A small room is located in the very corner of the basement of the mansion.
Judging by its appearance and size, it was a room that could have been used as a warehouse before the warlock stayed here.
After receiving Simone's instructions, Louis left the mansion, and Simone, who was left alone, wandered around the narrow room, pounding on the walls and tapping the floor with her feet.
'Other than the crystal ball, the hidden items are....'
Probably not.
Simone stopped acting and sat down on the bed again.
There was nowhere to hide it, and if there had been anything else, the servants would have found it while cleaning.
Knock knock.
Simone turned her gaze at the sound of a knock on the door.
"Yes."
“Simone.”
The person who entered the room was Anna, still in tears.
Simone shouted, pretending not to know anything.
"Who is this? Who does this to you!”
Simone made Anna cry.
“Did Kaylee do that?”
Anna shook her head, biting her lip. She then spoke in a shaky voice.
“Dinner... It's ready.”
"Yes. But really, why are you doing this?”
“Well, Simone... There is something I must tell you...”
Simone, who was about to leave the room, stopped and looked at Anna.
She thinks she knows what Anna trying to say, but let's hear it first.
Anna said hesitantly.
"Actually... I was the one who chose this room as Simone’s! Sorry!"
“...What are you sorry about?”
“Ugh! Oh, you probably don’t want to go to the room where the incident took place, right? Hurry up and find another room-”
"No! I love this room! Good job! Thank you!"
Sometimes she feels like the people she talks to and spends her daily life with are characters in a novel, and it feels like right now.
When a person's personality or thoughts are excessively biased to one side.
Perhaps when the author created Anna, he set her up as a character who was completely good and so kind that she couldn't even look after herself?
Simone left the room, thinking that she should take good care of Anna again.
Anna asked Simone carefully as she led her into the room.
“Simone, hey... Have you ever heard what the chef said?”
"Yes. I figured out the identity. I’m going to see it in person today.”
“Oh, in person today? It's dangerous...”
Anna said hesitantly.
“Are you okay alone? Me too...I sleep in the basement anyway...”
Simone stopped and looked at Anna.
Anna quickly changed her words.
“Haha, sorry. It'll just be a hindrance, right? I’m sorry, Simone.”
No. Simone didn't look at Anna because she thought she was disturbing her.
From Louis to Anna.
She wonders why they want to be by her side so much when they know there is nothing they can do when they actually encounter it.
Does Simone look young and delicate enough to need protection?
Simone shook her head.
"Thank you for your concern. It’s okay this time.”
What does it mean to say that it is okay to meet a ghost in person?
Anna couldn't understand, but Simone headed to her room without continuing the conversation.
After finishing the meal, Simone returned to the basement room and wondered if she could finally have time to prepare her mind by herself. This time, Kaylee opened her triangle eyes and looked at the room she was staying in as if she didn't like it.
“It’s too narrow and dark. There will be ghosts that weren’t there before.”
“All the rooms in the basement are dark. Isn’t it the same for Kaylee’s room?”
“...”
Kaylee couldn't say anything negative, but she still turned her head in dissatisfaction.
Judging by its appearance and size, it was a room that could have been used as a warehouse before the warlock stayed here.
After receiving Simone's instructions, Louis left the mansion, and Simone, who was left alone, wandered around the narrow room, pounding on the walls and tapping the floor with her feet.
'Other than the crystal ball, the hidden items are....'
Probably not.
Simone stopped acting and sat down on the bed again.
There was nowhere to hide it, and if there had been anything else, the servants would have found it while cleaning.
Knock knock.
Simone turned her gaze at the sound of a knock on the door.
"Yes."
“Simone.”
The person who entered the room was Anna, still in tears.
Simone shouted, pretending not to know anything.
"Who is this? Who does this to you!”
Simone made Anna cry.
“Did Kaylee do that?”
Anna shook her head, biting her lip. She then spoke in a shaky voice.
“Dinner... It's ready.”
