"I hope everyone can work hard, otherwise..."

Eiffel's words came to an abrupt end.

As he said this, Eiffel's eyes narrowed slightly, as if he had suppressed the malice in them.

But the group still couldn't help but shiver.

After reading all the offer letters from the applicants.

Eiffel gave a brief introduction to the background of Gu Xinghe and the others' presence here, and also gave a corresponding warning.

The banquet held on the last day before Gu Xinghe and his companions finished their instance might be the biggest challenge they would face in this instance.

Upon hearing Eiffel's words, the group nodded hurriedly.

At first, when they saw a beautiful and exquisite maid emerge from the Rose Manor...

Gu Xinghe could clearly sense that the four people around him, whose nerves had been tense, had relaxed a bit.

Even though Rose Manor already looks gloomy and terrifying from the outside.

However, the exquisitely beautiful girls who emerged from it, resembling dolls, still garnered a lot of goodwill.

And now, that unfinished warning remains.

Even Chen Manman, who was already terrified, turned pale rapidly after hearing Eiffel's last words.

Perhaps it's because the difficulty of the beginner dungeons has been reduced to a certain extent.

The horror game assigns each of the five players their own identity.

The work they are about to do also seems to have some relevance to their real-world professions.

Chen Licheng, a chef, was responsible for helping out in the kitchen, while Li Cheng, a programmer skilled in logic operations, was responsible for managing supplies.

The two girls who work in the arts are also responsible for tending the garden and decorating the hall.

So what's the story behind his position as a butler?

Gu Xinghe pondered the connection between the butler and the translator—did it mean the butler needed to be fluent in eight languages?

Having not heard about his assigned work for a long time, Gu Xinghe could only ask Eiffel.

"So... what are my job duties, Head Maid Eiffel?"

"Your work will be arranged by the master himself. I will take you to see the master later."

This is different from the cold tone he used when he bluntly told the players what he was responsible for.

At this moment, Eiffel's tone softened considerably and became gentler.

It was as if she was trying to soothe Gu Xinghe's tension and doubts.

It seems that her previous warnings to the players did not include Gu Xinghe.

[Oh my god! What kind of special plot development is this?!]

The maid used honorifics! Her tone was very respectful!

[The way the maid looked at Gu Xinghe just now was really strange!]

Is this a privilege reserved for handsome guys?

To be fair, Gu Xinghe is indeed very handsome.

[Gu Xinghe, who is about to become the butler, and Eiffel, who is a maid herself—the butler and the maid seem like a good match!]

? ? ?

I heard the above content, and the source was suspected to be a chat discussion in a horror game live stream.

Gu Xinghe was shocked.

Is his "listen to your inner voice" skill really that amazing?

How come he can't even hear what the maid is thinking?

Thinking this way, Gu Xinghe refused to believe it, so he focused his attention again and saw—

【loyalty】

Unlike inner thoughts, which are "heard," this emotional state is "seen."

It's somewhat like the marker that appears above the heads of NPCs in traditional online games.

This is the psychological and emotional state that Gu Xinghe observed in Eiffel.

It is because the rules define the butler as the person in charge of managing the estate that he shows loyalty to him, who is currently in the position of butler.

Or is it for some other reason?

Gu Xinghe looked at Chen Licheng and the other three—

[Warning] [Pity] [Jealousy] [Envy]

In addition to the thoughts he had heard before, this time he also discerned the emotional states of the four individuals.

Are they envious of his seemingly high-ranking position and afraid that he might use it to do something to other players?

As for feeling sorry for him, it's probably because people feel that although he unlocked a special but also more dangerous hidden storyline.

After all, according to Eiffel, she was going to take him directly to see the owner of Rose Manor.

This is probably what it means to face the dungeon boss right from the start.

But now it seems that although he cannot hear Eiffel's inner thoughts, he can discern her general emotional state.

What does this mean?

So Eiffel wasn't a living person?

"Follow me into the manor."

With these questions in mind, Gu Xinghe and his group of five followed behind Eiffel and officially entered the Rose Manor.

In horror games, danger rarely involves anything as terrifying as an unparalleled monster.

But it's more like a strange, slowly spreading effect.

Like a frog being slowly boiled in water, by the time the player realizes what's happening, they are already chilled to the bone and plunged into darkness.

The moment you step into the manor, fear and eeriness may already be present.

At the entrance of Rose Manor—

Entering from the manor gate, a winding path leads directly to the entrance of the castle.

The path was lined with clusters of bright red roses and tall trees that surrounded the outer wall.

Looking to the right, Gu Xinghe could vaguely see a pavilion built of white marble.

Perhaps that's the little garden that Chen Manman is responsible for taking care of.

Besides the main castle, the entire Rose Estate may have many other functions hidden behind it.

Step—step—step—

Gu Xinghe and Eiffel, a group of six, walked towards the castle gate.

As before, Eiffel maintained her elegant and dignified posture as she walked, at a pace that was neither too fast nor too slow.

But when I saw Eiffel's slightly different attitude towards Gu Xinghe...

The player group, which originally promised to unite, seems to have begun to show signs of cracking.

At this point, the other four people were clearly further away from Gu Xinghe.

Their eyes and actions revealed a degree of wariness and suspicion towards him.

Everything seemed to change after they stepped into the manor.

The sun sets in the west.

The overall color scheme is deep and solemn, yet there are scattered, vibrant red roses that meander up from the ground.

The castle cast a somber shadow in the setting sun.

Within these shadows, there seem to be some deep, twisted, and incomprehensible black mist tentacles churning and sinking.

The last rays of sunlight, about to sink below the horizon, danced among the tall trees.

The wind had died down sometime earlier, and the manor gates had been closed again after the group entered.

It was as if I had stumbled into the realm of the dead; everything around me seemed hazy and unreal in the dim light.

It seems that there is indeed some unknown entity lurking in the shadows, secretly watching.

Among the low-lying rose bushes, behind the tall canopy of trees, in the hidden shadows.

In—this manor!