HH Chapter 31
by Geli Cake[Hint! How about seeking help from those around you?]
At that 477cce10e1 moment, a fbdac19f34 notification popped ed1606a8a0 up, informing 3ee2f4f509 me that 5ddc29dc02 a quest ece4819787 hint had 78e93987ce been generated.c7145a292f8105c4
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‘Has it eb5d07db9f been that 323d06d3a2 long already?’42fbab94e087920c
Hints. dac2c8aeb86f8f69
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A system 4da36fee29 that randomly 6b0e3ef3f3 offered advice 2ab869ea48 when more d681204ea9 than half 4162097c3b the time feebfc4d7b limit for 5851a1d988 a timed ae4e3818f1 quest had d365f7c939 passed.3dac5d7d47b1071f
‘Those around me….’3f3cfdd5fa4c2df0
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…Which is just one 7a7689d184 person right now. f5ac6052f903bfcb
I looked up 573f618a53 at Lena. When our eyes met, ee3bf37870 he didn’t avoid my 4dbddab58b gaze and just stared 2438bc6b1f down at me. A brief silence 32352f9935 fell between us.f5b579aded958dc0
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“What is it 0e5683839d now?”114b0a69b9e41ec1
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.c7b90b9f88040a3c
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“What areyoudoing here, Lena?”e971e93d188ca30a
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.8a77ad75b793b4b7
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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?e9f1515403cbe665
I wanted to dd6f17aece know why he 1d0fb60a13 was doing this.8070c530fcb949ac
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Lena was e03aee539e silent for 93de503280 a moment. He seemed to b672975bf5 think about my a922ef11ad question, then answered 817c43c283 simply,4a170f70b812b603
“You are my objective.”7bde54229519dc5b
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At the completely unexpected 4bf4f94e67 answer, I pointed at 98597f9408 myself and asked,db2da60f631fde9b
“……Me?”968b177c9de1c968
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Why?1f2c25e2e6910670
“I’m curious c91c58e870 about you, 5228e549e1 in many 810d7420dd ways.”0ec08a48a4b3b9f4
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“…….”ae2950b48f0788c1
“I won’t kill 5f77b168ac you until my 24a2e2c01f curiosity is satisfied. I’ll play along with 719bcaaf35 your petty tricks and 4b557a2d4c lies as much as cd9b127582 you want.”ca06e623d0183c7f
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Lena, his eyes narrowed, 8f6d00b394 asked,f06841613365638c
“What book are you 52057c2579 looking for?”71cfd12226aab903
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‘What’s this?’0e33f2547c75d99a
Is he fb85f96f31 offering to 428bf010c9 help me? I guessed the e7c862fa15 role assigned to 9e6cfae96e him.2dc4f7308f7399f6
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‘A helper?!’8b90bb3a9b4066e7
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At the 124519dcc3 same time, 60c5e4cf62 the system 9aef4ed04b seemed to b00bc88410 agree with 3932ddaf86 my inner c5d594d273 thoughts, stamping afd57c213c its seal 11693edd1e of approval. Even with this confirmation, 38112d0340 I was still dumbfounded.52babc34b9a482ae
‘A ghost…as a9a2dc4540 a helper?’956aac2f4bef3305
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I finally understood why 3dac5b7c1e the defensive scroll didn’t a121b6728b work. It was because 29672266bb he didn’t harbor 05716100c1 any hostility towards 77c9308322 me.bb3b71611cbf85d8
This world revolved around 83571cff68 me, the player. It might sound selfish, e65f547e75 but it was true. As a result, I c76792dd43 tended to categorize people 97b8752ecc as either friendly or 1794bcdfa9 hostile towards me.42f7eab75e4e82e7
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Ghosts are ed8bcc9b80 obstacles and 077aac9446 antagonists to 6dd2fd5a2e the player. But now….7ece5f2a510f935c
“You’re not 1943ed51ba trembling now.”66c924c8b901c1d8
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“I’m not 6bdc0e7eb1 as scared 41ec3e7b46 anymore.”8bce8b670caa83e2
