The humid Green Lake is shrouded in mist.
Horropedia: That's right. This is where all the stories are leading to.
Going through the notebook in his hand, he nods with certainty.
Horropedia: Huh! Jack the Drowner, the monster crying under the water, and the bride sinking into a glistening "mirror" …
Horropedia: Here must be the center of all that happened. This is where the ghost stories we encountered at the campsite were created, and now they have led us here.
Horropedia: What we need to do next is find the clues hidden here and let the clues build our story!
Blonney: …
Horropedia: Hm? What's wrong, Blonney?
Blonney: When we arrived here, was there …
Blonney hesitantly raises her arm and points to the middle of the misty lake.
Blonney: Wa- ... was there a lighthouse?
Horropedia: Huh? Hmm.
Horropedia: I think it just showed up out of nowhere, like a ghostly figure appearing behind you.
Horropedia: A lighthouse in the lake ... A lighthouse ...
Tooth Fairy: Is "the lighthouse in the lake" also a classic element in horror stories?
Horropedia: Eh, well, not quite. But it can be a good place for horror stories.
Horropedia: In the middle of a huge, gloomy lake, a lighthouse stands there like the fang in a monster's mouth. You can't find any place better than this to hide a horrifying secret!
After observing the river bank for a while, Horropedia walks over and pulls a rope on the ground.
The boat on the other end of the rope is then pulled to his side.
Horropedia: And there's even a boat here!
Horropedia: You should know that a campsite horror movie couldn't exist without a little boat!
Blonney: Huh! You're just not afraid of being killed, are you?
Blonney gives a shiver, rubbing the goose bumps on her arms.
Blonney: What if it turns over? What if there's a lake monster? We might be putting ourselves into its mouth, like serving it a plate of dessert.
Horropedia: To be fair, it makes no difference whether we are on the shore or in the boat. We're just cakes in different plates to it—if it does exist.
Horropedia: If I were the lake monster, between the cake running away from me and the cake which willingly comes to me, I would give the latter one a better ending.
Blonney looks at the lighthouse and then turns toward her confident companion. At last, she relaxes and shrugs.
Blonney: Huh, alright. If I have to be eaten like a cake, I prefer to be the cake that has more control over its death.
Tooth Fairy: Get into the boat, then. Let's head to the lighthouse.
Horropedia: Huh, a normal lighthouse. Not even a bloody handprint is found here.
Horropedia: Well, I'll be damned!
Feeling disappointed, Horropedia stands straight and gives up being a "sneaky" adventurer.
Tooth Fairy: The reality is not as sensational as the stories.
Tooth Fairy: Just like the "permanent-teeth loss" can't rival the "latest and most frightening curse" for excitement.
Blonney: This is not just an ordinary place to me. I've never seen this before!
Blonney: I used to come here every day, reading novels by the lake. But I've never seen a lighthouse here.
Blonney: It just shows up like a ghost, followed by a series of mysterious, horrific events!
Blonney shivers in fear and stays close to Anne.
Sonetto: Timekeeper, please come and take a look at this.
Blonney: Aah, my! This is ...
Horropedia: The "man behind the scene" is much simpler than I thought.
Horropedia: Maybe he really is a child?
Horropedia: Like those evil kids in the movies. Despite their evil nature, they can only perform the evil deeds through simple means.
Horropedia: Are we really going to open it?
His arms folded, Horropedia walks half a circle around the box.
Vertin: We'll have to open it, according to the note.
Horropedia: I am saying, this is obviously a curse. A lighthouse, a strange lake, a fishing net, and a wooden box.
Horropedia: Rub it three times, blow and unveil it ... What comes out of it is definitely not a genie offering us three wishes.
Vertin: We have dealt with more curses in the past two hours than many people do in their entire life.
Vertin: If it is a curse, then it is a curse prepared for us.
That makes sense.
Horropedia thinks for a few seconds. He raises his eyebrows in approval and opens the box.
