It's Overwhelmingly Convenient That the Female Lead Has Darkened - Chapter 11

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A Dark-Hearted Female Lead Is Overwhelmingly Convenient
#11
And so Daisy and her group safely reached the exit.
—if only it had been that simple.
“Ah, you crazy bastards, really, all the way to the end…!”
“I’d suggest we keep running rather than talking!”
Daisy and her group ran without pause.
The monsters clinging to their heels multiplied with each passing second.
Screech!
A bone-chilling roar.
The horrifying sound clung to the back of her skull, wet and sticky.
If she slowed down for even a moment… No, she didn’t want to imagine what came next.
“Which way do we go?!”
“Left!”
Following Monica’s directions, Daisy’s group veered left.
“I’m dying here, seriously.”
Even with the stamina of a teenager, it was already four in the morning.
Even if she found the dormitory immediately, she’d get maybe two or three hours of sleep.
And that was before her legs had already begun to give out.
She could feel the monsters’ icy breath so close on the nape of her neck it seemed to singe.
Daisy squeezed her eyes shut against the searing pain in her lungs and screamed.
“Please tell me that’s the exit!”
“It is the exit!”
“Damn it, don’t joke with me!”
“I’m serious—it’s really the exit!”
At Monica’s words, Daisy’s eyes flew open.
Monica was pointing at the end of the corridor.
A brass plate mounted on a small wooden door glinted in the darkness.
[↓Labyrinth Exit↓]
A deafening roar.
A towering giant, having trampled one of the Gregors, bellowed so loudly her ears rang.
“Ahhh, I’m so scared!”
Milo Everett, eyes wet with tears, reached the wooden door first and turned the handle.
Click, click!
“It’s… locked…!”
“Move!”
Daisy shouted harshly as she came running and kicked the door with all her momentum.
Crack!
With a vicious sound, the splintered door flew open to the other side.
Daisy and her group immediately turned around after crossing the threshold.
They braced themselves for an attack.
But to their astonishment, there was nothing beyond the gaping mouth of the labyrinth.
The monsters that had been snapping at their heels moments ago had vanished without a trace, leaving only the damp corridor of the labyrinth in their wake.
Their eyes naturally fell on the remnants of the door Daisy had smashed to pieces.
“….”
“….”
How…?
“Well, at least the door broke easily. Is it because she’s a teenager? She’s got impressive strength.”
“….”
“….”
Aren’t we teenagers too…?
Shh, keep quiet.
Ugh…
Daisy, oblivious to what the others were thinking, slowly looked around.
And then it dawned on her.
“What is this place?”
Damp stone walls thick with moss.
An uneven stone floor.
A leather sofa covered in blue mold along every crack and crevice.
A fireplace that looked as though it had never once been lit.
Dim and murky light.
This was the dormitory hall.
……The one that had collapsed before they entered the labyrinth.
* * *
“Ugh, I’m dying…….”
“Let’s catch our breath. Is there somewhere comfortable to sit…….”
Flutter.
“…….”
“…….”
Daisy’s group settled onto the mat that Stroud Burnam had laid out with an uninterested expression, breathing heavily.
With warm tea to boot, it felt just like they’d come on a picnic.
Though the desolate landscape around them, still resembling a dungeon, was chilling.
“It’d be a different… place, right?”
Monica looked around as she asked.
“If this is the dormitory hall, it definitely should have collapsed…….”
But there was no certainty in her voice as she spoke.
Understandably so.
The dormitory hall spread before their eyes looked exactly the same as before.
From the small stains to the creased pattern of the sofa.
[↓
Labyrinth
Dormitory Entrance↓]
Even the brass plate that had tilted and sagged to one side matched.
No matter how much they looked around, there was no path leading to the bedroom.
There was only the labyrinth entrance they had come through and the half-collapsed exit.
That was when it happened.
Crackle!
A sharp noise echoed through the hall.
“Ow!”
“Ugh.”
Milo covered his ears while Monica drew in a sharp breath.
It’s our adorable little bear cubs!
The voice of the winged glimmering creature coming from the speaker filled them with an eerie sense of déjà vu.
It felt like something exactly like this had happened before.
There’s something I forgot to mention.
Daisy slowly opened her mouth.
“‘The dormitory hall collapses after ten minutes’…….”
The broadcast echoed belatedly, as if repeating Daisy’s words.
The same dormitory hall.
The same broadcast.
And 5 minutes remain…….
The same collapse.
Daisy glanced around suddenly.
Every detail of the dormitory hall before her eyes looked identical to the first time.
Yet something had been bothering her since before.
Yes, that was what was missing…….
4, 3, 2…….
“Hurry, move!”
The children scrambled to their feet and rushed toward the labyrinth entrance.
This was already the second time.
Unless they were fools, they understood well enough that they had to leave this place immediately.
Just as they reached the labyrinth entrance and were about to open the door, something happened.
Bang!
Daisy planted herself in front of the labyrinth entrance.
“W-what?”
“Daisy?”
Looking at the bewildered faces of the children, Daisy spoke.
“We’re not going.”
“What?!”

