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Hello

Xeres

It's me, coming under a pen name.

XeAros

This short story is the first of my writings to be produced.

E-book

Right away, which I wrote about for a very long time. Therefore, if there are any parts that should be improved, everyone can give advice. And finally, I hope that everyone will like this writing.

                                                                             XeAros

"Scream!"

The ear-piercing sound of the phone ringing... The young man looked a little worn out. I opened my eyes and woke up in the state of someone who had not slept well. Complete with black pajamas that look like a person who is completely dejected.

"Hello..." the young man greeted on the other end of the line. The brain is still trying to process all the events that have happened.

"Mr. Zeno Salver, we would like to inform you that you have accepted the job."

"Hmmm...ha...what do you say!!!"

After hearing the words of receiving a job, the young man regained his composure once again... Because now the young man is an unemployed teenager. This was already the 3rd month that he had no job...and soon his savings would run out. For the past 3 months, the young man had only eaten instant noodles. How lucky is he that he still survived kidney disease?

“Yes, you have been given the job of taking care of Young Master Vanish during the night shift from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. at the mansion.

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Yes." The voice on the other end of the line confirmed clearly one more time. "Yes...Yes...so what should I do?" Zeno said excitedly. Because for this job that he applied for, just work one night and get paid up to 3000 baht, plus the employer still pays weekly.

"We have sent all the details to the email you sent in your job application."

"Thank you very much."

Toot...toot...

You press the end button. before rushing to turn on the light in the room first before rushing to open his own notebook before checking

E-mail

of oneself quickly

To you, Zeno.

We, the employer We salute you for choosing to work with us. We ask that you travel to the following address on 22/5/65. We hope that you will arrive at the mansion at 9:00 p.m., not too early or too late.

According to our work contract We will pay you a salary of 3000 baht per night and if you are interested in continuing your work in the second week we will be happy to increase your salary to 4500 baht per day. You are only responsible for guarding the mansion from intruders during your work hours. In these works There may be rules which Mr. Vanish will introduce to you on the day you arrive at our mansion.

Sincerely, Mukies Sallivar

After I read the email to the end I was so excited when I saw the income I would be making per night. But it's still strange that they paid such a high price to hire me... but now I have a choice. Do not choose work or poverty as the ancients taught.

After that you spend the remaining 2 days preparing and changing. Your own look is suitable for work. Because you keep hiding in your room until it's so worn out that you can't see...

At 8:00 p.m. you started driving from your hotel room to the email address. Given the distance, your actual travel time should only be 30 minutes, but you allow 15 minutes for bad traffic, and the remaining 15 minutes you think, It's good manners to arrive 15 minutes early...

The two sides before reaching Mr. Vanish's mansion were filled with large trees on both sides of the road, but luckily the street lights were still bright enough to be able to see the road clearly...after driving along the second road. The sides were filled with forest for a while. You began to see the mansion as far as the eye could see.

You drive into the grounds of the mansion. before circling the car around before finding a parking lot You are now parked in front of the mansion's gate. The dim light of the lamp on the door Plus the lonely atmosphere around makes it kind of creepy as well... At that moment you were unbuckling your seat belt. It's like something running in front of your car.

Even though you can't see it, you can feel it. Before you turn on the headlights But he saw nothing but the tall pine trees surrounding the mansion... The young man looked at the clock that said 20.45, then he pulled out his car keys before getting out of the car.

Thinking to yourself that no one came out to greet you. Because in this area there are no other cars besides your car. While you were thinking about something, you picked up your phone to check your email to see if the employer had sent any additional information.

"Grab"

"Grab"

The sound of dry leaves came from the forest on the side. Before your survival instinct suddenly kicks in... You froze with the feeling of being watched by ten pairs of eyes from within the shadows of the tree... You have to decide whether to run to the gates of the mansion or jump into your car and escape from here.

But suddenly one of them touched your shoulder. from behind Makes you startled...

"Don't think about doing anything stupid."

The voice of an old man in a black suit came from behind you… and the feeling of being stared at disappeared…

“Hello,” you greeted humbly before turning to bow to the man in the suit. "Mr. "Yes...I think so." You replied, using your eyes to scan the surrounding forest suspiciously... "

Now, please follow me inside.” The old man said before leading you into the mansion…

As soon as you entered, you were immediately drawn to the chandelier in the center of the hall's roof. The condition of the mansion was in a condition that could be said to be extremely complete. The strange thing is that aside from you and the old man in front of you... there doesn't seem to be anyone in this mansion... The old man walked up the spiral staircase that led to the second floor. Before he starts telling you more details about the job.

"Mr. Zeno, you do know that this event has additional details, right?"

"Of course."

I answered without hesitation.

