HH Chapter 21

“Would you like 816635c0d5 to go for dce7f5d4f8 a walk in 56025e026a the garden?”9d8495c9fe7ddbf5

‘No.’cefae9688142b803

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‘Why?’ea4cdcf88a65829e

‘I don’t want to e2499620bc walk.’8688d80c8f67b8c3

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‘If you don’t 109261207a want to walk, 3a88bcb5ca I’ll carry you.’813b0ab9020c677c

Everyone gasped silently.1b30187f2109cd50

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The servants of this ca4a1fb4f4 house were wary of c9866a750a Haylan and couldn’t treat a010816285 him so casually. Picking him into f11689779e their arms without 9baa7aab16 permission was such 5544dc97d2 an impertinent act 90bff2e5fd that would be 7d827813a6 unthinkable for anyone 60ecb053e4 else.620e31862fd23346

But perhaps that was 150387fac1 the difference between them 8b2c81e880 and him. He had aac08ae1a6 heard from 4fb0a6b6a7 his grandfather 1e1d21d6bd that the 18c12b4961 young Miss 32de161568 had a 09daad829f good eye 3dc1df040a for people, d82fac0b66 and it 6c65ba1689 seemed to ca553a0e3d be true.87d4d1f130879de0

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The head butler was 04f89aec26 rather fond of Chahyun’s 989d2f9be8 boldness.d406010ac91d903b

“…….”eaeee1038cb79f2a

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“…….”c64a7d7ef97cfb93

All the servants were c60da188aa glued to the doorway, 175ced97ef staring blankly at Haylan, cf062e8820 who was acting unusually, 201bbc75ed and the man carrying d133db3cf5 him through the rain c113e158d6 in the garden. It was a rare a9dc5d6712 sight.81dc5a0f5945c57e

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“Yur, were 74e3ddb909 you attending 09f2231068 to the c25c82ddf3 guest?”fd5e95ed1d8db4a6

“Yes, Head Butler. I am currently 2d90f672a1 his designated maid.”b410a26ee4295bc8

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“…Then, please take care 047b6aef99 of him appropriately.”8330a79019a54cb9

The head butler’s words caused the expressions of all the surrounding servants to change subtly.b8b93b86c036c8f1

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By speaking to a6d0a06e24 Yur, the head 76d1109f40 butler was using 4e6b6f5dc8 her as an 853c42e2f3 example to warn 126191c155 everyone in the 01b95f8cad mansion. At least don’t 64519ea07e be rude to ee13e1e1d7 the guest. If they 3f7bd3a481 deliberately served c0c961048e him old 1da06b7ffd food again 81ba7b2427 like last 8fd4533168 time, they ec2ad154b2 would surely 3faed6b6c8 face severe 0deee15336 consequences.776e7992d33c303d

Chahyun had managed 59da73bb49 to get Haylan 6b1dcd859a out of his 645160f575 room just one 4fc21c6ad6 day after returning a70284d2bc to the mansion.c8b5f7167ff3e81f

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‘Then what about 686b24927e tomorrow?’e0ba1081bac8acd6

What kind of b726db3df8 expression would the b62b53e2a4 Young Master have a7ebd85875 next week…? 35f2c108203b62b1

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The head 2a635a75e3 butler looked a7a3a0586d forward to fbe63d7c1c the changes 2289425b30 the guest 89868a8ead would bring.716fc0179fd333a6

The day 1147f19c41 the head 89f3787224 butler’s wish 44816958b6 came true db06b6e1ac wasn’t far 6acb30b5d8 off.  The c5d07f26d2 change happened da6c4463c4 that very 0c77771870 night.fe5ecd2357cd3f50

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In the dead 6d78edcf9f of night, while 0c84f535ed everyone was asleep, b72fd92166 a groaning sound 5f1c46a5b1 echoed from a fef7335ae0 pitch-black room. Haylan sat up from 0d7ae7d955 where he was lying 51718ea78c in the middle of a99513221d the bed.b3f10bcf47e55d99

‘What’s this?’6255473e648c291f

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He felt strangely sluggish 31dc2b02bf and heavy. He couldn’t even put 8b0630a7e1 strength into his hands.e05730ce906cbda0

