How does it feel to step into a B-grade horror game? - 34

Episode 34.

Hakan uncharacteristically raised his voice and called out Fidelis’ name affectionately.

“Reese!”

“Hakan!”

Fidelis’ frightened expression quickly lit up as he lunged at Hakan.

I could see Fidelis collapsing forward helplessly. Hakan’s expression quickly crumbled, his eyes curling and smiling.

Something was going wrong.

* * *

“Ugh, Ugh, Uhh

As he tried to flee from the ghost that was running at him with a strange twist, Fidelis slipped on the blood on the floor and tumbled over a pool of blood. The blood splashed from the fall soaked her face, and the pool of blood was quickly absorbed by her pajamas. The foul smell tickled his sense of smell.

“Why are you doing this to me…!”

Fidelis sobbed and squealed, clenched her molars and strained her sliding body. The flesh and blood in the palm of his hand were naked. I grabbed Alvin’s hand and tried to run away, but stopped when I saw my blood-soaked hands. Then Alvin grabbed her hand.

“Pa, let’s go, Fidelis!”

“Yes, yes!”

Tightening their feet as they slipped from fatigue, Fidelis and Alvin began to run. Already, Asin was running away from the crowd. Fidelis glanced back, hiss, and dragged Alvin in the opposite direction from Astin.

“Uh, huh?”

“It’s time! Get rid of that bastard!”

“After all, it’s Master’s brother!”

“Chi, I’ll take that as a compliment.”

“You’re right to compliment me!”

Alvin grinned, and Fidelis smiled slightly. Then he felt Alvin squeak a little.

“Why, why?”

A wounded Fidelis asked dejectedly, and Alvin pointed to his face. She tried to wipe her face with her sleeve, but it was already covered in blood, and it didn’t seem to do much good. Even Zion’s robe was stained, and I felt sorry for him.

Fidelis turned around to see which direction the ghost was going. Luckily, the ghost was running towards Asteen. Tightening his grip on Alvin’s grip, they moved as far away from it as they could, hiding in a corner to catch their breath.

She recalled the words the ghost had said earlier.

‘… Tea… Float… Are you going to do it?’

‘It’s cold… What? Two… Mine ta… I mean. Meaning.’

‘Ta… Meaning… Work… Are you?’

Each of those words resembled those spoken to Rasanna. There was no time to properly examine it so dark and translucent, but the ghost’s murmur was clearly what Sarha had said.

‘That’s Sarha. It’s clear.’

It was clear that after being brutally killed here, she too had not been able to become a Buddha and had remained here. If so, the demon must have known it, and it could have been the one that had chosen him to bring him here instead of her, who was already broken.

He no longer had any sympathy for the demon who had lost Rathna. Even his affection for Rasna began to feel like a lie.

She was really trying to destroy her innocent self, just like she had told me. That’s why he used Beth to keep himself away from Hakan and Isota, and to make it more fun…

“You’re not going to be able to beat this game easily.”

Fidelis’ face contorted.

“What? A game?”

“…….”

Instead of answering, Fidelis remained silent. This incident must have caused Isota and Hakan to start to suspect something, and when they met again, they would have to tell them everything. That way, he could keep the devil in check and quickly break the curse of the mansion.

However, the way to break the curse required the blood of this family’s bloodline, Fidelis and Isota. Fidelis, who was still gasping for blood and the foul smell, soon widened his eyes.

“Oh! This!”

The blood from the mutilated portrait of Sarha, and the blood and flesh from it could have belonged to Sarha.

Maybe you can use this? Hopefully…

Fidelis involuntarily put his fingernails to the corners of his mouth and began to bite them. The taste of fishy blood seeped in, but she didn’t notice it, lost in thought. Alvin was amazed at the sight of Fidelis reminding him of someone. Isota also had a habit of biting his nails when he was deep in thought.

“As long as you can guarantee that the blood will be Sarha….”

Fidelis pursed shut at the sigh. If he used the unknown blood to dispel the curse, and the curse was not lifted, Pecua’s surveillance might only intensify. Even if it is, I still don’t know how to use it.

“Mr. Fidelis?”

“What?”

“He seemed too serious, so I sang it once.”

Seeing Alvin laughing cutely, Fidelis couldn’t help but laugh along. The two of them, who had been hiding in a corner to avoid the ghosts, quickly got up. In a place where there was nothing but silence, they began to walk again. He wondered if he would just wait there for Hakan and Isota, but Pecua wouldn’t be watching.

I had to find a hint. Or you can find the hole that the hint points to.

He also needed to know how to use the blood before meeting with Hakan and his group, and to make sure it was Sarha’s.

Walking hand in hand, they began to scrutinize the open room.

“Huh? It’s a note!”

I hurriedly opened the note, but unfortunately it was a hint of a sentence I knew originally.

“I think there are a lot of hints with the same sentence written on it. I have this hint too.”

