Immortal in Horror Game: She is the Fortune Teller!-Chapter 227 - 225: Bloody Castle 6

Josh walked up to the second floor and casually pushed open a room.

The room was unexpectedly large, with bookshelves lining the walls, filled with books.

The dark soft carpet and the black wooden bookshelves made the entire room look quite gloomy.

In front of the floor-to-ceiling window, there was a black wooden desk with a book on it and a steaming cup of coffee beside it.

She raised an eyebrow in surprise, was there someone else in this room?

The room was utterly silent, the soft woolen carpet on the floor absorbed all the footsteps completely.

In the entire study, Josh could only hear her slightly heated breathing.

She had a fever, and her breathing was heavier than usual.

"Is anyone there?" Josh raised her voice slightly, looking at the coffee on the desk.

She could feel a cold gaze resting on her back, but it didn’t seem to harbor any significant malice.

She walked over to the desk and saw a photo frame placed on it.

The frame seemed to depict a man riding a tall white horse, wearing a luxurious and exquisite riding suit, with a fluffy mane of golden curls, and a face with a smooth, well-defined contour.

But there were no facial features.

Josh raised an eyebrow, picked up the frame for a glance, her gaze landing on the cup of coffee next to it.

A philosophy book lay on the table, with some annotations and handwriting that was bold and vigorous.

Clearly someone had been in this room, but her sudden intrusion had caused that person to hide.

Josh coughed twice, looking along the bookshelves.

The shelves held books of various genres.

Some places had collected small amounts of dust, while others looked brand new, showing the owner’s taste in books.

In places frequently touched, several books looked like they had curled edges. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Josh reached for a book, when a hoarse voice suddenly sounded from behind: "Don’t touch."

She paused, about to turn around when she heard it.

There was a powerful pressure coming from behind, accompanied by an intentionally restrained iciness: "And don’t turn around."

Josh didn’t resist, and obediently stood facing the shelves, sensing the unusually tall shadow pressing down behind her.

It seemed taller than Yuze by a long margin.

"Didn’t anyone tell you not to casually enter the study?" The man’s voice behind her was notably hoarse, not like one intentionally lowered, but more like an aftermath of throat trauma.

It wasn’t the pleasant kind of hoarseness.

Josh shook her head: "No one told me, Thomas only said not to go near the attic or the kitchen."

The man was silent for a moment: "The study is also part of the attic."

Josh’s voice softened: "Sorry, cough cough..."

Her breathing was somewhat heated, especially in this suffocating room.

"Are you sick?" The person behind her moved closer.

Without turning around, Josh could feel the warm body temperature vaguely transmitted from behind her, along with the uniquely overbearing presence of a man’s aura, making her feel like she was a little rabbit caught by a fierce tiger.

Josh nodded lightly: "The room was too cold last night..."

Another moment of silence filled the study.

A piece of clothing was draped over her shoulders.

It felt like a man’s black cloak, faintly mingled with the scent of sage and mint.

Josh raised an eyebrow slightly, somewhat resistant to wearing the cloak.

"Keep it on." The man’s voice was flat, yet commanding.

As if opposing him would result in severe punishment.

Josh secretly curled her lip, but still took off the cloak, letting it fall to the ground: "I’d rather not, wearing a stranger’s clothes seems quite inappropriate."

The air pressure behind her noticeably dropped a few degrees.

Josh continued: "Sorry, I need to return to my room now, I apologize for interrupting you, I won’t come to the study again."

Without looking at the man behind her, she rose to leave.

A strong murderous intent erupted from behind: "You dare defy me?"

From the corner of her eye, Josh caught sight of the tall figure behind her suddenly twisting, countless sharp thorny vines shadowed rushing towards her.

As the vines barely touched Josh’s body, she collapsed down, falling supine on the ground, her hair spread like seaweed, framing her pale, palm-sized face, her cheeks flushed with an abnormal redness, her whole body burning with an astounding heat.

The tall shadow approached slowly with menacing thorny vines.

The icy pressure seemed to condense into solidity, even frost began to gather at the man’s feet.

Moments later, Josh was lifted up by someone.

Her petite, fragile body formed a stark contrast with the man’s powerful frame.

She was brought back to Room 4.

Hearing the man’s footsteps leaving, Josh still did not open her eyes.

There was more than one pair of eyes watching her in this room.

In her mind, she opened the system panel, seeing a triggered side quest, [Strategy for Prince Sisi Gerald.]

[Prince Sisi’s favorability 10%.]

This is Prince Sisi?

Josh furrowed her brow slightly, was she lucky or...?

It always felt like this prince’s appearance was somewhat deliberate.

She set an alarm in the system, glanced at the time, and slept for two hours.

Fifteen minutes before 12 noon, she promptly got up and went downstairs to the dining room.

As she guessed, Solong, who was killed in the morning, reappeared in the dining room at noon.

Josh looked at Yuze next to her: "What do you think?"

Yuze frowned slightly: "It’s strange."

Josh suddenly smiled: "It is quite strange."

There were 12 people at the table, none missing.

Thomas gauged the time, entering at the last minute after meals ended, "Friendly reminder folks, make sure to pick your rooms before 6 o’clock tonight. Otherwise, those without a room shall play in the corridors with the little creatures His Highness raises."

The subtext was clear to everyone, those without a room likely wouldn’t survive the night.

The sisters who were twins and the two brothers exchanged a look, "We can swap rooms with each other, then we don’t need to worry about not having a room."

Thomas smirked, his gaze sweeping over the two pairs of twins: "Just a reminder, room swapping requires killing the person residing in the room opposite, and taking their place."

Josh’s eyes reflected enlightenment, she knew it wouldn’t be so simple.

Though surprised, everyone found the rule guiding players into mutual combat fairly normal in this setting.

Thomas observed everyone with satisfaction: "Be sure to switch rooms before dinner, enjoy."

Once Thomas left, the dining room quickly became eerie.

This meant to obtain a new room for the night, they must first kill the room’s owner.

And naturally, no one would be foolish enough to kill a teammate.

The two sets of twins and another group of four quickly banded together.

One of the twin girls looked at Josh: "Care to team up?"

Josh glanced at her.

The twin girl shrugged: "You saw it too, their group has two people that supposedly died, yet mysteriously revived. Something’s off, they might be monsters, we could team up to eliminate that group first."

Mina and Solong were instantly on guard upon hearing this.

Josh offered a smile: "Let me think about it, right now I just want to go back to sleep, you know, people with a fever tend to get sleepy easily."

The twin girl eyed her strangely: "Sleep? Can you sleep at all?"