So... why don’t you read it to me?

Clearing Suspicion?

Ryan was completely confused. He had no idea why Alice would suspect him. Hadn't he always been helping her?

Just a moment ago, Alice looked troubled, but now she suddenly seemed suspicious of him. How could her mood change so fast? Wasn't that a bit too much?

"Miss Alice?" Ryan's voice trembled slightly. You couldn't really blame him—after all, the punishment for this side quest was way too harsh.

What kind of joke was this? A Darkening Level increase of twenty points? The max was only a hundred, and this one task would add twenty? That was practically a death sentence!

Ryan cautiously called out, but Alice only responded with a cold, indifferent hum. What she did next almost made Ryan pass out.

The girl reached out her pale hand, opened the drawer of the coffee table, and after fiddling around for a bit, she revealed a hidden compartment.