Wow, this is dangerous.
As expected, there is no simple curse that is openly aimed at humans.
'I almost got hit.'
What the hell was that just now? Was that why Dan screamed before he was dragged away?
Suddenly she was caught up in one thought and couldn't get out of it. If she had just kept thinking about it, who is who? who is who? who is who? who is who?
“Eugh! Stop!”
Simone hit her head and walked away.
Anyway, if Simone hadn't come to her senses, she would have been captured just like Dan.
Just thinking about that situation now makes her unable to get out of her thoughts, so it's clear that Simone also couldn't avoid the curse and was hit by it.
“Oh my! This crazy Viscount Chaylor!”
Simone headed to the study of the Grand Duke of Illeston, taking out her anger on Viscount Chaylor, who was resting comfortably in a sob.
“I’m really embarrassed. I should have taken better care of him.”
“Being careful isn’t the only way to avoid it. You’re the one who knew the danger but didn’t read the manual.”
Grand Duke Illeston said that and then looked over the papers Viscount Chaylor had handed him as if he didn't want to hear anymore.
“Leave that to Simone and do what you have to do.”
“I’m sorry. I was so worried that I couldn’t help but be rude...”
“What can you do about worrying? It’s a bit noisy.”
The Viscount's mouth was tightly shut. The people of this mansion, one way or another, often found the Viscount's mouth strangely noisy.
Slurp- slurp-
For a long time, the only sound in the study of the Grand Duke of Illeston was the sound of papers being turned.
The document contained a report on the proceedings of the last Eastern meeting and the recent developments in trade that had begun in the village of Hertin.
The nobles of the East were trying to invite them by sending them the contents of the Eastern Gathering meeting even though they said it was unnecessary after the return of the Illeston family.
“I checked the trade issue. You’re reporting fairly honestly.”
“Honestly...?”
“I say this because I suspect that you might be using my territory for smuggling.”
“...”
It means that the Grand Duke has eyes and ears in the village of Hertin. Viscount Chaylor nodded as if he had expected it.
“Who would do something so stupid in the front yard of the one who is to become the pillar of the East? No one does such a thing, so don’t worry-”
“It was there?”
"Yes?"
Instead of answering, Grand Duke Illeston threw another bundle of papers in front of him.
“There must be one or two idiots, so let’s clean them up and bury them.”
The Count of Chaylor picked up the papers. While he was worrying about Dan, he wondered what the Grand Duke of Illeston was doing so intently. It seemed that he was comparing the report with the trade records submitted by his confidant.
A person was taken away by a curse in his own mansion, and he handled it very calmly...
Viscount Chaylor examined the documents without hiding his astonishment.
In addition, they have marked the differences to make it easier to see.
Among the transactions between just two families, there were missing reports on parts that could not be overlooked as they were large items.
What he meant by "clean up" was to investigate and punish these two suspicious families without mercy.
“It will be difficult for you to sort this out on your own. If you tell Count Larson what I said, he will take care of it.”
“...I will do so, Your Highness.”
Viscount Chaylor awkwardly took the papers thrown by Grand Duke Illeston.
'These are such stupid authors!'
Do you think the Illeston family is that old, insignificant family?
The family is slowly regaining its authority and returning to its original position, but the Hertin family, which is like the front yard of the family, is smuggling!
This makes our goal of changing the minds of the Illestons and getting them to join the Eastern Gathering seem more and more distant!
While Viscount Chaylor grumbled inwardly, Grand Duke Illeston returned to his desk and spoke.
“Is your business with me finished now?”
“Yes? Yes... That’s true. I was going to ask you to join the Eastern Conference again, but since Lord Dan did not follow the guidelines and there are also trade smuggling situations, I’m afraid it will be difficult for you to do so.”
“Then let’s go and see.”
Viscount Chaylor, who had been speaking as if he had no choice, suddenly raised his head with a surprised expression.
“But Your Highness, Lord Dan has not returned yet.”
“You go back first. We will make sure he gets back safely as soon as he gets back.”
“....”
Viscount Chaylor's expression became strange. Should we continue like this? This won't do...
Of course, would you like to stay here as Viscount Chaylor?
If he could, he would have run away when Dan was dragged away, or when the body was first discovered.
But that's not possible now.
'With what face?'
When he return home after finishing his work, he must report everything that happened today to the nobles in the East.
But what would happen if Dan was dragged away by the curse and reported it to the only one who was okay?
