episode_0048

Time passed after the woman in the mirror disappeared.

Da-jeong, who was lying limp on the living room floor, slowly came to her senses.

Dajeong opened her eyes and a painful groan came out of her mouth. We helped Da-jeong and laid her down on the blanket. Although she came to her senses, Da-jeong was not in good physical condition. I couldn’t move well, like I was exhausted.

I spoke to Da-jeong, who was lying down.

“Dajeong? Are you okay?”

“I don’t have any strength in my body… .”

“Do you remember what happened just now? You suddenly wrote a will and tried to jump outside.”

I picked up the cell phone that was lying on the floor and showed it to Da-jeong. There was a note written on Da-jeong’s cell phone suggesting suicide. It was a note written by Da-jeong herself, who woke up during the night.

“Look at this. There’s a note here on your phone.”

“Hipp… .”

As soon as Da-jeong saw the memo written on her phone, her face turned pale. This notepad was a problem that had to be checked and resolved. Because Da-jeong may really want to make an extreme choice. Apart from the ghost’s pranks.

“Did you write it yourself?”

“Oh, no… ! This is not what I wrote. I never thought about suicide or anything like that. Why do I commit suicide when my brother is alive?”

“Then?”

“My, my body moved on its own. I suddenly got up, said something strange on my phone, and tried to jump outside. Even though it was my body, it felt like someone else was moving it… . At first I thought it was a dream, but it wasn’t.”

Da-jeong clearly remembered that she had acted crazy. From what I heard, Da-jeong was conscious from the moment she opened her eyes. My body just moved on its own. Everyone was possessed by a ghost. I had no intention of making an extreme choice.

“What happened to me… ?”

Sarah answered Da-jeong’s question.

“You were briefly possessed by the ghost who harmed your brother. Ghosts can easily possess an unstable person. A girl like you right now is perfect for ghosts to play with.”

“Well, then what should I do? Am I going to die like this? Are you going crazy?”

Da-jeong looked at Sarah with a frightened expression. Maybe I could have been possessed by a ghost again. It was clear that if we left Da-jeong alone and walked around the neighborhood by ourselves, something big would happen.

However, we have not only met one or two people suffering from ghosts.

There was a way to protect Da-jeong.

“When the sun rises, let’s go to Hyehwadang.”

“Where is Hyehwadang?”

“It’s my house. There is a shrine inside Hyehwadang. Unclean things cannot enter the shrine unless invited. They say it’s safe there as long as you don’t talk unnecessarily.”

A shrine located in Hyehwadang.

It was a space where spirits were worshiped. As I became closer to Sarah, I learned something: unclean things, such as ghosts, could not enter the shrine of Hyehwadang without permission. If a person who was possessed was inside the shrine, the ghost would briefly leave the shrine.

Unclean things could enter the shrine only if they were invited by a person. In the past, there was a reason why Sarah placed Joo-hyuk and A-young, who were haunted by ghosts, in the shrine. That was the reason why Sarah at that time told me not to answer the ghost’s call.

“Is it really safe? Can I trust you?”

“If you’re not sure, just follow me.”

“Okay… .”

Dajeong nodded obediently.

After some time, the day dawned.

It was Saturday morning.

While the sun is up, the scope of the ghosts’ activities narrows.

The time has come for us to move.

“Let’s go out quickly.”

We took Dajeong and went outside.

After that, we took a taxi and went to Hyehwadang. Since it was a nearby town, I arrived quickly. We were able to relax only after seeing Da-jeong enter the shrine.

“I’m waiting at the shrine. We’ll contact you once the exorcism is over.”

“Yes.”

“I’ll give you something to eat. If you’re hungry, don’t go out and just eat something.”

Sarah handed a bag full of bread to Da-jeong at the shrine.

While Sarah was taking care of Da-jeong, I used Hyehwadang’s computer to investigate the accident that occurred in Soyeon-dong.

The words searched were Soyeon-dong, young woman, red clothes, and mirror. After searching for about an hour using mixed words, I was able to find an internet article that listed the woman’s identity.

“Sera! Come and read this. I found out who the woman was.”

“I’ll bring some bread.”

Sarah, who was in the kitchen, made toast.

Sarah and I read articles on the Internet while eating toast.

“Soyeon-dong mother and daughter murder case”

That was the title of the article.

It was a murder case that occurred in Soyeon-dong, Guro-gu in 2006.

The murderer was a young woman named Lee Eun-sook. Lee Eun-sook killed none other than her brother’s wife and daughter. When the police investigated why the mother and daughter were killed, an unusual reason was revealed.

