The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 173

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Episode 173

【Don’t leave me.】

【You’re everything to me.】

In the unfolding scene, I desperately clung to someone.

【You’re all I have.】

The eyelashes of the man I held trembled finely. His roughly wavering red eyes held me within them.

The man who had fallen for my seductive whispers also held onto me.

【…There’s no way I could abandon you.】

Dillen.

He was my everything…

“Rose!”

I was staring blankly at the intruder when Rihardt shouted, snapping me back to my senses.

I stared at the intruder’s face for a while in a daze.

His dark brown hair shimmered with a reddish tinge in the torchlight streaming through the window.

Most of all, those red eyes that flashed vividly upon discovering me.

His handsome appearance was eye-catching, but that wasn’t why I stared at him in fascination.

For some reason, looking at his face made me feel sorry.

Then a large hand covered my eyes, blocking the man’s face from view.

Rihardt spoke.

“I don’t know since when the Prince has had investigative authority over this estate, but as you can see, there are no criminals here.”

Prince?

“So please leave.”

If he’s a prince, doesn’t that mean the man before us has an extremely high status?

“While it’s true there are no criminals here so my business should be finished, how can I leave when I’ve seen a fake?”

A fake?

I listened intently without understanding their conversation.

At that moment, Rihardt’s hand was withdrawn and a silver sword created a strong flash in the darkness.

“I must take that fake with me.”

Those red eyes flashed toward me.

Could that fake be me? Is he saying he’ll take me away?

My questions were brief as the blade extended forward at length.

Light flashed before my eyes and at that moment, crash! With a tremendous roar, my body was lifted into the air.

Rihardt grabbed my waist and dodged to a corner of the cabin.

Shocked by the incredible event that happened in the blink of an eye, I gasped.

Perhaps due to the recent impact, thick dust settled everywhere, making my throat tickle.

When I looked around to see what had happened to the situation, I saw the half-destroyed cabin.

I furrowed my brow.

It seemed like the memories accumulated from living here had been shattered.

‘Am I crazy? What memories are there?’

I shook my head.

Thanks to the cabin being destroyed, it had been hard to look outside through the window, but now the view was completely open.

Just how many people are out there?

‘These men aren’t normal either.’

The intense hostility felt like it would burn my body.

“What exactly are you doing right now?”

Rihardt’s voice was filled with seething anger.

“I just told you. I need to take the fake with me.”

“…Fake?”

It was a voice tinged with what seemed like mockery.

“She’s been impersonating that person, so how could she not be called a fake…”

Pfft.

Then I heard a blatant snort of laughter from beside me. When I turned my head, Rihardt was laughing.

Why is he laughing…?

“What’s so funny?”

“It’s nothing much. I just find it amusing that the Prince calls my sister ‘that person.'”

I was shocked by Rihardt’s words.

I don’t know who ‘that person’ is, but it was amazing that he had the nerve to retort like that in this situation.

Sure enough, the other side showed clear signs of irritation.

The opponent is holding a sword. Not only that, but he brought a whole crowd of people, yet what kind of confidence does the unarmed Rihardt have to provoke him?

“And who knows who the real fake is. I actually think the sister you serve seems more like a fake.”

“…”

The intruder was silent.

Perhaps he had given up on responding.

If so, what comes next… I tensed up thinking there might be violence, and sure enough, he gripped his sword tightly.

‘Ah, we’re completely screwed.’

Now I understand. The earlier talk about looking for criminals was just an excuse for the intruder to enter this place.

That man came to capture me.

In the tense atmosphere, it was Rihardt who moved first.

“…!”

He quickly wrapped his arm around my waist and launched his body outside the cabin.

Surprised, I wrapped my arms around his neck.

Rihardt charged at the knights holding torches.

“Wait…!”

I shouted to stop him, but Rihardt easily dodged and kicked the people rushing at him.

“Capture them right… Ugh!”

It was just one kick, but he flew away like a light doll and got stuck in a tree.

Seeing that scene, I swallowed hard.

Rihardt slipped through the gap created by the scattered knights and ran to avoid them.

The wind whipped roughly.

My fluttering hair blocked my vision.

When I raised my hand to push my hair back, I saw the intruder pursuing us at high speed.

“Rihardt, run faster!”

Surprised, I pounded his shoulder and shouted.

However, Rihardt’s speed slowed down. Could he already be tired?

When I looked ahead, it seemed the cabin wasn’t the only place filled with knights.