“I will explain the work rules to you.” After speaking, the old man turned around and handed you an old piece of paper. before he continued speaking

1. The mansion is divided into 4 floors and you will have to navigate each floor. Your last job will be on the 4th floor. Once your work time starts, you are strictly prohibited from moving floors before or after the time specified in the rules.

2. At 10:00 p.m., the lights in the entire mansion will go out. You must go down and turn on the lamp at the front door of the mansion. If you turn it on and the lamp turns yellow, you can return to the guard room as usual. But if it's red, quickly turn off the lamp and run back into the room the guard gave you and pray that the thing doesn't see you.

3. During 22.00-00.00 is the period when you can still comfortably rest in the guard room on the 2nd floor. During this time, if someone comes to call you, If he said he was from the west Let you do as he tells you. But if he's from the east, do the opposite of what he says...

4. During 00.05, you walk to the central staircase. If the lamp on the door is yellow, go down and lock the mansion door and wait in the guard room on the 3rd floor. But if the lamp is red, go up to the 4th floor, walk to the end and knock on the door 3 times and say, "Color Red." Then the person in the room would reply, "Understood."

You go back and wait in the guard room on the 3rd floor as quickly as possible.

5. During 00.30 you must inspect the 3rd floor if there is a doll in front of your room. You can go back into the room and wait for 1:00 AM. But if there's nothing else lying around, just walk around and check as usual... But if there's a rose lying there, hurry down to the first floor and hide. Then wait for the sound of the clock to say 1 a.m.

6. When the time comes to 01.00, you must go to the restaurant on the 2nd floor and take the red bottle of white that will be on the table... up to Mr. Vanish on the 4th floor. On the way, if you hear the sound of glass breaking for you. Stop walking immediately until you hear meowing. This will happen no more than 3 times. If you haven't sent the white yet, the 4th sound of glass breaking will sound.

You break the bottle of White and use the shards of glass to take your own life...nothing else will save you.

7. When the time is 02.00, you must go down to check on the 2nd floor. If you see someone's shadow walking, don't be afraid, just don't talk to him...but if you accidentally talk to him, if from rule number 5, in front of your room there is a doll. Rested, you will remain safe. Please hurry and bring this doll to the man you just talked to. In other cases, you must leave the mansion as quickly as possible through the back door.

because you locked the front door) Wait 5 minutes and then come back in.

8. If you need to go out of the mansion, don't forget to take some salt from the kitchen. Then sprinkle it in a circle around you. If you forget, we will come back and arrange your funeral in the morning.

9. During 3:00 AM, I ask you to go up to the guard room on the 3rd floor instead and then look at the security cameras. If you see a dark shadow on your front door, take salt and sprinkle it on the front door as quickly as you can. But don't forget to look at the color of the lamp as well...

10. Around 4:00 is the last time before work ends... Mr. Vanish will come to your room. No matter what he does, absolutely do not open the door... Even if he's gone, you mustn't open the door and stay there until 5 a.m. unless you're breaking rule number 9. Open the door and decide if Mr. Vanish is interested in you or not.

If you open the door and he shows up on the security camera at the front door. You can close the door and wait until 5:00 a.m. If you don't, then take it easy.

11.Last point, when it's 05.00, you can go to sleep. When it's 06.00, there will be a butler knocking on the door to call you...but check carefully to see if the sun has risen yet. If not, wait until the sun comes up.

After explaining the rules to the end You followed the old man and he was already in front of the guard room on the second floor. "Mr. Zeno, you have memorized the rules, right?"

“Ah...I think so,” you replied, despite the fact that you only had half of the rules memorized…

“Still, I ask that you follow all the rules,” the old man concluded before handing you the key to the guard room before walking down the stairs.

You opened the door and entered the guard room on the second floor. The interior consisted of a monitor, a chair, and an old bed. You lay back on the old bed and took out the rule sheet and read it over again... Even though another part of me thought that all of this sounded really crazy. But you don't have a choice because if you keep acting stupid and losing your job, You really have starved to death.

The clock notification sounded as it was 10:00 p.m. You got up and opened the door before walking out. You made it to the middle of the stairs before looking at the turned off lamp.

"Come on..."

You thought to yourself before walking down the stairs and standing in front of the large doors. There was silence all around, which made me feel uncomfortable. You pressed the button to turn on the lamp...but suddenly you were about to turn back to the guard room. The lantern turned red.

"How bad is it..."

You thought to yourself before running without hesitation.

"Building...Building!!!"

The sound of your shoes echoed throughout this lonely mansion. Before you push the door to the guard room Then he brought himself safely back into the room.

