Confined Together with the Horror Game’s Male Lead - Chapter 46
Chapter 46
Translator: Yonnee
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And…
The unbelievable antics he had pulled off.
Whether out of shame or trembling, the man’s face reddened for reasons hard to distinguish.
He resolved never to trust the woman again.
Even if there were unknown reasons behind her actions. He would view her with bias.
In the past, he might have despised such biased attitudes, but his judgment was no longer the same.
He felt that if he didn’t see things with a skewed perspective, everything might collapse.
So now, while still unbroken, he had to protect the fortress he had built around him.
* * *
Clank, clank.
“Kkyung…”
Furball’s ears drooped, looking dejected.
It sprang up, scratching the doorknob repeatedly with its short legs.
So that’s how it escaped the room during the boss battle.
Unfortunately, the firmly locked door did not budge.
And that’s to be expected, as the structure of the second floor is different from the first.
When the second floor begins, almost all the doors, except a few, are closed.
The appearance of the first floor changed a bit after Penny died, too.
Previously, no matter how much was consumed, food periodically appeared.
But not anymore.
Once the food is taken, no new food is provided.
From now on, they had to survive on the remaining food from the first floor.
Unless the locked doors of the second floor open.
“Ugh… so heavy…”
After all, I filled the box with as much food as I could, so it was heavy.
Charlotte’s body was beyond human norms in some ways, but regrettably, when it came to physical strength, she was average.
I hadn’t climbed more than a single flight of stairs before I had to set the box down.
This just won’t do.
I’ll have to move it in parts.
As I straightened up and dusted myself off, my eyes met Dietrich’s, who was on the second-floor landing. When did he come?
He was quietly observing me, then, knitting his brows, he promptly descended the stairs.
Did he need something from the first floor?
But then, Dietrich stopped in front of me.
Uh…?
As I blinked in confusion, he effortlessly picked up the box I had set down.
“Where should I move this to?”
“……”
I just stared at him.
Eyes like amethysts.
Perhaps because he wasn’t under any sort of enchantment, they seemed incredibly clear and beautiful.
“…I asked where I should move it to.”
When I didn’t respond and just gazed at him blankly, he asked again.
“Weren’t you ignoring me?”
“……”
Ah.
Despite his resolve to ignore me, it seems he couldn’t overlook someone in need of help.
Was this his true nature?
“It needs to be moved to a room on the second floor, but…”
Let’s see. Among the open rooms on the second floor…
“Follow me for now.”
A place suitable for storing the food…
Where did I keep the food when I played the game before?
As I tried to recall, I walked towards a room at the end of the hallway.
Opening the door, a musty smell of dust hit us.
“…It’s not good to leave food in a place like this.”
“I know. It needs cleaning.”
It’s dirtier than I thought.
“Isn’t there another place?”
“…Another place.”
I paused for a moment.
From Dietrich’s perspective, it would be more convenient to store it somewhere else. ‘For now,’ that would be better, but…
This was emergency food only for Dietrich, me, and Furball.
So it needs to be secretly hidden away from sight.
“Just leave it here. I’ll take care of the rest.”
“……”
“Thanks for helping. You’ve brought it this far, but I can take it from here into the room by myself.”
He looked at me with a slightly displeased expression for a moment.
But, not wanting to interfere further, he set the box down as I wished.
Just as he was about to leave.
“Dietrich.”
I called out to him.
“It’s a secret that we’re keeping food here.”
“……”
“Don’t tell anyone.”
Dietrich raised an eyebrow at my words.
His expression seemed to ask, Who else is there besides us to keep a secret from in this mansion anyway.
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