Confined Together with the Horror Game’s Male Lead - Chapter 117
Chapter 117
Translator: Yonnee
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The only one who could send Dietrich up to the next floor was the administrator of that floor.
Isn’t that why we had boss battles on the first and second floors?
System error? Mansion malfunction? Is that it?
‘That can’t be.’
The system isn’t that sloppy.
I stared upwards.
When I played <Lindbergh’s Mansion>, the fourth floor seemed like an area I could never reach.
As though bewitched by the brilliantly shining stairs, I eventually started climbing.
Whether it’s the game, the mansion, or the manager, someone wants something from me.
That must be why they allowed me up the stairs so easily.
The answer must be on the fourth floor.
Resolving to find it, I continued to climb the stairs.
At that moment.
Thump.
A small force pulled at my waist.
“Noah?”
Drawn by the pulling force, I was forced to take a go back down from the first stair step.
“You’re awake, Noah.”
“…”
“Noah, I’m sorry, but I don’t think I have time right now.”
I pointed at the glowing stairs.
“I need to go up there.”
Noah shook his head vigorously.
“Why, Noah?”
Instead of answering, the child clung tightly to my waist, preventing me from climbing.
In the meantime, the glowing light on the stairs faded.
I couldn’t go up anymore.
Feeling like I had missed an opportunity, I was left in despair.
“What are you doing?”
I lightly scolded the child, and Noah started to cry.
“Uwww—”
The child suddenly began to cry loudly and clung to me. I was taken aback.
Why is he acting like this all of a sudden?
“Stop crying. Good kids don’t cry.”
“Waaaah. Uwaaah!”
Telling him not to cry only made him cry harder. It was frustrating.
Why is he acting like this?
I wasn’t good at dealing with people, let alone children, so I was even more confused.
In desperation, I picked Noah up.
“Do you want candy?”
“Waaaah—”
If not this, then what should I do?
This is difficult.
Stuck in this awkward predicament, I patted Noah’s back as he cried.
Slowly, Noah’s crying subsided.
Only then could I feel some relief.
“Did you cry because I was trying to go to the fourth floor?”
Nod, nod.
Noah seemed to want to prevent me from going up.
“What’s up there that made you react like this?”
“……”
“I wasn’t expecting an answer anyway. I won’t go up there, so don’t cry anymore, okay?”
Nod, nod.
The child, with reddened eyes, hugged my neck.
Chu—
Then he kissed my cheek.
Surprised, I looked down at the child, who was now smiling.
“Do you want me to tuck you into bed?”
Nod.
He had cried so much earlier, but now he seemed in a good mood again.
It was ridiculous, but also quite cute.
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[ ‘Dietrich’ has acquired a portion of S’s diary. ]
[ The contents of the diary shall be shared with Charlotte. ]
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The lady was very distressed by the sudden announcement of her marriage.
Her prospective groom was twenty years older than her. Good heavens!
How could the master do this to the lady?
An age difference of about ten years is common among nobles, but this was too much.
The distressed lady suddenly said she wanted to visit the late madam’s grave. On a day when it was raining like crazy, no less.
I barely managed to convince her to wait until after the rain stopped.
The next day, as promised, we went to visit the late madam’s grave.
Something very shocking happened there.
The heavy rain from the previous day had left the ground eroded and the paths slippery.
The lady, undeterred, climbed a steep incline and eventually slipped.
I was startled and immediately rushed to her, and that’s when we discovered a gloomy cave.
Despite visiting this grave dozens of times, it was a place I had never seen before.
Driven by curiosity, the lady ventured into the cave, and I hurriedly followed her.
There were ancient relics that seemed to be centuries old.
Among the eerie woodcuts and books, the cave walls were adorned with murals and unreadable letters.
Suddenly frightened, I urged the lady to leave, but she didn’t budge.
“It looks like an ancient language.”
She murmured, staring at the writing on the wall.
“It seems to say, ‘God has abandoned us’.”
What kind of ominous content is that?
I urged the lady once again to leave. Instead, she took one of the books.
I told her it felt ominous and she should leave it, but as usual, the lady was stubborn.
—Excerpt from S’s Diary
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We finally found a diary entry.
However, it didn’t contain anything that could help Dietrich’s condition yet.
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