Chapter 10 – 010 – Haunted Mansion

010 – Haunted Mansion

My neck, which was chafed by the rope, was extremely sore and painful.

Hanging yourself.

To be honest, it was an experience I never want to have again!

While I was touching the painful wound, Psyche grabbed me by the collar and pulled me up as I was lying on the floor.

“You!”

She looked at me with tears in her ocean-blue eyes.

“Hanging yourself! Why did you do something like that… !? Are you possessed by a ghost!? If I hadn’t saved you, you would have… !”

If Psyche hadn’t saved me, I would be dead by now! I would have been thrown into the hottest and most painful bottom of hell!

So to speak, this move was a big gamble for me.

Still, the winning rate was high.

“Yes, because I was counting on you to save me. Collock, Psyche, aren’t you that kind of person?”

Psyche was a kind and good person.

When a child approaches a fire, she puts out her hand to block it, even if it means getting burned herself.
When someone tried to go straight to hell before her eyes, she was a woman who would stop it with her whole body.
Even if that person is a heinous person known as a “Deadly sinner,”

“What on earth can you say that you know about me when you first met me today? I hate people like you the most! Suicide is something you should never do! Never!”

“But didn’t I cure your illness with that? Sometimes you have to die to live. If I could cure the young lady’s illness through death… Collock.”

It hurts, it hurts.

While she was performing a self-diagnosis with her hands to see if her cervical spine was cracked or broken while hanging on a rope, maids and servants surrounded Psyche.

Then she opened her mouth one by one with many emotions and sparkling tears.

“The lady is really talking… ! Oh my god, it’s a miracle! She was a young lady who couldn’t even drink water on her own for two years… !”

“I am cured! Monk Hyde really cured Lady Psyche! Oh, my!”

It was just my opinion, but it was clear that the servants at the Agarpe Mansion had no idea that Psyche was faking it. So, was this trickery uproar the work of Psyche alone?

“Tsk-.”

At that time, I heard a strange sound in my ears.

When he turned his head, he saw Count Dovan, who had red hair grown like a lion, making a subtle expression. Of course, it only lasted a moment, and he opened his arms wide and embraced his daughter.

“Psyche! Your consciousness has returned! This father is so happy that you are healthy again! Do you recognize this father?”

“Father… ! I have come to my senses now!”

It was a very touching father-daughter reunion.

Both have nice characters, so they look like paintings.

Even I, who knew the full story of this situation to some extent, was so moved that tears came to my eyes.

Jirit-.

When I was impressed for a while, I felt a rather sharp gaze from somewhere.

When she turned her head, Loras, a knight in shining silver armor, was glaring at me and muttering something to the servants.

As I was wondering what he was talking about, a large hand grabbed my shoulder.

It was Count Dovan Agarpe.

“Did you say you were Monk Hyde? Since you cured my daughter’s illness, it would be natural to repay her in return! If you want something, tell me! Our Agarpe is the “Family of the covenant.” “It is a rule to keep promises you make with your mouth.”

Is there anything you want?

My head was so full of one discourse that I couldn’t think of anything else.

In the end, I couldn’t bear it anymore and said.

“I want to marry Lady Psyche.”

“Marriage?”

Doban’s rock-like face trembled. Soon the servants and maids also began to sway as if they were being swallowed up by one great will.

“Marriage? “Did you say you’re getting married now?”

“Marrying Lady Psyche… No matter how much he is a benefactor, with someone I don’t even know where he came from…”

Only then did people seem to begin to see the human being called ‘me’.

The blatant glances were filled with suspicion, distrust, and some kind of malice.

Soon someone was shaking and shouting loudly.

“Marriage, Count! That’s ridiculous!”

“Lord Loras.”

“As you all know, Lady Psyche already has a fiancé. The Agarpe family was once granted the title of “Covenant” By the king—.”

“Lord Loras!”

Doban warned in a stern voice. Then the knight Loras, who had been shouting, closed his mouth, as if he had a lot to say but had no choice but to hold back.
Kuwoouk-.

Count Dovan, holding my shoulder, smiled.

“Let’s start with eating. I’d like to invite you to dinner. Monk Hyde.”

“It is an honor.”

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The Count’s dinner showing his sincerity.

It was like a huge banquet or party.

The servants and maids made endless dishes and put them on the table, and I was busy trying each and every type of dish.

Of course, the taste was okay.

There was no way the food of this world, where seasonings were rare and cooking methods were not yet developed, would satisfy my tongue trained to the taste of the 21st century.

Still, it’s better than starving.

We are grateful to have our daily bread!

When I felt reasonably full, the door to the banquet hall burst open. Soon, a woman in a purple dress walked gracefully and lightly on the cold stone floor.

She was Psyche.

“Miss… ! Oh my god! You are truly healed! It’s a miracle!”

“You’re so beautiful that I don’t think you’ve ever suffered from an illness… !”

People were very impressed and were busy praising his appearance.

To be honest, I tend to treat people equally when it comes to women’s ‘appearance’. Because all humans were created as masterpieces in the image of the Creator.

It was my opinion that everyone has their own personality and beauty.

But.

Looking at her Psyche, I wonder if her god, after training her skills in creating many people, did not put even more focus and effort into creating her… It even occurred to me.

It’s gorgeous.

