Creak.
The door to the visiting room was closed.
The short silence that followed was broken by Dan's bewildered voice.
“Why are you telling me to read the instructions so seriously?”
The atmosphere was so different that he wondered if it was the kind of old butler he had seen earlier.
“And they give the guests instructions and tell them to keep them in mind. I’ve never seen anything like this before.”
Dan's expression, which had always been gentle and polite, became frowning.
Even though they are a Grand Duke's family, they were not even able to walk proudly into the castle until just recently.
Perhaps because the Grand Duke was completely ignored by other nobles, just like the Emperor? He seemed to not know how to treat guests.
But rather than agreeing with his words, Viscount Chaylor looked as if he was being particularly upset.
“Sit down. You, I told you. Be careful. The fact that there are many rules to follow in this mansion means that there are still many dangerous curses that can befall you if you don’t follow them.”
...Now that I say it, I feel a little wrong?
“When I was here! They didn’t even give me these instructions! The Grand Duke hadn’t opened his heart to the nobles yet, so I! Didn’t even have time to prepare! Ahem!”
“...What do you mean? Without any time to prepare?”
“It’s nothing!”
Chaylor quickly shut his mouth. Simone's face, somewhere around here, was filling his mind.
“Anyway, this mansion is different from other mansions. The Grand Duke didn’t want to hurt us, so he took special care of us. So quickly memorize it!”
“Why are you different than usual, Your Grace?”
He is dissolute and arrogant and is not looked upon favorably not only by the nobles but also by the Larson family, Dan's family.
Why would someone like that be so polite and cautious to the Illeston family?
For someone who didn't know the relationship between Simone and Viscount Chaylor, it was something that couldn't help but be puzzling.
Dan had more to say, but seeing Viscount Chaylor so intent on memorizing the manual, he had no choice but to turn his gaze to it.
Yeah, I don't know about anything else, but they say there's definitely a curse.
“Hmm...”
[Seventh, the mansion does not have a fourth floor.]
.
.
.
[There are only three rooms on the second and third floors. If you see something in the fourth room, never go up to check.]
.
.
.
[Forty-fourth, when you meet a woman in a red dress, shout loudly, “The Grand Duke is out,” and run away.
Look closely at what the woman is holding in her hand.]
There are all kinds of things.
Also, the order is messed up. There is no first instruction. In addition, several instructions that should be in the order are not visible.
“What’s missing here? The first instruction, or uh, the fortieth one, isn’t here either.”
“You’re saying that these are instructions we don’t need to know! Stop talking and just memorize them!”
“Hmm...”
What kind of childish instructions are these? I have to memorize these things that don't even sound like words.
It's so different from what Dan thought.
He was thinking about not touching the foundation, or not touching any symbols or sealed things.
Instructions without a plan, such as telling him to run away, not to look, or that there was nothing there, confused him.
But what if I am dissatisfied? Viscount Chaylor is stubbornly insisting on doing it.
After sighing and skimming through the paper obediently, Dan eventually clicked his tongue and put the manual down.
Because the instructions were unpleasant to look at and made no sense.
Fifty-third, if you find a corpse, just pass by calmly.
Fifty-fourth, if you find a body, stand still and do not move at all.
It must be a joke. The Grand Duke, who had been completely ignoring him until now and now that he had caught the Emperor's eye, was furious and was playing a prank by taking advantage of the fear of the curse.
Otherwise, how could there be such contradictory instructions written in succession?
And a corpse on top of that? No matter what, how could you joke around with such horrible words?
Of course, Dan knew that curses were scary, but he never thought that he could avoid the coming curse with such a prankish instruction.
This is a fake to fool the young nobles, and there must be other real instructions.
“Your Grave, don’t you see something strange? Please look at the fifty-third and fifty-fourth instructions.”
“Are you talking about the instructions written on the corpse?”
Chaylor glanced at the instructions Dan had pointed out and tilted his head.
“There’s nothing particularly strange?”
“You said there weren’t any?”
If you find a body, one person tells you to pretend not to see it and pass by, and the other person tells you to stand still?
"...Ha."
Dan's expression was filled with disappointment.
Haven't you noticed anything odd about these instructions?
'A man who is the head of a family.'
How can you be so stupid?
