Life in Another World With Narration

34 – The Curse of the Belle Epoque Mansion

After hearing the shocking truth about the hallucinations I experienced at the Belle Epoque Mansion from the narration.

I sat down on a nearby rock and looked at the mansion from afar to gather my thoughts.

That terrible experience actually happened?

If something like that really happened in this mansion, what on earth did the owner of this mansion do? ….

The ghost of the Belle Epoque mansion was simply letting people experience what it had experienced.

“Tina, you are the owner of this mansion.”

I asked the receptionist Tina.

“Can you guess what kind of person she was?”

Tina fluttered the pages of the notebook she was writing in front of her.

The notebook he is holding records information about the request, so it seems that the front part also includes the requester’s information.

“It seems he is a person who made a lot of money through trading in Kubel. Due to guild policy, I cannot tell you the details of your identity to protect the client. “I bought the mansion three months ago, but they say I haven’t been able to actually use it at all because of the curse on the mansion.”

3 Months.

Furthermore, if the curse prevented the person from actually using the mansion at all, it is highly likely that the illusions shown by the ghost were committed by the person who previously owned the mansion.

“Tina, I think we need to investigate the previous owners of this mansion to find out about its curse.”

“Is that so?”

“I think the fantasy that the mansion presents is not just a fantasy. Because Sylphy and I are not one bit different and have had the same experience. Adventurers who previously gave up on quests probably experienced the same thing. That means there is a possibility that the ghost here is showing us what he experienced.”

I explained the facts confirmed in the narration to Tina as if I had figured them out through as much reasoning as possible.

“I see…… But as I said before, I can’t tell you the client’s information.”

“The client purchased this mansion three months ago, and if he couldn’t use the mansion due to a curse, it doesn’t matter to the client.”

“Then…” ….”

“We need to find the previous owner who sold the mansion to the client.”

Honestly, I had no choice but to walk here.

Even if we continue to investigate this mansion, there is nothing we can do against the ghost.

A ghost for whom various exorcism rituals, exorcisms, and exorcism items are of no use, and sacred magic and purification are of no use.

Then the only way is to find out why this mansion is haunted and cursed.

It’s not a story from this world, but there was a saying that in order to make a grudge-filled ghost become Buddha, you had to release its grudge.

In order to do that, I thought I had to find the culprit who personally committed the terrible things that Sylphy and I experienced.

“This is necessary to resolve the request. “Isn’t there some way at the guild level?”

I asked Tina for a favor.

Tina thought hard for a moment, then she answered me.

“Let’s go back to the guild first and discuss it.”

* * *

Three days have passed since I saw a terrible hallucination in the Belle Epoque mansion.

With the permission of the guild leader, Tina seemed to be gathering information about the previous owner of the mansion.

Sylphy and I took a little rest to forget the shock of what we experienced at the mansion.

Unlike me, who was able to withstand the hallucinations of the mansion relatively well and had few regrets, Sylphy said she still had nightmares.

“Senior is amazing… “How can you be okay with something like that?”

No, actually, I almost had a mental breakdown as well.

If the narration hadn’t awakened my sense of reality again, it would have taken me a long time to overcome it like Sylphy.

But if I revealed it to Sylphy, it would only make me look untrustworthy, so I didn’t say anything.

“Anyway, what on earth happened in that mansion? “Torturing someone to death like that?”

“When I think about it now, I think a lot of emotions came through me when I saw that hallucination. Very sad, scary…….”

“I don’t know what kind of guy did that, but he will not be forgiven.”

“That’s true.”

Sylphy nodded so strongly that her mushroom head shook.

In the afternoon, she went to the guild and Tina told her good news.

“I compiled a list of the previous owners of the Belle Epoque mansion. I barely got permission because it was said to be necessary to resolve the request… “If I don’t find a solution through this, I’ll be in trouble too.”

“It’ll be okay because it’s really necessary.”

I spoke to Tina with confidence.

The document she held out contained brief information about the previous owners of the Belle Epoque mansion, excluding her client.

There have been four people who have owned the mansion since it was built.

Surprisingly, this is a mansion that has changed owners a lot.

But the person I was interested in was the owner who used the mansion right before the client took possession of it.

If the mansion is cursed, it will be impossible to use it as is, so the cause of the curse is the client’s previous owner.

“Patton Noah… “It’s this person.”

I was looking through the documents, stopped my eyes on one document and said.

Patton Noia. He is the person who sold the mansion directly to the client.

The document first stated that he was a nobleman, but next to it was written in small letters, ‘Bought noble status with money.’

“Can you understand this too?”

“Because the guild has all the trivial information.”

“This person… “Are you in Kubel now?”

I pointed to the part where Patton Noia’s location was written.

“I don’t think he has a very good reputation. “They say he lost a lot of money gambling, so he sold the mansion in a hurry.”

“If you are a person of poor quality, your chances go up.”

The more I looked at Tina’s story and the information in her documents, the more I became convinced that this was the person who had committed those terrible acts at her mansion.

