Moonlit Night Castle/Dialogue

Overview
**Dialogue**

Dialogue for the event Moonlit Night Castle.

## Case Commission (Introduction)

The black cliff in the full-moon night,

Sea water reflects the vast milky way.

Roaring waves rush onto the silver-white beach,

Batters the rocks,

Shocks the souls.

A black castle perches on the cliff,

Dark rose's fragrance is everywhere,

Light dots rise in the room--

Who takes the sealed treasure,

And starts a search for the night phantom...

* (Nikki reads the letter and looks around)
* **Nikki:** Momo?
* **Momo:** Nikki, Kimi, look! I find a chest here. Could it be the treasure in the letter?
* (Momo reached out for the brass chest on the marble table)
* **Nikki:** Wait!
* **Kimi:** No! (In unison)
* **Momo:** You...
* (Kala... Kala... Kakakaka... Da...)
* **Nikki:** ...
* (The sound of some gear and spring passes over then it's a sound of something being locked)
* **Nikki:** ...

In the spacious hall of the ancient castle, melodious music floats in the air, people talk about the weather, sea wind, and night view over wine.

In the silent study, the pendulum clock keeps moving forward.

Behind the purple velvet door by the end of the corridor, friends are entranced by the stories under heavy dust...

After the sound of the machine stops, the black roses in the glass greenhouse spread wildly and block the moonlight from the elves...

Composed, brave detective, welcome to the night castle in the moonlight. Go to find the silver key to the castle's gate.

## Crime Scene

### Hall

* **Momo:** No! I don't want this chest or any treasures now.
* **Nikki:** It seems that we can only find out the key now.
* **Kimi:** Give it a think, we come to this place suddenly... Maybe it's destined that Momo will touch the chest.
* **Momo:** Destined... No!
* **Kimi:** Okay, it has happened. Momo, you hold the chest tight. Maybe someone else is looking for it too. After all, it keeps a treasure if the story is true.
* **Nikki:** Yes! There are many people in the castle. Now that it's locked, people must have known something about it.
* **Momo:** We cannot be too careful.
* **Kimi:** For the sake of safety, let's change into *inconspicuous clothes*.

### Bedroom

* **Kimi:** There are so many precious antiques in the bedroom. The master must be a fanatic fan of antiques.
* **Nikki:** Yeah... These photos. It looks like every banquet has a fixed theme.
* **Momo:** You mean there will be a theme for tonight?
* **Kimi:** Black Rose in Sacred Night theme?
* **Momo:** Eh...
* **Nikki:** Alright, Kimi, Momo didn't know this would happen...
* **Momo:** Yes! Cats are born to open chests!
* **Kimi:** ...
* **Nikki:** ...
* **Momo:** \*Cough. Let's recall people's dresses so that we can imitate them to join the banquet and avoid the caped guy.
* **Nikki:** ... Hmm.
* **Kimi:** So, no matter it's Cloud of Pigeon, people all wear *gorgeous dress*. Let's give it a try.

