We had crossed most of the corridors letting Estelle check the places where the so-called stains were laid. There was more to check yet a sudden wish to meet dad came over me. Hence, the next place and last to check that first day was Dad's bureau.
"N-ninth…" — When we still had yet to arrive Estelle mumbled, blue and tremorous. — "Those doors… are we to cross them?"
"? Yes, those lead to father's bureau."
"The ninth's father's… how long does he spend his days in there?"
"… mostly all day. What is it, do you see something? You are worrying me, Estelle."
"That place is so rotten with the tainted curses that it oozes through the hall. If the ninth's father spends most of his days there, the exposure to the curses has been stronger for a long time too."
My blood turned cold doubting the truth for as far as I know Dad had been clean from the start. His warmth was all I knew as pure… and yet…
