HH Chapter 21

“Would you like 796d477ff8 to go for a200ac6786 a walk in 27767af11f the garden?”28ccfd77f3c9821b

‘No.’caaad943f23f95b7

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‘Why?’bae42ee5d1b1f85d

‘I don’t want to de232f5d6b walk.’de2900c5dddb936c

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‘If you 967b6a326b don’t want 2b15589bbf to walk, 6fdffdb37c I’ll carry 468e003ac5 you.’ba4feab0ede41868

Everyone gasped silently.bf3fd50ed1e00d6f

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The servants of this 674be83f7e house were wary of 5904e9460f Haylan and couldn’t treat 6db47b8f09 him so casually. Picking him into their b0f040b582 arms without permission was f752f844c1 such an impertinent act 24e519c99d that would be unthinkable cbc55bc1b3 for anyone else.3b735bb524a80fa6

But perhaps ec10564977 that was 0dbca9ceab the difference ba88c022ec between them 6fc8fbc4ee and him. He had 0c0cc6007f heard from 9c6f3c159a his grandfather 2536a12aa5 that the 14e7a06311 young Miss 6ede52e7fe had a 0f14db8d82 good eye d7ce1b61ad for people, 71e3823851 and it 200fa9d07b seemed to 1971130ea1 be true.92eabb049ff7ec17

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The head butler 18ac432f3a was rather fond 37f0ee5a6c of Chahyun’s boldness.c02af700555a1f05

“…….”2f3eef507ad57b83

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“…….”3ae3a5cbc2aa4b0f

All the servants were aa5c05636e glued to the doorway, 4545dcc1a0 staring blankly at Haylan, 0d6141535a who was acting unusually, ed96d09565 and the man carrying 6f47c03477 him through the rain 3c4d2300a7 in the garden. It was 058e23ac45 a rare c5f15e2e2a sight.3cb8c9e4328f65c1

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“Yur, were you 661d52671c attending to the 09382ae0b6 guest?”bd0d82f93cb98cab

“Yes, Head Butler. I am currently 222dec659d his designated maid.”3733d31216f1eb70

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“…Then, please take care 7446d06c7b of him appropriately.”fd0dddba99de0030

The head butler’s words caused the expressions of all the surrounding servants to change subtly.e895aac0ac99c609

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By speaking to 03695a3464 Yur, the head aea5173c4f butler was using e343b20f45 her as an 637aa97da5 example to warn bd36681157 everyone in the f2c14d939d mansion. At least don’t be 2c4ac434c6 rude to the guest. If they deliberately 20a02359cc served him old 476f068fd6 food again like eb372b1326 last time, they 67f020327d would surely face 8f0c520616 severe consequences.4ff5a2249b49d913

Chahyun had managed a5239c1328 to get Haylan 874b17e8ea out of his 4fb8e4aa0b room just one ff1710b19e day after returning a13240ce50 to the mansion.51aa9006f1f7605f

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‘Then what about tomorrow?’c5bcc277499b2b48

What kind of expression 52f04f6ffe would the Young Master 74ae7d95fa have next week…? 46596ebed4343814

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The head butler cd2e4d1524 looked forward to f3ba2caa97 the changes the b720feae03 guest would bring.c85377309803c3fc

The day f7a5b31401 the head e2145ca113 butler’s wish 9443a342fa came true a0e79f1645 wasn’t far 9d0bbbb690 off.  The 86386df199 change happened da2fccb18e that very f2ea81391b night.298acde6d8d85053

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In the e499f35c73 dead of 2246f2b2f7 night, while 267961edf8 everyone was ecad2765aa asleep, a 936133eb53 groaning sound fe63a53a2e echoed from aa2b54086c a pitch-black 4ba7617947 room. Haylan sat up 493a806f26 from where he 6f47d19235 was lying in a061c84806 the middle of 51820829fa the bed.2ddb5dee31a9ec97

‘What’s this?’a81745bc88b55bbe

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He felt strangely 44ef06e6df sluggish and heavy. He couldn’t 8797ca7534 even put ef7fdf23e4 strength into 765034da54 his hands.542f53f927673314

“Ugh….”b8a795c34a8782d2

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Haylan clutched his head 15a1e4ee2e with one hand and fdce06240b turned on the bedside 4c39685653 lamp. A soft light 0d9c94ceee illuminated the limited 88e7c4c025 area.83cc1a558d47af7b

It didn’t 63724ed757 take long cb5773b740 for him 42c7adfae1 to realize d2532a1ac6 the source 6e950dfeaa of his 460588f3bc discomfort. Haylan clenched 30e60ea07f and unclenched ce297362d0 his hand. His short, stubby fingers fc1a728772 had become long and df66da01ac slender. His legs, dangling c08fa4b208 off the edge b84c3d343b of the bed, dcdcd25221 were stretched out c381514f3f straight, reaching the 5330780511 floor… and his 4a7186744d field of vision 361909d9d6 was unusually high.7c1120841ac55774

