Chapter 173
Chapter 173
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Translator: crow
Chapter Title: The Haunted Mansion
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"I'll wait here. The inner door should be open."
The real estate agent said that and politely assumed a waiting pose. It was a resolute stance that he had no intention of going inside.
He really seemed reluctant to enter.
I wasn't thrilled about going in with some guy either, so it worked out fine.
"Master. I'll accompany you."
The loyal Mari followed politely behind me.
Together, we headed toward the mansion visible beyond the garden.
The garden was overgrown with weeds.
The mansion's exterior was mottled and dilapidated—even without ghosts, it fully deserved to be called a haunted house.
We stood before the mansion's large front door.
The arrow was still pointing at the mansion. Confirming that, I opened the door.
-Kiiik.
Dust rained down as the door creaked open.
I paused briefly, waiting until no more dust fell, then stepped inside.
The interior was just as musty and rundown as the outside.
Dust piled thick everywhere.
And spiders that had made the place their home greeted us from all corners.
It was a ghost house in every sense.
'Not the second floor...'
The navigation arrow still pointed in one direction.
I followed it.
"M-Master. Th-There!!"
Mari cried out in surprise.
My gaze naturally turned in the direction she was looking.
A blurry girl was appearing and rushing toward me.
She looked like she was in a hurry to go somewhere.
But the girl had a familiar appearance.
'A ghost?'
The girl collided with me, passed right through, and soon scattered away.
I felt nothing, and there was no mana reaction.
"M-Master, are you alright?"
Mari asked worriedly, seeing me stunned.
The reason I was surprised wasn't anything else.
'A school uniform?'
The clothes the girl's apparition was wearing looked like the uniforms students in my original world wore to school.
After that, various apparitions—ghosts or illusions, I couldn't tell—kept appearing and vanishing before us.
A salaryman walking with a tired expression.
A couple strolling arm in arm.
The common thread?
They all looked like ordinary people from my original world.
'This is weird.'
Even so, I couldn't stop what I came to do. Following the arrow, I passed through a massive dining room and kitchen, then opened the back door.
At the same time, a huge truck came charging at me. Even a real truck couldn't do anything to me.
I ignored it and kept walking.
The illusion passed right through me and soon scattered.
Mari seemed to have gotten used to it, calmly following behind.
'No wonder ordinary humans couldn't survive here.'
The mansion's backyard came into view.
And in that backyard stood a massive tree.
'This looks familiar...... I get it.'
It resembled the tree I'd seen on the island when I first arrived in this world.
It was a bit smaller, but that tree had been monstrously huge. Compared to a normal tree, this one was still quite large.
The navigation arrow pointed toward the tree.
I headed that way.
Up close, there was indeed a large hole in the trunk.
Or rather, a cave.
The tree cave had been neglected for a long time, its entrance overgrown with tangled vines.
I created a jungle knife with mana, hacked away the vines roughly, and entered.
Sure enough, inside was a cozy wooden hollow.
Should I level up the Login skill?
If not, I'd have to delete a Save Point installed elsewhere.
There was a way to remove the one on the island where I first entered this world, but I'd need it someday to meet Yeondu.
I'd gotten 10 skill points as a quest completion reward.
I had spares.
Leveling Login to 3 required 2 points.
Even Body Strengthening needed 32 points for the next level, so it wasn't much in comparison.
There was a time when I'd hesitate over one or two skill points...... What a world of difference.
I boldly leveled up the Login skill.
A new world?
I checked what it was.
'.....They made this one unappealing on purpose.'
An unknown world...
Sounds plausible, but no info at all.
If someone else was going, maybe, but for me to go myself? Not an attractive option.
'The first two worlds were like tutorials?'
Even with more login worlds available, no need to worry about it now. As planned, I installed the access portal with the added Save Point.
Business done.
As I turned to leave, Mari had a puzzled expression.
We came to see the mansion, and suddenly I was rummaging in a tree stump—my actions must have seemed odd.
Catching my gaze, Mari's face flushed slightly. She turned, braced her hand against the tree cave wall, and presented her ass to me.
Bringing her to this secluded, dim spot seemed to have sparked a misunderstanding.
"......."
......This kind of misunderstanding was welcome.
I slowly approached her offered ass.
For a while, the sticky sounds of man and woman echoed in the tree cave, heating up the air.
"Huu...."
The sensation of ejaculating never got old, no matter how many times.
I poured thick semen deep inside Mari, then pulled my cock out of her pussy. From between her white ass cheeks emerged my massive shaft, glistening with her juices.
"Master. I'll clean it up."
Mari naturally knelt before me and began aftercare.
-Slurp. Slurrrp. Suck.
Midway through Mari's pleasurable cleaning blowjob, a sudden message popped into my view, startling me.
It was from Ayla.
I'd granted her party message privileges in case of emergencies.
-Slurp. Slurp.
Mari was buried between my legs, diligently bobbing her head.
Is this what it feels like to get a text from your girlfriend while cheating?
Couldn't think of what to say, so I brushed it off vaguely.
After finishing the chat with Ayla, Mari completed the cleanup and politely pulled up my pants.
"Good work."
I patted the dutiful Mari's head.
"Thank you, Master."
This hidden mistress vibe.
Not bad at all.
"D-Did you like the house tour?"
As we exited after viewing the mansion, the waiting real estate agent greeted us.
"Well.... It wasn't bad."
"Pardon?"
Perhaps due to my unexpected response, the agent looked baffled.
On the way out, unlike coming in, we saw no illusions.
Maybe installing the Save Point made them vanish? Not sure, but it probably had an effect.
"I like the place. I want to buy it."
The mansion was in poor shape, but it had a Save Point.
I needed to secure it.
Couldn't just buy the tree part separately.
"Y-You're really going to buy it?"
"Yes."
"For real?"
"I'd appreciate if you understood after I say it once."
"N-No, of course."
Sensing my irritation, the agent shrank back.
"You're not planning to sell it at the same price as the other mansions, right?"
"Heavens, no. How could I charge a high mage like you that? It's way cheaper than nearby places. Less than half. But..."
"But?"
"If you buy it and then change your mind and demand a refund, it'll be trouble. The owner has circumstances too..."
The agent said, glancing at me cautiously.
He seemed worried I'd throw a fit later claiming it was a bad purchase.
"Don't worry."
And just like that, the contract was done in a flash.
I thought it'd take days, but the owner rushed over after the agent's call and signed.
Probably afraid I'd change my mind.
How long had it been unsold...
No wonder, with those illusions swarming nonstop.
It was cheap, but still pricey.
Nearly 1,500 gold.
I paid by selling four C-Rank mana stones.
Normally, big deals use bills of exchange.
But in Slubber, mana stones circulated actively as currency.
My C-Rank mana stones dwindled to single digits.
B-Rank and above are harder to get.
C-Rank were relatively easy in the zombie world thanks to the spiders.
With the Save Point installed, mana stones weren't a big worry anymore.
After spending that fortune and returning to the hotel, two familiar young man and woman were pacing out front.