Viktor went inside the dark staircase with Adonis to check what was going on inside. The cave was dark, but there were human footsteps on the dusty stair but they were old. Adonis checked the footsteps and said it was 3 to 4 months ago when some people came here.
"Adonis, I can feel some curse is stuck in here."
"Yes master, I can feel it too. It's coming from a room down there."
-I can't believe there's a secret passage inside this house. And this passage is really big. Maybe it leads to somewhere outside.
"Master, the dark mana is coming from that room over there. Do you want to go and check?"
"Well, of course, I have to check who disturbed me in my peaceful sleep."
Both of them went inside the room to check and what they found was unbelievable. It was a small illusion curse with dark magic to scare the people away from the house. Viktor laughed out loud and broke it with purification magic.
"TSK! I can't believe I have to come all the way down here to break this tiny curse. Adonis, go and check where this passage leads. Seal every one of them so that no one can enter the house."
"Yes, master."
"I need to look for some information about this house. Something smells fishy. "
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The next day.
"I came here pretty early but it's already crowded."
The place where Viktor went is called Dragon Guild. It's a guild that provides its customers with every kind of information if he has the right amount of money. People can also hire assassins to kill people.
Only a few people in this territory know about the Dragon guild's secret works. But in front of a normal person, it's just an ordinary guild that provides quests and buys monster core. A normal adventurer guild.
The reason why Viktor came here is to find out some information about the house he's living in.
"Welcome customer, how can I help you today?"
Viktor went inside there by wearing a mask and a huge black cloak to hide his real face and body structure. Because the Dragon guild is always filled with assassins.
"I need an owl."
"Oh! An inner customer. Are you new?"
"Yes."
"Then buy one of this batch to enter our club. Then we can provide you with everything you need."
She offered him a box full of badges to select one. It's like a membership card to enter a certain room of the guild.
He was looking at the row of badges and saw a moon-shaped badge. So he selected it as his badge.
-And it cost me 100 gold -_-.
They are cutting off the neck of their customers. Now I have to sell another potion to buy information now.
Viktor was escorted by a man upstairs and they reached a room filled with people. They were all wearing a mask and cloaks to hide their identity.
-What a shady world!
"Customer, if you need to buy any information, please request it from our manager over there."
"Thank you."
-well I don't have any time to waste, I have to get out of here quickly before someone else comes to me to have a conversation.
"Excuse me, I want to have some information about a house from the Trinity Guild housing department."
"Another guild information costs 500 gold. If you're a new member then we can offer 10% off on your first request."
"Yes, a new member discount would be great. I need to look into this house's information."
The woman looked at the drawing of the house and she was surprised. Then she told Viktor to go inside a room to sit down and wait.
-Why am I being escorted again?
The man took Viktor inside a room and served him a cup of tea.
How long are they going to take now? I need to go home and eat. Adonis is waiting for me.
After 30 minutes, a man came inside with a file of paper in his hand. He was really excited for some reason.
"Hello, customer!! You're a new member of this guild. And you're requesting information on your first day?"
"Yes, the quicker the better."
"Hahaha! Then tell me, customer, how was your first night in that house?"
"I slept pretty well, thank you."
"Do you want to loan for the information or pay the money right now?"
Viktor took out a bag full of gold coins and put it on the table.
"The information please."
"You're so straight, dear customer."
The man gave him the papers and Viktor was shocked to see the list of people who bought the house and left the very next day. The report said the house was haunted and the people who slept inside the house on their first night were injured by a ghost. And all of them left the house by taking 200 gold coins back from the guild.
"I see…"
"Tell me how you sleep at that house peacefully. "
"Well it's a sensitive matter and It will cost money. Do you want to buy information from me? I can give you a lot."
"If you can give us proper evidence, then we can buy it."
"Forget it. For your new customer discount, I'll give you 100% free information."
"Really??"
"Yes, the house isn't haunted by any ghosts. There's a curse under the basement that triggers when people sleep. It's dark magic. The guild is trying to scam people and earn money."
"Isn't dark magic forbidden in this kingdom?"
The man was annoyed by the information he just received.
"Yes, it wasn't any powerful curse. But it's enough to traumatise a person in just 2 nights."
"How did you lift the curse?"
"I broke it -_-."
"...?"
The man was confused that he was having difficulty processing the thing he just heard.
"You break the curse? How's that possible?"
"100% discount is over."
"Ugh! Come on!!"
"I don't want to sell any information about myself. I'll be leaving now. My job is done here."
"Your name is Viktor right?"
"So you already checked."
After talking about what kind of curse he broke in exchange for 200 gold coins, Viktor left the guild and went back to his home to have breakfast. Adonis already fixed the wall he broke yesterday and they sealed all the secret passages that lead inside the house from different rooms.
But their peaceful afternoon kissed them goodbye.
"Hello, Mr Viktor. Did you enjoy your first day in your house?"
The man from the housing guild came with a smile on his face.
….// please ignore those grammatical errors.. :p