The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 13

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Episode 13

She wasn’t here. However, Rihardt spoke as if she were right beside him.

Thanks to Rihardt’s keen senses as a transcendent, he could overhear the conversation between Mari and the gatekeeper outside.

“…What should we do.”

He did want to see the maid who served his meals get flustered when faced with a difficult situation.

Though he didn’t particularly want to tell her.

“I did receive help, so maybe I should let her know….”

Either choice would be quite entertaining.

Rihardt waited for his maid to come looking for him when dawn broke.

* * *

Was the Head Chef actually someone who took good care of others, contrary to his grumbling attitude?

He’d been providing desserts for the past few days, but after I reported the kitchen maid’s problem, the quality of the desserts became markedly different from before.

The taste was one thing, but the quantity….

A two-tier cake… When am I supposed to finish all this.

“If you don’t want to eat it, then don’t.”

Despite his cold tone, he pushed the two-tier cake toward me.

“…Thank you. I’ll enjoy it.”

Why is he suddenly acting like this.

I don’t know. Good things are good things.

Putting a two-tier cake on a tray was impossible.

I used a trolley to carry Rihardt’s meal and the cake given to me, then headed to Rihardt’s Room.

But there was a neatly dressed male servant I’d never seen before standing in the basement.

I gave the gatekeeper a look. Who’s that guy?

The gatekeeper shook his head as if he didn’t know.

“Roji! I heard you’re serving meals to that monster.”

Ah, so he knows Roji?

“…Yes, so what?”

“Isn’t it hard?”

The servant sent me a burdensome look and stroked the back of my hand gripping the trolley.

When I quickly pulled my hand away from the unpleasant sensation, the man’s eyebrows shot up.

“Hard? It’s just bringing meals, that’s all.”

What kind of relationship did this man have with Roji.

Judging by how casually he made physical contact….

Either they were lovers, or he was an unpleasant person who bothered her with unwanted advances.

It had to be one of the two.

The important thing was that even if this man had been Roji’s lover, to me right now he was just an unpleasant person.

“If it’s hard, you can talk to me anytime.”

“Talk to you about what?”

“Huh?”

“If I talk to you, will you take over the meal duty for me?”

I smiled brightly as if I was ready to hand over the trolley at any moment.

Then the servant who had been talking like he’d do anything for me let out an awkward laugh, apparently not liking that particular suggestion.

It was natural since Rihardt was known here as a monster who bewitched people and harmed them cruelly.

Rumors are really funny. To believe so easily without even seeing for themselves.

“If you’re not going to take over, then I’ll be going in now. I need to bring a meal to the person inside.”

“Wait, Roji. What are you talking about.”

“…Was bringing food as the meal attendant somehow wrong?”

“No. That’s not it, but why do you refer to that monster like that?”

I’m certain.

The servant before me was the type I didn’t have good feelings about.

If she had dated this man, then Roji had poor judgment, and if the man had been the one bothering her with unwanted attention, then she was a pitiful person.

“Then how should I refer to him?”

“You call a monster a monster, what else would you call it.”

“Then what do you call people or animals that have names?”

“Huh?”

“You call them by their names. It would be strange to call a person ‘hey person’ or an animal ‘hey animal,’ right? But I don’t know his name, so I referred to him as the person inside. What’s wrong with that?”

“…No, Roji. What I mean is.”

I knew very well what the man wanted to say, but I didn’t want to go along with it.

That’s why I responded as if playing along with a joke.

“Then I’ll be going now. I need to bring him his food.”

“Uh, yeah….”

I didn’t even glance at the man as I opened Rihardt’s door and went inside.

Rihardt stared at me blankly, then slowly opened his mouth.

“Maid.”

“Yes?”

“So in your opinion, am I a monster?”

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Was that maid a demon worshipper?

This was the problem Rihardt had been pondering lately.

One day, a maid appeared before him claiming to be his meal attendant.

With her appearance, various variables began affecting his life.

She would coldly push him away when he tried to approach, yet she diligently looked after his convenience.

Rihardt couldn’t understand such behavior.

He could have dismissed that part as someone with a soft nature, but then he overheard the gatekeeper’s story.

‘That maid personally went after the person who put something strange in the food?’

Why did she go that far?

Rihardt couldn’t understand.

After thinking carefully from her perspective, he reached one conclusion.

If harm came to him, she would also face unpleasant consequences.

It was such a simple conclusion, why had he thought about it for so long.

‘But is she really just an ordinary maid.’

The fragrance from her body. He thought carefully about it.

That mere fragrance suppressed the pain he felt as a transcendent, and even pressed down his emotions when he felt intense murderous intent after taking medicine.

He found it very disturbing.

While it was true that he felt more comfortable thanks to her, he didn’t like the fact that someone was affecting his body.

That maid was a very exceptional existence.

Therefore, Rihardt made a decision.

During the time that maid served as his meal attendant, he had recovered his strength, making it easier to formulate an escape plan.

So he decided. When he escaped, he would take that maid with him, by force if necessary.

For now, she had a positive effect on his body, so he judged there would be no harm in keeping her by his side.

If Roji knew, she would be shocked enough to faint and jump up.

She would probably scream about where her free will had gone, but that was outside Rihardt’s concern.

Then a sweet fragrance wafted to his nose. At the same time….

“Did Roji really say she wanted to see me?”

A new voice was heard from outside the room.

“This is a secret, so keep your mouth shut.”

The gatekeeper made a “shh” sound as if telling him to be quiet.

At this, Rihardt snorted. If he ever got out of this place, he had no intention of leaving those two alone either.

“Roji!”

As Roji approached, an unpleasant voice called her name warmly.

Rihardt quietly called out the name the man had spoken.

It was a meaningless act, considering it was a name he would forget soon anyway.

“I heard you’re on meal duty for that monster.”

The words that followed were truly ridiculous.

Roji looked uncomfortable every time the man spoke, and incomprehensibly, this fact brought Rihardt a strange satisfaction.

“If it gets tough, tell me.”

What an absurd thing to say. What could someone like him possibly do?

“If I tell you, will you take over the meal duty for me?”

However, her following words made sense, but Rihardt felt strange that she seemed ready to hand over serving his meals at any time.

Why?

Because his body would start hurting again if she wasn’t there?

But contrary to his worries, the maid would serve him for the remaining period.

Strangely, that thought brought him relief.

“What do you call people or animals that have names?”

“Huh?”

“You call them by their names. It would be strange to call a person ‘hey person’ or an animal ‘hey animal,’ right?”

Rihardt was swept by a peculiar emotion at the words the maid casually spoke without difficulty.

Ah. His maid was indeed delightful.

Soon the maid entered. So he impulsively asked.

“Maid.”

“Yes?”

“So in your opinion, am I a monster?”

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