Kelle took Simone and Louis out and looked around. It was only when he reached a corner where no one paid attention to the workers that he spoke to them.
“Some employees don’t know about his existence.”
Black magic has always been used secretly and clandestinely, outwardly banned, both in the past and now.
When such a person decides to stay at Illeston Mansion if they find out that there is a black sorcerer in the mansion of a family that is shunned for being cursed, not only the people but also the employees will be greatly shaken.
He stayed in the provided room for ten days, only allowed to interact with Florier.
The room he stayed in was accessible to only a few people. No one knew except Grand Duke Illeston, Florier, Butler Kelle, and an employee who was the bellkeeper at the time.
“I’ll take you there, so follow me.”
The place where Kelle took the two people was a small room located in the very corner of the basement of the mansion.
Since the black sorcerer left, no one had entered the room, and only dust had accumulated in the room, which had minimal furniture.
Simone looked around the room.
“The Grand Duke somehow gave the room to a black sorcerer.”
When he first saw his attitude toward Simone and his usual behavior, he seemed like someone a black sorcerer would kick out regardless of the reason.
Kelle shook his head.
“I don’t know either. Why did the Master make that decision? However, the owner at the time seemed very impatient.”
Simone nodded silently.
Kelle seems to remember that the Grand Duke and Duchess of Illestone suddenly fell into black magic.
So it seems like he felt impatient, but in reality, Kelle understand that he had no choice since Jace's existence was being erased.
It was probably like that when Simone was brought in.
Kelle looked at Simone who was looking around and asked cautiously.
“This room too... Are you going to break it?”
Simone looked at him. It was impossible to read her thoughts through her red eyes and expressionless expression. So he was more anxious. He's afraid that even this room will be reduced to rubble.
Louis also asked, placing his hand on the handle of his sword.
“Are you going to destroy it? Shall I draw my sword?”
"No. I won’t break it.”
Kelle barely exhaled in relief at Simone's answer.
“Do not inform the employees of the existence of this room. Then I’ll go, so take your time and take a look.”
Kelle returned to Archduke Illeston, and Simone searched the room in earnest.
"Ha!"
Simone opened the cabinet under the bed and burst into laughter without realizing it.
This time she didn't have to search for long.
A crystal ball used by shamans for fortune-telling. The black shaman's items were hidden in an empty room.
Louis looked at the crystal ball and took a deep breath. An object that was completely out of place in this musty room was shining without a speck of dust.
"That...”
“It probably belongs to the black sorcerer who stayed in this room.”
Simone grinned. It is obvious to anyone that the suspicious item belongs to a black sorcerer. This must be the item with the curse.
Simone lifted the crystal ball without hesitation. And then it hit the floor.
Clink!
The bead shattered with a loud noise, and the fragments splashed onto Simone and Louisi's shoes, creating small marks.
Simone's smile grew even deeper.
“The curse has been lifted.”
She could feel the thick and deep energy of death rising strongly for an instant and then slowly dissipating.
It would be nice if the curse was broken properly.
Jace's memories should come back.
Simone spoke to Louis, recalling the Duke of Illeston who thanked her.
“Go and check on the condition of the Grand Duchess and Jace. If the Archduke is nearby, please check the butler’s reaction.”
“Butler? You mean Kelle?”
Simone nodded.
If the curse were lifted, Kelle would be the first person whose memories would return. If he remembers Jace, he can prove that the curse has definitely been lifted, even if no trace of its disappearance can be found.
If the curse has been lifted, they can only hope that Jace will recover through the saint's desire and the healers' treatment.
"All right. So what are you going to do in the meantime, Simone?”
"Me?"
Simone said as if he was asking the obvious.
“I need to rest.”
She faced Florier without any preparation, got hurt while wandering around in a scam, poured all her mana, and was stressed out, so she didn't want to do anything anymore.
“I need to rest for a week. Will Wren also be going to work in a week?”
“Do I get paid even if I take a break?”
