Chapter 18: Room 102, Cursed Room – ‘Mansion of Fear’ (4)

Chapter 18: Room 102, Cursed Room – ‘Mansion of Fear’ (4)

[User: Han Kain (Wisdom)

Date: Day 6

Current Location: Floor 1, Room 102 (Cursed Room Mansion of Fear)

Sages Advice: 3]

The cathedral was a lot cleaner than expected. Even though the butler called it half-wasted, that was only in comparison to the mansion which was absurdly neat and tidy.

The cathedral wasnt even that big and a few hours of cleaning might be all that was needed for a proper worship service. Following the butler, we crossed the chapel and went out through the back door and found the lake and the boat.

Because of the sudden rise in water level from the storm, the lake was splashing right below the door, and the boat was also constantly knocking on the building.

As expected, the boat was in a terrible state. It had been openly exposed to the storm and appeared to have been ramming into all sorts of places due to the sudden rise in water level and was thus full of dirt.

It definitely isnt that clean but if its just this, I believe it would be drivable.

Just asking, but you do know how to drive a boat, right, Mr. Butler?Geett the latest novels on no/v/elbin(.)c/om

Of course, Miss. But it looks like it would be difficult to immediately use this boat.

The butler reached his arm out and pointed at the outer frame of the boat.

Did it crash into something during the sudden storm? I could see water seeping into the boat. For now, the hole was quite small but it definitely looked like it needed a repair.

There are tools to repair the boat in the mansion. If we bring that and seal that hole, it should be possible to cross the lake. Im sure the motor is still okay.

After a brief eye contact with Eunsol-noona where we silently shared our thoughts, she nodded.

Cough, cough. At-choo!

Are you alright? We must have been in the storm for too long.

Im alright. You dont have to worry about me. We can go back straight away.

No, I believe we should warm our bodies up a little. The path back to the mansion is not short. Let me bring a heater.

The butler then headed off to bring a heater to warm our bodies up, as we sat on the long chairs of the chapel in slight relief.

Rattle, rattle.

Creeeakk.

A spooky noise reached my ears. I lifted my head to the source of that unpleasant sound and found a door swaying with a creak.

I wonder what that room is.

Its probably the one used by the priest.

It was very suspicious.

The butler who left us behind insisting that we needed to take some rest despite us telling him we were okay, and the door that creaked open as soon as he disappeared

Isnt this like, pretty much telling us to search through that room?

Ill go there.

Lets go together. One person holding the torch will make it easier to search.

No, I replied. Hyung, I think you should stay near noona. The butler is probably going to come back soon.

The butler.

Hyung had been cautious of the butler from the very first day, saying that he was a relatively strong person. I told him we needed to be prepared for his return and Jinchul-hyung sat back down after showing his agreement.

Of course, it was true that I was cautious of the butler but

Young Miss

I have to take a look at the study. There have been a bunch of strange things happening in this mansion. Do you know something about whats happening? Or did uncle hide something in the study? I need to make sure so just bring me the key. Hurry up.

Noona. The owner of the house is stopping us from going inside Arent you too heated up all of a sudden? I asked.

You keep your mouth shut. We cant even contact that damn owner when there are people dying over here. We are going to have 2 more corpses if we follow what he says the whole time.

I pretended like I was having a quarrel with her by continuing the argument for a little while before turning around with a sigh, and found others looking at me with widened eyes.

Here I was worried that I might be a bad actor but apparently, it seemed that I had been way too good at it. Or perhaps they were just frightened by seeing people fight in such a scary and perilous atmosphere.

Even Jinchul-hyung was looking at me with wide eyes, and it was weird to suddenly explain everything to him so I quietly sat back down instead.

Funnily enough, everyone had shown such a wonderful reaction and it was thus highly likely that no-one would be suspicious of it.

*

Lee Eunsol

The study was exceptionally clean and normal. That was what I found the most suspicious.

Ever since Elenas death the mansion began to wreak havoc. Another version of me was smirking inside the mirror, the cuckoo clock was busy exploding every hour, and the dolls became more curious about humans.

Besides, wasnt there also the recent event during our small dinner that consisted of a sandwich and a cup of coffee, where the cup suddenly grew legs and moved on its own to pour hot water?

And yet this study was completely different from everything else happening in the mansion.

It was way too peaceful.

Standing still, I recalled the information gathered by Kain.

Sir was a heretic. That was definitely a significant piece of information.

The butler had been eager to bring us to the cathedral ever since the first day, and in the end, he took us there and made us stay inside the cathedral for an hour.

He was probably trying to make us discover something. Considering how the cathedral contained information about Sir being a heretic something similar should also be inside the study.

I rummaged through the surroundings. I opened every book as well as the drawers.

Why me?

That was the question that was always stuck in my mind ever since the first incidents of the mansion. Elena said back in the car that everything was like a movie.

Everyone was given a role.

And the most important role in this Mansion of Fear was me no matter how I saw it.

The other people were technically only at the mansion because they were college friends of Lee Eunsol.

I was the niece of the owner of the mansion, and at the same time was the only one that could control the suspicious employees of the mansion. The role given to me was definitely the most crucial.

But why was it me? Why was I given the most important role? What did I have that others didnt?

Child of a rich family? Its not like I could use the money sitting in my bank account, and that didnt seem all that meaningful.

A little clever? That was similar for Kain from what I saw. He was quick-witted enough that I wanted to personally employ him after leaving the hotel.

And apart from that, I was a speaker of multiple languages.

Reaching out, I poked my hand into the vague empty space between the second and third drawer and touched a thick envelope. Inside the envelope were documents of all sorts of languages, from Spanish to French, German and English.

Not only were the languages different, but the format, writing style and the types of paper were all different. It was as if all the fragmented pieces of information had been scraped up from the entire globe, and every bit of that information was describing one thing.

I realised as soon as I finished reading the last sentence of the 4th document. Although I had steeled myself for it, I still couldnt help but tremble.

Now, it was my turn to be sacrificed.