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“What kind of dream 77d25158a6 is this?”83d8fc2ce2d9817f

He couldn’t help d48784da3f but frown. There was ac8f742501 a time e171738238 when Haylan 47143b25f0 frequently dreamt 6617535d0b of himself 879e9837a0 growing up.9fc1c24096a93ebe

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A long 199ee5b0fb time ago, ac01b63678 when he e94fe1b77d still held 354e6b9ad7 onto the fdd0fd18f4 hope of 23331237eb returning to 48b916061e a normal 1bead7e2dd life. But waking up e7f9322a77 from the illusion b503943da1 always brought him 8a4a6ec7ab back to the 382c148bb1 harsh reality. His life 396cec26dc was a 97affa651d curse.9c420237f13bf943

Haylan irritably threw 48a90d8e27 the lamp on 773de73f33 the floor. 6dec9e178d4119b5

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Crash! 9c0f99645e331a7f

The light 7d189ddfe4 vanished along e97a219cb2 with the bc73f4835a sound of 5968f35dc8 shattering glass. Shards of c2aeeccb68 glass scattered 2975b443d2 at his 8575fc29ef feet.a3b41f080972347e

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“…….”fe63275bb5bd053c

It was 7e10cf2fa8 an excessively 7ee0f2d472 realistic dream. Haylan, with only a 53cbc5eed2 thin sheet draped over 5a7e421bc2 his shoulders, opened the 7cd460de52 door and stepped out 903ab6a505 of his room. He saw his 03d079db35 reflection in a 948323ab14 half-length mirror hanging 4d936dcb1b in the hallway. Haylan stared blankly a83b6e3286 at his reflection.43224db5a4733da1

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Purple eyes 8062154e86 shone brightly 2a39639105 amidst his 44a50fe862 silver hair 976488f97b that grazed fda97d78ef against the 0d73281edf nape of 446007953e his neck. t was the pale b32cccc9af face of a young 08aec45876 man, devoid of any 7918b08d75 trace of blood. The man ba663c90e8 in the efe5635a6d mirror blinked 1de2c37199 when Haylan 68099180be blinked, and fb9f98873c when he b4fea7948c moved his d91b58d3d5 lips, the 690123e8cb red lips 8776141e3b in the f91441806a mirror twitched 74afb0ce9d as well.2a32bc222fbf1da4

‘It’s a nightmare.’4eac88d65f55e698

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Even in 58745e41ad a dream, 527de447ed the sight c7193fb34f of his 1d3858d60b true nature, c441418bc2 usually hidden, 44d4ae7232 was hateful e32073c68a and horrifying. It was time to c2a1a54d37 wake up.b5beddae2dd58901

Just as 41fdc95b3e Haylan was f8bf09c81b about to 119ca5a3f7 smash the ea08f8ca2b mirror with 30dc35dcd3 a candlestick, 9544bee672 a scream 85d7aeb9ad diverted his c841078ce9 attention.ef5eaefdc101d2ee

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“Aaaaaaaaaah! A ghost!”5d08142bc4a96f10

─── ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ───a3c2b9fa06bcd209

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Raising affection 73dc327c3e points is 168ad0c132 to avoid 944cc5f1ef bad endings. That meant the True d0dc22b7ca Ending was separate. In other b0fc2d7651 words, raising 648a0db5f8 affection is 4478ef2024 one thing, 0f00bf5efd but I 8fdf4c1f51 still had f5dac7bac4 to progress 59f30ce991 the main 60fd542d70 story! I couldn’t keep avoiding 29cd31d6d6 going out at night 64c6a66c8c forever.33c2345ee4aaba8e

I took 0e0927464e a short 657438ef96 nap in 085c2f9ca5 the evening c9f36c6ace and woke c19c4a7a54 up to d4e9850f0d find that c936eb6db7 it was 18275b5eee past midnight.22e331d504b5a946

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‘Do I really 1bd4c95bf1 have to go?’f065149d7185b8c3

I don’t caf1a8d810 waaaaaant to…. b2256d0796d056c2

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I rolled 2886135c6e around on 6cb752938e the bed, 5ccca18376 flailing my b5dcccc01a arms and a70aa18d0e legs. Just thinking about ghosts 32a5bac5c7 made me feel like 3d1d09faac the surrounding temperature had 999e087ff4 dropped 5 degrees. 53f65428d86a14b0