"Yes. But really, why are you doing this?”
“Well, Simone... There is something I must tell you...”
Simone, who was about to leave the room, stopped and looked at Anna.
She thinks she knows what Anna trying to say, but let's hear it first.
Anna said hesitantly.
"Actually... I was the one who chose this room as Simone’s! Sorry!"
“...What are you sorry about?”
“Ugh! Oh, you probably don’t want to go to the room where the incident took place, right? Hurry up and find another room-”
"No! I love this room! Good job! Thank you!"
Sometimes she feels like the people she talks to and spends her daily life with are characters in a novel, and it feels like right now.
When a person's personality or thoughts are excessively biased to one side.
Perhaps when the author created Anna, he set her up as a character who was completely good and so kind that she couldn't even look after herself?
Simone left the room, thinking that she should take good care of Anna again.
Anna asked Simone carefully as she led her into the room.
“Simone, hey... Have you ever heard what the chef said?”
"Yes. I figured out the identity. I’m going to see it in person today.”
“Oh, in person today? It's dangerous...”
Anna said hesitantly.
“Are you okay alone? Me too...I sleep in the basement anyway...”
Simone stopped and looked at Anna.
Anna quickly changed her words.
“Haha, sorry. It'll just be a hindrance, right? I’m sorry, Simone.”
No. Simone didn't look at Anna because she thought she was disturbing her.
From Louis to Anna.
She wonders why they want to be by her side so much when they know there is nothing they can do when they actually encounter it.
Does Simone look young and delicate enough to need protection?
Simone shook her head.
"Thank you for your concern. It’s okay this time.”
What does it mean to say that it is okay to meet a ghost in person?
Anna couldn't understand, but Simone headed to her room without continuing the conversation.
***
After finishing the meal, Simone returned to the basement room and wondered if she could finally have time to prepare her mind by herself. This time, Kaylee opened her triangle eyes and looked at the room she was staying in as if she didn't like it.
“It’s too narrow and dark. There will be ghosts that weren’t there before.”
“All the rooms in the basement are dark. Isn’t it the same for Kaylee’s room?”
“...”
Kaylee couldn't say anything negative, but she still turned her head in dissatisfaction.
She was worried for no reason because it looked like Kaylee was trying to find even a single flaw.
All she has to do is put down the lantern and just go.
Simone already told her to leave work, so what's not to like about Kaylee?
Simone, who was quietly sitting on the bed and watching her, held it back and asked.
"Why! Why are you doing that!”
Then Kaylee said as if she had been waiting.
“Is Wren not here today?”
"Wren?"
“I heard you’re fighting that strange stomping ghost today? I heard everything from Anna.”
She never said she was fighting.
When Simone stayed still without answering, Kaylee seemed to have taken this as approval, and with sharper eyes, she craned her head out the door and looked down the hallway.
“Then it’s a very dangerous night! Where did Wren go at a time like this?”
“...”
This is the third person.
However, Simone knew Kayley's personality, so this time she calmly and calmly sent her out.
“Go rest quickly. Wren went to work. I sent him.”
“Oh no! On a day like this, that person-”
It seemed like Kaylee wanted to nag Simone a little more, but Simone hurriedly closed the door.
She could hear Kaylee complaining, but she didn't pay any attention to it and lay down on the bed.
She's full and there's nothing to do.
All she has to do is put down the lantern and just go.
Simone already told her to leave work, so what's not to like about Kaylee?
Simone, who was quietly sitting on the bed and watching her, held it back and asked.
"Why! Why are you doing that!”
Then Kaylee said as if she had been waiting.
“Is Wren not here today?”
"Wren?"
“I heard you’re fighting that strange stomping ghost today? I heard everything from Anna.”
She never said she was fighting.
When Simone stayed still without answering, Kaylee seemed to have taken this as approval, and with sharper eyes, she craned her head out the door and looked down the hallway.
“Then it’s a very dangerous night! Where did Wren go at a time like this?”