Dan completely lost interest in the instructions and got up, looking around the visiting room.
“By the way, I heard there’s a girl in this mansion?”
Viscount Chaylor, who had been absentmindedly reciting the instructions, stopped and looked at Den, shaking.
“That...girl?”
“Yes, that hero. The Necromancer.”
“...Ah, you’re talking about Lady Simone.”
“Sir? Yes, you are indeed referring to Miss Simone, but why the honorific...”
“Hey, she’s here. She is. You probably won’t see her unless something comes up. She’s so busy. Hahaha...”
Isn't that a bit too much honorific? No matter how much of a hero she is, she's still a commoner. She doesn't deserve to be treated with such honorifics.
Dan thought his behavior was a bit strange, but just let it go.
Because Chaylor's strange behavior has been going on since he came here.
“It’s too bad. Our Larson family also received help from a national hero during that incident, so I wanted to meet her in person and express my gratitude.”
“Hahaha! You’re talking nonsense. It’s better for you that you never meet her.”
Meeting Simone is no different from being struck by a curse.
Not understanding what Viscount Chaylor meant, Dan simply smiled and changed the subject before heading toward the door of the interview room.
“Then I will go out for a bit.”
“What? Where!”
“Huh? Why are you angry... I’m going to go to the rose garden. I’m bored of waiting, and I didn’t really get told not to wander around.”
“You! Didn’t you hear what I said? I told you not to go out alone.”
Dan chuckled.
“Then would you like to come with me? It would be a shame to leave without seeing such a beautiful garden.”
Ah, I don't want to go...
Chaylor reluctantly got up.
In the first place, Dan Larson is not his subordinate, so he cannot restrict his actions.
However, Viscount Chaylor must keep the young companion who came with him safe.
If they were together and Dan Larson were to be cursed, he would certainly face retaliation from Count Larson.
Unlike the Chaylor, the Larsons are a family with great influence in the East.
He had no choice but to follow Dan into the garden.
More than anything, he hated being alone more than the Count's revenge.
“I don’t know when His Highness will arrive, so I’ll take a quick look around and come back.”
“Yes. Thank you, Your Grace.”
Dan opened the door to the meeting room with a bright smile. And the moment he stepped into the hallway.
“...Huh!”
He stopped, his body shaking as if in convulsions.
“But why?”
Chaylor, who had been following Dan out, checked the situation outside the hallway, flinched, and took a step back.
'I knew this would happen!'
He thought that if he came to this mansion, something would definitely happen!
This mansion is a damn dangerous cursed family mansion!
A corpse lies strewn just two steps away from the visiting room.
It looked like it had been dead for a short time, and was lying in a pool of blood. It was looking at the visiting room with its eyes wide open, unable to bear to close them.
“Damn...”
Viscount Chaylor knows that once you face a curse, you cannot avoid it on your own.
'You must follow the instructions.'
“...reminds me of the contents of the manual.”
Chaylor passed the body ahead of him, patting the door with a trembling hand.
He could feel the talisman in his pocket buzzing and exerting its power.
He finally let out a sigh of relief after moving a considerable distance away from the corpse and looked at Dan.
“Okay, you too, quickly... Where are you?”
It was strange. He thought that if he was not scared at all even in this mansion, he would be able to calmly follow the instructions.
Dan was shaking all over and was hesitating, unable to do anything.
'Follow the instructions?'
What's the content?
Instructions to stay put? Or instructions to pass?
Judging by Chaylor's actions, it would be right to pass over the body.
But then he saw it.
As Chaylor passes by the corpse, the corpse's eyes, which were watching the visiting room, move and follow Chaylor.
So, is it really right for Viscount Chaylor to just pass by? What if Viscount Chaylor was wrong?
Dan fundamentally does not trust the judgment of the Viscount Chaylor.
Because he is dissolute, frivolous, and stupid.
“Lord Dan! What are you doing!”
Finally, Viscount Chaylor shouted. He was the one who had already broken the curse. Even though he shouted, the corpse did not look at Chaylor anymore.
The body was looking at Dan.
“Uh...Th, this is...”
When Dan was unable to do anything and was just sweating profusely.
Chulbuck-
The corpse made a crunching sound, curled the corners of its mouth, then turned over and grabbed Dan's ankle.
