The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 178

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Episode 178

In the end, I was abandoned by Lord Anri…

With Rose gone, Hanna had planned to try winning back Anri’s heart.

However, she couldn’t even attempt it.

Because Anri absolutely refused to see her.

How did I even come to serve by his side in the first place!

Frustrated by the opportunity that had vanished before her eyes, Hanna gritted her teeth.

She was feeling lost and dejected, wondering if she could only wait desperately, when it happened.

“Hanna.”

The Lord called for her.

“Have you ever met the Benefactor?”

“Pardon?”

“Hmm…”

From Hanna’s reaction, not understanding the situation, the Lord seemed to interpret that as a no.

“The Benefactor has visited the estate.”

“…The Benefactor has?”

“Yes. It seems that person has taken a liking to you. They’re looking for you right now, so go quickly. And you must not disappoint them.”

The Benefactor specifically asked for me?

Why? How does that person even know about me?

Though she was curious about the reason, her joy at having another opportunity was greater.

“I absolutely will not disappoint them.”

Hanna happily headed to the reception room where the Benefactor was.

“Hello, Hanna. Have you been well?”

And in that instant, she plummeted into hell.

“How are you…”

How is that thing here?

“Curious about how I’m unharmed?”

Hanna was about to answer immediately but swallowed her words upon seeing the man standing beside Rose.

The man who gave an impression of pure whiteness was a strikingly handsome man who caught one’s attention. Even Hanna, who wasn’t easily satisfied by ordinary looks, stared at him for quite a while.

Quickly regaining her composure, Hanna briefly speculated about the man’s identity.

This man must be the Paladin Commander.

There had been no talk about the Benefactor, but she had heard beforehand that the Paladin Commander was visiting the estate.

“Where is the Benefactor, and why are you sitting in their place?”

“I am the Benefactor.”

“…What?”

What nonsense is that thing spouting right now?

“I’m the Benefactor, Hanna.”

“…That’s, that’s a lie.”

“What would I gain from telling such a lie?”

Rose left Hanna standing there dumbfounded and got up from her seat.

“W-wait a moment, Rose!”

Hanna felt she couldn’t let Rose slip away like this.

Rather than her greed to somehow rise to a high position by gaining the Benefactor’s favor, her survival instinct to protect even her current position took precedence.

However, Rose ignored Hanna’s cry and tried to leave the room.

Hanna hurriedly knelt in front of Rose.

“What are you doing, Hanna.”

“B-Benefactor! I was wrong.”

It was a statement she didn’t mean at all.

Hanna’s insides were boiling with rage.

What grudge did Rose, who had hidden the fact that she was the Benefactor while working at the estate, have against her…!

‘If Rose was the Benefactor, then Lord Anri must have known about Rose…’

Then did the two of them conspire to keep it secret?

“I dared to fail to recognize the Benefactor and committed a mistake!”

“Hanna.”

“Benefactor, please forgive me. Please. If you forgive me, I’ll do anything you ask!”

“Really, Hanna?”

At the gentle question, Hanna raised her head.

She felt hope that perhaps she could survive.

While her own appearance clinging to Rose’s skirt and pleading was absurd, she felt a terrible sense of defeat wondering why she had to mess with her of all people.

“Yes, yes! Please just tell me anything, Benefactor.”

“Then if I told you to die, could you die?”

“Pardon…?”

What does that mean?

Surely she’s not telling me to die right now.

“It’s a joke.”

“Ha, haha…”

“I’m fine with it. So speak comfortably like before.”

“Then…”

“I’ll forgive you, Hanna.”

As things went better than expected, Hanna felt bewildered.

“Rose.”

Then the Paladin Commander standing behind called her as if asking what she intended to do.

“Rihardt, you’ve done well. So you may go now.”

“Rose, what do you mean by that.”

“Go back now. You have work to do. And Hanna, get up quickly. There’s something you need to do for me.”

Rose said only what she wanted to say and left the room.

Hanna looked back at the Paladin Commander in confusion.

He was a high-ranking being she would never have had the chance to see. To treat such a being like that, Rose was…

It was as if she had become a different person overnight.

Hanna hurriedly got up and followed Rose.

She felt intimidated by Rose’s appearance, dressed entirely in black.

“Hanna, guide me to the Count’s chamber.”

Not “Lord” but “Count”…

“Why the Count’s chamber…”

“Is there any reason I should tell you that?”

“…Understood.”

Hanna silently guided Rose to the Count’s chamber as instructed.