At the hint of the huge scepter, Fidelis paused as he unfolded the hint from his pocket. It was stained with blood, and it was hard to make out the handwriting. The same was true of the other notes with other hints. Fidelis sullen, but he consoled himself that it was okay because he had it all in his head, and put the hint back in his pocket.

Alvin, who had been pondering at the sight of Fidelis covered in blood, opened his eyes as if he had remembered something.

“I’m sorry!”

“… What?”

She turned to Alvin who suddenly apologized, and he squatted down and grabbed her sleeve. The blood-stained nightgown and Zion’s robe were gradually finding their color, and even the blood on her face and body was returning to its original state.

“All I could think about was running away.”

Soon, her clothes and body were dry, and Fidelis felt better.

“No, it’s not mandatory. Thank you.”

Alvin’s face flushed at the sight of Fidelis smiling, and he lowered his head. It was both awkward and nice to smile and say thank you with a face that resembled Isota.

The door to another room was opened, revealing what appeared to be a firebox. Paints were strewn about, and there were a lot of landscape paintings. There were large footprints and thick black liquid on the floor, as if someone had forcibly disturbed the room.

Took! Degur.

“Hick!”

Fidelis crouched down in surprise, and Alvin gave a small laugh.

“It’s okay. The brush has fallen here.”

“Suddenly?”

“Maybe it’s because the air comes in when you open the door?”

Whenever something happened, I thought it was related to ghosts, but when I heard Alvin’s words, I felt like my tense body was slightly relaxed. A child younger than me was so mature and resolute, but I felt a little embarrassed that I was too scared.

“Alvin is amazing. He’s still young, but he’s still strong.”

“Oh, no.”

Scratching the back of his head in embarrassment, Alvin slid the corners of his mouth up. Fidelis was digging through the papers for something when he noticed a strange-looking object. It was a strange object with two circles connected to each other. Each circle was empty.

“What is this?”

As I picked it up to take a closer look, I heard a mechanical voice that seemed like it had been a long time.

“I got an item, a ‘Test Kit’. 」

“Test kit?”

She spoke aloud, followed by a series of mechanical voices.

“A test kit is a tool that can determine whether the DNA is a match or a mismatch. It’s simple to use. Put each blood in the circle and wait about 1 minute for the circle to glow. If two of them match, a blue color will appear, and if they do not match, a red color will appear. 」

Fidelis’ face lit up in an instant. It was literally a way to see if it matched his own blood. She cheered inwardly. I didn’t expect there to be such an item. I didn’t expect random items to be so welcoming.

If so, you should quickly check it, but your body is clean now. Not a drop of blood remained.

If I knew it would be like this, I’d be a little more patient.

“Alvin. You can’t get my clothes back to where they were before, can you?”

“What? Oh, maybe I’ve done something wrong…”

“No, it’s not. I was just asking, just in case.”

“But what’s that?”

Alvin stared at the strange object in his hand. Then he tapped on it and muttered in a slightly unsure voice.

“Isn’t this a test kit…?”

“Huh? Do you know?”

Surprised, Fidelis shoved the test kit at the boy, and Alvin nodded in agreement.

“Yes, yes! Noble families always have one or two. I didn’t recognize it right away because it was my first time seeing it.”

“From a noble family? Why…?”

Wasn’t it a random item?

“There are quite a few kids who come to us calling themselves illegitimate. I made it to sort it out, and that’s what Fidelis is holding. Put each blood in the circle and wait, and if the blue light comes out, it’s your biological child, and if the red light comes out, it’s not your biological child.”

It sounded like the explanation given by a machine voice. Or rather, it’s almost the same.

“It’s a process of trial and error, so it’s accurate.”

“This is a real bargain!”

Fidelis was proud of his classmates who went to school with him as he said what he often said. She didn’t have a chance to say the words that were spreading like buzzwords. She was primarily a listener.

Fidelis shrugged his shoulders at the thought of having someone to listen to him excitedly.

“Dog?”

“It means we’ve made a big profit. I was desperate for this.”

Fidelis grabbed the test kit as if he didn’t want to miss it, and soon he was depressed at the thought of having to go back to where Sarha was. In fact, I was confused about the road because I had just run away.

“Can I go back to the place where the portrait hung earlier?”

“Uh… I know I’m going to get a little lost, but yes, I remember a rough thing. Why?”

Fidelis hesitated for a moment. I wondered if I could take Alvin back there.

“Then can you show me the way?”

“Do you want to go back? I’m coming with you!”

“I thought it would be dangerous….”

Alvin stood in her way, fearing that Fidelis would leave him behind. From the moment he met Fidelis, Alvin’s mission was to protect her until he met Isota. Even if Isota didn’t tell him to, Alvin had every excuse to protect her, his one and only Master’s brother.

“There’s nowhere here that isn’t dangerous. I also need to see Master, but it’s not good if the paths diverge.”

“Mmmm.”