Akushi
Chapter Ten
Akushi. A man that once lived here in Takayama. A man who was outdoors and enjoyed working as a toy-maker. A man who died just a couple years after Rena was born.
"He was so lovely, I heard," Rena had told me. He was a good man. So, what was the problem? "One day he was found dead in his house."
I remember Rena's exact direction of her index finger pointing through the open forest. She told me there was a creek that the man enjoyed finding crawfish in.
Was that creek similar to the one Mion took us all to find the special stone? Of course. That was why Rena was so upset that day.
Akushi. A man who's spirit still remained in Takayama in his most special places.
It was so much to take in that I didn't say a word to Rena the rest of the day. A ghost? It just wasn't realistic enough to believe. And even so, why be so scared? Was he evil? There obviously had to be a reason why Rena was so afraid of him.
However, how could I process all this false information? There just isn't such a thing as a ghost. Right?