He will have to listen to the condemnation of all the noble families, including the Counts of Larson.
Moreover, the original purpose of inviting the Grand Duke to the meeting was not fulfilled, making it even worse.
Viscount Chaylor laughed awkwardly, sweating profusely.
“If it’s Simone...”
"Boss."
“...Yes, Sir.”
Wow, now even the Grand Duke of Illestone is correcting his title.
What on earth do people in this family think of me?
Viscount Chaylor spoke with a sigh of sadness.
“I’m sure the boss can handle this easily. Haha... Please let me stay for a while. I’m so worried about Lord Dan. When I think about how much it would hurt for a young man to go through something like that...”
“Think about it, you too could die from the curse? There isn’t only one curse in this mansion.”
“...I know! But if it happens, it’s Simone, no, the boss-”
Even Chaylor is a nobleman. He knew how to value external appearance more than danger.
“I’m worried. The boss will take care of it soon, so please wait-”
Bam!
Anyway, as Viscount Chaylor was insisting on waiting here, the person he was desperately waiting for came in behind him and shouted.
“Wow! This is not possible, this is not possible. Your Highness, something terrible is happening? That is more dangerous than I think, and it will take longer. Oh, Your Grace, you haven’t left yet? ...Did I interrupt you while you were working?”
Grand Duke Illeston chuckled and shook his head.
“No. I was just finishing my conversation. What’s bigger than that?”
Simone plopped down on the sofa before the Grand Duke of Illeston could speak, and Kelle, with his usual ease, poured tea into the empty cup and handed it to Simone.
Simone drank the half-cold tea in one gulp and then walked briskly, catching her breath as it came to the tip of her chin.
“It’s a bit of a troublesome curse. I failed to resolve it right away.”
At her words, Viscount Chaylor's face turned strangely pale.
Grand Duke Illeston asked without much reaction.
“What do you mean by a troublesome curse?”
“It’s true. I thought I could solve it if I tried hard enough, but I almost got hit instead. It was a mental attack curse.”
"Which?"
“Hmm...”
Simone's expression, which had been speaking without hesitation, became serious.
How should I explain this? A curse where if you keep hearing that ghostly voice, you'll be trapped in an infinite state of thought?
Could there be such an ambiguous curse to speak of?
'No, I shouldn't have explained it in the first place.'
If I try to explain this and think about that time again, I'll get caught up in my thoughts.
"Ugh."
“...Why all of a sudden?”
“I almost thought about it again.”
I shouldn't think about it. At least sing a song to forget it.
What the hell is this curse?
Simone gritted her teeth in annoyance and said.
“To be honest, I’ve already been through it.”
“You got hit?”
The calm and gentle expression of the Grand Duke of Illeston changed in an instant.
“I need to think more deeply to be sure about the curse, but what I do know is that from now on, no one should encounter that ghost. That is why I came to you, Grand Duke.”
Because everyone in the mansion needs to be careful. It would be faster if the Grand Duke of Illeston himself gave direct orders.
“Never listen to the whispers of ghosts. Never. The moment you listen, you will go mad.”
The two people fell silent at Simone's words.
The moment you hear it, you go crazy.
Regardless of whether you have the strength or not, you will be affected as soon as you hear it.
It couldn't have been a really tricky and dangerous curse.
But the most dangerous fact of all was that Simone said that she had 'already been struck by this curse'.
In the silence, Illeston spoke first.
“That means you are cursed...”
“I’ve already heard the ghost’s whispers. Even now, when I let my guard down, the whispers fill my head and I get trapped in my thoughts. Just thinking about that time makes me feel that way. So from now on, I’m going to lock myself in my room and think about how to deal with it.”
To break the curse, you must first meet the ghost to find out where Dan is, and when you meet him, you must listen to its whispers.
I had to find a way to solve it without listening to the whispers.
In a dark room, someone pointed to the air with his hand and asked.
“Who are you? You’re not me.”
But there was no answer to the question.
“...”
After a while, he asked again.
“Who are you? You’re not me.”
thud
thud
thud
Every time I made eye contact with the person I was facing, I felt like I was seeing a stranger and my heart started pounding painfully.
“Who are you? You are not me. Who are you? You are not me. Who are you? You are not me.”
In the dark and quiet room, a man's muttering could be heard incessantly.
“That voice...”
Anna looked at the door of the room where the voice was coming from with a fearful face, then backed away and ran to Simone's room.
'I have to tell Simone!'
