Confined Together with the Horror Game’s Male Lead - Chapter 177
Chapter 177
Translator: Yonnee
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“What… are you?”
This wasn’t a normal person.
The man’s demeanor had completely changed from when he was trapped inside the room to after he had stepped out.
“Do you not even recognize your own younger brother anymore? Ah, how pitiful, dear sister.”
“…What are you talking about?”
“There were quite a few clues, yet you still ended up opening the door.”
“Wait… are you saying that I failed because I opened that door?”
“Smart as always, Sister.”
This can’t be happening.
I shook my head and looked down at my hands. These were the hands that had opened the door to Johannes’ room.
—The third floor is targeting Charlotte.
Noah’s words…
I looked at the man.
He must be Charlotte’s younger brother, Johannes, the one mentioned in the diary.
“So your target wasn’t Dietrich, but me?”
I recalled a passage from S’s diary:
[ Johan is truly clever. He sets the stage, creates a big trap. Naturally, I get caught up in it, and by the time I realize it, I’ve already been struck from behind. ]
Johannes had designed the third and fourth floors to appear somewhat different from the lower floors, yet they followed a similar structure.
This was to hide the true purpose of the floors.
He unleashed the undead and pushed Dietrich’s mind to the brink, making it seem like the administrator’s target was Dietrich.
The realization sent chills down my spine.
“You…”
Johannes chuckled and stepped closer to me.
“You were curious about why the clock was running backward, right? The reason is simple.”
The man smiled brightly as he spoke.
“All you had to do on the third floor was endure.”
“What…?”
“If you had just waited, the fragment would have been given to you. That’s the meaning behind the clock.”
It felt like someone had hit me in the back of the head.
“Oh, and you could’ve even gotten the fragment of the fourth floor as well.”
I couldn’t understand what he was saying.
Suddenly, I remembered the clue Noah had left behind.
countdown start
Was Noah trying to say that I just had to endure until the time hit zero?
But I still didn’t get it.
How could just waiting for time to pass get me not only the third floor’s fragment but also the fourth’s?
“Oh, that’s right. I forgot to mention it.”
The man said as if he’d remembered something trivial.
“I am the Third Floor Administrator, the one you were curious about.”
“What? But you…”
“And I am also the Fourth Floor Administrator.”
The man smiled with a regretful expression.
It was hard to believe that a single person could be the administrator of two floors.
“Then how did you interfere with the second floor?”
There had been a dangerous ring that kept ending up in the hands of thieves.
Even though Dietrich had been vigilant, in the end, the ring had been taken by Erik.
“Oh, that was originally my ring.”
“What?”
“I secretly swapped my item with a similar one that belonged to the Second Floor Administrator.”
…So that’s why the ring moved according to this man’s will?
“I also gave a little help to the thieves. I had to work hard to make sure they didn’t go mad when they got the painting.”
“…Why? Why would you do something like that?”
I still remembered what Johannes had said when he was possessing Erik.
—Because it’s fun.
Was that really all there was to it?
“Well—”
The man took another step forward and brushed his hand against my cheek.
“Because you betrayed me.”
“……”
“You betrayed me, deceived me, and went to Dietrich.”
Johannes’s smile vanished as he looked at me.
“That’s why.”
I blinked, unable to understand what Johannes was talking about.
“You truly don’t remember anything, do you? You should’ve just stayed put—then you wouldn’t have lost your memories.”
He casually fiddled with a nearby ornament as he spoke, then looked back at me.
What is he saying?
Johannes, as if reading my confusion, began to explain in a calm, gentle voice.
“You refused the mansion’s duties and ran away, only to be caught and brought back. All your memories were taken from you.”
“……”
“But it seems you had some fun in the other world while you were away, so I suppose that’s good.”
“…Other world?”
“You thought the only way to escape the mansion’s demon was to flee there, but you were caught and brought back in the end.”
His words were disorienting, and I struggled to piece together what he was saying.
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Villainess No.121
I knew iiiit! Aaaahhh!!! She was THE REAL Charlotte all along.
Selune
knew it, but the reveal is still jarring. So like damn, does Johannes have like sister complex or what?