Confined Together with the Horror Game’s Male Lead - Chapter 8

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Chapter 8

Translator: Yonnee

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Perhaps wary of Dietrich, the monsters also retreated for a moment.

Not long after, however, one monster twisted its right foot slightly and bent its knees, readying itself to pounce right at Dietrich.

Tense, Dietrich also raised his sword.

Right then, the monster jumped at him.

“Dietrich!”

I called his name.

As he was about to swing his sword at the monster, he reflexively turned his attention to me.

At that moment, his expression became distorted, the exceedingly perplexed question of ‘Why did I look away from the monster’ clearly stamped on his face.

[ Would you like to select a steak sauce? ]

Worcestershire Sauce
Mustard Sauce
Chateaubriand Sauce
……

[ You have selected Chateaubriand Sauce. ]

“First of all, sorry,” I said.

“What are you—”

The same moment I ran at Dietrich, I grabbed a bottle of steak with all my might.

Dietrich’s eyes went wide open, and I didn’t miss this chance. I immediately opened the lid and hurled the sauce exactly on his eyes.

“Ugh…”

Dietrich turned his head in surprise, but it was too late.

As I ran at him, I tackled him squarely right then.

CRASH!

The monster was still running at Dietrich at that moment, but Dietrich and I rolled away to evade the incoming monster.

We both rolled away, but— No, it would be more accurate to say that he was the only one who took the brunt of the impact. He was holding my waist tightly and was supporting me.

Thanks to Dietrich’s cushioning, I was able to stay unscathed.

—Grrk!

As I had tackled Dietrich prior to this, the monster ran straight into the wall in vain, letting out a pained roar as it collided with the solid surface.

Not knowing why I attacked him at that moment, Dietrich visibly frowned deeply.

“What exactly are you doing right now?”

[ Successfully accomplished the task. ]

[ With this successful accomplishment, you are one step closer to ‘Charlotte’s Authority’. ]

The system must have intended for me to attack Dietrich so that I could interfere with his battle.

However, as a result, Dietrich cleared his own quest safely without getting hurt.

‘Even if it goes against the system’s intent, all I need to focus on is to comply with the tasks I’m given.’

Just in case, I made my move exactly when the monster had attacked Dietrich so as to appear like I was disrupting him.

Of course, this was so that I could make Dietrich avoid the monster so that he wouldn’t get hurt.

I’m not completely certain, but maybe I’ll be able to get away with accomplishing my tasks like this from now on…

“What in the world did you throw at me?”

Although I was very pleased with the successful turnout, Dietrich sounded very angry.

He was obviously pissed. I faced him awkwardly.

“Was it poison? But I’m afraid such a sloppy method won’t work on me.”

“No, it’s steak sauce.”

“…What?”

His voice was filled with utter befuddlement, wordlessly asking why I hurled such a thing at him, but I couldn’t focus on listening to him right now. I was busy checking the system windows that were popping up one after another.

[ To you, Maid Charlotte of the Mansion… ]

—Grrrk!

Increasingly enraged by Dietrich, the monsters banged on, and debris from the walls and ceilings started to scatter all over the place. The monsters were causing a huge cloud of dust to form.

“No, let me hear your explanations later. Please get out of the way first.”

Dietrich tried to push me by the shoulder in a hurry, but I didn’t budge.

“What are you doing? Get out. The monsters…”

“No, I can just stay still here.”

Having read through the rewards of my task accomplishment, I stared at the monsters with a relaxed gaze.

The monsters were rowdy up until just now, but the moment my eyes swept over them, they stepped back, aghast.

As Dietrich was suddenly faced with the sight of the monsters being subdued out of nowhere, he also looked at me, eyes demanding an explanation.

“First, wanna kneel down?”

—Grrr…

That aggressiveness of theirs vanished into the air as the monsters obediently fell to their knees.

[ …Charlotte has been given partial authority. ]

[ New Authority ]

– You have the ability to make monsters obey. This is limited to monsters you can see with your eyes.

※ This authority can be used only once.

This was the reward I was given for successfully accomplishing my task. Was this what the system meant when it said I was one step closer to Charlotte’s Authority?

“Just now, you said that you can’t control those monsters…”

“Shush. The past is the past.”

“……”

Dietrich looked at me, baffled. Perhaps he was thinking, just like before, that I was pulling his leg again.

“I couldn’t control them a while ago. I’m serious.”

“Then what do you mean by that? Why didn’t it work earlier, but it’s working now?”

“Because I attacked you.”

“……?”

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Then, a warning popped up.

Dietrich couldn’t understand what I meant by that, so maybe that’s why the system was still willing to brush it off this once. But it was clear that it wouldn’t let it slide next time.

“If you don’t want to tell me, you don’t have to. It must be my fault to even think that I can have a normal conversation with you.”

“……”

“Then, will you please get off of me now?”

He made it painfully obvious that he didn’t want to be around me right now.

I had no choice but to will my legs to stand up.

‘What?’

I felt a prickly, stabbing pain in my throat right then, and my vision suddenly started spinning.

I was half standing already, but my weak legs couldn’t hold my weight up. As soon as it looked like I was about to sit down again, Dietrich’s cold gaze reached me.

“No, wait, I’m about to get up…”

I was in a hurry to make excuses because Dietrich might get angry again, but…

“Cough.”

Warm blood spilled through my lips.

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