“...”
This is the third person.
However, Simone knew Kayley's personality, so this time she calmly and calmly sent her out.
“Go rest quickly. Wren went to work. I sent him.”
“Oh no! On a day like this, that person-”
It seemed like Kaylee wanted to nag Simone a little more, but Simone hurriedly closed the door.
She could hear Kaylee complaining, but she didn't pay any attention to it and lay down on the bed.
She's full and there's nothing to do.
I have to stay up until dawn again today, so let’s close my eyes for a moment.
Simone closed her eyes and soon fell asleep.
In an all-black space, gray smoke that strangely reflected light crawled like a snake and wrapped around Simone's body.
She opened her mouth and screamed due to the burning pain, but strangely, no voice came out.
She wanted to struggle, but her body wouldn't move.
Simone, or rather Seo Hyun-jeong, soon realized that this was a dream.
Scissors? Nightmare?
No, it felt like she was being held down by scissors in a nightmare.
When she is sweating profusely and trying her best to escape from the smoke that has bound her body.
My neck moved of its own accord and she raised her head.
In front of Simone, who looked up, gray smoke billowed together and gradually began to take on a certain shape.
It was a human silhouette.
Simone couldn't take her eyes off it. She could barely see its shape as it swayed, but even though it had no eyes, he intuitively realized that it was looking at her.
'Gear Nose.'
'You are trying to change your destiny.'
'Good night. Try to struggle.'
'I'll come to you soon too.'
Simone's consciousness plummeted to the bottom with a voice of unknown gender.
She felt her body relax.
The faint smell of dust, the cool temperature, and the otherwise cozy and warm bed and blanket told her that she had finally woken up from a nightmare.
When Simone opened her eyes, it was dark before her.
'Oh, it was in the basement.'
A narrow space where not even moonlight enters. Simone once again found the darkness oppressive and groped her hand for a candlestick.
She lit the lantern and looked around the still narrow and stuffy room.
It was still night. Fortunately, it seems she woke up at the right time.
Thump, thump, thump-
There is a loud, dull sound coming from the hallway beyond the door.
“Ugh...”
Simone frowned.
She didn't know it at first, but when she realized that it was the sound of a person's head hitting the floor countless times, she felt a sense of disgust.
In fact, the thought of seeing the bloody face she saw back then in the village again made her want to run away.
Not because she was scared, but because the shape was so bizarre. It was an instinctive reluctance.
Thump, thump, thump-
There isn't any?
At that time, a small woman's voice was heard from a little distance away from Simone's room.
Simone's head was spinning rapidly.
'What do I do?'
Simone closed her eyes and soon fell asleep.
***
In an all-black space, gray smoke that strangely reflected light crawled like a snake and wrapped around Simone's body.
She opened her mouth and screamed due to the burning pain, but strangely, no voice came out.
She wanted to struggle, but her body wouldn't move.
Simone, or rather Seo Hyun-jeong, soon realized that this was a dream.
Scissors? Nightmare?
No, it felt like she was being held down by scissors in a nightmare.
When she is sweating profusely and trying her best to escape from the smoke that has bound her body.
My neck moved of its own accord and she raised her head.
In front of Simone, who looked up, gray smoke billowed together and gradually began to take on a certain shape.
It was a human silhouette.
Simone couldn't take her eyes off it. She could barely see its shape as it swayed, but even though it had no eyes, he intuitively realized that it was looking at her.
'Gear Nose.'
'You are trying to change your destiny.'
'Good night. Try to struggle.'
'I'll come to you soon too.'
Simone's consciousness plummeted to the bottom with a voice of unknown gender.
She felt her body relax.
The faint smell of dust, the cool temperature, and the otherwise cozy and warm bed and blanket told her that she had finally woken up from a nightmare.
When Simone opened her eyes, it was dark before her.
'Oh, it was in the basement.'
A narrow space where not even moonlight enters. Simone once again found the darkness oppressive and groped her hand for a candlestick.