The door to the visiting room was closed.
The short silence that followed was broken by Dan's bewildered voice.
“Why are you telling me to read the instructions so seriously?”
The atmosphere was so different that he wondered if it was the kind of old butler he had seen earlier.
“And they give the guests instructions and tell them to keep them in mind. I’ve never seen anything like this before.”
Dan's expression, which had always been gentle and polite, became frowning.
Even though they are a Grand Duke's family, they were not even able to walk proudly into the castle until just recently.
Perhaps because the Grand Duke was completely ignored by other nobles, just like the Emperor? He seemed to not know how to treat guests.
But rather than agreeing with his words, Viscount Chaylor looked as if he was being particularly upset.
“Sit down. You, I told you. Be careful. The fact that there are many rules to follow in this mansion means that there are still many dangerous curses that can befall you if you don’t follow them.”
...Now that I say it, I feel a little wrong?
“When I was here! They didn’t even give me these instructions! The Grand Duke hadn’t opened his heart to the nobles yet, so I! Didn’t even have time to prepare! Ahem!”
“...What do you mean? Without any time to prepare?”
“It’s nothing!”
Chaylor quickly shut his mouth. Simone's face, somewhere around here, was filling his mind.
“Anyway, this mansion is different from other mansions. The Grand Duke didn’t want to hurt us, so he took special care of us. So quickly memorize it!”
“Why are you different than usual, Your Grace?”
He is dissolute and arrogant and is not looked upon favorably not only by the nobles but also by the Larson family, Dan's family.
Why would someone like that be so polite and cautious to the Illeston family?
For someone who didn't know the relationship between Simone and Viscount Chaylor, it was something that couldn't help but be puzzling.
Dan had more to say, but seeing Viscount Chaylor so intent on memorizing the manual, he had no choice but to turn his gaze to it.
Yeah, I don't know about anything else, but they say there's definitely a curse.
“Hmm...”
[Seventh, the mansion does not have a fourth floor.]
.
.
.
[There are only three rooms on the second and third floors. If you see something in the fourth room, never go up to check.]
.
.
.
[Forty-fourth, when you meet a woman in a red dress, shout loudly, “The Grand Duke is out,” and run away.
Look closely at what the woman is holding in her hand.]
There are all kinds of things.
Also, the order is messed up. There is no first instruction. In addition, several instructions that should be in the order are not visible.
“What’s missing here? The first instruction, or uh, the fortieth one, isn’t here either.”
“You’re saying that these are instructions we don’t need to know! Stop talking and just memorize them!”
“Hmm...”
What kind of childish instructions are these? I have to memorize these things that don't even sound like words.
It's so different from what Dan thought.
He was thinking about not touching the foundation, or not touching any symbols or sealed things.
Instructions without a plan, such as telling him to run away, not to look, or that there was nothing there, confused him.
But what if I am dissatisfied? Viscount Chaylor is stubbornly insisting on doing it.
After sighing and skimming through the paper obediently, Dan eventually clicked his tongue and put the manual down.
Because the instructions were unpleasant to look at and made no sense.
Fifty-third, if you find a corpse, just pass by calmly.
Fifty-fourth, if you find a body, stand still and do not move at all.
It must be a joke. The Grand Duke, who had been completely ignoring him until now and now that he had caught the Emperor's eye, was furious and was playing a prank by taking advantage of the fear of the curse.
Otherwise, how could there be such contradictory instructions written in succession?
And a corpse on top of that? No matter what, how could you joke around with such horrible words?
Of course, Dan knew that curses were scary, but he never thought that he could avoid the coming curse with such a prankish instruction.
This is a fake to fool the young nobles, and there must be other real instructions.
“Your Grave, don’t you see something strange? Please look at the fifty-third and fifty-fourth instructions.”
“Are you talking about the instructions written on the corpse?”
Chaylor glanced at the instructions Dan had pointed out and tilted his head.
“There’s nothing particularly strange?”
“You said there weren’t any?”
If you find a body, one person tells you to pretend not to see it and pass by, and the other person tells you to stand still?
"...Ha."
Dan's expression was filled with disappointment.
Haven't you noticed anything odd about these instructions?
'A man who is the head of a family.'
How can you be so stupid?