As expected, there is no simple curse that is openly aimed at humans.
'I almost got hit.'
What the hell was that just now? Was that why Dan screamed before he was dragged away?
Suddenly she was caught up in one thought and couldn't get out of it. If she had just kept thinking about it, who is who? who is who? who is who? who is who?
“Eugh! Stop!”
Simone hit her head and walked away.
Anyway, if Simone hadn't come to her senses, she would have been captured just like Dan.
Just thinking about that situation now makes her unable to get out of her thoughts, so it's clear that Simone also couldn't avoid the curse and was hit by it.
“Oh my! This crazy Viscount Chaylor!”
Simone headed to the study of the Grand Duke of Illeston, taking out her anger on Viscount Chaylor, who was resting comfortably in a sob.
***
“I’m really embarrassed. I should have taken better care of him.”
“Being careful isn’t the only way to avoid it. You’re the one who knew the danger but didn’t read the manual.”
Grand Duke Illeston said that and then looked over the papers Viscount Chaylor had handed him as if he didn't want to hear anymore.
“Leave that to Simone and do what you have to do.”
“I’m sorry. I was so worried that I couldn’t help but be rude...”
“What can you do about worrying? It’s a bit noisy.”
The Viscount's mouth was tightly shut. The people of this mansion, one way or another, often found the Viscount's mouth strangely noisy.
Slurp- slurp-
For a long time, the only sound in the study of the Grand Duke of Illeston was the sound of papers being turned.
The document contained a report on the proceedings of the last Eastern meeting and the recent developments in trade that had begun in the village of Hertin.
The nobles of the East were trying to invite them by sending them the contents of the Eastern Gathering meeting even though they said it was unnecessary after the return of the Illeston family.
“I checked the trade issue. You’re reporting fairly honestly.”
“Honestly...?”
“I say this because I suspect that you might be using my territory for smuggling.”
“...”
It means that the Grand Duke has eyes and ears in the village of Hertin. Viscount Chaylor nodded as if he had expected it.
“Who would do something so stupid in the front yard of the one who is to become the pillar of the East? No one does such a thing, so don’t worry-”
“It was there?”
"Yes?"
Instead of answering, Grand Duke Illeston threw another bundle of papers in front of him.
“There must be one or two idiots, so let’s clean them up and bury them.”
The Count of Chaylor picked up the papers. While he was worrying about Dan, he wondered what the Grand Duke of Illeston was doing so intently. It seemed that he was comparing the report with the trade records submitted by his confidant.
A person was taken away by a curse in his own mansion, and he handled it very calmly...
Viscount Chaylor examined the documents without hiding his astonishment.
In addition, they have marked the differences to make it easier to see.
Among the transactions between just two families, there were missing reports on parts that could not be overlooked as they were large items.
What he meant by "clean up" was to investigate and punish these two suspicious families without mercy.
“It will be difficult for you to sort this out on your own. If you tell Count Larson what I said, he will take care of it.”
“...I will do so, Your Highness.”
Viscount Chaylor awkwardly took the papers thrown by Grand Duke Illeston.
'These are such stupid authors!'
Do you think the Illeston family is that old, insignificant family?
The family is slowly regaining its authority and returning to its original position, but the Hertin family, which is like the front yard of the family, is smuggling!
This makes our goal of changing the minds of the Illestons and getting them to join the Eastern Gathering seem more and more distant!
While Viscount Chaylor grumbled inwardly, Grand Duke Illeston returned to his desk and spoke.
“Is your business with me finished now?”
“Yes? Yes... That’s true. I was going to ask you to join the Eastern Conference again, but since Lord Dan did not follow the guidelines and there are also trade smuggling situations, I’m afraid it will be difficult for you to do so.”
“Then let’s go and see.”
Viscount Chaylor, who had been speaking as if he had no choice, suddenly raised his head with a surprised expression.
“But Your Highness, Lord Dan has not returned yet.”
“You go back first. We will make sure he gets back safely as soon as he gets back.”
“....”
Viscount Chaylor's expression became strange. Should we continue like this? This won't do...
Of course, would you like to stay here as Viscount Chaylor?
If he could, he would have run away when Dan was dragged away, or when the body was first discovered.
But that's not possible now.
'With what face?'
When he return home after finishing his work, he must report everything that happened today to the nobles in the East.
But what would happen if Dan was dragged away by the curse and reported it to the only one who was okay?
