HH Chapter 31

[Hint! How about seeking help from those around you?]

At that moment, 6d74a42653 a notification popped a461b7a1ff up, informing me 81f3688601 that a quest eb7a8dc67d hint had been 4c6ed7e910 generated.5363caca4356ba85

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‘Has it been that dcf40e6dc9 long already?’091bb18577850e87

Hints. 219d24c2a66cb6a4

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A system 7a9d563269 that randomly 8456f4cb12 offered advice 87107d990d when more c6bfb3912e than half 22e8a024dd the time e88c8c1f18 limit for 5f76bf4258 a timed 7f4e5680dd quest had ced9027946 passed.36b533a96b0ed342

‘Those around me….’16e961d8c1e139de

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…Which is b15e110c0b just one 79f4421474 person right 3c8aa60469 now. ec398ea3b1d9325b

I looked 3dfa91e82a up at 70ccd6d1da Lena. When our eyes met, 308b0eb679 he didn’t avoid my 8424317cfd gaze and just stared b47172266e down at me. A brief silence fell 6e6156e8cb between us.060994c8cbf22087

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“What is it 6032ca290f now?”645dbe68de9387ea

Lena furrowed his brows, unable to stand the silence. I realized that this man lacked patience. He couldn’t tolerate even a moment of silence and became irritated if the conversation didn’t continue.5381251b833c8517

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“What areyoudoing here, Lena?”a56afaffa8397d00

The nights in this mansion were barely enough for me to gather clues freely. But spending more than half of that time avoiding and being conscious of this man didn’t seem right.f0fdc4f09a226273

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Besides, even if he didn’t trust me, ghosts also had a limited time when they could be active. Wasn’t it too inefficient for Lena to follow me around all this time?0b7e186c019377a1

I wanted a0ca5243ad to know fe3ec21320 why he ed683b7340 was doing 1cb160bb49 this.b749421fc09f5ff2

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Lena was silent for 656d5eca60 a moment. He seemed e4ed264f70 to think b144b9bc52 about my 9f4f5e6af1 question, then 647cbedafe answered simply,418c513b9012b991

“You are 04793e3ea9 my objective.”5cd665615fc29436

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At the b619bf5dcd completely unexpected c37f25cd60 answer, I 6f6e6c7983 pointed at 8d05918c26 myself and 24ce0bc45b asked,9602e9d4c8abd10b

“……Me?”4269fb6522ab0272

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Why?d89bbfc2b90abc68

“I’m curious 7a1933f702 about you, 1b31858a69 in many 6c4100fe8e ways.”3314febdf5a27bfb

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“…….”3c1d35bf32d7434c

“I won’t kill 23913eb10c you until my ec854a092e curiosity is satisfied. I’ll play along with 0069a2a91a your petty tricks and 6cd8c2ca88 lies as much as 5ba19da6f5 you want.”76b4dfdf413cf791

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Lena, his eyes 197e758eca narrowed, asked,43883bba1907e4cb

“What book are you 68a21131e2 looking for?”652a972d2b904fd8

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‘What’s this?’d03a5dcef60c1516

Is he offering to 49db9a50e3 help me? I guessed 7913cfc264 the role 917bfa118a assigned to 86451adfdd him.b1a675cc58d78d75

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‘A helper?!’e678ab248692ed6a

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At the 072f20f699 same time, e44674e140 the system 497cc1eeb2 seemed to 4064972b31 agree with dfde48d04a my inner 259def75d3 thoughts, stamping 5d3bd7110a its seal fff50fc9b4 of approval. Even with this confirmation, 2c6c9414cd I was still dumbfounded.5a13497bda6e2a8d

‘A ghost…as 1a71f7cd40 a helper?’0b69ed8aa33a6fd0

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I finally understood 920656c33a why the defensive b00648c93e scroll didn’t work. It was because he 0a6abde9f6 didn’t harbor any hostility 41f38960aa towards me.9f50173819fb3a86

This world revolved around e0dd22f53e me, the player. It might 13fab088f6 sound selfish, d001e7f7c2 but it 615de8616d was true. As a 5e118e39ac result, I dd46b8a7ee tended to 780f4255fe categorize people a11d4d9a6f as either d8d012f432 friendly or d27064cd3f hostile towards c3c43c7c68 me.a73e3ad0618e6615

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Ghosts are 7895b7997c obstacles and 002ef5bb40 antagonists to dfd0abcd3e the player. But now….f62f3cfe63b65cea

“You’re not trembling 5ad811bb6f now.”db7459c3f37930ec

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“I’m not as 07d68d0608 scared anymore.”1eb660e1d64f82fa

