HH Chapter 17

I’ve made up b06a3445f5 my mind.117e95f723725eb0

“I’m an expert a12f581c57 at raising affection.”8d693b267f584e5e

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I decided to be c5bfde28c7 more confident. In the game community, 3c28ad41e5 I was a user fa3e27d998 known by titles like 03e0f83fab “Dating Sim King” and 26a05ee18d “Chef.” If I put de1fba1d4f my mind to raising 6cc771305c Haylan’s affection, he would ae40f710a7 fall for me in 905ddec133 no time.6cf80b12b992afad

There was a beb0994c87 reason why I 9be16bde50 was obsessed with 47eb60bdbf raising NPC affection 34385d5dfe back then. Increasing a 460747cc98 character’s affection 272cc61a9b not only 2faff3dfd6 bought time f3b856ed43 in chase f376e4edf0 sequences, but 98fb9ef9f6 sometimes also 0c1fa0573c provided clues 0b006395ec necessary for f87575cfbe escape through 1f713fc768 conversations.2c46287d8cb48cc3

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‘Huh? The dialogue 55f3dd4d33 is a 47a1347450 little different 8000956007 from the 93dd882f5b last playthrough.’94e71ea2455ea1f0

I discovered the affection 21c47255ab system purely by accident.b01e444d4d840cc4

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The only difference from 3f0edf3eb7 the previous playthrough was 7a1cea56f1 that I had accidentally f951ee073d gave a gift to 691dd49e63 the wrong character. After discovering the 6031325c00 affection system, I e4e888ff4a developed a strategy 6bbc028c5d that focused on 055c450edb avoiding combat as de465538ad much as possible d5d0676c2d while still allowing 33fdd0ead8 me to progress 1f224aaf8a the story, rather 9554b499ff than following the 7ca075edfa game’s intended path.591b65a80367c226

‘Although I couldn’t clear it in the end.’d67769006b91a938

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There was a c8cbf02a70 limit to shortcuts. I always ended 746b78ff7c up hitting a 2aea99e686 wall in terms f5dd3c1ceb of controls.0bb08bce6e003f3a

‘Still, making some characters 06bca0255c my allies makes progress 7310394c17 much smoother.’3eb1c56c6f0b9a6e

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Raising affection is bcfff246b6 never a wasted 160882af33 effort. I believed that.c5eaa06ce31e61d3

‘And come to 2d3bd4a809 think of it, 86b3bacd8d I’ve never really a36a7e3a63 tried to raise 7e904cbd82 Haylan’s affection before, 08d9dc8d6d have I?’213229ad73603fe4

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This time, I 9a7a8e549f intended to properly 33fd8efdca capture Haylan. Making the 66191b02d2 surrounding characters 35a72b24b6 friendly was 8fd19dc4ae easy, but 62831ce034 it bothered 6da4188f54 me that 266e07738e I hadn’t 24bed67e6b seen Haylan’s 9489075f91 maximum affection 1a4105a775 dialogue.73bf9b861eb4f87c

To achieve b0d267bfa2 this, I ab12eb3619 pulled out fcd1c4d387 every piece 32e5e82204 of information eb8766f5c3 I could c137bb877a remember about 57f32dffcd Haylan.fd76701fe56f4722

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First, he 897e00e518 was the d797a22a17 type who fe8413a962 never leaves 71db346bc1 his room 4caae7157b once he’s 5ff0cc76fe holed up 598d326340 inside. The way 60c329e516 to lure b17147339c him out a124ca0454 was to 4ae2a4c059 investigate the 2ca91d3e05 mansion during e0ad2eacf0 unauthorized hours.618857cdfcb6b5a7

‘But that means he’ll chase after me to kill me.’c51030defe92e0ee

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Every time ce4053a774 you investigate, 9197464e2a the ‘Suspicion 0aad8932d5 Gauge’ accumulates, a19ef861af and once 5ab53bf50e it reaches d11118828d 80%, Haylan 9d679f8714 starts watching 8bcb1888f2 the player.cc6613bf0a12fa5b

‘The problem is eaff8d1d3a time….’d803d701fa391ba5

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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.1bcbe560b4507a71

And this 255f1b7763 mansion…is a 159c6eee34 haunted house c78d2be30e where ghosts 448c786177 appear at b59c769f08 night!da56293118f06a41

