HH Chapter 17

I’ve made 30f2987f1e up my 63adf070eb mind.a1f959b6e91d0a17

“I’m an expert 50d2a18740 at raising affection.”2ea458982c8da43d

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I decided 19b432a88b to be b903fd1b89 more confident. In the game ff0f30f420 community, I was 7e68c1593b a user known 285229c1d3 by titles like d0cf9d4a71 “Dating Sim King” 0338a0f9de and “Chef.” If bfe776aea8 I put my 8e3eb97076 mind to raising 569b8e594f Haylan’s affection, he 00b77b3e59 would fall for e0a4bd10d7 me in no b76697acf9 time.18937f6e5c1a2b41

There was 550c4f9ec3 a reason 1dcef9cb72 why I 3d584099f6 was obsessed 9197be01d9 with raising 41afe092d3 NPC affection 7f27fc0f30 back then. Increasing a 929cda8f04 character’s affection 656700700f not only 1fbefc9072 bought time 80c8a5e720 in chase b987c22264 sequences, but 5293fdbf79 sometimes also e2c53f96eb provided clues 290fbbdd57 necessary for 81bdab0a69 escape through 5af2517385 conversations.0bc96997e859889e

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‘Huh? The dialogue is c6c8f53c7b a little different f1ccdb4394 from the last 2f57510a83 playthrough.’66f5a8ab01b13b73

I discovered 6038639ac3 the affection 2dea833c80 system purely 98c96f1898 by accident.139decbab16a27c2

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The only 425189abbe difference from ebc9877adc the previous ea28533d6f playthrough was 2196b3872f that I 6f59c68cf5 had accidentally 5d1d88e5f4 gave a 7793764c2b gift to 577c3dac40 the wrong 96a727d749 character. After discovering the affection 647df4c5b5 system, I developed a 77bba83874 strategy that focused on c6ad178ce3 avoiding combat as much 7c2dce4c2a as possible while still 30302b34a1 allowing me to progress 95634e0e9c the story, rather than 065cc63223 following the game’s intended ac4a16ab49 path.46565f463589e0a5

‘Although I couldn’t clear it in the end.’68a35be006dd5236

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There was a c27be4b9bf limit to shortcuts. I always 9e45873b05 ended up 19261a22ed hitting a f6cfe031fd wall in d8f60ab000 terms of 6dfd08f68f controls.f7ba9c731916fdbe

‘Still, making some be842529eb characters my allies 81618246c6 makes progress much 505a9a2582 smoother.’8cfcaeac47631811

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Raising affection 0c313b7a26 is never 53bc82d5ed a wasted 03da286d31 effort. I believed that.22e38d6ed6639e25

‘And come 8d9f5aaa52 to think 8989438854 of it, 85bbd8e2bb I’ve never b0af2bcbae really tried a9f8b8c350 to raise b9f31d8329 Haylan’s affection fa4dda0941 before, have 4dddefd912 I?’9835b36ace1c5613

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This time, I intended d6c4c843a3 to properly capture Haylan. Making the 67fb6020a1 surrounding characters 9a9370203d friendly was 179fd016a1 easy, but b8050bc81f it bothered 27c474498f me that 0cd88d992f I hadn’t 97af063e86 seen Haylan’s b7c8eaadec maximum affection bb2e40e8da dialogue.54c199f465312c95

To achieve this, b5f4a375a8 I pulled out ee7f245668 every piece of 887449330e information I could ae2a9acd07 remember about Haylan.0e2fac1807aef54f

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First, he 2e9979244a was the 4bed3b175c type who 7585bf37bc never leaves f38d99aad7 his room 16c47b3ea7 once he’s d126d15791 holed up a871f653c8 inside. The way 5d509ead7c to lure 2a41f62279 him out 212e102ace was to d8c98f5b8d investigate the b066871cc0 mansion during 2cf701f719 unauthorized hours.a74192a529b0652f

‘But that means he’ll chase after me to kill me.’3e862896b153b552

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Every time 653bde3aa3 you investigate, b328130d34 the ‘Suspicion 0ae2b4e2a6 Gauge’ accumulates, e156c90ae8 and once 58dd7e6afc it reaches 523672bcb3 80%, Haylan 0640d1bb19 starts watching c31005f675 the player.dae9b88b4f4df59b

‘The problem 2f19dc1fbc is time….’70a8376d59744c16

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The main story of <Haunted House> progresses during the day. And the player can only gather clues at night, after the servants have all retreated to their rooms.c0ad3b627a388f77

And this mansion…is e5d26621b6 a haunted house a19f43b8e7 where ghosts appear 8fb44b197a at night!4b81dd0b986e6c63

