Life in Another World With Narration

31 – The Curse of the Belle Epoque Mansion

“Here, the silver badge. Please return your bronze badge.”

I returned the bronze badge I had been carrying for a long time on the guild counter.

The new silver badge I received was a silver, shiny badge that resembled an eagle’s head.

Now, it’s a cool-looking badge that looks more like an adventurer.

Fortunately, thanks to Nigel submitting Sylphy’s evaluation form, she was able to safely be promoted to Silver Adventurer.

It seems that threatening to spread embarrassing rumors was more effective than expected.

As she dispersed, she gritted her teeth with a look on her face that said, ‘We’ll see!’, But it didn’t matter.

What could be wrong with such a small-minded person holding a grudge?

As soon as I left the guild, a mushroom head bowed its head to me.

“I… excuse me! Thank you! Thanks to you, I safely became silver!”

It was none other than Sylphy.

She smiled brightly as she showed me the shiny silver badge she had just received.

But no matter how you look at it, it looks like a mushroom.

To have such perfect mushroom hair, must you be paying a lot of attention to your hair?

Anyway, seeing my favorite Sylphy after receiving the silver badge made me feel proud.

“Even weird guys like Nigel wear silver and show off, so of course you should have received it.”

“Ehehehe… ….”

“I just made sure you got what you deserved.”

『Yunoa was barely able to resist her desire to stroke Sylphy’s mushroom-like head.

What would it feel like to stroke that head? Will it be soft or smooth? What scent does it smell like?

Wouldn’t it smell like mushrooms? I want to smell it. This thought was just floating around in my head.』

No, I didn’t think like that… ….

『Yunoa’s desire to go beyond the saint’s underwear and the beastman’s tail and now aim for the top of her fellow adventurer’s head was unstoppable.

In the public, she called people like Yunoa perverts. She just didn’t know it.』

It’s not that you don’t know, but you really haven’t thought about it?

I think you were showing Sylphy a rather cool side just now.

Whenever he gets the chance, he plans to accuse me of being a very perverted piece of trash.

Well, it doesn’t matter.

It’s not something other people will hear, and there’s actually a lot of helpful content.

The narration hasn’t been cursing me for a day or two.

“Trigram… If you don’t mind, I’ll request it again next time I get a chance!”

Sylphy looked up at me with her small hands clasped in front of her chest and said.

I’m fine. Even strange guys like Nigel are becoming adventurers.

Compared to him, isn’t Sylphy quite skilled, kind, and even cute?

I nodded and slowly stretched out my hand and stroked Sylphy’s mushroom-like head.

I felt a soft and strange sensation, like touching a cloud, and it felt good.

“Okay then! See you next time! “Senior Yunoa!”

Sylphy smiled brightly and bowed to me before leaving.

Huh? What?

Senior?

* * *

The Demon King Kuthranux.

The 5th Demon King Versella was very angry.

In front of her was Xavier, the Lord of Deception, who returned after a failed attempt to assassinate the warrior Cain.

He, who had been living in human form for decades, knelt in front of Versella in his original form as a demon.

“You failed to kill the hero? “Then what’s the use of putting in all the effort so far!”

“Sin… sorry. Surprisingly, the hero’s resistance was fierce…….”

Xaviel lowered his head with a sad expression.

After Cain was designated as the new hero, Xaviel immediately attacked him when the hero was alone.

But the hero blocked Xaviel’s attack.

I would never have thought that a streetwalker from the back alleys who had just become a warrior could have that much power.

Xaviel’s plan to quickly kill the hero and escape went awry as the fight dragged on.

“But the warrior was also fatally wounded. He’ll definitely be able to take it out next time.”

“It’s meaningless if you don’t kill it for sure!”

Versella shouted at Xaviel.

She was trembling with anxiety.

Like his father, the previous Demon King, he might be killed by a warrior holding a holy sword without even being able to properly resist.

He tried to kill the hero before he grew up so as not to end up like the previous Demon King.

But even though the hero was found so quickly, the assassination failed, so maybe it’s already too late.

“What… radish… ….”

Bersella pursed her lips as if to say something that made her tremble.

Jar Viel knelt down on one knee in front of her and waited for her demon lord’s next words.

“I’m scared…… ! It’s scary! “The hero is scary!”

“Be… Versella… ….”

“You all know what a warrior is. “You know what they did to Dad!”

“We will do our best to protect the Demon King.”

“It’s no use! No matter how hard you struggle or what you do in front of the hero, once the hero sets foot in Kuthranux, it will already be over!”

Bersella screamed so loudly that her room trembled.

What she said was true.

Until now, the Demon King has never defeated a warrior.