"Puk!!!" The sound of something slamming against the iron door of the guard room... It's like something will follow you. But you were lucky to get back in time... Your eyes looked at the monitors showing different parts of the mansion. But you still don't see anything unusual. When you look at the screen showing the image at the front door

You saw that the damn lamp had turned back to its original yellow color. “Or are you going to purposely change color when I get close? ” You muttered before turning to examine the images on the other screens…

After 15 minutes of sitting and resting, there was a knock at the door... As rule number three states, “Mr. Zeno, I am from the west. Could you please take your broom and walk it to the third floor?” The voice of a man in his 30s came from the other side of your door.

“I understand,” you replied. before picking up a broom in his own room Before opening the door to the guard room...

You walked out with a broom in hand. The spiral staircase is in front of you. The moment you were about to step up the stairs you remembered the first rule... So you chose to leave the broom there instead. Then he walked back to his own guard room... Suddenly, out of the corner of your eye, you saw The lamp downstairs turned red again.

You didn't hesitate before starting to run back into the guard room. Ready to return to the feeling of being stared at by something from behind.

You made it back into the guard room before quickly locking the door... Before the knock on the door sounded again...

"Didn't I let you put it on the third floor?"

You didn't answer anything back. Ready to stand there staring at the iron door in front of him.

"I thought you were fooled...thank you for the broom." Then heavy footsteps sounded. It's like walking away. But if you listen carefully, You can tell that the sound is actually moving around. Waiting for the moment when you made a mistake...

Then around 11:00 p.m., there was a knock at the door again. This time it was the voice of a young woman... “Someone from the east asked me to bring some snacks... Please come out and take it."

“Put it there,” you replied, remembering that if you were from the east you would have to do the opposite…

After you speak Everything went quiet again. Until the clock struck 00.00, you looked up at the monitor that displayed an image of the front door. Right now the lamp is still yellow... So you hurriedly walked down the stairs to the front door... Before starting to deal with the 3 locks...

“Why doesn't it move?” you moaned as the third lock refused to budge... While using his eyes to switch to the lamp that didn't know when it would turn red...

"Hurry up!!!"

You push as hard as you can, but those damn locks still won't budge. Now you're sweating. Because you've been here for 5 minutes...suddenly the lamp flashed once. But luckily it was still yellow...

"Let me help you."

A young man's voice, around 26 years old, came from behind you. Before he could put his hand in and easily move that lock...

“What must I do!!!” You thought over and over. Because this event is not specified in any of the rules, you turn around. Before bowing to the man in front... Without saying anything, he hurriedly walked back to his own guard room as quickly as possible. Judging from the man's attire, Are you sure that man is Definitely Mr. Vanish.

Even though I feel guilty for not saying thank you But right now, this mansion is definitely not normal. If you want to survive, you have to ask the rules, you thought to yourself, before glancing at your wristwatch, it read 12:31, so you hurriedly walked back to the guard room on your second floor. And of course there was nothing there. That means you have to go patrol the 3rd floor.

When you walk up the stairs The entire third floor appeared to be mostly bedrooms. So you choose to just look at the hallway before walking back down to the second floor... where you see that the lamp is red. You don't know when the color changed... But you could feel murderous eyes from the bottom of the stairs...

You decide to run into the guard room...

"Don't move...stand still."

A dark shadow from across the corridor spoke to you. But it's not yet 02.00, so you're not sure if this counts as an event according to that rule... But you chose to stand there, closing your eyes and feeling the cool air surrounding you... Before you could open your eyes tremblingly The lamp has already returned to yellow...

Ready to return the dark shadow that has disappeared as well...

After sitting in the guard's room for about 20 minutes, it was time for 1:00 a.m. So you have to walk to the restaurant on the 2nd floor, where of course the white bottles are already prepared... You quickly picked up the bottle of White and walked through the darkness of the mansion, slowly climbing the stairs to the 3rd floor. Suddenly...

"fitly"

The sound of glass shattering came from one of the bedrooms on the third floor. You froze like that for about 5 minutes before the sound of meowing sounded… You move faster than before... Until reaching the 4th floor, with the door to Mr. Vanish's room not far away...

"fitly"

The second sound of glass breaking was accompanied by the sound of thunder. and the sound of rain starting to fall You tried to listen carefully to the meowing, afraid that the rain would prevent you from hearing.

"Meow," came the cat's voice. You walked over and placed the bottle of White in front of Mr. Vanish before knocking on the door. Then you turned around, “Ah…” You accidentally let out a sound. After seeing that Mr. Vanish should be in the room He was now standing about 5 meters in front of you, his scarlet eyes glowing in the darkness, looking indescribably terrifying…

Mr. Vanishden came closer and closer. Your brain gives commands to your body to do something. But your body seems to have stiffened. "You're very good at not breaking any rules so far," Mr. Vanish said before walking past you. Before picking up the bottle of white in front of the room before walking into his own room...

