Confined Together with the Horror Game’s Male Lead - Chapter 99
Chapter 99
Translator: Yonnee
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The sand that had filled my arms evaporated like smoke.
I stared vacantly at the warmth that had left my embrace.
“…Charlotte.”
It was then that Dietrich called out to me from behind.
“Ah.”
[ Steel Mentality is being implemented. ]
It was only then that I slowly came back to my senses.
What had I just done?
Like an audience member after a movie ends, my emotions had cooled down again.
“Are you okay?”
“…That seems to be the question I’ve heard the most today.”
“…Ah.”
I’m tired.
So much has happened.
But the ordeal isn’t over yet.
That man who took Erik’s shell.
When I turned my gaze in that direction, I found Erik collapsed.
…What?
In that moment, the fallen Erik suddenly got up.
“Guuh, ugh… hiiiek…”
With the way he was looking around with such bewilderment, it didn’t seem like an act.
“Step back, Charlotte. This doesn’t feel right.”
Dietrich pushed me behind him, but I couldn’t take my eyes off Erik.
It seemed eerily familiar.
“…M-Mister Dietrich?! Miss Charlotte?!”
Just then, Erik, who had been looking around, spotted us and exclaimed in surprise.
“That demon!”
Soon after, Erik pointed at me.
“Mister Dietrich! Don’t be deceived! She’s a demon!”
“……”
“She’s a demon! What this woman did… Mister Dietrich?”
When Dietrich didn’t respond, Erik sensed something odd and called out to him.
“…Surely not.”
“……”
“You two were in cahoots.”
“…Mister Erik.”
How could Erik, supposedly dead, be moving? Alive?
As ‘that man’ disappeared, Erik, who stood back up as if brought back to life, moved oddly.
That naturally made me think of the ‘third floor’.
This was something that would happen on the third floor, not here.
“D-Don’t come!”
Clutching the ring on his finger tightly, Erik screamed in fear.
“That ring…”
Hadn’t it been taken by Dietrich?
Surprised, I looked at Dietrich, who also looked confused.
“I definitely took it. I did, but…”
Was this also that man’s doing?
As Erik stumbled backward, he tripped over the uneven ground distorted by the venom Valek had spewed.
“Ah!”
As he fell, Erik’s hand was pricked by a small thorn.
At that moment.
“……!”
A bright light burst from the ring, and instead, a wound appeared on Dietrich’s palm.
“Ha… Haha… Serves you right!”
Taunting Dietrich, Erik then picked up a sharp piece of wood and held it to his neck.
Just when I thought I had snatched the ring, an annoying situation had arisen again.
“Don’t come any closer!”
“……”
“If you do, I’ll stab my neck with this. Aren’t you curious? Which of you two will die in my place?”
“……”
At Erik’s sudden action, Dietrich clenched his teeth.
“Both of you! I won’t let you be!”
Suddenly, I wondered.
Right then, Erik stabbed the wood into his thigh.
“Mister Erik!”
Spark—
As light burst from the ring, blood splattered from Dietrich’s thigh.
“Ugh!”
A sudden pain made Dietrich moan.
“Ha, haha, haha… Don’t mess with me now.”
Emboldened by the absence of pain returning to him, Erik again raised the wood up high.
“This time, let’s see who gets hit.”
With a particularly sinister smile, Erik raised the branch again and stabbed himself with it.
As he continued to stab, the man gained more courage. His smile deepened, and his madness intensified.
“……!”
“Dietrich!”
Veins bulged on Dietrich’s forehead as he clenched his teeth and collapsed.
I hurriedly ran to support Dietrich.
“Hahahaha!”
As if enjoying the scene, Erik burst into laughter.
Dietrich got up again, attempting to rush out to stop Erik, but…
“Ahaha! Sure, come if you can!”
“Ugh.”
Erik stabbed his own leg, forcing Dietrich to drop to the ground.
But something was odd.
That ring… Why was it affecting only Dietrich now? Wasn’t it supposed to affect me as well?
Cold sweat ran down Dietrich’s cheek as he propped himself up on the floor.
‘I need to take that ring.’
But how? Erik would resist with all his might.
The method was…
I looked at Dietrich.
You might hate this but…
[ Would you like to use ‘Bewitch’? ]
There’s no other choice.
The chance was low, only 10%.
I clicked [ Yes ], hoping it would work.
But unexpectedly, a new window popped up.
[ Due to a penalty, you are temporarily unable to use your skills. ]
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