After obtaining the gesture, the player left Bernahl, passed through the corridor, and arrived at a fireplace.
Standing before the fireplace, the player opened the gesture menu and selected [Show Off Doll].
The Tarnished raised the Melina Doll in their hands high overhead, as though showing it to someone.
The fireplace's mechanism activated instantly, and it slowly moved aside, revealing a deep, dark passage beneath it.
The player followed the passage down.
An iron door stood at the end. It was unlocked and opened with a gentle push.
The room was full of dolls of every description. All those Melinas' eyes stared eerily at the player, almost triggering their trypophobia... no, perhaps it was more like the uncanny valley?
They were arranged neatly in glass cabinets, each with its own designated place. Some wore casual clothes, simple and understated; some wore formal dresses, magnificent and dignified; others wore bridesmaid dresses, light and flowing.
From casual clothes to formal dresses, from traveling outfits to evening gowns, every doll's face was meticulously sculpted, clearly the work of a master.
Strangely, there were no other outfits to be seen.
Like the maid outfit the player had been longing for... from what the player knew of Sellen, if she had even made bridesmaid dresses, surely she should have made maid outfits too.
And Messmer had bought up every last doll. Surely that particular kind couldn't be the only one missing.
The player glanced at the fireplace beside them.
Hiss... Messmer wouldn't burn dolls, would he?
The player looked away and approached the table in the middle of the room. A purple point of light rested on it-the objective of this trip.
Obtained [Messmer's Serpent Shed Skin].
The player teleported to the Volcano Outskirts and, after a brief search, arrived at the entrance to Volcano