"Next, let's discuss how to find the secret room," Cloaked Man said, bringing up another topic. "This castle is so big that if we search every part of it again, it'll be completely dark by the time we're done. I looked around on the way here. There's no electricity, so even with candles, visibility won't be very good at night."
After a pause, he continued, "I think there are certain patterns we can follow when looking for a secret room. Let's start with the places most likely to have one. We might find the Princess before we have to turn the whole castle upside down again."
"You're right." Earring Woman, who had barely spoken, finally spoke up. "On TV, secret rooms are usually in bathrooms, master bedrooms, or studies. Other rooms rarely have them. At least, I don't think the other bedrooms would have any, especially guest rooms. It wouldn't be good for the castle's owner if a guest stumbled across a secret room."
Zhao Xun raised his eyebrows slightly.
Now that they were discussing how to find the Princess, Earring Woman was finally showing some enthusiasm.
"I think Earring Woman has a point," the taciturn Cowboy said slowly. "I suggest we search the study first. In a castle this big, a secret room in the study would be perfectly normal."
This time, before Cloaked Man could speak, the others raised their hands in agreement.
And so, after resting for half an hour, they headed to the study together.
The castle's study was enormous. Rather than a study, it was more like a small library.
It was three times the size of the study Zhao Xun had seen in the Duke's Manor during the previous game.
Just finding a possible mechanism for a secret room here would probably take several