Confined Together with the Horror Game’s Male Lead - Chapter 185
Chapter 185
Translator: Yonnee
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Three years ago, I left Lindbergh’s mansion.
It was midwinter.
Snow was fiercely blowing, and since I hadn’t dressed properly, my body shivered uncontrollably.
I wasn’t very strong to begin with, so I kept collapsing as I tried to walk, unable to endure the harsh cold.
Eventually, I became so weak that I couldn’t get up anymore.
Lying there, my teeth chattering, I found myself chuckling absentmindedly.
I was on the verge of freezing to death before I even got a chance to kill Dietrich.
Of course, I wouldn’t really die. That was what made it worse.
It was then that a young man, out on a winter hunt, found me.
The man picked me up.
Wanting to see if I was still alive, he grabbed my hair and lifted my head.
“So pretty,” he muttered, tapping my cheek a few times as if inspecting a piece of merchandise.
When I blinked slowly, he smiled brightly.
“Good, you’re alive.”
Without asking for my permission, he dragged me away.
Since I was too weak to resist, I had no choice but to go along.
When I came to, I was lying in a warm room.
Crackle—
The sound of the fireplace echoed in the otherwise silent room, providing a small sense of comfort.
The man who had brought me there entered the room.
He looked at me and declared that he was the lord of Hyden and that he had saved my life.
“I saved you when you were about to die.”
Well, I wouldn’t have died, so it wasn’t quite a rescue.
But I had indeed been suffering, cold, and starving, so I acknowledged his help.
“What’s your name? Where are you from? Why did you collapse there?”
The lord of Hyden asked me several questions.
I couldn’t answer any of them. When I made up an excuse that I couldn’t remember, oddly enough, the lord seemed pleased.
“That’s good to hear. Since you have nowhere else to go, why don’t you stay here in the castle?”
I nodded.
Outside, the snow was howling fiercely, making it impossible to even consider leaving.
For the first few days, the lord treated me well.
“I’ve looked into it, and there are people who said they found you near Lindbergh. What were you doing there?”
But soon, his demeanor changed.
“I could accuse you of being a witch, you know. A suspicious woman without any identification.”
He spoke with a sly smile.
“Become my concubine, and I’ll let you live. Otherwise, I’ll hand you over for a witch trial. Do you know what happens to women who get sent there?”
He chuckled, urging me to make my choice.
“They’re tortured horrifically and then drowned in a river or the sea. Once you’re there, you’ll never make it out alive.”
That night, I tried to escape. But I was caught and the man beat me with a switch.
…I’d truly ended up in the wrong place.
That was how I became the man’s concubine, under the name ‘Emily’.
And so, in the present—
Crack—
The metal door of the storage room crumpled with a harsh sound, and Dietrich burst through, his face furious.
“What is the meaning of this?”
…How did he manage to break down that door?
* * *
Dietrich was utterly baffled.
A woman he had just met today had locked him in a storeroom.
Was this another trick by the lord?
Emily seemed slightly taken aback, her lips parting in surprise.
In that moment, he couldn’t help but think he wanted to kiss those red lips.
‘Am I really going insane?’
He tried to regain his composure as he looked at her.
“Why did you lock me in?”
“It’s a misunderstanding, sir.”
Emily quickly shook her head, trying to explain.
“That door has been faulty for a while, and it tends to lock on its own.”
Emily demonstratively closed the door that Dietrich had just broken out of.
Clank. The door automatically locked again.
“Like that.”
“……”
“You’re quite impatient. If you had just called my name, I would have opened it for you right away.”
Emily laughed softly, reaching out to take the box Dietrich had retrieved.
“Then I’ll take this. Thank you for your help, sir.”
“……”
At that moment, Dietrich felt as if he was under some kind of spell.
Emily left, as if she no longer needed an escort.
Dietrich kept clenching and unclenching his hand, the hand he had reached out to escort her.
The blood that had stained her hand had dried on his.
As he watched Emily disappear, Dietrich suddenly recalled what the lord had said.
“He found a dying orphan, he said.”
If that was true, her origins could be unclear.
A mysterious concubine of a strange lord, in the ominous Hyden estate.
It seemed necessary to investigate her background.
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I have a feeling if she kills him she will fail her quest…