## Witness

### Debbie

* (The pendulum waved in a fixed pace and declares the coming of midnight with 12 strikes. Momo, leaning on the door with the chest in his hand, is looking at Nikki and Kimi sadly.)
* (Kala- The lock turns. Nikki drags Momo aside and looks at the door.)
* (\*Squeak-The door to the basement was opened from outside...)
* **??:** You are here.
* **Momo:** Debbie!!
* **Nikki:** Debbie? What's going on here?
* **Debbie:** Did you take the chest from the platform over there?
* **Kimi:** We saw a sealed letter and there is a black rose mark on it. When we opened it, we entered a white light and the next moment we were here.
* **Nikki:** It happened so fast that we could only get to read the letter after we came here.
* **Momo:** Is the treasure in the letter in this chest?
* **Debbie:** I see... Then it's true about the story of Night Castle...
* **Nikki:** Night Castle...
* **Debbie:** It's here. The basement we are now in should be the treasury of the Night Castle.
* **Kimi:** Are you sure?
* **Debbie:** I once read a book about the mysteries of Miraland and it's said that there is a black castle on the black cliff...
* **Debbie:** Every year in the summer full-moon night, a portal will be opened to invite destined guests here to find the treasure.
* **Momo:** Destined guest... Me?
* **Debbie:** ...If the destiny is to take the chest and activate the auto-lock mode of the castle...
* **Kimi:** Auto-lock? What's that? Is that related to the sound we heard?
* **Debbie:** Hmm, the story of moonlit Night Castle says the brass chest in the basement should not be moved.
* **Debbie:** Once it's moved, auto-lock mode will be activated and forbids people from going out and getting in.
* **Debbie:** Even the greenhouse on the south side is blocked from the light outside by the growing night roses.
* **Nikki:** What should we do then? Can we put the chest back?
* **Debbie:** Let me think what else was in the book...
* **Kimi:** I think that won't help.
* **Momo:** So are we trapped here!
* **Nikki:** Don't worry. There must be a way out. Debbie, please continue.
* **Debbie:** Kimi is right. Putting the chest back won't unlock the castle...
* **Debbie:** And the treasure in the letter should be related to this chest.
* **Debbie:** And I remember that the book says the clue of the treasure chest should be in this chest...
* **Debbie:** And to avoid people from taking the treasure away, taking the chest will activate the blockade.
* **Momo:** We are gonna die here!
* **Nikki:** Did the book mention any way to get out?
* **Debbie:** Yes, the key to unlocking the castle's blockade is in that brass chest.
* (The chest is sealed tightly by a metal lock. Kimi observes for a while but has no idea how to open it.)
* **Kimi:** It seems that if Debbie is right, then everything will be alright if we can open this chest.
* **Momo:** Maybe we can get the treasure of the castle too!
* **Nikki:** You are still thinking about treasure, Momo... We should try to leave here first. Debbie, do you have any clues?
* (Debbie shook her head, all serious.)
* **Kimi:** Debbie, how did you find us?
* **Debbie:** When the castle locked itself up, I was passing by this basement. I heard people talking so I came down to check it out.
* **Debbie:** I thought this door was locked but it turned out not.
* **Nikki:** Really? But we tried too and it was locked!
* **Kimi:** Eh... Probably because of the blockade mode that the door can only be opened from the outside.
* **Momo:** Debbie, you are our savior!
* **Nikki:** Yes, yes. Let's go to find the clues.
* **Debbie:** Yeah, there are many people up there. Let's ask around to see if they know something. Maybe the one who sent you the invitation is here too.
* **Nikki:** Alright, thank you!

### Joe

* (They walked out of the basement and upward on the stairs. What's before them is a magnificent classic style dining hall brightly illuminated by crystal lights.)
* (On the near side, the food on the table is still hot with fragrance. Someone sitting on the sofa with a glass of wine in the hand is looking at Nikki's way.)
* (Nikki found him too. Kimi seemed to be surprised but didn't say too much and followed up.)
* **Kimi:** Why are you here?
* **Joe:** Good evening, milady... I came here for the Moon Night Banquet with friends.
* **Kimi:** Moon Night Banquet?
* **Momo:** The food on the table looks delicious. Is there grilled fish?
* **Nikki:** Momo! Don't forget why we are here.
* **Joe:** It's my first time here too. It's said that the master here is holding a midsummer banquet.
* **Joe:** The invitations are randomly sent. My friend got one and every visitor can take a partner so I'm here.
* **Momo:** Random? The master of the castle is really wayward...
* **Joe:** This chest...
* **Nikki:** We found it in the basement and we are looking for the key to it.
* **Joe:** It's that story?
* **Nikki:** You knew it?
* **Joe:** (Shakes head) Not very clearly.
* **Joe:** But just now, I heard from my friend that we are trapped here and he talked about the treasure of Moonlit Night Castle. I didn't expect...
* **Kimi:** Hmm, we are trapped in the castle now. The treasure is one thing...
* **Kimi:** To open the chest and find the way out is what matters. If this chest keeps the clue to the castle's blockade...
* **Joe:** I agree, milady.
* **Momo:** ...
* **Nikki:** Mr. Joe, if you have been here from the beginning. Who do you think is the master of the castle?
* **Kimi:** I don't think the master is here. Now that someone designed such a complex trap, it won't be easy to find out the way to unlock it.
* **Nikki:** Maybe the clue is on some passerby... Do you think someone here can open the chest?
* **Joe:** Not sure. I talked to many people during the banquet, but most people came here for the first time too. And nobody seemed to have any clue when they knew the castle was locked...
* **Nikki:** You talked to many people?
* **Joe:** There were many interesting people at the banquet, so we talked, but...
* **Momo:** But what? Quick, quick. I feel I'm holding a time bomb instead of a treasure chest.
* **Joe:** There...
* (He looks upward at the second floor.)
* (One man, whose whole body but half of his face hidden in a black cape, lowers his head, exuding a mysterious aura just like the castle.)
* **Kimi:** Him?
* **Momo:** Isn't that Fantasy Envoy?
* **Joe:** A strange man... He was here when we arrived. But not on the stairs. He was sitting by the piano at the gate, watching people coming in.
* **Joe:** I would have thought he was the master here if there had been a smile on his face.
* **Momo:** Maybe the key is under his cape.
* **Nikki:** Eh... Maybe. Let's just ask others first.
* **Joe:** Oh, I remembered. Before he was looking at an oil painting above the fireplace. Very strange.
* **Kimi:** Ok, let's search around the fireplace. Maybe the answer is there.
* **Joe:** Milady, if you need my help...
* **Kimi:** It's okay. You should enjoy the banquet. We got this.

