Confined Together with the Horror Game’s Male Lead - Chapter 102
Chapter 102
Translator: Yonnee
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Oh… right.
Felix died here.
“The blood got on the clothes.”
The pretty clothes were now dirty.
There was blood splattered on the wall too, and it seemed like it wouldn’t be easy to clean off.
“You really are a nuisance even in death.”
Anyway. It’s no help.
If you had to die, you should have done it far away in the forest, at least you’d become fertilizer.
It was then that I had such a silly thought.
“K-Kyuuung…”
Just awakened, Furball wobbled towards me.
“Oh dear.”
I crouched to pick up Furball and hugged him close. Still tired, Furball fell asleep again in my embrace.
Thump.
Something fell from Furball’s embrace.
I checked the dull sound.
“This is…”
The Ring of Fire.
And the Curse-Resistant Earring, too.
Though I recognized these as items seen in the game, above all, it was the little one that made sure I knew what it looked like.
Why would you have these?
I looked at Furball as it breathed softly.
“Aha.”
Now I’m getting a sense of it.
‘I should confirm it.’
Let’s see once he wakes up.
* * *
Rustle. Rustle.
After falling asleep as though he had fainted, Dietrich woke up and, immediately, platinum blond hair fluttered into his field of vision.
Charlotte, too, appeared tired, sleeping beside him.
The woman’s hair seemed as soft as silk. Impulsively, he began to reach towards her, but her eyes snapped open just as his hand approached.
“Ah, you’re awake.”
After saying so, Charlotte faced Dietrich while petting the little ball of fur on her lap.
“Are you feeling alright?”
“Ah, yes. I’m fine.”
Now that he thought about it, he realized that the pain he had felt before collapsing seemed to have vanished.
“That’s good,” Charlotte responded dryly.
The atmosphere seemed a bit changed.
‘Must be my imagination.’
When he first came up to the second floor, he intended to ignore her.
He hated this woman who kept making him waver.
No matter her story, he resolved not to be fooled again, to turn away even if she had a reason.
He had made many such vows, as numerous as the stars.
However, just her mere presence in front of him shattered his resolve, making his heart waver once more.
“Ah, Dietrich. I have something to show you.”
Charlotte stood up as if she had just thought of something.
She stood proudly in front of him and turned around once. Her blue skirt fluttered.
“How is it, pretty?”
“……”
Looking back, she always shone.
Even when she was the very person who had confined him to this mansion.
She shone like a star in the dark mansion.
That might be why he stepped into the threshold.
Suddenly, he remembered a fairy tale he had read in his childhood.
The story of a boy who set out on an adventure to meet a star in the sky.
He was drawn to the star and experienced many adventures.
Of course, his story was different from that boy’s.
The fairy tale was about overcoming hardships to reach the star, but what was given to Dietrich were not mere hardships.
His very existence was a cesspool.
Maybe that’s why he was drawn to the glitter and entered the mansion.
The woman was not the pure star from the fairy tale either.
Just the shell of a star.
Yet, she was too beautiful.
“…Dietrich?”
When there was no answer for a while, Charlotte called him again.
“Don’t you think it’s pretty? Is the color too strong?”
“No. I thought it was pretty.”
The blue dress matched the color of her eyes and looked very pretty.
“Hmm. Your reaction isn’t great.”
“…No, it’s really pretty.”
Pretty enough to stop him mid-sentence.
Dietrich thought.
He still didn’t know what kind of being she was.
He had realized the secret of the blue and red eyes, but there might be even deeper secrets hidden within.
Yet now, he felt that it didn’t matter.
Whether it’s red eyes or blue eyes.
No matter what she did, it felt as if it would be alright now.
“Really? I’m glad to hear that.”
Watching her respond a bit glumly, Dietrich smiled.
He resolved to protect her, no matter what.
But, perhaps, he would not be able to keep this promise.
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