All Chapters of I Beat Horror With Feelings: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

9 Chapters

Chapter 1

[Welcome to 'The Promise' instance.][Starting players: 10; Remaining: 10.][Players can clear the game by collecting three S-Class items or higher.][Difficulty: S][Enjoy the game.]Standing outside the manor, surrounded by that cold, crushing atmosphere, I replayed the system announcement in my head, confused.Wasn't this supposed to be a romance game? Why was it giving survival horror?I wanted to call my manager, but once you entered the game, you were stuck until it ended.Forget it. I should make the most of this rare chance.I shoved the heavy gates open.Seriously, where did the game company blow the budget? The paint was still tacky. They couldn't even wait for it to dry before throwing people into beta.A stale, rotten smell hit me. I brushed a curtain of cobwebs off a branch and looked around, grinning.Stone walls. Dark slate roofs. Covered walkways, courtyards, bridges, narrow streams. The manor checked every box for a fancy estate.Too bad the whole place lo

Chapter 2

"Everyone, remember—pick a house and lock in your identity before sunset."That was Holly Wade. She said she'd played before and knew the rules.The other players had clearly done their homework too. Before she even finished talking, they were already rushing to grab their picks.Which left me with Ironhart Manor—the estate of the highest-ranking figure there, and the farthest away.Meanwhile, I was secretly hyped.Years of dodging haters and harassment had trained me without me realizing it. Long-distance? Sprints? I had stamina for days.Grinning, I grabbed General Ironhart's hand. "Then I'll listen to you. Let's go see your mom."[Is Naomi actually dumb, or is she pretending? Three people already died. Why isn't she scared?][I heard she just did a romance game endorsement. Wait...][This is insane. She's treating a horror game BOSS like her boyfriend? Forbidden romance arc?!][She'll be lucky if she makes it through the night.]General Ironhart and I walked side by side.

Chapter 3

I might not have a lot of fans, but I am a certified bad-luck magnet.The last person who tried forcing me into something ended up in prison.Not wanting to tank this old lady's future luck, I desperately searched for an excuse not to eat."Aveline's pregnant. Meat makes her sick."The old lady and I both blurted out, "What?!"General Ironhart calmly took my hand and stood up. "I'll make her something lighter."He gave his mother a small nod and led me away from the table."Wait, how am I pregnant? You literally just got back. Doesn't that make me look like I cheated?"I kept talking the whole way, trying to talk some sense into him, but he completely ignored me.He marched me straight into the bedroom.Tall candles flickered in the dim light. Faded wedding ribbons and garlands hung above the bed. The whole room looked like an old bridal suite that had been sitting untouched for years.[Ahhh! Is General Ironhart about to pull out his ultimate move?!][The last woman he brou

Chapter 4

Oh?So he got embarrassed by being complimented.By the time General Ironhart came back, I was already asleep. When I felt someone quietly staring at me from beside the bed, I cracked one eye open.He'd changed into a clean dark tunic. The wounds on his hand looked a lot better.So my husband was actually that handsome.That jawline. Those eyes. That brooding warrior look.Wow.Early the next morning, I'd barely woken up when the game notification chimed:[Congratulations. General Ironhart's favorability has risen to 60%.][Starting players: 10; Remaining: 4.]Two more gone?I frowned, confused.Beta tests were bound to be buggy. See? With a little patience, the visual glitches on General Ironhart and Mia were already fixed.I sat up and immediately spotted General Ironhart asleep on the floor. For a second, it felt weirdly peaceful, like we'd been married for years.At the sound of movement, his eyes flew open.I shivered.So this was killing intent?The second he rea

