The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 147

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Episode 147

“…Yurta, right?”

Why are you here?

“Yurta.”

Usually I was busy avoiding him, but not at this moment. I had to catch him.

Yurta’s presence felt deeply ominous, so I wanted to grab him and ask why.

However.

Thud. He shook off my hand.

I stared bewildered at my rejected hand. Then Yurta whispered in a very small voice.

“Run away.”

“What?”

At that moment, bang! A tremendous sound that seemed to burst eardrums swept over the banquet hall.

* * *

Before smoke covered the inside of the building, I think I glimpsed a corner section of the ceiling collapsing.

Before I could take in all that scene, rough wind blew and debris flew in all directions.

When a large piece of debris flew this way, I held my breath and froze my body.

“Yur…”

Before I could finish speaking, he suddenly ran off somewhere.

“Where are you going!”

However, my shout was buried in all kinds of screams and didn’t reach him.

“The, the ceiling!”

Half the ceiling had blown away.

Broken stone fragments poured down, making the venue even more chaotic.

“Kyaaah!”

“Ahhh!”

“Ugh! What is this!”

As the smoke gradually settled and I looked back, the ceiling of the building where people had gathered was completely destroyed by the explosion.

“Yur…!”

I tried to shout again to catch Yurta, but only attempted it.

Soon I witnessed an amazing sight.

Yurta pressed down his robe once and drew his sword. The tip of his sword was aimed at Rihardt, who was calming the startled people.

Bang!

Yurta leaped high and brought his sword down toward Rihardt.

A roar that was hard to believe came from a sword echoed throughout the building.

When Rihardt dodged back to avoid the sword, Yurta’s blade cut through the air. The aftermath whipped up wind inside the building.

I couldn’t understand Yurta’s sudden action at all. The question “why?” flashed through my mind.

“Save me!”

“Look, look there! It’s a monster!”

I reflexively looked up at the sky.

Beyond the collapsed ceiling, pitch-black monsters were bursting out from a suddenly created hole.

“From now on, we will execute the Empire’s wicked nobles!”

As if they had been waiting for this moment, robed figures hidden in the building emerged one by one, drawing swords and rushing at the nobles.

The festival event instantly became chaos.

I watched the unfolding situation in dismay.

“Rose!”

Then someone grabbed my arm from behind.

Familiar red eyes.

“Dillen? Yurta is right now…”

“I can see it too. Right now you should worry about yourself.”

He was right. First I had to get out of this chaos…

“Damn! The exit is blocked!”

Someone cried out in despair amid the commotion.

“A barrier…!”

“Then we can’t get out of the building?!”

“This can’t be! Let us out right now!”

We can’t get out?

I turned my head to look at Yurta still attacking Rihardt.

Crack!

Where the sword was swung, deeply carved marks remained.

“Die! I said die!”

On top of that, the demon worshippers who rushed in assisted Yurta.

“Dillen, go stop Yurta right now.”

“What?”

“He’s attacking the Paladin Commander right now, whatever he’s thinking. So you need to do something about it!”

“Is this the time for you to worry about that bastard?”

“I’m not worrying, think about it carefully. If his robe comes off and his identity is exposed, the Herthas Family will be in danger.”

I had planned to return to Herthas when I met the Benefactor.

But what would happen if it became known that Herthas’s second son attacked the Paladin Commander?

“If I go, then you Rose…”

“This passage here is open! Everyone escape this way!”

Then a noble shouted with a hopeful voice.

Even in the chaotic situation, the nobles’ eyes lit up at those words and they rushed out together.

“I’ll escape with them. So you stop Yurta. Make sure his identity is never discovered.”

“…”

“Please.”

I shook off Dillen’s arm and ran toward the passage.

* * *

Rihardt breathed a sigh of relief seeing Roji escape with the nobles.

Even while fighting the intruder, his gaze had been constantly directed toward Roji.

Each time, as if mocking his distracted leisure, a sword would come rushing.

If he used too much force and the building collapsed, injuring Roji, it would be terrible.

It was when he was retreating backward, minimizing his movements while avoiding the man who mercilessly thrust his sword.

“Got you!”

A demon worshipper who had been cooperating with the man attacking him shouted.

At the same time, a magic circle activated under his feet, binding Rihardt’s movements like shackles.

‘A trap?’

Hot flames blazed up over the magic circle. And instantly engulfed Rihardt’s body.

He immediately defended his body, but another sword came flying.

The moment he raised his sword-holding hand to block the attack, clang! Someone stood in front of Rihardt.

‘Dillen Herthas?’

Dillen looked at Rihardt as if displeased, then turned his head to face Yurta.

His longtime enemy.

