When the quiet night comes again The evil shadows of the night that had been hiding and hiding their identities appeared as always. No one knows what exactly lies behind that evil shadow, or if there is, that person may not survive to tell the tale because 'it' will not leave even a fraction of those who know its dark secrets behind. Breath

According to the legend that

"The person who keeps secrets best is someone who has died."

CR.SQW

shadow

Far away, deep in the forest, are the coordinates of La Ong Village. It is located hundreds of kilometers from the city, far from the crowd of civilized people who hold weapons of great technology, far from the knowledge of the people and the laws of the country. To a place where no one cares, a village nestled in the middle of a mountain forest.

When the outside world's seasons change, but here they are reversed. Because there are only two things that are constantly circling. The night of the storm and the coldness of the dew in the dead of night

It is said that this place is a minority group that has been abandoned by the country, but they are not in trouble and even admit that being cut off from the outside world is the life they have dreamed of for a long time… both Freedom….and solitude

But the dreamlike peace did not last since the demonic shadow raged on the cold night as people fell asleep. He took advantage of the flickering light from the torches. Hunting down unlucky victims in the night People slowly turned into corpses one by one, leading to a series of murders. People in the village were afraid that the children who came out to play were forced to leave their homes for their safety and to prevent danger. It can happen at any time when peace turns to paranoia.

Not only with other neighbors, but also with people who live in the same family!

Add!

A small 17-year-old boy wearing a fine fur coat walked out to get some fresh air outside an old wooden house that was close to decay. He scanned the surroundings with his turquoise eyes in boredom. like every day It was normal that the toes were wrapped in expensive leather shoes, looking luxurious, as if a nobleman was slowly stepping out of the door, hoping to escape the oppressive atmosphere inside the house.

Earl Lucius was the only son of a formerly wealthy noble family. His father ran some businesses that raised the earl family's position to the highest point of social power. receive Fame and money, but the business he was doing was soon accused of corruption. With such unusual wealth, the head of the Earl Family was spoken of badly by people in society without standing. in society

His mother was also a former nobleman after the economy began to stabilize. Able to build flesh She acts like a lady at a social event. Doing good deeds to build up your image and deluding yourself with the false aristocratic society, indulging in the high social status given to you by Lucius' father...

Until one day a tragic event occurred. The patriarch of the Earl family and his wife were found dead in their home while celebrating their son's birthday. This was the worst news. People expressed their displeasure for Lucius, the only surviving son of the once prosperous family…

After that terrible incident, Lucius moved out of his father's mansion, packed up his necessities, and moved to the village with Uncle Lervance and his wife, a distant relative from Lucian's father's side. They didn't get along very well, but because Lucius was still a child, Uncle Lervance was forced to take him in.

“Lucious, you know that it's dangerous outside these days. Don't go outside and play, understand?”

Before the little boy could breathe in the fresh morning air into his lungs, a tall man's low voice suddenly interrupted him.

“Has Uncle ever seen me leave the house?”

The small figure with dark blue hair answered in a quiet voice, trying to hide his emotions. Uncle Lervance was immediately relieved when he heard this and a smile appeared on his lips. However, Lucius' expression still returned that smile with a neutral face, devoid of any emotion.

“Just for the time being, Lucius, wait for the serial murder cases to subside first. Please be patient.”

A man in his late 50s spoke in a concerned tone and reached out to gently pat his grandson's shoulder.

'The story will only be resolved when the murderer is caught! Why do old people like to think of shallow things like this...'

Lucius thought to himself, knowing that he could only reply with a word.

"yes"

As the sunlight slowly faded from the horizon, the coldness immediately took over this small village, along with the danger of the shadow of an evil demon hungry for the smell of blood… It's about to start hunting for prey again!!

The little boy was lighting a lantern to provide light inside the house. The village was completely cut off from the outside world and didn't even have electricity. His sharp face was tinted with the soft yellow light of the lantern. He stared at the flame and thought about something before placing the lantern on the bedside table and going to bed early as Uncle Lervance ordered.

