Cheat Awakening

Chapter 489. Mystery at Midnight

"Well, well, well. This fellow seems to be quite wealthy. Look at those luxurious decorations, paintings, and furniture. I wonder where he bought all of them from," Myne, who was invisible, thought walking through the hallway of an unknown floor, barely able to stop himself from picking up everything in his path and throwing it into his Inventory because of his old habit.

Bang-bang-bang!

"Huh? What is that sound? It seems like someone is hitting a door. But who in the world would be awake at this hour, disturbing everyone else's sleep?" Myne, who was wondering which room he should invade first, was just about to open a random one before him when he suddenly heard a banging sound from afar as if someone was hitting a metal object on a metal door.

Attracted by the noise, Myne started walking again, and a few seconds later, he heard the same banging sound again, neither fast nor slow, at the same rhythm and speed as the first. Growing more curious about the mystery of the banging sound, Myne quickened his pace. He continued walking until he reached the end of the hallway and saw a three-meter-tall metal gate.

Here, the same insistent banging echoed nine times.

Knock-knock!

Upon reaching the door, Myne, whose curiosity had morphed into a hint of fear, couldn't help but knock on the door nervously. The previous lion-like Myne, who had come to rob and kill high-status people, now felt like a pussy-cat.

Hearing the same rhythmic knocking over ten times was enough to trigger every horror story in his mind, especially when he hadn't seen or heard anyone after walking in a castle with more than 250 people for almost five minutes.

Knock-knock!

As if sensing his fear, the person inside the room mimicked his response immediately with the same double knock.

"That girl said there were many members of Harrington's family in the castle. I should look elsewhere... Yes, this door seems far too strong, I surely couldn't open it. Better not disturb the person inside," Myne muttered under his breath. He quickly turned and began to walk back the way he came.

However, he had only taken a few steps when a loud banging erupted from the door as if a monster inside realized he was trying to escape.

BANG-BANG-BANG!

"Sob, sob, mommy, why do all these creepy things happen to me? Can't a person peacefully take revenge for his girl?" Myne cursed his bad luck and completely ignored the loud banging, which grew louder and louder as if whatever was inside might break out at any moment. He started running away and opened the first door he saw using his telekinesis skill.

It's not good to disturb such a beautiful lady's sleep; it can be bad for her skin," Myne muttered to himself, and quickly made his way toward the door, but his hand trembled when he held the handle because he could again hear that creepy banging sound.

"Motherf*cker! Is that damned thing still at it? What should I do? The next room is ten meters away. If I get out of here and that thing's waiting for me, I don't have a good way to deal with ghostly things... Hooo...

Calm down, Myne, calm down, forget it. Worst comes to worst, I can go to another floor. I don't believe that thing can also open teleportation portals like me."

Regaining some confidence, Myne nodded and opened the door, however suddenly, something soft flew towards him from behind, striking his head gently, making poor Myne, who was already nervous, let out a girlish yelp.

"AHHH!"

Clamping his mouth shut, Myne first looked down and saw that what hit him was just a pillow, then he looked in the direction it came from, and saw the silver-haired lady, who was supposed to be a heavy sleeper, now leaning against the bed headboard with a pillow on her lap. She watched him lazily, occasionally yawning.

"If you wanted to leave, what are you waiting for? As far as I remember, there shouldn't be any guards or maids on this floor. There's no need to worry so much... "Wait a minute, don't tell me a brave guy like you, who dared to invade a Viscount's castle, is afraid of a simple banging sound..."

Myne, interrupting the silver-haired lady, who was about to rub salt in his wound, blurted out, "It's not that I fear the sound itself. I just worry it might alert someone!" He spoke impatiently as he walked back towards her.

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"Oh, if that's the case," The silver-haired lady said with a smile, seemingly unafraid of this unknown young intruder, "Then you can rest assured. On this entire floor, except for me and the person inside the metal door, nobody else lives here. No one will be alerted no matter what you do here."

"Fine, whatever," Myne mumbled, kicking off his shoes and collapsing onto the bed again. "It doesn't matter now. I was going out to find someone for more inside information and didn't want to disturb a beautiful lady's sleep, but since you're already awake, you might as well answer all my questions. In return, you can ask anything of me." He scratched his head in annoyance and inched closer to her.

The silver-haired lady chuckled as she rubbed his hair. "Anything, you say? Hahaha! I doubt a young man like you could fulfil my wishes." Clearly not taking his words seriously. She probably thought he was just a random thief who had entered the castle to make a fortune.

"Well, you'll see whether I can or not. However, for that to happen, you have to be a good lady. Otherwise, I might have to use force. Though it's completely harmless, you won't get anything out of it as well," Myne, who was slightly enjoying her rubbing his hair, said with a smile.

As for why he didn't use hypnosis directly instead of all this nonsense, it was because of two reasons: first, he genuinely wanted to have some fun with this interesting lady, and second, the hypnosis skill of Fiona (Gwen's mother) was a bit unreliable when gathering information.

The target only said what was asked, and many side details could easily be ignored, so it wasn't as good as the old-fashioned way to dig out everything he wanted to know.