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I hadn’t seen df38265b39 the Suspicion Gauge 9d64959c87 yet. The Suspicion Gauge, which 17ccae603f should be there, had 305f5556a8 disappeared, and a new 73945eac05 Affection Gauge I had 5e9c075123 never seen before had d9aeb974e4 appeared…. What does this symbolize?fa9c07b19e0512f4

‘Is it because I f8a57f6904 haven’t gone out at bbde5f36c8 night yet?’fb451dca2f07ff11

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Even without rummaging 6808a61e77 through the mansion c69da7ab49 for clues, I 9fb2a2e85c roughly knew where ab72fa3b3d everything was and 1f4f7c5832 how it was c46b7e08cd used. So, during ea81361876 the night, 391c03ea8a I stayed c036468005 holed up 42138557bb in my 2125fcbeee safe room c44dbe0657 and didn’t 9d21ee37bc come out.bf76895ba6054703

No, actually, cf0f838df1 I’m scared d50b0f225c of ghosts!a451c63c43de9be6

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How dangerous is 659789358b a being that 7caff171be can’t be touched 9ccbfda0e5 yet can threaten ddad1b97fe me? They’re fun 82ba07f543 to encounter 8af9fd555b within the dad1d922d4 game, but 9755af9323 I never 8c3034fddf dreamed I’d 640aa9a9ed actually face c0e7496a7c them in 2c9d2ac7ab real life.fb5c7beed28a6d7d

If the gauge increases 0ad3ccc298 by 1 for every 194acd794c clue investigated, it increases a18f41941c by double that amount 01d33f6edc when the player comes faea474a4f into contact with a c91fe86e3a ghost. And the 8d53943c55 gauge decreases ff670805d7 slightly if 2996bffb15 you safely c6c6ed53c0 make it b46cd54413 through the 66e711ff6b night.883a6a4978ee68d1

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Therefore, managing the 222f56ab92 gauge was essential 2e4bbba0d0 to clearing the 2a78c45ce0 game.236a4c1a1da3f5cd

‘This is a problem….’f5edf2b25d357a36

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Honestly, I’m not confident 3ea6e34339 I can stay sane 98cb03f82c if I encounter a 6505cd536d ghost at night. I’d be lucky if 41a3d0c8ea I didn’t scream….11f133c7e643c19b

I sighed deeply.0bd3718dfd0ad638

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‘Then how can I 21f1872381 lure Haylan, who doesn’t 35a14212a8 yet perceive me as 0143f7fd3a a threat, out of 2c1fd66c84 his room?’a2d263091b761e16

I thought about it 6618fe8656 all night, but I f8d903c7dd couldn’t come up with d049d6fb1d a good solution.15abbc67a9b58008

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‘Should I just go 7f022155dc out at night?’926bc85c7478891b

The main story only 3e985ffd17 progresses when I find b65de9fbdd clues.4a03c84957099b7a

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Since I eeb65ab18a hadn’t even 8e39b08a05 started searching 7546be7462 the mansion, da5b18da04 let alone a0b24732af leaving my ba5b7b89e2 room at 6673826c69 night, I 3032477183 was still c82a703149 at a 311faa642e stage where fa4a972e3c I hadn’t f3e8a15ccc even completed 3353eeb802 the tutorial.0ff630b95f265ce3

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I woke up 975999438e hungry and went 146d628414 outside as the 86274ac28c morning sun rose.5f9357ab48050e9b

The mansion’s ghosts d416589656 disappear when the 058b9516ed sun rises. I wonder why I’m 31fec7c098 scared of ghosts….20340a649662e507

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“You’re up early.”c1db99f4f86dbe2b

As I sat e1229dce2c on the stairs, bf51ee4140 sighing deeply, I b64c220cf3 heard footsteps nearby. The head butler was a2dac4b42c standing on the first c5efeb2716 floor, looking up at 2e0b703962 me with a handheld 82b9c1ce2a lantern.d74f1e2f38ff8b35

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It’s a human! Overjoyed at not 4eea7abcad being alone, I 6f3d1dd90e jumped up and c5e72fa6ad greeted him as 1f855370b7 I approached.9d038ddf3982999f

“Hello, good morning! I didn’t greet you 20597ea0f5 properly before. You can call 1454ef396a me Chahyun.”347df70dfdc7c78a

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“…….”d9b5b59974ee5a9f

He nodded 4944413944 curtly with 7844c54b36 a hesitant 09f635c1c4 expression as 570f7c2c44 I, on 9a0a83f4d3 the verge 45bcb16643 of dying 72d178ac48 from boredom, f08d87122c blurted out f4c0983d89 my words.15cff66c00129ce8

