You and Ib entered the area with green walls, you saw four paintings which had ladybug, bee, butterfly, and spider.
"Beware of edges." Ib read the sign, you turned your head as you heard what she read.
Suddenly, you noticed an ant on the floor as it approached you. You bent down to look at it as it began to speak. "I'm an ant. I love paintings. My painting is especially cool. I'd like to see it again but it's kind of far away..."
"Painting?" You mumbled as you looked at the wall and didn't see the ant painting on it. You heard some grunt as you quickly turned your head in a hurry and saw Ib walking past the hallway with some claw that emerged out of the black wall.
"Ib! What are you doing?! These curses are dangerous!" You shouted after Ib made it to the end of the hallway with a blank face. You growled lowly under your breath before you quickly went after her without getting caught by these claws.
"I found the ant painting." You looked at the painting Ib pointed at. You sighed as you quickly approached the child before beginning to scold her.
"Why don't you wait before me, Ib? What would happen if you get hurt? You should stay close to me, not wander around like this." You covered your eyes out of tension.
Ib's face lowed down with a straight face but she felt guilty for her sudden action that made you worried. "I'm sorry."
Your hand moved out of your eyes as you stared down at her. You then felt that you were the one who felt guilty because you scolded her like a parent despite being a stranger. "No, It's fine. At least, we found the painting. We should get it to that ant."
Your hands went to the painting frame, you noticed that it could be taken out of the wall as you pulled it out easily with a little strength.
You held it under your armpit as you went back the way you went before talking to an ant. "Is this the painting you want to see?" You said, showing the painting to it.
"Oh. That's my painting. It's just as cool as I remember it." The ant stared at it for a moment before it crawled away.
You walked with Ib behind you as you noticed the other four paintings which were the life cycle of the butterfly.
"𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞" A single butterfly egg.
"𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏" A green caterpillar.
"𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐" A caterpillar inside the cocoon.
"𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫" A cocoon turned into a butterfly with yellow wings.
You approached the door and turned the knob. You entered to see the hole in the middle of the way. You looked at the ant painting as you laid it in the hole. "There. Now we can cross it." You said before you dusted your hands.
You let Ib cross first but as you were going to cross, the painting has torn a little. You stopped in your tracks as you thought the painting would break if you put your weight on it.
Ib looked back at you and she frowned in confusion because you didn't cross the painting with her. You shook your hand as you gestured for her to go inside. "I can't go cross. The painting would be broken if I go there."
Ib nodded before she went inside the room. She saw one painting, a headless statue, and the green key on the ground. She went to look at the painting which was the same butterfly but it got caught in the spider web.
"𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞"
She noticed the key as she bent down and got it. She suddenly noticed the statue was moving towards her. Ib moved back a bit, and the statue began to chase her as she hurriedly went back to the door and went across the ant painting.
Your eyes widened slightly as you saw the headless statue wearing a red sleeveless dress attempt to cross the painting but because the painting has a hole, it fell to the dark hole below.
You looked down at Ib whose face didn't show any fear or anxiety at all. She was too calm in a situation like this. "Well, did you get something?" You bent down to her height, asking her. She opened her palm, showing the green key to you. "That should unlock the door."
You led her through the hallway as you both were in front of the green door. You let Ib use the key to unlock the door.
You both entered to see the large cat's eyes and a fish-shaped hole in the place of its nose. You looked at the left and right doors as you frowned about where to head to.
"Which sides should we head to?" Ib asked you. You looked down at her as you used your clairvoyance to have a vision of which way was safe. You saw the red curtains on the left side and a bunch of mannequins on the right.
"Let's go to the left first." You held Ib's hand as you went inside.
You walked past the stick figure but you stopped in your tracks as the sound came from behind. You turned back to see the word in the color yellow on the wall under the stick figure.
"Ｐｌａｙ ｈｉｄｅ ａｎｄ ｓｅｅｋ？"
Suddenly, the stick figure disappeared before you noticed the yellow button underneath each of the paintings. You growled under your breath as you felt annoyed about this ridiculous game.
You went to the one that was closest to you. You pressed the button and it revealed to be the painting of the moon, suddenly, the light in the room turned dim. "Huh?" You hummed as you looked around the room before you hummed with realization.
You then went to the next one, it was revealed to be the naked woman. You quickly covered Ib's eyes as the woman screamed in embarrassment and sent an invisible hit at you but you quickly blocked it with your force field, protecting your rose petal. You sighed deeply as you lowered your hand out of Ib's eyes before you went to the next one.
You pressed it and it appeared to be Ib surrounded by the claws, hanging upside-down. "It's very sinister." Ib commented as she stared at it blankly.
You grew impatient as you went to the next one, but as you pressed it, it revealed to be the same stick figure from before. The word appeared beside it on the wall as you and Ib read it.
"Ｆｏｕｎｄ ｍｅ， ｙｏｕ ｇｅｔ ａ ｐｒｉｚｅ．"
You heard something drop down to the ground, you tilted your head to see a fish head. You went to it as Ib followed you behind. You looked down and picked it up, it was a wooden fish head.
"It may be useful later." You kept it in your pocket before you went out and headed to the next room.
The right side room was full of mannequins and headless statues. The light flickered a little as you went straight while Ib was heading on the left sideway. She saw a painting of red and black roses on the wall, making her stare at it for a while.
You noticed two black vases full of freshwater inside. You frowned one brow as your hand went to get your black rose and dipped it into the vase.
You suddenly felt fresh and healthier as the rose gained five petals more, making it into ten. You figured out that the water would keep your rose healthy and restore the petal in case you were left with one petal to save your life.