### Fu Su

* (Nikki came to the fireplace. The Pigeon classic oil painting is hanging there quietly. It's a picture of a girl in a gorgeous fluffy dress.)
* (Her face is covered by a fan of feathers and silk, but from her eyes, you can see she's smiling--She is very happy.)
* **??:** Isn't that Nikki?
* (A familiar sound came from behind. They turned around and found an old friend.)
* **Momo:** Fu Su? Nikki, I think he must be the master here.
* **Nikki:** Momo, come on. Kimi said just now that the master is probably not in the castle.
* **Fu Su:** You are looking for the master of the castle? That will be hard. I've been here many times and have not seen the master for a single time. What are you doing here?
* (Fu Su soon found the chest in Momo's embrace.)
* **Fu Su:** You found the treasure of the castle?
* **Nikki:** Eh... We have no idea if...
* **Kimi:** More exactly, we just took this chest and then we got trapped in this castle. Debbie said according to the books, we have to open this chest to unlock the castle.
* **Fu Su:** Really...
* **Nikki:** What?
* **Fu Su:** Actually, I was looking for the clue too. After all, nobody wants to be trapped here.
* **Fu Su:** Then I met a man in a black cape. He was standing just where you are, nagging something about taking the chest...
* (Momo subconsciously held the chest tighter, in wishing that his little cape can hide the chest better.)
* **Momo:** Sounds like a bad guy...
* **Nikki:** Fu Su, what else did you hear? Did he have a key?
* **Fu Su:** No, I heard he said that now that the chest had been found, there is no need to take the chest so fast. He would find the key first and then everything would be fixed.
* (Nikki looked up at the stairs again, but Fantasy Envoy was no longer there.)
* (She moved closer to Kimi, hiding Momo behind. She took another scan around but still gained no sight of Fantasy Envoy.)
* **Kimi:** It won't help to just hide Momo. We should try to find the key before others do.
* **Fu Su:** I think you should try your luck upstairs. There are lots of books and models in the study. Maybe the key is hidden in some neglected corner.
* **Nikki:** Hmm, you got a point! And we can avoid Fantasy Envoy too.
* **Momo:** Let's roll!

