I'm a Supporting Role in a Horror Game, Don't Kill Me

However, in the case of the scale, I happened to see an item sign floating around while passing by the police station and picked it up… I didn’t know what it was used for, and the details of the item were not displayed.

‘What on earth are these scales?’

I looked at the scales for a while but quickly lost interest. And walking around with a police officer was not a bad idea. Because I was able to ask the questions I had been thinking about. I had just returned from a brief outing when Learmond made a passing remark to the police officer who was stopping the carriage in front of me.

“Hello, Officer. “By the way.”

“Yes, please speak.”

“I heard there was a fire in the police station… It must have been a huge deal.

Officer Amanta waved his hand as if to stop him from speaking.

“Oh my, what kind of fire can’t be extinguished well… They burned down the entire warehouse. Even so, the atmosphere is turbulent these days. But there was a fire. The bosses were very upset. I work overtime like I should, and I swear like I swear…”

Even though I’m in a horror game, I’m a little glad that the atmosphere is only so chaotic these days. I sighed, feeling that her head was still pounding just thinking about that incident.

“Oh my, you worked so hard.”

“What kind of guy did that to the Metropolitan Police Department warehouse… As long as you get caught, it’s just that.”

As I listened to the sound of her teeth grinding, I suddenly asked:

“…So, you’re saying you started the fire on purpose?”

She opened her eyes wide as if she was surprised by what I said, then looked around her and put her hand to her mouth.

“…This is a secret. Well, since you’re Lakers’ lover, there’s no need to hide it from Arviche. They say there are no secrets between her lovers.”

‘…There may be no secrets between lovers, but shouldn’t there be secrets between the police and the Duke of Rearmond?’

Although I was shocked, it was not polite to refuse the information given. When I looked at the officer calmly without denying that they were lovers, Amanta spoke in a low whisper.

“When a fire breaks out, we jointly investigate it with the National Fire Agency, and the National Fire Agency said that traces of intentionally setting the fire by bringing an oil can to the site of the ignition were found. I wasn’t at the office at the time, so I only heard about it.”

“…oh my god. Who would do such a terrible thing?”

I spoke as if I was a bit surprised, but inside I had other thoughts.

‘Luke must have done such a terrible thing.’

Whether Luke started the fire himself or had someone do it… Anyway, my case file is a mess and Luke wasn’t the only one looking at it. Still, you set fire to something that only needs to destroy one piece of evidence.

‘…Because this is what psychopathic killers do. Are you saying it’s that easy? ‘Arson is a misdemeanor more than murder.’

The more I thought about it, the scarier he was. Moreover, he was in collusion with the Metropolitan Police Department. I didn’t know how I ended up with a guy like that, living in the same house, and going shopping together.

“When did that happen?”

“One, two… Has it been three days? I’m telling you, the burnt smell hasn’t gone away and it’s still lingering in the same place?”

Three days. If so, this is what happened while I was sick.

‘If I hadn’t been sick for so long, I might have been able to get the evidence sooner or not… At that time, even if the Metropolitan Police Department knew it was unreasonable, they should have forced themselves to look at the file.’

I kept sighing out of regret. Amanta was so surprised that she had interpreted my long sigh and covered her mouth with her hand.

“Oh, I don’t know why I’m talking like this. I feel like whenever I talk about an incident, I start talking like this without even realizing it.”

Although I brought it up first, Amanta seemed to think it was just a topic brought up out of courtesy. I watched the officer’s expression closely, but it didn’t seem like he was acting.

‘As expected, Officer Amanta seems to think he is escorting me, not watching me.’

I sighed inwardly. Because it was tiring to pay attention and be wary of someone.

“No.”

When I smiled and shook my head as if nothing had happened, Amanta’s eyes sparkled as if she was touched by something.

“No. How dare you listen to something that you have no interest in… I really think Luke will fall in love with it. As rumored, you are a very kind person.”

[Amanta Valve’s favorability has increased.

