Anthony came home late, and he had a fitful sleep, so he slept in, and no one knew he came back. Lilly got up only to sit around for a bit.
Pablo was writing something in his book, then he closed it up. "You're awake. Your uncle's back."
Hm? Lilly was still in a daze. Some kids would blank out for a few moments after they woke up. They couldn't register what anyone said to them, and it was adorable.
Pablo rested his chin on his hand and stared at the girl who had just woken up. Her hair was a bit unkempt. Then Polly came and started flirting again. "Do you smell that, babe?"
The dazed Lilly sniffed the air. "I smell nothing."
Polly pecked her hair. "I smell something sweet, and right after you woke up too."
"I see…"
Amused, Pablo said, "They were hypocrites last night."
And then an unlucky ghost took a hypocrite ghost into the room. Happily, he said, "Lilly, we—"
The Harem spirit said, "We got the ghost."
Weakling spirit smiled. "He resisted, and we had to work hard to subdue him."
Foolish ghost craned his neck. "Yeah. He gouged my eyeball out."
Huh? I don't remember resisting. That's a lie.
Unlucky ghost couldn't believe what he was seeing. "Hey, you said you wouldn't take any credit!" And now look at what you're doing. All those promises are lies!
Lilly blinked and snapped out of it. "Thanks for the hard work." She went to the end of her bed and pulled her pillow back. There was a bag of lollipops underneath, and she'd prepared them beforehand, though she fell asleep before the ghosts could come back.
Unlucky ghost's eyes shone. "Mine!"
Lilly sat on her bed and gave out the lollipops like a kindergarten teacher rewarding her students. "Eight for Ms. Ugly, eight for Mr. Foolish, eight for Ms. Harem, ten for Michael, eight for Tinkerbell…"
Tinkerbell was delighted that she got some too.
Lilly gave the last eight to an unlucky ghost. "And eight for Mr. Unlucky."
Unlucky ghost protested, "Hey, why'd he get ten?"
Weakling spirit smiled, and he said sweetly, "Because she calls me by my name, and you're the elders here. You won't fight a child, will you?"
Oh, now you call yourself a child?
"Tinkerbell's younger than you, though." Unlucky ghost pointed at Tinkerbell.
Tinkerbell held her lollipops and hid in the jar of souls. Ever since she became a ghost, she could never eat human food. Even if there was tribute, the most she could have was the scent. It was ethereal, and it lacked that certain something. However, she could taste the lollipops Lilly gave her.
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