Come
Something strange in its very existence came to visit Simone.
She felt like all the drowsiness was gone. She had already prepared her mind, but when the situation came, her throat was blocked and not even a sound could come out.
Knock.
What can be heard in the breathtaking silence is the faint sound of a knock on the door.
Simone pursed her lips and quietly glared at the door. Her fist clenched without realizing it.
Knock knock.
Another knock was heard outside the quiet door.
So intermittently.
Knock knock.
Irregularly.
Knock knock.
The constant knocking on the door stopped at some point. Then...
Rattle.
Simone took a step back without realizing it. Something was now shaking the doorknob.
Rattle, rattle.
Something that was repeatedly knocking and shaking the door began to act gradually more violently and faster when Simone did not respond.
Knock, knock, knock. Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock!!!!!!
Rattle, rattle, rattle, rattle, rattle, rattle!!!!!!
Every time it shook the doorknob, the ground shook. Every time something outside knocked on the door, a gap widened as if the door would break. Through it, Simone could see pale, dry, cracked skin.
"Ha.”
Simone barely made a sound and exhaled. She really felt like her heart was going to fall out.
However, Simone tried to suppress her fear got up from the chair, and slowly walked towards the door.
Even if it's scary, she has to solve it. Because it is better to overcome fear once than to die.
Simone tried to gather herself again.
Kwang kwaang! Bang!
Simone stood quietly in front of the door that was banging ceaselessly. That moment...
Quang! Teok!
The sound of hitting the door stopped.
Hi-Hi...
A delicate girl's voice was heard. Her bright red eyes were looking at Simone and smiling brightly through the crack in the door that was barely holding on.
There is...
The delicate girl's voice suddenly changed into that of an old man.
Hehehehe! Heeheeheehee! There was... There was too... Hee hee hee!
The thing outside the door peered a little further through the gap in the door and looked at Simone as if it were an indulgence, flirting with her.
Simone looked at that gaze without expression. No, she couldn't make any facial expressions.
It looked so disgusting and bloody that she couldn't even react.
"Let's stay calm. Calm down."
I shouldn't be nervous. I don't have to be scared. I was already scared enough, but what would happen to me if I got more scared?
The fact that it came right here instead of wandering around means that it was drawn by Simone's enormous power. It will want to take over this power of death. If she loses in a fight, she gets eaten. That was all Simone had to think about.
As they were having a snowball fight through the crack in the door for a while, the cracked skin moved and grinned.
Was there?
The moment Simone takes a deep breath.
Door, door, door, open the door!
Bang!! Quang!
It started shouting and pounding on the door even more frantically.
It was really strange. Is it possible that with all this noise being made, not a single person comes to check this place?
It was as if the group had been put under a sleep spell.
The silence of this space was broken only by the grotesque and Simone.
Open the door, open the door, open the door, open the door!
It shouted and pounded on the door.
No, can it be considered as knocking? That thing was meant to be destroyed.
You already knew you would become prey.
You shouldn't be scared.
Even though they are facing each other with this single wooden door in between.
Simone stood in front of the door with her trembling hands clenched into fists.
Open the door, open the door, open the door, open the door, open the door, open the door, open the door, open the door, open the door!
At that time, the surroundings suddenly became quiet.
There were no more voices or knocks on the door. The sight of it looking at her with its bright red, bloodshot eyes disappeared quickly, and the door that had opened closed again.
'What?'
Simone looked around without realizing it.
Usually in horror movies, when you think it's gone you're relieved. It's already in the room, isn't it?
"Wow, I'm so scared?"
At that time, a voice was heard again from beyond the door.
"Open it."
Simone stopped to think. The young woman's voice changed to a low, polite man's.
An unfamiliar yet familiar voice.
It belonged to the Grand Duke of Illeston.
Knock.
"Open it."
Of course, Simone also knew that the person standing in front of the door now was not Grand Duke Illeston.
Simone cautiously opened her mouth.
"Who are you?"
Simone frowned. It seems that It wasn't the answer the other person wanted.
She sighed softly and reluctantly gave the other person the answer they wanted.
"Are you the Grand Duke?"
"Yes, the Grand Duke."
The voice was the Grand Duke's, but it spoke in an awkward manner, like a child who had just learned human language.
Simone calmly asked again.
"Which Grand Duke are you?"
"This is Grand Duke Illeston."
"What are you doing tonight?"
"I have something to say. Please open the door."
Click.
The doorknob clicked once. Simone looked at this, then stretched out her hand grasped the doorknob tightly, and spoke firmly.
"Sorry, but I can't open it."
