[Fifth Personality] Escape from the manor

You must be prepared. 】

[If I want to hide something, where will I put it?The place I am most familiar with and the most convenient is...]

Qiao Yan turned sideways and lifted the mattress under her pillow...

She remembered her habit of keeping a diary in middle school. At that time, she used to hide the diary under the pillow for easy reading before going to bed.

Sure enough, Qiao Yan took out a notebook with a black cover.

She turned to the first page of the notebook.

The first page of the book has her name written in Simplified Chinese:

【Joe Yan】

There is a passage on the second page, which is obviously addressed to her now:

[Did I fail to escape again?According to my previous habits, I believe I will find this notebook.Hope this is the last time I get lost. 】

Turn to the third page:

[Why I came here, I don't know.Maybe the original me knew, but the current me can't.Because according to them, I've already been lost once.Next is another game rule, please keep in mind...]

Fourth page:

[Everyone has something to chase, or something to avoid, or something that should be judged. 】

[Oletis Manor is such a magical place, a place of exile and a place of survival.From the moment we step into this manor, we can no longer go out unless we complete the "game". 】

[The rules of the game itself are very simple. It is to break the five cipher machines and escape from the game field copied from the manor.The two motors are deciphered and the cellar appears.The cellar will not open until all teammates die.The five motors were deciphered before the gate could be energized and opened.On the way to break the cipher machine, there will be a monster named "Regulator" chasing us and sending us back to the "Manor".The reason why they are called monsters is that most of them don't look like normal people.They are much taller than us normal people, and they can easily cut us to the ground.Here are the overseers I have encountered so far in memory:

Factory Manager: A terrible wraith with a bandage on his face, who can release puppets to hunt down survivors.Stay away from those big headed dolls.

……

Clown: A limp with a spooky mask.Sprints are fast.If there are parts of toy rockets in the opening game field, then the regulator of this game is the clown.

……

Red Butterfly: Beautiful in appearance, no different from human beings.You can fly into the air to observe the Survivors, and quickly fly to the Survivors.Remember to turn your head in time to see that grimace she makes so she pauses her flight in panic.

Jack: A tall skeleton in a gentleman's suit, the five fingers of his left hand have been alienated into a huge blade.Can be invisible, and will generate white mist when hit.His attack range is longer.

……

Photographer: After the start of the game, there is a camera on the field, so this game is him. ※※※※※……]

This page records the information of many regulators, which can be regarded as a great help to Qiao Yan.

The only thing that confuses her is that the information about the photographer is somewhat unclear, and there is only one entry to identify.There may be some words behind, but they are all blacked out and crossed out.

Turning to another page, the words on this page are particularly conspicuous:

[Three people who escaped from the game are deemed to be victorious.Win ten victories to leave Orytis Manor.But it is not as long as you keep sacrificing yourself to make your teammates escape, you can win.Remember: get lost five times and stay here forever. 】

Seeing this, Qiao Yan suddenly understood the reason for Mr. Riley's sudden pause in the game just now.There is a limit to the number of times of getting lost, and most people will not choose to rescue others when they are in danger—unless he/she does not know this limit.

Qiao Yan's eyes continued to move down along the words on the paper:

[So far, I have won 2 games and lost 1 games. 】

Below this sentence there is a line of fine print:

【＊Please record at any time. 】

Qiao Yan took the notebook and got out of bed, came to a desk in the room, then picked up a quill pen and crossed out the number [1] in the paragraph above and changed it to a number [2], changing the original [2] was changed to [3].

This makes that passage become:

[So far, I have won 3 games and lost 2 games. 】

Qiao Yan put the quill aside, looked at the notebook and thought.Then I flipped through it casually, wanting to see if there was any other information.

After many pages, she actually found some handwriting.Although it has also been crossed out, the black lines crossed out are not too dense, allowing Qiao Yan to recognize some information:

【The hall of night※, the mirror※shadow※※ enters, that※other※※world...】

At this moment, Qiao Yan heard a knock on the door.

02

Qiao Yan opened the door and saw the girl in the straw hat from before.

The young girl looked very innocent, she asked Qiao Yan curiously:

"Yan, aren't you coming out for dinner? Everyone has saved a copy for you."

Qiao Yan, who still didn't know much about where she was at the moment, followed the girl to the restaurant.

