HH Chapter 31

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At that fd3c3b88ac moment, a 075c31212e notification popped 7812db85a2 up, informing c6368aed3a me that fd460034d9 a quest e376d2add0 hint had 50aeae23a9 been generated.715396bb5cb82aba

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‘Has it been that 1917fcdc08 long already?’021275408d9eb0dc

Hints. 6db02e872aa92556

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A system a576244e96 that randomly efb3883525 offered advice b6562b1212 when more 4927951c14 than half f7abb7cefb the time 403b3d1513 limit for 5b486bf0a0 a timed 28624c5bed quest had 24bdc0eeb1 passed.2d67f8864d4c709c

‘Those around me….’b91c3450a6f947c4

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…Which is 079b74692c just one f909f0fe4d person right 07e5198d8e now. 65608a6706a45885

I looked c4075687e5 up at 8535d10714 Lena. When our eyes 6fec148cb1 met, he didn’t aa3c8fa565 avoid my gaze 8628ff0cd0 and just stared bb280cf66f down at me. A brief silence fell a2712a325b between us.61d063328d8ffb40

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“What is it 265a6da68b now?”24f416114b48bce4

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.bfc9f801b3f74f62

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“What areyoudoing here, Lena?”74191a4fd83ef41d

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.9c7d8d2ce5cfc175

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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?df0b88cbc465e5ad

I wanted to know 51395012ac why he was doing 1088ef61dc this.b6f83dec6046b971

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Lena was silent for 6ed0221e14 a moment. He seemed to think 3ed042efdc about my question, then 84a71fc590 answered simply,6f088ba051d807b1

“You are my objective.”54b1ad74c1636e2a

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At the completely unexpected f4aac15c39 answer, I pointed at c56ebed062 myself and asked,9b8a0135112b6662

“……Me?”8910c3e33f153c55

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Why?74c5e71c3d08b77c

“I’m curious about you, 682b11d8d1 in many ways.”73e94be56e1dfa09

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“…….”1a2940e414e983f6

“I won’t kill you 4f3114fa50 until my curiosity is 4531a02388 satisfied. I’ll play b7cfb514e1 along with 00b57041d1 your petty 52a7836d65 tricks and aba04afe45 lies as 41806ff54e much as 45155829d0 you want.”cab444dab6b8e41e

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Lena, his eyes 06649a9aa0 narrowed, asked,a8b9e35b4983f954

“What book are 0b25ba5564 you looking for?”3ffc38f870691d4c

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‘What’s this?’62b47a08d9cbf24a

Is he 6c4c608b23 offering to 0cb4846d06 help me? I guessed the role 504d48c740 assigned to him.4cdb9c209462c2e5

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‘A helper?!’51ccbf52fdae3df3

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At the same 321755929c time, the system 81465ba848 seemed to agree 28bd46a995 with my inner a7288a87dc thoughts, stamping its a1057a19e8 seal of approval. Even with this confirmation, b6e346e9d9 I was still dumbfounded.a53ccee8c21569c0

‘A ghost…as a ea9916bad5 helper?’c834636a54cd776e

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I finally 5fcfefa8ad understood why 7e627c34e4 the defensive d0bf48f6de scroll didn’t 297ace07c8 work. It was a533c5ad0a because he 93db1c440b didn’t harbor 0dd3bf0861 any hostility b5098be1ed towards me.d728639e8d68ede0

This world revolved 0644bafa45 around me, the ce64cf4a83 player. It might b1f61c4847 sound selfish, f8b0bbf05e but it 3cc6e39c42 was true. As a result, I 6010908e5e tended to categorize people f8c9b1661f as either friendly or f65b7ce1be hostile towards me.eeb1f311ae33c6ea

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Ghosts are obstacles 0c4010972f and antagonists to ed9d105c95 the player. But now….8e265f9524dfc666

“You’re not trembling now.”19027398d65e7e35

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“I’m not as scared 0a9588f9b2 anymore.”34bd67f063fcc815

“Now?”7bda532a035628be

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Why is 152ebb1e81 someone I’d 035fcf59a7 classified as b9e7b25168 hostile suddenly 35700a7da9 being friendly 7e815f4e14 towards me? 124a5ec02b377355

Why did cf83415307 the system e63d073f4f give him 149b3518c3 a name?82fca0fa5306c4b1

