Confined Together with the Horror Game’s Male Lead - Chapter 108
Chapter 108
Translator: Yonnee
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The third floor, like the second, had several rooms with locked doors.
There was another similarity—like a copy of the second floor, there was a wall clock in the same location.
The wall clock seemed broken, stuck in time.
The room had an overall tranquil feel but was rigged with tricks.
There were simple quizzes, math problems, and word play challenges.
Each time Dietrich solved a problem, a ‘key’ for the rooms on the third floor was awarded.
Initially, keys were for essential rooms like the food storage, bedrooms, and closets.
It seemed as if the third floor was rewarding Dietrich, treating him like a child who does well on a test.
“So if I push this over by one space…”
Dietrich solved another problem.
Click.
The lock opened.
Would there be another key inside?
I didn’t have much experience on the third floor, so I lacked substantial information.
But I knew what was likely to happen.
[ ‘Dietrich’ has acquired a portion of S’s diary. ]
This time the reward is a diary?
[ The contents of the diary shall be shared with Charlotte. ]
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Today was the young lady’s coming of age ceremony.
Seeing her fully shed her youthful innocence and mature, I was moved.
However, the star of the coming of age ceremony, the young lady herself, was merely indifferent.
“Miss, please smile a bit.”
“What’s the use of smiling?”
Everyone celebrating the young lady’s coming of age was from the master’s circle.
While most young ladies debut in high society at the debutante ball and make friends, the young lady did not.
Today of all days, she should be less prickly.
Due to her nasty temper, people who tried to approach her quickly backed off.
The master had advised her to smile at least once.
I agreed with the master. The young lady was beautiful.
Even standing like a wallflower at the party, she shone the brightest.
If the young lady smiled, surely everyone in the world would fall for her.
Yet, the stubborn young lady would not heed the master’s words.
It would be nice if she had friends.
Just then, on that very day, the young lady suddenly disappeared from the party.
Rumor had it…
They saw the young lady, who had slipped out of the party, kissing her lover.
—Excerpt from S’s Diary
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On the first and second floors, parts of S’s diary were given before a crisis occurred.
The content of those excerpts would be used as hints to solve the incoming problems, but the third floor was different.
You had to solve problems to receive the diary excerpts as a reward.
‘What’s the point of doing it this way?’
“How fascinating.”
Dietrich spoke then.
“What is?”
“On the first floor, the young lady was a child, but by the third floor, she had become an adult.”
“Well, other people’s children grow up fast.”
“That’s not what I mean. It feels like this mansion depicts the young lady’s entire life.”
“Hmm. Really?”
I had the same thought while playing the game.
It seemed like by the fifth floor, the young lady would have turned into an old woman.
“I had that thought. If we gather all of S’s diary entries and understand the young lady’s life, perhaps we can also find out about the Room of Truth.”
“That’s a plausible theory.”
Considering the diary continuously details the young lady’s situation, it must be related.
“But you.”
Just then, as Dietrich set down S’s diary, he placed his hand on my arm.
“You say you’re cold, but why do you wear such thin clothes?”
He commented on the state of my clothes.
It’s not like I deliberately dressed thinly. I just picked clothes that I thought covered my bare skin adequately.
“Heavy clothes are burdensome. It’s hard to move even a little.”
“You should endure it. What if you catch a cold…”
“Such unnecessary worries.”
Cough.
Just as I spoke, I coughed.
“…Charlotte.”
“I’m telling you, I’m fine.”
Why has he suddenly become so naggy?
* * *
It happened when I parted with Dietrich.
I was forcibly assimilated by the system again.
[ …henceforth be assimilated. ]
I had a strange dream.
As if there was a fog around us, an obscured face whispered to me.
“…You will have no one but me.”
His voice was low. The man pressed his lips close to my ear as he whispered.
“And I will have no one but you.”
I disliked his insincere tone. I turned my head to avoid him, but soon my chin was forcefully grasped.
“What are you doing?”
I snapped irritably, and the man laughed.
“You always dislike it when the truth is spoken.”
Annoying.
[ …Assimilation, complete. ]
To be assimilated while asleep, and even to the point that I had a bizarre dream.
I woke up with a start.
[ Steel Mentality is temporarily disabled. ]
Suddenly, a system window popped up.
[ Steel Mentality: OFF ]
[ It is uncertain when it will be functional again. ]
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