“I think it would be quicker to ask the Archduke about that.”
Simone winked at Louis to go quickly, and Louis looked at the shattered fragments of the crystal ball one last time and turned around.
Simone went straight to her room.
She looked quite excited as she walked and hummed a song.
Isn’t this an incident that can last for at least a month?
Grand Duke Illeston promised to treat Simone as a regular guest from now on, and once he confirms that the curse has been lifted, the issue that made him most anxious will end.
Now that the urgent work is over, wouldn't Archduke Ilestone be able to rest for a while without urging him on?
There is still a lot of time, and many of the curses written in the instructions can be solved simply with a talisman.
“Simone!”
When she returned to the room, Anna warmly welcomed Simone. Simone was able to catch her breath briefly as she drank the tea that Anna had given her.
"Ah! Simone, now that I think about it..."
"Yes?"
Anna said worriedly.
“I heard it today too.”
"Uh? What?"
Suddenly what?
Simone put down her teacup at Anna's expression. She suddenly lost her appetite.
She asked what it was, but she actually thought she knew what Anna was talking about.
It was quiet for a while, and it didn't seem to be written in the instructions, so she tried to pretend not to know until Duke Illeston gave her instructions.
Anna was shocked by Simone's tired expression, but she stammered.
“It was the sound of something heavy hitting the floor.”
The servants who had been quietly listening to her words began to raise their hands one by one.
“Actually, I heard it too.”
“Oh, me too...”
Before they knew it, everyone here had raised their hands. It was something everyone heard.
She guesses she can't rest, after all.
Simone sighed and asked the servants.
“Does it sound like that sometimes?”
“Oh, I listen to it every day!”
Kaylee looked completely fed up and asked the servants.
“Did you hear it yesterday too?”
The servants all nodded in agreement to her question.
“You wake up to the sound of pounding every day?”
“It feels like the floor is strangely vibrating!”
“It’s going back and forth and pounding!”
This was something Simone knew up to this point. She didn't know that they heard that sound every day, but Simone had also heard it pounding and moving around.
“I’ve been hearing the same sound for several days, but recently I heard a woman’s voice.”
Simone paused at Anna’s words.
“No? There isn't any? That's what it said. The room was quiet so I heard it clearly.”
“Now that I think about it, you said the chef heard it too, right?”
A woman's voice repeating 'Isn't there anything?' and the sound of people pounding around the hallways all night long.
Simone swallowed her sleep.
Isn’t this a story she's heard before somewhere?
There is an old and famous ghost story that is well known even where Seo Hyun-jeong lived.
'...Oh, really, here?'
Of course, it is only a story that resembles a ghost story, but it is not a curse with the same content.
Isn’t this a story from a completely different world?
Unless the current situation is a story in Seo Hyun-jeong's dream, she will never encounter a ghost in a ghost story.
Rather...
There is something more suspicious than the ghost stories floating around in Korea.
The day she went out for the first time to buy hair dye. That day, Simone saw the Archduke's estate, which had collapsed as much as his power, and also saw a ghost that existed in a very strange form.
When the ghost made eye contact with Simone, it fell towards her and disappeared.
Could it be that it has stuck?
'...Now that I think about it, I wonder if there is any content in the guidebook.'
Simone picked up the teacup she had put down again.
After taking a short break, she thought she would ask Grand Duke Illeston about this.
***
Grand Duke Illeston, who had been staying in Jace's new room for a while after Jace began receiving treatment, returned to his duties.
Even if the curse has finally begun to be lifted, the lost power and honor will not be returned.
Therefore, although the Illeston family had not been given much work yet, just by watching his son's condition for a few days, work had already piled up on his desk.
Simone came to visit Grand Duke Illeston, who was slowly handling things one by one.
“Grand Duke, are you busy?”
She stopped in front of the door with a pouty look on her face as always, and Grand Duke Illeston immediately put down his pen.
"Yes. What’s going on?”
“It’s about the ‘sound’ I mentioned last time.”
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