Knights were swarming from the front as well.

Rihardt eventually gave up on running away and stopped.

It seems he plans to fight them all.

He immediately knocked down a charging knight and stole his sword.

As if fighting while holding me with one arm wasn’t difficult at all, he easily dealt with the swarming knights.

However, it was too early to feel relieved.

Bang!

A blade-like wind that seemed ready to cut swept through the forest and struck us.

That strong man would be difficult for even Rihardt to defeat in one go.

Especially while holding me.

‘At this rate, we’ll get caught.’

I made a decision.

Now, while the dust cloud obscured our vision, was the opportunity.

I roughly pushed Rihardt away and leaped out of his arms.

“Ro…!”

His short cry didn’t reach me. The beast-like man had lunged at Rihardt.

I ran away without looking back.

“Catch her!”

The knights who belatedly realized I had escaped shouted.

I ran through the forest like mad.

Fortunately, I knew the forest terrain better than those knights.

I deliberately ran toward areas where trees grew strangely and roots were easy to trip over.

That was the only way to shake off the grown knights.

Knowing where everything was, I quickly leaped over obstacles as I ran.

How long had I been running like that?

There was no one around me.

I had shaken them all off.

‘What do I do now?’

After much deliberation, I made a decision.

Let’s leave this town.

But first, I need to meet Sian.

* * *

Hanna worked tirelessly to catch Count Ascent’s eye.

So that she too could go to the capital with him by gaining the Count’s favor.

Becoming a person of the Count, who was one of the forces currently dominating the Empire, was a very attractive prospect.

Though she was a maid at Ruad Manor, there were cases where high-ranking visitors to the estate would take a liking to a maid and take her along.

Hanna wanted to become like that too.

But why does Lord Anri favor that girl?

After everything I did to reach this position…!

Hanna chewed her nails anxiously, pondering how to resolve this.

Then Hanna’s eyes fell on a man with black hair and distinctive looks.

The black-haired man picking roses in the garden.

His mother was from the East, wasn’t she? His exotic appearance drew the attention of people in the estate.

There were more than a few maids who praised that gardener’s enchanting looks.

Hanna stared at the gardener in a daze for a moment.

She had been swept up in fresh shock when she first saw Count Ascent too, but to experience such a sensation twice in such a short time.

‘Using that man to get Rose…’

If she spread some scandal, Lord Anri might grow tired of Rose.

Hanna quietly approached the gardener.

Fortunately, there was no one in the midnight garden.

“You there.”

Though he might have been startled by her sudden approach, the gardener calmly turned his head.

“What did you call me for?”

His low, monotone voice was completely different from what she had heard when he was near Rose.

Hanna easily guessed what kind of feelings that gardener harbored for Rose.

“Nothing much, just wondering if the work isn’t too hard.”

“What’s your business?”

How insolent.

Hanna was choosing words to entice that gardener when he stepped closer.

His tall height cast a long shadow, creating a dark shade in front of Hanna.

“Don’t touch Rose.”

“What?”

“If you do, I won’t stay still either.”

When his black eyes flashed like a demon’s, Hanna was momentarily struck speechless.

In the meantime, the insolent gardener passed by Hanna as if his business was finished.

Hanna came to her senses belatedly.

“What are you going to do if someone like you doesn’t leave me alone!”

When she shouted angrily, the gardener stopped.

With a contemplative expression, he wore a gentle smile.

As she stared blankly, captivated by that beauty, chilling words flowed from his lips.

“I know what you do at night.”

“…What?”

“And I’m thinking of telling the Temple about it right now…”

The gardener warned Hanna in a low voice.

As he turned away, Hanna’s mind went blank.

Was that gardener testing her now? No, if he was just testing, he wouldn’t say he was going to tell the Temple!

“Wait!”

Hanna urgently called out to the gardener, but he didn’t respond.

Growing anxious, Hanna tried to follow him, but doubt crept in.

What if she failed to persuade the gardener and he revealed her ‘secret’?

“Stop! I said stop!”

No.

After everything I’ve done to get this far!

That bastard is trying to ruin everything for me. I absolutely can’t let that happen.

Just then, Hanna’s eyes spotted a large stone nearby.

At that moment, Hanna was barely sane.

Thud-

Otherwise, there would be no way to explain how she picked up the stone and mercilessly struck the gardener’s head.

When she came to her senses, the gardener was lying there bleeding.

“Gasp…”

Hanna breathed heavily.

She had.

Killed the gardener.

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