The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 12

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Episode 12

Incomprehensibly, his gaze sank wickedly.

“Was I not allowed to refuse?”

“…Of course not.”

He smiled at my answer as he always did.

“I was just curious why you refused.”

“I have my original work to do. I’m used to the work I did before serving meals, so I refused.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes.”

I couldn’t understand why I had to explain this part as if making excuses.

Rihardt didn’t ask anything more at my answer as if he understood, but something felt off, so I stood there blankly staring at him.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Because you’re handsome.”

At my soulless retort, Rihardt’s eyes widened.

“I hope I was able to please the maid’s eyes.”

Where on earth does he learn such smooth words?

With that face, when he curved his eyes so prettily, it was truly enchanting enough to make anyone dizzy.

I turned my head away from him and offered the meal.

What a harmful face, no matter when I look at it.

“Why won’t you look at me now?”

“Because you’re disgusting to look at.”

Rihardt let out a quiet laugh at my answer.

Really, this novel’s obsessive madman was an unpredictable person.

* * *

Emily was worried about Roji.

Recently, Roji had changed.

The Roji that Emily knew was prickly and somehow had a lethargic air about her…

Emily had known Roji since before entering this manor. She had a connection with her from long ago.

In the first place, she was the one who helped Roji get employed here.

‘I fed and raised her.’

That’s how well Emily knew Roji.

Though Roji’s change felt awkward, she didn’t dislike seeing her face full of vitality.

No, rather, she liked it.

To Emily, Roji was a precious existence.

‘More than that…’

Emily thought of Mari who had been dragged away.

This might be a bit dangerous.

Emily had seen what kind of eyes Mari looked at Roji with.

Eyes filled with venom.

From quite a lot of experience, Emily knew what kind of things people with such eyes would do.

‘This might be quite dangerous.’

Those are the eyes of someone who seems like they’ll cause trouble.

However, Emily’s prediction was right.

Mari found all the fruits she had hidden, secretly hid them in her pocket without being caught, and left the room.

* * *

This was absurd.

Mari was confined to her room – not quite confinement but confinement nonetheless – told to reflect on herself.

She bit her nails until her skin was exposed. Blood flowed but she didn’t care and kept chewing.

She was going crazy with anxiety.

Mari paced around the room for a while then stopped abruptly.

She would have to execute that ‘plan’ she had thought of before now.

That was the only way for her to survive.

She waited for time to pass. For dawn to come when no one would be around.

After what felt like an eternity, when everyone in the manor was asleep, Mari finally stood up.

The place she headed to was the underground chamber where the monster was.

The gatekeeper guarding the front of the underground chamber was crouched down, dozing off.

“Stop dozing and get up.”

“Mmm…?”

“I said get up…!”

When she kicked the dozing gatekeeper’s leg, he finally startled and raised his head.

The gatekeeper’s eyes sank darkly upon discovering Mari.

The gatekeeper had seen Mari a few times in passing.

So he knew that Mari was at the center of today’s incident.

“There’s something I need you to do.”

Is she crazy?

The gatekeeper blinked in surprise at the words the woman suddenly blurted out after appearing.

“…I don’t know what it is, but I refuse. Though I work in a place where few people come, my hearing isn’t dull.”

“…”

“Maid Mari, I heard you put something suspicious in the monster’s food in that room.”

“I didn’t put anything in it.”

“Either way, all the circumstances match up. Including the fact that the maid who serves that monster’s meals reported this to the butler, I know everything that happened today.”

Mari glared at the gatekeeper with sharp eyes.

He turned his head away to avoid that stinging gaze.

“Then would it be alright if I revealed the fact that you’re a spy?”

The gatekeeper’s face clearly contorted.

How on earth does she know that he’s a spy?

The gatekeeper was so surprised he couldn’t say anything. His head went numb and his fingertips grew cold.

“The person who knows about this…”

“Would you kill me if I said only I know?”

He didn’t know how she found out, but he had to deal with the woman who knew he was a spy.

Otherwise, he would be in danger.

However, Mari sneered as if reading the gatekeeper’s thoughts.

“Don’t even dream of it. Do you think I came here without taking any measures?”

The gatekeeper’s pupils shook greatly.

Seeing that, Mari felt relieved. Because there were no measures at all.

In fact, far from measures, it was just a gamble.

The fact that the gatekeeper was a spy was something she had learned purely by chance.

If she hadn’t secretly gone out at night to meet the kitchen maid, she wouldn’t have seen the gatekeeper making contact with outsiders.

“If you don’t want that fact exposed, cooperate with me.”

The gatekeeper agonized for a long time.

Right now, there were only two people in this place who knew he was a spy.

One was Mari, who was threatening him now… and the monster inside that room.

He didn’t know how that monster had figured out that he was a spy.

When the monster first whispered to the gatekeeper outside the room that he knew this fact, the gatekeeper lost his reason.

He lost his reason and committed violence against the monster. It was a naive thought that he could suppress him with fear.

Anyway, even if wounded, that monster’s recovery ability was incredibly high, so it would heal quickly.

However, no matter how much he beat him, the monster’s eyes remained arrogant, and in the end the Gatekeeper had no choice but to beg and plead for him to keep quiet.

That’s how he had to follow whatever the monster, Rihardt, ordered.

For instance, providing conveniences without getting caught, or supplying necessary information for his escape.

The Gatekeeper, who had been recalling unpleasant memories, finally opened his mouth at Mari’s urging gaze.

“…What do you want.”

Unfortunately, he couldn’t do anything about Mari before his eyes.

She wasn’t just any maid, but the daughter of a noble family who received all the Head Maid’s favor.

He had judged that killing her would make things troublesome.

“That’s right. The fruit in the food, I ordered it to be mixed in.”

It was a confession he didn’t want to hear.

Though it was an open secret, the moment she revealed that fact, the Gatekeeper had no choice but to cooperate with her.

He didn’t know if measures had really been taken as the woman said, but if that were true, it would be troublesome.

If the cornered woman reported his identity to the Marquis, his life would end at that moment.

“But I will find evidence that I’m innocent.”

“…How?”

“The Kitchen Maid is imprisoned, and I’m in self-reflection. But if fruit still goes into the food, it will prove that I’m not the culprit.”

“Don’t tell me you’re asking me to…”

Mari smiled and handed him a pouch containing fruit.

“There’s more than usual, so if you put it in the meal, the effect will appear immediately.”

“…”

“By the way, this is something Roji planned.”

She was telling him to make it look like Roji had planned it.

The Gatekeeper couldn’t give any answer and just took the bottle containing fruit that Mari handed him.

It meant he would comply.

He silently conveyed his apology to Roji, who had always greeted him with kind smiles.

He didn’t care what happened to that disgusting monster inside, but Roji was a lovely and fragile maid who needed to be protected.

However, the Gatekeeper had to do something harmful to Roji in order to survive.

‘I’m sorry.’

He repeatedly apologized toward Roji.

However.

They didn’t know that someone was listening to this conversation.

“Ah.”

Inside the dark room.

The man who had his eyes closed burst into soft laughter.

His beautiful voice, resembling that of an angel, was like a sacred hymn.

“Things are taking quite an interesting turn, maid.”

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