Ch 289: A Real Man Knows When To Bend, Especially When Arguing With His Wife

The next morning, Bal lay in bed fast asleep, while Phia woke up very early.

“Bal, wake up.”

Phia shook Bal, trying to wake him.

“zzz……”

“Wake up! You’re going to be late for school, and being late will deduct your academic credits.”

Phia whispered in Bal’s ear. As soon as she finished speaking, Bal suddenly opened his eyes.

“Holy crap! What time is it?!”

Before Phia could answer, Bal had already started changing his clothes.

“Where’s my school uniform?”

“School uniform? You’re an Old Fogey who graduated years ago.”

“Oh yeah! I did graduate! In that case, let me sleep a bit more.”

Bal put his partially removed pajamas back on, crawled into the futon, hugged Phia, and prepared to go back to sleep. Phia, however, wasn’t just trying to tease him; she planned to investigate the haunted house.

“Don’t sleep, we have work today.”

Phia struggled in Bal’s arms, about to wriggle free, but Bal turned around, still holding her.

“Whoa! Meow!”

Phia experienced a magic-less flight on the bed while being held by Bal.

“Get up!”

Phia couldn’t take it anymore. She grabbed Bal’s arm and twisted it repeatedly until the pain woke him up.

“What are you doing?”

“I should be asking you that. We agreed to get up early this morning to buy things and investigate the haunted house, but you just held me and spun around before going back to sleep.”

“Ugh, I think there was something like that.”

“Are you senile?”

“Who are you calling senile? I’m young.”

“Yeah, a young man who’s a few thousand years old.”

“You!”

“Getting angry? Aren’t you going to get up yet?”

It’s proven that when a popular warm-hearted person and a fun-loving person argue, the fun-loving person usually wins. This time was no different. After realizing he couldn’t win against Phia, Bal got up, changed his clothes, and even helped Phia change hers.

After breakfast, seeing that there was still time, Bal decided to take Philia to school.

“Philia, it’s time for school.”

Bal placed Philia’s backpack next to her while she was still eating. After finishing her breakfast, Philia put on her backpack and went out with Bal and Phia.

“What are Father and Mommy going to do today?”

“Work. What do you want for dinner? Father will make it for you when he gets back.”

“Philia wants grilled fish!”

“Okay, okay, I’ll make you grilled fish when I get back!”

Bal ruffled Philia’s head, and soon they had taken Philia to school.

“Alright, time to buy things.”

Phia took out the list and looked at it.

“Candles and salt are easy to buy, but where do we get fireflies, an Ouija board, and a thermometer?”

“I remember there’s a place that sells thermometers, but where do we get an Ouija board and fireflies? We can’t just make them ourselves, right?”

“Speaking of which, have you ever seen an Ouija board?”

“Yeah. I went to a fortune-telling club once when I was studying, and the senior there let me play with one.”

“Forget it, let’s go buy a thermometer first.”

The two people walked towards a shop that sold thermometers. After buying two thermometers, Bal suddenly remembered something.

“I remember you can do Spiritualism, right?”

“Yeah.”

“Then we don’t need an Ouija board.”

“What about fireflies?”

“Just adjust the size of the Light Ball with your Illumination Magic.”

“Right, so shall we go now?”

“No, we haven’t bought the candles and salt yet.”

“Why buy those things? I can do Spiritualism.”

“……I’m an idiot.”

The two of them walked towards the address on the commission slip with the thermometers. When they arrived, they saw a two-story house.

“It looks pretty good, why hasn’t anyone come to investigate?”

Bal looked at the house and didn’t see any problems.

“I don’t know.”

Saying that, Phia opened the door and went inside. As soon as she entered, she used Illumination Magic to light up the room. Passersby, seeing the light in the house, either avoided it or quickly passed by.

“Any findings?”

Bal entered the house. As long as there was enough light, Bal wouldn’t be too afraid.

“I don’t know, but I feel like something is watching us.”

“Then try using Spiritualism.”

“Okay.”

Phia held a long sword taken from extradimensional space. She released her magic, and soon, a magic formation emitting a faint purple light appeared in front of them.

“Who are you?”

“……”

“What did it say?”

Bal leaned towards Phia and asked. Phia’s expression was strange.

“It called me names?!”

“Huh?”

“It said I’m a bad person and told me to get lost.”

“Hey! That’s bold. Dare you to fight me, let you see what a black hand is!”

Bal shouted towards the magic formation. The magic formation seemed to respond and a figure appeared.

“Holy crap, you scared me.”

Bal trembled at the scary figure in front of him. Unexpectedly, the figure started to twitch.

“Hee hee, hahahahahahaha. After so long, someone is finally willing to chat with me!”

“Huh?”

Hearing the figure’s voice, Bal and Phia were dumbfounded.

“Didn’t you tell me to get lost?”

“I meant come over, you heard wrong.”

“But you also called me a bad person.”

“I said weird person.”

“Pfft……”

Bal couldn’t help but let out a chuckle.

“What are you laughing at? If it were you, you’d probably have become a cabinet creature by now.”

The figure pointed at Bal and said. Bal didn’t understand for a moment.

“What’s a cabinet creature?”

“It’s a coward who hides in a cabinet and stays there for a long time.”

“Damn it, I’m going to exterminate ghosts today!”

Bal took out a long dao with a slender blade and pointed it at the figure. Phia looked at the long dao in Bal’s hand and felt unfamiliar with it.

“What kind of weapon is that?”

“Ghost-slaying Blade, it’s said to be specially made for slaying ghosts.”

“Where did you get it?”

“I bought it on the street after work yesterday.”

Phia looked at Bal as if he were an idiot.

“Seriously, go see a doctor.”

“What?! I bought it from a Magic Item Shop, that shop has never cheated anyone.”

The two argued while the figure in the magic formation watched them bicker.

“Hey, dude. Did you two come all the way here just to perform cross-talk for me?”

“Don’t interrupt, it’s none of your business.”

Bal threw the long dao at the figure, then continued arguing with Phia.

“Ugh! How… is that… possible!”

The figure, pierced by Bal’s long dao, immediately fell to the ground and reached out to them.

“Don’t… don’t argue… save me…”

Unfortunately, either Bal and Phia were too engrossed or the figure’s voice was too low. In short, its plea for help was ignored.

“Really, next time you spend money recklessly, you’ll eat your favorite cilantro!”

“Wow, you’re so cruel! To threaten me with cilantro, do you think I’ll surrender? Of course I’ll kneel down and apologize to my Wife!”

Bal confidently knelt down to apologize, and Phia was finally satisfied.

“Don’t do it again.”

“Got it.”

“Alright, alright, go get your toy knife back. We still need to continue questioning.”

Bal walked to where he threw the knife. The figure was lying on the ground, almost dead. He quickly called Phia over.