“Hey, Simone?”
Simone only stopped panting when she was out of sight of the woman.
Jace was looking at Simone with wide eyes, a very bewildered expression on his face.
“I, I, uh, whoa, you should never talk to a woman who just stands there for no reason. Don’t even make eye contact and just run away. Do you understand?”
“Yes! I understand.”
Jayce might have wondered why, but Simone told him not to, so he just nodded.
Okay, let's take a walk to the other side...
Simone and Jace turned around and started walking again, away from the woman.
“Your Grace, please give me some time next time.”
She has to give him a separate guideline soon.
When Simone spoke, Jace smiled with great joy.
“Yes! Of course!”
So, while they were walking and talking again.
Someone placed a hand on Jace's shoulder.
Jace turned around in surprise and saw a pale, black-lipped man in a tuxedo looking down at him with blank eyes.
"... Yes?"
As Jace spoke, cringing, the man slowly opened his mouth and let out a breathy sound.
I came to pick you up...
Ugh, crazy...
Simone froze in bewilderment. She quickly pulled Jace towards her and slapped the man's hand away.
I came to pick you up...
Sixty-fourth, if a butler you don't know comes to pick you up, ignore him.
If you can't ignore it, say something and send him back alone.
Please keep in mind that you should never follow this.
Simone hurriedly pointed to the place where the woman had been earlier and spoke to the man.
“There’s someone you’re looking for over there. Go get her.”
Then the man stared at Simone, lowered his hand that was in the air, held it close to his body, and sprinted in the opposite direction, moving only his legs.
"Ha."
After the man disappeared, Simone laughed in bewilderment and said to Jace.
“Never follow anyone you don’t know, even inside the mansion.”
“Yes! I understand. I’ll be careful. Thank you for your help, Simone!”
And the walk resumed. But Simone soon had no choice but to give up the walk.
“Oh, what is that?”
Jace pointed to the window of the fourth room on the third floor of the building.
There, for some reason, someone in servant's attire was floating in the air, swaying back and forth.
As if he had been hung.
“Ahhh! Don’t look!”
The twentieth, and third floor has only three rooms.
If you see something in the fourth room, never go up to check.
Simone hurriedly covered Jace's eyes.
'...What is this?'
She'd never encountered this many curses in one day before.
Simone didn't go looking for it herself, she just happened to find it on the way.
She's not feeling so well today.
Simone decided to take Jace back to the mansion.
What Simone encountered inside the mansion was a woman in a red dress holding a kitchen knife and giggling in the lobby on the first floor.
Forty-fourth, when you meet a woman in a red dress, shout out loud, “The Grand Duke is out,” and run away.
Look closely at what the woman is holding in her hand.
Simone hid Jace behind her and shouted.
“The Grand Duke is out!”
Then she hurried through the lobby and up the stairs.
If Simone hadn't read the instructions over and over again and memorized them, it wouldn't have been strange if she and Jace had gotten caught in something today and gotten seriously injured or even died.
“Ugh... Ugh... Why am I like this today?”
“What’s going on? Simone, why, why...”
Of course, Jace, who couldn't understand Simone's actions, was looking confused and frightened by the knife the woman was holding.
In the meantime, he was worried about Simone, whose complexion was not good.
Simone shook her head as if it was nothing and climbed the stairs, holding Jace's wrist.
“Please, even if it’s not me, ask the Grand Duchess for help and make sure to learn the contents of the manual.”
"Yes, yes!"
“First, I’ll take you to your room.”
In a mansion like this, not knowing the manual is exposing you to too much risk.
So Simone climbed the stairs and climbed, and climbed again.
"...Uh?"
Simone, who was about to climb further up the stairs, suddenly noticed something strange and looked down.
What is it? Why is the view from the window higher than usual?
“What floor is this?”
As Simone muttered without realizing it, Jace answered powerfully with an innocent expression.
“We just passed the 4th floor!”
"...Yes?"
Seventh, the mansion does not have a fourth floor.
“...”
I'm going crazy.
Simone felt dizzy and hurried downstairs.
What kind of cursed gift set is this?
Simone realized this as she hurried Jace to his room.
The reason why the black sorcerer came into this mansion, gave false information to Florier, and attempted to perform a summoning ritual.
It seems that Jace has the power to attract spirits.
Before Simone was discovered, he might have seemed like a pretty good vessel to contain Anasis's soul.
As Simone rolled around and realized new facts, another curse was revealed before their eyes.
“Excuse me, Simone, why is it that only this hallway feels so dark at night?”
The corridor before their eyes was pitch black, without a single ray of light.
Seventy second, if a part of the hallway is particularly shadowy, turn around if possible. If that doesn't work, cover your eyes with your hand and pass quickly.
“...”
Is this real? I'm just walking back to my room and I'm met with this many curses?
Simone looked at Jace without saying anything.
'What on earth is Jace's daily life like?'
It was so absurd that she burst out laughing.
“Simone? Why are you doing this?”
“I have a question. Do the employees you usually work with ever suddenly start running or yelling like I do?”
“Sometimes?”