### Orlando

* (Nikki and Kimi lowered their bodies and took Momo to the second floor. There was one door at the far end. They forgot to ask where the study was.)
* (They looked at each other, and Momo gestured that Black Cape was coming... No time to hesitate! They knocked on the door before them and entered the unlocked room.)
* **Nikki:** They?
* ( On the table in the study are a model of a cruiser ship and various exquisite clocks. Ming buried herself in adorning the gadget in her hand.)
* (The window is sealed tightly. Moonlit City Mayor is lost in her thought by the window.)
* (Kimi turned around and found a man in the suit was reading a book.)
* (There is a black cat at his feet, swaying its tail every once in a while. Kimi dragged Nikki to him...)
* **Kimi:** Orlando?
* **Nikki:** Mr. Lancelot?
* (The man and cat raised their heads at the same time.)
* **Orlando:** Hey.
* **Momo:** Wait... I'm gonna put this down. It's so tiring to hold it all the time.
* (Mr. Lancelot jumped onto the brass chest, its green eyes curiously inspecting the pattern of the chest.)
* **Orlando:** What in it? Mr. Lancelot seems very interested.
* **Nikki:** We are nor sure. We found it in the basement. Our friends downstairs say it keeps the secret of the treasure of Night Castle.
* **Kimi:** But we just want to find the key so that we can leave here.
* **Momo:** Hey?! We are not taking the treasure with us?!
* **Nikki:** It's not a good time to talk about the treasure...
* **Orlando:** Hehe, the treasure of Night Castle. I got some clues too.
* (Orlando passed the book in his hand to Nikki.)
* **Nikki:** What's on it...
* **Orlando:** When the castle was sealed, I came to this room to figure out how to get out, then I found this notebook.
* **Orlando:** It records all the banquets held in the midsummer moonlit night, including all the details and comments of the guests.
* **Orlando:** But taking the chest in the basement and triggering castle's self-lock mode doesn't happen all the time...
* **Momo:** Hey hey, don't look at me that way. I didn't mean to.
* **Kimi:** Now that it's an event of low chance, it means it is 'destined' to happen as Debbie said.
* **Momo:** ...Alright, alright, it's my bad.
* **Orlando:** I guess you are looking for the key to open the chest, right?
* **Nikki:** Yes! Orlando, you got any clues? Did the notebook mention anything else?
* **Orlando:** There is not much about the key really. It could be hidden in a book, it could be hidden behind a painting.
* **Orlando:** Or it could be given to a friend by the master to find the destined one who triggers the trap.
* **Momo:** If it's kept by a friend, then he should be looking for us after the trap was triggered.
* **Nikki:** Debbie is the first person who found the situation of the basement. Obviously, she wanted us to unlock the seal, so if she has a key, she would have given it to us.
* **Orlando:** Wait a minute...
* (Orlando seems to think of something. He turned the book to a page.)
* **Orlando:** There is a description of Snow Corridor here. The master seems very interested in it.
* **Nikki:** (Reads out) Finally, the lord of Snow Corridor is gonna come. It's his first time to be in Moon Night Banquet. Will he love the surprise I prepared for him...
* **Kimi:** Who's this lord?
* (Mr. Lancelot takes the chest of stubbornly. He keeps scratching the lock with his paw.)
* **Orlando:** Could it be Louie? I saw him when the banquet started. We had a short talk and he said the master is his new friend and it's the first time for him to be here...
* **Nikki:** Louie is here?
* **Kimi:** Let's find him later. Maybe he has some clues.
* **Momo:** Let's go now!
* (Momo bent to take the chest on the ground, while Mr. Lancelot jumped off the chest and went directly to Mayor by the window.)

### Mayor of Moonlit City

* (Nikki realized that Mr. Lancelot might have found something and followed it to Mayor too.)
* **Moonlit City Mayor:** Nikki, Kimi, Momo?
* (Mayor seemed to be just waking up from a dream. The others have been talking for a while. What was she thinking of?)
* **Nikki:** It's good to see you again, Mayor.
* **Moonlit City Mayor:** Hey, what a little cute kitten!
* **Nikki:** This is Mr. Lancelot. He's with Mr. Orlando over there. Mayor, I see that you have been standing here for a while. What are you thinking of?
* **Moonlit City Mayor:** Hmm? Oh... I just thought the moonlight is so beautiful tonight but we could see nothing. It's such a pity.
* **Momo:** Moonlight? Where is the Moon?
* **Nikki:** This window... has blocked the view.
* **Moonlit City Mayor:** ... I have no idea. I was enjoying the view here, but suddenly the medal board came and covered the window completely.
* (Nikki looking at Momo and planned to tell her everything.)
* **Momo:** It's me. My fault. I should not take the chest.
* **Moonlit City Mayor:** Eh? What do you mean?
* **Nikki:** In fact, we received a letter and after we opened it we came to a basemant. We accidentally moved a chest then heard the sound of traps...
* **Nikki:** The others said the castle activated a self-lock mode and even the greenhouse has been blocked, so...
* **Moonlit City Mayor:** The chest triggered a trap.
* (She turned look at the Ming Shuiyuan by the desk.)
* **Moonlit City Mayor:** Talking about traps, you should ask Master Ming. It's her strenght. Maybe she could undo the trap.
* **Momo:** Mayor, are you worried to be trapped here?
* **Moonlit City Mayor:** A little, but I believe you can solve it.
* **Nikki:** Thank you for your trust, but...
* **Moonlit City Mayor:** I hope I can help you more, but I didn't come with Master Ming and it seems that it's not a good moment to bother her now...
* **Kimi:** Do you remember if she has contacted anyone else? Maybe we can ask her partners first.
* **Moonlit City Mayor:** Yes, it's General Yue Qianshuang. She and Master Ming, and Counselor Zhu, I think, came here together.
* **Moonlit City Mayor:** When the castle was sealed, General Yue and Counselor Zhu were looking for something and Master Ming was sitting there, fiddling with the models and clocks on the table.
* **Nikki:** Did they find anything?
* **Moonlit City Mayor:** I guess not. They then talked with Master Ming and went out. I think they went to the room by the end of the corridor.
* **Momo:** Should we ask Ming Shuiyuan now?
* **Kimi:** I think it's not a good time. Let's go ask Yue Qianshuang.
* **Nikki:** Hmm! Agreed.
* **Nikki:** Okay, Mayor, we'll leave then. Mr. Lancelot seems to be very fond of you. Please return it to Mr. Orlando over there later.
* **Moonlit City Mayor:** Surely I will. Cheers!

