Yumi looks out the window and says, “Hello everyone. Let’s
start the terrifying class. Please look across the street. There is a house
there that hasn’t been sold yet. It won’t be long when we hear people going
inside and happily laughing that this is such an amazing house...
...So how come...such a nice house always couldn’t find a
buyer? No matter what the reason is, in the end, there are new residents who are
welcomed in. Lesson 23 – Nobody’s House.
A car stops in front of the house. The parents tell a girl who has an apple-designed
hair pin that from today on this will be their new house.
The girl happily exclaims that it is so beautiful. Holding
their pet cat in a cage, the mother says that it is not bad for a second-hand
house. A boy with a soccer ball calls out that they should quickly go in. He
runs inside and shouts that it so big.
The girl opens a door and calls out if this is her room. The
boy shouts that he also has his own room. He says that before he has to cram
inside a room with his older sister. He tells her that he’s embarrassed to call
my comrades to play and she cannot her friends so regarding that aspect, they
won’t be troubled anymore. Then, he runs inside his room.
The girl pouts and thinks that he’s really rude. “Kou
[guesswork from 厚]
is so arrogant that he really doesn’t view me as an older sister.” Then, she
notices a picture book on the floor. She picks it up and wonders if it was
there before.
Carrying some boxes, her mother asks where that book came
from. The girl asks if it wasn’t theirs. The mother says that she doesn’t have
any impression of it and perhaps, it was thrown out while they were moving
house. “It is possible that it was dropped by the previous residents and it
makes me feel oddly uncomfortable.”
That night, the girl sleeps with her cat in the room. She is
wide awake for she isn’t a bit used to sleeping in a room all y herself. She
happily thinks that she can call a lot of friends over and then they’ll stay
there for an overnight party. “Isn’t it so, Mocha♡”
Mocha the cat stretches and goes out of the room. The girl
tearfully says that Mocha is quite heartless. She looks up the ceiling and
says, from today on, yoroshiku [/I’m under your care]. Mocha is staring at a
wall with wide eyes. Then, there is a sound of the rustling trees.
The next day, the girl looks at the Mocha’s food containers.
She asks her mother where Mocha is. The mother says that she didn’t see Mocha
since this morning so perhaps, it hid in some place. The girl goes to her room
and calls out to Mocha. She thinks that Mocha isn’t there. Then, she looks at
her room and finds something is a bit odd about the room.
She suddenly hears something growling, gu gu gu [/grrr like
a rumbling sound]. The girl wonders what’s that sound. The mother asks her
husband if it is coming from the house and it doesn’t seem to be the sound of
something bumping into each other. The father says that it is a strange sound
and he’ll call the realty agent to ask about it.
In school, two girls ask Youka [guesswork from 洋花; the
girl with apple hairpin] if they can go and play at her house. They are really
excited since it is a new house! Youka says of course, they can! Sparkling
Youka couldn’t believe it and the effect of the house is really so amazing.
“Thank you, my house!”
Youka comes in the house and calls out that she’s home. As
her friends say that it is beautiful, Youka calls out to her mother that she’s
with her friends, and can she prepare some snacks... She couldn’t find her
mother but the television is open and there is tea being brewed in a cup.
Youka calls out to her mother but she is nowhere to be
found. Youka tells her friends that her mother must have gone out to buy
something. She believes that her mother should come back in a while. Soon,
Youka bid her friends goodbye.
While her friends are walking in the rain, a friend asks the
other friend something. The other friend says ya, she also felt it? Narration:
“That day until night, mama didn’t come back.”
Youka and Kou watch as their father is on the phone asking
someone if his wife is over there...yes, I see, she didn’t...okay, thank you...
The kids look somewhat worried so the father assured them not to worry for
their mother definitely went to some friend’s house and forgot the time while
chatting enthusiastically.
Kou tells his sister that she’s so lame since she is about
to cry. Youka just looks flustered. Then, there is that gu gu gu sound again.
The father says that it is that sound again. He tells the kids that he
contacted the realty agency and they also didn’t know about it. “But until now,
it also hasn’t caused any actual harm so it should be okay.”
