How a Nuisance Character Survives in a Horror Game

 

I gently took the hand that was held in his small hand.

 

I was now facing the demon who would cause me pain worse than death.

 

Rather, the moment I made eye contact with him, my excitement subsided and my senses returned.

 

The earnest wish that I couldn’t die made me calm.

 

Then, I was worried about how to escape from the final boss.

 

I wanted to tell him to go there because there was a cozy hotel over there, but that would have been like throwing the main characters and their group into a fire pit.

 

‘I don’t like that.’

 

So should I hold on…. But then I’ll die.

 

While I was contemplating what to do, my body suddenly lifted.

 

The person who picked me up was Cleta.

 

“Kyaaaah!”

 

When I started struggling, Cleta held my body tightly and calmed me down.

 

“Evelin, calm down! If you keep getting caught in the rain here, you’ll die! Look at the state of your body now!”

 

“Do you think I’ll see something like that?!”

 

“You’re shivering right now!”

 

“I’m shivering on purpose to maintain my body temperature!”

 

“For you to say that now…!”

 

It was time to pull Cleta’s hair to ask him to let me go.

 

Bugh!

 

A strong pain in the back of my neck sent him out of his thoughts.

 

In the meantime, Werner’s voice was clearly heard.

 

“It would be better to knock her out.”

 

After Werner’s unlucky words, the world went dark.

 

***

 

Evelin was lying down in a stunned state and was gently being held by Cleta.

 

Werner frowned at Evelin, who had her eyes closed as calmly as an angel.

 

She even vomited blood between her blue lips and ran away, making a fuss and saying she didn’t want to go back to the hotel.

 

Not only that, her dress and hair were a mess, as if she had rolled in the mud.

 

Even during this time, it was ridiculous to see her struggling and saying no.

 

Ever since she came to this island, Evelin hasn’t been able to properly grasp the situation.

 

No, she didn’t even try to.

 

Evelin, who was calm, cried because she was distressed and scared, and Werner gradually grew tired of seeing the sight.

 

Although he tried to understand how scared she was and why she acted like that, and comforted her with his liking heart, that happened a few times.

 

Watching Evelin complain and cry until she opened and closed her eyes, Werner’s heart gradually grew colder.

 

So much so that his feelings, fond of her, plummet to the ground.

 

“What should we do now? It’ll be even more chaotic when she wakes up.”

 

“We have to take her in. Even if it’s a mess, what can she do since she’s already in?”

 

It will be easier to care for her from the inside than from the outside.

 

It seems like she doesn’t want to go in because the atmosphere is gloomy, but if they do, they’ll be able to avoid the rain, so she’ll whine less.

 

Clicking his tongue in frustration, Cleta suddenly looked at Evelin.

 

Evelin was clearly different from the woman she was before she fainted when they were away on this island.

 

Looking at Evelin getting on his nerves and saying absurd things that didn’t make sense, Cleta suddenly remembered their childhood.

 

Cleta’s heart became a little more generous as he recalled their childhood.

 

Cleta was quite fond of her of those days.

 

He muttered softly as he looked at Evelin, who was unconscious and held in his arms.

 

“It’s like she went back to when she was a kid.”

 

“…Pardon?”

 

Werner asked something ambiguous, yet Cleta didn’t answer.

 

To be honest, Evelin was a tomboy, contrary to her reputation for being quiet.

 

There was a time when he had rational feelings for Evelin, who was bright and attractive and played a lot of pranks.

 

But in aristocratic society, such characteristics weren’t beneficial.

 

Evelin hid her true self and behaved calmly.

 

Now he’s become convinced that it’s real.

 

However, it had nothing to do with Cleta.

 

They were close when they were young and he did like her, but not now.

 

This time, he actually felt less affectionate.

 

How many times did he hesitate, thinking about leaving Evelin behind, who was fussy and unwilling to do anything, yet he couldn’t do it.

 

When they later escaped, it wasn’t easy for him to abandon her, considering her family origins.

 

Because he knew very well how much the Rodrige family cherished Evelin.

 

That’s why he helped her without frowning, and the unexpected turn of events was becoming interesting.

 

Even while she was falling down, she was asking what loathe was or showing off her nerves.

 

Especially Evelin, who was just talking nonsense, her appearance was exactly like the girl he knew when he was young.

 

‘Due to the circumstances, her personality came out at that time.’

 

He felt like he was right.

 

Seeing that Cleta didn’t seem worried even though Evelin had coughed up blood, Werner changed his tone for no reason.

 

“Anyway, what should we do with this kid?”

 

Werner asked, pointing at Holloway.

 

White and small, Holloway definitely stood out.

 

They looked at him, wretched in the rain, with more concern than suspicion.

 

He’s a child after all.

 

They didn’t even suspect that he was going to do something.

 

Holloway pretended to be startled, as if he had been waiting for Werner to point at him.

 

And he held Evelin’s fingers tightly, who was stunned, shaking his head wildly.

 

They noticed that his big eyes quickly filled with tears.

 

Holloway begged in a trembling voice, shedding tears so that they could feel sympathy.

 

“P-Please don’t throw me away…

Sniffle

, my stomach, my stomach was full of water, and when I opened my eyes, I found myself here…”

 

Cleta asked as he looked at Holloway who couldn’t even speak gibberish.

 

“Are you saying you’re in trouble? Can you tell me what kind of ship it is?”

 

Holloway nodded his head up and down as if he had been waiting.

 

Actually, he didn’t know what ship they were on.

 

He just inferred that they were nobles by looking at the pieces of the boat that had washed up and their outfits.