The night was filled with danger and every road was shrouded in silence. and without any light Out of fear, everyone went to bed early. No one dared to walk out and be killed at a time like this. But then that thought It's not quite correct.

About five or six houses away from Lucius's house, an old woman lived alone with her two daughters. It was harvest time and the old woman was forced to leave her house late at night to harvest her crops because if she didn't do this she would suffer. Her child must have starved to death.

So yummy

The sound of something walking along the path filled with leaves rang out in the stillness of the atmosphere. The only sound was the sound of crickets. An old woman in an old navy blue robe was full of marks. Torn by time, when she heard the strange sound of something, she stopped her mission for a moment and began to roll her eyes in paranoia.

“Who is that!?”

The old woman said curiously, but in her heart there was always fear rising up, unable to force her rough hands to stop trembling.

“What do you want?!”

As the noise began to move closer to her body, she immediately felt that it was someone's footsteps! And that's when his blurred vision caught sight of a person's shadow!

“...What about Lucious? .....Is that right? Answer me!!!”

Before the old woman could see the face of the person behind the evil shadow, she drew a sharp knife high above her head and quickly stabbed it into the victim's heart, leaving no time for a scream.

“Ah”

The fishy smell of blood floated throughout the room, and blood splashed all over the floor. Before that shadow slowly disappears into the night..

The quiet night could not be returned to this village again. Last night there was one more corpse..

Bang!!

A loud pounding on the door caused vibrations throughout the entire house. Lucius, who was startled from his bed, was woken early by the sound of a knock on the door. No, I'd say it's better to smash the door.

'Who is this crazy person who came and pounded on my door so early in the morning!?'

The little boy kept his doubts in his heart and walked over, using his right hand to help himself up, but at that moment he noticed some marks on his shin. He used his thumb to gently wipe away the marks. Then it slipped out of my hand.

'What other marks are there?'

'forget it..'

Lucius put the mystery mark out of his thoughts and walked out the door with a drowsy expression, but was shocked when

“You murderer!!!!!”

“You killed my mother!!!”

A 20-year-old girl shouted loudly when she saw Lucius' face. She pointed a finger at the person in front of her, furiously pounding her fist into his chest.

"Oh, what's wrong? It hurts!"

Lucius flailed his arms and pushed the body in front of him until it fell to the ground. He didn't understand what the hell she was talking about, and who was this murderer?

..... Is he still like that?

“You are a murderer! You killed my mother.”

Before the sentence was finished, the owner of the blue eyes immediately had blood on his face. How dare he accuse him of being a murderer!

“What are you telling me? It wasn't me who killed your mother. Don't make random accusations! Psychotic bitch!!”

His hands trembled as he shouted at the beautiful face that was now stained with tears. Some of his body let out a loud cry that made his body tremble. It was as if he couldn't hold it back.

“What happened, Lucius!?”

Aunt Maria, Uncle Lervance's wife, rushed out of the kitchen when she heard the commotion of the two young women in front of their house. Lucius didn't say anything, but turned to look at the crazy woman he had just pushed. She fell down before closing the door on her in disdain.

Bang!!

“Tell Uncle what happened.”

“Well, I told you already. I've told you everything. That bitch is out of her mind. Suddenly they came to accuse me.”

When Uncle Lervance returned from work, he bombarded his beloved nephew with a barrage of questions. Lucious immediately became displeased at being treated like this, since he had done nothing wrong. Why must he be suspected?

“I went to bed at the time my uncle told me. I haven't even left the house yet. Can Uncle believe me yet?"

"Uncle already believes his nephew. He just asked because he was worried. Hehe."

The middle-aged man let out a deep sigh and his voice softened. He used his rough hand to gently stroke Lucius' head. The young man didn't know what was going on, but his expression immediately improved from his sullen expression.

But then the happy time when family members understood each other could not last for long and some unexpected events occurred.

Gong!

A signal sounded from the center of the village, indicating that something bad had happened. This sound was called because it was a call for everyone in the village to gather together to share some news for everyone in the village. La Ong is a small village that has not received the culture of the more developed townspeople, so news is not transmitted using newspapers. Instead, they will use the method of calling people to come together.

