Confined Together with the Horror Game’s Male Lead - Chapter 130
Chapter 130
Translator: Yonnee
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When the crying stopped, I looked at Dietrich.
It seemed he had been watching me all along, as our eyes met immediately.
“Do you also think I’m strange?”
“…I won’t deny it, but you were strange from the beginning.”
“I’m asking if I seem stranger now.”
“So what if you are?”
So, I am strange after all.
Well, it was a weird question if I expected a different answer.
I was well aware that I was strange myself.
I grabbed his collar and pulled him closer again.
Dietrich leaned forward as I tugged.
I closely examined his handsome face.
As I observed him closely, I kissed him again.
When our bodies touched, I could feel his body stiffen.
At that moment, a strange sense of satisfaction came over me.
The feeling of shame from having my vulnerabilities exposed when our eyes met seemed to ease.
I pulled away from him and sat at a comfortable distance.
“Thanks to you, I don’t feel cold anymore. You can go now.”
One of Dietrich’s eyebrows raised.
He let out a short laugh as if in disbelief and twisted his lips.
“What is this?”
“What do you mean?”
“You suddenly…”
He trailed off, unable to finish his sentence.
Knowing why Dietrich was hesitating, I found it amusing.
[ Darkness: 70% ]
Though the precarious level was evident, I was relieved he hadn’t gone mad like in the game.
“Dietrich, you must leave.”
“……”
“I don’t know who ‘they’ are that you talk about, but you must protect them.”
“……”
I hope you are different from me.
Thinking that, Dietrich’s purple eyes darkened.
“No. I won’t protect them anymore.”
“What?”
A faint smile appeared on Dietrich’s lips. He looked somehow at peace.
“‘They’ are the families of my deceased friends.”
“……”
“They’ll manage just fine without me. Now, I have a new goal.”
“A new goal?”
“Yes.”
Dietrich nodded as he said this.
“Charlotte.”
He suddenly called my name.
“I like you.”
…What?
“I have feelings for you.”
“…Have your memories not returned?”
“They have.”
“Then why…”
“I’ve realized it only now.”
Dietrich smiled brightly.
When he smiled with such a handsome face, for a moment, I was mesmerized by his look.
“What should I do? I don’t really like you that much.”
“It doesn’t matter because I like you.”
Something felt off about the context.
I didn’t know.
I felt strange. Holding on to my unsettled feelings, I waited for Steel Mentality to return.
* * *
[ Steel Mentality: ON ]
Now I can finally live again.
Steel Mentality returned a few hours after it had turned off.
I stood up as if nothing had happened, and Dietrich looked at me curiously.
With my mind clear, I finally started looking for Noah.
In fact, I had been thinking about Noah for some time.
But with Steel Mentality broken, I had been too overwhelmed by emotions to do anything.
Fortunately, Noah was lying quietly in his room.
“…He’s asleep.”
It seemed like he would sleep longer than usual this time.
‘What did he mean by that?’
—The third floor is targeting Charlotte.
Back then, I thought the undead were after the book I was holding.
But that was obvious. Why would Noah say something I already knew, even risking a penalty?
I looked around Noah’s room.
It was a particularly small room in the mansion.
A room just big enough for a desk and a bed, it looked like a place once used by servants.
As I looked around, I found something on the desk.
A book spread open as if to catch my attention.
On the open page, something was marked over the words.
Looking closely, I saw several letters circled. Many of them.
‘Does this have some meaning?’
Without much thought, I combined the circled letters in order.
countdown start
…Countdown start?
What does this mean?
It seemed like the boy, sensing he would soon fall asleep, left me one last hint.
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