The devil is always defeated by the hero.

No matter how many demons were brought together and the human kingdom was brought to the brink of destruction, no matter how powerful demons were sent to attack the hero, the hero always won victory over the demon king in the end.

“Lord Vercella… ….”

Xaviel made a bitter expression.

“Go out and see. I want to be alone.”

Bersella sent Javiel away and bowed her head, covering her face with her hands.

* * *

Even after becoming a silver adventurer, my daily life did not change much.

Go to the guild early in the morning, check the available quests, and select the good ones to carry out.

One day, I went to the guild as usual to look for a request.

“Of… Cancel request! “Cancel the request!”

Suddenly, a man burst into the guild with his eyes popping out, shouting at the counter.

The eyes of the adventurers in the guild were focused on that man for a moment.

“Cancel! “Cancel it!”

The man was shaking and shouting in front of the counter, even drooling.

What on earth is going on?

“The penalty is 5 gold.”

“Here’s the money! “Cancel it quickly!”

“Yes, we will cancel the request.”

A man hurriedly puts 5 gold on the counter as if he is being chased by something.

Tina, the receptionist who dealt with him, skillfully accepted the penalty, took out her documents, and processed the cancellation of the request.

“Is it canceled?”

“Yes, the processing has been completed.”

“Everyone here! Listen carefully! Never! Never! “Do not accept requests from the Belle Epoque mansion!”

The man who completed the request cancellation shouted to the adventurers in the guild.

I can hear the adventurers whispering to each other.

“Again?”

“What kind of mansion is this, that people become like that when they go there?”

“I heard this is already the third time? “At this point, wouldn’t it be right to raise the quest level with gold?”

When the situation got to this point, I also became curious about what was going on.

After the man who caused the commotion left the guild, he approached the counter and asked Tina.

“What is that man from earlier? “He said something about a mansion or something.”

Tina sighed softly and opened her mouth.

“There is something a bit unusual among the silver level requests.”

“Something unusual?”

“There is a request to give the entire mansion in lieu of repairs.”

The whole mansion?

“You’re giving me a mansion?”

“Yes. They say the mansion is cursed. “It looks like they will just give it to the person who can lift the curse.”

“If it’s something like a curse, can’t we just call a priest?”

“That…” It seems like the landlord has already called a priest and done everything he can. I couldn’t find a way to entrust the request to the guild……. “I have already given up ownership of the mansion, and now I have made a request to the guild to see if there is anyone who can lift the curse on the mansion.”

With her calm face, Tina told me a story about the cursed mansion.

But looking at the expression of the man who just ran out, it looks like the curse on the mansion is not normal.

According to the adventurers around me, it seemed like this wasn’t the first time something like that had happened.

“Why is such a scary request at the Silver level?”

“It’s called a curse, but it doesn’t really take your life…… According to the guild’s judgment, there is no risk factor… ….”

“I don’t think so when I just looked at that guy.”

“Ahahahaha… “It’s guild policy after all.”

Tina smiled, putting a hand to her cheek as if she was in trouble.

It is a cursed mansion where three adventurers declared that they would give up on the quest…….

Just because it’s a silver level request doesn’t mean you can feel at ease.

I also remember it well and should never choose that cursed mansion quest…….

『Yunoa didn’t seem to have any intention of taking on the cursed mansion’s request.

But there was one thing he didn’t know. There was something hidden in that mansion that even the current owner of the mansion did not know about.』

Suddenly the narration started talking about the mansion.

Is there some hidden treasure?

Even if I say that, I definitely don’t want to do anything when I see the man who was half out of his mind after being so distraught.

『But Yunoa, who was terrified, pretended not to know even though she knew the secret hidden in the mansion.

He was truly a coward. It would have been better for him to just return to the novice level and do odd jobs.

Even after learning that the cursed mansion was worth tens of thousands of gold, his thoughts did not change.』

What?

Tens of thousands of gold?

Suddenly my eyes opened brightly.

Of course, money wasn’t something I wanted right away.

But if it’s a mansion worth tens of thousands of gold, it’s a bit different.

If it’s worth that much, isn’t it a huge amount of money that can’t be earned even if you do countless silver level quests?

This is truly a life-changing real estate sale.

Furthermore, Tina said about the curse on this mansion, ‘It doesn’t really take lives.’

Unless it is life-threatening…… We can try something, right?

Turn your life around, dream of owning your own home.

Since ancient times, it has been said that the best asset is real estate.

When I think about it again, there must be a reason why the narration tempted me with this request.

“Tina, about the cursed mansion request…… “I’d like to give it a try.”

In the end, I committed it.

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