When I arrived at the mysterious room of the pyramid,

it was pitch black.

Night vision!

When I used the magic, the surroundings became visible in the same way as a while ago.

But, theres a terrible smell in this room.

Its a little hard to breathe as theres an ammonia-like smell of something rotting.

And then, the floor.

If you examined whether it was soil, there were a large number of corpses that looked like bats piled up.

When I looked around slowly, on the wall in the depths of the room

there was it.

Thats right, its theGolden maskas expected.

But, it feels slightly different from the golden mask of Tutankhamun.

Its a little plain and seems to have an angry facial expression.

Its probably used forThreat.

When I approached it whilst stepping on a large number of piled up things,

I noticed something strange.

The large number of piled up things decrease as I approach the mask,

the piled up things, that is to say the bat corpses dont piled up around the mask at all.

Theres something here.

I tried to useAppraisalon the mask.

Appraisal

Golden mask of curse

Mask made of gold.

Put the person, who approaches, under various abnormal conditions.

The closer one approaches,

the more powerful the abnormal conditions are.

Rarity:

Dangerous!Its too dangerous!!

I slowly moved backwards.

I hurriedly castAppraisalon myself but I wasnt under any abnormal conditions.

Good, it might have been dangerous if I approached a little bit more.

The bat must have suffered from a disease due to the masks power.

And, at that moment!

From the vent hole, a healthy bat,

entered the room.

The bat flew around energetically inside the room,

flying toward the mask

It suddenly stalled in the air

and fell on the floor with a *koron* and stopped moving.

Just like aBat bait.

But, isnt this bad?

Its still fine if the bats die inside this room,

but if it leave the room whilst suffering from a disease,

it will become a source of infection. If this is handled poorly, theres a possibility of a human being infected by it as well.

Perhaps there is some prevalence of disease in this region until now and this place might be the source of infection.

But, what to do?

Should I block the vent so that the bats cant go in and out?

Since the vent hole was specifically built, it seems there would be a problem closing it completely too.

UsingEarth magic,

I transformed this rooms only vent hole shaped like a screen door so that only wind can pass through.

With this, things like bats and rats wont be able to enter.

Then, I should return home as well, huh.

I put a tracking beacon on theGolden mask of cursefor the time being,

and returned to Japan.

***

Im homee!

Welcome back!

I was greeted by Aya and Elena.

You stink, oniichan!!

Not only Aya but Elena moved back as well.

Do I smell that bad?

D-, Dont move!The smell will spread out!

Aya and Elena fled towards the living room. Beyond the door

Dont come over here, oniichan!

Terrible!So terrible!!

I usedTeleportationto the bathroom whilst wearing shoes,

putting my clothes, shoes, underwear and the like away in the inventory,

I washed every nook and cranny of my body in the shower.

When I became thoroughly clean, I went into the living room wearing new clothes,

Aya approached and began to *sniff sniff* sniffed my scent.

Thought it still stinks a little, it cant be helped.

Look here, I almost died.

Did you almost die from being too stinky?

No!I was nearly killed by a curse!

Curse!?Whats that?

Are you alright, Seiji-sama!?

Its fine, theres no problem.

When I showed the video recording of the tracking beacon I put on myself, I described the events happened inside the room.

Then, did you bring the golden mask with you?

It wouldnt be possible to take such a thing where I would die by just approaching!

Come to think of it, thats right.~

But, its dangerous if that room is discovered.

That room doesnt seem to be connected to the passage,

I think it will not be easily discovered.

But,Curse, huh.~

That reminds me of theCurse lifting potionbut still unable to make due to lack of ingredients.

Lets try to look for materials full-scale.

If I can makeCurse lifting potionand splash it over the golden mask of curse, can it lift its curse?

To splash it over a precious cultural asset but theres no helping it.

End of vol. 8: Pyramid

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