In front of Shizuku and the girls were ghostly apparitions. Some had maid clothes on. Some had armor on. Some even had fancy dresses and suits on. They seemed to be the dead of those who lived in this castle long before this place became what it was now. At least, that was the backstory that Shizuku was giving the castle. She figured every dungeon like this needed some kind of story to it.

“Shizu, I don’t think we will find any maids and guards doing it…..” Miyumi looked at her long-time friend with a strange gaze.

“You never know! What if they are just following the pattern they were used to? Maybe some of the maids were frolicking with the knights!” Shzuku’s imagination was running wild. “Wait, what if it was two maids indulging in the taboo? Pleasing each other with everything they had. Living in such close quarters is bound to make a lesbian or two, right? Isn’t that how jails work?”

“I don’t think even that….” As the group came to the first door, Miyumi shut up. Mainly because right in front of them was one maid sitting on the bed with her legs spread wide open, and between them was another maid looking as if she was cleaning house with her tongue.  

“I was just joking, but it seems….” Even Shizuku, who had talked about it, couldn’t help but be surprised at what she was seeing. 

“Should we kill them?” Mei asked while cracking her knuckles. She seemed raring to go.

“They are not aggroing yet, so let’s leave them be; if we do not attack them, they might not attack us.” Shizuku noticed that they could walk right past these ghosts and they would not attack them. The girls walked down the hall, doing their best not to touch any ghosts at all. 

It was not until they reached the last room that they discovered an orb covered in a purple miasma that they all suddenly got a bad feeling. “If we touch this, they will attack us, right?” Shizuku asked. She had seen things like this before. Where enemies where friendly until you touched something you shouldn’t.

“I am almost seventy percent sure it is. My guess is that we need this orb to unlock something in the main hall to progress further.” Miyumi replied.

“Master, I do believe we will be in for a fight and a nasty one at that.”  Mei also agreed that touching this orb was bad.

“Well, no matter what, we will need to touch it, so let’s get ready first. Mei, you will help Miyu hold the line. This room has no ghosts in it, so we will need to push forward. I will do my best to assist. If you find that your attacks are not working then I will try my attacks. This is actually very good training if you think about it.” Shizuku was trying to look at the plus side of things. While it was not the best of situations. If they played their cards just right, they could deal with it with no problem. That is, if they can damage the ghosts.

“Just give us the word!” Miyumi pumped herself up. After fighting skeletons, what could be worse?

“Then I will take the orb and stash it in my bag. Get ready. On the count of three!” Shizuku took a deep breath and looked at the girls. They nodded at her to signal they were ready, and Shizuku began her countdown. “1…. 2…. 3…!”

Shizuku grabbed the orb and stuffed it in her bag. The hall suddenly filled with a purple miasma. The ghosts all began to cry out in pain. Their pain cries slowly, turning into roars. All of this was happening right before the girl’s eyes. The ghosts who were happily going about their business were now ghouls who had torn flesh and guts hanging out of their bodies. A horrible stench filled the air.

“Is it too late to put the orb back?” Shizuku asked as she looked at the horror show in front of her.

    “Most likely. At least it looks like we can kill them….” Miyumi frowned. She did not wish to touch these things.

“I can’t breathe! My nose is burning!” Mei’s eyes were filled with tears as she held her nose.

“I’m gonna kill everything. Just look forward and do not stop. I am taking the lead.” Shizuku decided that training was out. This was just too disgusting! 

“I like this plan!” Mei cried out.

“Then don’t lag behind!” Shizuku drained some blood from her staff and let it swirl around her and the girls, turning them into blades that spun around them. “Let’s go!”

Shizuku and the girls ran forward. As soon as they stepped into the hall, the ghouls all turned to attack them. But with Shizuku’s bloody blades acting as a lawn mower, they were quickly cut down. The group ran down the hall, slicing everything in their path in half, quickly making it to the other end. Shizuku let out a sigh of relief as they stopped next to the first room. 

“Shizu, look.” Miyumi pointed into the first room.

 Shizuku turned and looked intoside to see the two ghost lesbians still going at it. “See, I always told you that Yuri was pure!”