The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 145

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Episode 145

【Amazing. This is almost the first time the curse hasn’t… worsened, isn’t it?】

After bringing Roji into the manor, he called in the priest who was the only one who knew about his curse.

Arzen received periodic examinations from the priest.

【Have there been any changes?】

Changes?

Nothing had changed except for bringing Roji into the manor.

So she really was connected to resolving the curse somehow.

‘What exactly is Roji?’

The oracle said that a transcendent being would be able to resolve his curse.

But rather than being a transcendent being, Roji had such a frail body that looked like it would collapse at any moment, making her the subject of Arzen’s anxious gaze as he worried about what might happen to her.

To him, Roji was an irritating existence.

At the same time, she was an existence that constantly brought about variables.

‘Would it be better to remove her from my side?’

She was a woman he kept close because of the curse, but as he became entangled in personal emotions, his reason suggested a different choice.

It was dangerous.

Just as those feelings were intensifying, Arzen came to see Roji’s letter.

And he made his decision.

A dangerous existence, one he knew was dangerous but had tolerated, was trying to flee from his side.

If that was the case…

Arzen locked the door.

* * *

Click.

The sound of the door locking reached me bewilderingly. I stared up at Arzen in a daze.

“…This is a joke, right?”

“It must have seemed like a joke to you. How unfortunate.”

This kind of behavior is serious right now?

“Why are you suddenly acting like this? What do you mean by breach of contract?”

I moved my feet to leave the room, but seeing Arzen blocking the door made me want to step back instinctively.

However, I stubbornly stepped forward and pushed him.

“Move aside. I’m going out.”

“Do you think I’ll let you leave?”

“Don’t do this. We’ve been getting along well all this time.”

“I thought so too. Without knowing you were thinking something else behind my back.”

Arzen smiled bitterly and unfolded a letter before my eyes.

“What is this?”

“That’s…!”

It was the letter I had told the maid to throw away.

“Why is this in your hands…”

“You’re wrong, Roji. That’s not what you should be saying right now. You should at least make an excuse.”

An excuse?

What did I have to say to him?

[P.S. I want to be with you soon. I’m only looking forward to your promise to abandon the Count and come to me.

If you had come to me earlier, I would have nursed you.]

Damn Rihardt.

He’s not helpful at all.

After checking the letter’s contents, I could only chew on my innocent lips.

“So this is…”

“So this is. What’s next.”

What expression would Rihardt make if he saw this situation?

He would probably be pleased to see the trust between Arzen and me crack.

Taking it further, he might have even written the letter with that intention.

“…It’s a misunderstanding. I don’t know why this guy wrote the letter this way either. And you know he’s not trustworthy to begin with.”

“That’s right.”

“But isn’t it too early to jump to conclusions about everything based on just one letter?”

“Then why did you go to the temple?”

The green eyes that had already begun to suspect me weren’t swayed by my excuses.

“I went to make it clear. To tell him not to send letters or gifts like this anymore.”

“Really?”

“Yes, Count. Why would I betray you in the first place…”

“Roji.”

Arzen interrupted me and called my name.

A bitter smile formed on his lips.

“Do you think I’d fall for such words?”

“…Are you trusting that man over me right now?”

“How strange. Why can’t I believe what you’re saying?”

Strength entered my clenched fists. Arzen absolutely refused to trust me.

It was unfair. I really had never betrayed him.

Of course, I had constantly weighed which of the two, Rihardt or Arzen, would be more beneficial…

‘I didn’t betray him.’

Does having the kind of concerns any human would have make it a sin?

“So you’re going to keep me locked up like this?”

“That’s right.”

“This is ridiculous!”

“If you hadn’t tried to betray me, it wouldn’t have come to this.”

You bastard, I said no! Why won’t you believe me!

No matter how much I shouted, it didn’t reach Arzen.

Since I’d been involved with Rihardt more than once or twice, it might be natural for Arzen to harbor such suspicions.

But to lock someone up?

I had that thought, but wasn’t this the same guy who had locked up Rihardt a few years ago?

‘What was I thinking, trusting and making a deal with this guy?’

Both this bastard and that bastard are completely insane.