Chapter 5

Before I could even process it, a sharp scream ripped through the air. The next second, Mia's swollen, waterlogged body came charging in."You're not my mother! You're teaming up with that old hag to get rid of me! I'll kill you!"Her arms suddenly stretched out, growing thick and long as they wrapped tightly around my neck.[Now THIS is more like it! Drenndatter's finally acting like herself. Naomi's dead.][Can you chill? What do you even get if she dies?][My favorite star gets his career back, obviously! That bad-luck magnet deserves it!]Right on cue, the system alert rang in my ears like a death sentence:[Starting players: 10; Remaining: 2.]At the same time, I got a private message from Holly:[Let's team up and get out of here together!]Water gurgled in my ears. I struggled helplessly. My mouth and nose felt packed with water, and the suffocating feeling hit harder than ever.I squeezed my eyes shut and forced myself to focus. I pulled a light aqua dress from my in

Chapter 6

I couldn't see the livestream chat, but the second I stepped into The Gilded Lyre, I spotted a gorgeous guy.He was dressed head to toe in red, stretched across a couch in a dark corner. A wine jug rested in his hand as he took slow, lazy sips, humming softly while one arm moved along with the rhythm.The room was dim, but he looked like fire in human form. Every glance, every smile dragged your eyes right back to him.Oh my God.He was ridiculously pretty. Pretty enough to make gender stop mattering.Then I wasn't sure if my eyes were messing with me, but the wine in his jug suddenly turned blood-red and spilled over his hair and face.He slowly ran his tongue across his lips, looking completely satisfied.When he turned back around, the flesh on his face was burned black. His features were gone, leaving nothing but two empty eye sockets.The whiplash between gorgeous and nightmare fuel sent a chill through me. Every random thought instantly disappeared.He lifted his gaze an

Chapter 7

Oh.Right.Julian Vale.I remembered that once, before an early movie promotion, production had arranged for us to stay at a hotel overnight.Around ten, Julian showed up at my door shirtless and said he needed to talk about something important.Then he started getting way too close.Good thing I was stronger than I looked. I blocked the door and kicked him hard enough to send him right back out.A few days later, Julian got exposed for hiring a prostitute.She posted screenshots of their messages and blasted him for booking her, refusing to pay, and being terrible in bed.The hotel location matched the one we'd stayed at that night.He booked a sex worker and stiffed her.How exactly was that my fault?Julian's private life was a complete trainwreck. Everybody in the industry knew it. But publicly, he kept pushing this sweet, innocent hopeless-romantic image. The guy already had a kid and still claimed he'd never dated anyone, and people actually bought it."If you love J

Chapter 8

The system notification rang right on time when Holly was gone.Not long after, everything went quiet again.I looked at the general. His lips had gone a little pale, and I hurried over to steady him."Are you okay?"General Ironhart had gone back to his battle-worn appearance, but the bleeding had mostly stopped. Only dried wounds were left.He lifted a hand, telling me to check on Adonis first.I followed his gesture and saw Adonis curled up in a corner, completely still.A monster...Scared of fighting?I walked over and tapped his shoulder. "Hey? Adonis?"He turned around.The skin on his face had turned charred black, his features burned away completely.Staring at me with two empty sockets, he asked hoarsely, "Are you here to hurt me too?"For some reason, my chest suddenly tightened.His burned face was horrifying, but I wasn't scared at all.I gave him a small smile. "You didn't do anything wrong. Why would anyone hurt you?""Yeah... why would they..."Two stre

Chapter 9

If I didn't know who I was looking for, then I'd let him find me.So I went into showbiz.I put up with every insult and saw the ugliest sides of people, but the person I was waiting for never showed up.Until I got set up and accidentally ended up here...Only to find out Rowan had become the final BOSS of a horror game.He was never reborn.I don't know what Rowan went through. He forgot who he was, but somehow he never forgot my name.He'd been waiting for me.Rowan looked at me quietly, a faint smile on his lips, his eyes a little red. "I knew I'd see you again."I laughed and cried at the same time. I had a million things I wanted to say, but in the end, only one thing came out. "I'm sorry. I made you wait so long."He shook his head. "Seeing you again is enough for me."It was getting late, and most of his strength had returned.We walked side by side through the streets as they slowly came alive. For a second, it felt like we'd gone back to our old life.Rowan told

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