Life in Another World With Narration

32 – The Curse of the Belle Epoque Mansion

The Belle Epoque Mansion, known as the cursed mansion, was located in a remote, sparsely populated area some distance from Kubel.

Because it was originally an expensive mansion owned by a nobleman, the road leading to it was well-paved enough for carriages to pass by.

Garden trees were also planted on the road close to the mansion.

The garden trees, which appear to have been cut to their original shape, grew in strange shapes due to lack of maintenance.

After passing through the large iron gate decorated with colorful patterns, there was a fountain in the middle of the garden.

Even though water was not coming out.

“Oh… It must be really expensive…….”

It was just a little poorly maintained, but it was definitely a mansion worth tens of thousands of gold.

If it had been in clean condition, it wouldn’t have been surprising if the price had been higher.

They say there is a real estate sales method that involves buying a shabby property in a good location and selling it at a profit after remodeling.

Maybe it’s possible here too? If you’re good at this, won’t you be able to play and eat for the rest of your life?

“As you can see, it’s a pretty big mansion. “Several adventurers wanted to own this mansion and tried to break the curse, but it didn’t work out.”

Tina said to me, who was picturing in her head a dream of winning a fortune and turning her life around.

For this request, Tina, a rare receptionist, accompanied us.

In addition, I brought Sylphy, who had accompanied me on the quest to subdue Arachne Queen, as she said she would go with me.

The reason Tina, who is not an adventurer, is here is because she wants to reexamine the level of the request.

Adventurers of the appropriate level came to cancel the request three times.

It must have been a concern at the guild level as well.

Because of that, it seemed that Tina, the receptionist, was checking and reviewing the progress of her request in real time this time.

The more I look at the receptionist, the more I see that it is not an easy task to do field work like this.

According to preliminary information obtained from the guild, the curse in the Belle Epoque mansion is not magical but closer to a psychic phenomenon.

That is why many methods to lift the curse were tried but they did not work.

If it was a curse that was artificially created by a wizard or shaman, it could be removed with something like a curse removal spell.

However, Tina explained that if the cause of the curse is a ghost like this, there is no way to lift it.

“Hey… “Are you really saying there’s a ghost?”

Sylphy looked around anxiously.

Of course, I don’t know how to deal with ghosts.

But that doesn’t mean we didn’t prepare at all.

“First of all, I packed a lot of helpful things in my bag.”

I opened the bag I brought and took out the items inside.

They range from ornaments with church symbols, holy water, stakes, garlic, green onions, rice, salt, and crosses.

From what I know, once I had an exorcism, I brought everything I could think of.

Honestly, I think the chances of it working are low, but wouldn’t it be better than nothing?

“I… “Does this really work?”

“Originally, something like this is a battle of wits. “If the opponent is a ghost, you have to be strong and look at it first.”

“Wh… also! Senior Yunoa! “It means that taking the lead is important!”

When Sylphy heard my words, her eyes sparkled and she nodded.

“But why do you keep calling me senior? “It’s the same grade.”

“I just feel like a senior…” … City… “Do you not like it?”

“No, it’s not that I don’t like it.”

I rather like it.

Who can resist a cute junior?

“Tina, are you coming inside the mansion too? “It might be dangerous.”

After getting ready to enter the mansion, I asked Tina.

Even though she is a receptionist at the guild, she is a receptionist.

It would be too much to take her to her mansion, where her sturdy Silver-level adventurer would run out, her tears and her snot running down her face.

She is said to be a former saint, but I don’t think that experience will be helpful in exorcising ghosts now.

“I will wait outside. If there is any problem, please come and report it.”

Tina suddenly took out her notebook and twirled her pen with her right hand.

It seems like they are going to record what happens during the request.

It feels a bit burdensome, but that’s her job now.

Anyway, I carefully stood in front of the door of the Belle Epoque mansion with Sylphy.

Is it a ghost anyway? ….

I was a little surprised that this world was having so much trouble with the ghost problem.

It is a world where there are monsters that are clearly undead, such as skeletons and zombies.

Wouldn’t it be possible to get rid of ghosts by just calling a priest and using holy magic?

Or is it something different from ordinary monsters?

Well, since it is difficult to solve this problem with most methods, the only way to do it is to investigate.

Kkieeeik─

The door to the mansion opened very easily when pushed by hand.

The sound of opening the door is loud, perhaps because the hinges are old.

There will be quite a few places to repair later.