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Lost in unanswered questions, 31b37bf8d7 I held Lena’s gaze ab2f2c728b for a while. Unfortunately, I wasn’t a 67766de993 mind reader. I couldn’t tell 0f29b48ed9 what he was 2aa371a9ed thinking just by 0f7c33bf38 looking at his 894d1714f4 eyes, but one 4ad3cc9e3d thing was certain.eb3a8ab8ee05920d

For the first time, his intense gaze didn’t feel overwhelming.f7db8c5d012f57da

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5. Growth

As a side a8c588f50d effect of recategorizing 3f7bf6df86 him, Lena seemed 4831f9646a a bit more ab06c8d36c approachable now. The moment I started 5cb9b62848 thinking of him as b08843b0b1 an ally, my tension 9bd27b4e7a melted away, and I 397a448511 even started feeling an 920ee4b007 inexplicable sense of familiarity 01f5f7e186 towards him.15f438cc578492bf

It seemed 9e7f0b71a3 to be 5eb01d7db4 the same 3cd51c9d39 for him, a2be83214d as he 7e8df4a940 even took 98fb8568d0 a thirty-minute c22de53f8c nap on c507d11679 the desk 82e2362b9c yesterday.8fc7e8d674d84933

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‘Wow, he sleeps?’53c8af83ec2765ad

Just the other day, b3c51a7baf he’d been constantly eating, 58ccfcfff4 and now he’s casually ef4f8f63c7 taking naps in front c21561c3dc of me…. I was dumbfounded 9c46502aba by his un-ghostly 3d068e9a53 behavior.fc52a0d5a662f67b

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“By publication date?”b3864eef22be2335

Then I realized 56e1fd4a20 that the books 1b9e2c6c21 in this library 534c2ac80d actually had some 782531e5bc sort of organization.8c4270c312aa3d8c

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The one who told 51acc99fb0 me this reached out 362da4bf98 his hand, looking at 941c83201c the same shelf as 8b02c05f8c me. He pulled 3975a6d5f4 out a 3f84470965 book within e35c0dc0d1 reach.a5997a10adaf71cd

“They’re sometimes mixed up, ce51ba76b1 but it’s mostly correct. So you 430d5902ca don’t even ca7cd2017b know the 16f8c1f235 publication date 35142301d8 of the 9e5e65d580 book you’re 2b2fac23b5 looking for?”cfeaeb7a6824fe0b

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“No, unfortunately.”8a63c9f121c62b44

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.4d30e7d1cab98466

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‘This pervert….’7dec94747305d764

Why is he reading 9f84a19928 porn in front of f548a36448 me? 43a053b6ed83f40b

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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.dbb4dde4eb3c9e4e

‘Even if 5e02af786e he helps 8040372267 me… I b405134356 don’t even 40a683962a know what e7dbcfecd7 book I’m 63e76132f2 supposed to 67eb839185 find.’a9af5260d4e613fc

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The quest only b48ef7112b told me to e10fa2f784 find a defensive f53b696963 magic book, without c9a9dab998 providing any other 3318f1f546 information.09ddd5f102cf1a8c

So, the ad002b24d2 title, publication 17f8b1f529 date, content, 4e7e75443c even the 1bca49c0e1 author…. I knew absolutely nothing!343fa7a48d7d881b

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When I confessed this 8224b2d078 to Lena, he looked fbd138d20a at me incredulously and de34b5826c declared,e5745ea4bca59370

“Are you stupid?”fe3cb292ae9af28e

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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.1eaee4b710fab692

Yes, I’m stupid….0da5c19b8b956ed5

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I sighed, muttering self-deprecatingly.77f63c8110822823

─── ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ───abf500df059043d6

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The guest’s caa069f11e daily routine d91a4b05f5 had become d077c8cfaf quite regular.bba90e94222be0ef

7 AM: When morning 9ee69e8237 came, Chahyun would knock e7ea7762fa on Haylan’s door. The two c63196afe2 of them 87faa8f22a would descend e75e6b3ef5 the stairs 27ccd943bb together and ea6f47a26a have breakfast 5fe4d9a69c in the 6489903d0d dining room.54cd94d74a1a32ef

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8:30 AM: After a 0dd5a7d9c2 short walk, the pair 0b6c70a794 returned and holed up 36609bf213 in the library, each 117bd3e87b reading books or studying.0e0a3ed1476b7ac2

