"No! You can't do this to me!" When Kenichi Amamiya arrived in the illusion, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was roaring in agony, covered in wounds, while the Witch stood before him.
"Perfect." Kenichi Amamiya smiled faintly, then made a few adjustments to the illusion. In a fury, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was dragged by the Witch into an illusion of punishment.
"Isshiki, they're going to hold a courage test tonight." Amid the noisy commotion, a fat boy sidled up to Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and spoke in a low voice.
"Then let them go. I don't want to take part in such boring contests." Ōtsutsuki Isshiki shrugged indifferently. A courage test in the Fuyano Grand Duchy? He had seen plenty of those.
A group of kids screamed and made a racket, then used the suspension bridge effect to kindle some ambiguous sparks. Who knew, they might even end up getting a boyfriend or girlfriend out of it.
Rather than participate in these childish little games, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki only wanted to leave this illusion as soon as possible.
"But this time is different. They're going to that infamous haunted house in Nerima Ward!" The fat boy nervously twisted his sleeve, fear in his eyes.
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki froze for a moment.
He knew that haunted house.
It was a haunted house in the grand duchy's capital. In reality, the grand duchy had already been destroyed. Rumor had it that everyone who entered the house died. Even now, no one was willing to buy it. In the capital, where land was worth its weight in gold, no one would take that house even if it cost only five hundred gold coins.
Even real estate agents did not dare enter it. By now, it had fallen into utter disrepair.
It was still labeled as a stigmatized property, left to rot