The Obsessive Male Lead Is Obsessed With Me! - Chapter 99

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Episode 99

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The time it took to return home from the temple was about an hour.

Despite it not being such a long time, I couldn’t help but feel anxious as I went up to my room.

“Uni! Where’s Lionel? Is he in my room?”

“Yes. He’s in the bedroom.”

“He didn’t run away, did he? You were watching him properly, right?”

“Yes. You don’t need to worry.”

Uni told me I didn’t need to worry, but I was worried. I had no choice but to be.

‘I thought surely not…!’

No matter how much the Empress had ordered him to devote himself to the temple, I thought Lionel would refuse that command.

Naturally, I thought he would come to see me or be waiting for me.

But to think he would so obediently try to devote himself to the temple.

If the northern knights hadn’t stopped him, he might have already entered the temple and even received baptism.

Even though he couldn’t possibly not know that would automatically nullify our engagement!

“Lionel von Altehaide!”

I kicked open the closed door with a bang! and rushed toward Lionel, still fuming with anger.

“What were you doing by yourself? You weren’t thinking of escaping, were you?”

I immediately checked the handcuffs tied to Lionel’s hands.

Fortunately, there were no signs that he had tried to break free by force. So he at least didn’t intend to escape from here to devote himself to the temple, I thought with relief.

“If you were worried about that, why didn’t you tie my legs too?”

No, but this guy! Is that really what you should be saying to me right now?

“Uni! Bring another pair of handcuffs!”

Fine, if that’s what you want, I’ll tie up both your legs too!

I put shackles on Lionel’s ankles as well. Then, after seating him on the long sofa since he couldn’t stand properly due to difficulty balancing, I placed one hand on the backrest behind his shoulder. It was the so-called wall slam.

“Try answering me. Were you really planning to devote yourself to the temple?”

Was my blazing gaze burdensome? Lionel avoided my eyes and lowered his gaze slightly.

“…Because I received such an order.”

“You do everything if it’s an order? Ha!”

Fine. Let me see just how much of a good son you can be.

“Wait here for a bit. You’ll receive a different order.”

“What…?”

“Duke Consort. You’re not going to become a clergyman, but my husband.”

“Duke Consort?”

Lionel looked puzzled.

“When did I become a duke?”

Are you curious about that at a time like this?

“Just a moment ago. From when I ran out of the Imperial Palace. Why do you think I became a duke?”

“…Why?”

“Why do you think?”

I need to clearly inform this man who only knows obedience and doesn’t know the letter ‘r’ in rebellion.

“Because that’s the only way I can keep the brilliant Prince by my side.”

“…”

As if he hadn’t expected me to say such a thing at all, ripples formed over his eyes.

My face reflected in his wavering eyes. I spoke clearly so it would be deeply embedded in his mind, so he wouldn’t dare think of going anywhere else.

“Listen carefully. From now on, your place is by my side. Do you understand what I’m saying?”

“…”

“Why aren’t you saying anything? You’re not thinking something else, are you?”

“How could I… dare.”

Fortunately, Lionel acted quite obediently even in front of me.

No, wait. I couldn’t be sure. He might be pretending to obediently listen to me on the surface while secretly planning to escape!

“Whether it’s the temple or anywhere else, I’ll catch you and bring you back, so don’t even dream of running away. Do you understand me?”

“…I understand.”

Ha, he really answers well, but it’s hard to believe him.

‘Let’s put him to sleep first. Sleep first, then think.’

I covered Lionel’s eyes with my palm. Then I realized something.

‘I don’t have any mana right now!’

“Give me some mana.”

Lionel obediently gave me his mana. I used that mana to cast a sleep spell on Lionel.

A moment later. When I removed the hand covering his eyes, I could see his eyelids tightly closed.

“Are you asleep? …You’re not pretending to sleep, are you?”

Since he didn’t open his eyes even when I poked his cheeks, he really seemed to be asleep.

Lionel’s face as he slept deeply as if unconscious was as innocent as a baby’s. The tension in my body suddenly released.

‘This man really… How does he plan to navigate this harsh world being so gentle?’

This won’t do. This man is too kind and gentle to even dream of rebellion, so I have no choice but to cherish and raise him like a flower in a greenhouse.

‘What do I do now?’

When my parents return, I’ll have to discuss it with them. Thinking I should rest a little until then, I also closed my eyes beside Lionel.

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Due to his naturally abundant mana, Lionel had strong magic resistance. Therefore, he woke up early for someone under a sleep spell, in the middle of the night.

“Mmm…”

Moonlight streaming through the window softly illuminated the face of the woman sleeping beside him.

Even in her disheveled state, she was truly beautiful. Like a dream.

The cold touch of the clinking handcuffs told him this was reality. Therefore, Lionel was very grateful for the existence of the handcuffs.

After briefly getting up to send Fry a signal to abort the operation, Lionel lay back down on the bed.

Then he moved his handcuffed hands behind Cecilia’s back and trapped her in his arms. The handcuffs that bound his hands could conversely be used as strong chains to keep someone by his side.

In that position, he slowly savored the words Cecilia had said.

“Listen carefully. From now on, your place is by my side. Do you understand what I’m saying?”

“Whether it’s the temple or anywhere else, I’ll catch you and bring you back, so don’t even dream of running away. Do you understand me?”

Even if it meant tying his hands and feet tightly. Even if it meant forcing him to stay by her side so he couldn’t go anywhere.

What Lionel felt when he heard those words was comfort. It was relief that he finally felt like he could live.

Yes, thinking about it.

Whether he started a rebellion to kill the Emperor, or locked her away somewhere only he could see her. No matter how he obtained her, he would have lived in anxiety until the day he died.

Whether it was family, friends, or the only duty that had been given to him. It was a life spent being robbed his entire life.

But if he became hers, wherever he was abandoned, she would immediately run to him and reclaim him.

Just like today.

That obvious fact resolved all the deficiency and anxiety that had consumed Lionel his entire life.

For his entire life, until the day he died.

Her smile, her warmth, her tears. Everything would be his alone.

“When we meet again in the capital, I’ll definitely hug you and say you worked hard.”

“Yes. I will too.”

“No, no. When I give you a hug, you have to give me a deep kiss.”

Lionel carefully kissed the lips of the deeply sleeping Cecilia.

Her breath settled on his trembling lips. A warmth incomparably more overwhelming than when he held a small blue bird in his hands permeated his entire body.

Soft breathing. Thump thump.

The breathing and pulse that told him she was alive couldn’t have been more lovely. Therefore, Lionel had a new goal.

So he could belong to her for his entire life, he would eliminate in any way possible those who tried to break the cage she had prepared for him.

‘My master.’

This dedication to her was, for him, his final act of obedience.

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