Rose roughly looked around the surroundings and then opened the door on her own.

“R-Rose…!”

Even though she called out to stop her, Rose paid no attention and entered the Count’s chamber.

Then she went behind the desk and rummaged through the Count’s drawers.

While Hanna was shocked by the unimaginable act, Rose pulled out letters from inside and began tearing them open.

“Rose! Those are the Count’s letters! If you carelessly open them…!”

“Why? They’re letters exchanged between him and me anyway.”

On the letter envelope that had dropped, the name ‘Rose Herthas’ was written.

‘If they’re letters exchanged between you two, why are you examining them!’

Regardless of what Hanna did, Rose unhesitatingly pulled out all the letters and read them as she pleased.

After some time had passed like this, Rose put down the letters and looked at Hanna.

“How long have you been doing this job?”

“Huh, what?”

“Since when did you start offering people as sacrifices?”

“…It, it hasn’t been long! Really!”

It was a lie. She had been capturing and offering people so recklessly that Hanna couldn’t even remember how many sacrifices she had brought – it had been going on for so long.

Rose stared intently at Hanna without giving any response. That was even more meaningful.

Rose left the letter where it was and soon began walking around the Count’s Chamber with slow steps.

Looking around in all directions, she stopped in front of a porcelain piece painted with flower designs.

‘That’s expensive porcelain brought from the East…’

Having seen the lord rejoice when he received that item, Hanna looked at Rose restlessly.

“This looks expensive.”

“Huh? Y-yes… It’s expensive. So if you carelessly touch it…”

Then Rose pushed the porcelain with her index finger.

The porcelain that toppled over from the force crashed with a loud sound as it shattered.

“Rose! What do you think you’re doing…!”

Crash! Clang!

Rose didn’t stop at just one porcelain piece but went around breaking things in the room as she pleased.

“Why? They’re all going to disappear anyway.”

“What do you mean disappear!”

“And you know how it is, right? When I see things like this, I just want to break them.”

At this moment, she could vividly imagine what expression Rose must be making beneath the veil.

She was surely smiling like a demon.

* * *

After meeting the Savior in the morning, the lord spent the day in high spirits.

The castle servants found it strange that the lord’s mood, which had seemed ready to explode with anger until meeting the Savior, had mellowed.

However, the lord’s smile was soon erased.

“My lord, the Savior has sent a letter from the capital.”

“What?”

What did that mean?

The Savior was currently in his castle, yet sending a letter?

Perhaps the Savior had some other plan and sent a letter from the capital?

The lord wondered as he opened the letter.

And in that letter…

[Lord, have you been well?

I’m sending this urgent message because I have something to tell you.

This is also something I need to tell others.

The matter is, there’s someone impersonating me. Their appearance is so similar to mine that many people mistake them for me.

That person might cause chaos from now on.

Unfortunately, it seems even the Paladin Commander has been deceived by them.

And that fraud is at the Ruad Estate.]

The lord’s face turned pale white after reading the entire letter.

Then what was in his castle…

That woman he met today…

Fake, fraud.

Those words flashed through the lord’s mind.

“Where is that fake… no, where is the Savior!”

“Pardon? The Savior is currently in the Castle Garden…”

The lord immediately ran to find where the fake was.

Fortunately, the fake seemed unaware that their lies had been discovered. So he had to capture them quickly.

‘But what about the Paladin Commander?’

The question crossed his mind, but capturing that fake came first.

Heading to the castle garden where the fake was supposed to be, he saw a dark-haired woman crouching and blowing dandelion seeds – whoosh.

Beside her, Hanna stood restlessly.

“Hanna! Capture that woman immediately!”

“Yes, what?”

“That woman is a fake who pretended to be the Savior!”

Hanna, though confused, grabbed Rose’s arm with a pleased expression as she crouched there.

“I knew it! Someone like you couldn’t be the Savior!”

Pink hair swayed weakly as the woman’s body was pulled up.

“Hey! What are you all doing?! Lock that woman in prison immediately!”

When the knights hurried over upon hearing the lord’s command,

Ahahaha!

Cheerful laughter spread.

The fake who had deceived everyone was laughing loudly as if watching a very amusing comedy.

“Oh my.”

And then she sneered as if pitying them.

It was when everyone except the woman stood frozen in bewilderment.

“This is terrible, my lord! The Holy Knights…!”

Along with a scream-like shout.

“Come out, lord who offered innocent people as sacrifices!”

The Holy Knights burst into the castle.

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