Night of the White Ghost

[They say that on the night of the waning moon, a hundred demons appear and carry people away.] In the place where Minju lived, wars had broken out constantly since ancient times. Minju grew up hearing stories that, at night, the ghosts of those who had died on the battlefield would appear and carry off the living, but on that night, she had no choice but to run. [It turns out someone showed up wanting to buy that girl.] Because she found out that her aunt and uncle, who had raised her in place of her parents after she was orphaned, were trying to sell her. [They say a sacrifice is needed for the river dragon. Since they’re offering fifty bolts of silk, it’s a good opportunity.] Those offered as sacrifices to the river god were drowned alive, thrown into the water while still breathing. Minju could not accept dying that way, so summoning her courage despite her fear, she fled from home and headed into the mountains. Lost in the darkness of the mountains, without a single light to guide her, she wandered aimlessly until she fell off a cliff. The one who saved her was none other than the White Ghost. The White Ghost, clad in white armor and with hair turned completely white, made her an offer she never could have imagined. “Do you know why I died?” “I-I heard you died on this mountain during last year’s battle...” “I still have not been able to find my body. Until I do, I cannot leave this world. So if you help me find it, I will spare your life.” The White Ghost told her he would spare her life if she found his corpse. Minju would have to find the White Ghost’s body, buried somewhere in that mountain. “I will give you ten days. If you find it within ten days, I will let you live. But if you fail, I will devour you alive.” Will Minju be able to find the White Ghost’s corpse in only ten days? “Perhaps I have been unable to ascend to the afterlife because I died a virgin.” And yet, even after countless hardships, when she finally found the White Ghost’s corpse, he started saying strange things. “I think that if you take my virginity, I, too, may finally leave this world in peace.” Now, in order to send the White Ghost to the afterlife, she would also have to take his virginity. Who could have imagined that she would end up finding a ghost’s corpse and sleeping with him? But this ghost... is warm. His body is warm like that of a living person, and she can even feel the beat of his heart. Is this man really a ghost? Is this man really the White Ghost?