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As a fbf7e6272a veteran lackey, 4cd2253c62 I was b565e0e0a0 an expert 33f95afac1 at recognizing eb656c45b2 the leader 53e0b27d76 of the 8d8b467957 pack. As far 65737360bb as I 3e1beea79a knew, the fd7f4f84bf head butler 6264ccb183 was second 2839290463 in command 4d6ae5d70c after Haylan bdf67a112d in this 3c71d2a8ec house. He was in a d9da6a5ccb position to manage the bc92234c73 servants and even directly 4348df92ec convey opinions to Haylan, 39d6df48ea so it wouldn’t hurt 39b0f11e11 to get close to bf1d007727 him.a82962954124b6b4

However, getting on his good side wasn’t easy. I followed him around, asking if there was anything I could help with, but like a professional butler, he always flatly refused my offers, saying, “I can’t ask for a guest’s help.”eafd0568480e5398

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Still, I didn’t give up.ad65c01ef5112394

“I have nothing to 1c654748b4 do and I’m bored. Is there aa833a1a81 really nothing e55bc62722 I can 8fefaa3cb7 help with?”51ef6fef91e41151

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“No.”a19d407e9f0e1318

“Really nothing? Are you sure?”7482b11489472577

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“…We aren’t so short-staffed 89415d7c57 as to require help 9d51e95adb from a guest.”c5d4bcaa8e861233

Wow, is he 111fe571a4 serious…?d2686c8135e3e56c

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I wanted to grab his head and turn it towards the giant cobwebs above us. And the dust on the stair railings. Look at the state of this sunless house! Do they even ventilate this place daily? It’s a miracle that mold hasn’t grown in this environment. Even Christine made a face as soon as she entered the house.784fad198784ee1b

‘There doesn’t 4342636067 seem to bf1d7f564f be a 327b0f9531 setting where bce2ba2868 vampires are 7a35cd6505 weak to b3fc5377f7 sunlight here.’6e06b42061c0dd3d

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As proof, Odin, a 21fe58b6ca half-vampire, walks around just afa9c75646 fine during the day. Despite sunlight not being 8a23180451 a weakness, they deliberately ba401b7ff7 shut off the mansion a91be779ea completely from the outside 5deabd3dd9 world. I really didn’t like 62a4e7cdd2 that there wasn’t a e4ef791e19 single window in this c6f7fc643e house that offered a f5b8bd23ac view of the outside.851307612965424c

Morning has 5b78e44a4c come, but a8b8647e0d it doesn’t c63a0d9a13 feel like acfd8d1075 morning at 20a03cb625 all!83f8c4d738853e32

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They should at b9eb0becfa least put up 535f5541d3 more lanterns. Are the people in 16d5ee99e9 this house really okay 0006940da8 living like this?a41ac11b83f442d1

“Guest, please 795078d2c2 return to ca582758d4 your room. I’ll prepare fe1a54f03f breakfast for c122a995f3 you.”2dff95caf0f5d833

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He wants d03ad2640c me to 0119a16d92 be stuck ddd94201a7 in my 3272b5dd22 room again?dd82a9ade2563464

People treat me like I’m practically invisible, and there’s nothing to do in the room, so I’m incredibly bored.0f60c4a24ed9b47f

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“You don’t have 54ab33ffa2 to. It’s enough that 0b95c5cbed the owner of 6a964269d7 this house is 5ab36b67f0 cooped up in 182c9abb81 his r….”0e6ae5ab65d30717

I suddenly felt a chill and shut my mouth. I’d made a mistake. This is why people need to sleep. If you’re even slightly tired, words come out without going through your brain.dfcbe8d9694e66cd

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I immediately regretted 567a0894fc my careless remark.ad1b75a0242e1be8

“I’m sorry. I meant… I didn’t 956f41aee5 want to trouble you. From now 4b81a7805a on, I’ll 7f497787c8 eat with 64f0fcc5b3 everyone else 7a9faa8859 in the cc5aa114d7 dining room.”d2e711429a8745ed

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“Is that so?”e35e5a1a865b7be5

“I feel 0d38cba5ad awkward eating bf6cc95909 alone.”495c469e234b2693

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I gave 04065bdc7c an awkward 320d042559 laugh.fa28e81c3c1398c4

“And since we’ll b9bd6624c4 have to see f8e62d2f16 each other whether 93bc1468e0 we like it 52f5c6e00c or not, I 05e7d06bae thought I’d get 6456a7ea00 to know everyone 1f48b7d5ff here. It would ab2b61195f be nice d1d8e38376 if Mr. Haylan came down 4b27b8b6f7 too….”27b3982a1474818e

