As the two familiar cats lead the way, I follow behind them with Batman.
The castle was more like a maze than anything. The walls twisted and turned, with some being illusions. I become more curious about this dungeon.
From what I understand now, the first user, Amelie, was reborn as a commoner in this world. She met the princess and the story goes.
Amelie was captured by some knights, and was killed on the same day. The princess didn't know all this while, and tried to resurrect her...
This resulted in the experiments conducted on students who ventured into the dungeon... But in the end, the princess died before she could find a way to revive Amelie.
In that case... for Amelie's soul to be trapped here, she must've died in the dungeon itself. In order words... this dungeon... was the castle that belonged to those who captured the commoner.
Or is it...?
The cats lead us to a small basement within the castle. It's dark, it looks more like a cell...
Inside it, there was a figure, chained by shackles. It was the commoner... her soul. I can faintly see her, but it almost seems as if it's on the brink of vanishing...
I walk closer to the figure. She's unconscious... or rather, her soul is. I need to find a way to break these chains...
A key... perhaps? I don't recall seeing any on the way here though...
"User, this is our master... please, help us free her..."
I bend down to take a look at the lock on her shackles. There's a key hole. But where could it be...
As my finger brushed against her neck, I caught a glimpse of what seemed to be her lasting memory...
"What are you doing?! Stop this-!"
"Don't hold any grudges, we're just doing our job."
...
"Your highness, it's working. A few more days before the princess will storm the castle. We'll lure her in and kill her."
Kill her...? They want to...
"But first..."
He turns to look at me.
"Let's get rid of her. We no longer have any use for her."
Everything went black.
...
Am I... dead? But... I can't feel my body...
Shackles wrapped around hands. My neck is chained to the wall.
A key... I need to find... the key...
I want to meet her again... I need to save her...
....
"...?!"
I held my head. Now.. time to explore the dungeon. I'll find the key, and if I'm lucky, I'll meet someone along the way...
I get up and begin looking around.
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Ugh... that light...
I look around. Where's everyone? They're gone. Were we transported to different places?
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