I Actually Kind of Want to Share a Room with You

Yin Xiu shook his head. “At first, I thought so too. But now that we’ve confirmed the little girl became a monstrosity because of the curse, I’m more inclined to think it isn’t her.”

“Then who does the monstrosity in this rule refer to?” Zhong Mu stared at the clearance rule. Whatever happened along the way, meeting the clearance condition was the key to leaving the instance.

“I’m not sure yet.” Yin Xiu rubbed his chin, his gaze darkening. “If the woman who was sealed away really is the source of the monstrosities in town, then she’s the most likely answer. But... we don’t have all the information yet, and we haven’t taken the little girl to her grandmother’s house, so we can’t be certain.”

“True. We still haven’t completed the second note.” Zhong Mu slowly raised his eyes to Yin Xiu, his expression complicated. “But we need to hurry. After all, tomorrow night, you’ll...”

Yin Xiu nodded calmly. “There’s still time.”

He didn’t care if he became a sacrifice or found himself in danger. More than that, he wanted to uncover the past hidden behind this town. The portraits on the walls, the basement, the statue sealing away the woman, and the structure of this house—all of it was clearly tied to the secrets involving the town, the mayor, the woman, and the little girl.

Investigating the past wasn’t really his thing. The main goal was... to get a five-star clear in the instance.

The reward for a five-star clear was five times that of an ordinary clear. His instance assets were only 35.8—not even enough to buy Night Goddess a decent sacrifice.

This was the result of not entering instances for years: he was broke.

After finally getting into an instance, he had to earn a five-star clear and return with a substantial amount of instance assets, so Night Goddess wouldn’t bother him while he slept for a while...