How a Nuisance Character Survives in a Horror Game Chapter 46 - 8# A Nuisance Character with High Empathy

 

A faint breeze blew in, and the scent of flowers wafted in. It was a rather strange smell in this cursed hotel.

 

Just like Holloway’s scent.

 

The scent of flowers in a place that smelled like blood.

 

I was so out of my mind that I sniffed around and was startled by a loud thud from above.

 

I was so tense that I just kept watching, but fortunately, there was no more noise after that.

 

I turned on the map to figure out the location before the monster came.

 

“Huh? Here is…”

 

It was the lobby on the first floor, right in front of the exit to the outside. I hesitated for a moment and then pressed the map.

 

…It probably won’t open, but let’s try.

 

I’d be happy if there was even a way out of this abandoned hotel.

 

I reached out to the air to find the door.

 

As I slowly moved forward, the door creaked open and a faint light leaked out through the gap.

 

Is it guiding me?

 

In horror movies, you die if you check, but still, it’s outside. I thought I’d give up after checking at least once.

 

I guess that’s why everyone checks their future even though they know they’ll die.

 

I took a deep breath and carefully stuck my face through the gap in the open door.

 

In an instant, the cold air came deep into my lungs.

 

The thick fog rose, the cold air that was clearly different from inside the hotel.

 

The air mixed with the smell of dawn and the damp rain hit my body

 

“It’s really outside…”

 

The door was definitely outside now.

 

There might be an escape gate that the system mentioned.

 

If not, I thought that just getting out of the hotel would be a relief.

 

I was filled with overwhelming joy. I hurriedly opened the door when I thought I could escape.

 

The thick fog disappeared, and unlike the hotel that was filled with only colorless colors, colorful flowers appeared in the fog.

 

In an atmosphere quite unlike the hotel that was covered in fear, I opened the door eagerly, but I stepped outside cautiously.

 

I could feel the cold floor wet from the rain on the soles of my feet.

 

The damp scent of the bushes and the strong scent of flowers coming in on the wind.

 

The open sky, the fog that gently spread, the air outside that pierced my nostrils.

 

“E-Escape… !”

 

Finally, an escape!

 

As I frantically turned my eyes to find the exit without looking back, I made direct eye contact with someone.

 

That familiar face crouching in the flower bed, staring intently at me.

 

“…”

 

“No, it’s an illusion.”

 

There’s no way I’d run into that guy when the exit was right in front of me, unless I was crazy.

 

I pretended not to know and tried to find the exit. However, no matter how much I looked around and banged on the wall, I couldn’t see the exit.

 

There was only a solid wall that was raised high like an iron fortress.

 

“No way… “

 

Because it’s not an escape ‘gate’?

 

If I just get over this wall, I can get out of the hotel, yet I have to just watch?

 

As I was staring at the sky in vain, a flower suddenly flew towards my face.

 

Plop!

 

“…”

 

That bastard.

 

A wet petal stuck to my face.

 

“Does the flower have wings, I wonder.”

 

Why am I damned.

 

I mumbled, trying my best not to look in that direction. I removed the petal that was stuck to my face, and there was another thud.

 

As I watched the demon while arguing silently, I internally decided to endure it.

 

I thought he would rush at me again the moment I pretended to know, saying he would kill me.

 

“There’s no exit…”

 

Plop, plopplopplopplop!

 

“Ah, really! Stop it, stop! Why are you doing that!”

 

In the end, I couldn’t ignore the flowers that kept rushing at me, so I shouted. Tears welled up in my eyes without me knowing.

 

The one who threw these flowers was none other than Ectenron.

 

That man just watched me when I was cornered to the brink of death by Celyr.

 

No, he even held me back so I couldn’t run away.

 

“…”

 

Ectenron noticed me glaring.

 

“I’ll go out. I can just go out, can’t I! And don’t pick flowers so carelessly.”

 

This hotel’s garden looked relatively ordinary.

 

As I tried to leave, showing my anger with my whole body, he quickly approached me and blocked my path.

 

I was startled and quickly backed away, and Ectenron scratched his cheek.

 

According to the game’s settings, Ectenron’s mouth was covered, so what he could say was limited.

 

So he was blocking my path even though he couldn’t say anything.

 

Is this when he says ‘let’s play twenty questions with me’, I wonder.

 

But I don’t want to.

 

As soon as I saw the great sword on his back, tears welled up in my eyes.

 

Even though I didn’t have a single wound left, I unconsciously wrapped my body with my hands because my body was throbbing.

 

Ectenron hesitated and fiddled with the sword. I clenched my fists reflexively.

 

“I’m a crazy magical girl who gains groundless confidence and courage when death is right in front of me.”

 

The big disadvantage was that I only lived with my snout and rushed my order by breathing.

 

“…”

 

“I’m full of the desire to live, and I become very merciless to those who try to stop that desire.”

 

Especially in front of you, who was trying to kill me.

 

So, it meant not to rush in recklessly, yet Ectenron, who had been turning his eyes, clapped his hands as if he realized something.

