May blinked for some time. "Are you lying…"
She asked with a slightly curious voice in her cold expression. "Yeah it is but the setback is that you have to well obey me or you would have to be punished…"
Kris sounded awkward, May looked at him intently and then snapped her fingers making Mai appear beside her with an upset expression on her face. "No fair?!, can you not teleport me away"
Before she could continue her outburst, May immediately placed a finger on her ghostly lips. "You heard what he said, i want you to be free from haunting this place, if what he said is a lie then i will kill him, so do you want to go with him"
"No?!"
"What why?!"
"If you aren't coming, i'm not?!"
"Come on i will place a curse in him so if he does something to you he will immediately regret it"
"No?!"
Kris was a spectator and Faye was still beside him, so is Eskira but she was intently looking at their argument. "What is my life becoming"
He slowly asked as he looked down on the floor with an empty gaze, no he wondered why this stupid class exists?!.
After a while Kris got annoyed. "Why don't we just make a contract, if you two come with me for a while and see i am not bad, then you can follow me if not well i don't know, hey is there something like that in the Lolimancer class"
He asked the Spirit dragon Loli of the Lolimancer class. "A contract? Hmm… yes, something like that does exist," she replied, her voice carrying an air of smug wisdom. "But it requires both parties to consent. And if either side breaks the terms, the punishment is… creative." She smiled mischievously, making Kris shudder slightly.
"Creative? What does that even mean?" Kris asked, already regretting his idea.
Eskira shrugged with an impish grin."Depends on the terms. It could be as simple as a binding oath or as dramatic as eternal embarrassment. The magic has a way of interpreting intentions… uniquely."
May glanced at Kris, her cold expression unchanging. "Are you willing to bind yourself to this contract, Kris? If you're lying or have ill intentions, it could backfire severely."
"Why does everyone assume I'm some kind of villain here?!" Kris threw his hands in the air, exasperated. "Fine. Whatever. Let's do this stupid contract thing."
Mai, still pouting, floated closer. "You better not mess up. If this goes wrong, I'll be the one haunting you!"
"You're already haunting this place!" Kris snapped, rubbing his temples. "And you're annoying."
"Ok, as the Spirit of the Lolimancer, I Eskira the Dragon of the Cherry blossom Tree agree to the contents of the Contract" As she completed her words, a small mark appeared in the air, it was the image of a Pink tree with falling leaves, it then split into three parts and then attached itself to the three who werre apart of the contract.
"Dragon of the Cherry Blossom?" Kris asked curiously.
Eskira giggled. "Yes i am a spirit born from nature and then took on the form of a dragon due to the residual energy left behind by ine before my birth, anyway's let's not talk about some old things, Master the rank C monster i felt earlier was actually May"
"Oh, ok, So may, can you give us a sword since you definitely aren't giving us the cursed one so we can take it to the Knight center to gain ownership to the house" May coldly stared at him for a few seconds and then flicked her hands.
The sound of metal then rang near his leg, he looked down and saw a pure black sword with red runes etched on it. "…Cool"
He then carefully picked it up, May went back towards her throne and sat their. "Well then you have some time to convince us to become yours"
"Please don't put it that way" Kris wanted to cry. "Can you guys leave this mansion?"
"No we are Vengeful souls, so we are limited to haunting this place, we will wait for you" She said waving her hand dismissively.
"you know you could atleast smile" Kris added with smile.
May didn't pay heed to him and did her own thing, giving the ghost girls one last look and went out of the mansion with Faye and Eskira.
As they were walking Eskira brought out an interesting question. "So how are you going to win their hearts"
"I am losing my sanity, please stop" Kris said with an exasperated expression.
Eskira chuckled and Faye watched with an Odd curiosity, she didn't know what was funny. "Master why did you ask Sister to stop talking?"
Kris turned to look at the Rabbit girl, he should probably buy her some carrots is what he thought he then paid attention to her question. "Stay innocent Faye, Stay innocent"
soon they arrived back at the Knight center and met up with the receptionist man. "Oh you returned back…alive?"
He questioned curiously, Kris's mouth formed a thin line. "Yeah…survived, here's the sword"
He placed the sword at the counter, the man observed the blade. "It's cursed, good thing it deactivated or it would have done damage to you and your companions, anyways you guys have ownership of rhat mansion now, i shall register your names first"
Kris gave his name to him, the man then wrote it on a scroll and then kept it under his desk. "Also since you survived, a bonus reward of 20 gold coins will be given to you"
Kris's eyes widened at the mention of gold. "Wait, bonus reward? Why didn't you say there was a bonus reward earlier?!"
The receptionist gave him a blank stare. "Would you have gone if I told you?"
Kris opened his mouth, paused, then closed it again. "…Fair point."
Eskira giggled beside him, her cherry blossom aura shimmering faintly in the lamplight. Faye, on the other hand, tilted her head with her usual innocent expression. "Master, are gold coins edible?"
Kris pinched the bridge of his nose. "No, Faye. They're for buying things. Like food. Or… better equipment. Or maybe even something nice for myself because I deserve it after everything I've been through today."
The receptionist cleared his throat, drawing their attention. "Now that you officially own the mansion, you might want to… cleanse it properly. Owning a haunted mansion isn't exactly the most prestigious thing in this city, and people might start whispering."
Kris groaned. "Of course they will. Great, just great. Anything else I should know? Like, I don't know, do I need to pay taxes on haunted mansions?"
The receptionist gave him a sly smirk. "Oh, you absolutely do."
Kris wanted to slap himself, ofcourse he woul be paying taxes.
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Eskira,Kris and Faye returned back to the mansion to only see that the interior was…a bit cleaner than before. Mai was humming as she killed some rats with a sword and then later incinerated them.
When she heaed rhe door open she then floated towards the rest. "Hello Kris,did you endeavors go well"
"Yeah they did, where's your sister?" He asked looking around to make sure he doesn't get jumpscared.
And as he asked that question, a slightly annoyed voice came into his ears. "I am not going to attack you so stop thinking about such ungrateful thoughts about me"
The other grumpy ghost twin arrived just as he said that. Kris asked a question. "Are you always that gloomy?"