Confined Together with the Horror Game’s Male Lead - Chapter 134
Chapter 134
Translator: Yonnee
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For several days, the same routine repeated.
The undead revived, Dietrich killed them, and I searched for the diary.
The days passed as if we were being driven by a whip.
Wiping the blood from killing the undead, he spoke to me.
“Charlotte, I like you.”
“……”
“…I like you a lot.”
It was a confession completely out of place in this atmosphere.
But, just like last time, we kissed again.
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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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As of today, the lady’s confinement had been lifted. The wedding date was just around the corner.
She wasn’t allowed to go far, but she could now take walks in the garden.
However, the lady didn’t go outside.
The only person taking care of her, as always, was Young Master Johannes. The kind Young Master Johannes.
Though the lady still lashed out at him as usual, he skillfully calmed her down.
After Young Master Johannes left the room, I tended to the lady with all my heart.
Once she gets married, I won’t be able to see her anymore.
I asked the lady, who was staring blankly out the window,
“What are you thinking about so deeply?”
“You know, men with power have always tried to oppress me. The man who will soon be my husband will likely do the same.”
“……”
“But now, I think I can somewhat understand that feeling.”
…What does she mean?
The lady always hated being oppressed.
That’s why she often rebelled in ways that were almost self-destructive.
“Today, Johan said he sent ‘that guy’ away to a desolate land.”
‘That guy’ was the one who had tried to elope with the lady.
“Thinking about it, I realize I’m probably not so different from him.”
—Excerpt from S’s Diary
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“Dietrich.”
“Yes.”
Halfway through reading the diary, I called him.
“I’m only asking this now, but do you remember anything from when your memory was manipulated?”
“…I can remember vaguely.”
Dietrich, who mistook me for his lover and spoke about our fabricated memories as if they were real.
Could it be that his memories are actually those of the ‘guy’ mentioned in the lady’s diary?
If so, why did the undead implant those memories into Dietrich?
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I kept mulling over what the lady had said.
The fact that the lady I had served since childhood was getting married left me feeling uneasy.
Would she be all right, living so far away?
Since childhood, the lady had often had nightmares. Even now as an adult.
So many nights, I stayed by her bedside until she fell asleep.
Though I was just a maid, the lady treated me like family.
That night.
I headed to the lady’s room.
I wanted to ease her anxiety, even if only a little.
In the pitch-black hallway, where no one was around at this late hour, a sliver of bright yellow light spilled from a slightly ajar door.
Suddenly curious, I cautiously peeked through the crack in the door.
And that’s when I saw it.
…Young Master Johannes and the lady were kissing.
Only then did I realize.
The lady’s lover wasn’t ‘that guy’.
It was Young Master Johannes.
—Excerpt from S’s Diary
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Tick, tock. Tick, tock.
Once again, the wall clock was ticking backward today.
As Dietrich and I stood silently before the clock, the undead appeared.
At that very moment, Steel Mentality deactivated, and I burst into tears as I watched Dietrich, who had just slain the undead, walking toward me.
He was startled.
I threw myself into his arms and cried.
I cried with such fervor that even I was disgusted by my own stubbornness. I was so overwhelmed with emotion that I even hit Dietrich.
When he said he was fine, I felt comforted.
But when he said he was fine again, I screamed, asking if he thought this was a joke.
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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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Emma, who said she would confirm the lady’s lover, is dead.
Could the culprit be…?
Strange thoughts kept creeping into my mind.
I think I finally understand why Young Master Johannes was always so kind, even when the lady acted out.
As usual, Young Master Johannes came to see the lady today.
I couldn’t bring myself to meet his eyes.
“You saw, didn’t you?”
Young Master Johannes smiled with a look that I couldn’t decipher.
—Excerpt from S’s Diary
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By now, I was used to the sound of the undead screaming in the background as I picked up the next diary entry.
[ ‘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 like family to me.
I wanted to protect her, no matter what.
So, I had to speak out.
About the truth of ‘that day’, the truth of what Young Master Johannes had done.
Never trust what you see.
You have to look back.
Because that is where the truth lies.
—End of S’s Diary
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[ All entries of S’s diary have been collected. ]
…This can’t be.
Is this really the end?
[ Darkness: 77% ]
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