Qiao Yan followed the girl while observing the surrounding environment.

This is a very elegantly decorated villa with a lot of space. Along the way, Qiao Yan couldn't even count how many rooms there were on the floor she was on.

The restaurant is on the first floor. According to the introduction of the girl in the straw hat, Qiao Yan learned:

The owner of the manor prepares food for the guests here every day, although none of the guests have seen the owner of the manor.

When we came to the restaurant, there were very few people at the table.Qiao Yan stood by the dining table and saw that there were basically empty plates.Only a few slower eaters remained in their seats.

A glamorous woman in a short red dress and a hat caught Qiao Yan's attention.The woman's clothes and hat were covered with sequins, which looked a bit like the performance practice clothes of dancers in Qiao Yan's memory.

The food in front of the lady didn't move much, she looked a little depressed at this time, and she didn't seem to have much appetite.

"Margarita, are you okay?"

Seeing that lady, the straw hat girl next to Qiao Yan greeted first.The lady raised her head and looked at Qiao Yan and the others, her expression was obviously strange.

"……who are you?"

She asked with some hesitation, her eyes swept over Qiao Yan and the others, her expression was somewhat uncertain.

"Sorry, I forgot. Margarita, you got lost in today's game."

The girl in the straw hat apologized a little disappointed, but the next moment she spoke with more vigor:

"Then let's get to know each other again! I'm Emma Woods, a gardener."

For the enthusiasm of the straw hat girl, the glamorous lady with sequins on her clothes did not refuse, and she also introduced herself:

"Margarissa Zelay, a... dancer."

Margarita?

When Emma called out the name at first, Qiao Yan hadn't reacted yet.When the dancer lady introduced herself, Qiao Yan suddenly remembered:

In today's game, she has a teammate named Margarissa who got lost.

Obviously, the dancer lady is the teammate she lost today.

She looked very confused and dazed, and Qiao Yan believed that when she just woke up today, she looked like this in the eyes of others.

When that Ms. Margarissa turned her eyes to Qiao Yan, Qiao Yan was still in a daze.But soon, she withdrew her thoughts and began to introduce herself to the lady:

"Qiao Yan, it's..."

When mentioning her occupation, Qiao Yan paused, then continued:

"student."

She is indeed a student, a senior high school dog who is graduating from high school and feels sick every day on May [-]rd.

"student?"

That Ms. Margarissa didn't know what she thought of, she looked at Qiao Yan with some puzzled eyes, but she didn't ask any more questions.After all, she didn't know much about the eastern country, and Qiao Yan's appearance was completely different from them. It was a typical oriental appearance: long eyebrows and almond eyes, slightly raised eyes, bright red lips, and delicate and smooth skin like porcelain.

……

After a brief self-introduction, the lively and kind straw hat girl led Qiao Yan to a seat:

"Yan, this is your dinner."

Qiao Yan looked at the cold thick soup, bread and some ham on the table, she nodded and thanked the straw hat girl.

The straw hat girl smiled at her:

"You don't have to be so polite, Yan, you eat first. I'm going to find Sister Emily first."

Qiao Yan, who didn't know who the Emily was mentioned by the straw hat girl, nodded casually.

Then the straw hat girl left quickly, and the atmosphere became quiet again.Qiao Yan and that Ms. Margarissa looked at each other, and the glamorous dancer picked up the napkin and nodded her lips lightly, then left the restaurant politely.

Now Qiao Yan was the only one left in the restaurant.The empty restaurant was dimly lit by candles, and looked a little scary.

Without thinking too much, Qiao Yan immediately finished her dinner and went upstairs again to her room.

Thankfully, she grew up in the East and is not against Western food.Moreover, the food prepared by the manor owner for each of them is quite delicious.

……

*

It was already late at night, and the pendulum in the manor had just struck twelve.Qiao Yan was lying on the bed looking at the black notebook, unable to fall asleep.

The candlelight by the bed was a bit dim, but it didn't affect it.Because the contents of the notebook had already been memorized by her.

Qiao Yan turned to the page with the crossed-out writing in the center of the notebook. She touched the crossed-out writing, feeling very curious.

【The hall of night※, the mirror※shadow※※ enters, that※other※※world...】

"Why did 'I' write these words in the middle of the notebook? Now that I wrote 'I' why did I cross it out? I