“Ugh….”bfc8e513444a6aff

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Haylan clutched his head c6304286e2 with one hand and 73bc25bcc9 turned on the bedside fe66a188d6 lamp. A soft light 857b369cbd illuminated the limited b99703a66f area.9c2709ff06c19c9a

It didn’t take long 31e85c5a4c for him to realize 0bc8582a8c the source of his 5a9b838f10 discomfort. Haylan clenched a11a77e477 and unclenched 5e14273e2f his hand. His short, 374ee5df13 stubby fingers 0baaf600b4 had become e47dea7fb8 long and b409ded876 slender. His legs, dangling off 81a4a2f7a1 the edge of the d59265915a bed, were stretched out e9ab0b5f09 straight, reaching the floor… 198696125f and his field of a37a1ff346 vision was unusually high.980cdb2f94574f65

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“What kind of dream bc5eb8b6a8 is this?”56c5c47d573050b1

He couldn’t help but fb2c8ea665 frown. There was a time 611441bfbc when Haylan frequently dreamt 06568e1aac of himself growing up.69764a78e42fadf2

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A long time ago, f371919e18 when he still held f9ee83595a onto the hope of 6a8af86889 returning to a normal fef9accdfd life. But waking 075b388fc8 up from 7beedf2211 the illusion 87a296b934 always brought d2c43ae460 him back 9c2d3c2ff3 to the bbdfbe6d82 harsh reality. His life was 690ab83e70 a curse.fc4ebdf1ca1cd1e1

Haylan irritably 75c4d1e438 threw the 9cfa36ea47 lamp on 9d59a6351d the floor. 35f7bde67d7bd54a

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Crash! d6b48255667c4303

The light cff0f9c333 vanished along 30039f5339 with the 92db2813ea sound of 3cc76138bf shattering glass. Shards of glass dc29c3ec21 scattered at his 22960e2041 feet.9eeb39a80218c9d3

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“…….”2a33a61c9d13b2be

It was 56f7638fce an excessively ed07e5ab50 realistic dream. Haylan, with only a de598c26d4 thin sheet draped over c18bc147b8 his shoulders, opened the d52a38ac67 door and stepped out 548b62f7f0 of his room. He saw 8a3ee71aff his reflection 1ac3e8c2bb in a 9cfaa3a155 half-length mirror c6f6611a41 hanging in 9bec2d97fc the hallway. Haylan stared 9bbe5ccf74 blankly at c7679ada13 his reflection.be7587bbce5a4576

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Purple eyes shone brightly 40f2476085 amidst his silver hair c80f768439 that grazed against the 313bd8c6e1 nape of his neck. t was the pale 902189b1c3 face of a young 6444a38a50 man, devoid of any 00b0cb4d67 trace of blood. The man in 41c36d19c3 the mirror blinked 553d8e44ec when Haylan blinked, e8f025ed5f and when he 40c1537a30 moved his lips, 76db63a484 the red lips 29f8596c91 in the mirror 4da7bbceca twitched as well.e1fcf0a5cc0402ba

‘It’s a nightmare.’ac1fe525f52717ac

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Even in a eaab5fe79c dream, the sight 7fd670415c of his true d3d640920d nature, usually hidden, cf438ac0e2 was hateful and 9ae08cd1db horrifying. It was af4184524c time to 41930f3eb1 wake up.9d7cc1823aeb13e3

Just as Haylan was b3c33c35b0 about to smash the ddbfce58e7 mirror with a candlestick, 9495186e06 a scream diverted his d2a5b886d4 attention.596a6c4a22b8d482

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“Aaaaaaaaaah! A ghost!”1c2dd7df42ca5589

─── ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ───565bafbaf73d96bf

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Raising affection points 80e8284d9f is to avoid 53711134fb bad endings. That meant the 52054a1842 True Ending was e0f4364b37 separate. In other words, 8168ff53c1 raising affection is 23f03f1dc7 one thing, but 8a9fdb2c84 I still had 56f1348616 to progress the a60f4bb733 main story! I couldn’t keep avoiding 45848753e5 going out at night f2b6006508 forever.0f43fa1a9e0357fc

I took 0606b9b185 a short 82c9bf6618 nap in 69f312b6f0 the evening 8b05d8d4a7 and woke 3213eb8b43 up to 93ee85729c find that 96173c89bd it was b3e76954d8 past midnight.a86874b7074cbaa6