"Ib, dip your rose into this. It will help you." You instructed her as she dipped her rose and gained two petals from three to five. "Why do I have ten when you have five?" You asked out of curiosity.
"Maybe it's because you're older than me." Ib replied, making you hummed with understanding.
Suddenly, you were startled as the mannequin started to approach you with an evil grin and red glowing eyes. You moved back a little before you noticed the crack in the floor. You waited patiently as you pushed Ib behind.
The mannequin kept coming until it tripped and shattered. You saw the wooden fishtail as you kneeled to pick it up. You then combined it with the head, making it a wooden fish. You snapped your finger as you knew where to place it, you and Ib went out of the room as you approached the hole.
You gently inserted it and moved back, the ground shook temporarily as the cat's eyes went slit and revealed the hallway.
You entered the next area, you noticed that the area had expanded and was bigger than the former one. You went to the right as Ib looked to the left as she noticed the painting was swaying its tongue before it split to the ground. She avoided it as she turned back and noticed the paper on the ground.
She crouched down as she read the note. "𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻..."
She then walked back as she saw the white painting near the spitting painting. It was blank. Meanwhile, you saw the text as it read, "𝗕𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀". You tilted your head as you did see the lips like what it said.
You moved back from it and went to Ib. Ib looked up at you with a small smile that you had to look closely to see it.
You walked into the hallway before you were startled as the claw popped out from the wall, you clutched your shirt where your heart at. You looked at both sides before your eyes widened slightly as you saw lots of dolls hanging on the ceiling.
You and Ib approached one of them before you flinched as one of them had the rope snapped and dropped to the ground. "They gotta stop this now." You muttered as you sighed with tension.
Ib went to the doll and inspected it before she noticed something on the doll's clothes. "(Y/N). I see something. Can you help me look?"
You crouched beside her as you also saw what she said. It has a small number on its clothes, it's an "𝟭𝟴" in green color.
"A number?" You then noticed the door not far from you both. But as you approached it, you noticed that it needed a password to enter. "Oh. So it needs a password."
"(Y/N)." Ib tugged on your dress as she recently remembered something. "There is a white painting that I want you to see. I forgot it for a moment."
"Thanks, Ib." You let her lead you to the painting. You stared at it for a moment, for everyone it might be just a plain white painting, but you noticed a small number in red said, "𝟵".
"18, 9. Gotta remember that." You mumbled under your breath before you realized that you hadn't checked the door yet. You went to the door as you read the sign nearby, "𝐋𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐬' 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦". You both entered the room to see six paintings of people in different colors of clothes. You went to check the text under them.
"𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐞, 𝐠𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝟑 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝟏 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫!" The green one said.
"𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐞, 𝐠𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟒 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝟐 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫!" The brown one said.
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡!" The yellow one said.
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡-𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧!" The blue one said.
"𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐞, 𝐠𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟐 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝟐 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫!" The white one said.
"𝐈 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰!" The one in red said.
You thought deeply with your finger on your chin. "Three paintings said the direction while the rest just agreed to them. Hmm... I think I know who's telling the truth."
[(Y/N) just unlocked god mode.]
You and Ib entered the room to see a single statue in the center of the room. You told Ib to stay back while you used your power to scan the floor.
You walked and stood at the front of the statue, you then went to the east 4 steps and went up north 2 steps. You noticed the loose tile at your feet so you pulled up the tile and saw the number on the back of it. It was the number "𝟰" in purple.
You grinned in victory as you could figure out with your intelligence. "Ib! See, I got the number!" You waved the tile to her, Ib smiled slightly as she nodded to you.
You then flinched from the sound outside the room, you quickly sprinted to Ib and pushed her behind you before you opened to see the brown painting got slashed multiple times while the others held the bloody knives in their hands.
"𝐋𝐢𝐚𝐫!" All five paintings said the same line.
You quickly got Ib out of the room to get some fresh air outside. You both headed to the door that held the password as you calculated the numbers you got before entering the password on it.
１８ ｘ ９ ＋ ４ ＝ ？
１ ６ ６
The sound of the door unlocked, you grinned as you turned the knob and entered to see the tree sculptures around the room. You approached the tree that had an apple on it, you plucked it out before you noticed it was a wooden apple. There was a painting named, "𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐞".
"How are we gonna get out? I thought this was an exit." You turned to Ib as she asked you. You looked at the apple in your hand before you quickly realized the lips from earlier.
"The lips..." You mumbled before you gently grabbed Ib's hand and pulled her to the lips. You stood in front of it as it mumbled quietly.
"Hungry... Give food... That food... Give to me..."
"Yes. You can have it." You said before throwing an apple into its mouth and it chewed loudly.
"This tasty... I let you both pass now... Go through my mouth..." The lips opened widely, fitting for both of you to go through.
After you entered, you saw the paintings of the guillotine slowly rising higher as you walked forward. As you walked past the sixth one, you quickly realized the blade coming down to crash on you both. You quickly pulled Ib by grabbing her shoulders and pulling her back to you, dodging it. You sighed in relief as you watched the blade rise again, revealing the crack in the ground.
You felt a tiny hand shaking your dress, you looked down to see Ib before you quickly realized that you were gripping her shoulders tightly. You quickly pulled your hands away before you rubbed the back of your head in embarrassment. "I'm sorry, Ib. That blade almost got to you."
"Thank you, Miss (Y/N)... for saving me." You heard Ib saying quietly, probably she was too shy to say it. You were stunned for a moment before you smiled gently and patted her hair.
"It's okay. It's my job to protect you until we get out of here. You stay close to me and I'll keep you safe." You then put your hand on her back before pushing her gently to the next area downstairs.