### Yue Qianshuang

* (Don don don-Nikki gently knocked the door by the end of the corridor and then it was opened.)
* (Zhu Ruosheng stood calmly and behind her was Yue Qianshuang with a broad smile.)
* **Yue Qianshuang:** It's you!
* **Nikki:** General Yue, Counselor Zhu, we are here to ask something.
* **Zhu Ruosheng:** Come in, let's talk inside.
* (Zhu Ruosheng gave way to them. In the center of the room was a big bed with silk drapery around. Looks like the bedroom of the master.)
* (There was a simple sofa with several books and albums on the tea table beside. Yue Qianshuang and Zhu Ruosheng must have been discussing things there.)
* **Nikki:** What are these?
* **Yue Qianshuang:** We saw these on the table after we entered here, so we took a look to see if they recorded anything useful.
* **Kimi:** You are looking for the clues too?
* **Zhu Ruosheng:** Yeah. Please excuse me for a while.
* **Yue Qianshuang:** Please sit.
* **Nikki:** Thanks.
* **Momo:** You are looking for the treasures in the Night Castle?
* **Yue Qianshuang:** Treasure? I came with Ruosheng and sister Ming. This retro-style banquet is kind of rare. It feels quite interesting.
* **Yue Qianshuang:** There was a sound of traps before and sister Ming said something was activated to seal the castle...
* **Yue Qianshuang:** Then we started looking for the way out. Sister Ming was studying some gadget traps in the study and Ruosheng and I went around to see if we could find anything.
* **Nikki:** Have you seen the master of the castle after you came?
* **Yue Qianshuang:** I don't think so... From the moment we arrived here till now, we didn't see any person like the master here.
* **Yue Qianshuang:** There are waiters at the door and the table, but they just said enjoy yourselves...
* **Momo:** I say, the master here is just too careless... Actually, I thought Ming Shuiyuan might know the master here. After all, they are all trap masters...
* **Kimi:** How do you know the master here knows traps? It could have been a commissioned job.
* **Yue Qianshuang:** No, just like us, sister Ming came here for the first time and had no idea who the master could be.
* **Nikki:** Eh... It seems we can only go on searching.

### Zhu Ruosheng

* (At the moment, the door of the bedroom opened and Zhu Ruosheng came in with a tray.)
* (There were several pieces of desserts and a kettle of Earl Grey Tea. She put the tray on the table and gestured them to enjoy.)
* **Zhu Ruosheng:** Where are we now?
* **Nikki:** Thank you.
* **Yue Qianshuang:** They asked about the master here, so I told them the things after we came here.
* **Nikki:** We are looking for the key to the chest. We planned to ask Ming Shuiyuan, but she seems to be very focused in the study so we came here to ask you.
* **Zhu Ruosheng:** I see... I'm afraid we cannot help much.
* **Momo:** ...I swear I will not be so rash next time.
* **Zhu Ruosheng:** What happened?
* **Nikki:** Eh... Actually... The castle was locked just because we took the chest.
* **Nikki:** We saw this chest in the basement. It's said that if you move it, a trap will be activated. So this is how things happened.
* **Zhu Ruosheng:** Oh... Chest in basement... I just heard people talking about the treasure of the Night Castle. Is it in this chest?
* **Momo:** If there are no other strange chests...
* **Yue Qianshuang:** Did you hear anything else?
* **Nikki:** Now we need to find the key, open this chest, find out the clue to get out of the catle. Did you find anything special downstairs?
* **Zhu Ruosheng:** Special? Let me think... Now everybody knows about the treasure and knows that they have to find the key to leave.
* **Zhu Ruosheng:** We don't know anything about the treasure, but we still actively look for the way to unlock the castle.
* **Nikki:** Hmm, so I think those who are not discussing these things are suspicious. They pretend to not care about it, but they actually hold the key.
* **Zhu Ruosheng:** Hmm, I guess you got a point... Hey! I saw someone who behaved as you said.
* **Nikki:** Who?
* **Zhu Ruosheng:** I actually don't know him. But when everyone is talking about the treasure, he was standing there quietly with eyes closed...
* **Zhu Ruosheng:** Even I joined the conversation, but he basically didn't care about it at all.
* Nikki: A tall man with silver hair?
* **Zhu Ruosheng:** Yeah, how did you know?
* **Nikki:** We had a guess in our heart previously and just needed a confirmation.
* **Momo:** It doesn't have to be Louie. Many handsome men are tall and have silver hair.
* **Nikki:** At least we know there is such a man and Louie is here in the castle... Let's go down to have a look. Maybe it's Louie.
* **Momo:** But... What if we encounter Fantasy Envoy?
* **Nikki:** Eh... Counselor Zhu, did you see a strange man in the cape when you get the desserts?
* **Zhu Ruosheng:** I didn't see such a person, but you can check out the greenhouse outside. The Louie you talked about should be there. I saw him walking that way when I returned.
* **Kimi:** Ok, let's go to Greenhouse. We can just watch out to avoid Fantasy Envoy.
* **Momo:** Okay!