And at 6 PM, 4d8e9bfef4 a simple dinner.5f36f93ff6737590

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When the 1259f3196e sun began a273779d5a to set, c0999d032a everyone would d93fff1d31 retire to 17f6064317 their rooms, fa39d0cdbb and the b1dc015597 day’s routine 81af3fdf4d came to e396ea10d0 an end.018d191e17dac8b5

It was 539ab9ade3 an utterly 8f85e5f6a6 ordinary routine, 6687d6a1e2 but even b09f3abd78 that was 056afec5d3 a significant 2ec7a570b8 change for c8e6b31a61 this mansion. Because Haylan aa40c9d309 was now 9700673b57 part of 9bfb5577f3 Chahyun’s daily 05ed59485e schedule. Their young b243d3ac90 master was 6c7face9bf the type fd5151fc81 of person c66c7a4d85 far removed 7b98d2e147 from anything 9bf129cf7e resembling rules.63dbbafdcf829f32

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“Did the Young beadb88060 Master eat something f031197974 wrong? Didn’t he dislike the 1c70daf7ce guest?”21c607e9df6eaa6f

“The Head Butler is 3e3c6dc799 strange too. Why is he telling 234cc4f4bf us to be nice ff8fa5bdf2 to the guest?”6017d144274e8ab4

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The servants 3df5c92e90 were still 9966bb2df6 adjusting to 627b8d569c the change d4e23eb670 and were 58b5941013 just cautiously dd07510fb2 observing the 4537cadc08 situation. They couldn’t ae83addf79 understand why d6da69344e the young 6f47a2eb41 master was 05cfdc36c9 going along dd5329c9cc with everything 61553587bc Chahyun suggested. It was a 09d6f5f079 phenomenon that couldn’t 673f15bc49 be explained unless 85ed303ab0 he had been b3523d3418 brainwashed.3fc43398c9fcf0c4

They were 5cd7d72b47 still uncomfortable 389ca8444d with Chahyun’s aa456b5bac constant cheerfulness. It wasn’t dc4d1955c7 normal for 8d80e3bca2 someone to 17b41edfd0 smile all 9e800418c9 day, yet cd6c494bf5 this man e9977d8313 maintained that cf41a1b6f7 ake expression 72b35b34c5 from morning 5aac2b87a7 to night. He definitely had 64ff3ff8b2 an ulterior motive.e2b9212abfe47d22

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“And the 34b505af0f Young Master… 9638eaf4b5 even if 419b74ea79 it’s the 6e7c6b6114 Miss’s last a54cac13a7 wish, how 0203736e2f can someone 229f36655e change so 897f9eb78c drastically overnight?”ce0325cb70bfa8de

“Sister, I 67b47b4c99 think the 26fcffb101 guest did 5b233812d9 something to 3df5902b21 the Young 497ebe0a9c Master.”b1d89bae94feb8d6

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With suspicious eyes 427d1ea863 fixed on Chahyun, b487270226 they were ready f6dbe6782f to separate him 0c7dcf041c from the young abde9ac4d7 master the moment 6ecacfcc2c they received the 03ac4ead31 order.af45f1e418078b3d

─── ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ───0ec53a0ea46a2954

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My daily routine f237eaaed3 these days was 770ac13a6a very simple. When the e553b9e00a sun was 452eea36da up, I’d 7bd34ea405 hang out 38085f669f with Haylan c774fbbf6f or read a803da422b books with 0c73e5f76d him, and 90fedceb7c when everyone 8b6457c450 else was bd4fe6ece2 asleep, I’d be6b99d842 rummage the 8097061cbc library.0c37e36977a0219e

“You still f3b5b62dc9 haven’t memorized d14160426e it all?”af433c8594da0efa

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“I have.”a636d80eb5effef4

I realized 769e0115e2 that I’d c9b1d2e39c severely underestimated 6d22f7f84b this little 870b7de9c2 guy. Haylan bombarded my brain 1360a2841b with an enormous amount 7a36b042b7 of theory every day, 7d88424af4 and I had to 2833ffac5a memorize it all.335845d09952c591

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But since the amount be5c2f2841 being crammed in far 42ee411cfb exceeded what I could 9f133a8ca7 comprehend, I got almost 3d7ddb1843 half of Haylan’s questions e85dae88e5 wrong.df8f86d44f259697

