Confined Together with the Horror Game’s Male Lead - Chapter 69
Chapter 69
Translator: Yonnee
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Ah, I’m so tired already.
After coming up to the second floor and with my body reverting to normal, my mind and body were easily getting tired now.
“Dietrich, do you know?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Birds of a feather flock together. Humans tend to stick with the same kind, once they recognize each other.”
“……”
“I don’t trust those two either.”
I hinted at him to be cautious about them. I couldn’t outright call them bandits, but Dietrich should have an inkling now.
“What do we do now, Dietrich. Because of me, you ended up doing something bad.”
“…It’s not your fault. Just promise me one thing.”
“What’s that?”
“You must never lie to me.”
He didn’t specifically mention me using the ‘bewitch’ skill on him. Would that count as a lie as well?
“Alright.”
Though I wasn’t telling the whole truth, it’s not the same as a lie.
In any case, we couldn’t stay in this room forever, so it was about time for us to leave.
And…
I also had to solve that strange mission.
Why did the system give me such a mission?
Looking back, mostly bad things happened after the system issued missions.
Ding— Ding— Ding—!
At that moment, a familiar bell sound echoed through the second-floor hallway.
Ah.
The prelude to a boss battle had begun.
* * *
As a matter of fact, the story had gone quite lopsided a long time ago already.
Ever since we came up to the second floor.
This series of events never appeared in the game.
“Erik wasn’t found, but you found Miss Charlotte, I see.”
“…Yes.”
“Where were you, Miss Charlotte? And what exactly happened with Erik?”
I looked at Felix.
“…Well, it’s a long story. Where should I start… First, Erik tampered with Mister Dietrich’s belongings.”
“What?”
“So, I asked for it back, but he attacked me. I swung whatever was nearby to protect myself.”
“Then why did you follow Erik? Why did he suddenly disappear?”
“Why follow? To take back the item he stole, of course. But I couldn’t find either the item or Erik.”
As they were based on true facts, these lies smoothly flowed out.
Felix’s expression changed strangely as he looked at us.
“The two of you seem to have gotten closer, haven’t you?”
He muttered something odd.
“Let’s try looking for Erik again tomorrow.”
Felix backed away with a wide smile. Hesta, standing behind him, also looked at us with a strange gaze.
That foreboding feeling from earlier intensified.
As if something was about to happen.
“How about we rest for today?”
Dietrich cautiously suggested. But I was looking at the system window floating in the air.
[ Time remaining: 23:05:25 ]
Only one day left.
I must act now.
With no clues in the current situation, there was only one thing I could do.
‘Bewitch.’
But the success rate was terribly low, and it could only be used once an hour. It wasn’t practical for what I needed to achieve in the span of just one day.
I wondered if there was another way, but it seemed like the mission was a challenge to see if I could handle it.
‘…Mission failure will disable Steel Mentality.’
If this was the penalty…
In a situation like this, I had no choice but to prepare for the worst-case scenario.
If I fail the mission, I’d have to hide until ‘Steel Mentality’ would return.
‘Without it, I’m nothing.’
Having relied on Steel Mentality for too long, I found it hard to predict how I’d react without it.
‘…Should I try turning it off?’
If I think of it as a rehearsal, maybe briefly turning it off wouldn’t be too bad.
Maybe I’d be fine even without Steel Mentality.
I decided to experimentally turn off Steel Mentality.
[ Steel Mentality: OFF ]
In that moment, terrible things flooded in.
As if all the stones that were propped up in a closed passage came tumbling down, emotions poured out.
“……!”
“Charlotte!”
[ Steel Mentality: ON ]
[ Steel Mentality is being implemented. ]
It was a very short time.
Even though I turned Steel Mentality back on immediately, strangely, I couldn’t breathe easily.
“…Huuk.”
“Why are you suddenly like this? Are you okay?”
As I grasped my chest, gasping for air, Dietrich carefully patted my back.
“…I’m fine, Dietrich.”
[ Steel Mentality is being implemented. ]
[ Steel Mentality is being implemented. ]
[ Steel Mentality is being implemented. ]
[ Steel Mentality is being implemented. ]
[ Steel Mentality is being implemented. ]
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I can’t imagine when the day comes that the steel mentality would finally be removed