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I hadn’t seen e47d67ba3e the Suspicion Gauge b47a58aafb yet. The Suspicion af20752925 Gauge, which f22761c1e7 should be a0e6c10758 there, had 67f8d2311b disappeared, and 4acf9006d5 a new 688951577f Affection Gauge ab12d3ac1e I had c12fb1a2a1 never seen 2379375e35 before had 6a20dc5914 appeared…. What does this symbolize?9198da38a9dd1fce

‘Is it because cdbc04f1e1 I haven’t gone 819db02fa9 out at night 9ce60bc7f6 yet?’978e5d6161bed8c7

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Even without rummaging through 3aedd0ef74 the mansion for clues, e5dcfad590 I roughly knew where fe836cca10 everything was and how 13c1c0bebf it was used. So, during f97f060092 the night, 405ebb52be I stayed b90f1ba79c holed up 9c21e59a7e in my e5aa4574d7 safe room 9d4273717f and didn’t a3734f9660 come out.3f14b110cd33f675

No, actually, I’m scared d382291482 of ghosts!f48bcca26b6fbc77

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How dangerous is a 20e3ff0394 being that can’t be 1f7f5af038 touched yet can threaten eff1e782a9 me? They’re fun to a02f81920b encounter within the 1151ad3669 game, but I f83799a09f never dreamed I’d 091340b054 actually face them 10284195f9 in real life.6bb96ff2b8ee4187

If the c267079dfe gauge increases 8c0e0a3c5f by 1 b63a2b7f65 for every 5d443ba316 clue investigated, 3a61546234 it increases 944a49f13d by double a8e1cd91d1 that amount a2e90f89cc when the ff746ba47a player comes 4b0b0b273f into contact c961f7f052 with a c327eacfd5 ghost. And the gauge decreases 5f44244b5a slightly if you safely 858136a00a make it through the 1c3e103bb5 night.064f625990d9c2ee

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Therefore, managing the gauge f4ebafb455 was essential to clearing 28fd117159 the game.1e255adaceb8177c

‘This is a 4d3765cbda problem….’ee0fcc9d7b87db6a

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Honestly, I’m not confident 96d41cb75f I can stay sane 296f33da67 if I encounter a f764d55df9 ghost at night. I’d be lucky 09e5465640 if I didn’t 23fde86f1f scream….94408ca641ebac06

I sighed deeply.103c7e892ea8f8f9

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‘Then how can I 70cbececce lure Haylan, who doesn’t 7b4d557123 yet perceive me as 590d64bdcf a threat, out of 7f76849b96 his room?’5c52b37575ff54e6

I thought about b5c29062e5 it all night, a8e05a2fa8 but I couldn’t 9ba1fccd89 come up with 6e92985ed6 a good solution.5a495d8e55079f0d

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‘Should I just 776bc6a877 go out at 644dc85015 night?’8905f2cce2e570f1

The main 936e8bb11b story only 5077f18b32 progresses when 9797560b5f I find 15dbfe5723 clues.ee35d4373071b83b

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Since I 3524303c18 hadn’t even 07d193a46a started searching 637cac5da4 the mansion, 9894b40406 let alone 8a142d1430 leaving my 83ee1f4d26 room at e32f21e9e2 night, I 256878a028 was still 361bdbf86d at a 87032c603a stage where 084d778a02 I hadn’t cc4061d3e2 even completed a54e6868c3 the tutorial.06ed401aa9142b7b

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I woke 086dad5613 up hungry 7ed242d54b and went 6c96311021 outside as 3d59c440c3 the morning e4e8ca6017 sun rose.81b48e524ae6dd90

The mansion’s ghosts 6dbb8414c5 disappear when the 90254a943c sun rises. I wonder why I’m b3fe621ba1 scared of ghosts….bd9bed897a8c2058

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“You’re up early.”75a45192cb5667bc

As I sat on 269978dd2e the stairs, sighing deeply, 1d6e107f20 I heard footsteps nearby. The head butler was 32c4c88943 standing on the first b801820969 floor, looking up at 91206e80df me with a handheld b37b9949b6 lantern.8c8c45d842b2506e

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It’s a human! Overjoyed at not being 78428cca76 alone, I jumped up 024b418adf and greeted him as d863a0a3ed I approached.b7234d872973adde

“Hello, good morning! I didn’t a1fd6c73b9 greet you 3caba61894 properly before. You can call me d9453db9ce Chahyun.”b9eef27d75519d3c

