hurry as we have eight days right?" the cotton candy haired boy said and the other nodded.

Eight days, that's what Yoongi said.

He sat on the edge of the bed and both of them just stared at the floor, too baffled on what's going on and what they are gonna do. It wasn't just anyone they were up against, it was the mage, the most powerful wizard to exist in Belfort with the wand.

They didn't realize when a small bird most likely to be a sparrow flew in and was now in front of them sitting right there on the ground.

It chirped Taehyung noticed it's yellow glowing eyes.

"It's you, Min Yoongi's dad." Taehyung figured out quickly and the small birdie just converted to the man back, both of them staring at the transition in awe because this was beautiful.

"You believe us now?"

"I do, but I have my questions," Taehyung pointed out, "And I hope you would answer them. Because without knowing everything clearly we can't do shit."

"Of course you do."

"I know Susan couldn't tell you anything, I saw her. She is bounded by spells and she can't say anything. Jonhan has this spell on her and it won't break until we remove the thing that caught her in that spell, something that he used on her and with that I meant the threads he used to stitch her mouth, we have to cut them out." he said, remembering how the girl's face was when he saw it the day he snuck in the school as a student and went to the boy's washroom.

"How do you even know about this Mister like someone must have told you or what? Did you see it yourself? Or what?" Taehyung questioned and the man in his late forties subtly nodded his head looking at the other, "My wife Min Suyong was a professor here and after her sudden disappearance, we assumed for years she might miraculously but no. We did a ritual when my little boy wanted to know the reason behind this and we talked to my dead wife. It only lasts for a few moments but she told us about who's the killer and why he is doing this."

"So why is he doing this?" Jimin was curious and also so disgusted at the fact that all these days he had been thinking of him so highly. He kind of looked up to the mage and now this happening, he can't believe this.

"For power. When we knew about his motive we searched for the procedure and we found it in a book, with killing eight people for the next eight days, he will gain the power, the control over all the realms, there won't be one place where his magic wouldn't work and he will be unbeatable. He will be unstoppable."

"He tried to do this thirteen years ago also but somehow he couldn't, this red moon comes after every thirteen years and on that specific night, he will have to use his own blood to gain that power, the dark will take over him and use him as just a conveyor. It's the dark that will be ruling, just his body is in use and he is ready to give his soul for that." the man whispered and Taehyung just face palmed, this was ridiculous and no one will ever get anything out of this.

Greed brings sin and sin begets death, Jeon Jonhan was the living proof of that.

"Why do you think the veil has holes in it? Why do you think the magic in all of us is fading?" the man asked, massaging his temples while he was making all these revelations.

"That has something to do with this? What?" Jimin almost was losing it, he quickly sat back on the bed and let out the longest and loudest sigh he ever could manage that moment.

"Everything happening is connected dear, nothing is happening suddenly."

"The dark has always been lurking around the veil, finding a way out and Jonhan let it in thirteen years ago, from that, there had been little pores in the veil and till today they are expanding and this time if he succeeds, it will be destroyed fully, Belfort will not be the same as you know. I am afraid our end is near."

"We have to stop him, Mr. Min! What are you saying? Do something." Taehyung almost shouted.

"Where's the proof? Would our words suffice? We have no proof to show him guilty. We tried to stop him when I petrified him. We wanted to take the wand away, destroy it so he can never do this, that wand of his is the thing that is most important but you and Jeongguk as well as others just didn't let it happen."

"Only if we knew the whole thing," Taehyung thought about Jeongguk. What will he do if he ever finds out. He will probably get such a big shock, I mean who wouldn't if they find out their father is just a murderer and so so greedy and inhuman.

Even just a hint of his own father involved with a murderer was so shocking and saddening to Taehyung, he can't imagine the pain and feelings Jeongguk will have when he will acknowledge his father himself is the one behind all these.

It will surely break him.

"We have to find someone who knows and can tell the whole thing and that's Susan. We have to break the spell and everyone will believe it because a soul can never lie. She is the one who can do this."

"For that, we need to find the body—" Taehyung said. How would they even find the body? Like it can be anywhere, it can be in the yard, it can be in the secret chambers, it can be buried in some other places, there was so many places to hide it.

"Bathroom!" Jimin exclaimed.

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