Bab 148: Chapter 127 Three Lives_2

"Later, I became a dog. I didn't want to be a dog and thought about seeking death, but it wasn't possible. Annoyed, I bit a chunk of flesh from my master. My master beat me to death with a stick, and Yama said it still wasn't enough and sentenced me to die young. I died at the age of two. I didn't want to be manipulated like this, so I sought out a government office to protect me from being captured."

The child narrated everything in detail.

Listening to these words,

Yibai seemed to be deep in thought. After pondering for a moment, he asked, "Then, why did you smear filth all over the house? What's the reasoning behind that?"

The child answered, "I've heard the Underworld Messengers say that they are afraid of filth. Sometimes, when they come across a house covered with filth, they wait for the filth to disappear before entering to claim souls. I smeared filth all over the inside of the house to avoid being caught by the Underworld Messengers."

Filth repels evil.