### Ransa

* (The glass greenhouse that should have been lighted by moonlight is now fully covered with black rose thorns, so dense that all the light is blocked.)
* **Momo:** ... Hey, why don't they light up some candles here...
* **Nikki:** Nobody is working now. Counselor Zhu mentioned after the beginning, all the servants are gone.
* **Momo:** Does this self-lock mode make them disappear? This is horrible.
* **Kimi:** Maybe some doors were triggered to block them from the guests.
* **Nikki:** Kimi got a point. Now that we are here, we should keep moving.
* **??:** Why are you here?
* (In the dark glass greenhouse, candle lights finally emerged. Nikki turned to where the sound came from...)
* **Nikki:** Ransa?! Hello, I want to ask you something...
* (Momo put the chest down again. But this time, he hid it in the rose cluster.)
* **Ransa:** What is it?
* (Ransa pretended not to see Momo's moves. She walked toward Nikki and put the candle on the stone table beside Nikki.)
* **Nikki:** Actually, we are looking for Louie. You saw him?
* **Momo:** So directly?
* **Ransa:** Louie? Yes. He was here, but I went to find some candles so I have no idea if he is here or not now...
* **Ransa:** This greenhouse is quite big. Lord Chloris and Starlet are over there. Why don't you ask them?
* **Kimi:** Actually, it's not that urgent...
* **Ransa:** Did Momo put something in the cluster?
* **Momo:** How can you see in such darkness?
* **Ransa:** I'm just curious. I guess it won't happen to be the treasure.
* (Ransa stared at Momo. Momo couldn't help stepping back, as if to hide into the darkness.)
* **Momo:** Look at your evil face...
* **Nikki:** Ransa!! What do you know? What's the treasure?
* **Ransa:** I don't know why you are looking for Louie, but everyone is talking about the treasure of the castle.
* **Ransa:** A caped strange guy asked me if I saw a cat holding a chest... I think it's Momo.
* **Momo:** ...
* **Kimi:** ...
* **Nikki:** ...
* **Momo:** Cover me!
* **Ransa:** Hahahaha!!
* **Momo:** What are you laughing at?!
* **Ransa:** Looks like you found the legendary treasure. So, it's you who made the castle impossible to enter or leave.
* (Nikki and Kimi looked at each other.)
* **Ransa:** Alright, alright. I didn't say anything to the cape guy. After all, I had not seen you by then. Later, he went upstairs, so this greenhouse is safe for you.
* **Momo:** You are not coveting the treasure, are you?
* **Ransa:** Haha, it was a joke! Are you looking for Louie? Go inside to fing him.
* **Ransa:** And, aren't you looking for the key to the chest? Why don't you ask Starlet? I heard she was talking about some chest when she was divining...
* (Ransa took the chest out of the cluster and gave it to Momo and lit another candle for Nikki.)
* **Ransa:** Go. Starlet is divining now. You can talk to Chloris first.
* **Nikki:** Then excuse us.
* **Ransa:** Hmm.