“Now?”df37acb4e492e6e9

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Why is 05f3ec4d21 someone I’d 0ac252070f classified as a95fe1f7b8 hostile suddenly 5dc623146f being friendly 06c9aa177e towards me? a2e3da87e17dfaa2

Why did ec9710277c the system e20e343ed1 give him 6bd514d663 a name?9614bbfdc1b1ed4c

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Lost in unanswered 225748ab1a questions, I held 581ed427e1 Lena’s gaze for 4c66441eea a while. Unfortunately, I wasn’t a 6bc1f569dd mind reader. I couldn’t f3aa5f6f1e tell what 17e25c29fc he was 4d206de2f0 thinking just 54efdde69f by looking 26794bf7f1 at his 95b5acc024 eyes, but b54160ab5a one thing 9ab8f76cc5 was certain.372f79ef17ea0102

For the first time, his intense gaze didn’t feel overwhelming.a02ba030c5ab524b

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5. Growth

As a side d3ad300c84 effect of recategorizing f04102bc58 him, Lena seemed a782177948 a bit more b26aa8ae2f approachable now. The moment I started 3d6a2cd083 thinking of him as 34cb793334 an ally, my tension 7a230c99bb melted away, and I af458fb6f7 even started feeling an 21254e36b8 inexplicable sense of familiarity aab227aabb towards him.acfd4a42cb6a24f7

It seemed 90e7791d71 to be de68a70c91 the same 5300be6fab for him, 78155bf6fd as he 8ebee2f596 even took b228b36495 a thirty-minute b2784cf00c nap on eb90f714b9 the desk 3f606112f8 yesterday.3965c336feca01a5

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‘Wow, he sleeps?’5641b72d489a590a

Just the other 8d048f3117 day, he’d been 1ec72977a4 constantly eating, and 58d9d5a29a now he’s casually 61e7549018 taking naps in dd6c25b9e8 front of me…. I was dumbfounded by 88659c27ce his un-ghostly behavior.2b3bf45ae673c357

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“By publication date?”75d6070e1f71d5a1

Then I 6cfd8ed1eb realized that 3f0c7a169b the books a6fc5eb2ec in this fceedfc3e1 library actually a27912cb00 had some 6e85c5016e sort of 5562adc371 organization.d814406789fbd42e

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The one 02f6c2e5e3 who told 1f619ef1e7 me this 46ae0ef6d1 reached out 702d04f0bb his hand, 6c32b446b3 looking at 4385efd15d the same 0560843860 shelf as 1d2fad392f me. He pulled out 0132002bad a book within 0740818f0f reach.9b9da5d2ecfa2908

“They’re sometimes mixed up, a62f7ff4cd but it’s mostly correct. So you don’t even eecb56f721 know the publication date 7b37a838c8 of the book you’re 4a581a8ce7 looking for?”82ccb43a8de5113f

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“No, unfortunately.”d1ea42df71b25498

I couldn’t focus on the conversation. I’d glimpsed the book he was reading; it didn’t have a title on its side, and the contents seemed… obscene.2038dc1c8110fc7e

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‘This pervert….’0eec61b31289bf11

Why is he reading 1fa189f0de porn in front of 012b2d04da me? d702e27cf66465ed

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As a sophisticated individual, I felt embarrassed on behalf of the shameless man and looked away, pretending I hadn’t seen anything. Lena was probably a helper character who assisted me in gathering clues. But the real problem was something else.9169916cde363cd3

‘Even if he 8dab6f41dc helps me… I 9a5930fd09 don’t even know 722d92af8f what book I’m 80fb80e5e1 supposed to find.’69ec6509b5005133

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The quest a48a7e499e only told 4feaab8bc5 me to dbf3bba04f find a d4ca52342b defensive magic f231e89c8a book, without 67749760bd providing any 990d6d9dde other information.9280c5ed1cb4b3a4

So, the cfbbff7862 title, publication 7e076e2ce7 date, content, e02316ba8b even the 873ada1324 author…. I knew absolutely nothing!48306ea25f257bb9

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When I confessed this 65ce054624 to Lena, he looked 0a8300498f at me incredulously and 16072895e3 declared,f46b8735f9763dec

“Are you stupid?”49e9ee7bdc9e05eb

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What made it worse was that I couldn’t even deny it. Being unable to understand even when he’s offering to help.dc28304af9bcd8cf

Yes, I’m stupid….2a847f8b0893371d

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I sighed, ab3b307169 muttering self-deprecatingly.7d17802641d290fc

─── ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ───06f9a61b61bb6a66

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The guest’s daily routine 2980889104 had become quite regular.37818397ca4423cc