“…You said you’d let me meet the Benefactor.”

“I’ll keep that promise. But since you betrayed me first, you’ll have to stay put for a while.”

“What about the festival event? Let me go to that too.”

“That’s not happening.”

“Why…!”

“I only need to keep the promise to let you meet the Benefactor, right, Roji?”

So he really intends to confine me here.

“Don’t worry. I don’t plan to keep you locked up forever.”

“…How long are you planning to keep me locked up?”

“Well. Let’s say until I kill the Paladin Commander.”

“Are you in your right mind right now…?”

I don’t know if Arzen is serious, but who could possibly kill a transcendent being.

Even if he succeeded, it might take years, maybe even decades.

“Are you planning to work me to death now?”

“You’re a necessary existence to me, so there’s no way I’d do that, Roji.”

He gave an unsuitable bright smile and left the room just like that.

“Damn bastard!”

I fumed and gritted my teeth in the room left alone, but nothing would change from this.

“Do you think I’ll just stay trapped here?”

I absolutely had to go to the festival banquet.

The princess saying to come to the festival banquet if I wanted to meet the benefactor.

The mysterious letter that arrived in Herthas.

And even what happened to Michelle.

Saying all these events are related might be a big leap.

However, the instincts I’ve accumulated throughout my life are screaming.

“That young lady…”

Then a maid who entered the room cautiously called out to me.

I remembered.

A way to escape from this room.

I looked at the maid and smiled brightly.

“Your name was Teri, right?”

“…You know me?”

It’s fortunate that I’m the type to observe and remember people around me well.

“I heard you have a sick mother. Right?”

* * *

Nearly a week had passed since confining Roji.

And now, it was the day of the festival.

Before leaving the manor, Arzen headed to her room to meet Roji.

During this time, Arzen had consistently visited Roji and as expected, didn’t hear very pleasant words.

【Son of a bitch.】

【Bad bastard.】

Perhaps realizing that he wouldn’t do anything to her even with harsh words, the level of her language became increasingly severe.

What was strange was that he found that appearance cute.

He was definitely completely insane.

【Let me out, please.】

Roji, who had been angry, soon bent her spirit and pleaded as well.

At such times, Arzen would fidget with Roji’s fingers while pondering.

He too felt like he didn’t know what he was doing here.

It was always like this.

Thinking about it, from when Roji worked as a maid in his manor, Arzen had shown uncharacteristic tolerance.

Was that simply the behavior of a magnanimous master?

And now, was he confining her simply because she was a necessary existence?

Questions kept chasing after each other endlessly.

Would she be angry again today, or would she plead.

He was curious about what appearance she would greet him with. He thought himself insane for being like this.

However, what Arzen faced was…

“Fire!”

Roji’s room engulfed in flames.

“Damn it. Roji!”

“Count! You mustn’t go in! It’s dangerous…!”

Arzen ignored the servants’ urgent cries and rushed into the room.

Without even realizing he had called her by a different name than Camilla.

“Roji! Where are you!”

He desperately searched for Roji through the flames.

However, there was no one in the room.

“Ha…”

Arzen laughed coldly.

He instinctively realized it. Roji had set the fire and escaped.

Arzen straightened his disheveled hair and calmly walked through the flames.

“She must have gone to the venue.”

Where she would head was obvious.

The corners of his mouth curved crookedly.

* * *

For the festival event, the temple had opened its doors wide to welcome people.

This festival event was held more grandly than ever before.

If there was one more special point, today’s event would be directly hosted by the hero who led the war to victory, the Head of the Holy Knights.

Countless people couldn’t hide their anticipation as they stepped into the temple.

“The Grand Master has disappeared…!”

There was a small commotion without anyone knowing. However.

“The Grand Master said he would return before the event starts.”

“Ah, is that so?”

The small commotion was concluded as if nothing happened.

Meanwhile, there was a man outside the temple observing the noisy interior.

The red eyes of the man looking at the temple glowed quietly.

Black hair reminiscent of the night sky and ruby-like pupils. His captivating features caught the attention of people around him.

Yurta looked at the temple, at something that would be inside it, and pulled his robe over himself.

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