Confined Together with the Horror Game’s Male Lead - Chapter 73
Chapter 73
Translator: Yonnee
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Dietrich looked at the situation unfolding before him and asked in a flat tone,
“How am I supposed to understand this situation?”
“……”
“Why is Mister Hesta in such a state?”
[ Steel Mentality is being implemented. ]
First, I need to calmly explain the situation.
“I don’t really know. I just happened to find him like this.”
“By chance? Do you really think it makes sense for either Mister Hesta or you to end up in such a secluded place by pure chance?”
It was headache-inducing.
I couldn’t possibly say I came here to use the ‘Bewitch’ skill, so I had no suitable excuse to offer.
“I know what you might be misunderstanding, but I didn’t kill him. And though it might be hard to believe, but… when I entered the room, there was someone else here. There’s someone else in this mansion besides us, Dietrich.”
Even as I spoke, I realized how absurd my excuse sounded.
Dietrich scoffed at the unbelievable story.
“Then, where is this someone you claim was in the room when you arrived?”
“He ran away. He was too fast for me to catch. He seemed to have gone in that direction…”
“That direction is where I came from. And I saw no one on my way here.”
“Maybe he hid in a nearby room.”
“Is that so?”
“Maybe we can still find him if we look now…”
“Charlotte.”
Then Dietrich called my name in a tender voice, but his eyes looking at me were devoid of warmth.
“Stop it.”
Stop it? Then what am I supposed to do?
[ Darkness: 30% ]
…No.
His darkness level had already increased by 1% from 29%. It’s dangerous if it rises any further.
A crack might form on Dietrich’s morality.
“Dietrich, I really have been wronged here.”
With all the strength I could muster, I cried out pitifully, hoping it would affect him. Dietrich’s eyes wavered.
Did it work?
“Please. Trust me.”
I did plan to do something, but I never intended any harm.
After all, I did my best to survive and to keep Dietrich alive.
With that thought, I managed to squeeze out a bit more emotion.
“I don’t even know why this happened to me.”
As pitifully as possible.
“I’m scared, Dietrich.”
Though no tears came, I sounded as if I might cry.
“Charlotte.”
“…Yes?”
“I would have believed you if you had told me the truth from the beginning.”
“……”
“But now, it just seems like an attempt to escape a crisis.”
Dietrich, exhausted by the cycle of deceit, smiled wearily.
“…I thought you wouldn’t believe me. No one thinks it’s a coincidence when it happens twice.”
“……”
“…I just wanted to get along well with you.”
That’s why I kept it a secret.
For fear of falling into the trap of suspicion again.
“I wanted to help you. That’s all. Yes, I’ll tell you the truth now. Why did I come to such a secluded place? It’s because there was something I planned to do to Hesta.”
I boldly recited the truth.
[ ※ Warning ※ ]
[ Disclosure of mission and game-related information is prohibited.
Violators will be penalized. ]
I’m really, really sick of it all.
Filled with defiance, I bluntly spilled the truth.
“Hesta was acting suspiciously, so I thought of bewitching him to extract information. That’s all there is to it. I didn’t want to be misunderstood anymore.”
[ Steel Mentality is being implemented. ]
“…So what you’re saying now sounds like you attempted the same thing on Mister Hesta that you did with me on the first floor. Is that it?”
“Yes.”
I acted out of necessity due to the system’s given mission, but thinking about it now, I would have done it even without the mission.
From the moment I accepted the mission, if the ‘Bewitch’ skill had worked, I wouldn’t have stopped at just asking about how Erik had gotten killed.
I wouldn’t have let such a good opportunity pass by.
“It’s just. I wanted to help you.”
It had always been like that.
“…Who asked for your help?”
“……”
“…It was you who trapped me here, and I never asked for help.”
“…But you did.”
I heard it several times.
Begging to be let out.
“Even getting down on your knees and pleading.”
“……”
“And now what?”
I just wanted to release him in the way I knew how.
“Do you think you can maintain your proud demeanor here?”
But you’ll break down soon enough, I thought bitterly.
It was the truth.
“If you didn’t like this, you shouldn’t have asked to be let out from the beginning.”
“Even so, it can never justify manipulating others.”
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