(EP-63.2) Mansion #3
063 – Haunted Mansion #3
Across the hallway, something murmured in a gloomy voice. At the same time, there was a knock on my door.
Could this be another trap?
No, it was different this time…
Click, click.
… Because the door simply started unlocking itself.
The locks were quickly released, and the door was completely opened.
Kieeeek.
What appeared was a semi-dry mummified undead holding a lamp.
“Hiieeek-!”
I screamed and casted Paimon with my wand. An air cannon fired from the wand tip and flew violently towards the opponent.
Bang-!
However, the undead simply smashed it with their palm. It was only then that I was finally able to identify the ‘person’ in front of me.
Aleister Von Draco, Mirna’s father and a High Lich.
He was the one who opened the door to my room.
━Bul‘s Gak.
The man opened his empty mouth and said those words.
Of course, I couldn’t understand anything. He was speaking in the Dead Language after all.
But I could recognize his gestures.
He mimicked the gesture of eating something with a spoon, as well as slicing with a fork and knife.
“… Are you going to guide me to the dining room?”
━Ya.
‘… I see.’
Only then did my mind settle down.
Then, I wondered, who or what was screaming at the door of my room and even scratching it?
“What was that just now?”
━Grrrrr…!
Aleister growled like a beast.
I didn’t know exactly what that meant, but I was certain that it couldn’t be anything good.
And so I followed the mummy-like undead to the dining room located on the first floor of the mansion.
I already thought that it was a very dark mansion even in the middle of the day.
Now, at night, the mansion was as dark as the purgatory itself. It felt like the shadows were ink sticking to the floor.
The only light source was the lamp held by the undead Lich.
Sitting down in the dining room, I cut the bread and meat prepared by the former head of the Draco Family, and shoved them into my mouth.
My body was tense, but after eating some food, I felt a little better.
“Thank you. You saved my life…”
━Auttom Hassa Huritoom.
… Seriously, I still had no idea what he was saying.
But I could definitely tell that this man was my only ally in this mansion right now.
Perhaps because of that, the existence of an undead Lich, which seemed terrifying at first, became quite reassuring.
After the meal, I wiped my lips with a handkerchief.
Seuk.
It was then that Aleister offered me something. As his thin hand unfolded, I saw something yellow wrapped in a round wrapper.
It was candy.
He just gave me candy.
Was this dessert after dinner?
Anyway, I took it and put it in my mouth.
As the large eyeball-sized candy went inside, it gave off a sweet taste and the fear and tension that I had been feeling dissipated in an instant. Soon, a calm feeling emerged, filling my heart with excitement.
Maybe this reaction was because of the Fairy’s blood flowing through me.
「Delicious…!
Gained job experience for ‘Half-Fairy’…! +50」
Otherwise, there was no way my experience points would increase just by eating candy.
Now, it seemed as though my fear before was simply a lie.
Just as I was feeling relieved…
Seuk.
Aleister raised his hand and pointed at something. Said object appeared to be a hallway or passage that connected to the dining room on the first floor.
“What is that-.”
As I turned my head again to ask for clarification, the undead lord who had just been standing next to me had already disappeared…
All that remained was the lamp he was previously holding…
“What!?”
Where did he disappear to?
Feeling puzzled, I decided to pick up the lamp. It was a little scary to be alone all of a sudden, but I felt okay with the candy in my mouth.
Now that I was left on my own, there were two options available.
One was to go back to my room.
The other was to look at what the old Draco Family Head was pointing at…
And so, I began to move slowly.
* * *
As I headed towards the passage, there was something like a door to the outside.
Upon opening it, I was greeted by numerous graves and tombstones at the back of the mansion.
The number of tombstones was so huge that the ones in front were simply not on the same level…
Alright then.
‘Let’s go back.’
While trying to leave, something suddenly caught my eye. There was ‘something’ digging up the graveyard.
Could it be an animal?
No, it didn’t look like one…
After all, I was pretty certain that no animal had silver hair that shone like that in the moonlight. Moreover, ‘it’ also had hands and feet, and was wearing a skirt.
As you could guess, ‘It’ was a human.
And as if said person had noticed my existence, she slowly raised her head and looked at me with bright red eyes.
“What!? When were you here!? Good to see you!”
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