Chapter 132
[Wait, wait! What just happened?]
[If I understand correctly, from the moment they entered Worsey Castle, they entered the world within the painting. As they continue, their memories will be assimilated and they’ll completely become people inside the painting.]
[…And then, like the “father” the little girl mentioned, they’ll be repeatedly skinned and bled, used up and restored over and over in the painting, becoming paper and paint?]
[Given the background of the Cursed Painting, it was created by the artist using his wife and daughter. There’s reason to suspect that the more people sealed inside the painting, the more powerful it becomes. The apparent skinning and bleeding is actually repeatedly draining the souls of those trapped inside, strengthening the curse’s power.]
[Hiss—So you’re saying their fate was sealed from the moment they entered the castle.]
[The Cursed Painting must have some strange power to cloud perception. The longer they stay in the painting, the easier they are to assimilate. That’s why they forgot their true origins and thought of themselves as adventurers seeking shelter. I suspect if they waited longer, they would be assimilated even deeper, perhaps even thinking themselves the castle owner’s siblings, settling in permanently…]
[There are so many experts in the comments section speaking so eloquently, while I’ve been watching from start to finish just screaming for help. Is this the difference in intelligence between people? Or did humans evolve quietly again without me knowing? Wuwuwuwu!]
[Although I don’t quite understand, it seems to make sense.]
[So, what’s the current situation?]