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“…….”c6158f44b29e1e11

He nodded curtly d9f41f1232 with a hesitant 89375089f1 expression as I, a861815331 on the verge c9fce5d221 of dying from b3de7c069a boredom, blurted out 3beeb9763a my words.c5610c4c2ae6b228

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As a veteran lackey, 0d16097da5 I was an expert 76d63a2cda at recognizing the leader 291828dd3e of the pack. As far ec0b77817b as I b8cc3004fc knew, the 192f866261 head butler e96841a6a0 was second 51f1812bd1 in command 3230d04075 after Haylan 071f2cb580 in this 25180218ba house. He was 43c7ed97fe in a 296676a893 position to 9c4e9cceb8 manage the d84f88e643 servants and 2dfb6c1ba0 even directly 954d671b7b convey opinions 33304e8b34 to Haylan, 69edbc06ad so it f7550b28a9 wouldn’t hurt f8469086ae to get c4faa05c72 close to ca665836fa him.17720e21baeb557a

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.”53877cb833b5d926

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Still, I didn’t give up.ecffa48c0f7e5bc5

“I have nothing 2d70040189 to do and b80b998d31 I’m bored. Is there really 27dd36392b nothing I can 9af2660699 help with?”22182421ff3b159e

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“No.”f5bfd0384636d570

“Really nothing? Are you sure?”9335cb020e4c0a9d

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“…We aren’t so efa5fdce47 short-staffed as to ed3cc3d824 require help from ca5b95338d a guest.”3c9992a8351e62d3

Wow, is he serious…?f765a6096f061a82

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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.a5721328218f6dc0

‘There doesn’t seem 23352dc952 to be a bd964a045c setting where vampires 96d1bdf4fb are weak to 82fec295d8 sunlight here.’d1ba74ee228dfbe1

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As proof, Odin, a a99055087b half-vampire, walks around just 29f634ee5d fine during the day. Despite sunlight not a2491bc5c3 being a weakness, 536b0890ba they deliberately shut d72af9315c off the mansion a928838d92 completely from the 7be7e7a88f outside world. I really cc9556a0cc didn’t like 30a4c67f23 that there 98a23f242d wasn’t a 2816ea0551 single window d175585488 in this b7b38cba8d house that 6b7952a180 offered a cda69c010c view of c38c0c1e45 the outside.9b3e89768ecbd684

Morning has ea44807298 come, but eb5e264896 it doesn’t fb46e46502 feel like 058a339439 morning at 4946e72147 all!97c1aad19dc97148

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They should a6e0b9656e at least 9628fcb559 put up 83c887aa7c more lanterns. Are the 43e3e7ef8c people in 370a8040e2 this house 1be30eb83b really okay 176445c7c5 living like e4c31b5f56 this?96aae25b5c73ca32

“Guest, please return 87ca962dee to your room. I’ll prepare breakfast 7f59ac75c6 for you.”f3c42c664ae188c9

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He wants 390ce3460e me to 817d9aa4ca be stuck adfbaddc64 in my 1c94127c7c room again?ce877d3e1c5f558c

People treat me like I’m practically invisible, and there’s nothing to do in the room, so I’m incredibly bored.6b8384e0c7013f9f

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“You don’t have to. It’s enough ded2b91767 that the 08d603172b owner of 60657e9f60 this house a559f3a556 is cooped 9cb251dde9 up in e99790ca77 his r….”9b038428f6348703

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.7a4278e69d90c2d2

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I immediately regretted my 92c864afb3 careless remark.581947f2b1799259

“I’m sorry. I meant… I didn’t 34ef865239 want to trouble you. From now on, I’ll 8062dcbec2 eat with everyone else 31b62b620f in the dining room.”36a1d9e1abd7763b

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“Is that so?”5a0dac9793095e46

“I feel awkward eating 3e52375e0d alone.”47a49342dadaebba

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I gave an awkward d03bf4e549 laugh.0bcda05ee6d3c1c1

“And since we’ll have 25b8d8520a to see each other 89365e66ad whether we like it 8f294a30ba or not, I thought 68237d1472 I’d get to know 5c3409001b everyone here. It would be nice 97a455890f if Mr. Haylan came down too….”92960430a9de883e

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The head butler stared a75eadc9af at me strangely for ae880e4923 a while as I 4dc65d3464 rambled, trying to fix 281d1186d9 my mistake, then nodded 30ba0a4f43 slightly.fdd1d61144adedd9

