(EP-64.2) Mansion #4
064 – Haunted Mansion #4
“Isn’t it scary to be in the cemetery until sunrise every night?”
“It’s not scary because those buried here are my family. The one I just hit with the shovel was my uncle.”
“…….”
“Back when he was still alive, he often stroked my hair. That’s Sister Bell, that’s Aunt Clara….”
… It was not scary because they were family?
However, there was a slight shadow on Narmi’s cheerful expression.
After all, it was a painful fact that the entire Draco Family had long been dead; buried in the ground.
Leaving behind only the Draco sisters in this needlessly large mansion…
Narmi then said.
“Being bored is much more painful than being scared. Time just slips past your palm. But today, I’m not bored because you came to play, Theo!”
“I’m also not scared because I’m with Lady Narmi.”
“Really? Well, it’ll be boring to just stand here. Would you like to play chess? Wait a minute-.”
Seeing Narmi’s back as she walked to get the chessboard, I corrected my thoughts and expectations.
It was probably not Mirna that would become the mad necromancer.
In fact, that person might have been…
‘No.’
The story had changed a lot, so that was not going to happen.
Paseuseuk, paseuseuk.
Deureureuk, deureureuk.
Just then, I heard the sound of something moving in the distance.
It sounded like digging. Specifically, the sound of nails scraping the sand and dirt.
Narmi?
No, Narmi just entered the mansion.
Then there was only one possibility left…
‘A corpse thief!’
With that thought, I felt a chill run through my body.
If I caught the corpse thief here, would that mean Narmi no longer have to guard the graveyard every day?
Consequently, her mental health would improve and she wouldn’t turn into the mad necromancer anymore!
With that, the Draco Family would not fall, resulting in the peace between the Angmar Kingdom and the Church being preserved.
「You have calmly judged the situation!
You have gained experience points through the talent 《Calm Thinking》.
All job experience +5」
I grabbed Marmar’s tail wand in one hand and slowly beamed the lantern towards the darkness.
“Who’s there?”
Then I saw something like a black shadow trembling, which hastily hid behind a tombstone.
It was not something a wild beast or a foolish undead would do!
Gwaaaak.
I held the wand in my hand even tighter, prepared to cast a spell at any time. I shouted.
“Miss Narmi! The corpse thief is here! Come quickly!”
Paseuseuk, paseuk!
Then, perhaps startled, the black shadow looked like it was about to run away. Thinking that I couldn’t let it escape, I pointed the tail wand at the back of the figure and shouted.
“Paimon-!”
Pushung-!
I felt an air cannon the size of a fist being fired from the tip of the heart-shaped tail.
Although the power was lower than when using magic with bare hands, it was more stable and had less recoil.
It flew exactly as I aimed and struck the corpse thief’s back.
Bang-!
━Keueeeek-!
A pretty intense scream shook the cemetery, accompanied by a burst of air.
“Theo! What happened? Who was screaming!?”
Narmi then appeared from somewhere while holding a chessboard.
“I don’t have time to explain! It looks like the thief has appeared!”
“Really!? Where!”
“They fell over there!”
“Let’s go!”
Narmi and I immediately headed towards where the black shadow had fallen. There laid the figure of someone in a black robe.
The sight of a horrifying rotting corpse made me frown.
“… Did I kill him?”
“No, he’s been dead for a long time. In fact, this fella has been dead from the very start. It seems that the thief is using zombies to steal our family’s corpses.”
Seureuk.
Narmi fearlessly stretched out her hand towards the corpse.
“There must be a clue about the caster here somewhere.”
Then she rummaged through the corpse, until finally, she opened its rotten mouth and tugged at its tongue.
“Gotcha!”
There was something engraved on it, something like a stigma.
It was a circle with letters written along its borders. There was also an image that I’d seen a lot.
‘Angmar’s magic circle?’
The drawing of a cross above something like a soccer goal could be seen.
Next to it, the letters…, what did it say?
As I was trying to take a closer look, the zombie’s body suddenly ignited into flames. What was left of it, along with the evidence, had turned into ashes.
The only bonus was that my Mage level rose to 5.
“Keuu, there is no more evidence. Corpse thief, I swear I’ll catch you!”
Narmi growled in anger, but I felt like I had already figured it out with just this small piece of evidence.
I remembered the pattern that was just there and could simply ask someone who knew it.
After all, there were many experts here in Ark, where I was currently studying.
“Whew, you’re a life saver, Theo! Thank you for protecting my family!”
Narmi hugged me tightly.
“You’re better than you make it seem, aren’t you?”
Thanks to this, her soft, large breas†s pressed themselves on my body, which startled me awake in more ways than one.
Her chest was bigger than I thought… Did the clothes hide this treasure underneath!?
“Ah-! I’m sorry!”
As I was feeling the wonderful warmth, Narmi suddenly smacked her head and blushed.
“I just suddenly hugged you like that… Are you feeling ill now?”
“Um, what?”
“Everyone says the Draco Family is cursed. Uh…. I also just touched the tombs and corpses….”
Her awkward smile looked pretty nice and naive.
“Actually, some of my grime got onto your clothes.”
It would be really sad to see a girl this sweet be brutally murdered by the Villain Hunter. Just as I opened my mouth to say something, Narmi beat me to it.
“Then, let’s play chess until my sister wakes up!”
“Alright.”
The night in the cemetery was long.
There were cries from unidentified beasts and birds, and from time to time the sound of something scratching the inside of the buried coffins could be heard.
However, playing chess with Narmi was more fun than I thought.
“I sacrifice three pawns to summon the Obelisk The Pawn! With this, Theo, your minions will be annihilated!”
… Though I had hoped that the rules could be a bit less weird.
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{Chapters I owe: 5+3}
[T/N: Here’s a counter (directly above) for the 5 chapters I promised yesterday, since I couldn’t TL them today. Plus, the chapters I missed during my exams. Guaranteed at least one chapter each day. Basically, treat the “chapters I owe” , so 1 regular chapter + bonus chaptereach day.]
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