Weak in affinity talent? Female ghosts are eager to give hints.

"That's true..."

"You shouldn't have asked me..."

"Shouldn't you ask [Bell] himself?"

"Or perhaps, [Bell]... simply doesn't exist?!"

An Lan twisted the candle with her feet, and her expression gradually became more relaxed.

From the moment he heard the "Beast Prince" call him "Bell," he had already figured something out!

【Candle】!

To be precise, it refers to the flame of a candle!

[Candlelight] should allow people to see what they want to see!

That's why there's a little girl lighting a fire at the entrance to the castle!

Once the fire is lit, the "weirdos" will go upstairs in pairs to dance. Under the candlelight, the "Beast Prince" will not be able to see the true forms of the "weirdos"!

Or rather, in the candlelight, the strange man the Beast Prince saw was a nobleman.

And just now, [Bell] appeared, and she also gave herself a [candlelight].

An Lan couldn't understand it at the time!

Why would this lying dummy give itself this thing?

until...

When the "Beast Prince" called him "Bell," he suddenly realized!

That guy used the candlelight to make himself appear as Bell in the eyes of the Beast Prince, thus drawing the Beast Prince's firepower!

Then...this person kept emphasizing that the fifth floor was safe? They wanted him to go up to the fifth floor?

perhaps!

Was he trying to get her to seduce the "Beast Prince" to the "fifth floor"?

This is his design!

"What exactly is on the fifth floor?"

"What will the 'Beast Prince' gain by using me to take him to the fifth floor?"

"..."

Looking around calmly, An Lan knew that the guy was probably nearby, and couldn't help but quip, "I think I've figured it out..."

"You're not some doorman..."

"Are you the Little Match Girl?"

"Lighting a flame allows people to see beautiful dreams! That's her power!"

"However, to be precise, you're not even the Little Match Girl! You're just someone pretending to be her!"

"Let me guess, you're from the Energy Extraction Society?!"

"What...what exactly do you want to do?!"

An Lan's voice echoed continuously in the empty fourth floor.

pity...

The orange flames flickered, and there was no echo within the building.

"Bell! Bell!!!"

"Crocodile! Give me back [Bell]! Give it back to me!"

[The Beast Prince] didn't care what An Lan was babbling about. His fluffy fur gradually stood on end, his eyes became bloodshot again, and he exhaled hot breath!

"Hey! Hey! Hey!"

"What exactly do you want [Bell] to do?"

"Can the curse be lifted?"

An Lan continued to look around, her gaze finally settling on the descending staircase.

He was absolutely certain that the "fake Bell" was right here!

On the way to the fourth floor, I didn't encounter Bell. Since he had planned to lure the Beast Prince to the fifth floor, he would definitely be there to supervise, so it was impossible for him to go back to the third floor!

So he must have arrived on the fourth floor beforehand and been hiding somewhere!

Silently retreating to the stairwell, the [Beast Prince]'s lower limbs twisted rapidly, and he lay prostrate on the ground, completely transforming into an excessively robust male lion.

"Say it again..."

"Give me back Bell!!!"

"roar--!!!"

A lion's roar rang out, and the Beast Prince's limbs were slowly curling up, as if gathering strength, its eyes fixed on An Lan!

An Lan's expression changed, and her gaze gradually fell on the flickering candlelight on the wall.

"Hello!"

"Shall we make a deal?"

"how?"

"roar--"

"You dare to challenge me?!"

"I can help you find [Bell], but... you have to tell me why you want to find her?"

"I...I'm going to kill her! Kill her!!!"

"ha?!"

"Eat her! Once I eat her, I can perfectly control the power to transform my body!"

"ha?!!"

Upon hearing this, An Lan looked completely bewildered.

good good!

In the original story, the selfish prince was transformed into a normal person because of Belle's tears of love. In the current dark fairy tale, the prince remains selfish, so selfish that he wants to eat Belle and seize control of the witch's curse?

