[User: Han Kain (Wisdom)
Date: Day 6
Current Location: Floor 1, Room 102 (Cursed Room Mansion of Fear)
Sages Advice: 3]
It was raining heavily that morning.
Waking up, I found the butler standing outside as if it was the most natural thing in the world. Hiking would be difficult today because of the rain, but it might be possible to go to the cathedral I was sharing so idle talk with him as others started to leave their rooms one by one.
Elena didnt co out for breakfast. Was she in a deep sleep because of how exhausting yesterday was?
We were all cautious of the butler and the maid, and we had gone to sleep after locking our doors so we couldnt even go into her room.
But she didnt co out of her room until 10 am, so the butler brought the master key of the mansion to open the door
And inside was a scene that reminded one of the Sleeping Beauty.
It was a tranquil room. The well-decorated bed looked as if nothing happened, and lying on the bed was a lady who looked like a northern princess.
However, there was an undisguisable odour.
The scent of death.
Even though it was shocking and stunning, it wasnt as tragic as I thought. It might be because Eunsol-noona briefly ntioned it yesterday.
We just needed one person to survive until the end. Then everyone would be able to survive.
Thus, instead of crying and being sad, the remaining people had to understand what happened, as well as how it could be avoided in the future.
Hkk, hkk Uhuk
However, not everyone could be as cold-minded as that. Unable to contain herself, Songee began to weep.
Jinchul-hyung was blankly standing still as if he had been struck by a bolt of lightning.
And it wasnt that easy for either.
Although I knew we still had a chance, seeing a corpse with my own eyes was enough to shake my heart. While settling my emotions, I walked up to the bed.
Looking at the corpse from nearby didnt allow to suddenly understand everything. I wasnt a police nor a detective, but there were a few things that entered my eyes.
There werent any particular wounds around her body except for the thick reddish-black bruise around her neck. It didnt look like hands, and was most likely a string. Was she strangled with a tough and thin string?
It didnt seem like she retaliated that much. Even though the mansion had soundproof walls, it wasnt enough to cover the noise of a deathly struggle.
More importantly, the room was too clean and there werent any traces of retaliation.
There was soone else who discovered sothing new.
This mark. Look at where Elena is lying down and the mark next to her. Looks like she was with soone.
I looked closely and understood what Eunsol-noona ant.
Elena was lying down on the left side of the bed next to the window rather than the centre of the bed, and it was evident that soone was either sitting or lying down next to her on the right side of the bed.
There was still a faint dent in the mattress, as well as the ssy blanket.
I suddenly had an ominous line of thought.
Did the fluster show on my face?
Unlike the other three who were still crying while not knowing what to do, Eunsol-noona turned to with a sharp gaze.
Kain. Lets not think about sothing unnecessary. Theres nothing certain, and a logical way of thinking things might be aningless in a place like this.
Right I was just a little flustered.
Locally speaking,
Soone was able to go into the room of a person who locked the door out of suspicion, spent ti together by either sitting or lying down on the sa bed, and strangled Elena to death after waiting for her to fall asleep.
Everything was way too obvious that I couldnt even think of a different scenario. Soone that was trusted by Elena must have
No.
It might be aningless to logically analyse things in this place.
My head was turning muddled when the butler showed up and made things even more complex.
This might be disconcerting, but I think I must convey another concerning news. The weather is so terrible right now that the path through the lake has been blocked.
After quickly wearing a raincoat, Jinchul-hyung and I headed to the lake. The rain had turned heavier while we were talking about this and that in front of Elenas corpse.
It was raining so much that it even blinded our sight.
We both heaved a sigh after arriving at the lake. The water level of the lake was evidently higher.
The bridge that had been filled with moisture which got us talking about rasputitsa on our first day was now so deep underwater that neither people nor a car could travel over it.
It happened in just one day.
Looking back, it was a peaceful day where all we did was play, have at and go to sleep, and yet after just one night, one of our group was killed and the path out of the mansion was blocked.
I rembered the words noona said last night at the stream.
Doing nothing might look like the safest option but is in fact the most dangerous thing to do.
Maybe we should have gone straight to work yesterday? After spending one night without doing anything, we were imdiately caught in a pinch.
The mansion began going on a full offensive-mode after we returned to the mansion.
I lifted my head in the middle of washing my face and found myself looking back at . I was grinning but my face slowly turned crooked. The eyes beca wider as teeth erged out of the sockets and disgusting bugs crawled around my tongue.
I watched that for 30 seconds, before picking up a nearby cup and shattering the mirror in front of .
After we ca to the mansion, this started to happen.