She lit the lantern and looked around the still narrow and stuffy room.
It was still night. Fortunately, it seems she woke up at the right time.
Thump, thump, thump-
There is a loud, dull sound coming from the hallway beyond the door.
“Ugh...”
Simone frowned.
She didn't know it at first, but when she realized that it was the sound of a person's head hitting the floor countless times, she felt a sense of disgust.
In fact, the thought of seeing the bloody face she saw back then in the village again made her want to run away.
Not because she was scared, but because the shape was so bizarre. It was an instinctive reluctance.
Thump, thump, thump-
There isn't any?
At that time, a small woman's voice was heard from a little distance away from Simone's room.
Simone's head was spinning rapidly.
'What do I do?'
How should I face it? Can I just go out and meet it?
They say that’s how it met the chef too.
When she thought about confronting a monster she had absolutely no information about, she suddenly lost consciousness and even simple tasks felt difficult.
Thump, thump, thump
Uh? There isn't any?
Thump, thump, thump
Is it not here either?
Unaware of Simone's feelings, she slowly made her presence known and approached.
'Hey, I don't know!'
What will you do if it doesn't meet you?
When she thought about confronting a monster she had absolutely no information about, she suddenly lost consciousness and even simple tasks felt difficult.
Thump, thump, thump
Uh? There isn't any?
Thump, thump, thump
Is it not here either?
Unaware of Simone's feelings, she slowly made her presence known and approached.
'Hey, I don't know!'
What will you do if it doesn't meet you?
Even if she runs away right now, she is the one who has to chase away or get rid of that ghost anyway.
Simone boldly grabbed the doorknob.
'...But what if the person you're looking for is me?'
Isn't there a possibility because it followed me as soon as it saw me in the village that day?
Simone suddenly remembered the rat that had crushed her finger, but Simone tried to shake off her worries and boldly opened the door.
“...Ahh!"
Then she shuddered and stepped back.
What she could see right in front of her were the feet of a person, as green as a corpse.
The feet were going up and down repeatedly.
Thump, thump, thump, thump-
And if you look down a little-
Simone covered her mouth.
A woman covered in rotten, putrid blood was standing upside down, smiling and looking up at Simone.
found
found
found
A woman covered in blood, jumping around as if she was very excited.
Simone looked at her in silence for a while. It'll be okay if you get used to that face...
Simone boldly grabbed the doorknob.
'...But what if the person you're looking for is me?'
Isn't there a possibility because it followed me as soon as it saw me in the village that day?
Simone suddenly remembered the rat that had crushed her finger, but Simone tried to shake off her worries and boldly opened the door.
“...Ahh!"
Then she shuddered and stepped back.
What she could see right in front of her were the feet of a person, as green as a corpse.
The feet were going up and down repeatedly.
Thump, thump, thump, thump-
And if you look down a little-
Simone covered her mouth.
A woman covered in rotten, putrid blood was standing upside down, smiling and looking up at Simone.
found
found
found
A woman covered in blood, jumping around as if she was very excited.
Simone looked at her in silence for a while. It'll be okay if you get used to that face...
It's unlikely, but let's stay calm for now.
Simone lowered her posture, faced her expressionlessly, and asked.
“Are you sure you really found it?”
found
found
Her head stopped racing from excitement. She glanced at Simone.
Now Simone sees that the blood flowing from her mouth has entered her eyes and they are also bright red.
Simone asked again.
“Am I the one you’re looking for?”
Then the woman looked Simone up and down with her red eyes and smiled.
Uh? Not again
Simone lowered her posture, faced her expressionlessly, and asked.
“Are you sure you really found it?”
found
found
Her head stopped racing from excitement. She glanced at Simone.
Now Simone sees that the blood flowing from her mouth has entered her eyes and they are also bright red.
Simone asked again.
“Am I the one you’re looking for?”
Then the woman looked Simone up and down with her red eyes and smiled.
Uh? Not again
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