"Often?"
In response to Simone's question, Jace shook his head and said that was not the case.
“Not often like Simone today.”
“That’s really fortunate.”
For a moment, she was worried about how these powerless servants would get away with all this.
Of course, compared to Simone, who just walks around regardless of whether she encounters a curse or not, they are quite careful not to encounter one in the first place, but if the curse comes this often, it will be difficult for even the most veteran servants to avoid it.
Moreover, today she was fortunate enough to encounter only curses that had proper countermeasures written on them, but if it had been a curse without a proper countermeasure, they would have died right away.
Simone hurriedly took Jace to his room, fearing they would encounter the curse again, and returned to her own room.
She suddenly felt tired.
“No, Simone, why are you sweating so much? Was the walk difficult?”
Anna asked worriedly, and Kaylee's nagging poured out from behind her as usual.
“See? Since you don’t usually go for walks, you get tired easily even with just a little bit of movement! Make it a habit to take Anna for a walk at least once a day.”
“Oh, yes, yes.”
Simone gave Kaylee a vague answer and sat down listlessly on the sofa.
She went out for a bit and what the hell is this?
It was an hour of chaos, just like when she faced the curse of the Viscount Delang.
Simone took a deep breath and thought.
'I have to find a way.'
She just experienced firsthand the curse that comes all at once and realized it.
If you think about it, there were quite a few curses written in the manual that would kill you instantly without you being able to respond if you just made eye contact with them.
For example, in the case of the servant who was circling around in the same spot they encountered earlier.
It is quite famous among the attendants that if you keep looking at her, you will go crazy and spin around until your feet wear out and your legs break, and then you will die.
And the woman in the red dress holding a knife.
Just looking at her visuals makes them flinch and laugh out loud, then stab themself in the stomach with a kitchen knife.
What about the stairs leading to the 4th floor?
They said that if you don't notice it quickly, the path you're going down will disappear before you know it.
In addition, there are curses such as one where if you react to a startled sound your ears will burst and you will die, and one where if you see a ghost with a long tongue your throat will be wrapped around it and you will die immediately, etc.
Many curses secretly kill you at any moment without even being able to escape.
'And in the case of such curses, it is rather difficult to do so.'
Because you die the moment you meet.
So Simone also chose to run away with Jace rather than confront them head-on.
So what should she do with these difficult curses?
Actually, the answer was always the same.
'We need to find the root cause.'
If she unravels them one by one like this, it will take a long time, and above all, another curse will be born in this mansion someday.
The point where the curse began. First, she needs to find out who placed the curse.
Simone only stopped panting when she was out of sight of the woman.
Jace was looking at Simone with wide eyes, a very bewildered expression on his face.
“I, I, uh, whoa, you should never talk to a woman who just stands there for no reason. Don’t even make eye contact and just run away. Do you understand?”
“Yes! I understand.”
Jayce might have wondered why, but Simone told him not to, so he just nodded.
Okay, let's take a walk to the other side...
Simone and Jace turned around and started walking again, away from the woman.
“Your Grace, please give me some time next time.”
She has to give him a separate guideline soon.
When Simone spoke, Jace smiled with great joy.
“Yes! Of course!”
So, while they were walking and talking again.
Someone placed a hand on Jace's shoulder.
Jace turned around in surprise and saw a pale, black-lipped man in a tuxedo looking down at him with blank eyes.
"... Yes?"
As Jace spoke, cringing, the man slowly opened his mouth and let out a breathy sound.
I came to pick you up...
Ugh, crazy...
Simone froze in bewilderment. She quickly pulled Jace towards her and slapped the man's hand away.
I came to pick you up...
Sixty-fourth, if a butler you don't know comes to pick you up, ignore him.
If you can't ignore it, say something and send him back alone.
Please keep in mind that you should never follow this.
Simone hurriedly pointed to the place where the woman had been earlier and spoke to the man.
“There’s someone you’re looking for over there. Go get her.”
Then the man stared at Simone, lowered his hand that was in the air, held it close to his body, and sprinted in the opposite direction, moving only his legs.
"Ha."
After the man disappeared, Simone laughed in bewilderment and said to Jace.
“Never follow anyone you don’t know, even inside the mansion.”
“Yes! I understand. I’ll be careful. Thank you for your help, Simone!”
And the walk resumed. But Simone soon had no choice but to give up the walk.
“Oh, what is that?”
Jace pointed to the window of the fourth room on the third floor of the building.
There, for some reason, someone in servant's attire was floating in the air, swaying back and forth.
As if he had been hung.
“Ahhh! Don’t look!”
The twentieth, and third floor has only three rooms.
If you see something in the fourth room, never go up to check.
Simone hurriedly covered Jace's eyes.
'...What is this?'
She'd never encountered this many curses in one day before.
Simone didn't go looking for it herself, she just happened to find it on the way.
She's not feeling so well today.
Simone decided to take Jace back to the mansion.
What Simone encountered inside the mansion was a woman in a red dress holding a kitchen knife and giggling in the lobby on the first floor.