He will have to listen to the condemnation of all the noble families, including the Counts of Larson.
Moreover, the original purpose of inviting the Grand Duke to the meeting was not fulfilled, making it even worse.
Viscount Chaylor laughed awkwardly, sweating profusely.
“If it’s Simone...”
"Boss."
“...Yes, Sir.”
Wow, now even the Grand Duke of Illestone is correcting his title.
What on earth do people in this family think of me?
Viscount Chaylor spoke with a sigh of sadness.
“I’m sure the boss can handle this easily. Haha... Please let me stay for a while. I’m so worried about Lord Dan. When I think about how much it would hurt for a young man to go through something like that...”
“Think about it, you too could die from the curse? There isn’t only one curse in this mansion.”
“...I know! But if it happens, it’s Simone, no, the boss-”
Even Chaylor is a nobleman. He knew how to value external appearance more than danger.
“I’m worried. The boss will take care of it soon, so please wait-”
Bam!
Anyway, as Viscount Chaylor was insisting on waiting here, the person he was desperately waiting for came in behind him and shouted.
“Wow! This is not possible, this is not possible. Your Highness, something terrible is happening? That is more dangerous than I think, and it will take longer. Oh, Your Grace, you haven’t left yet? ...Did I interrupt you while you were working?”
Grand Duke Illeston chuckled and shook his head.
“No. I was just finishing my conversation. What’s bigger than that?”
Simone plopped down on the sofa before the Grand Duke of Illeston could speak, and Kelle, with his usual ease, poured tea into the empty cup and handed it to Simone.
Simone drank the half-cold tea in one gulp and then walked briskly, catching her breath as it came to the tip of her chin.
“It’s a bit of a troublesome curse. I failed to resolve it right away.”
At her words, Viscount Chaylor's face turned strangely pale.
Grand Duke Illeston asked without much reaction.
“What do you mean by a troublesome curse?”
“It’s true. I thought I could solve it if I tried hard enough, but I almost got hit instead. It was a mental attack curse.”
"Which?"
“Hmm...”
Simone's expression, which had been speaking without hesitation, became serious.
How should I explain this? A curse where if you keep hearing that ghostly voice, you'll be trapped in an infinite state of thought?
Could there be such an ambiguous curse to speak of?
'No, I shouldn't have explained it in the first place.'
If I try to explain this and think about that time again, I'll get caught up in my thoughts.
"Ugh."
“...Why all of a sudden?”
“I almost thought about it again.”
I shouldn't think about it. At least sing a song to forget it.
What the hell is this curse?
Simone gritted her teeth in annoyance and said.
“To be honest, I’ve already been through it.”
“You got hit?”
The calm and gentle expression of the Grand Duke of Illeston changed in an instant.
“I need to think more deeply to be sure about the curse, but what I do know is that from now on, no one should encounter that ghost. That is why I came to you, Grand Duke.”
Because everyone in the mansion needs to be careful. It would be faster if the Grand Duke of Illeston himself gave direct orders.
“Never listen to the whispers of ghosts. Never. The moment you listen, you will go mad.”
The two people fell silent at Simone's words.
The moment you hear it, you go crazy.
Regardless of whether you have the strength or not, you will be affected as soon as you hear it.
It couldn't have been a really tricky and dangerous curse.
But the most dangerous fact of all was that Simone said that she had 'already been struck by this curse'.
In the silence, Illeston spoke first.
“That means you are cursed...”
“I’ve already heard the ghost’s whispers. Even now, when I let my guard down, the whispers fill my head and I get trapped in my thoughts. Just thinking about that time makes me feel that way. So from now on, I’m going to lock myself in my room and think about how to deal with it.”
To break the curse, you must first meet the ghost to find out where Dan is, and when you meet him, you must listen to its whispers.
I had to find a way to solve it without listening to the whispers.
***
In a dark room, someone pointed to the air with his hand and asked.
“Who are you? You’re not me.”
But there was no answer to the question.
“...”
After a while, he asked again.
“Who are you? You’re not me.”
thud
thud
thud
Every time I made eye contact with the person I was facing, I felt like I was seeing a stranger and my heart started pounding painfully.
“Who are you? You are not me. Who are you? You are not me. Who are you? You are not me.”
In the dark and quiet room, a man's muttering could be heard incessantly.
“That voice...”
Anna looked at the door of the room where the voice was coming from with a fearful face, then backed away and ran to Simone's room.
'I have to tell Simone!'
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