“Now?”4df6ddb18a217bc6
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Why is someone ba106fd686 I’d classified as 5058817c9f hostile suddenly being 2e4587f2bb friendly towards me? 6c54e6847ee4a42f
Why did the 064bdb4f54 system give him f897ec3a7f a name?a11b052d6feff81f
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Lost in 95c5c8d07d unanswered questions, 2648633111 I held c408337bd5 Lena’s gaze 0de51fb943 for a 6e0125c331 while. Unfortunately, I wasn’t 0f8997f4aa a mind reader. I couldn’t tell b97b258d1a what he was f2bc235364 thinking just by decd4ece9e looking at his 79921d17b7 eyes, but one aa91d2bc62 thing was certain.f539a197d3e1cafa
For the first time, his intense gaze didn’t feel overwhelming.e39230f9f0d5e741
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5. Growth
As a side effect 49fd05b0a6 of recategorizing him, Lena 0a71945881 seemed a bit more f97bd9f7b7 approachable now. The moment 0e496a83ac I started 194c8af4e8 thinking of f9144db56e him as 2f34f55cd5 an ally, a1181f410a my tension a5ea3be833 melted away, 54d2bdc371 and I dca6c25b19 even started 4b7fc5665f feeling an c6dac410fa inexplicable sense 4233a83a46 of familiarity 84cf5c6bc8 towards him.59994cf7c32f9c7e
It seemed to be ea72a6f0c2 the same for him, f4139043ac as he even took 7173bcd4db a thirty-minute nap on 7c722fce17 the desk yesterday.2590cfcd81689867
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‘Wow, he sleeps?’cbf46304fa2fdb57
Just the other day, e9ec9dd20c he’d been constantly eating, df0c559529 and now he’s casually 4cda7ec9cc taking naps in front bb46ae7320 of me…. I was a0f0dcde96 dumbfounded by 4d9f954407 his un-ghostly ca0a4c0bde behavior.f6107ef29a1416d6
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“By publication date?”a8556f873f5a9a2f
Then I realized that a8625db3cc the books in this 58d6577820 library actually had some e21e6dd196 sort of organization.f4b07b95bcf4ec8f
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The one 9a45c84a24 who told c6e8327639 me this 2c98991701 reached out 65b4d3d5d5 his hand, c3de2e5b8a looking at 0ea17149f6 the same 83f2caa6a8 shelf as bc27092b90 me. He pulled a9abf3a2a8 out a 4e5b692c59 book within 999082fdb7 reach.9485a9a7f15c4ef1
“They’re sometimes 77b1eac232 mixed up, f9291695ee but it’s 5d88f412ea mostly correct. So you don’t 9192cadf3d even know the 08c993ddfd publication date of cd24be8eff the book you’re c70cc6b2b2 looking for?”1c2fba7e307add72
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“No, unfortunately.”a9fa65e87114a1ac
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.063ca06ad5c5a007
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‘This pervert….’1b1c33f794d43617
Why is he 6b26c23083 reading porn in 170c4820ee front of me? 86a1b31405866a01
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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.5f888deea7fdc027
‘Even if he helps c87aa306a0 me… I don’t even d9c1384f37 know what book I’m f9adcd2b8d supposed to find.’1148d87e96b3391d
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The quest only af55a43fe2 told me to 74f5c846d5 find a defensive 83f7157dfd magic book, without 071d1f8bfb providing any other e38c480dd6 information.abea4ad199d6c39f
So, the title, 6bdf7191cf publication date, content, 027856edd5 even the author…. I knew absolutely nothing!03cf24927e8466c4
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When I confessed this 07605a6935 to Lena, he looked c1ae5a1cb6 at me incredulously and 9c77fdea57 declared,964f4b4a8b84550d
“Are you stupid?”0c576818d26dca98
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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.f2cfbf9cf97628a0
Yes, I’m stupid….b4c6c43127091159
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I sighed, 7a3fcb894d muttering self-deprecatingly.73de62fdaa318d1f
─── ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ───719384b00508624f
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The guest’s daily 6d0ef2ed0f routine had become b3a7b23a1e quite regular.b68ccb67b82f2392