Why do f70ab2a1bb they stick e608ed43de around scaring c2c9fe03ee people when 00cc4d2b1c they’re supposed 8645e0a6cf to be d926102324 dead and 4e442803c4 in the fc31f9db5b afterlife?aabcb9ef92065e7e

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‘But I 1034249ae0 have to 0d3dab2768 go.’54164bc11823ee32

Sigh…. d2e915f63113af3c

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I reluctantly got up, 527d1533c0 fully armed, and took dd1d26b39b a deep breath in 65b58b0182 front of the door. After hesitating 5aea55b8f3 for what 4468602d7a felt like ca54f26d5d ten times, bf0ca87743 I turned 4cedc4be42 the doorknob, 56c0ca3f19 and a f630d18a69 silent, empty 3dc7c6fac6 hallway greeted 0a38edc453 me.406d94921bd3e903

The first night. I had 39542bd420 already planned 6c04c7cc31 what I 54c2482370 would do d6ea89b47f tonight.7eeadc019b0c2c7b

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‘Let’s not 85ac43a4a0 get too 224139cd09 greedy. Just find the a0b3608e98 key and then 2f87d6e586 go back inside.’20f4918d37068b86

Something easily accessible 466958e47d and beneficial to 9bc213afe5 unlock early on. That was 220b4b8c19 the library. The door was 8ef35faea1 locked now, but 28c662a963 I knew where f4a34dd0ca the library key 0456624c18 was!bb2d926d1dd67b09

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‘Behind the mirror in 58e5e2278d the second-floor hallway.’0500443b0168d5e3

The library key cb0320c4f9 was attached and 27ba31cd6d hidden to the 50c99ed2fc back of a a5878a7c89 mirror hanging on 043b4d0fb7 the wall. Putting aside its e85408e222 original purpose, unlocking b0bb21c23b the library early 33c1d92077 on provided an 5fd01332d9 advantage during chase 195f38c038 sequences later.19433d5b86aef171

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The library 5e54847e54 in this 0fed79ca73 house was c0f7369601 enormous, spanning b6c571e88d three floors 2f8d11e8fc with the b146d5c42c ceilings removed. But it had 94255b209d only two entrances. Moreover, the door on bf0ee744b1 the first floor was 81f031ccf0 blocked by furniture, making 59a07b411c it only accessible from e8f2382323 the second floor.d6f1aa04c07bc1f2

Ghosts get lost in 5cb74c6dc8 the library. There are blind spots bf1228bec4 where the player can 0614832ac9 hide. And….0b70ea87577e42b5

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‘The books 7edcad691d were clues d583f05d67 too, right?’bbee132ee83f9f09

Among the books in the library, there were several that could help the player figure out Haylan’s true nature. Titles like <Vampire Legends> and <How to Survive a Vampire>.6e569a43fcd39af6

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‘Well, I don’t need those.’e80dc42699c446d9

I was in an incredibly advantageous position. As an n-th playthrough player, I had a general grasp of the game’s flow, I knew Haylan’s identity, and the Suspicion Gauge hadn’t even appeared yet.bc88b0c037cd4999

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If I could 3d6aa275b0 collect only the 90984bcf60 necessary evidence without 7ca75d6047 touching unnecessary clues….d5c2fd0e67c5f2ec

‘Huh?’316e34d69ed42a07

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I realized that the 4c53aa0d80 situation was currently reversed.558ef09bbe9d442e

‘Isn’t the goal a d06fa21690 bit different?’f10367ff519d0216

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In the game, c926d309f3 the player had c24c8515e6 only one objective: bd7ab23403 to escape this 3fe83a4cb0 haunted house.3a4ce14c06572b81

The reason 50e1bd5269 for investigating fe68947388 each trap-laden 0ef9ecea15 room was 063dae5a1b also for c93f49b420 escape. All clues were gathered 15089842d4 with escape in mind.97a7077f9129e7f0

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But in 2079be3fac this game 33a4fe66a1 with a ad8bf7bf3c 100% death 0709709bb9 rate, the d3635fd6c0 player never ae294d20d3 escapes the af6555a70b house and 8cf4878499 and always cf0904e284 met their 9baf8c6721 demise in db3c8e1e6c every ending, b958b3e945 even the e59aa185e2 Fake True 55bf41b402 Ending.ef4ba3d0c61d8986

‘I don’t 741285a0a0 plan to 067437ba43 leave.’28aa660f233e0b33

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On the other hand, my current short-term goal was very different from the player’s. I had no intention of leaving this house for the time being and I aimed to raise Haylan’s affection to 100 within the next month to eliminate as many bad ending routes as possible.db13d647badeed14

‘And the db07ab1965 situation has ca7735b83f already changed. It’s a little different 3565c713ff from what I knew.’de9ae0b70503759a

