How a Nuisance Character Survives in a Horror Game Chapter 72

 

‘It said five demons. When it said six, it mentioned six humans, so.’

 

So the dead person wasn’t a demon but an ordinary human?

 

‘Was the pure white light that I saw at first glance a holy power?’

 

But why did they leave a human with holy power on a cursed island that was punished by God?

 

Yet right now, she couldn’t think deeply about it.

 

A crying demon, a person who didn’t even move an inch.

 

‘The person they wanted to protect the most…’

 

It was crazy that such a child was brutally murdered by them.

 

Honestly, she wondered if it was possible to be this sane after going through something like that.

 

They didn’t stop because the boy wasn’t enough. They kept sending people.

 

But now, the demons weren’t being treated like fools. It was a natural decision to survive.

 

If the demons don’t kill them, they’ll die.

 

And what Holloway said was right.

 

[My friends and I have never killed innocent people.]

 

He said, the demons didn’t kill innocent people.

 

They endured and endured as best he could, and only after losing someone precious did they realize.

 

If things continued like this, they could lose the rest of them.

 

The smell of blood never ceased in the abandoned hotel.

 

Since no one survived, they even planted bombs inside the gates from outside.

 

This continued until the demons grew bigger.

 

[They continue to try to erase the truth.]

 

[They try everything they can, yet they ultimately fail.]

 

[Can’t you find the record!]

 

The heads of the families who were too scared to enter were busy venting their anger on their subordinates.

 

[There’s nothing we can do. If we can’t get the record and destroy it, we have no choice but to erase the island itself.]

 

Everyone nodded in agreement, and soon…

 

[Seal the gate.]

 

They sealed the gates of their respective families.

 

Then the location changed.

 

A woman appeared in the palace library. It was Samilia, the current empress of the Vallone Empire.

 

She was the mother of the spoiled prince and the one who sent the criminals to the abandoned hotel to find a box.

 

She found something and took out a book.

 

[Samilia Poecas found an old book.]

 

Evelin didn’t understand.

 

An old book that was just sitting there in the palace library.

 

[The old book that said it would grant wishes pointed to a sealed gate underground.]

 

[When they arrived at the map drawn in the old book, the old book disappeared.]

 

As if it had lured them.

 

‘But it said they sealed the gates, though.’

 

The gate in the palace basement seemed to be unsealed.

 

[According to the old book, the ‘Pandora’s Box’ that grants all wishes was inside the gate.]

 

…Pandora’s Box?

 

Evelin didn’t really believe the book itself because it was suspicious.

 

It didn’t make sense that the records that they had tried to get rid of were left like that.

 

[This is it…! If I just have this box, I can get rid of that annoying princess and let my son ascend to the throne!]

 

Samilia’s joyous face was filled with greed.

 

[If it’s for my son…]

 

She clenched her fists with trembling hands.

 

[Samilia wants to get Pandora’s box for her son.]

 

Samilia immediately called together the most vicious criminals who were sentenced to death and no one would come looking for them.

 

[Bring me a box. It’s a box with white wings drawn on it.]

 

Samilia drew the box exactly as it was drawn in the book and showed it to the most vicious criminals. And she made a promise.

 

[If you bring it, I’ll change your status and let you live off of it for the rest of your life.]

 

There was no way they could refuse such a sweet offer. The vicious criminals entered the gate without hesitation.

 

And after a while…

 

A bloody man staggered out of the gate.

 

“…I can’t believe it.”

 

Those who entered can’t come out, though? How?

 

Evelin looked at the man who escaped from the gate with shaking pupils.

 

[T-The box? Did you find the box?!]

[M-Monsters… monsters live there… S-Scary! It’s scary! Please, please save me… Keuk!]

 

The man couldn’t finish his words as he vomited blood, then died.

 

[…That’s right. It can’t be that easy to get. Call a bunch of strong vicious criminals. I’ll give them all the support I can. I absolutely can’t miss this box.]

 

The demons’ lives were once again being threatened by Samilia’s greed.

 

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[LOADING=(໑‎ •̀ д •́ ໑)… ]

 

[Completing ‘The Past After That’ =(໑‎ •̀ д •́ ໑)… ]

 

[‘The Past After That’ thoughts complete!(*•̀ᴗ•́*)و ]

 

[‘The After Story’ is currently in progress!]

 

If it’s currently in progress…

 

Is this system watching how I and the demons will react?

 

[Story Collection (5/7)]

 

The remaining story is about Suriel and Dilaph, but what about that boy?

 

He just died like that and it’s over?

 

I wondered if he might be the system. Was he really someone they really cared about?

 

It could have simply been a trigger that made the demons turn dark.

