Confined Together with the Horror Game’s Male Lead - Chapter 70
Chapter 70
Translator: Yonnee
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“What’s wrong? Where does it hurt?”
Despite the continuous appearance of the system window, my emotions would not settle.
“…I’m fine.”
“Don’t lie. Just tell me where it hurts—”
“I said I’m fine!”
Unintentionally, I shouted at Dietrich, then blinked in surprise.
‘Why did I get angry?’
I don’t know why. I couldn’t even understand my own emotions.
But one thing was certain…
‘If Steel Mentality is turned off, I wouldn’t be able to function normally.’
This was no way to behave…
“…You say you’re fine, but why are you crying?”
“…Crying?”
Following Dietrich’s comment, I touched my cheek and felt dampness from it.
‘It seems I really can’t control my emotions at all.’
Having my emotions dampened by Steel Mentality for so long, it’s clear I’ve lost the ability to manage them on my own.
‘This is a really big problem.’
“I really am fine, Dietrich.”
My tumultuous emotions quickly subsided.
“By the way, it seems a new room has opened, shouldn’t we check it out?”
I asked nonchalantly. Dietrich’s expression changed strangely at my question.
“No. We won’t be going in now.”
“…What? Why?”
“I’m taking you to your room.”
Considering he’s been obsessed with exploring rooms, it’s puzzling why he’s suddenly concerned about me.
“There’s no need.”
“But…”
“There is no need.”
“……”
“I don’t need your help.”
I emphasized again.
Dietrich’s firm grip on my shoulder loosened.
I faced Dietrich, whose face seemed to be swirling with emotions.
At that moment, I felt a complex emotion.
So this was the expression of someone without Steel Mentality.
* * *
“F-Felix…”
Hesta followed Felix, calling out to him as they walked ahead.
“E-Erik’s disappeared…”
“I know that too.”
“E-Erik, why did he—”
“How would I know!”
The situation had taken an unexpected turn.
They didn’t expect that Erik would die.
Their plan was not a grand plan, or anything close to it.
As always, the intention was to start off with just a light jest.
It was Erik’s job to fall down the stairs in front of Dietrich and scream that the woman had pushed him in order to steal the ring.
…Not to suddenly disappear.
What Felix wanted to see was Dietrich’s reaction at that moment.
Would he protect the woman, or would he doubt her?
The plan was to slowly sow seeds of doubt between them—to make them attack each other.
But instead, they returned even closer to each other.
With a sour expression, Felix cracked his knuckles, the sound crisply echoing.
“I-It’s strange. There’s no way Erik would just disappear like that.”
“I know. Maybe those two killed Erik.”
How unpleasant.
Erik chasing after the woman was not part of the plan.
Nevertheless, Felix knew about Erik’s temperament, and he knew that guy would cause some trouble sooner or later. That’s why Felix just left that guy alone to let him have a bit of fun.
“This can’t go on.”
“F-Felix, what are we going to do?”
“We have to deal with it now. When I start to feel this f*cking pissed, I just can’t sit still.”
* * *
I silently waited for an opportunity.
I had dinner with Dietrich as if nothing had happened and casually waved him off as he headed to his room.
Now that Dietrich had entered his room, and with Felix and Hesta left to their own devices…
‘Map.’
The locations of Hesta and Felix were also marked on the map.
[ Time remaining: 08:24:12 ]
They were in different places. Especially Hesta, who had gone to a secluded area on the second floor.
‘Why did he go all the way there?’
It was good for me that he was deeper inside the mansion. This would reduce the chance of getting caught.
But the problem was…
Things have never gone according to plan.
As I got closer to Hesta, that same foreboding feeling crept over me once again.
‘Here. Hesta’s location.’
A door at the end of the hallway was slightly open. It seemed to be broken, not closing properly and creaking.
It looked as though someone had intentionally damaged the doorknob to leave it cracked open.
‘Why is Hesta in a place like this?’
Instinctively, I felt that opening this door might lead me into a trap.
[ Time remaining: 08:10:52 ]
But with nowhere to retreat, I opened the door.
“Ggh— agh!”
At that moment, a man tied tightly to a chair in the middle of the room let out a dying scream and collapsed.
[ Steel Mentality is being implemented. ]
It felt exactly like…
…being played like a puppet in a well-orchestrated scheme.
Then, the mastermind behind this scheme.
Who was it?
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