Confined Together with the Horror Game’s Male Lead - Chapter 180
Chapter 180
Translator: Yonnee
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I raised my hand and gently stroked the child’s dark hair.
“Thank you, Noah.”
“……”
“Truly, thank you.”
As I withdrew my hand, the boy ran his hand over the spot on his head, as if trying to recall the sensation.
I slowly turned to walk toward the door.
At that moment, Noah tugged on my arm.
“Charlotte.”
He gestured for me to come closer. I bent down to look at him.
Then, the boy approached and wrapped his arms around my neck.
“Charlotte, I love you so much.”
“……”
He smiled brightly, whispering the words like a secret.
Because you are my mother.
* * *
I stepped outside.
The fresh air touched my skin, and without realizing it, I smiled brightly before bursting into tears.
Dietrich was no longer here, and my steel mentality was gone.
White snowflakes were falling from the sky.
How strange. Just yesterday, it had been summer.
Ah, of course.
Time must have passed while I was temporarily dead from using the Word Spirit.
Still, for it to be winter already…
My body shivered.
Then I remembered how Dietrich would scold me for not dressing warmly, and I started crying again.
Even though I had left the mansion, I was still alone.
I walked silently along the snow-covered streets of the abandoned city of Lindbergh, all by myself.
—Outside, you won’t be able to use your authority. Other things might feel strange as well.
—Soon, Charlotte will experience the loss of her humanity that she had postponed with the Word Spirit.
—You will change a lot, Charlotte.
—Don’t get hurt. Take care of yourself, Charlotte.
The words Noah had said before I left the mansion echoed in my ears.
I extended my hand, reaching out into the air.
“Authority.”
Nothing appeared.
I had become a normal, powerless being.
Finally, I stopped crying and started laughing.
I laughed and laughed and laughed again.
I was finally free.
I walked, laughing like a madwoman, until my fragile body grew tired, and I collapsed onto the snow.
Even as I was about to lose consciousness, a faint smile still lingered on my lips.
* * *
[ Charlotte assimilates with ‘…’ ]
I resented Dietrich.
I knew he wasn’t to blame, yet I still resented him.
The moment I heard from his own lips that he had been stripped of his position, I couldn’t hold back and immediately ran out of the cabin.
“Charlotte!”
He hurriedly followed me and grabbed me.
“…Charlotte.”
Calling my name desperately, Dietrich could say nothing more.
He just held my hand, clinging to it as if pleading. His hands trembled.
“Let go, Dietrich.”
“Charlotte, please don’t leave. Stay a little longer.”
“No.”
“Charlotte, I beg of you…”
He knelt down, as if begging, and gently brushed his cheek against my hand.
He knew how to soothe me.
He knew that if he bowed down, I would be pleased, but now that his status was no longer what I had hoped for, it only made me angry.
I wanted to choose my own husband.
And I wanted that to be Dietrich.
A disgraced paladin would never be able to love anyone.
If my father learned that I had dallied with a disgraced paladin, he would disparage my worth and might lock me up in a solitary room for a long time.
“Charlotte…”
“Dietrich, I’m never coming back here again.”
“…Do you despise me that much?”
He looked at me with a pained expression, as if he was the one who had been betrayed.
But I was the one who had been betrayed.
Dietrich hadn’t betrayed me, yet I still felt betrayed.
“A disgraced paladin? Imagine how the world would see me if I stayed with you.”
“……”
“I’m of marriageable age, and I need to find someone to marry.”
“……”
“I can’t marry you. So I won’t be coming here anymore.”
I shook off Dietrich and returned to the mansion.
I needed another plan.
Something to save me from my bleak future.
“Sister.”
And that plan was Johannes.
Until then, I had thought his twisted desires were revolting, but at that moment, they felt different.
He loved me, and I believed he would do everything he could to stop my marriage.
Thus, I chose him as my lover.
* * *
When I regained consciousness, the whole world looked different.
The intense emotions I had felt just before passing out were now completely absent.
I realized it then.
The loss of my humanity, which had been postponed with the Incantation, had now occurred.
[ One of the hidden conditions is being revealed. ]
A system message appeared in the air.
[ Hidden Condition – 1 –
Charlotte, maid of this mansion, must kill Dietrich.
He is the very symbol of your rebellion against the mansion.
Therefore, the mansion has determined that he cannot be allowed to live. ]
The system message displayed the name of the man I had once loved.
But even when I saw his name, I felt nothing.
Why had I been so devoted to him?
I thought it was foolish.
What was he to me, after all?
Whether he lived or died had nothing to do with me.
[ Will you accept this mission? ]
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