“U… you… Senior Yunoa… ….”

When I entered the mansion, Sylphy trembled and clung to me.

Seeing that he couldn’t take his feet off the floor and was just looking at the ground, I thought he was really scared.

But it wasn’t particularly night right now and we had just entered the mansion.

“Lift your head. “For something like this, momentum is important.”

“That… But… ….”

The inside of the mansion was extremely messy.

There are also several footprints with dirt on the floor.

It seemed to be the traces of other adventurers who had received the request first and visited here.

“Seo… Aren’t seniors scary? “They say there is a ghost.”

Sylphy asked me as I slowly looked around the inside of the mansion.

No, actually, I’m scared too.

But there was a definite driving force that enabled me to overcome that fear.

This is the enormous value of this mansion.

Isn’t there a saying called financial therapy?

Ghosts are honestly scary, but if I solve this problem well, I will be able to own the entire mansion.

If the request had been to exorcise a ghost from a shabby abandoned house and lift a curse, I wouldn’t have come in the first place.

It was said that ghosts are afraid of strong-willed people.

I once heard somewhere that even in a room where ghosts appear after a person dies, there is no problem if you are strong-willed.

Now, repeat it in your mind.

I am the strongest. I’m not scared even if a ghost or something appears.

I will chase away the ghosts from this place and take over this mansion proudly.

『Yunoa entered the Belle Epoque mansion, called the cursed mansion, using her greed as the lead.

He tried to erase his fear using all kinds of meaningless methods.

However, the method Yunoa prepared was completely useless against the ghost of this mansion.』

No, please let me know about that quickly.

Are you saying that all the secret exorcism items I prepared are useless?

I suddenly feel anxious.

“Sylphy, if you find anything strange, please tell me right away.”

I said as I slowly entered the mansion.

“Sylphy?”

There is no answer.

When I looked to the side, Sylphy, who had been following me closely until just now, had disappeared.

Suddenly, goosebumps appear and a shiver runs down my spine.

And then the inside of the mansion suddenly started to get dark.

A pale fog filled the interior of the mansion, and visibility became narrow.

“Sylphy? “Sylphy!”

I was wandering around the mansion, calling Sylphy’s name.

I felt something dangerous and tried to go back to where I came from and leave the mansion, but strangely, I ended up lingering in the same place.

Is this what the curse of the mansion is?

Is Sylphy in the same situation as me right now?

I was honestly a little worried because I was so scared.

First, we have to find a way to get out of this situation.

In times like these, we need to maintain composure.

I guess all the adventurers who visited before got scared by what happened in this mansion and ran away.

I tried to stay as calm as possible so as not to end up like the scared man I saw at the guild.

Rock! Shake! Whiiing─

The wind blew from somewhere and the windows rattled.

The fog became even thicker, and I could no longer figure out where I was in the mansion.

Is this also a hallucination created by a ghost?

My body was getting colder and trembling, but I held back so as not to panic.

The reason I was able to maintain my composure even in such a scary situation was thanks to what I had heard from Tina in advance at the guild.

Anyway, this request is designated as silver level by the guild.

Although the three adventurers failed the request, the guild said that the curse here was not particularly life-threatening.

In fact, the man who visited the guild to cancel the request also had no injuries on his body.

So, the ghost in the mansion does not pose a threat to life and does not cause harm to the body.

Then, wouldn’t it be possible to endure it with the feeling of a truly terrifying test of courage?

Susssuk─ Susssuk─

A strange sound began to be heard somewhere in the dark room of the mansion.

A strange feeling comes over me, as if bugs are crawling on my body.

Boom!

“Wow! Seed! It’s a surprise!”

Suddenly, the chair in front of me flew up and crashed into the wall.

Then a sound like a child’s scream was heard on the wind.

『Yunoa was increasingly being swallowed up by the fantasy created by the Belle Epoque mansion.

He was scared as if he was going to urinate at any moment, but he was trying to deceive himself by pretending that he wasn’t scared.

But the more it happened, the more the illusion of the mansion swirled to break Yunoa’s heart.』

As the narration said, it was actually scary as hell.

But I was afraid that if I lost my mind here, I would end up like the man who gave up on the request, so I gritted my teeth and held on.

I trust the guild’s information that my life is safe.

This is simply a mental attack.

The next moment, my vision suddenly started to darken from the surroundings.

I had no idea what on earth had happened.

After a while, when I opened my eyes again.

I was tied to a wooden chair in a damp basement.

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