Then this time a girl's embarrassed voice came out.
"Why?"
Simone spoke in a slightly sleepy and bored voice.
"I'm so sleepy right now."
"This is the Grand Duke'sorder."
This time, the Grand Duke's voice and tone of speech.
"Then come back in a week. Then I will open the door."
"Really?"
This time, the voice of a Grand Duke but with a childlike tone. Simone thought so and nodded her head towards the invisible counterpart. And after letting go of the doorknob, she turned around.
"Good night."
"..."
There was silence.
Are you worried? Or did it just agree and go back?
"... Did you go?"
Rattle rattle rattle!!!!
“Aaaah!”
Knock.
Knock.
When there was no sound despite several knocks, the unidentified person outside the door lingeringly clicked the doorknob one more time before disappearing without a sound.
"Ha."
Simone exhaled and relaxed her stiff body. It felt like the dangerous air that had been chilly throughout the space was finally regaining its warmth.
Simone trudged to bed with her cold, still shaking hands together.
"Finished..."
Still, she did everything she had to do in advance, she made sure that it only moved when everyone in the mansion was asleep, just like she saw in the novel.
Now.
'I just need to manage my mana properly for a week.'
If she can handle even the basics of her abilities as a necromancer based on Simone's memories and the information in the book, she wilI be able to deal with this level of curse very easily.
In terms of the game, the tree monster is at the level of the monster in front of the village at LV.1.
She's such a timid person that she hides herself and can't get the answer just by watching it move while everyone else is sleeping.
This guy is that easy for a necromancer.
Then let's sleep now.
"....I'm so tired."
Simone trudged to bed.
It's fucking hard. Overworking is the same whether in Korea or here.
She slowly turned her head and looked at the clock, it was already 4 in the morning.
As she waited for it to arrive, so much time passed.
Simone already used up all my stamina to escape from the orphanage...
"Ugh."
As soon as Simone lay down on the bed, she fell into a deep sleep.
***
And the next morning.
"Simone."
Simone opened her eyes with Anna's timid but caring voice.
"Good morning?"
Simone nodded and swept the soft side of the blanket with a serious face.
Oh my God.
"I slept well, no joke."
After all, isn't bed a science? Escaping from an orphanage, using the power of death properly for the first time, waiting all night until dawn, and even encountering a ghost.
The fatigue that had plagued Simone all at once disappeared like snow melting away after a good night's sleep.
"How can this be?"
"Yes?"
I've never been there, but is this what the beds that I heard are only used in 7-star hotels in Dubai feel like? Even in this modern world, does it make sense that fatigue that was not relieved no matter how much you rested can be completely relieved in one night?
"Haha"
When Anna realized that Simone's serious concerns were not a big deal, she smiled lightly with relief.
The other senior servants didn't seem to like Simone very much, but from Anna's point of view, she was a nobleman who had come to lift the curse on the mansion, so she wanted to treat her well anyway.
"I will prepare the meal in your room like yesterday."
"Did anything happen last night?"
"Yes."
What Anna asked was about sleeping last night.
However, Simone gave an unexpected answer that was different from her intention.
"The tree at the front gate will disappear in the morning a week later as planned."
"Yes?"
Tree?
Anna's head automatically turned out the window.
A red tree blocked the front door that Anna had never passed by since the day she was first sold to this mansion.
She thought that it would probably never disappear as long as Anna worked at this mansion.
However, the girl in front of her lightly said that it would disappear in a week.
The curse that has isolated this mansion for 300 years can be lifted so easily?
'How great is the power of a necromancer...'
Is that possible? The size of the tree is so large that it would take a week to just remove the tree.
'I don't believe it, but...'
But Anna did not reveal her thoughts.
This was something that Simone, who brought up the topic, would solve anyway.
Regardless of whether a single servant believes it or not, the planned outcome will not change.
A table full of dishes was set up.
This amount of food seemed overwhelming in the morning, but once again, Simone got angry and began to slowly empty the bowl.
"Simone, after breakfast, you're instructed to remain freely in the mansion until the Grand Duke calls you."
"Thank you for letting me know."
The Grand Duke was not as strict as expected.
Simone definitely thought that as soon as she finished breakfast, she would be called for some reason, such as to report what happened during the night.
"I will record and compile the bedtimes of the people in the mansion!"
"Anna, thank you so much."
The only person she can rely on in this mansion is Anna. Anna nodded her head, smiling widely with her twinkling eyes.
"It's my job to take care of Simone!"
Simone finished the conversation with satisfaction and finished the meal.
And for a week after that, Simone locked herself in her room.
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