Prologue : Ji-chan's will
It was about a month after Ji-chan died when I heard that he had a will and that I even had an existing younger cousin named Midori.
There wasn't really anyone besides Ji-chan and Kaa-san who knew about her and all I could really remember from what Kaa-san told me was that she was thirteen, lived with her grandma, and lost her parents in an accident when she was about five years old.
As for the will, turns out that while Ji-chan went into hiding for his family's-our protection, he somehow managed to buy a mansion in Inazuma Town, a place where I lived in the early years of my childhood, and decided to write my and Midori's name on it for us to have it when the time comes. Then, it was left under the care of a good friend of his: Hibiki Seigou...
After I found out about the mansion, I asked a friend of mine to do some research and surprisingly— or not really surprisingly— it was revealed to have a pretty gruesome past.
It was something about big a party that was being held here in the late eighteenth or nineteenth century. You know, lots of dancing, lots of delicious and well-made dishes, it was more or less full of the fancy stuff that only rich people would be able to think of.
Many were invited by the lord to the estate with the only knowledge for them to go about was an announcement about some sort of engagement. But then that's when the unprecedented happened; a fire broke out. With the flames engulfing them in just a couple of minutes, those people remained trapped and eventually died...
As tragic as the tale might have been, the story didn't end there. We also found out that whoever owned the house or had any interest of buying it years after, would almost always be found dead in a matter of weeks. And if that wasn't the case, those who weren't killed went into a psychiatric ward for reasons strictly kept from the public. With such a reputation, it scared nearly else from buying the house for nearly three years. But then, for some reason, my Ji-chan bought it several years before he came out of hiding.
That was when we got the news.
A month after his death, the caretaker of the mansion gave us a call to talk about the will and the house. Seeing as it belonged to Ji-chan, I didn't want to go and put it up for sale like most people probably would've done.
The next morning, I called Midori's grandma and told her about the will. She was reluctant but allowed her to go anyway to come with me and check the house anyways. I guess things would be fine, we'll be talking things out after we check the place.
Although I couldnt stop myself from wondering what happened that mysterious night...
What caused the fire in the first place? More importantly, what on Earth possessed Ji-chan into getting this house and leaving it for me and Midori? Just what the hell was he getting into… thinking that a possibly cursed house was even a safe place to live in?!
Original summary
One manor, two cousins wrapped in an unsolved mystery, dozens of restless souls seeking justice, and a single man hell bent on immortality.
Both Endou Mamoru and Seto Midori never imagined to find themselves trying to solve a century-year-old crime when they inherited a mansion from their grandfather. And meeting the spirits that resided in the building was definitely not part of the agenda.
With the clock ticking and a man trying to get them to sell the place to him with unknown intentions, the two were left trying to find a way to save the mansion; revealing secrets about one another as they go as well as getting acquainted with the spirits while finding about their own lives.
Author's note: Hello everyone! My name is Phantom1048. This is my first fanfic inspired by the SaltyCandy's 'Best Place for Both Worlds' and the movie 'The Haunted Mansion'. I highly recommend it for those who are looking for a good story.