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I Reincarnated As The Greatest Genius of a Prestigious Family!
[Translator – Rainypup]
[Proofreader – Harley]
Chapter 108: Welcome to the House of Horrors
Arnold helped set up the House of Horrors. He was that dorm mate from a hunter family whose welcome ceremony was ruined because of me.
“Wow, you can even install it like this.”
"Yeah. You should just put a little more paint on there. Just spray it lightly. For about a second?"
“Okay, got it.”
Arnold looked like he’d die of happiness. He seemed to know quite a bit about traps, but he was always amazed by the traps assassins used.
“What is this? Something that works with magic?” he asked.
“It works the moment you enter the area. It momentarily increases gravity, making it difficult to move.”
“Oh, then if the illusion suddenly chases after you but you slow down, you’ll be really flustered?”
“That’s it.”
He was really passionate. It seemed like he wanted to learn all the traps assassins used.
Thanks to this, it was very easy to set up traps to surprise students entering this House of Horrors, including the illusion generators.
“Alright. The traps are almost all set up...” I looked down from the second floor.
"Miss Arabella! Where should I move this?"
“Oh, put that over there. It’s a magic curtain, so put it down carefully.”
"Yes! Of course!”
Things were going very well there, too. Arabella literally commanded the people from the Physical Beauty Club by pointing with just one finger.
“Dane, how are you doing there?” she asked.
“Oh, it’s going well. How about you?” I replied.
“It’s really good here, too. Where did you find so many strong friends? Let’s work a little harder, shall we?”
"Yes!"
At those words, #2, #3, #4, and #5 answered and laughed heartily. I never thought they would be that weak. I wondered if Arabella was enjoying it at this point.
“I’m going to go see Leila,” I said.
"Yeah! Go.”
I left Arnold, who was distracted by the trap, behind and went to find Leila. I saw Leila crouching in the corner of the hallway, frozen in place.
“...”
As I approached, Leila looked at me in shock, asking, “D-Dane? When did you get here?”
“Were you too focused? Or are you too scared to do anything?”
“S-scared! I was concentrating, of course!” Leila, who looked terrified to anyone who saw her, was holding a box in front of her.
“What is it?” I asked.
“Hey, don’t open it! I’m not ready yet... Ah, no. I can do it!”
I didn’t think so.
I ripped open the box.
Then—
“Gyaaaah!” Leila screamed.
It was to be expected. After all, inside the box were a bunch of scary-looking monster masks.
“Hey, don’t show it to me!”
How on earth did she fight against the undead?
“What kind of trauma do you have regarding ghosts?”
“D-don’t ask!”
It was funny that the girl who always tried to act tough was like this. But I thought she'd cry if I teased her more, so I closed the box.
“...I hate ghosts."
“Not scared?”
“It’s not that I’m scared, I just don’t like them!”
That was what it meant to be scared.
“...Still, I put up all the decorations. I worked hard,” she fussed.
“Yeah, you worked hard. You did a great job,” I said.
“Praise me properly!”
“You’re the best.”
I started looking at the various decorations together with Leila.
“The atmosphere is really nice, isn’t it?”
Perhaps because Leila had worked so hard to decorate it, the atmosphere was so terrifying that even a timid person would cringe just looking at it.
First of all, the abandoned building we rented had been abandoned for a long time, so it already had that kind of atmosphere. There were spiderwebs, broken windows, a magical sound fountain that was set to emit an eerie sound periodically, and even traps of all kinds.
The preparations were almost complete.
“Physical Beauty Club, can you look here for a moment?”
One last thing.
“Aha. So we just have to turn it on every time someone arrives.”
“If I wear this and go out, people will be surprised?”
“Oh, a voice changer. How nice. I just have to smile, right?”
The role of the people who would do the work inside. Once again, the Physical Beauty Club would work hard.
Of course, it was a bit weird to use them for free.
“I’ll split the profits when it’s over. I’ll make sure you don’t feel disappointed, so look forward to it.”
"Sir...!”
Thanks to that, they showed even more emotion and their will was burning.
“I will definitely make this House of Horrors a success.”
“Just trust us!”
Good.
The setup was complete. Now, just one more thing and we were ready to go.
"Then let's test it to see if it's effective."
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[House of Horrors Pre-Experience Event!]
[-Magic Summoning Exploration Swordsmanship (Romance) Club-]
Near the central square, there was a sign that caught the attention of students passing by.
“House of Horrors?”
“As expected of the Festival. A House of Horrors, huh?”
“House of Horrors? But what’s with the name of that club?”
“That’s the club that Dane Sogres created. You know, this year’s top student.”
“Ah! That Autonomous Department?”
Many students showed interest in Dane's House of Horrors, which he opened for testing and word-of-mouth purposes.
“Shall we go? It sounds fun.”
“W-wouldn’t it be scary?”
“Scary? How scary could a House of Horrors be?”
Some students expressed confidence, while others seemed scared. What was certain was that it was attracting attention.
“This is an abandoned building that is no longer in use. I guess they rented it.”
“It’s already gloomy.”
“Was that window originally broken?”
When they arrived at the location pointed by the map, they saw a shabby, abandoned building. Even though the surroundings were dark, students who seemed confident had to swallow dry saliva and couldn't bring themselves to go in.
There was even a warning message attached to the front.
[From the moment you step inside, the only way out of the House of Horrors is to escape. Those with a faint heart, please turn back immediately.]
[*Please note that you will be wearing a magic and divine power-limiting bracelet.]
The writing looked as if it was written in blood.
