Confined Together with the Horror Game’s Male Lead - Chapter 178
Chapter 178
Translator: Yonnee
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If I piece together what he’s saying, it seems Charlotte managed to escape from the mansion.
To another world.
And Johannes is implying that I am Charlotte, who fled to another world and was eventually caught and brought back.
But the demon erased my memories…
‘Does this even make sense?’
Even after putting it all together, it still felt absurd.
“I have no idea what you’re talking about. I think you’ve got something wrong. I was just…”
I was just playing a game.
“Sister, do you know how demons capture humans?”
“……”
“They lay out bait. Once you take the bait, you’re dragged back, without any chance of escape.”
If his words were true, then the bait he was referring to was the game I played, Lindbergh’s Mansion.
I had never actually bought Lindbergh’s Mansion. I thought I had accidentally purchased it when buying a bunch of games in bulk and just decided to try it out…
‘That was the bait?’
It was hard to believe what Johannes was saying.
“Look at this. You were so devoted to your lover, yet you ended up stabbing him in the back.”
A smirk formed upon Johannes’s lips, and I glanced at the system screen that had appeared in front of me earlier.
[ GAME OVER ]
[ ‘Dietrich’ is bound to the mansion. ]
[ Charlotte, maid of this mansion, is eternally bound to the mansion. ]
“…What do you mean Dietrich is bound to the mansion?”
That couldn’t be right.
I had worked so hard to set him free.
I had cut him off, even when he begged and cried.
A cold chill ran down my spine at the thought that a single moment’s mistake might have chained Dietrich to this place.
“Are you saying… Dietrich is trapped in the mansion again?”
“No, he will meet his end outside. But since he is bound to the mansion, in his next life, he’ll be brought back here again.”
“Dietrich… will come back here again?”
No way. No, this couldn’t be happening.
I had a bad feeling about this.
When Dietrich first entered, the system mentioned he was the 99th soul to enter the mansion.
But oddly enough, when others entered the mansion, no such message appeared.
“Oh, wait. It seems the chances have run out,” Johannes said, a dark smile spreading across his face.
And then—
Rumble.
The mansion began to tremble.
As the ground shook violently, Johannes grabbed my arm to steady me.
“Hold on tight. Things are about to get quite rough.”
“……”
“You have to pay the price for overusing the Word Spirit. The mansion, or rather, the demon, is angry.”
“……”
“I did warn you, didn’t I? Using the Word Spirit against the mansion comes with a harsh price.”
As soon as Johannes finished speaking, a fin-like tendril slithered up from the floor and coiled around my body.
It wrapped around my limbs and tightened around my neck, pinning me to the ground.
As the crushing pain made it hard to breathe, I looked up at Johannes.
He knelt down on one knee to meet my gaze.
“How unfortunate. You wasted your last chance, and now you have to suffer the consequences.”
With a sympathetic tone, he reached out and gently stroked my cheek.
“If you had chosen me, none of this would have happened.”
The man mocked my predicament.
Even though the tendrils were squeezing me so tightly that I could barely breathe, I managed to choke out a few words.
“…What a joke.”
“……”
“Why didn’t you manage to be chosen by me, then?”
One of Johannes’s eyebrows arched slightly, but he responded with a smile.
“Indeed.”
With a melancholy expression, he gently grasped my hair.
“That’s why I’m being so cruel. Just like you.”
“……”
He released my hair and whispered,
“Now, it’s time for your punishment, Sister.”
…Damn brat.
The tendrils constricting my body began to pull me into the darkness.
What’s happening now?
“Stop.”
It was then that a young but authoritative voice interrupted.
“…Noah?”
Had he finally woken up?
Noah slowly scanned the surroundings, then spoke clearly and confidently.
“I, Noah de Préviche, propose a deal.”
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