For the thrill and money

I always wanted to believe in supernatural stuff, I have never seen a ghost, or experienced the horrors of something like my other acquaintances. I was always thrilled to have that experience and the chance to do it was just around the corner.

I have been lucky, an acquaintance made me a job reference for a job that was very sweet, life hasn’t been too kind to me in the financial part, so I take this job to fulfill two things, my desire to experience something unnatural, and the profit that will provide to me.

The job, clean an old castle, apparently they wanted to conserve it for the history, but they need someone to clean the entire house, a lot of people had decline for the vast space of the place or are just uncomfortable to travel a lot to reach this place, it is in a very distant place from the city, at least two hours but I think everything has just the necessary to be comfortable in this place.

You can stay, they will provide you with groceries and a place to cook, as well as new blankets, one can sleep in any bed that is around here. The place isn’t in a bad shape but someone needs to clean it from the inside.

—And that will be everything, young man… What was your name again?

—Vincent, Vincent Beruc

—Alright Mister Beruc, the cleaning materials are in the basement, here are your keys, we will come in a week to see your progress and pay you. Is there something you wanted to know before we leave?

—Yes. Am I the only one here?

—No, you are our main cleaner, but a couple of people will show up to clean the roofs and windows, four to be exact they already have their keys so don’t worry about it.

—What if I see something strange?

-Burglars don’t come to these areas, they are too afraid to mess with the castle, maybe some young people or kids will come but they will run away easily.

—I understand…

The old man grunt and sigh as he saw my face, he noticed that I was worried, but I was more disappointed than anything

—If you are referring to other types of bother don’t worry, Misters Beruc, this castle was made in the 1000s, just some type of unknown king, think yourself as the king of this site, maybe that will relieve your thoughts

—A king…

I let a little smile mark on my lips and the old man laugh as he hit my back with the palm of his hand, it was a strong hit for an old person, I rub my back as I watch the old man and the rest of the team leave the area and I stare at the giant castle.

Now that I watched closely, the castle was small compared to the others I have seen in shows, and it wasn’t in bad shape.

-Well, better start now…

I look at the keys and see how every single one had already a little stamp with the name of its door, I found the one with “main” on it and open the door using my two hands, the door even tho was big it move with more easily than I would've thought

I was fascinated by the mere main saloon, I saw an enormous place, with the classic chandelier, I saw the rug and the floor, the vast majority were dark colors or just black, with some white from here and there, I saw the stairs going in circles to other rooms, but the location that I needed to reach now was the basement.

I took out my phone and saw the map that they provided me. These people were more than prepared to make this assignment the most comfortable as they could have, this only increased my doubts as to why people didn’t get into this job, maybe they really were afraid, too much to be bothered with? Maybe they hated cleaning or something that is a low job for themselves? Either way, I have it now, so better do a good job if I want that money.

I started moving the map and found the door of the basement. It was in the middle of the kitchen and the main saloon, below the stairs. I walked in that direction and saw the door. It was not as big as the main one, but it was double my height.

I opened the door and saw nothing but black, I scratched my head and went to the kitchen.

“Right, they didn’t have any modern lights in that era”

I looked up at the ceiling and saw the chandelier trying to focus my sight until I noticed the candles and sigh again just to continue searching for one candle.

“There you are”

I grab a candle that was already on a little plate, and light it up with the matches that were next to the candle.

Now I finally could go to the basement.

“Why did they even put the things to clean in here?”

As I was going down, I lightened up the candles that were at the side of the stairs. The stairs were spiral so the candle made the place more luminous as I was going down. When I finally reach the end, I sit down and started to breath in and out to recover myself, I saw the boxes with “CLEANING MATERIALS” marked in the box, I sign again and get up I contemplate the horror, the reason why they bring out the boxes in here, when I saw my hand it was covered in dust, and so was my pants, I look up and see particles of dust for every stair, I fall on my knees and hands looking at the floor, seeing how a drop of my sweat was falling on the floor.

—This place… is dirty from the start of the stairs…