“We’ll stay here.”
“What are you talking about?!”
<1! Keep going!>
Crack-crack-crack!
The dormitory hall began crumbling from the edges.
“Sableheart! Move!”
“W-what do I—!”
“We don’t have time!”
Daisy didn’t budge, despite the children’s frantic pleas.
“I have to stay here. Because…….”
Daisy’s gaze was fixed on the crumbling floor.
“There’s no poker here.”
“Daisy’s lost it, I swear!”
The puppy shrieked as though gasping for breath.
Rumble-rumble-rumble!
“Damn it, move!”
“Are you trying to kill us all?!”
“No, I don’t wanna die!”
“Blast!”
Stroud, his normally cold face twisted in exasperation, lunged at Daisy as though he couldn’t bear it any longer.
The ground was already trembling beneath their feet.
There was no time.
“If you don’t move right now, I’ll use force—!”
Stroud tightened his grip on Daisy’s arm, straining to pull her away.
“……Ugh!”
But to everyone’s shock, the cry came from Stroud.
‘What strength……!’
Daisy didn’t budge an inch.
As a stunned Stroud fell silent, Milo burst into tears.
“S-scary! We’re falling! We’re gonna fall!”
The collapsing floor swept past the center and rushed toward them at terrible speed.
Monica shrieked, her face drained of color.
“Sableheart! Are you insane? If you’re gonna die, die alone! I want to live—!”
Rumble!
Finally, all that remained suspended above the hollow void was the stone floor near the maze entrance.
“Daisy!”
Milo, stamping her feet in panic, grabbed Daisy around the waist.
“N-no……!”
“Damn it!”
Monica squeezed her eyes shut, while Stroud kept pulling hard, trying to wrench Daisy away.
And then.
Whoosh!
“Aaahhh!”
“Wahhh!”
“Argh!”
The last patch of earth beneath them gave way.
As the ground vanished from under their feet, darkness yawned wide open.
The four of them, clinging to each other, plummeted into that black maw.
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Crackle-crackle.
Somewhere, sparks were flying.
With the smell of burning wood came a warm glow against her cheek instead of the cave’s damp chill.
When she pressed her palm against the floor, it felt soft.
It was clearly a rather expensive carpet.
Drowsiness crept over her weary body.
Ah, I could sleep just like this…….
Toot-toot-toot! Toot-toot-toot toot-toot-la-boom!
“Oof.”
At the blare of the fanfare, Daisy sat bolt upright.
“Our precious little bear cubs!”
A cheerful voice came from above her head.
When she looked up, the winged sparkle was gleaming more brilliantly than ever before.
“Four o’clock in the morning! What a remarkable record!”
The sparkle clapped enthusiastically as it spoke.
“We arrived before dawn! That means we can sleep for a whole three hours!”
That was brilliant.
Daisy rose from her seat and looked around for something that might serve as a weapon.
And then…….
“Insane…….”
Daisy’s mouth opened slowly.
“This is the Bear’s Labyrinth dormitory hall!”
Had she ever seen a hall so magnificent in all her life?
What first caught her eye was the enormous domed ceiling, its intricate constellations adorned with gold leaf.
Beneath it, five chandeliers fashioned from thousands of crystals hung suspended in mid-air, casting a soft, refined glow.
But that was far from all.
Luxurious purple carpeting.
Upon it sat a tarnished poker.
Countless portraits adorned the walls, alongside a deep purple tapestry depicting a roaring bear.
Substantial, antique leather sofas.
Above a roaring black fireplace, the mantelpiece gleamed with countless decorative treasures.
The winged sparkle, visibly moved anew, brushed away a tear that had formed at the corner of its eye.
“What a truly magnificent place. We went through such hardship… such tremendous hardship… to create such a splendid dormitory hall…….”
“Did you sell an organ or something?”
It was meant as a joke.
“……We sold many things…….”
What?

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