The King's Obsession

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C421 - Three Counts- Part 3

"Jungkook." He heard Lisa call him, and he made his way to where she was, "Before you arrived, I saw the creature in here. Salvate Mortem."     

Jungkook's eyes narrowed, "Did it try to talk to you?" and he saw her shake her head.      

"No. It didn't speak to me, it stepped out of the room," Lisa had a frown on her face. She had been worried when she had seen it in here, a visitor whom she hadn't expected to see nor was she interested in meeting. When the creature had stepped out of the room, she had felt relieved at the thought that it had left the castle, not realizing it could have gone to Momo's room.      

Suddenly turning alert, Lisa quickly crawled out of bed, and said, "What if it went to Momo's room?"      

Jungkook's eyes narrowed, and he asked, "Who is there with her?"      

"Raphael. He said he would be looking after her."      

Both of them left their room, making their way towards the quarters where Momo was in. Jungkook had reached the door before her, and when the door did open, Lisa's eyes frantically looked at the bed to find Momo sleeping, while Raphael, who was sitting on the chair that was next to the bed, looking up at the couple who stood at the door.      

"Did you leave the room, Raphael?" questioned Jungkook and Raphael didn't know if he was supposed to leave the room. Something looked amiss as the lady's eyes had turned wide as if she had come running here.      

"No?" came the careful answer from Raphael.     

"Mr. Sparrow, did you see anyone in here?" Lisa demanded the answer from him, and the man shook his head.      

"Not that I remember," he picked up the book to show them what he had been up to, "Is everything alright?" With Jungkook in here with Lisa, Raphael believed it was something serious.      

Lisa's eyebrows had knitted together, keenly observing the quiet room, staring at Momo's bed. Jungkook's lips that were set in a thin line, said, "It's the Salvete Mortem. Lisa saw one of them enter the room and leave."      

"Greetings from the death?" Raphael had heard about it, but he had never seen one. Considering how Lisa was a dark angel, he didn't appear to be too surprised by hearing that she could see it. "Their presence never brings good news. If I may ask, have you seen them before?" The question was directed to Lisa.      

"Today. It was next to her bed," whispered Lisa and a subtle frown appeared on the card reader's face. "But I think the one I saw minutes ago, was a different one. It had an axe in its hand."      

Jungkook looked at Raphael while thinking. He asked, "Do you know what it means?"      

Lisa walked near Momo, checking her temperature to see if her sister had caught a fever or if her leg had started to bleed again. The last time, when Sehun had touched her in the dungeon, his body temperature was hotter than the average temperature of a person. She had read some books and had come to find that werewolves did have a higher body temperature compared to the other people who walked in this realm.      

Raphael answered Jungkook's question, "There are different representations when it comes to death. The first one with nothing in its hand. It is nothing less to a greeting for a possible death that might arrive at the person's door. The second Salvete Mortem with an axe means it's preparing for a kill."     

"Someone's going to die?" asked Lisa. There was already enough blood and death, she thought to herself, she didn't want more.      

Jungkook asked, "Does the death take place the very time when it appears? How do we get to know when a person is going to die?"