Lv1(20/99)]

‘Likeability always goes up regardless of my intentions. There’s nothing bad about it, but… No, it’s good, but…’

When I was a player, I never raised the inspector’s favorability level above Lv2, and I never even tried to raise the officers’ favorability rating at all. There were almost no designated routes, and perhaps because they were public figures, they were very distant and stiff, so they were difficult opponents whose likeability did not increase no matter how many gifts they bombarded.

‘But I never thought it would be so easy to upload.’

I scratched my cheek, not knowing what expression to make. Officer Amanta smiled slightly and even saluted me politely.

“Today, I accompanied you briefly at the request of Luke, but if you need anything again in the future, please come by anytime.”

“…Oh my, thank you just for your words.”

“Okay then, let’s go.”

“Please go in carefully.”

Officer Amanta watched me hold the doorknob of the front door before turning around.

“Oh, welcome.”

When I smiled slightly at Mr. Blier, who greeted me warmly as I picked up my coat at the entrance, he glanced behind me.

“You came back alone?”

It seemed that Luke had not yet returned. He said it was good to collect evidence, but it would have been nice to be able to follow his tracks. I felt anxious when I thought about where he was going and what he was doing. I tried not to think about it as much as possible and put on an innocent face.

“Ah, yes. Luke said he had some business to attend to.”

“Oh, is that so? Then I guess we’ll have to prepare a separate meal.”

“Please.”

After saying hello, I was about to go up to the room and looked back at Mr. Blier. The round girl with her big glasses was neatly folding my coat when she felt my gaze and raised her head.

“What else do you have to do? Should I ask you to at least bring out some warm refreshments?”

I kept wondering. After hearing the sound of chains coming from the basement of this house. Did Mr. Blier and the people who live in this house know that? No, I was sure he couldn’t have known, but I was curious what he was thinking about that. Even if Luke made lies and excuses, it’s not a matter of just thinking that’s the case.

‘…What if he is an accomplice?

Gulp.

I swallowed dry saliva and looked at her soft smile.

‘…Let’s just not ask.’

If she was an accomplice… No, even if I were just an abettor, I would lose the rest of my heart that I could rely on in this house.

‘But if it’s not now, you’ll never be able to ask. Do you think an opportunity like this will easily come up again while Luke is away?

As I stood there, hesitating for a while, Ms. Blier looked at me with her troubled face.

“What… Did something happen? Who caused trouble? Or is there something I made you uncomfortable about? Please tell me anything.”

As she looked at Mr. Blier’s innocent face, her mouth dropped. If… What if she knows? What if she was an accomplice? In that case, it would just be stupid to let people know that I know.

‘It will hasten my death.’

But that’s not the only reason her mouth didn’t drop.

‘…Mr. Bliere was truly an oasis to my heart in this horror game.’

It was also because I had the last glimmer of hope and stubbornness left to believe in Mr. Blier. I squeezed my eyes shut, opened them, and shook my head.

“No, it’s nothing. Always… Thank you always.”

“Are you sure you’re okay?”

“Yeah, I was just thinking about something else for a moment. I want to give you this.”

I just smiled slightly and held out one of the items I bought today. Mr. Blier’s face brightened as he accepted the necklace made of summer wildflowers. She looked at it for a while, then deftly sized it up and placed it lightly on top of her red hair. It was made from her necklace, but it looked very pretty on her head like that. The tiny, pure white petals and bright green leaves matched her hair very well.

“Fit well?”

I quickly answered the slightly excited question.

“It’s really pretty.”

“Thank you. I’m happy.”

[Blier White’s likeability has increased.

Lv.2(100/198)]

As expected, her likeability rose considerably. Originally, Ms. Bliere was just an NPC in charge of saving, so she wasn’t even the subject of likability work. However, like other main characters, items that can increase a woman’s favorability when given to her seem to work for Mr. Blier as well. Mr. Blier’s favorability level was Lv.2. Considering that the maximum affinity level was 9, she still had room to increase further.

I excitedly said hello to her and went up her stairs as she kept seeing her face in her mirror.

‘What I’m curious about is after doing more work on likability… I’ll have to ask later. Then… The likelihood that you will answer honestly also increases. There will be less chance of me being snitched on by Luke…’

Or maybe Mr. Blier will confide in me first.

I sighed, remembering her eyes that showed only pure affection for me.

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