You collapsed on the floor before getting up and quickly walking back to the guard room on the second floor and sitting down to rest. The sound of the rain coming from outside grew louder and louder. alternating with the sound of thunder Even if you're a young man, you'll still have some fear, but after all this, nothing could be more terrifying.

At two in the morning you closed the door of the concession room before starting to patrol the second floor. Down the dark corridors of the mansion where the light of lightning flashed periodically As you were walking, a voice sounded from behind...

"It looks like you've met Mr. Vanish."

That voice was the old man from the beginning... "Cha..." The moment you open your mouth... You saw another shadow behind the old man. I'm using my finger to signal you not to speak... It's Mr. Vanish.

[Almost gone]

You thought to yourself, just now you almost broke rule number 7... If it wasn't for Mr. Wachanich to warn you... But why was he here? The surrounding atmosphere immediately became cold. You didn't think much of it before you quickly lowered your head and walked over to check. With the sound of the man's shoes loudly following behind from time to time...

But in addition to following It doesn't seem like Mr. Wanish poses any danger. Makes you let your guard down a little. You walked back until you were in front of the guard room door on the second floor.

"I'm interested in you." A young man's voice came from behind...

"I..." before you could answer. His eyes and smile clearly show that he wants you to answer... You only nodded and hurried back into your guard room...

"It's a pity."

Mr. Vanish's voice came from the other side of the metal plate. Before the sound of his shoes gradually became distant...

After calming down You then moved up to the guard room. Three minutes before you lay down on the old bed before sleepiness from fatigue suddenly hit you. Your eyelids close...

You hurriedly woke up. The clock shows 3:25 and you quickly look at the monitor...

“Damn it,” you hurriedly picked yourself up before quickly running down to the kitchen. Grab the salt shaker on the table... He ran back to the front door, which was now half covered by dark shadows. You quickly sprinkled salt on the edge of the door... It seemed to work, the black shadow had stopped expanding.

You let out a sigh of relief. Before the light yellow lamp goes out Then it came on again with a red light. You immediately start running... But suddenly something you can't see It used something like a claw to scratch hard at your back… before slamming you and crashing into the railing of the first floor.

"gulp!!!"

Your scarlet blood splattered all over the floor. You tried to push yourself up but it didn't seem to work. Your body has reached its limit... Bloody footprints slowly appeared closer and closer.

“This must be the end,” you thought to yourself before lying down and staring at death that was getting closer and closer.

"Thump!!!"

The sound of a man jumping from the 4th floor before using his sharp claws. Stab into the air in that area. Before the roar of the beast could be heard… Followed by the sound of some creatures falling. From the sound of its voice, its body size should be approximately that of an adult tiger.

“Ugh...Mr. Vannish?” You, who was about to lose consciousness, spoke up. Ready to look at the man in front of him...with bloody claws that were coming closer and closer.

"Have you agreed to speak?" He sarcastically said to the other person who refused to speak to him all night. Before bending down and using his index finger to pick up Zeno's blood and taste it. “The taste isn't bad at all,” Young Master Vanish said before walking over and sitting down in front of you… "I really wonder what made you take such a dangerous job."

"If you're going to...kill...don't torture me," said Mr., whose consciousness was starting to fade from the loss of blood. To spite the other side... “I can't hurt you right now, Mr. Zeno. Because it's not yet 4:00 AM." "But if you accept the exchange...I'll make it easy for you to get through the night."

“What...?” you asked in a soft voice.

“Become the permanent guard here,” Mr. Vanish said, extending his hand towards me.

[If you don't choose, you die. If I choose, I don't know when I'll die] You thought to yourself before using your last bit of strength to reach out and grab the other person's hand. “Looks like you agree,” Mr. Vanish smiled. Before using your finger to prick and drag along your wound.

Your wound is slowly healing.

“You can go back to sleep in the guard room until 6 a.m. You're safe...for now," Mr. Vanish said before disappearing into the darkness...

"Young Master is especially interested in him."

“Not that much...Sullivar,” the young man said before accepting the wine glass from the old man standing next to him.

"Then I'm almost ready to rest."

"That depends on how well Zeno does."

It seems like a new day has arrived. I opened my eyes and woke up. The body is both weak and tired. Which is not strange compared to the events that just happened last night...

Email

One version popped into my message box. After reading the content in

Email

Until it was finished, I didn't know whether to be happy or sad. Because I already have a permanent job.

“Work in the service of Mr. Chanwanish.”

Extra –

After the story ends

When arranging pages and letters in

word

This is where my eyes are almost blind. I guess I'm used to writing on the web.

ReadAwrite

The background has a dark tone. I wrote this story a long time ago but wanted to try it.

E-book

So I brought out this short story and made it the first story. So if I still can't do it well enough, please give me some advice.

And finally, I would like to thank everyone who bought.

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Please go read this book as well. Thank you very much. See you in the next short horror story.