The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 175

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Episode 175

Rose once said something.

【You’re like my savior.】

Savior.

Looking back, there was a time when I was completely captivated by that romantic nickname.

I believed that only he could save her.

“Mmm….”

At that moment, the woman lying next to Sian seemed to regain consciousness and let out a groan.

Sian quietly looked down at her.

When she finally opened her eyes, a gentle smile appeared on his previously cold expression.

“Roji, are you okay?”

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Suddenly kidnapped?

Sian and I were trapped inside an enclosure that looked like it was used to cage beasts.

I tried shaking the iron bars just in case, but they wouldn’t budge.

‘Where on earth is this place?’

This is probably exactly what it would be like to be dragged to a human trafficking ring’s hideout. The thought sent chills down my spine.

“I happened to overhear what the men who captured us were saying, and we might die today.”

“…We might die?”

“They said they’re going to offer us as sacrifices. They’re going to throw us into something like a boiling furnace….”

For a moment, I was left speechless.

But Sian’s tone was calm.

So calm that it actually didn’t match our current situation.

“The mastermind behind this is the Lord of Ruad. All the disappearances that happened in the village were caused by him too.”

At Sian’s words, my expression hardened.

I remembered Hanna’s words about offering us as sacrifices. So the disappearances were their doing.

But something seemed strange.

“…What benefit could the Lord possibly get from harming his own people?”

“…That’s probably.”

Sian paused for a moment as if recalling something.

“The Lord seemed like he’s part of a cult.”

“…A cult!”

This can’t be.

Even though the world is harsh and cults are rampant….

For a lord to sacrifice his own people…!

It was extremely shocking.

In Korean terms, it would be like a member of the National Assembly secretly kidnapping and killing citizens.

“Still, Roji, don’t worry too much. I was lucky and regained consciousness early. I came to during the kidnapping and left traces asking for help.”

When exactly did you…?

The moment the intruder attacked from behind was so sudden that I couldn’t do anything.

“So if we’re lucky, someone will come to rescue us before we’re offered as sacrifices.”

“If we’re unlucky…?”

“They’ll come after we’re sacrificed. But we have to try our best to hold out so that doesn’t happen.”

Sian seemed to have a plan as his black eyes gleamed intelligently.

Even I could see that following Sian’s lead was our only option right now.

‘…In the end, we’re just leaving it to luck.’

Still, hoping there might be some way out, I looked around with hope.

We weren’t the only ones captured – there were quite a few enclosures.

It was a sight that made me frown.

Then my head started throbbing again.

Again. As if something was about to come to mind, as if memories were trying to seep through and break the barrier….

It seems like being in this strange environment is causing this.

“Oh Sian, I have something to give you.”

“Something to give me?”

I took out the locket pendant from my chest.

“This was yours, right?”

“….”

“I found it in the garden.”

Why aren’t you taking it?

Sian didn’t take it right away and stared at my hand. Then he folded my hand closed.

“What are you doing? Aren’t you going to take it?”

“This isn’t my belonging.”

“But I saw you carrying this….”

“That’s right. I was just keeping your belonging safe for you. It’s a precious item, so don’t throw it into the sea again.”

What? What are you talking about right now?

I stared at him blankly, unable to understand what Sian was saying.

“This is my belonging? But….”

It felt like memories hidden beneath the surface were stirring.

Bang!

At that moment, the iron door opened and men burst in.

“Be careful. They’re coming to take the sacrifices.”

As if Sian’s words were true, the men began walking between the enclosures, examining the people trapped inside.

I kept my head down, hoping desperately that I wouldn’t be the one chosen.

Then I heard the sound of someone tapping on the iron bars right in front of me.

The moment I looked up in surprise, I made eye contact with a man who had stuck his face near the bars.

The man’s eyes widened.

Damn. It looks like I’ve been chosen.

“Drag her out.”

What bad luck.

I glanced at Sian to see what to do, and he slightly moved his lips toward me.

‘Follow them.’

Well, that was our only option right now.

I silently held out my hands as the men instructed.

“Ugh….”

They tied them so tightly that a groan escaped involuntarily.

After I was pulled out of the cage, it was Sian’s turn next.

At that moment, the door the men had entered through opened urgently.

“This is terrible!”

When the man who opened the door shouted with a pale face, the men who were about to tie up Sian turned to look at him.

“What’s wrong?”

“Well…it seems the Holy Knights have discovered this location!”

“…Really?”

“I just heard news that the Temple has made a move.”

The men fell silent for a moment.

Could it be that the traces Sian left were for the Temple? What kind of traces did he leave?

“…About when do you think they’ll overrun this place?”

“At most, I’d say thirty minutes.”

“Then….”

The man’s eyes swept over us.

“We’re dead if we run anyway. So we need to destroy the evidence.”

“….”

“Drag them all out.”

With those words, hell began.

The men opened all the enclosures and forcibly dragged out the people trapped inside.

“Please spare us, I beg you. Don’t do this.”

“Get away from me. Why should I have to die!”

The screams of those resisting and the cruel sounds of those mercilessly wielding violence filled the space.

“Since there are those rebelling like that, fortunately we can buy some time.”

Sian spoke coldly while watching the people screaming in agony.

At that sight, I felt something alien within Sian.

Finally, our turn came.

Sian and I were dragged away by the men with our hands bound.

Other people were being dragged along in front of us too.

Among them were those who had been beaten, so most were limping as they walked.

‘Where on earth are they taking us?’

I craned my neck to look at the front of the line.

‘Crazy.’

They were pushing people into what looked like a furnace bubbling and boiling.

“No! Please save me! I don’t want to… Aaaah!”

They tried to run, but everyone was tightly bound and couldn’t overcome the strength of the burly men, falling into the bubbling reddish water.

Screams echoed from within the water, but soon no sound could be heard at all.

“Hey, hurry up and throw them in before the Holy Knights arrive!”

Pressed for time, they began throwing several people into the water at once.

“Aaaah!”

Goosebumps spread all over my body.

‘No.’

I have to escape!

“Sian…!”

“You come here too!”

“Aaaah!”

Before I could finish speaking, the man pulled my arm with brute force. Just as I was being dragged helplessly.

Bang!

A thunderous sound echoed.

“The Holy Knights have broken in!”

A scream-like shout was heard.

“What? That’s faster than expected?”

The men couldn’t hide their dismay and all hurried to drop their sacrifices.

“I don’t care! I’m running away!”

It became chaos in an instant.

People screamed individually, and the men cursed as they shoved the sacrifices away.

Those whose lives were in danger abandoned the people and fled, leaving only terror in the enclosure.

“Sian, we… seem to have survived.”

Since I had almost been dragged away, my heart was still beating like crazy.

The moment I turned to look at him, I didn’t immediately notice that strangeness.

A very faint smile was forming at the corners of Sian’s mouth.

That smile was too unfamiliar.

“…Sian?”

Even after calling out, the next words wouldn’t come.

Because the face before me didn’t overlap with the Sian I knew.

His eyes were calm. There was no trembling of someone who had survived, no fear from facing death.

I simply couldn’t read his thoughts.

“I’m sorry, senior.”

His voice was no different from usual. Neither low nor trembling.

That made it even more incomprehensible.

Why apologize?

Why now, those words….

“What do you mean….”

Over my unfinished words, Sian’s hand reached out.

Tap.

The sensation of him pushing my shoulder was surprisingly light.

A gesture with no strength or hesitation behind it.

Yet I was pushed forward.

Huh.

Before I could grasp the situation, I fell into the furnace.

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