 

He’s definitely dead. If not, the demons wouldn’t have been so sad.

 

They wouldn’t have turned to be villains.

 

Then does it have nothing to do with the system?

 

I don’t know what this system is, but…

 

Who is it, who brought us here…

 

[You have learned about ‘Pandora’s Box’!]

 

[Main Quest Begins!]

 

[Main Quest <For Whom Is This Box>

 

Objective: Find and protect the ‘Pandora’s Box’ inside the hotel before the Empress! You must protect it yourself until the day you find the escape gate.

 

※ ‘Pandora’s Box’ can be found with very little holy power.]

 

…Hey, I don’t have holy power!

 

[Time Limit: Until you escape

 

Clear Reward: Pandora’s Box

 

Death in case of failure]

 

You’re giving me Pandora’s Box?

 

If Pandora’s Box really grants wishes…

 

There’s only one thing I have to do.

 

Your Imperial Majesty, I think I should take the Pandora’s Box.

 

My plan was to hand Pandora’s Box over to the demons and have them make a wish.

 

It was the only thing that would grant their desperate wishes. Of course, this one item alone won’t erase the sins of our family.

 

But why is its name Pandora, out of all things? It seems like it contains all sorts of ominous things.

 

However, I’m not in a position to hide it. Whatever it is, I’ll find the box somehow and give it to the demons.

 

…If it can make them feel even a little bit better.

 

***

 

But how can I find the box when I don’t have the power? Usually, the protagonist has the power in these places.

 

I wonder if Moran has it. But even if that’s the case, I can’t check it.

 

Let’s try to find it for now.

 

[Hint: You can tell the escape gate by looking at it.]

 

None of the hints are helpful.

 

It could be that it’s holding back words in order to give a crucial hint.

 

We’ll see how great the hint is.

 

“You again…”

 

Celyr opened her eyes and glared at me. Before I knew it, our family’s seal ring was on her ring finger.

 

Why is she putting it there? She must have touched it with magi, the ring that should have been loose fit perfectly.

 

What, give me the ring back.

 

Not only that, I had a small pouch in my hand.

 

“What’s this?”

 

“Why are you asking me that? I saw it somewhere.”

 

Was it given to me in return for seeing the story?

 

When I opened the pouch, there was the remaining family seal ring that I couldn’t find.

 

F*ck, I can’t throw it away.

 

I’m dying of annoyance. I threw the family seal rings of the disgusting bastards I’ve collected into my pocket and held out my hand to Celyr.

 

“Give me the ring.”

 

“Don’t want to.”

 

“Why you don’t want to? It’s the ring of one of the families that made the island and Miss Celyr…”

 

“Don’t say that!”

 

I was so surprised by her sudden rash that I hiccupped out.

 

She made a mysterious face as she watched me hiccup.

 

“You… Nothing.”

 

When someone stops talking, the other person becomes confused.

 

However, I didn’t want to ask again. There’s no way good things would come out of Celyr’s mouth.

 

It didn’t seem like she had any intention of giving me a ring…

 

It also didn’t seem like she had any bad intentions. What on earth is that.

 

[Main Quest occurs!]

 

…There’s another main quest? There are too many, sir!

 

Who on earth gives four main quests. And what the hell is wrong with the difficulty level.

 

[Main Quest <Words of Those Who Joined>

 

Objective: Find the oath of blood written by those who joined.

 

Time Limit: Until just before escaping

 

Clear Reward: Will be told later

 

Death in case of failure]

 

The oath…

 

There’s only one, right?

 

I didn’t hesitate. Even if my family falls, I’ll find the oath.

 

But I couldn’t let my family die. My family would apologize for that sin anyway.

 

Whether it’s a scandal or my name disappearing from the noble family tree, I won’t die.

 

After all, it was something my ancestors did a thousand years ago.

 

If I ask for forgiveness, they’ll spare my life.

 

So let’s find it first. Whatever the following answer is will come later.

 

I could have thought, ‘It’s been a thousand years, so there’s no need for me to do anything.’ The gate is closed, so I can’t do anything, anyway.

 

I understand, but…

 

Anyway, I personally thought that the decision-making power belongs to these demons.

 

They may be cruel and ruthless, but if I was shown all of this, I would be told to look at it from the demons’ perspective.

 

I think it would be better to meet up with the group and talk. Like it or not, except for Moran, they were all descendants of the families that participated.

 

It would be nice to talk when the demons aren’t around.

 

Since there’s always one person involved, we can’t talk comfortably. What the heck.

 

System! If that’s what you want, you should let us meet when the time comes.

 

If I say it like this, they will listen.

 

If you’re really curious about our reaction.