### Chloris

* (Nikki, Kimi, and Momo walked to Chloris by the faint candlelight.)
* (Chloris didn't show any expression. He turned to say hello.)
* (And by the stone table aside, Starlet was using her tool to probe into something...)
* **Momo:** Can I put the chest here?
* (Chloris nodded.)
* (Momo put the chest on the table and leaned on it to rest.)
* **Chloris:** You got something to ask me?
* (Maybe the candlelight made the ambiance too intense. Chloris asked first.)
* **Kimi:** We just want to know if you happen to have the key to this chest.
* **Momo:** So direct!
* (Chloris looked at them and the chest on the table, then shook his head.)
* **Chloris:** I know nothing about the chest and key.
* **Nikki:** Then why you are here?
* **Chloris:** I'm trying to remove these vines.
* **Momo:** Eh?
* **Kimi:** Remove these vines?
* **Nikki:** But people said without the key to open the chest, the castle will be locked forever, including this greenhouse.
* (Chloris didn't answer. He lifted his hand.)
* (By what means they didn't know, at the top of the greenhouse, the dense rose thorns let out a small hole and gradually drew back...)
* **Nikki:** ...You know how to unlock the castle?
* **Chloris:** (Nods then shakes his head) Not me. It's she.
* **Kimi:** She? Starlet?
* (Chloris nodded.)
* **Chloris:** I thought you came for her.
* **Momo:** We came here to find Louie. Someone saw him here.
* **Chloris:** Louie? He's not here.
* **Nikki:** No, we came to look for the key...
* **Chloris:** I saw no keys here.
* **Nikki:** Eh... We wanted to find the master of this castle or a friend of him.
* **Kimi:** Louie told Orlando that he's a friend of the castle master, so I came here to find Louie. We hope he has the key.
* **Chloris:** I was invited by Starlet to look after the night rose here. I think she should know more than me.
* **Nikki:** Starlet is the master?
* **Chloris:** (Shakes head) No idea. But she said she was here very early to prepare for the Moon Night Banquet for the master.
* **Chloris:** Louie was here for the moonlight bath before the greenhouse was crawled with thorns.
* **Momo:** Moonlight bath... What kind of thing is that?
* **Chloris:** You can ask Starlet. She is divining about the 'location of the chest'.
* **Nikki:** Eh...
* (Chloris looked at the three, looking somewhat emotionless.)
* **Nikki:** Okay, we'll ask her then. Thank you.
* (Chloris nodded. The three took the chest and went to Starlet.)

## Suspect

Clue from **Debbie:** Momo removed the chest which triggered a trap so we must unlock the chest to lift the castle's blockade.

* **Fantasy Envoy:** Sealed treasure and blocked gate add a touch of mystery.
* **Ming Shuiyuan:** Let's work together! There must be a way out.
* **Louie:** Treasure? Key? He never mentioned...
* **Starlet:** I'm practising divination. Please leave me alone.

Clue from **Joe:** He is so weird, acting like an outsider to observe the people and things around.

* **Fantasy Envoy:** I just want to know whose styling is more dazzling.
* **Ming Shuiyuan:** Let's work together! There must be a way out.
* **Louie:** Treasure? Key? He never mentioned...
* **Starlet:** I'm practising divination. Please leave me alone.

Clue from **Fu Su:** Solely owning a key is useless. Owning both of the key and the chest really counts.

* **Fantasy Envoy:** The key will be mine. The chest will be mine. So will the treasure! *[Valid]*
* **Ming Shuiyuan:** Let's work together! There must be a way out.
* **Louie:** Treasure? Key? He never mentioned...
* **Starlet:** I'm practising divination. Please leave me alone.

Clue from **Orlando:** Louie was the Master's friend and the notebook said the Master would hand the key to his friend.

* **Fantasy Envoy:** I came here to look for interesting styling and compete with stylists.
* **Ming Shuiyuan:** Let's work together! There must be a way out.
* **Louie:** A new friend's invitation is hard to decline so I have to come.
* **Starlet:** I'm practising divination. Please leave me alone.

Clue from **Mayor of Moonlit City:** She is familiar with all kinds of traps. Maybe she has find a way to lift the blockade.

* **Fantasy Envoy:** I came here to look for interesting styling and compete with stylists.
* **Ming Shuiyuan:** This trap is complicated so it takes some time to figure it out.
* **Louie:** Treasure? Key? He never mentioned...
* **Starlet:** I'm practising divination. Please leave me alone.

Clue from **Yue Qianshuang:** Sister Ming also came here for the first time so she had no idea that the Castle has such a trap.