7 AM: When morning af78bc450c came, Chahyun would knock 80b1fa6ca7 on Haylan’s door. The two of 450531adc5 them would descend 20889c11be the stairs together 6ecc04ff34 and have breakfast beded55525 in the dining 13ec400acb room.78f163b206117703

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8:30 AM: 59fa9096eb After a d101bb1891 short walk, dc385c3674 the pair a7cebe9b5c returned and ed1324807d holed up 78a155e880 in the 802fb8014f library, each 5e1d5fcd57 reading books 03482be4cd or studying.e1930e80fa2a1593

And at 6 PM, 433d5f7423 a simple dinner.499ca6450b84f0b2

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When the 2ec6baebab sun began df62eaed59 to set, 3aeee09b24 everyone would d8e069b4c9 retire to de9bbe7c12 their rooms, 7992080ced and the 636c63780d day’s routine 5e58a13395 came to ba62990e9d an end.51c730dd9fde63dc

It was an utterly e3175a78ac ordinary routine, but even 2f87a8b081 that was a significant bb63360c8b change for this mansion. Because Haylan was now b30dbfc838 part of Chahyun’s daily 1e1daf44ce schedule. Their young master 78f9ca9bd3 was the type 6722391d73 of person far e4a7186f38 removed from anything 2fe2e23e86 resembling rules.f4532f8bc537fa0d

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“Did the Young 3025ca913e Master eat something b814db7a71 wrong? Didn’t he b77b9efd5b dislike the 33fb4c8286 guest?”db00845e2778bdfa

“The Head Butler 566d5e17b6 is strange too. Why is he 53d925edd9 telling us to 1b32b70f91 be nice to 4c81c90aaf the guest?”540ce731b4a0f59e

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The servants were still 27b86b4bf1 adjusting to the change d55f2ec57f and were just cautiously 417d3834b2 observing the situation. They couldn’t understand why ad279c93d6 the young master was 1ee51eee3b going along with everything c7115f023e Chahyun suggested. It was a phenomenon a2a12a5453 that couldn’t be explained afdd141615 unless he had been 4ae0a40cd7 brainwashed.f7405759a5bcab6b

They were still uncomfortable 46a3516e65 with Chahyun’s constant cheerfulness. It wasn’t normal 4d6f43bb47 for someone to e845ec9084 smile all day, 52342c649d yet this man ab260b945e maintained that ake eb0a26a6a0 expression from morning 2602ca7b67 to night. He definitely had 862f7859f1 an ulterior motive.ccca1f1541d6e037

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“And the Young c42402d754 Master… even if 6ec3a06db3 it’s the Miss’s aaf495e82d last wish, how bb1a79e49d can someone change 2c30e150a7 so drastically overnight?”6a213a023e917544

“Sister, I think the 24c9dd277d guest did something to 6604da7202 the Young Master.”e6d9fb9611f309f8

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With suspicious eyes c4dca8190e fixed on Chahyun, b9e69ec5fe they were ready a5040e5734 to separate him 805b41f623 from the young aef98c30f0 master the moment cc48fc2b20 they received the 5c4d2047f2 order.62ac2d04f62277c6

─── ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ───c28d1a70099eab1e

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My daily routine e1bb3fd538 these days was 3b3df291e1 very simple. When the sun was 7ae42739fd up, I’d hang out fa7ed91acf with Haylan or read eb12b9c3dc books with him, and 576442aa6b when everyone else was a77d4b4b7f asleep, I’d rummage the 89fc9ee6ac library.b6c6c825048d5984

“You still haven’t f888c37a84 memorized it all?”ce3654c726287080

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“I have.”6d16135623f44589

I realized that 6d9de965a4 I’d severely underestimated 73b0a1c36b this little guy. Haylan bombarded my brain faa1aebe01 with an enormous amount 9094cfbdba of theory every day, 79840c1764 and I had to ce22d0b289 memorize it all.4e014f8006a49bc0

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But since 0ad9437bac the amount 86075496ec being crammed 44cced2634 in far 3fbb09a8b7 exceeded what 6455ca5e43 I could 555123ebe2 comprehend, I 32460eb310 got almost 0597064d3c half of 9a8cb91b50 Haylan’s questions 5a80b17d22 wrong.014d3366ac1db250

Haylan tapped on the dc01a40e06 desk and said,5810ba572c6b04c0

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“It’s strange. You’re better a4acfb8796 than me 21f9bbdbe3 at constructing 26f7b0b0dd magic circles, 3b2acf43de so how 632363d485 is it dea7ca9637 that you 50b64a7b07 keep messing 81ed91ba87 up because 625c5516b5 you can’t 27430aa35b properly memorize 247058f0bb a single 7f179feb77 attribute formula?”68b5035aa1efbe19