“Conversations shared during 399f4112e1 meals are precious.”d8563f8732bc635d

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I wonder which part d7cbb46a08 of my words triggered 0c0692515c him. He suddenly began lecturing 8dfc4a445e me about the importance 9f14c3cc58 of meals. He had 67c557b332 values that f64c0ddfd9 placed importance ee6817945c on shared 4821cab18c mealtimes.898bb28c25be7fc3

He said the most 460fe8b37b important part of the 5869b259a3 day is mealtime. My late father was d0e2029416 the same…. He hated it the 90ab31b962 most when I skipped 0e89a860ab meals.ef18dffd4ef6299d

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Anyway, I ac68297106 continued the b95240e53c conversation, occasionally fa4d0371cb chiming in affe562b3e with the 7798d8403b head butler’s c0edd5e4d2 words.fe0485bce2eef0c3

About thirty minutes later, 22abb00a9d the other servants started e3a05a7fe9 waking up and coming d7dcbca0b6 out. They were startled 84a1b8edf3 to see me 8f421c283a with the head 4aec9baed3 butler.6d929bd2284d2fbc

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And somehow, 9b49783488 the topic 4818d98432 of letters de57534cd4 came up…d80489dbe7daf7ac

“My colleagues don’t 342c634092 trust me very 451a73fc84 much, so I d9426c4aa6 was wondering if d093cff4a6 its possible I 635d75f005 could send them a740501492 letters occasionally? Mr. Odin said he would f13d06a575 deliver them if I 694f3682ae sent them along with c335fc25bb my reports.”54bd01655d1a8a41

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I decided to 371fa73cdd get permission in 94705a0c3b advance. I had to send ee9b45ab74 a report to Odin 4872c99282 anyway.b9828f7bb8c84cd6

But what 33eb6a287b kind of e188b6edde report should ea7884010c I write….?af1004e7bd805426

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‘A friend report?’ad4c4ecf99e7faac

That thought made me 3ad563b74e chuckle.34854b92babbe75a

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“I’ll have to dd8e1ee49f discuss that with dd7a779925 the Young Master.”25bd57b0162ad887

As expected, the head 879d3df5ee butler seemed troubled by cc56b2b2d0 my suggestion. Everything that goes 0d15505a8b in and out 0b6d72cabe of this mansion 36495d0143 requires his permission. I understand that c6b3b81ca5 it can’t be 3469e18c95 helped, given their 012be367d1 situation.95d8e2599d6efb29

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At that moment, the 0fb31a8811 woman who had been adae8f67d0 staring at me chuckled 23b486fd56 softly and said,404097b408e95ca0

“Why don’t you 67d99af802 get permission from e75a9727ec him yourself?”8f88f128b6e66e64

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“……?”1bf8c99cbd1652a1

Huh, should I? That’s genius!95a497df10538b15

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I needed an 8917e319b0 excuse to talk 67cbb6fe25 to Haylan, and 1688a67c26 this could be f8bc86988d it. Energized by having 40a2b1b057 something to do, 53abd45321 I jumped up febbe54260 and replied,56337220129795c8

“I’ll be back!”4e1b55b59b60d24a

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“……!”08cef3c64ca43d1c

I immediately dashed 9a98d47ffc up the stairs b2a06956d9 three at a 600364d671 time, heading towards 415aef696a Haylan’s room. I heard someone call e77bae544b out, “Guest!” behind me ac5cb08114 and looked down, gripping a3fa30fab6 the railing, to see 745facad4e everyone staring at me 6c8e283abe with wide eyes.6d2e95cb1e51a0d4

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‘Why are they making 7f57a0d2da that expression?’6ddaaf2ad102356a

I was puzzled. The head butler, representing 71f2cc5b0a the seemingly anxious group, 4b3329e185 spoke to me.4ada3fd6c0039e27

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“While you’re 42a86bfd72 at it, 9d30836224 would you ffcc1e3d5b mind asking 2ffc342437 the Young f4cec19e93 Master how 8d411ea923 he would 8d45c62b54 like his 5b0c0a4493 meal?”15ac6a12a4daeed0

Ah, so they bc568e86a8 want me to 1e16369892 bring Haylan down, 9668a54b45 too.fdf96d52edde0b5d

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That’s ea……sy, not really, but yes, I’ll try!1174c837f69dde2d