 

If those people came to the island together, they were probably having a party.

 

Holloway, who had guessed that far, stuttered and gave a deliberately vague explanation.

 

“It was a very big ship, and there were a lot of people wearing fancy clothes. I think they said there was some kind of party on board.”

 

After hearing Holloway’s words, Cleta lost himself in his thoughts.

 

If they were partying in fancy clothes on a large ship, there was a high possibility that it was the ship they were on.

 

He remembered that there was no ship with a party on board at the time.

 

They fell on the island and didn’t meet anyone else other than their group, so they thought they were the only ones on the island, but it seems that wasn’t the case.

 

“Then there might be more people here. Should we look for them?”

 

However, if Evelin, who had a fever, was left alone in the pouring rain accompanied by strong winds, something serious could have happened.

 

Werner took off his coat and covered it over Evelin’s body, which was turning increasingly pale.

 

He doesn’t know if it will help or not, but she couldn’t just watch.

 

Cleta looked at Werner’s behavior for a moment and then lost in his thoughts.

 

‘Should we separate people and search for them?’

 

Everyone is exhausted.

 

But there may be other children besides this kid…

 

Of course, he didn’t remember seeing any children on the ship.

 

This was because it was a party to which only adults were invited.

 

There’s no way he wouldn’t remember this pretty kid.

 

“Kid, what about your family? Were you on the boat with your family?”

 

Holloway looked at Cleta who asked sweetly and shook his head.

 

It looked like they would go out to look for someone else if he said there was someone there.

 

Holloway’s goal wasn’t to find anyone, but to get them into the hotel as quickly as possible.

 

“I-I… I just came because they said they would give me money if I did some errands.”

 

In short, he was working alone on a boat without any other companions.

 

Werner was slightly surprised by the answer and opened his eyes.

 

This was because there was no need for children to help a party with nobles.

 

Since this was a party hosted by a noble, there would have been no shortage of workers.

 

Werner asked back in surprise.

 

“…Running errands? A child like you?”

 

“Yes. Luckily, an older sister I know introduced me, so I was able to get in.”

 

Looking at Holloway smiling brightly without knowing anything, he just quietly closed his mouth.

 

Cleta asked as he studied Holloway.

 

“What about other people your age?”

 

“There wasn’t any. Sister also barely put me there.”

 

Because it seemed like there was a deep matter, Werner and Cleta couldn’t ask any more questions.

 

If Holloway was the only child, there was no need to look for anyone else.

 

Since they were usually adults, they would act on their own. If there were, they would have discovered this hotel just like them.

 

There was no obligation to find and protect them all.

 

They didn’t have enough stamina left to find someone right now. Everyone was tired and exhausted, so they had to rest. It’s not too late to visit after a good rest at the hotel.

 

“Young… No, Sir Cleta, what should we do?”

 

Werner deliberately called him by his first name instead of his title. Holloway watched quietly.

 

“If they walk around like us, you’ll find a hotel. We’re not in a situation to worry about anyone right now. We need to protect Evelin first. The fact that she’s bleeding means she’s not in good shape.”

 

“Then the kid…”

 

“We have to take him.”

 

“T-Thank you!”

 

Holloway smiled brightly even in the rain.

 

Werner and Cleta weren’t mean enough to abandon a child in the rain.

 

He looked at them, who didn’t reject him, and then his gaze fell on Evelin.

 

Holloway had been watching them ever since they arrived on the island.

 

Enough to roughly understand their relationship with each other.

 

The most interesting of them all was Evelin.

 

The woman who did nothing but cry suddenly changed as soon as she saw the hotel, as if she had become a different person.

 

And she did something stupid by sticking her finger in the air.

 

It was strange that she popped out because she didn’t want to enter the hotel.

 

She should have sat down and cried, it fits her personality.

 

‘Is she so scared that she can’t understand the situation properly?’

 

That said, she really hated going into the hotel.

 

As if she had something to do with it.

 

A strange look appeared in Holloway’s red eyes.

 

‘Did the Empress send her, I wonder.’

 

But to say that, it totally wasn’t the Empress’ way at all.

 

She wasn’t sent in such an uncertain way in the first place.

 

‘If I dig, I’ll know. no.’

 

Holloway’s eyes landed on the hotel that was getting closer.

 

‘She’s going to die anyway, so there’s no need to know.’

 

As Cleta and Werner approached, Moran, the female lead, looked at them.

 

Then she saw Evelin fainted and covered her mouth.

 

“You’re not hurt anywhere? W-Why is Miss Evelin like this?”

 

“We knocked her out.”

 

Werner answered calmly, Cynthia said well done, and then she glanced at Friedel next to her.

 

Since it was Cynthia, who had a higher status than him, Friedel placed his hand on the thick, huge door of the closed hotel without much complaint.

 

Perhaps because it was rusty, it didn’t open well, so Friedel used quite a bit of force.

 

Creak…

 

The eerie sound and the sound of rain were mixed together.

 

The thick door opened and they entered the hotel.

 

The air surrounding the inside was colder than the rice.

 

In that cold temperature, they washed their bodies for no reason.

 

Once everyone was inside the hotel, Holloway looked up.

 

Then he looked at the top window, which was hidden by clouds of fog, and whispered.

 

“Don’t get excited, you have plenty of time, so enjoy it slowly.”

 

As if in response, the trees in the forest shook eerily.

 

Holloway walked into the hotel at a leisurely pace.

 

Evelin’s helpless body appears smaller and smaller through the gap in the door…

 

Bang!

 

The door was closed.