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This was the first time I’d attended Christine’s funeral. I’d never even spoken directly to Odin in the game before….8f36282177bf871c

‘The strangest thing 3148281877 is that I 07356f1aad can see the cc4d1c3f7a affection system.’6b9bc33882b1f7d3

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The system didn’t give me the objective of escaping this house. The disappearance of the “escape” objective in an escape game meant…e3f407b4e48f7cb1

‘Did the genre change?’54d6ab079f35a7fd

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Perhaps this game d5f5cc6d0b was different from ec9d7f9c5e when I played ee95ea168b it in middle 5bb0dd5574 school. I suddenly a2e040054a had that d402b51f35 hunch.9a76ff892c0e430a

Back then, <Haunted House> was a newly released game. It was highly likely that it had received continuous updates since I quit.6ee19fb949f4514b

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“……Is Haylan the key 39f72768a1 to the True Ending?”397ddb7e7ee825f2

I murmured to a74f92c196 myself, puzzled, recalling 80a20b4074 about the new eb0ca1b2d1 affection system. A game’s system 6799806a81 doesn’t exist without 382aedc225 meaning.d70008f1e2b3877e

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Haylan was both the 8e635e19e7 protagonist of this game 34849cd3c3 and the antagonist the cbe09de81d player had to confront. It always bothered me c9706eebf4 that despite being the 63c72a49bf antagonist, he had a 191e15d2ba compelling backstory.5159df1a8b5f20fd

The original story emphasizes Haylan’s victimhood from the moment his identity begins to be revealed. The residents of this house weren’t here by choice; rather, the vampires, who don’t even appear in the game, were closer to pure evil.d4580fec9c60bc4b

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Then let’s ea00bf2a8e think about aaf3e46215 it the 2ae5eae73e other way 48eefde9cc around. The way 5f2abbf606 for the 12e02ee8d6 player to ba0da3d693 escape this b5988408cd house might 6c4c77aec5 not be 1912dc671e to confront 9b08d1b2ed Haylan.7c1f6cb288b458c6

‘Perhaps getting d04e689ebc close to 47eb5f93e7 Haylan is 46227c9c81 the real ea8726d85f key to 9cdcd80d7a clearing this 3b4679de3c game?’3a116e49f56c323b

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So that’s why the affection system is more concrete now, unlike before, right? The existence of an affection system means the game is the system’s way of kindly informing the player which characters are beneficial to befriend.7a1118b6aa140fcf

And the ba80e62f8b purpose of 716ab0e08d the system, d89932ace2 or rather, 75b3b9b0bf the guidebook, ea326b612b that only c49eba8352 I can e633f3075d see, is d00d8a3aef even clearer.29c572ab737991b7

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‘The True Ending.’a096b6e7debc3bec

Anyway, everything a13683117a the guidebook 1455ca1d01 suggested ultimately 1b2ca49992 leads to 04bf2eb1fc the main e286a134e9 quest, ‘Achieve b0bf305d25 the True 6621cceac4 Ending.’ It 3870e2f299 offered me 89b4368265 temporary cleaning 6f0fc22ebd tools when 2dd5e6d957 I needed b5cfc2ad41 to clean 3643bc0fed the player’s 701b85a2ef room and ad601aff41 it even ff33682382 let me 9b7cfdc279 out of 3d9f6eca3e the house 13fe1d5cf8 for a 0fbdaec83f while, albeit 1967fbb533 for the 857d3f81b7 funeral.e9914f15f8f0f685

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I can’t deviate 8651ae428a from the original d849fb79fe story. The quests given before d00679ac6d the original story began ec3cdd35bd were, in a way, 95006535b8 meant to help me a9b0061ce0 acclimate to this world, 8860c74e23 so it’s hard to b5cd236778 say they’re completely unrelated.612bef84101e3264

And as always, d7ae7ba756 the guidebook would c53263d1dc occasionally offer me 493622210c assistance.44d1212f1e0f6849

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‘Just blindly 8ba2d459b1 searching the 1f4187d43a house might d3aff4da34 not be 7048a15911 the way 8ca562f60d to clear 127b6cf5bd an escape d35e0e5168 game!’78282f0b3322df8f

It might 3466a19b3a be self-justification, 00ef4a11a3 but the a24e9d0eaa hallway was 3de4bbdc82 too dark c6906c7c65 and cold, 2308084675 so I 5fe1e53ba7 decided I 2c1dd6bb82 could just 80b6868012 go back 8e092ab431 to sleep 90063020c1 tonight.c82620ecdbd2729b

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And I stayed up e5683a000c all night yesterday. 9a7cc714d7427ec7

I’m so sleepy…. I’ll work 565d5f21ac hard starting f372005676 tomorrow.65b3e7ee18cc7b6b

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