Confined Together with the Horror Game’s Male Lead - Chapter 98
Chapter 98
Translator: Yonnee
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“No, I will save you—”
“Listen to me until the end. I am going to die soon, and you will live on for a long time. You will debut in high society, get married, have children, and become a grandmother. Well, even if you won’t, it doesn’t change the fact that you have a long life ahead of you.”
“……”
“I will spend my remaining days here, reminiscing and recalling the past. My childhood, my parents, my friends, and you.”
‘I’ greeted her with a calm smile.
But the girl, unable to accept it, burst into silent tears.
‘I’ reached out to wipe her tears, but the iron bars prevented me from touching her.
Yes. Though it’s a bit early, you must now go on alone.
“I will continue to live my life in memories, but not you. You have a boundless future ahead.”
“……”
“Burn all my paintings. They will only get dirty over time anyway.”
It was clear where she had hidden the painting.
She must have hidden them under the bed, just the same.
How many maids had been hired to clean such a grand mansion? There was no way she could truly keep them hidden.
“Please burn those paintings yourself. If they’re going to be torn and disappear someday, let it be at your hands before they get dirtied by others.”
‘I’ didn’t want her to face trouble because of those paintings.
“Now, forget about me.”
“I…”
“Wipe your tears. The path you must take is far too long.”
Yet the woman burst into more tears.
Even seeing ‘my’ faint smile.
Until now, the woman had not tried to understand the meaning of this smile, but now, she understood its meaning.
“You must move forward.”
“……”
“You must move forward.”
Come now, dear lady.
I would be nothing more than a fleeting nightmare for you.
So shake it off and move on.
* * *
BANG!
The loud explosion-like noise snapped me back to reality.
[ Charlotte’s assimilation is now settling down. ]
Dietrich, with one hand, blocked the boss’s mouth spewing poison and stabbed his sword into it.
Sizzle—
Dietrich’s hand scorched red from the hot venom.
A furrowed brow and beads of cold sweat.
—Grrk, rrrggghh.
Valek, the warm brown-eyed rational painter, cried out with a noise worse than a beast’s. At that moment, as if controlled, I moved my feet unknowingly.
“No!”
As though possessed, I grabbed Dietrich by the waist.
“…Charlotte.”
Hot breath burst from Dietrich’s lips. Sweat dripped from his pained face.
“No. Don’t do it. Don’t, Dietrich.”
No.
This shouldn’t happen.
If we kill Valek…
It wasn’t like me.
This was the first time I’d been so disturbed since entering the grand mansion.
[ Assimilation Rate: 20% ]
Unbeknownst to me, the assimilation rate had risen so high in the meantime, making me move involuntarily.
“Don’t do it!”
Dietrich looked at me with startled eyes, but I pushed him away as if I had become the red-eyed Charlotte.
“Valek!”
And I called out to him.
I had synchronized with ‘Valek’, but at this moment, it felt like I had become the lady who had loved him long ago.
“No…”
Ssszzz—
The sword was already deeply embedded, and Valek’s body was collapsing.
“No…”
No, no.
I can’t lose you twice like this.
At that moment.
—Ah, ugh…
Sssszzz—
Very slowly, Valek’s form continued to crumble.
I tried to prevent his body from falling apart further, but it continued to pour out like water slipping through my fingers.
You can’t do this.
You can’t do this to me.
“No. No.”
Why is this happening a second time?
I struggled to push away the harsh reality as I grasped his crumbling form.
The sensation of holding a handful of sand, yet eventually, it disappears.
I felt it disappearing like crushed shards, and I wanted to press it precious and close.
“I’m trapped here.”
I can’t forget anything.
“I can’t move forward to the future as you wished.”
I too must reminisce about the past while waiting only for death.
“I…”
I can’t do anything. Not then, not now, not ever.
“I can’t escape.”
As the vanishing form reached out to me, I unknowingly took its hand, and a strange window appeared.
[ The Second Floor Administrator transfers authority over the second floor to ‘Charlotte.’ ]
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