Confined Together with the Horror Game’s Male Lead - Chapter 105
Chapter 105
Translator: Yonnee
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Dietrich knelt on one knee and looked at the child hiding behind me.
“Your name.”
“……”
“Do you have a name?”
The child glanced at me briefly, then nodded.
“What is it?”
The child cautiously opened his mouth at Dietrich’s question.
A slight movement.
“…Noah.”
This was the first time he spoke during our conversation.
“Noah?”
Nod.
The child nodded his head.
“That’s a beautiful name.”
“So, Dietrich, why did you come here?”
My tone came off slightly curt.
“Ah. I came to tell you that dinner is ready.”
I thought he would still be resting after I left the room, but he had gone down to the kitchen.
“Alright. You go ahead. I have something to discuss with Noah.”
“Understood.”
After Dietrich closed the door and left, I quietly looked down at Noah.
“Noah.”
When I called his name, the child’s eyes sparkled.
Unfortunately, I had no intention of reciprocating that pure reaction.
I slowly bent down, holding the child’s shoulders, to meet his eyes.
“Let’s… Let’s keep living like this.”
“……”
“Don’t approach Dietrich.”
“……”
“Of course, I know you’ve helped us. But…”
I trust nothing in this mansion.
You never know when you might turn and put me in a difficult situation.
“You have too many secrets.”
Young though the shell may be, I can’t tell what might be inside.
“Do you understand me?”
“……”
Noah’s blue eyes stared at me. Soon, the child nodded.
“Good.”
As a reward, I stroked his head, and he cuddled up to me.
* * *
Munch, munch.
Surprisingly, Noah enthusiastically ate the food Dietrich had prepared.
“Is it tasty?”
Dietrich observed Noah, but the child, seemingly uncomfortable, clutched at my skirt.
“Noah, what are you doing while eating?”
Glancing at me, the child slowly let go of his grip.
After the meal, Dietrich and I cleaned up the corpses of the bandits.
‘Not a good feeling’
It wasn’t the kind of thing you’d typically do right after eating.
We should have done it before.
…No, then I wouldn’t have eaten.
Neither option was ideal.
As we cleared the bodies, I learned one thing.
‘Dead bodies don’t just disappear.’
So, if Dietrich dies, will I have to clean up his body myself?
That was information I didn’t want to know.
“Need any help?”
“I’ll do it myself. You should rest.”
Throughout the cleaning and wiping of blood, Dietrich didn’t say a word.
His face was pale.
At the end, he crossed his shoulders and head, making a brief sign of the cross.
I leaned against the wall, watching Dietrich’s actions.
Tug—
When my skirt was pulled, I looked to the side, Noah was still holding onto me.
Throughout the day, Noah clung to my skirt.
It was annoying, but it was better to keep him in sight, so I let him be.
Whenever the child wanted to cuddle, I could afford to hug him back.
As the tasks slowly came to an end, I held Noah in my arms and spoke to Dietrich.
“There’s a problem, Dietrich.”
Dietrich looked at me.
“You know, the way to the third floor hasn’t opened yet.”
But there was a bigger problem.
“And we’re out of food.”
The hidden supplies had been significantly depleted when we were evading the monsters.
We may have killed the second floor administrator, but we haven’t officially cleared the floor.
Opening the stairs was the administrator’s prerogative. I tried to deliver the painting that Valek wanted in order to obtain that authority, but I failed.
However, it’s not that we can’t go up.
It’s just that it will take a lot of time for the path to the third floor to be created.
It was akin to a penalty.
“We might have to endure this situation for a long time. What should we do?”
It doesn’t really matter to me if I don’t eat. I won’t die.
I’ll be hungry, but I can endure that much.
‘The problem is Dietrich.’
From what I’ve calculated, he won’t die.
However, his stamina and satiety levels would drop significantly.
“I’m fine, but I’m worried about you.”
“Who’s worrying about whom now?”
“I am.”
“……”
I was momentarily at a loss for words.
“You’ll realize when you’re close to starving and think, ‘I was worried for nothing.'”
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