* **Fantasy Envoy:** I came here to look for interesting styling and compete with stylists.
* **Ming Shuiyuan:** If you can find the one who has the key, please find him quickly. *[Valid]*
* **Louie:** Treasure? Key? He never mentioned...
* **Starlet:** I'm practising divination. Please leave me alone.

Clue from **Zhu Ruosheng:** He was not invloved in any discussion or conversation and just walked to the greenhouse directly.

* **Fantasy Envoy:** I came here to look for interesting styling and compete with stylists.
* **Ming Shuiyuan:** Let's work together! There must be a way out.
* **Louie:** I could give up all just for the beautiful moonlight.
* **Starlet:** I'm practising divination. Please leave me alone.

Clue from **Ransa:** Before she practised divination, she seemed to refer to a chest that she was looking for.

* **Fantasy Envoy:** I came here to look for interesting styling and compete with stylists.
* **Ming Shuiyuan:** Let's work together! There must be a way out.
* **Louie:** Treasure? Key? He never mentioned...
* **Starlet:** But I have no idea where the chest is.

Clue from **Chloris:** Before she practised divination, she seemed to refer to a chest that she was looking for.

* **Fantasy Envoy:** I came here to look for interesting styling and compete with stylists.
* **Ming Shuiyuan:** Let's work together! There must be a way out.
* **Louie:** Treasure? Key? He never mentioned...
* **Starlet:** Chest, chest, chest, where are you? *[Valid]*

*Note:* Due to the constraints of the dialog box, some of the suspects' full dialogue could not be read.

## Criminal (Finale)

**Criminal: Starlet**

* (The three approached Starlet and found she was still focused on analyzing the result.)
* **Momo:** Kimi, you are too straight. Nikki, you ask her?
* (Nikki nodded and patted Starlet.)
* **Nikki:** Starlet...
* (Starlet rose her head. She looked very confused.)
* **Nikki:** Did you meet any trouble?
* **Starlet:** Nikki...
* **Starlet:** I'm looking for a chest. My friend told me there is a treasure in his castle and the lead is in a brass chest in the basement.
* **Starlet:** If the chest is taken away, then a self-lock mode will be activated.
* **Kimi:** ...
* **Nikki:** ...
* **Momo:** ...
* (Momo put the chest on the table before Starlet.)
* **Nikki:** I think... The chest you are looking for is here?
* **Starlet:** ???
* **Nikki:** We came to the basement when we received the invitation. Momo saw the chest and took it up then the trap was activated...
* **Kimi:** Debbie told us about the story of the Night Castle's treasure. We are not quite interested in it. We just want to leave here.
* **Kimi:** Nobody wants to get trapped in a strange place.
* **Starlet:** ...
* **Nikki:** So we came out, looking for the clues and the key... Chloris said you arranged the banquets. What's your relationship with the master?
* **Starlet:** Oh, he's a friend. I came here many times. I sat in the greenhouse, looked at the moon and stars, listened to sea water...
* **Momo:** So you are the friend of the master...
* **Starlet:** ...
* **Nikki:** We asked many people and they said the master had not appeared since the beginning. We suspected several people. Their indifference looks very suspicious.
* **Nikki:** We also found a master of machines. She was studying hard to solve the trap.
* **Kimi:** But we think to find the key holder is the fastest way to solve this.
* **Nikki:** So we are here.
* **Momo:** So do you have the key... to this chest?
* (Starlet took a look at the chest.)
* **Starlet:** I'm not sure if this is the chest I'm looking for, but I will give it a try.
* **Nikki:** Yes, please see if you can unlock it...
* (So Starlet fumbled and fumbled in her bag and after a while, took out a delicate brass key.)
* (She tried to open the chest.)
* (Kada- It's a clear sound of success.)
* **Momo:** Finally opened! What's in it!
* (Momo urged Starlet to open the chest. There was a timer and gilding black note.)
* **Kimi:** The countdown on the timer is 30 minutes.
* (Nikki takes the note and it says-)
* **Nikki:** Thanks for your participation. When the countdown ends, the castle will be unlocked automatically...
* **Kimi:** So... Is it a game?
* **Momo:** So there is no treasure at all? I feel I am fooled!
* **Starlet:** Eh... I didn't know it would end this way. I thought the story was true...
* **Nikki:** Eh... What a thrilling and surprising Easter Egg...
* **Momo:** My poor heart... I want to return to the hall. I need plenty of grilled fish to make up for my loss!