Whenever I looked into the mirror, I would start a staring contest against myself. When it was 12 oclock on the cuckoo clock, the cuckoo left and poured out a pool of red liquid, and stepping on the stairs created a wailing noise with each step.
Songee used to scream her guts out whenever that happened, but in just a few hours, even she was able to kick the dolls that rolled their eyes towards her wherever she went.
Should I say, fortunately?
Thankfully, the strange events happening in the mansion did not directly affect us. The reflection on the mirror would just turn into a horrendous version while the cuckoo clock was just broken.
The stairs were just noisy and the living dolls were simply a little curious about humans.
We soon got rather used to it after realising there was no direct threat to us but
That didnt an we were put in a good mood by it.
After skimming through lunch, we gathered our heads together but couldnt co up with any good plans.
Now that there were all sorts of mysterious events happening to us, the cause of Elenas death beca even harder to deduce and there was no escape out of the mansion. Ti flew by with nothing happening.
6 pm.
Ignoring the burst of red liquid from the cuckoo clock, the butler ntioned the cathedral.
For now, I believe we should head to the cathedral no matter what.
The cathedral all of a sudden? Reason being? asked Eunsol-noona.
Her words were curt, and I could sense her lack of composure through her voice.
We should firstly look for ways to leave, should we not. Even though the cathedral has been discarded a long ti ago, Sir has been using the wasted building as a storehouse of so sort. Behind the cathedral is connected to the lake, and there is a fairly tough boat there. It was for playing when the lake was tranquil but
There is a boat behind the cathedral leading to the lake, which could be used for the escape, was what he was doing.
That sparked two lines of thought in my mind.
Firstly, it sounded plausible, because I had briefly heard how Seungyub was able to survive from Room 101. He had distanced himself from the hazardous location as much as possible and that was how he succeeded at escaping the room.
Then, in that sense, wouldnt escaping the mansion also count as an escape?
Secondly, I was doubtful.
Why was the butler presenting us the way out?
This too had two possibilities. One was that either the cathedral or the boat was just a trap.
And the other possibility was that the butler had never been our enemy from the beginning. That was definitely possible because looking back, neither the butler nor the maid hard us in any way.
After racking my brain, I raised my head and found Eunsol-noona staring back at .
What do you think, Kain?
I believe we should try as many things as possible to leave this place. Anything is going to be better than staying still.
Staying still is the most dangerous thing to do.
I showed my agreent with noonas theory through my response and that was what our next plan beca.
At night, the rain turned even heavier to the point that it was more correct to call it a storm than a rainfall.
Considering the weather and the limited number of raincoats, we decided that only the four adults Han Kain, Cha Jinchul, Lee Eunsol and the butler will be leaving for the cathedral.
Outside was pitch black. It was so dark that it was difficult to see what was a tre ahead of us.
In the end, the butler had to stay at the front with a flashlight as the only one who knew the path and we followed after him by relying on the only source of light.
That was when soone grabbed my clothes.
Noona?
Co back for a bit.
Was there sothing she needed to talk about? Just in case, I looked at the status screen but there was no change to the advice section.
I will go straight to the study after coming back from the cathedral. It doesnt matter even if they try to stop . Worse cos to worst, Ill tell Jinchul to get rid of the butler to go inside. Right now there are way too many things we dont know about. No matter how I see it, we need to go to the most suspicious place. At least we need to have an idea of what it is that is trying to kill us.
Umm, then I will go with you
No. You pretend like youre against it. Make a strong objection, and act like youre too sulky to follow , because that will make it seem more natural.
Noona? What do you an?
I finally have a better idea about this place. We cant try to have everyone survive. The more we do that, the easier it will be for us to all die without knowing whats coming. The reason we have no clue about this mansion is because none of us bore the risk until now. Soone needs to sacrifice themselves to find out whats dangerous. Of course, we cant have everyone going together because it will be completely over if we all go together and die at the sa ti. We need to go one by one, and find out what the risks are at the cost of our lives. Its up to the one or two remaining ones to avoid those elents.
Her words were stifling.
You are the one that needs to survive. Cant you tell? This is not a place where you survive through power. You need to think to survive, and no-one else can think right now.
I forced words out of my mouth.
Jinchul-hyung is very insightful.
Hes not stupid but hes emotional. Jinchul has been out of it ever since Elena died. At this rate, hell just die sowhere without even being able to retaliate properly.
It suddenly ca to that this noona was a bit terrifyingly cold. I was no longer confident in going against her proposal.
After 20 minutes of everyone walking in silence, we arrived at the cathedral.
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