Confined Together with the Horror Game’s Male Lead - Chapter 151
Chapter 151
Translator: Yonnee
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< Be careful, Charlotte. >
It was that evening, while I was alone on the fourth floor.
The administrator of the fourth floor spoke to me.
< The one you cherish seems to be in a rather strange state. >
I was already worried.
Dietrich’s darkness level had already reached 87%.
“We need to hurry and get to the fifth floor.”
< I wonder if he’ll even last until then. >
The administrator’s constant negative remarks were starting to irritate me.
He kept bringing up truths I was trying to ignore.
< He’s already lost his mind. >
“…I know. You don’t need to remind me.”
< I am saying this because it might come to your detriment. >
His words left a lingering unease.
* * *
And now.
I had been tossing and turning, waking up from a terrible nightmare.
As I reached for the doorknob to leave the room, a sudden thirst overwhelming me, I kept hearing that distinct sound.
Ka-chak.
The door wouldn’t open.
I kept turning the knob over and over, but something was wrong.
Something was off.
Some doors in this mansion could be locked from the outside, but my room wasn’t one of them.
It could be locked from inside, but not from the outside.
Someone had deliberately blocked the door.
‘Who?’
I had a suspect in mind but didn’t want to believe it was him. I wanted to trust him.
Then, it happened.
“AAAAAAAGH!”
A blood-curdling scream echoed through the mansion.
It was the voice of one of the knights I had been wandering the fourth floor with.
Ka-chack, ka-chak!
I frantically tried to open the door, but something heavy seemed to be blocking it from the other side.
“S-Spare me…!”
Cough!
The agonized sound of someone choking on their own blood filled the air.
Then, bang! A loud noise reverberated, as if something had slammed against the door. I could even hear the thud through the doorknob.
The knight who had been screaming fell silent, as though he were dead.
[ Steel Mentality is being implemented. ]
What could be happening outside? And why lock me inside while this was happening?
“…Dietrich, is that you?”
“……”
I called out to the man outside.
It was probably him—Dietrich.
No one answered, but I was certain it was him.
“Open the door.”
“……”
“Dietrich, I know it’s you.”
“……”
“Don’t kill anyone. If you do, I won’t ever want to see you again.”
I wanted to believe there was still a way to turn things around.
I knocked on the door. I wanted to break it down and get out, but I didn’t have the strength.
“Dietrich, listen to me. Open the door now.”
“……”
“Dietrich!”
I shouted with all my might, but the door remained shut.
I heard footsteps.
And then, the dragging sound of something being pulled away.
The noise slowly faded.
Ka-chak, ka-chak.
The door still wouldn’t open.
[ Steel Mentality is being implemented. ]
Did Dietrich really think he could fool me with such a cheap trick? What was he planning?
I remembered what the fourth-floor administrator had said.
His warnings about Dietrich.
I had been wrong, and he had been right.
All my energy drained away.
I sat on the bed, feeling utterly betrayed.
Maybe it was time to admit the truth.
Dietrich had changed, and the man he used to be would never come back.
The person he had become no longer wanted to leave this place.
The darkness had bound him to this mansion.
Step, step.
I heard footsteps again in the distance.
Then, the sound of something rattling outside the door, followed by someone grabbing the doorknob.
“Charlotte.”
The person who had locked me inside and killed someone outside now calmly called my name.
“…How could you do this to me?”
I felt completely drained.
When he locked me in and left, it felt like I had been thrown into complete darkness.
“Why did you do it? Why did you kill him?”
“…Charlotte.”
“What’s your reason?”
“Charlotte, I didn’t kill him.”
“…What?”
I looked at him.
He had returned, covered in blood, and yet he was saying that?
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