BL, MTL | The Squeamish Beauty is Mistaken for a Heartthrob

Chapter 33: Congratulations to the player for clearing the D-rank world.

Distress signal in Morse code.

Lin Yuxing had seen it before when watching a movie with 008.

Who is outside the attic?

A guess came to his mind, and he was looking forward to it but a little disbelieving. After making sure that no one was in the attic, he cautiously walked behind the door.

"Swinburne, is that you?"

There was a hint of hope in the young man's voice that was not easy to detect. Swinburne almost instantly imagined Lin Yuxing standing in front of him, looking up at him with his little face raised.

The depression in his heart seemed to be soothed by a gust of wind, and his gray-blue eyes turned into gentleness.

"Well, it's me."

His voice was calm and cold, but Lin Yuxing, who was familiar with him, felt at ease, and even the silent attic was no longer so scary.

"How did you find yourself here?"

"The housekeeper announced that you passed away due to illness. I didn't believe it, so I looked for you in the castle and accidentally discovered that all the secret passages leading to the attic were blocked."

Swinburne thought about what Bartholomew and Bertram had done, his eyes gradually became colder, but his voice did not change at all.

Unexpectedly, Lin Yuxing was a little surprised that the housekeeper would say this to the outside world, "In that case, I am no longer a duchess. You can just call me by my name."

Lin Yuxing had this idea before. He and Swinburne were friends, so using the honorific title would seem too alienating.

"I also found that all the secret passages on the map are blocked, but the two of them can still enter the attic, which means there must be other ways."

"But they were very cautious and deliberately avoided me. There are so many secret passages under the castle. If you don't have a map, you might not be able to find the trap."

"So, the only exit may be the door in front of you. But where is the key to this door?"

Seeing Swinburne here gave Lin Yuxing a great sense of security. He kept chattering, but he didn't realize that Swinburne fell into silence from the first sentence he spoke.

Instead of calling me madam, why don't you call me by your name?

Inexplicable emotions flashed across Swinburne's eyes, and when Lin Yuxing called him, he answered, "Indeed, they are very cunning."

"The only exit is the door in front of you."

And they were waiting for him to get the key.

Swinburne slowly closed his eyes, then opened them again after a while.

It's like I've made up my mind.

Lin Yuxing didn't notice anything unusual about him. He only heard his voice through the wall.

"If I cheated on you, would you hate me?"