The Haunted Villa

"Don't even think about ditching us. You brought us out here, so you have to take responsibility until the end!"

"How am I supposed to take responsibility? By sleeping with you? If you sleep with me, then I'll take responsibility!"

"You... shameless!"

Yun Feiyang waved his hand in disgust. "Go, go, go! Stop bothering me!"

"No way! We have a share in your house too!"

"Huh? I think you might as well change your last name to Robber!"

Lisanna walked up, blinking her adorable, wide eyes, and said pitifully, "Brother-in-law, don't you want us anymore? Don't you want to take care of us anymore?"

"I..."

Yun Feiyang clutched his head in agony. "What kind of karma have I brought upon myself!"

"Brother-in-law~~~"

"Fine, fine, fine! I'm afraid of you. I'll leave rooms for you, is that enough?"

"Thank you, Brother-in-law! Brother-in-law is the best!"

Lisanna flashed a victory sign at Mira. The free ride was a success!

Mira, still huffing and puffing, slapped a mission request onto Yun Feiyang.

"What?"

"A ghost haunting? Why are you giving this to me?"

Mira said tsundere-style, "Aren't you looking for a house? This mission is just right!"

Yun Feiyang looked at the mission request and asked, "Really? What's the situation?"

"It's a newly built villa where several people have already gone missing. They say a ghost is causing trouble, so the owner of the house entrusted it to our guild."

"A ghost? Has anyone actually seen it?"

"No. Three months have passed, and the guild has sent a few different people, but they haven't found anything."

"Is that so? Wait, how do you know so much about it?"

"Obviously, I heard it from people in the guild. Because of the haunting, no one dares to live in that villa now. It won't sell, even after the price has been dropped several times!"

Yun Feiyang nodded. This villa actually met his requirements, and the key was that it was cheap.

"I was thinking, you definitely wouldn't be afraid of any ghosts. If we buy the villa and then immediately take care of the ghost problem, we could save even more money!"

Indeed, this mission paid 500,000 J. If we were fast enough, the homeowner would effectively be footing the bill.

"Yo-ho~ Not bad! I didn't realize you were so good at calculating expenses! Not bad at all, you're the type of woman suited for domestic life!"

Mira's face flushed bright red instantly. "What domestic life? Who... who wants to live a domestic life with you? Shameless!"

"Don't get ahead of yourself. You aren't my type at all. I prefer women who are gentle and virtuous, like Lisanna!"

Lisanna said shyly, "Brother-in-law, you're so bad! As I thought, you want both sisters, how annoying!"

Yun Feiyang spat out a mouthful of blood!

This wasn't gentle and virtuous at all; she was basically a little veteran flirt, the kind you couldn't afford to mess with!

Following the address on the mission slip, they found the owner of the villa.

"Mr. Edward?"

"Yes, that's me! Who are you..."

Edward realized suddenly, "Are you here for the mission? Not to be rude, but is Fairy Tail actually capable of anything? If you don't deal with those ghosts soon, I'll never be able to sell that villa!"

He had spotted the Guild Emblem on their clothes.

"You've misunderstood. I'm not here to do the mission; I'm here to buy the house!"

"Buy the house? That villa?"

"Exactly!"

Edward's eyes lit up. "Please, please, come in and let's talk!"

Good grief, his attitude had done a complete 180.

After they arrived in the living room and sat down, and he had served tea, Edward went straight to the point: "Two hundred million, take it or leave it, no bargaining!"

Good grief, good grief again. Just how desperate are you to get rid of this place?

"Uh... you're too impatient. I haven't even seen the villa yet!"

"No need to look, two hundred million is an absolute steal!"

"No, no, I still want to go take a look!"

"Young man, listen to your uncle, I wouldn't lie to you. That villa is worth several hundred million; you're getting a huge deal!"

Yun Feiyang's mouth twitched. Who does business like this?

"Are there really ghosts?"

Edward's expression changed. "No, absolutely not! Rumors, they're all just rumors! We should be people who don't create rumors, don't believe rumors, and don't spread rumors!"

"Hey~"

Mira slammed her hand on the table. "Have you forgotten that we're from Fairy Tail? Do you think we wouldn't know?"

Edward sighed dejectedly. "Then why are you still buying it? If it weren't for the ghost haunting, would I be selling it at such a loss?"

Yun Feiyang said, "I don't believe in things like ghosts, but I do want to buy a house. I won't hide it from you—I only have 100 million. If you think that's acceptable, we can keep talking; otherwise, forget it!"

"100 million? That's not right, young man. You're cutting the price way too hard. This villa of mine is worth six or seven hundred million!"

"Isn't it true that no one wants it right now? Even if the ghost incident is resolved, the stigma remains. Do you think anyone would dare to take it?" Hibiki added.

Edward certainly understood this, which was exactly why he was so desperate to offload it.

Yun Feiyang took out the 100 million in cash directly. "The money is right here. If you agree, we'll go take a look at the villa. If not, forget it. You can just wait for that villa to go to waste!"

It had to be said that seeing a massive pile of cash right in front of one's eyes had a shocking impact, effectively stirring up the greed in a person's heart.

"Fine, deal!"

100 million is 100 million. It's better than losing everything!

After accepting the money, Edward led the four of them toward the location of the villa.

"Why have people gone missing? What exactly happened at the villa? You can tell us now, right?"

"This... I'm not really sure myself. Let's sign the contract as soon as you've seen the villa!"

Well, he wouldn't say a word until the deal was finalized.

The villa was located just a dozen streets away from the guild.

It was a villa covering nearly an acre, complete with a garden and a swimming pool. The house was a three-story structure with an exquisite and grand exterior, and like the guild, it backed onto the sea.

Whether it was the style or the location, Yun Feiyang was very satisfied with this villa.

"Pretty nice, right? Being able to buy a villa like this for 100 million would make anyone envious. It's practically a giveaway."

"Oh? You want to give it to me for free? Then I'm truly grateful!"

Edward chuckled awkwardly. "You're joking!"

"How about it? If you're satisfied, let's sign the contract!"

Good grief, he even carried the contract around with him.

"Aren't you going to take us inside to have a look?"

Edward's face changed drastically. "No, no, no! You couldn't pay me to go in there!"

"You coward!"

Yun Feiyang snatched the contract and signed his name. "Are you satisfied now?"

"Satisfied, satisfied, very satisfied! Go to my place again tomorrow, and I'll have all the paperwork ready to transfer the title to you."

"Fine! Now can you tell me the specific situation?"

Edward hesitated for a moment, but eventually, he spoke up!

"It happened like this: halfway through construction, workers started going missing. They all said they just suddenly vanished, but I didn't believe it. I thought they had just left on their own, until the day the project was finished. I was inspecting the site personally, and that was when..."

Edward said with a look of terror, "The foreman disappeared right in front of my eyes. He vanished into thin air. I saw it with my own eyes; I had no choice but to believe it!"

"And then? Did the people who disappeared ever come back?"

"No!"