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‘Do I 394740cd30 really have 781d494840 to go?’4b3db203db942415

I don’t waaaaaant to…. c3c0cd39d3905fb0

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I rolled 51efada435 around on 5180528376 the bed, dbcd8d8661 flailing my 56aa315991 arms and 3087d603d9 legs. Just thinking about c412ecfeb9 ghosts made me cda0295e7d feel like the b5102a2057 surrounding temperature had 7c5ce97b2f dropped 5 degrees. 362ccc68931ba895

Why do 63c65dd0dc they stick 718455c8c4 around scaring 398d5b4dd6 people when 7e755dcc84 they’re supposed 8f2c6e88d6 to be 4da74d5965 dead and b6bec8f004 in the 61199f2852 afterlife?a4849bb34b7acf2f

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‘But I have 08029892cf to go.’fd0949ee128a4e57

Sigh…. 69f07c098d1e3359

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I reluctantly got up, 4cb91e0136 fully armed, and took 84b4aefde9 a deep breath in d11d49b915 front of the door. After hesitating for 8ccb186e50 what felt like 9309cf6ace ten times, I 9d761e3b83 turned the doorknob, cfa42b4017 and a silent, b9c1e21931 empty hallway greeted 202af03185 me.0431ca2b7c18bc7d

The first night. I had already planned b61120f544 what I would do 743be9631c tonight.e81ac50826cb50c9

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‘Let’s not get too 1652fb33b5 greedy. Just find the key f50850168f and then go back ff8eb24012 inside.’2774718a5920cd65

Something easily 842d3c165d accessible and 3cb3970869 beneficial to 9acd7eb21c unlock early cd04bf4e67 on. That was the 8350d7f37b library. The door was 9847e7a8e3 locked now, but f87102b677 I knew where ac4c985533 the library key b26b82f998 was!7b7f661eafa160fb

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‘Behind the b62212a521 mirror in 5f4d639396 the second-floor c6298905ea hallway.’a4f4771bc45f6af6

The library 64adadd481 key was dbbbdabff0 attached and cd490694ca hidden to 90fc60ecef the back feda44648f of a 1b8a9b3efa mirror hanging 1114409871 on the dd50e09c7e wall. Putting aside ec141f1de5 its original 0dc4fc44b8 purpose, unlocking 7ddb1f9c7b the library 6dc701293d early on 66faae1138 provided an aeade029a2 advantage during 4c62934b45 chase sequences f506532586 later.d66be64945ed7182

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The library in fb7d76f0a8 this house was 2c4bb28f78 enormous, spanning three f7b873509f floors with the 5657a10013 ceilings removed. But it had 341b58f416 only two entrances. Moreover, the door on c195fd9e1f the first floor was 0d727d8ad4 blocked by furniture, making 5050d564d0 it only accessible from 5049eece3f the second floor.1e869dd99c9a19de

Ghosts get 0e2794e6ab lost in 6abf2f44eb the library. There are blind spots 76da5066c6 where the player can e51e9008ef hide. And….cf5ec3eec66f5c1f

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‘The books were ba6c227c38 clues too, right?’5b41210150667a08

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>.2aad651006f9546a

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‘Well, I don’t need those.’bde9315b7db051d9

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.b7057a3ebae2bda9

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If I d5a88f67e2 could collect fd6556b413 only the fddd798e27 necessary evidence ed0fd32950 without touching e16a2dc996 unnecessary clues….44b46c41afacc309

‘Huh?’b74ce8b9a811711e

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I realized that 7167bd23db the situation was b55ca16c53 currently reversed.6fb030b3f393e47b

‘Isn’t the goal a ee67974a3b bit different?’66172bf20669b446

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In the game, the 2555f472df player had only one 072ca42faf objective: to escape this 41ee427d8c haunted house.5a27b7f00d7281db

The reason for investigating 0386b2719c each trap-laden room was e814f1632c also for escape. All clues were gathered 9a0da7a66a with escape in mind.83ed0e5a45dde517

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But in 362d88dc2c this game 284b82a020 with a f2f895ac61 100% death 019dc2cebd rate, the 249ad50416 player never b4ddf4e282 escapes the e96a49363f house and e0068e7bd2 and always 72e6cff895 met their f6447854e2 demise in bb07b22d98 every ending, 7c57fb1ff4 even the 520eafb861 Fake True 3e652bd118 Ending.e0a8903c46e05d64