This was my first time seeing him wearing armor, shouting and frowning.

“Psyche, you must sit in front of Mr. Hyde.”

“Yes, father.”

Gugit-.

Psyche’s frown as she looked at me was the same as before and now. But compared to the time when all kinds of hate were spewed at me, now…

“Monk Hyde, I hate you.”

It’s the same.

But it will change in the future.

I am confident.

Soon the real banquet and dinner began.

Diririring-.

When loud musical instruments resonate in the stone banquet hall, the warm brazier burns brightly, and people are getting drunk—.

A beautiful blonde woman looked at me.

“Did you say Monk Hyde?”

She was the Countess of Agarpe, in her late thirties. She was an extremely beautiful woman, and it was clear that Psyche resembled her.
The countess asked me.

“Hyde, won’t you tell me your story? We know nothing about the benefactor who cured my precious daughter Psyche from her illness. “Is she from a noble family?”

“No.”

“Is it so? Her skin was as white and fair as that of a young lady, so I thought she was the child of an aristocrat who had not suffered hardships. Then your mother or father… ? Merchant… ? Or a priest… ?”

It felt like I was being investigated.

If it is natural, is it natural?

I am the one who dared to say to the Count, “Give me your daughter!”

My future father-in-law had the right to know what I did.

At that time, Psyche muttered softly.

“I really wonder whose son-in-law this is. How can you not hesitate to do something so reckless, dangerous, and unforgivable? How could I have been educated at home to do something like that… !”

Was it that shocking that I committed suicide?

Being criticized and criticized by Psyche… Honestly, this feels good as is.

Anyway, in many ways, I felt strongly hated by Psyche, but I had to say what I had to say.

“I am an orphan.”

“… !”

Psyche’s blue eyes widened.

The gaze of her eyes seemed to waver uneasily from side to side, but then she calmly turned downward.

“Hyde, I apologize. “I really didn’t know that was the case.”

The daughter of a noble family apologizes for her mistake.

In this world where he is seen as a negative character despite his own mistakes, Psyche was the person I was keeping an eye on!

I was so moved that I trembled and said.

“It’s okay. Even though I am an orphan, I was able to meet my great father at an early age thanks to him. “The Lord, the Father of all things.”

I grew up in an orphanage, but I was never lonely or unhappy.

All my brothers and sisters were good, and the teachers were kind and good people.

Rather, the most unfortunate time in my life was the peak of the last five years when I left the orphanage.

Of course, that will end now!

Tears welled up in the countess’s eyes as she listened to the story.

“In this harsh world, without parents… It must have been really hard! So you don’t know anything about your biological parents? What’s the news? Are you planning on looking for it!?”

“It’s not completely unrelated. I inherited the name. The director of the orphanage said that. “They said the basket I was in had a small cross and my name written on it.”

The name Haido and the maternal faith.

It was the only thing in this world I received from my parents. No, actually, it wasn’t the only one.

You brought me into this world.

In the 21st century, where abortion is rampant, I felt grateful enough that they gave birth to me and left me in a good facility.

Count Dovan sighed and cleared his throat.

“Honey, please stop asking about other people’s stories. It’s against etiquette.”

“Why? Maybe they will become our family in the future! No parents or siblings. Maybe it’s God’s will? If this happens, in our Agarpe family—.”

“Wilhemina.”

Doban spoke sternly again.

The countess’s name seemed to be Wilhemina.

Mrs. Wilhemina shrugged her shoulders and said, “Hmm, men.” She turned her head away from her husband.
The atmosphere becomes more subtle in many ways.

I asked while rinsing my mouth with water to freshen up the mood.

“Now then, I also want to ask you something. Can I ask you one? I have heard many times that Lady Psyche already has a fiancé. “Really?”

Former virgin Psyche.

As far as I know, she was a celibate.

It was popular for priests in this world to remain celibate like Catholic priests.

Of course, because priests were not prohibited from marrying, there were some, like Archbishop Archibald, who got married and had children.

Still, Psyche thought she was a fashionable celibate, and of course she thought from the beginning that she would not have relationships with men.
Does Psyche have a fiancé?
As I wondered, Doban sipped her wine and shook her head.

“My daughter has no fiancé. “I don’t know who I heard that from.”

“Are you saying Lord Loras lied? It seemed like that too. “I can recognize the face of a liar.”

I looked at Loras sitting at the end of the long table.

Loras must have been offended at hearing her own name. “Hmph.” He coughed and frowned, and Count Dovan glanced at him and shook her head.

“What Sir Loras said is not necessarily a lie. Psyche had a fiancé. It’s a very old story.”

I see.

It felt like an empty puzzle appeared from nowhere and fit perfectly.

I should say that I figured out why Psyche had to act out her trick.

“Did your fiancé die a long time ago?”

“… Why do you ask that?”

“Indeed. Now I understand. There are ghosts living in this mansion. Lady Psyche’s illness wasn’t anything else, it was that she was possessed by a ghost. Even now, that ghost is tormenting Agarpe.”

“… Ghost!?”

Doban’s expression changed in an instant. He opened his eyes wide in shock, as if he had seen a ghost, and people around him opened their lips as if they were wondering what he was talking about.
I was right.

There really was a ghost living in this mansion.

“It’s a ghost named Old Promise.”