Lilly had gone on the carousel ride twice by the time the spirits returned.
When she saw that there were only four of them, she asked curiously, "Huh? Did the man get away?"
The weakling spirit pressed his lips together. Then, he said in a low voice, "I'm sorry we've let you down, Lilly."
The harem spirit added, "That man has a few tricks up his sleeve. He managed to stop us and slip away in the meantime."
The unlucky ghost cried out gloomily, "We didn't think that we'd fail to capture him!"
Lilly replied calmly, "Well, that's alright."
Hmm… I wonder who that man is? He managed to defeat all four spirits!
I should get a good look at the man and find out more about him if we meet again next time!
On her way home, Lilly bought a big bag of lollipops and ten rainbow-colored cotton candies.
I'll give one cotton candy to each of the four spirits and Ms. Ugly. Then, I'll give one to Hannah, Drake, and Josh. Uncle Bryson and I will have one cotton candy each as well.
The spirits were elated, especially the harem spirit.
We're still getting candies even though we haven't caught the guy?!
The spirits couldn't enjoy eating any food from the realm of the living anymore. However, that was not the case with the food offered to them by Lilly.
The harem spirit took a bite of the cotton candy and grinned broadly. "Ha… I couldn't even recall when was the last time I had actual food…"
The weakling spirit kept the lollipops he received from Lilly in his pocket. Then, he started enjoying the cotton candy.
It's so sweet!
The young boy had an expression of utter satisfaction on his face.
As soon as Lilly reached home, Bettany welcomed her back by giving her a tight embrace and a peck on Lilly's cheek.
"What did you do at the amusement park today?" Bettany looked at Lilly with loving eyes.
Lilly paused for a moment. "We visited the haunted house! Uncle Bryson and the others kept sticking close to me!"
Bettany furrowed her brows. "The haunted house?"
Bryson almost jumped upon hearing that. He quickly explained, "Anthony had all the staff who played the ghosts take the day off."
Well, we didn't see any fake ghosts, but we saw real ones…
Bettany gave a slight nod. Then, she said in a stern voice, "Still, you shouldn't go to those places next time. You're too young to be experiencing the haunted house at the amusement park."
Josh and Lilly nodded vigorously. "Mhm! Mhm!"
That evening, Anthony arrived home just as they had gotten ready for dinner.
He was listening attentively to Lilly, describing her experience on the carousel rides in excitement.
"I had so much fun! Too bad there were too many people at the amusement park today. We spent a long time waiting in the line than the time we got to go on the ride!"
I was going to try the other rides, but there were so many people at the amusement park today. We'd have to spend a long time queueing up, and it was getting late. We decided to come home in the end.
Anthony nodded. "Do you like the amusement park?"
Lilly munched on a fried chicken drumstick as she said, "Yeap!"
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