Youka wonders if it is really okay for she extremely hates
that sound. The father also tells them that there is one other thing which he
thinks that they didn’t know...
“It was said that the former residents of this house had secretly
run off at night. The furniture and luggage weren’t taken...including what
seems to be a picture book.” As the gu gu gu sound continues, Youka wonders
about the previous residents secretly running off at night.
The next day, Youka goes to the kitchen and greets her
father a good morning. To her surprise, she only sees the newspaper, a cup of
coffee, and a plate of eggs and salad on the table. His coat is hanged on the chair.
Surprised Youka starts calling out to her father. Ding! She is startled when
the toaster rings since the toast of bread is ready.
Kou arrives and asks where their father is. He looks aghast
and starts to cry upon seeing Youka’s scared expression. Youka pulls herself
together and slaps her face. She holds Kou and tells him that they’ll look for
their parents together.
Scared Kou says yes. Youka thinks that the shoes are still
at the door so they are still in the house. They start to call out to their
parents. Youka wonders if there is some other place that is hidden in this
house. Then, her cellphone vibrates. Youka answers it.
It is her friend thanking her for entertaining them
yesterday and did her mother come back. Youka says no. Her friend apologizes
for she is going to say something that might be strange but she wanted to ask
if there is someone else who came to her house yesterday. Youka is puzzled.
Her friend explains how she can say this, they always felt
that there is someone fervently staring at them... Youka looks at the side and
notices that Kou is gone. She immediately drops the phone as her friend kept on
calling, hello, hello? Youka starts calling out to Kou.
Then, she bends down on the floor and thinks that she cannot
take this anymore, where everyone went!! Then, Kou’s soccer ball slightly bumps
into her. She thinks that it is his ball and this place is. She recalls that is
where she found that picture book.
She thinks that she always felt that there’s something very
strange about her and Kou’s room. If she were to estimate it according to the
floor area, there should be a hidden space between her room and Kou’s. She
takes a baseball bat and starts breaking down the wall. She wonders why this
wall is so wide.
She is surprised when she sees a flight of stairs behind the
wall. She climbs up the stairs with a flashlight. At the attic with some boxes,
she calls out to Kou and their parents if they are there. She steps on
something so she lights it up with her flashlight.
It is clothes with an apron. She recalls that is what her
mother is wearing. Then, she sees her father and Kou’s clothes on the floor.
She wonders why and what’s going on. Then, she hears the gu gu gu sound behind
her. She turns to look. She sees something black with a pair of eyes looking at
her. While she is startled, the black thing starts to envelope her.
She notices more clothes on the floor. She realizes that the
previous residents didn’t secretly run off at night, the people living in this
house before where all here... Then, she recalls wondering what is that gu gu
gu sound.
“This is...the sound of the stomach when it is hungry--...”
Youka tearfully tries to reach out but she is already in the mouth of the black
thing. After several months, a realty estate agent tells a young couple with a
baby that the wall has already been plastered again so it is very neat and
tidy.
The woman says that it looks quite good and how about buying
this house. The man notices something on the floor by the wall. He wonders what
it is. It is an apple designed hair pin. Then, they hear a gu gu gu sound and
wonder what is that sound.
Youka can only mentally tell them not to come and live in
this house... Yumi narrates: “This house is really alive so how can such a
thing be possible? But, in reality, such a house exists. Would it really be
okay for you to stay in that house? *sound of gu gu gu gu* If you hear a
strange sound coming out of it, please run away quickly, okay.”
Comment: Apparently,
the house itself is the culprit and not someone. I do wonder how come Youka’s
friends can sense they are being watched whereas the ones living in it didn’t.
Maybe, the house is hiding its presence for them to think everything is okay
with the house.
The growling sound gave the house away but the family was
too complacent over what it is. Well, they were told by the realty agent that
it is harmless. Of course, it is too late when they realize what it really was.
Scans by 离境汉化组
Quote of the day:
Don't sail out farther than you can row back. ~ Danish
proverb
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