A Haunted House That’s Not Scary at All

After sending that status, which was largely out of spite, Kazakami Ritsu put down her phone and began to focus on finishing lunch.

‘Don’t get angry, don’t get angry.’

‘Voice actors, everyone more or less has some weird memes passed down.’

‘As long as I don’t get labeled as a “comedian” or something, it’s not a big problem.’

“Teraoin-san, please don’t hate me because of this.”

Kazakami Ritsu twitched her mouth and said a sentence, then buried her head in eating under Teraoin Hane’s puzzled gaze.

It wasn’t until both finished lunch that Teraoin Hane asked the meaning of her words just now.

“Kazakami-san, why would I hate you? I’m really happy you could accompany me out today.”

Looking at the harmless Teraoin Hane in front of her, a strong sense of guilt rose in Kazakami Ritsu’s heart.

‘Ah this, if I knew earlier, I wouldn’t have dragged her and Senior into the water.’

‘But… as partners in the radio drama and live broadcast.’

‘You two should have accompanied me to hell together anyway!’

‘Why is there only a Kichiku video of me alone! Should this world just be destroyed?’

“Ahaha… Teraoin-san, let’s set off to visit the haunted house now.”

Kazakami Ritsu, whose mental state had already developed problems, laughed dryly twice and changed the subject.

Hearing her mention the haunted house, Teraoin Hane nodded seriously.

‘Mm! It’s about time to go to the haunted house!’

‘If it’s really scary then… I hope Kazakami-san can take care of me.’

The two stood up together and walked toward the area where the haunted house was located according to the amusement park signs.

Not far behind them, Umemiya Hiro led Sano Nana to follow their footsteps again.

Arriving at the amusement park’s haunted house, Kazakami Ritsu looked at the promotional advertising standee at the entrance, and a trace of chill rose inexplicably on her back.

Looking at the doll with a bloody face on the standee, Kazakami Ritsu already started to beat a retreat in her heart.

“Is it actually a themed haunted house… Looks quite interesting from the promotional ads.”

However, to maintain her bold words just now, she still bit the bullet and commented pretending to be calm.

These words naturally received Teraoin Hane’s approval, but the price was…

Walking into this haunted house themed as an old mansion with the same batch of people, Kazakami Ritsu was affected by the excellent cooling effect of the air conditioning inside.

‘Hiss… this feeling of coldness all over is truly indescribable.’

“Hey… Kazakami-san, did that staff member just say we have to find three dolls to leave here?”

Teraoin Hane leaned tightly against Kazakami Ritsu. It was her first time experiencing a haunted house personally.

Moreover, because of her somewhat rich imagination, she felt scared looking at everything now.

Kazakami Ritsu nodded upon hearing this. The haunted house staff did say there were three dolls just now.

According to the background story, they were ninjas responsible for stealing the Shadow Mage dolls.

“To be precise… we actually only need to find one doll between the two of us. Let’s go.”

Because there were other people in the same batch, Kazakami Ritsu wasn’t as scared as she imagined.

The two strolled in the vermilion corridor. The area of this themed haunted house was quite large.

Experiencing horrors like sounds and silhouettes along the way, Kazakami Ritsu’s expression didn’t change much.

“Feels a bit boring… Clearly a haunted house, but it’s not scary at all.”

“Is, is that so? I think it’s quite scary?”

Completely different from the calm-faced Kazakami Ritsu, Teraoin Hane, who hadn’t seen much of the world, was scared several times.

Mainly because Kazakami Ritsu, as a struggling writer in her previous life, could almost always guess those scary tropes in advance.

Things like doors and windows controlled by mechanisms, statues that made strange noises when people approached, and pre-recorded horror audio—these could no longer scare her at all.

“Oh, found the target!”

Kazakami Ritsu found a plush doll in Onmyoji attire behind a rockery in the courtyard.

Just as she picked up the doll, a tall figure wearing armor appeared at the entrance of the courtyard.

“Kazakami-san! It’s the Shadow, Shadow Mage!”

Teraoin Hane reminded her, then was pulled by Kazakami Ritsu to start running in the corridor.

She didn’t know what that Shadow Mage was thinking; clearly, there were other participants present midway, yet he kept chasing them relentlessly.

Until Kazakami Ritsu pulled Teraoin Hane and ran out of the old mansion.

Handing the doll to the staff guarding the exit, the Shadow Mage turned back reluctantly.

“Why! Could it be because of the doll?”

Even though it wasn’t that scary overall, Kazakami Ritsu was still startled by this sudden chase scene.

Teraoin Hane also had an expression of surviving a disaster at this moment.

The appearance of that Shadow Mage just now almost scared her so much she couldn’t walk.

“Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid, we’re already out.”

Looking at the pale-faced Teraoin Hane, Kazakami Ritsu began to comfort her with a gentle tone.

At the same time, she also breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

Fortunately, this old mansion haunted house didn’t have too strong a sense of immersion. If it were changed to scenes like a city or hospital, it would be hard to say if she could walk through the whole course.

“Then… Kazakami-san, can you only speak to me using Shu’s voice until we leave the amusement park?”

Teraoin Hane looked at the calm Kazakami Ritsu, lowered her voice, and proposed her wish full of expectation.

Kazakami Ritsu was slightly stunned; she really hadn’t thought Teraoin Hane would make such a request.

But… it was actually nothing.

“Of course, no problem. But… Teraoin-san, you also have to satisfy a similar request of mine next time.”

Switching vocal ranges in a second, the originally plain girl’s voice instantly turned into Shu’s cool voice.

Listening to this familiar voice that she clipped from the trailer and played on loop before sleeping every day, a satisfied expression appeared on Teraoin Hane’s face.

“Then… let’s go to the next project.”

Teraoin Hane also switched her voice, her eyes looking at Kazakami Ritsu seemingly shining.

Holding hands, the two walked toward a carnival game street not far away.

Not long after they left, the pale-faced Umemiya Hiro and Sano Nana walked out of the haunted house exit.

To keep an eye on Kazakami Ritsu and Teraoin Hane’s movements at all times…

Umemiya Hiro dragged Sano Nana and also walked into the themed haunted house with an apprehensive heart.

Then… she almost died of fright inside.

Umemiya Hiro rubbed her eyebrows, her face full of exhaustion.

“Senior… sorry, I didn’t mean to…”

Sano Nana, who was scared from beginning to end by various horror mechanisms inside, lowered her head and apologized to Umemiya Hiro.

The helpless Umemiya Hiro waved her hand; she was almost sent away (to the afterlife) by this blonde in front of her.

“It, it doesn’t matter. They went that way; let’s hurry up and follow!”