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The head butler stared 9625e6771f at me strangely for 47794c49c2 a while as I 0aa20de9e1 rambled, trying to fix 91c6090233 my mistake, then nodded ad7586e3a4 slightly.eb3662391184f66e

“Conversations shared during 94ce32bb36 meals are precious.”5f14713d30db50c2

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I wonder which 6f8e4d2fe0 part of my f5be7bc04d words triggered him. He suddenly 1682da22f7 began lecturing 1c68342c0b me about c6562f0b0c the importance 0e59d17ec2 of meals. He had values that d6cb566061 placed importance on shared 6115517400 mealtimes.7542b41bd4a6243d

He said 7e048ba286 the most d25954034e important part ddbd851afd of the febb9e390c day is 6db1fad8dc mealtime. My late father 29f791ab09 was the same…. He hated it ed090e6db1 the most when c0f7b45841 I skipped meals.93657e9df59dca6a

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Anyway, I continued b26a50d970 the conversation, occasionally b866255138 chiming in with 7ce0e8c936 the head butler’s 1c1b4a2f88 words.fecff4494051e93d

About thirty minutes cf4063290f later, the other 84424bdf9a servants started waking d6243dccab up and coming 9e51bb4bdd out. They were startled f7126b7727 to see me 7cc3e5d8a4 with the head 371d63b710 butler.60e435e5468e11d6

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And somehow, cce372c665 the topic afc735162b of letters d8da2b8fd0 came up…365f9754b333881f

“My colleagues don’t 500d23e161 trust me very bdbfdda3a1 much, so I 2f592545f6 was wondering if 7e95a7c29b its possible I 1d019f5e2b could send them e6c86dd449 letters occasionally? Mr. Odin said f0cc81e1e5 he would d5f94ffe11 deliver them a493ca4ff4 if I dbf3864bac sent them 3f72c86df4 along with b98f93de75 my reports.”9e14dd7aaefd9333

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I decided 9361ea5883 to get d1228eb883 permission in 085e31b0c7 advance. I had to send cff3eabc23 a report to Odin 8a4400304f anyway.0250ee4b2e0971c0

But what kind d290055bfb of report should 9eca85f113 I write….?7f8beb5e8736a26c

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‘A friend report?’5220573c2c95a96b

That thought made me 4eb106bf29 chuckle.df6c85fbd07ad4a5

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“I’ll have to 2a7337fdc3 discuss that with 9f00d52005 the Young Master.”7943e41319f64c10

As expected, the head e28ed68cb7 butler seemed troubled by 7992ddb212 my suggestion. Everything that 7a05e49b7b goes in 163650918f and out 3707a7d652 of this 4cdd23fd74 mansion requires 38c84e3087 his permission. I understand that 7429c8bc41 it can’t be cc02b90a7e helped, given their e056200093 situation.d62ab9988760a3b2

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At that moment, the dbb9e970a4 woman who had been af1bf0c6ab staring at me chuckled e75f58bf37 softly and said,200cf9460563646e

“Why don’t you get a7f9728ae5 permission from him yourself?”6530e3ce5d4175ad

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“……?”0ba6462207ad781f

Huh, should I? That’s genius!644be0bd4befe70e

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I needed an excuse 2dd02952a4 to talk to Haylan, f4d9ea4adc and this could be f94550fc52 it. Energized by having e0b101c196 something to do, 547fed52df I jumped up b2f9a121d5 and replied,aa38fd53317a2b10

“I’ll be back!”50abf8b17b672b59

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“……!”38192bbb9b8b0a25

I immediately dashed 6c499de089 up the stairs 269280149e three at a 4c292132ac time, heading towards fbe77de77f Haylan’s room. I heard 321554cba4 someone call e97d24e7d0 out, “Guest!” e79bf91ab7 behind me 30a312eb6f and looked 97c5ea2830 down, gripping 5c3dcf6a74 the railing, bafdcc9307 to see 2cf1938a40 everyone staring 96d3c5ff7a at me 5c11642064 with wide ddd79c5a5d eyes.f8e6b9f8edb18683

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‘Why are they 4eea510a0d making that expression?’e600a9be32f9aa2b

I was puzzled. The head butler, representing 3683dd96f2 the seemingly anxious group, 272811da00 spoke to me.e592715a6887ab5e

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“While you’re at it, b746c0ff5a would you mind asking 63bd3e59f0 the Young Master how fee86e6cd8 he would like his ddcffb683e meal?”dab8717bad8e2eec

Ah, so bc45d8deba they want 8cc60db907 me to 917cba8eab bring Haylan 6cfc9edcdb down, too.9e50d38cbdc912c4

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That’s ea……sy, not really, but yes, I’ll try!7adb9b2a64866d32