“I need to meet this person.”

I immediately stood up.

* * *

The laws of this world are lax.

No, to be exact, I should say that there are a lot of gaps.

This is not to say that criminals are not punished, but the arrest rate was low and there was a lot of room for bribes to get away with it.

It’s okay if you kill someone and don’t get caught, and if you steal, it’s okay if you don’t get caught.

In the world I originally lived in, there was a saying about “Guilty by wireless” And “Innocent by genetic”, But in this world it was more extreme.

There are vigilantes in villages, guards in cities, and knights in the capital.

The vacuum in public security was sometimes filled by guilds, adventurers, and church clergy from various places.

But still, by my standards, it was a time when public security could not be said to be excellent.

But even in this era, torturing and killing people as cruelly as the hallucinations in the mansion showed was not acceptable.

If it is true that Patton Noia is the culprit who did such a thing, it means that he is a person who deserves to be punished.

The house of the previous owner of the mansion, Patton Noia, was located in a residential area in Kubel city, where the middle class seemed to live.

I came here alone. It was because I felt like if I brought Sylphy, I would get more nervous and I wouldn’t be able to concentrate on the story.

“Are you there? “Are you Mr. Patton Noia’s house?”

I knocked on the door and called Patton at the door.

After a while, the sound of a chair being pulled and footsteps were heard from inside the house, and then the door opened.

“What is it?”

“Ah, are you Mr. Patton Noia?”

“That’s true, but what are you suddenly asking?”

Patton Noia answered nervously.

As soon as I saw him, I was convinced that he was the man the vision in the mansion showed me.

In the hallucination, I couldn’t see his face because of noise, but when I met him in person, I could feel it.

He looked at me with snake-like eyes as if he was evaluating me, and then his attitude immediately changed to a look of disdain as if he was flipping his palm over.

As if to prove that he was a man who bought his nobility with money, the elegance of nobility was not felt even by his fingernails.

“I have something to tell you about the Belle Epoque mansion you sold three months ago.”

“Huh? That story ended a long time ago. I don’t know about a curse or anything. “It’s up to them to resolve it themselves.”

It seemed like he had already had an argument about the mansion.

Of course, of course.

It would be strange if such a frightening phenomenon occurred in a mansion and the buyer did not complain.

He seemed to think that I was some kind of agent sent by the current owner of the mansion.

I did not necessarily confirm or deny, but spoke in an ambiguous manner.

“Well, I’ve already given up ownership of the mansion. “Temporary ownership has now been transferred to the Adventurer’s Guild.”

“Guild? Heh, anyway, I already sold that mansion. It’s already been 3 months. “Whatever happens there has nothing to do with me.”

“Is that really true?”

I spoke with a serious expression to Patton, who was in a hurry to end the conversation.

Sure, he has already sold the mansion.

Judging from such a confident attitude, it appears that he has already negotiated a deal with his client, the buyer of the mansion.

But what if the ownership of the mansion was transferred to the guild?

In fact, the Adventurer’s Guild took over temporary ownership of the Belle Epoque mansion and put the entire mansion up for commission repairs.

That wasn’t a lie.

Furthermore, it is by no means a common situation for a guild to temporarily transfer ownership of a mansion and offer it as compensation for a request.

And it was clear that he was unaware of this fact until now.

Such unexpected and special situations have always been prone to breaking confidence and creating anxiety.

“What… “Well, is there a problem?”

Patton’s snake-like eyes seemed to soften slightly.

I spoke without missing the opportunity.

“Now that ownership had been transferred to the guild, the guild needed to check the mansion for any defects from the beginning. In the process, the issue of when Mr. Patton owned the mansion is being discussed.”

Of course, such a thing has never been discussed in the guild.

It was just something I made up to make Patton uneasy.

Well, if you think about it, I’m also an adventurer who belongs to a guild, so it’s not a complete lie.

“So what do you want from me? Are you going to charge me for repairs? “I have already sold the mansion, and if anyone is responsible, it would be the one who handed it over to the guild.”

He still spoke confidently, but his words clearly showed a subtle sense of anxiety, different from his initial attitude.

Now, let’s take a quick look at this point.

“Mr. Patton, we found evidence of someone being tortured and murdered in the mansion. “I think you might know something about that.”

I didn’t see it in person, but through the hallucinations that the mansion showed me, I experienced it for a long and horribly long time.

In a way, I know it better than seeing it in person.

“Torture? Killing?”

Patton tilted his head.

Oops, was I in too much of a hurry?

Although the guild was used as a shield, would it have been better to approach it more cautiously?

But after a while, Patton looked as if he remembered something and suddenly started laughing.

“Oh, you mean that? Well, if you saw that, you might think something strange. I deliberately nailed it to block it. How did you find it? “He’s also very talented.”

The reaction is a bit strange.

“Now… Are you acknowledging this? “You killed someone in that mansion?”

When I asked, Patton answered.

“What bullsh*t. “The ones I killed while playing were called demons.”

* * *