7 AM: When morning d5b93e3f14 came, Chahyun would knock 2c66ac0220 on Haylan’s door. The two 0d322efbdf of them 0d032e3ca6 would descend 8616c79f1c the stairs a45025da5a together and 511b0cf992 have breakfast 37946d6733 in the 697b73559b dining room.9a7fc8a0d0f94772
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8:30 AM: After b173668c78 a short walk, 8588880e9b the pair returned 85707f2af1 and holed up 0880945f67 in the library, 6f8363813f each reading books 6348e2baf2 or studying.23c116be4642a746
And at 6 57fe6b5bd9 PM, a simple 868f2f0a07 dinner.3998f862aa0b0a8c
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When the sun began 6a27b2a500 to set, everyone would 8f3b6513c5 retire to their rooms, 7f36481b1c and the day’s routine d7a12658b5 came to an end.e50ae8d8f50c384d
It was an utterly b83e6ec116 ordinary routine, but even 68bae6b6bd that was a significant b06bd2254a change for this mansion. Because Haylan cdc0d0a385 was now 984ea1d083 part of c35f55cc7b Chahyun’s daily 4af27770f6 schedule. Their young master was ff7e462402 the type of person a6d0a5a723 far removed from anything 2b9669d38e resembling rules.1b0829354452d95d
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“Did the Young c5f61193e1 Master eat something db6019f6ac wrong? Didn’t he dislike the 8708c6d38f guest?”5868862818cfb210
“The Head Butler 6ab0e4de65 is strange too. Why is he a75a4e5f7f telling us to 98d68138bb be nice to 2e4e29bec6 the guest?”6cf787e6c1597d14
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The servants were still f9948de44e adjusting to the change fdce4ef57a and were just cautiously 352f1f6ae8 observing the situation. They couldn’t 98b5f26f3b understand why 803a19d4c9 the young 930d10560c master was 5b7c7b0fba going along cccbb045d8 with everything d53ddd6734 Chahyun suggested. It was a phenomenon 4f14fcdd36 that couldn’t be explained c2c317fb06 unless he had been e63c7ca37f brainwashed.65c2e5ebf9439126
They were still 3ed0887fac uncomfortable with Chahyun’s 11055d366f constant cheerfulness. It wasn’t normal for 6447791dab someone to smile all 41bdaa1a9a day, yet this man e0da726f16 maintained that ake expression b7ab0fc64c from morning to night. He definitely had b2af51b3a0 an ulterior motive.fac27c9e32bd2671
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“And the Young 92bf51d0c7 Master… even if 6b7846248e it’s the Miss’s 8e55cd2faf last wish, how 796f1edac9 can someone change 34535461da so drastically overnight?”cda4f68ad33d64dc
“Sister, I think the 6cba728bf0 guest did something to 0b3084e374 the Young Master.”3824de3e14b64516
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With suspicious eyes afc1874ed1 fixed on Chahyun, 05640e1475 they were ready b04068c686 to separate him a1ae1747d9 from the young 44d0d99764 master the moment 9b6dd5f02a they received the eef2edbe16 order.de23ffa32e491ced
─── ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ───95420a6cd9b09ff8
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My daily routine these 279f378fcf days was very simple. When the sun was 4015d029f3 up, I’d hang out e592c8af75 with Haylan or read 0d03271b1e books with him, and 7241708a2f when everyone else was 3d596d7f2a asleep, I’d rummage the 1bd47f671c library.a507ec1c3f8c6fc4
“You still haven’t f6fe028300 memorized it all?”71fd6fd46f62dd8d
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“I have.”836ef864ddc434c9
I realized that I’d 673d092abc severely underestimated this little 4fb9462252 guy. Haylan bombarded my brain 19941541bd with an enormous amount a7a271951e of theory every day, 03f2049da7 and I had to 8b9043bdcd memorize it all.97ebe65577f94ee4
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But since the amount 2fd70dab99 being crammed in far 6630f593c5 exceeded what I could db432a3a19 comprehend, I got almost cb8b11833a half of Haylan’s questions 1da84e2a77 wrong.a90e05ca4ba17a04
Haylan tapped on 184e38a2d4 the desk and e737854ee7 said,f9d6e395ad294ef0