“What the hell are you scheming.”

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Why did the princess tell me to come to the festival event?

I thought the condition of attending the festival event to help me meet the Benefactor meant this day held some meaningful significance for her.

It’s not like she knew what would happen at the festival and told me to come here…

Even as I moved my feet hurriedly, my mind was spinning rapidly.

“This way!”

“If we go this way, there should be a corridor!”

At the momentary uneasiness I felt, I stopped dead in my tracks.

“Lady, you must hurry too! If we stay like this, the Demon Worshippers will kill us!”

A man urgently grabbed my arm and urged me on.

However, I couldn’t move my body rashly.

Something’s strange.

“I don’t think we should go that way.”

“What do you mean?”

“Doesn’t something seem odd? Why are all the other passages blocked but only this passage is fine?”

“Well, that’s…”

“It might be a trap.”

The strength left the noble man’s hand that was gripping my arm. Was he believing me?

“Are you saying we should die here? I’ll go alone then!”

The man, thinking he didn’t need to deal with me anymore, escaped through the passage with the other nobles.

Even during all this, I stood still.

I had no evidence to convince those who were rampaging like mad cattle, and it was merely circumstantial suspicion.

I turned my gaze toward where the event had been taking place.

Why didn’t the Demon Worshippers capture us?

In the midst of the chaos, one man standing quietly caught my eye.

Being in the middle where demons were wandering around made him even more conspicuous.

‘Why isn’t he running away?’

The man was standing still as if watching this situation.

“It’s dangerous there! Run away quickly!”

Could he hear my voice?

The man turned to look this way.

I couldn’t take my eyes off the man with jet-black hair, black eyes, and exotic features.

‘Have I seen that person somewhere before?’

That couldn’t be possible…

But why does he seem familiar?

However, my thoughts couldn’t continue further.

Kraaagh! A demon making a strange scream rushed at the man.

‘I told you to run away!’

Normally, I would have just expressed regret, saying it was his fault for not listening, but strangely my feet moved first.

Meddling.

Yes, it was pure meddling.

Without thinking, I picked up a stone that was nearby and threw it at the demon.

Then I immediately ran to the man and grabbed his hand.

“Run away quickly!”

Even as I spoke, I was confused.

Why? Why did I do this?

Why did I meddle like this?

This isn’t like me at all?

Questions dominated my mind, but my body faithfully moved to avoid the demons.

“Aaaah! It’s a trap!”

“It’s demons!”

As expected, from the passage where the nobles had fled came the result of the uneasiness I had felt earlier.

‘It really was a trap.’

Then where should we run to now?

I scanned all directions.

Nobles covered in blood running away like mad cattle and Demon Worshippers rampaging like lunatics.

Demons searching for prey, and corpses scattered beside them.

“Ugh…”

My stomach churned.

Then the man who was holding hands with me squeezed firmly.

Feeling the pressure on my hand, I looked at the man with puzzlement, and he smiled prettily.

“Don’t worry, senior.”

Senior…?

“What do you mean by that?”

The man opened his mouth as if to respond to my words. But suddenly, bang! Another loud noise was heard.

I turned my head toward where the sound came from.

There was a hole punched through the building’s wall.

I was curious about what had happened, but thick fog had settled, so it took some time to confirm.

“The, the barrier is broken! The barrier is broken!”

The barrier was destroyed. But by whom?

“Second Princess Your Highness!”

“Did Princess Your Highness break the barrier?!”

The Second Princess, Evangelin, smiled leisurely and easily stepped inside through the collapsed wall.

Behind the princess came a woman wearing a red robe. Her slender build made it easy to guess her gender.

The robed woman quickly surveyed the situation and then extended her hand toward the air.

Pure white light scattered from the woman’s hand.

Kroong! Krrrk!

The demons that saw the light gasped in agony and soon crashed to the floor.

“What in the world is this…”

“…Is it a miracle?”

The nobles who witnessed that scene murmured in amazement.

The woman in the red robe captivated everyone’s attention.

And rightfully so, since she had killed all the demons that had persistently tormented them in here with a single gesture.

“Did the person Princess Your Highness commands kill all those things?”

“This person is not my subordinate.”

The princess refuted the nobles’ words.

“Then…”

“I didn’t expect to introduce her like this… Let me introduce her. She is the benefactor who broke the barrier just now and led this war to victory…”

She is the Benefactor.

The woman who had been hiding her face with the robe removed her hood.

Pink hair that had been hidden inside the hood spilled out, revealing a beautiful face.

Everyone in the banquet hall looked at the Benefactor as if enchanted.

The Benefactor smiled benevolently and introduced herself.

“I’m Rose Herthas.”

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