Forty-fourth, when you meet a woman in a red dress, shout out loud, “The Grand Duke is out,” and run away.
Look closely at what the woman is holding in her hand.
Simone hid Jace behind her and shouted.
“The Grand Duke is out!”
Then she hurried through the lobby and up the stairs.
If Simone hadn't read the instructions over and over again and memorized them, it wouldn't have been strange if she and Jace had gotten caught in something today and gotten seriously injured or even died.
“Ugh... Ugh... Why am I like this today?”
“What’s going on? Simone, why, why...”
Of course, Jace, who couldn't understand Simone's actions, was looking confused and frightened by the knife the woman was holding.
In the meantime, he was worried about Simone, whose complexion was not good.
Simone shook her head as if it was nothing and climbed the stairs, holding Jace's wrist.
“Please, even if it’s not me, ask the Grand Duchess for help and make sure to learn the contents of the manual.”
"Yes, yes!"
“First, I’ll take you to your room.”
In a mansion like this, not knowing the manual is exposing you to too much risk.
So Simone climbed the stairs and climbed, and climbed again.
"...Uh?"
Simone, who was about to climb further up the stairs, suddenly noticed something strange and looked down.
What is it? Why is the view from the window higher than usual?
“What floor is this?”
As Simone muttered without realizing it, Jace answered powerfully with an innocent expression.
“We just passed the 4th floor!”
"...Yes?"
Seventh, the mansion does not have a fourth floor.
“...”
I'm going crazy.
Simone felt dizzy and hurried downstairs.
What kind of cursed gift set is this?
Simone realized this as she hurried Jace to his room.
The reason why the black sorcerer came into this mansion, gave false information to Florier, and attempted to perform a summoning ritual.
It seems that Jace has the power to attract spirits.
Before Simone was discovered, he might have seemed like a pretty good vessel to contain Anasis's soul.
As Simone rolled around and realized new facts, another curse was revealed before their eyes.
“Excuse me, Simone, why is it that only this hallway feels so dark at night?”
The corridor before their eyes was pitch black, without a single ray of light.
Seventy second, if a part of the hallway is particularly shadowy, turn around if possible. If that doesn't work, cover your eyes with your hand and pass quickly.
“...”
Is this real? I'm just walking back to my room and I'm met with this many curses?
Simone looked at Jace without saying anything.
'What on earth is Jace's daily life like?'
It was so absurd that she burst out laughing.
“Simone? Why are you doing this?”
“I have a question. Do the employees you usually work with ever suddenly start running or yelling like I do?”
“Sometimes?”
"Often?"
In response to Simone's question, Jace shook his head and said that was not the case.
“Not often like Simone today.”
“That’s really fortunate.”
For a moment, she was worried about how these powerless servants would get away with all this.
Of course, compared to Simone, who just walks around regardless of whether she encounters a curse or not, they are quite careful not to encounter one in the first place, but if the curse comes this often, it will be difficult for even the most veteran servants to avoid it.
Moreover, today she was fortunate enough to encounter only curses that had proper countermeasures written on them, but if it had been a curse without a proper countermeasure, they would have died right away.
Simone hurriedly took Jace to his room, fearing they would encounter the curse again, and returned to her own room.
She suddenly felt tired.
“No, Simone, why are you sweating so much? Was the walk difficult?”
Anna asked worriedly, and Kaylee's nagging poured out from behind her as usual.
“See? Since you don’t usually go for walks, you get tired easily even with just a little bit of movement! Make it a habit to take Anna for a walk at least once a day.”
“Oh, yes, yes.”
Simone gave Kaylee a vague answer and sat down listlessly on the sofa.
She went out for a bit and what the hell is this?
It was an hour of chaos, just like when she faced the curse of the Viscount Delang.
Simone took a deep breath and thought.
'I have to find a way.'
She just experienced firsthand the curse that comes all at once and realized it.
If you think about it, there were quite a few curses written in the manual that would kill you instantly without you being able to respond if you just made eye contact with them.
For example, in the case of the servant who was circling around in the same spot they encountered earlier.
It is quite famous among the attendants that if you keep looking at her, you will go crazy and spin around until your feet wear out and your legs break, and then you will die.
And the woman in the red dress holding a knife.
Just looking at her visuals makes them flinch and laugh out loud, then stab themself in the stomach with a kitchen knife.
What about the stairs leading to the 4th floor?
They said that if you don't notice it quickly, the path you're going down will disappear before you know it.
In addition, there are curses such as one where if you react to a startled sound your ears will burst and you will die, and one where if you see a ghost with a long tongue your throat will be wrapped around it and you will die immediately, etc.
Many curses secretly kill you at any moment without even being able to escape.
'And in the case of such curses, it is rather difficult to do so.'
Because you die the moment you meet.
So Simone also chose to run away with Jace rather than confront them head-on.
So what should she do with these difficult curses?
Actually, the answer was always the same.
'We need to find the root cause.'
If she unravels them one by one like this, it will take a long time, and above all, another curse will be born in this mansion someday.
The point where the curse began. First, she needs to find out who placed the curse.
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