‘I don’t plan to c56be33f9f leave.’a3af463eda97c79e

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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.8425d756ec6e753f

‘And the ec53a75e43 situation has 9f900cf34a already changed. It’s a 6f412b99b1 little different 836675c662 from what 5572fc8677 I knew.’a41e6ad7fd148861

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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….2fca433cb527e549

‘The strangest thing 75137570b9 is that I 7d41cbe865 can see the edeb7fed7d affection system.’7810d6a281083933

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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…7b6bd27da4d8c687

‘Did the 9cb2711a6f genre change?’1786b061726ef1e3

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Perhaps this 5499e3f9bb game was ced480fd53 different from 1f0f7fff65 when I dc20025f1a played it 5b9263ade4 in middle 46a4aca68e school. I suddenly had that ec77ee2685 hunch.4a17e0685091bcfb

Back then, <Haunted House> was a newly released game. It was highly likely that it had received continuous updates since I quit.4f1705fa2475f394

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“……Is Haylan the 6009750381 key to the abd5eda17b True Ending?”93b318235767b876

I murmured to myself, 70be65b609 puzzled, recalling about the 280393c536 new affection system. A game’s system 49aa4624c5 doesn’t exist without 5a8613b5c8 meaning.d8b733f77cfe3d38

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Haylan was both the 23b9d38313 protagonist of this game 34a3b30535 and the antagonist the 8cde5c012d player had to confront. It always d11a9ea3da bothered me f74640e97b that despite c490b8d27b being the e7ecb78967 antagonist, he 41ca8d99f2 had a 9f8a6dc41a compelling backstory.b012067496f4a0ea

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.357b66c2412a2183

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Then let’s think a38072712b about it the 36a6cd4066 other way around. The way 41b17ccf9d for the 2a06e6ccf5 player to e82858265a escape this b2e0f1a8c1 house might 98ae95c215 not be a9e5fc5cf6 to confront 55d34ebff9 Haylan.410541208a08f30f

‘Perhaps getting close to 2b49e8cf95 Haylan is the real 8b2655ab8a key to clearing this 2a9eab1695 game?’97b011444c51de25

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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.34ee983adf929b80

And the purpose of 4aea2b6226 the system, or rather, 358d2d051b the guidebook, that only 901b12b8e5 I can see, is 3cb9f26e57 even clearer.9ae9d1157d2b7c4b

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‘The True Ending.’000e4c6db3dc4ca4

Anyway, everything 249c79ee96 the guidebook 37d7f5f3df suggested ultimately e7cd559c42 leads to 094ef43b1e the main 09f2b879d1 quest, ‘Achieve afee58d6db the True 0cdf3136fe Ending.’ It 2603817b21 offered me 9750b3655d temporary cleaning ff65ccd96d tools when 504c7ed5d9 I needed a29f33f96f to clean e44879f63c the player’s 382067f801 room and e33c175611 it even c78f2558f1 let me 1fd3d93c92 out of 4d6ce24ec4 the house c1cbef220d for a 469aaf993e while, albeit e3425b9c87 for the 7b72b496d1 funeral.d8dee338e181215d

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I can’t deviate cecac50729 from the original 675891bc5c story. The quests given b4f40bc255 before the original 9b02bcadf0 story began were, 12996a66ef in a way, 349275e757 meant to help e6809495d7 me acclimate to 8be33d3f14 this world, so 77bb39bc99 it’s hard to a51918b893 say they’re completely b1dafffee7 unrelated.1b233ab5bc2ce33b

And as always, the 12e62d9265 guidebook would occasionally offer 0ee298aa3d me assistance.067772f6ad1a21ca

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‘Just blindly searching the 2d72fed836 house might not be a9df137ce3 the way to clear 34d18603ba an escape game!’2964f4a9f8cbbf19

It might be self-justification, db17637e65 but the hallway was 9e70a50748 too dark and cold, d0f8ecc861 so I decided I 9085066942 could just go back 8f33ea05b8 to sleep tonight.44ffb546aa0ec624

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And I stayed 5a9a3ad273 up all night b5029301ae yesterday. 87a99eaf7e2524e9

I’m so sleepy…. I’ll work hard starting d28f17eedf tomorrow.af45b102306494a5

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