16 A favor for a favor

Kiro gets up and draws his sword , he opens the door while searching for the source of the noise.

-Bloodlust

Kiro's eyes turn pitch black

"I can't spot anything , I'm sure I heard footsteps or something similar , I just know that something is here."

Kiro starts roaming the hallways , then he hears footsteps coming from one of the bedrooms , bloodlust cannot spot anything , but Kiro went there to check anyways. He found nothing . Kiro heard the same footstep noises coming from the hallways.

"Have I gone insane ?!"

He checks the hallways just to find nothing .

"Now that I think about it this mansion has a really creepy story that I totally forgot about "

-The Di...aaaaa....ryy

-What the hell?!

-The Di...aaaaa...ryy

Mud footprints appear in front of Kiro , terrified He decides to follow them .The footsteps lead to a dead end.

A bloody hand-print appears on one of the tiles and pushes it , revealing a small secret room.

"I don't know if I should be curious or creeped out from this "

A drawer is opened and a small book is revealed. Kiro picks up the book from the drawer, the book doesn't have a title and it looks old.

-This must be the diary you were talking about , right?

- Reeeeeeaaaaad

With his blood curling Kiro opens the first page , but he cannot understand anything .

-Well , this means i gotta go ....

A man in a butler's outfit appears in front of Kiro

-Then I shall explain it myself , I was hired as a butler by baron Edgar in this mansion . I brought my daughter with me time to time , until the baron decided to hire her as well. The baron was a perverted lustful man , and took advantage of my daughter , while his wife was gone . He was afraid that he would be exposed for adultery so he silenced the only witness , my beloved daughter. He killed her and hid the body in the basement. I was worried sick about my daughter , until I checked the basement, I found my daughter's decaying corpse . Out of rage I grabbed a kitchen knife and killed my master and then I started hiding in the basement , where I killed myself out of fear for punishment.

-Great story you got there , what do I have to do with this ?

-While Edgar had a burial , My daughter's remains and mine as well are still at the basement , unburied. This place had no visitors for 35 years so I beg you to bury our remains , then our souls will be free .

A young girl out of appears out of nowhere in front of Kiro as well.

-That's right , as long as our remains are not buried we will continue to roam this place endlessly .

-So if I want to get rid of you two I have to bury you ?

-Correct - says the butler.

-Maybe tomorrow , I really need some sleep right now .

-As you wish , I would be grateful

-Me too

-But I want you to do me a favor If you are able to

-What is it ?

-I want you to clean up this place before I bury you , take it as you last day of service , that's all you can do for me , then your souls will be free.

-As you wish , We will try our best.

-I'm sure you will then Kiro leaves the room heading for the bed . As soon as he reaches it he lies and hears the ghosts of the two servants working and cleaning.

"Well , that was a good deal ."

Kiro's eyes become heavier and heavier until he decides to close them. He wakes up lying on the flowers of the field he had been summoned since he came to this world .

-Trouble with ghosts I see.

-This situation is far from trouble , we ended up in an agreement after all , then I could live here in peace . Can I ask you a question ?

-What is it?

-How are ghosts created.

-In this world , ghosts are souls of people who had died a sudden death , and who's remains were unburied . They haunt the places they died in for eternity or until their remains are buried.

-I got it , can I go now?

-Of course , Here you go

Kiro wakes up , it was morning already , He stretches his arms and gets up .

"It has been a while since I slept on a bed , now I have to check the basement , as I agreed ."

Kiro gets out of the room , to see the mansion had been cleaned up , Every corner and spot of it was shining .

"They did a pretty good job "

Kiro heads to the basement and begins to search , he finds two skeletons near each other .

-I finally found you two .

He takes to blankets and puts the remains carefully , then he searches the basement , two find two metal boxes. He empties them and puts the remains of the former servants in them. He takes the boxes outside , in the garden and goes back to take a shovel .

-Here we go .

Kiro starts digging two holes and puts the boxes into them . He starts burying them until he finishes.

-Well , the last thing I have to do is to mark their graves . He places two big stones and buries half of them . Then he craves with his dagger , "may you rest in peace " on both stones in Japanese.

-I guess my work here is done.

-Thank you , Thank you .

Kiro hears both servants thank him , as their souls rest in peace.

-Finally , some peace and quiet , I won't be worrying about ghosts anytime soon.

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