Dan completely lost interest in the instructions and got up, looking around the visiting room.
“By the way, I heard there’s a girl in this mansion?”
Viscount Chaylor, who had been absentmindedly reciting the instructions, stopped and looked at Den, shaking.
“That...girl?”
“Yes, that hero. The Necromancer.”
“...Ah, you’re talking about Lady Simone.”
“Sir? Yes, you are indeed referring to Miss Simone, but why the honorific...”
“Hey, she’s here. She is. You probably won’t see her unless something comes up. She’s so busy. Hahaha...”
Isn't that a bit too much honorific? No matter how much of a hero she is, she's still a commoner. She doesn't deserve to be treated with such honorifics.
Dan thought his behavior was a bit strange, but just let it go.
Because Chaylor's strange behavior has been going on since he came here.
“It’s too bad. Our Larson family also received help from a national hero during that incident, so I wanted to meet her in person and express my gratitude.”
“Hahaha! You’re talking nonsense. It’s better for you that you never meet her.”
Meeting Simone is no different from being struck by a curse.
Not understanding what Viscount Chaylor meant, Dan simply smiled and changed the subject before heading toward the door of the interview room.
“Then I will go out for a bit.”
“What? Where!”
“Huh? Why are you angry... I’m going to go to the rose garden. I’m bored of waiting, and I didn’t really get told not to wander around.”
“You! Didn’t you hear what I said? I told you not to go out alone.”
Dan chuckled.
“Then would you like to come with me? It would be a shame to leave without seeing such a beautiful garden.”
Ah, I don't want to go...
Chaylor reluctantly got up.
In the first place, Dan Larson is not his subordinate, so he cannot restrict his actions.
However, Viscount Chaylor must keep the young companion who came with him safe.
If they were together and Dan Larson were to be cursed, he would certainly face retaliation from Count Larson.
Unlike the Chaylor, the Larsons are a family with great influence in the East.
He had no choice but to follow Dan into the garden.
More than anything, he hated being alone more than the Count's revenge.
“I don’t know when His Highness will arrive, so I’ll take a quick look around and come back.”
“Yes. Thank you, Your Grace.”
Dan opened the door to the meeting room with a bright smile. And the moment he stepped into the hallway.
“...Huh!”
He stopped, his body shaking as if in convulsions.
“But why?”
Chaylor, who had been following Dan out, checked the situation outside the hallway, flinched, and took a step back.
'I knew this would happen!'
He thought that if he came to this mansion, something would definitely happen!
This mansion is a damn dangerous cursed family mansion!
A corpse lies strewn just two steps away from the visiting room.
It looked like it had been dead for a short time, and was lying in a pool of blood. It was looking at the visiting room with its eyes wide open, unable to bear to close them.
“Damn...”
Viscount Chaylor knows that once you face a curse, you cannot avoid it on your own.
'You must follow the instructions.'
“...reminds me of the contents of the manual.”
Chaylor passed the body ahead of him, patting the door with a trembling hand.
He could feel the talisman in his pocket buzzing and exerting its power.
He finally let out a sigh of relief after moving a considerable distance away from the corpse and looked at Dan.
“Okay, you too, quickly... Where are you?”
It was strange. He thought that if he was not scared at all even in this mansion, he would be able to calmly follow the instructions.
Dan was shaking all over and was hesitating, unable to do anything.
'Follow the instructions?'
What's the content?
Instructions to stay put? Or instructions to pass?
Judging by Chaylor's actions, it would be right to pass over the body.
But then he saw it.
As Chaylor passes by the corpse, the corpse's eyes, which were watching the visiting room, move and follow Chaylor.
So, is it really right for Viscount Chaylor to just pass by? What if Viscount Chaylor was wrong?
Dan fundamentally does not trust the judgment of the Viscount Chaylor.
Because he is dissolute, frivolous, and stupid.
“Lord Dan! What are you doing!”
Finally, Viscount Chaylor shouted. He was the one who had already broken the curse. Even though he shouted, the corpse did not look at Chaylor anymore.
The body was looking at Dan.
“Uh...Th, this is...”
When Dan was unable to do anything and was just sweating profusely.
Chulbuck-
The corpse made a crunching sound, curled the corners of its mouth, then turned over and grabbed Dan's ankle.
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