The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 180
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Episode 180
It was after the ‘real’ Rose had returned.
Rose became ruthlessly cruel without hesitation. She wasn’t the Rose that Dillen remembered.
So he naturally became suspicious.
‘That might not be Rose.’
Rose wouldn’t act like that.
The Rose he knew was…
Even as he thought this, seeing her crying alone made him think differently.
Rose showed her weak side when she was alone.
She would lean against a corner where no one was around and quietly shed tears.
Why? Why are you crying?
‘Maybe you haven’t changed at all.’
Perhaps I’m just unable to accept who you are.
But then a question suddenly arose.
Yurta cursed you, so why doesn’t it hurt when I’m by your side?
Could it be that Yurta was also fooled by the fake and mistakenly made it hurt to be near the fake?
Still…
【Dillen.】
You’re crying.
【Don’t betray me.】
【You trust me, don’t you?】
He had even promised never to be deceived by a fake, so he couldn’t be swayed.
“I am a fake impersonating the Benefactor!”
Still, he didn’t understand why his body moved on its own toward that crazy woman.
Before Dillen could even think, he quickly pulled the woman who was spouting nonsense.
“A fake impersonating the Benefactor?”
“I saw that official document! Someone is going around impersonating the Benefactor…”
“Catch her immediately!”
Dillen quickly lifted the woman onto his back and pushed through the crowd.
He fled while hiding the woman in his arms from the people chasing them.
Only after entering an empty alley could Dillen put the woman down.
“Are you crazy? Are you in your right mind? What were you thinking in front of all those people…!”
“You were the one trying to expose me as a fake in front of people, Dillen.”
Dillen was left speechless.
Why did he act that way?
“Why did you save me?”
“…”
“If you hadn’t saved me, things would have gone as you wanted.”
“…”
He couldn’t give her any answer to her question.
He didn’t know the answer either.
Why couldn’t he act as he thought when he saw her?
So he impulsively asked.
“If you’re real… why didn’t you run away anymore? Why did you go after Lord Ruad?”
“Isn’t it the same for the Benefactor? That child isn’t running away either and is stepping forward.”
“…Answer me.”
The woman paused for a moment.
“I told you. I remembered.”
She used that as her answer, as if it was the solution to everything.
“Do you remember the day you saved me when I tried to kill myself?”
“…I remember.”
How could he forget that day?
That night when she had enchanted him with sweet words, she fell from the terrace without any regrets.
“Do you remember when I went traveling with Mother after my body recovered?”
“I remember.”
After she left for recuperation, he foolishly just waited for Rose to return.
“Until I saw ‘that’ during the trip, I was only thinking about revealing to Selline that I wasn’t her real daughter.”
She laughed as if feeling futile when thinking about that time.
“I had often seen wounds on Mother’s body before. I still remember that day when I went traveling with Mother.”
“…”
“I saw wounds all over Mother’s body.”
“…”
“There were even marks that looked recently stitched. Isn’t it strange? Why would a woman living as a noble lady have wounds all over her body?”
As if filled with anger, her words carried strong force and her speaking pace gradually quickened.
Her eyes flashed.
“That’s when I realized. I had to save this woman. She couldn’t die here.”
“…”
“But I failed. Since Yurta killed the woman, I couldn’t save her.”
The woman’s lips twisted. Her pale complexion was so pitiful it made him want to embrace her tightly.
Dillen was swept by an impulse to reach out to the woman.
“Last night I ran away from you and got caught up in the disappearance incident that happened in the village at dawn. I saw them offering sacrifices and it reminded me of Mother.”
His head throbbed.
The woman he thought was a stranger was now pitiful and miserable. She was the poor Rose he had known.
“Our Mother was also sacrificed for profit like those offerings, and eventually died at Yurta’s hands.”
“…”
“So I decided to step forward.”
The woman’s eyes reddened.
He wanted to call the woman’s name. And he wanted to offer her some comfort.
At that moment.
【Don’t be deceived.】
The words ‘Rose’ had said came to mind.
【Don’t betray me.】
Dillen ended up losing his way.
His mind went blank like white paper and he didn’t know what he should do.
In the end, he fled in fear.
* * *
Occupying the Feudal Lord’s Castle was a very easy task.
After leaving the Estate, I hastily sent a letter to the Emperor through a Gatekeeper.
The distance from Ruad Estate to the Imperial Palace was quite far, but using the transportation magic circle allowed for quick arrival.
The letter contained details of what Lord Ruad had done.
Since the lord had been deceived into believing Rose was the savior, he opened his mouth easily, allowing even the most secretive corners to be revealed.
The contents of the letter could be summarized in one sentence.
‘The lord is plotting treason.’
Having heard that news, there was no way the emperor wouldn’t act immediately.
Using even his position as Head of the Holy Knights, it didn’t take long for orders to punish Lord Ruad to come down.
And so everything went smoothly.
Or so he thought…
Rose wasn’t in the estate.
Rihardt, who had been thoroughly searching the estate, hardened his expression when she was nowhere to be found.
Could she have been captured?
“Grand Master! Someone impersonating the savior has appeared around the estate.”
While tracking Rose’s whereabouts like hunting mice, one knight came with a surprising report.
“An official document just came down. It seems notices have been posted throughout Ruad Estate about someone going around impersonating the savior.”
“…”
“Shortly after that, there was someone shouting that they were the savior in front of the estate.”
Rihardt’s expression grew pale as he listened to the knight’s report.
“…Where did the person who impersonated the savior go?”
“A brown-haired man appeared and took that woman…”
The more he listened to the knight’s story, the more his suspicions solidified into certainty.
Rihardt left the task of finishing up to another knight and hurriedly left the estate.
He ran in the direction Rose had disappeared.
After searching for quite some time, he found two figures in a dark alley.
A woman with reddened eyes and a man being affectionate.
It was Rose and Dillen Herthas.
Seeing the fact that those two were together, he was about to rush forward when he felt a strange atmosphere and stopped.
Rose seemed to want to hold onto the man. However, the man ran away, leaving her behind.
The woman left alone shed tears.
She looked utterly miserable.
While he felt pity for her, Rihardt’s mood twisted as he watched the woman.
While she tried to leave his side without any lingering attachment.
Knowing this was an appearance she would never show him, ugly jealousy surged within him.
“Rose.”
When he called her, the woman turned around weakly.
In her eyes as she discovered him who had followed her to the end, a look of annoyance flashed.
“Why did you come?”
“Why did I come? We agreed to meet, so I came.”
“Fine. Now let’s part ways.”
“You said you wouldn’t hate me if I obediently listened to you. So I did everything you told me to do, and now you’re going to abandon me?”
“I never abandoned you. I said I wouldn’t hate you. See, now I don’t hate you. Satisfied?”
She spread both her hands wide.
As if that meant this relationship was over.
One corner of his mouth curved up crookedly.
He reached out and placed his hand over her outstretched hands.
When he interlocked their fingers tightly, her eyebrows shot up as if asking what he was doing.
“It’s really hard to endure.”
“…”
“The more this happens, the more I want to lock you away. Should I just lock you up?”
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