…… Back to reality?

Annan was slightly stunned when he saw the last side quest.

What does this mean?

It's me in a nightmare...... Or Evelyn Miller?

"But speaking of the name......"

Evelyn Miller – It's not the first time Annan has heard the name.

Among the passwords that Benjamin uses to determine if he is in a nightmare, he has this name...... And it's in the first verse.

Ruling out the possibility of the same name for the time being, it is very likely that Benjamin knows this Evelyn. Even at a relatively young age, I was impressed by the name......

“…… That is, is there a past here that could have been decades ago? ”

Annan fell into deep thought.

Well, in the original history...... How did Evelyn Miller do it, and what did she do?

He touched his left wrist and groped for his left hand in the dim light, testing the shape and depth of the wound.

Weakened by Annan's spell, he couldn't detect such a slight pain. But Annan could tell the location of his wounds by the difference in touch...... After all, blood had already flowed down his left arm, and Annan could not determine the exact location of his wound based on his vision alone.

Soon, Annan sensed something.

"This wound ......"

Annan's eyes lit up slightly.

- First of all, he could be sure that this was definitely not a scrape caused by rubbing on the rough handcuffs while struggling.

This was apparently a cut wound caused by some kind of sharp object cutting the back of the hand.

Judging by the depth of this wound......

Annan reached out and fumbled for the handcuffs.

Sure enough—on the side of the handcuffs near the wall, a thin blade was clinging to it. It feels a bit like a razor blade...... It's thin and a little soft.

…… No wonder.

At first, Annan felt that the handcuff was obviously not the right size - it was obviously too large to hold Evelyn, who had a slender wrist, to be here. If you struggle hard, you should be able to pull your hand out of it.

And now the discovery tells Annan why he was half-kneeling on the ground when he entered the dungeon. Because only then can the side with the blade be far enough away from one's skin...... If you stand up at this time, your wrist will be cut.

Annan groped calmly.

He pressed his clothes against the blade and moved it, only to see that it retracted with a single touch.

Annan immediately realized that the blade should be part of some mechanism.

“…… Where's the other end of it? ”

Annan pondered for a moment, held the handcuffs with his right hand, kept the blade away from the back of his hand, and slowly stood up from the ground.

Feeling some numbness in his legs and feet, Annan ignored it.

He just groped his way up the wall along the chain.

When he touched the fixed point linked to the wall, Annan twisted it and found that it was actually movable!

Annan's eyes suddenly lit up.

That's it!

He reached out and grabbed the anchor point and turned it around a few times. Annan immediately noticed that with a counterclockwise turn, the blade would protrude a little more; Turn clockwise and the blade will be a little more retracted.

It's not like a device to imprison people...... It's more like some kind of torture device.

Annan kept his left palm upwards and used gravity to place the blade underneath. Then turn the fixed point to the left in a circle.

By the time Annan turned it around, the blade had been completely retracted.

Without hesitation, Annan broke his left thumb to the dislocation and then pulled his left hand out of it.

Then he didn't leave, but rotated the fixed point in the opposite direction - because Annan sensed that the first requirement in the side quest, "Keep the body intact", might be referring to this.

Sure enough.

After Annan rotated it to the right for some time, the blade stabbed out again...... After a while, the fixation point starts to become a little unstable. It's like a screw about to be unscrewed.

Annan continued to spin it—and found that when the blade was halfway stabbed, the fixing point fell off with a thud, and it fell to the ground with a chain with a sharp blade at the end.

And the handcuffs are still fixed in Annan's hands.

It seems to require a key to open it...... But it doesn't matter anymore.

The chains had fallen off, and it was just a heavy bracelet.

“…… In other words, if I can't get out violently, do I need to cut it into the skin of my wrist close to a centimeter before I can remove it? ”

Annan frowned slightly.

It doesn't feel like a prison......

Just in case, Annan still copied the heavy iron chains on the ground.

With Evelyn's intact right hand, Annan grasped the original fixing point—and the other end of the chain was a sharp, slender blade.

It might be something to use as a weapon......

After all, Annan had already checked his body...... Evelyn had no silver on her, and she wasn't a swordsman or wizard. Annan was unable to use the skills of his own body.

But if the enemy is just ordinary people...... It's okay to kill one or two people with this heavy chain.

After getting the weapon, Annan first reset his left thumb. Because of the contusion caused by the rough technique, it was temporarily unable to clench its fists. But it doesn't matter, after all, there is still an injury on the left wrist, and I can't use it in the first place.

“…… Could it be that Evelyn is left-handed? ”

Such a thought came to Annan's mind, but it was quickly dispelled.

He dragged the chains and walked around the room, but found nothing.

So he dragged the chain close to the door.

It wasn't the sturdy metal door of a prison – it was a plain wooden door.

Of course, the door was locked.

But this is not difficult for Annan.

He lifted the chain and slammed it on the lock!

One time, two times......

When Annan smashed to the sixth blow, he finally smashed the door lock directly!

Annan unceremoniously kicked open the wooden door and walked out.

In front of him was a corridor that led to the left and right.

It was still very dark outside, and there was no light in the hallway.

Not to mention the green flame, Annan couldn't even find a candle.

"Huh?"

A strange exclamation was heard.

…… Is it a girl?

Annan suddenly turned his head in the direction where the voice came from, his eyes sharp.

It was not far to the left of myself—a pitch black spot behind the corner.

As if it had stopped abruptly because of the sound of the chains dragging on her voice, the girl who made the sound did not say another word, and suddenly fled away from Annan.

Annan just squinted his eyes slightly, silently looking in that direction.

If Annan had acted in a way, he should have chased her at once, knocked her unconscious with a chain, and dragged her back for torture.

But at this time, Annan remembered his second side quest: not to talk to anyone.

So he didn't catch up, but just let the footsteps fade away from him.

"Pretty fast......"

Annan muttered.

…… Since, you can't talk to anyone.

Then the safest way for him to move is to move in the direction of no one.

So Annan turned to the right without thinking.

Instead of dragging the chains this time, he grabbed them from the middle with his left hand, which had regained some strength. Live like a cowboy ready to lass a horse......

But just after Annan scooped up the chains, he touched the chains and suddenly realized something.

He paused and crouched down.

Carefully groping on the ground with his right hand.

- There are water stains.

Annan also had water stains behind her back - this was because Evelyn's trouser legs and shoes were soaked. But strangely, there was no enough water source in the dungeon to wet her knees......

And this water stain came from in front of Annan.

Annan narrowed his eyes slightly and looked back.

This should have been left by the person who had just spoken out.

Other words...... She's from the same place as herself?

And she should have come from right to left-

Just follow the direction of the water stain and you can find the next clue!