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“It’s strange. You’re better than fe1740b410 me at constructing 8bbd7f9dff magic circles, so 2712e0dc22 how is it e62ec94e0c that you keep 966cbc70e0 messing up because edae024e93 you can’t properly 0b957efec7 memorize a single a3bb1149fc attribute formula?”4d797a598d29fb61
“…….”0445acf9ead5037e
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“What are you c15fccc1e7 staring at? Also memorize the ones 65d955f4a6 you got wrong.”a7ef1adb30d5a9f3
Haylan looked away from 5585a3fc48 my worksheet without a 3735fdacb8 second thought and munched 48eeca83a9 on the cookies I’d db8f0653c4 given him.02f6d93caa507db6
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The reason he c5ef455786 didn’t lower my da0d2d9636 affection points despite 42133ead45 looking at me 4aec180942 as if I bf69c1b065 was a complete ba41977de1 idiot was because 8b8286673e of those cookies. And I afce6b1d19 realized this 8ec6761d5f morning that 06eb5e8646 I was d272f82e8d running out 114db2afbc of cookies, cb9aea8cff after only 8d48d83dab a week.60c9249690f3c408
‘Oh my, are you a5884e074b giving these to me?’036991310ebc2d73
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‘This… for me?’4084fd30aed37872
‘…Thank you for 2f48f100ae the food.’fb72619846c5f822
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‘Yur said she received 2f95907e45 a gift from the 66ff3cb070 guest yesterday; so it 0bb99484b9 turns out it was 2778f224f5 this. I will 074e519236 gratefully accept 4a009941f2 it.’59270171130150f7
The affection bf9cc6ef5e system only 5c4d087cd4 applied to 4330705ce2 Haylan, but ee508c009d I was 6c139f6d3e friendly towards a04cbf1882 the servants 55005194ec I saw 498219d15b often, and 395ce44656 thanks to 398be82cf7 that, the 69092931f4 ‘Poisoned Tea’ e0dc2b7561 bad ending f4dc5cd4b2 had disappeared. Yay!8d56fcbac9fca0f0
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And I’d also become 1cca2df508 close enough with some 7fcb8d2b8b of them to call 7df0f00c10 each other by name.0e7bb38e6da08870
The servant bee7f49df8 who always 045ec30653 brought me dc01fad5f1 breakfast was d2255678b4 named ‘Yur’ baf277e0b9 and was 6b9a0831a0 twenty-eight years 57d4e4afc9 old. Seeing her tie her de2d9e09e0 hair with a red 85b9c85f4f ribbon every day and 4af5f023c7 paint her nails red, 1f385f54db it seemed she liked 13d1c088fb the color red.d32b988b39e49ca7
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The person who cleans ba2fe5e4b6 the ashes from the 663e6417ae fireplace was Mr. Hengel, who had a2e7850145 a three-year-old daughter. He’d even promised to 511d25b68b show me a picture 3f0bcb054b of her later.4d8e2a68c1cbf070
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.52c7abfb682b27d9
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And the head d1d8c72812 butler’s name was e239cdd5a8 Joe. When I told 45107b7a0b him that there 1d0bf8b7ff was someone with 585cba4d19 the same name 186faef688 in my mercenary 575f7e3a19 group, he chuckled 365b078582 softly, lamenting the a0658eb61f woes of having f60091f5c2 a common name. He also 15468ae7c4 gave me e6bab98f3a permission to 613eb51b35 write about 19c2dedc2a him in 44d05fe8fe my letters.194f4a1b7ece194f
After bribing everyone I 23b5588037 became close with a eeaa449a52 bag of ginger cookies, 83272f5715 they also started calling 02e6c8844c me by my name 310feab07a instead of “guest”! But because of this 9dbfc4e952 positive change,1fbb2d93ccaa9a54
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‘Did I give away 3850378528 too much?’9acd7687c3a2a3bb
Because I’d c06eeba237 been tossing 92f19c9a92 gifts around c997ccc29c so freely, 08210cbee8 the snack efe1521f3c bag I’d 3ac6db9f36 brought was 265c56deb5 already empty. I had 6b750f0ea5 to hold e07975c0ea back for 3560fd85e2 a while…26ea43f94bd41db0
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‘No, there’s nothing to cc685c6c1e hold back. I don’t even fde8fc1a94 have any cookies 05d66197a0 left…”890d3186aae2a7ad
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