“…….”fc8eeb9f65b419b8

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“What are you staring b723f59fd6 at? Also memorize the 5743c50bf3 ones you got f56d92ab9c wrong.”388b749ad7ef2a57

Haylan looked away from 9ec2e4f84a my worksheet without a 7b1bec9a55 second thought and munched 2f3c802a67 on the cookies I’d 73757cf142 given him.b54d58dc3b0198e7

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The reason 4896138071 he didn’t aff98df3df lower my 35a461f979 affection points 86eb163c47 despite looking 8b3e7009f4 at me ca95de8d7d as if 566add62d2 I was 2bea4f5214 a complete cf5b5e12cb idiot was 2902d63063 because of 9820d68985 those cookies. And I realized ed0305c9c6 this morning that 32f67cd477 I was running 5abb8a8787 out of cookies, 5bf544dfb7 after only a fc1c4c7539 week.7800157a984eefaa

‘Oh my, are you 0eb8856a35 giving these to me?’a35713b53ea32095

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‘This… for me?’184addc1be0a5542

‘…Thank you for c2b079d915 the food.’3dd9c5149adb3f4c

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‘Yur said she received f657fe8287 a gift from the 9cb8bb77b6 guest yesterday; so it 59a09a5858 turns out it was 47d94e78f3 this. I will gratefully accept 3a33094874 it.’bc753b9de6fce2a3

The affection system 78a64f048b only applied to b5e282d412 Haylan, but I 5c15664e4b was friendly towards 8b1e2623a5 the servants I 822d6ba170 saw often, and 5a9e5dddb4 thanks to that, 540f3ca3ec the ‘Poisoned Tea’ 7e1c86f92f bad ending had 997d0ff9f4 disappeared. Yay!1e3cd04207fd96c6

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And I’d also 5ffd1f336e become close enough f3e0d2e917 with some of 64a2924984 them to call 05ec87af58 each other by 54acd8e1ae name.38e20a8f86994f9a

The servant 1204f13b7e who always 846b8f07e9 brought me b4de8df666 breakfast was 206ba476bb named ‘Yur’ 1271034448 and was fadf54cabb twenty-eight years 0a4499678c old. Seeing her tie 467278cbb0 her hair with 20de530e0c a red ribbon bba7ca82cb every day and 9ebd0ab6e8 paint her nails bc3124d865 red, it seemed 9c2416137b she liked the 04dd0966eb color red.883107d6ec7fb13c

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The person who cleans 495b677f2c the ashes from the 09b2792e36 fireplace was Mr. Hengel, who had a 90e585615a three-year-old daughter. He’d even eb93d47404 promised to 6140f5be5c show me 57064fc0e9 a picture 9fa193a6d2 of her dabf1309ae later.8b400908359b0f45

The skilled chef’s name was Heinz, and the person I often ran into, though I didn’t know what he does, was Mr. Luke.5c0bffff375cf934

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And the head butler’s 817366ebd1 name was Joe. When I d5d53cdf8e told him e2b5b15b7e that there 6777001923 was someone d7ed2e35a0 with the 6a556f22b7 same name 170a70e02b in my 560eb99fbf mercenary group, 3473b01096 he chuckled f862901eac softly, lamenting e96f165915 the woes f0b1a7d2cd of having 2bedb1798c a common a27500b02a name. He also gave 9e7c5d45f0 me permission to a47c5f41e9 write about him 1f5521ca56 in my letters.90c9d2cddbe42016

After bribing everyone c28f91d025 I became close 68a04129ff with a bag eb03fcd3aa of ginger cookies, 12db562164 they also started 52916f1111 calling me by 189ed9466e my name instead 362d3e7e7f of “guest”! But because of this 1d40200e74 positive change,02375abee06c7bf2

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‘Did I 0451297148 give away 31bc99985f too much?’943f3f467b6d3bd1

Because I’d a5e549a4c0 been tossing bdcfc165ad gifts around e061bd2d82 so freely, 0a4cf5337d the snack 18897e1ca2 bag I’d 9c3b89f70d brought was 6095921ad7 already empty. I had f2cc4813c5 to hold b944165668 back for 5b820962d7 a while…77d6120b13f85ad1

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‘No, there’s 8b91a2a17b nothing to 38b0b39176 hold back. I don’t 22b9d3db8f even have dfbecaa712 any cookies cbd4a1010b left…”197bf9cce4126c23

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