Uncle Lervance hurried out of the house as soon as he heard the muster signal ringing, not forgetting to warn his nephew.

"Stay here with Aunt Maria. Don't go anywhere. Uncle will come."

“Okay, okay.”

Lucius, whose brain hadn't fully processed it yet, had a slightly dazed face, but he accepted his uncle without any resistance.

3 hours have passed

Uncle Lervance still hadn't come home. Lucius began to sit with his butt not touching the floor. He felt agitated and it was late at night. Why hadn't his uncle come back yet? Aunt Maria would normally be asleep by this time, but today she was unable to do so because of excessive worry. Until I can shake it off

'Even though we should be careful of serial killers, why hasn't he come home yet? What if something dangerous happens?'

Lucius' composure finally broke and he quickly picked up a nice fur coat and put it on, before forgetting to grab a lit lantern and put it in his hand. The atmosphere outside was cold and dark. There were no lights coming from any of the houses and everyone gathered around following the signal that had sounded earlier.

Lucius couldn't help but think about what the meeting was about. He was also a person from this village, so he definitely had the same right to know as everyone else!

The curious boy reached out to open the door but was stopped in his tracks when the thing blocking his way was Uncle Lervance.

“Uncle Lervance!”

"Where are you going, Lucius?"

With a deep voice, the force of the thrust that hit Lucius caused him to fall. His head slammed against the door frame, what little consciousness he had left, trying to put the doubts in his head into words even though he tried to move his lips. But he couldn't do it. The young man reached out and touched the area where the pain had passed, before he saw bright red blood from the violent blow to his head flowing out and he fainted..

A pair of sharp blue eyes slowly opened and looked around him. The pain from his head being hit a moment ago was now even more intense than before, almost uncontrollable, but even so, he had to force his body to succeed. Standing up again, the last image he saw before he fainted was that of Uncle Lervance. That's right!

“Uncle...ha.”

Lucius's voice trembled slightly as he tried to adjust his eyes to the darkness in front of him. When he could see a bit, he immediately looked around to look for Uncle Lervance. But then he found out that his uncle had already turned into a corpse.

Lucius's lips became dry. He was helpless and unable to think when he saw dark red blood stains gushing out from his throat and wounds all over his body.

“Ugh... Pa, Aunt Mariaha!!”

The young man couldn't bear to look at the sight in front of him any longer and for the first time he decided to run away from there and shout for Aunt Maria immediately.

Why? What came back was silence even though just now. Aunt Maria hadn't even gone to bed yet. She is behind...

...It's him.

“Wow!”

Lucius couldn't believe the look in his eyes. Aunt Maria, who was still talking to him just now, had almost every part of her body cut with a knife. There was almost nothing left. His eyes widened even more than before. Right now, his brain couldn't understand anything anymore, no…anymore.

“Huh, no more...no...no... Eh"

The boy with blue eyes slowly glanced at something in his hand, his heart nearly stopping. I couldn't believe that it was true. What he was holding was..

knife

The weapon the murderer uses to kill his victims, the evil weapon is stained with a thick red liquid. And now his hands are ...bloodstained

vigorous..

Tears streamed down the boy's cheeks, his fingers twitched once before the knife fell to the ground. Lucius, the boy who survived the murder on the night of the birthday party, fell to the ground. In fact, he is the person who killed his own father and mother..

Yes, you heard it right..

It was Lucious's own work.....even though it was another identity of his.

His parents raised him without care, causing this little boy to grow up without love and warmth just because his parents indulged in false things. and deception as a result, Lucious had to create another personality to escape from all his suffering, one that did not remain sad. without pain

There is only happiness, happiness in killing... only.

It is not easy to accept that the evil shadow that creeps in during those dark times. It's an evil shadow...

It's his own shadow.

It's a short story that I wrote to send to a teacher at school last year. I just found the file on my computer so I thought it would be a good idea to upload it.

It was a story that was written and ended in a bit of a hurry. Well, at the end it was rushed so much that it wouldn't be delivered in time for the deadline, haha. There are many mistakes that haven't been corrected yet. It's blurry and mixed up.