 

Just like an audience member watching a gag show.

 

Ectenron made me feel ashamed.

 

“…Why are you doing that, really.”

 

I’m dying of annoyance because of you.

 

In the end, unable to bear the shame, I buried my face in my palms.

 

Thinking that he must have gone by now, I slowly pulled my face away from my palms, yet he just stayed in that spot.

 

He hasn’t gone yet, f*ck.

 

When our eyes met, he gestured with his hands and feet as if he had been waiting to say something.

 

I tried my best to understand his gestures.

 

What are you saying, I can’t understand.

 

“You’re going to take my life since you came here?”

 

Ectenron shook his face in surprise at my interpretation. His actions didn’t seem like he was trying to kill me.

 

Just in case, I asked quietly.

 

“…Are you going to save me?”

 

He nodded his head wildly.

 

At that moment, I could vaguely see Ectenron’s neck, which was swollen and red. It looked quite painful.

 

What? Did he cut his own neck?

 

There shouldn’t be anything here that could hurt a demon, though.

 

Or is it a feud between demons?

 

I raised my thorns like a hedgehog and examined Ectenron. He seemed to be docile, as if he really had no intention of hurting me.

 

Indeed, even in the game, it seemed like they were killing together because he couldn’t beat Celyr’s torch.

 

Although I’ve never seen them separated, so unlike the game…

 

But I didn’t let my guard down.

 

“Can I leave?”

 

He nodded his head wildly, and it seemed like he had something to say to me.

 

This atmosphere…

 

“Do you want to apologize to me?”

 

Ectenron’s face brightened as if he was waiting for those words to come out of my mouth.

 

He almost killed someone and now he’s apologizing instead.

 

The teacher who taught the demons manners deserved to be scolded until they cried.

 

Your students’ character is in question!

 

I didn’t want to accept it, but I couldn’t slap him either, so there was nothing I could do.

 

If I did whatever I wanted in front of a demon, he might change his mind and kill me, so it was best not to get on his nerves as much as possible.

 

Is there anyone here whose actions are as hard to predict as the demons?

 

Even if he was with Celyr and he couldn’t help it because of her, he’s still a demon who kills people.

 

Furthermore, he was a man who even thought about cutting me in half when I ran away.

 

“I’ll accept your apology. In return, I’d like to never see you again. Can I leave?”

 

I’ll accept it just this once.

 

I will really make you all regret it one day.

 

Originally, warnings are only said in one’s mind.

 

“…”

 

He stepped away from me with a somewhat dark face, then picked up the flowers that had fallen on the ground and headed toward the flower bed.

 

Then he started digging the dirt as if he was going to plant them again.

 

If that was the case, why did you throw it away and make a fuss?

 

No matter how much he wanted to apologize, there was no way a person who almost died would say something nice.

 

I tried to avoid him, who was bothering me, and opened the door.

 

SLAM—!

 

The door slammed shut with a loud noise due to the wind. A startled Ectenron looked at me and I made an excuse.

 

“The wind closed it.”

 

It might sound like a lie, but it’s true.

 

I quickly turned the handle before Ectenron changed his mind, yet he didn’t budge.

 

Ah, please!

 

I want to stop going back and forth between life and death!

 

If I do more, I have a feeling I’ll see the face of the Grim Reaper!

 

[You are more than 100m away from Holloway.]

 

[Possessiveness increases sharply!]

 

[Possessiveness increases by 11%.]

 

[Obsessiveness increases by 12%.]

 

[Anxiety symptoms increase by 15%.]

 

[Possessiveness is 17% higher than attachment!]

 

[‘A Miserable Life of Making the Demons Jealous’ 05:59:59 left.]

 

[Hurry up and meet Holloway to stop the rampage of possessiveness!]

 

“Where does that ending exist. That is an ending?”

 

Time ticked by without answering my question. The moment I opened the door again to hurry and meet Holloway.

 

[You are unable to leave this area because you are doing a quest.]

 

A quest? There’s nothing there, though?

 

[Starting the 12th story ‘Ectenron’s Flower Garden’

 

Objective: Ectenron’s flower garden is full of beautiful flowers.

 

Clear if you guess the names of 5 flowers!

 

※ If you threaten the demon Ectenron to tell the names of the flowers, he will disappear on the spot.]

 

[Clear Reward: Blue Ring (You can block any attack exactly 3 times.)]

 

It’s a shame that it’s not a weapon, but I might be in a dangerous situation where I almost die if I get caught by Celyr again, so a defensive item is the best for now.

 

[If you fail, Ectenron will break both your legs and you turn into a new flower.]

 

… Are you going to do this so fiercely?

 

A new flower? That’s all you have to say?

 

That’s why you’re the problem.

 

[Welcome to Ectenron’s Garden. He likes to plant flowers in this barren and gloomy hotel garden.

 

That way, this dark and sad hotel will look a little brighter.]

 

[You speak affectionately next to the warm Ectenron.]

 

Now, let’s go and speak fiercely.