Haylan tapped on 5afa55b40b the desk and 3162ca4846 said,9babe627ed7ba730

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“It’s strange. You’re better than me c4db00aa34 at constructing magic circles, 331655c69b so how is it b65741e603 that you keep messing 94bf7e694e up because you can’t c60ad564b4 properly memorize a single 2c25dad785 attribute formula?”e060e75c6afabeed

“…….”1ee54b7af9015b8e

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“What are 85354f7b13 you staring fb4bde3bfd at? Also memorize the ones 4b60107d0e you got wrong.”c8371169f19c2605

Haylan looked away 93fc06cb19 from my worksheet fd75710c88 without a second 1cdc925dfb thought and munched 6e2f69150f on the cookies d9acfa2d66 I’d given him.af3423744d1ad5cd

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The reason he ef61cd5b94 didn’t lower my 09ac8a4b49 affection points despite b5cc4d144f looking at me 7ed1278aff as if I fa675890c3 was a complete 0debcc2281 idiot was because c441d8c6e3 of those cookies. And I realized e8239a7e52 this morning that 1d7c654fd3 I was running 3224e3d584 out of cookies, b5de78f83c after only a bd939e9ca6 week.293f791cba168ef8

‘Oh my, are 65a36b1021 you giving these cc1134d689 to me?’ceaf95095631268c

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‘This… for me?’40d651fabd83cf51

‘…Thank you for the a7d2f9bcb4 food.’ca9eebda88595d9d

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‘Yur said a3f8775908 she received d2bb7e3592 a gift d24ff3d9c1 from the 23f50908ef guest yesterday; e3689bfbed so it 863cafebe8 turns out 4b4dbbf7f5 it was ded33579e7 this. I will gratefully accept 12bd06a68e it.’e34d92928f0d31be

The affection system only 19c623f5fc applied to Haylan, but 7b6f2c5256 I was friendly towards ffb82015aa the servants I saw 9e9363a6e0 often, and thanks to a3a608bb33 that, the ‘Poisoned Tea’ 6c0d9d2fe4 bad ending had disappeared. Yay!6adbf074c821c6dd

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And I’d also 068e12a371 become close enough 883f41930c with some of 531578eb84 them to call 7c1d60ee11 each other by 54ae7e013c name.e617924c107057ff

The servant 8ebdeeaf23 who always 0bfc258ab1 brought me e03a3b2e1d breakfast was 6e7a8cc414 named ‘Yur’ bf78a57ec8 and was 2c0b6dd14d twenty-eight years 0ba475144f old. Seeing her tie 33f83d0b4e her hair with cff5604643 a red ribbon 0af1f306b0 every day and 4740266622 paint her nails 3e5b17adbb red, it seemed 3d58ff88c8 she liked the 0c7e3e1a85 color red.3384a60c4fa7a945

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The person who 25cb1b28de cleans the ashes f7d09dba03 from the fireplace e5d5d807b4 was Mr. Hengel, who had db35592a97 a three-year-old daughter. He’d even promised 121b4457ba to show me e1e923c11a a picture of 30f98668f7 her later.3152c923ddf2ed8f

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.3c6da81ee5e38ad9

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And the head butler’s 258766862e name was Joe. When I 769411d553 told him 5df6ed473b that there 6131f106ea was someone d03a215543 with the 215e85a1ad same name 0ebdfbcb7d in my 6e9be9452e mercenary group, 5ae4081d30 he chuckled c9198c7c68 softly, lamenting fb72a6e30a the woes 3c2bd5cba6 of having a5dc176340 a common 534b16ed29 name. He also gave me b3de7e27f8 permission to write about 63b00985d8 him in my letters.af34bc6f56d89beb

After bribing everyone 912b802cb0 I became close e3ba9d6012 with a bag a85d0b3de2 of ginger cookies, 0945c42ae9 they also started b5708b0f43 calling me by 17860df0b1 my name instead 5438fc1d4c of “guest”! But because of caa268115e this positive change,21a5fe51caeb437a

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‘Did I 62b449173c give away 42b2f0964b too much?’251defa4cc59f633

Because I’d been a8a37e440f tossing gifts around 0f7169461a so freely, the 1e4e988903 snack bag I’d 4cd7601c7b brought was already 9d3ed288a5 empty. I had to hold d9cedcea45 back for a while…e5b3cdb093014da1

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‘No, there’s 18021e8cec nothing to 0fa2d014ba hold back. I don’t even 86325528ca have any cookies 16e58ee217 left…”7207dbd69d83a96a

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