This fairy tale is a bit wild!

"Tell me! Tell me! Where is [Bell]?!"

"If you dare to lie to me..."

The "Beast Prince" approached An Lan step by step. An Lan shrugged and pointed to the candlelight throughout the fourth floor: "She's hiding in all of these candlelight!"

"Um?!"

"Are you kidding me?! Do you think I'm a three-year-old?!"

"I have no reason to lie to you!"

"Have you ever thought about why you're holding a candle? Since when did you need to act this way?"

"This...is—it's the fire I begged for from 'The Little Match Girl'...As long as there's a candle flame, no matter where I am, I can see what I want to see!"

"Oh?"

"So you're sure this is what you want to see, and not what others want you to see?"

"No! No!"

"I'm the one who took her in! She has no reason to harm me!"

"She's not herself anymore..."

"Fine! Explaining it to you is pointless. I'll just stand here and guard him to prevent him from escaping! Why don't you try putting out all the candles?"

"The Little Match Girl is very powerful, but she has a crucial problem: she needs to hold a flame to activate her ability... That's why she asked me to bring a candle up to the fifth floor..."

"You...you mean? She's here?! She turned herself into armor with fire?"

"It could also be a wall!"

Why would she do that?!

"Perhaps... you'll know once you find him..."

"..."

Hearing An Lan's words, the [Beast Prince] narrowed its eyes, hesitated for a moment, and then suddenly slapped a candlestick on the wall with its paw!

"Sizzle—"

The flames went out, and nothing unusual happened!

"Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!"

but!

Next, the "Beast Prince" decisively stood up, stomping his feet on the floor with a "thump-thump" sound, and extinguished all the candles on the fourth floor in a high-frequency manner!

until--

As the last candle went out, the fourth floor was plunged into darkness, and still no one appeared!

"Damn it..."

"Are you kidding me?!"

In the darkness, the Beast Prince's fierce gaze fell upon An Lan. An Lan frowned and muttered, "That doesn't make sense... The Little Match Girl needed a flame to see the beautiful scenery..."

"Now the fire is gone..."

"There's no way he wouldn't show up!"

"Damn it..."

"Could it be that that guy has some kind of [talented] ability?!"

All the possibilities flashed through my mind!

The only person An Lan could think of was Luo Sang.

He is 100% a member of the Energy Extraction Society!

In my first playthrough, no matter what I did, Rosang never appeared. In the end, the girl at the door slammed the door shut, causing her death. But in my second playthrough, after avoiding the danger, Rosang appeared!

He appeared holding a candle, unharmed on the dance floor, his human skin beginning to peel away. At that time, An Lan thought it was his innate ability, something like some kind of illusion?

But now it seems!

Let's make a bold guess: what if he's the owner of "The Little Match Girl"? He has fire in his hand, so he can show the other person whatever he wants at any time!

"wrong!"

"No, no, no!"

A clue vaguely caught in her mind, and An Lan's pupils dilated. "Back then... [The Beast Prince] said there was nothing unusual around... which means all the candlelight was concealing the [Strange Man's] face..."

"That Luo Sang, the candle in his hand, is he using it to conceal the strange man..."

"He himself has become a 'weirdo' again..."

"How did you do that?"

"His...his [talent] is illusion magic...illusion magic plus [The Little Match Girl]?!"

"If that's the case..."

"Suppose that Rossang is the possessor of the 'Little Match Girl' charm, and at the ball he first uses his 'talent' to transform into a monster, and then all the candlelight can cover the 'monster'..."

"That explains everything!"

"After that, all he has to do is transform into Bell and hand me the candle, and I'll transform into Bell because of the candle, attracting the Beast Prince to the fifth floor?"

"The reason we can't find anyone now... is because there's no firelight. Rosang's [talent] can also transform into other things, and he's still hiding on the [fourth floor], witnessing everything that's happening between him and the [Beast Prince]!"

"he..."

"Not panicking at all!!!"