Everything was frightening.
“W-we’ll be fine, right?”
“I-it’s just a House of Horrors anyway... I-it’s not like we’ll faint or anything...?”
The two students passed through the dim pumpkin lights and finally entered the building.
Then, at that moment—
[Welcome to the House of Horrors.]
“Gyaaaaaaah!”
A scream burst out.
And—
Thud!
The door the two people had just entered through suddenly slammed shut!
“...Uh, are we trapped?”
[You must now escape this House of Horror, filled with ghosts, spirits, and monsters. In this House of Horror, there are many beings with grudges waiting for their victims... Remember: don’t look back... Follow the light...]
Click.
After the eerie voice ended, the room slowly darkened.
When it became so dark that the outlines of objects could barely be distinguished, a dim light came on.
“D-damnit. C-can we leave?”
“We have to get out. Over there, over there! There’s a light!”
The two students trembled and headed toward the light.
But before they could even take a few steps—
Thump!
“Gyaaaah!”
“Aaaaack!”
The cabinet next to them burst open, causing the two students to collapse on the floor.
"Waaaaa...."
"I-I want to leave...”
Fsssshhhh...
There was even the sound of the wind blowing through a broken window.
“L-let’s get up. We have to go! There’s a light over there!”
“I-I can’t...”
“I told you to get up!”
The more daring student lifted the other, and the two began to move forward.
Just as they finally reached the light...
Whoosh.
The light suddenly disappeared—as if someone had blown out the candles with the wind.
At that moment, their vision suddenly darkened.
“Oh, what should I do?!”
“Don’t move hastily!” The bold student calmly shouted.
“I-I can’t see!”
"I told you not to move!"
They gulped subconsciously.
'The light will come again.'
They wanted to scream and run out right away. However, once you set foot inside, you had no choice but to go all the way.
Fsssh.
The faint light came on.
“It’s over there.”
When a student took a step—
Swaaaaaaaaa...
They heard an ominous sound—
“Heuheuheuheu...”
“Heuhihihihi...”
Laughter could be heard from all directions. In the darkness, dozens of eyes flashed, staring straight at the two students.
“Aaaaaah!”
“Gyaaaaaaaaaah!”
And then, as if they had made a promise, the two fell backward and fainted.
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After some time had passed...
“S-Save me!”
“Aaaahhh!”
The two students opened their eyes screaming.
However, they weren’t in the House of Horrors.
When they opened their eyes, they were at the back of the House of Horrors. As soon as they opened their eyes, the two looked at each other and trembled. Then they looked up at the House of Horrors and muttered blankly.
“It’s a damned place...”
“Somewhere you shouldn’t go...”
The two of them rose onto their trembling legs and ran away as fast as they could.
Watching them from the window, Dane asked, “Was it too much? I didn’t know they’d faint like that from the beginning.”
“Did I set the mood too strongly?”
“It could be because they are cowards.”
While Priscilla, Arabella, and Dane exchanged opinions, only Leila remained silent. After all, she almost fainted with them.
“It will probably need some adjustments, right? I guess I’ll have to raise it step by step.”
“Uh, I think people would say that was weak back in my days. And we don’t have enough time to make two courses.”
"Then let's first reduce the fear level a bit and test it out. It seems like there will be more customers coming soon," Dane said and walked over to the other side, looking out the window.
Dane saw students approaching, hunched over.
And after a while...
“Gyaaaaaaah!”
“Aaaaaaaargh!”
This time, there were three fainting cases.
“They didn’t even make it halfway there.”
"About thirty percent?"
"It's better than before. I think it'll be better if we pull back some on the points they just fainted over."
After more than ten casualties, Dane finally nodded happily at the satisfactory results.
"This will do."
It wasn’t so scary that they’d faint too early on, but it wasn’t so scary that they wouldn’t come.
“Friends, you’re doing well.”
“Hehehe, just leave it to me!”
“This is fun!”
Even the Physical Beauty club members performed passionately with sinister voices and popped out in ghost makeup.
“Won’t the word of mouth be great at this point?”
Arabella, who had been watching with a critical eye, smiled happily.
'Maybe Dane’s club will take first place overall?'
Being number one at the Festival was an achievement that even Arabella had never achieved. Not only was it possible to win first place in the club category, but it also seemed possible to win first place overall.
“This’ll be really popular with the kids. Well, I’ll do some promotion for the Theology Department,” Priscilla said.
"On the condition that they don't use divine power. There’s the bracelet though."
“That bracelet is amazing, senior. I just tried it and the divine power was completely blocked. It was my first time experiencing something like that.”
For reference, the bracelets that blocked magical and divine powers were items provided by Arabella. Naturally, they were Arabella's invention. It was an undisclosed invention that had not even been commercialized yet.
“Even so, it won’t last long. An hour at most?”
“But isn’t it enough to block even the professors’ magic power for thirty minutes?”
Arabella ground her teeth at Priscilla's compliments. “Back in my academy days, when I was doing the House of Horrors, damn it... no, some really bad people came to ruin it.” Arabella smiled dangerously. "That won't happen again. This House of Horrors is perfect."
Then she added, “Oh, but it only works with consent. If the other party doesn’t agree, it won’t be effective. It only has strong binding power for those who agree, and it’s weaker than you think. It’s hard to do with bare hands, but it’s easy to break if you have an artifact with you.”
Of course, the bracelet had weaknesses. However, it was good enough to use at a festival’s House of Horrors.
Anyway, all preparations were complete.
From now on...
It was Festival time.
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