Chapter 432.

Chapter 432.

Chapter 432. Soul Exchange. (4/7)

“Yeah, I do.” Before I left the room at the hospital I’d actually ripped out and folded up a few pages from the notebook since I figured the carbon copy paper could prove to be quite useful. I’d never really considered how it could be used before since it was something I never used.

When I pulled out my pen and the folded papers from my pocket, Rosa said, “You sure are prepared.”

“I never know when there’ll be an opportunity to acquire a soul after all.”

I wrote up a very rudimentary contract where Rosa would sell me her soul and receive nothing in return.

“Here you go.”

When she signed it she asked curiously, “Did it work?”

“No... it doesn’t seem like it.”

“How can you tell?”

“My body reacts a certain way.”

“Can you see souls?”

“No, but I can taste them.”

“You mean you eat them?

“I don’t think I’m eating them.”

“You mean you aren’t going to eat me?” She had a mischievous smile as she asked that.

“Enough with the innuendos.”

“Do souls taste good?”

“It depends.”

“You mean if I’m a rotten person it’ll taste bad?”

“No, I don’t think the taste depends on the person.”

“It doesn’t? Then what does it depend on?”

I started writing up the serious contract while I explained, “Whether the deal was in my favor or not. If it was a shit deal it tastes sour and bitter. If it was a good deal it tastes sweet. The better the deal, the sweeter it tastes. The worse the deal, the more sour and bitter. Oh, there are also other effects that happen when it’s a bad deal though.”

“I see. What are the other effects?”

“Cold sweat and abnormal heart palpitations accompanied by a stabbing pain. But from what I’ve experimented with, this is specifically in the case when a certain condition is offered in the contract.”

“What’s the condition?”

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“Why~ that’s not fair~ tell me~”

“Here you go, please sign on the dotted line.”

“I won’t sign it if you don’t tell me.” She pursed her lips cutely.

“Then I guess it can’t be helped. I suppose we’ll just have to forget about this contract.”

I moved to rip the contract in half, but Rosa snatched it out of my hand and grumbled, “Jeez, you’re supposed to cave in when your girlfriend asks you something sweetly.”

“Who made that law?”

The blurry brightness came into focus again. It was still gray.

How peculiar.

Is what I’m looking at... her soul?

Are all souls gray or are there other colors?

If there are, what would the color represent though?

And why can I suddenly see it?

Is it because I went and sold my soul to her?

Can I see other people’s souls now too?

Can I see my own soul?

Wait, before that... souls... really exist and can be seen?

Even though I’d accepted the existence of souls to a certain degree, I still held my doubts since I hadn’t seen one before.

But if this was really a soul... I had no way to deny its existence now.

Actually... isn’t this going to be really annoying seeing this all the time? It was kind of cool at first but... wouldn’t this make it a pain in the ass to fall asleep with her around?

I closed my eyes and confirmed I could still see the bright light through my eyelids. You’ve got to be kidding me.

“Why’d you close your eyes?”

“I’m thinking about something very important.”

“What?”

“How I’m supposed to fall asleep from now on.”

I opened my eyes in time to see Rosa’s lips twitching.

“That’s really the first thing you worry about?”

“Of course, sleep is very important.”

“Haaaaaah. If your first concern is that, I was worried about you for nothing.”

I refocused on the blurry light around Rosa and made a new discovery. It had changed to green.

What caused this?

What changed?

Her mood?

If that was true, did that mean the color was related to how she felt?

“Rosa, sorry for worrying you. I love you.”

Pink. It had changed colors again. This time I’d seen it right as it happened. The change occurred the second I told her I loved her.

Rosa moved in close and kissed me on the cheek.

“It’s fine I guess. As long as you’re alright.” She shot a brilliant warm smile back at me.

It seemed the colors were basically a mood detector.

... so freaking useless. I don’t need to see her soul to know what mood she’s in.