This was because Lee Eun-sook had rationally loved her older brother since childhood.

Siblings develop an affection that goes beyond boundaries.

It was a taboo not only in Korea but in most countries. Eunsuk Lee’s older brother naturally rejected his younger sister’s feelings.

Eunsuk Lee did not give up even when her brother got married. Rather, she developed a twisted affection for her brother and hatred for his wife and daughter. Lee Eun-sook often sent text messages containing threats to her brother’s wife.

━Divorce my brother right away.

━Why do you keep saying that, lady?

━If only there weren’t bitches like you, we’d be happy. Why did you come between our innocent siblings?

━If you keep doing this, I will report you to the police… .

━Report it! Let’s see what happens.

It didn’t end with threats.

Lee Eun-sook actually went to the house with a weapon and murdered her brother’s wife and daughter. And I showed the bodies to my brother who came back from work. The older brother was extremely angry and strangled Lee Eun-sook to death.

My brother was arrested by the police.

That’s how the murder case ended.

Eunsuk Lee wore red on the day she committed murder.

When she was killed by her brother, there was a large full-length mirror behind her.

“She was not a normal woman even when she was alive.”

Sarah read an article on the Internet and clicked her tongue. It was the end of a woman who overcame the taboo between siblings. I couldn’t figure out what Eunsuk Lee was thinking when she showed her family’s corpses to her brother. Now all obstacles are gone. Did he even say something about running away from love?

Still, I found out where the ghost resided.

“It was a full-length mirror. You said that a mirror was shining when Lee Eun-sook died.”

“Yes. It’s a full-length mirror in the house where the murder occurred. We have to deal with that.”

It was a full-length mirror.

The female ghost inhabiting the mirror was moving through the mirror and causing accidents. It was understandable that most of the victims were men with younger sisters. It was because she held a grudge against her older brother who did not accept her feelings when she was alive. So, to relieve his resentment, he harmed other men.

“It’s a mirror… . But how do you burn a mirror?”

“You can’t burn it, right? Wouldn’t a full-length mirror be a bit big? Even if you pour oil on it and set it on fire, it won’t melt well.”

A minor problem arose.

The problem was that glass mirrors were difficult to burn. Glass had a high melting point. It seemed difficult to use the method of extinguishing the fire by lighting it as had been done so far.

“Um… .”

I thought about it for a moment. I felt like I had heard from my father a long time ago how to dispose of unclean items that cannot be burned.

“Let me take a look at your notes.”

“Is there a way?”

I took out a thick notebook containing my father’s story.

Was there a way?

It was a bit long and awkward, though.

My father’s solution was written in the notebook I made a while ago.

「… There are unclean items that do not burn easily or cannot be burned at all. When I was in high school, I had a hard time relying solely on the burning method. This happened when I tried to exorcise a ghost that resided in a stone Buddha statue. The statue did not burn well. “It was quite a struggle until I found out another way.”

“After many attempts, I discovered a useful method of worship. First, destroy the object that the ghost resides in. If you break it into pieces, the ghosts inside will inevitably come out. All you have to do is throw a human-like doll at the ghost that appears at this time. The doll must have the ghost’s real name written on it.”

“Didn’t they say that souls can easily reside in human-like dolls? It was as he said. If you destroy the object it was inhabiting, the ghost is bound to reside somewhere again. When a ghost comes in contact with a human-like doll, it is sucked in and resides in the doll. Just aim for this moment. If you cut off the doll’s head, you will be decommissioned.”

Sarah and I looked at the notes and were impressed.

It was knowledge based on my father’s experience of experiencing prenatal care.

“Wow, there was a real way.”

“You mean to forcibly put a soul into a doll and command it? It definitely makes sense. It is easy for souls to reside in dolls that resemble people. I used that in reverse.”

Sarah nodded as if she understood.

I recommended the doll to Sarah.

“How about a doll, Jewoong? Since it is an amulet doll, it will be more effective.”

We made an impromptu statue out of straw found in Hyehwadang.

It was a straw doll used in Korea to ward off evil. In the first place, Jewoong used it to cast bad luck on dolls instead of people. It was perfect for ghosts to reside in.

Zeung in the form of a woman was completed.

It was a straw doll wearing a skirt. We wrote Eunsuk Lee’s name on Jewoong’s body with a red pen. With this, preparations are complete.

The house where the murder occurred was in a residential area near Soyeon Station.

If you walk around the station, you might be able to find out its location.

We took a taxi and departed for Soyeon-dong.