The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 183

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Episode 183

Before I knew it, winter had arrived.

It had been late autumn when we were in the capital, but after crossing the large mountain for the subjugation, winter had come.

“Prince Herthas, what brings you to visit so suddenly?”

As Rose had said, after finishing the subjugation, Yurta visited the manor owned by Count Ascent.

Though the sudden visit should have been bewildering, Anri greeted him with a smile as if nothing was amiss.

“I sent someone ahead to notify you, but it seems you didn’t receive it. Given the rough terrain and the bad groups running rampant, it probably didn’t arrive.”

Though he had never sent anyone, Yurta lied calmly.

Anri keenly noticed the lie.

“I see. There must have been an error in delivery. Well then, Prince, it’s cold outside, so please come in. Rest comfortably before you go.”

Anri courteously maintained proper etiquette while letting the uninvited guest inside.

As soon as Anri gave permission, Yurta moved as if he had been waiting.

At that moment, a sweet fragrance faintly brushed past Yurta’s nose.

“What’s the matter, Prince?”

Anri looked at Yurta, who had stopped walking, with puzzled eyes.

“It’s nothing.”

Answering calmly, Yurta soon resumed walking.

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The winter wind was bitter.

As I warmed my face with my hands against the stinging sensation on my nose and cheeks, Emily stared at me intently.

“Roji, there’s really nothing wrong, is there?”

Emily worried about what might have happened to me and observed me carefully.

“What could be wrong? Nothing special. I’m just tired from the long journey.”

I was just flustered by Yurta’s sudden visit to Anri’s manor.

At this rate, we would encounter each other without any preparation.

In this urgent situation, Anri and I quickly took action.

【Emily, I heard from Anri that there’s a pretty villa around here? Could you show it to me?】

【Huh? But right now…】

【I don’t want to see Yurta right now. I’m a bit tired.】

When I openly showed my dislike for Yurta, Emily immediately complied with my wishes.

Since Roji had also disliked Yurta, Emily didn’t find it strange.

As Emily and I were about to leave, Rihardt tried to follow me.

【You monitor Anri.】

I suggested it might be a trap and asked him to let me know if there was any suspicious exchange between Anri and Yurta.

Though Rihardt looked reluctant, he nodded in agreement.

“Roji, there’s a stone bridge around here, but it might be a bit slippery.”

“Really?”

Not long after Emily mentioned it, a moss-covered stone bridge appeared.

Cold valley water flowed, occasionally hitting the stone bridge as it passed.

Emily stepped onto the stone bridge first, then extended her hand to me.

It meant for me to hold on and come across.

I found that kindness awkward.

It was true that Emily had once been very kind to me.

However, three years had already passed.

It was enough time to become complete strangers and forget each other from memory.

“Emily, can I ask you something?”

“Something you’re curious about? Go ahead.”

It was a question I’d been curious about all along.

“I heard from Anri. You know my mother, right?”

“…”

“Is that true?”

The wind blew, shaking the dry tree branches.

“How do you know my mother?”

Emily looked at me silently, seemingly flustered.

Had Roji never asked Emily such a question?

Had she just approached pretending to be me, pretending to be someone who had worked together in Evantes?

Soon breaking the silence, she opened her mouth heavily.

“A very long time ago… Anri and I were experimented on. Selline saved us then.”

“…”

“She cast magic to deceive people. That’s how we were saved.”

The words that flowed from Emily’s mouth were similar to what Anri had said.

“…Anri said that. That you know more about my mother than he does.”

Emily and Anri might be conspiring to deceive me.

Even so, I found myself asking her.

“What happened with my mother?”

After I learned I wasn’t her daughter, Selline disappeared.

I was curious about the time she disappeared.

“…I was young then, so I just followed Selline around.”

What happened seven years ago.

Emily at that time would have been a girl in her late teens.

“Selline said she was looking for her daughter.”

That daughter was probably Roji.

What on earth had I asked that question for?

Hearing the answer left me feeling deflated.

“…So what happened? Did my mother achieve what she wanted?”

She probably didn’t achieve it.

That’s why she returned to Herthas, wasn’t it?

However, completely different words from what I expected came out of Emily’s mouth.

“Yes. She said she found a way.”

“…She found one?”

“I don’t know exactly either. I wanted to ask, but Selline looked sad then, so I couldn’t ask.”

“Then Emily, you already knew about me back then?”

I had met Emily not long after escaping from Herthas.

Emily had saved me when I collapsed in the snow. I believed that’s how our connection began.

“How did you recognize that I was Selline’s daughter?”

“…I saw inside the pendant you had then.”

The pendant…

I took out the pendant I had kept in my pocket and opened it.

Inside was an image of Selline smiling brightly.

“Who did you think I was when you met me?”

“Huh? What do you mean, Roji…”

“You said Selline told you she was looking for her real daughter. A real daughter means there’s also a fake daughter, right?”

“…”

“Am I real, or am I fake?”

“…Roji.”

“I’m Rose, Emily.”

Perhaps it was too difficult a question.

Splash, the cold water hitting the stone bridge and flowing past soaked Emily’s feet.

Though her feet should have felt cold, she stood there in a daze.

“I… don’t think you’re fake.”

“Then am I a real daughter? The result of Selline successfully finding her real daughter?”

“Roji… No. Rose, that’s not what I mean. I don’t care whether you’re real or fake. I just… because you’re you…”

She shook her head and frowned.

“Actually, I saved you because you were Selline’s daughter. At first, I did think you were fake… I even thought badly of you. But still…”

“How did you know I was fake?”

“…Selline often talked about you. And you were exactly as Selline described.”

“Selline talked about me to you?”

“What she said was…”

“No. I don’t want to hear it.”

I know I won’t hear anything good anyway.

In those final moments, Selline despised me terribly.

She left Herthas, loathing me.

When I saw her again, dead by Yurta’s hand, I regretted it bitterly.

I should have revealed it from the beginning.

That I wasn’t her daughter.

Emily and I walked in silence, each lost in our own thoughts.

That’s when we arrived in front of the villa.

“Oh, by the way Rose, has Yurta’s health improved lately?”

Emily was the first to break the silence.

It seemed like she was saying anything to try to ease the awkward situation.

“You said before that Yurta wasn’t feeling well and needed to take medicine.”

“What?”

“…Don’t you remember? That’s why you were trying to get medicine.”

Medicine. What could she mean by that?

This wasn’t good. It was Roji who had been with Emily, so she must have been giving Yurta medicine…

My thoughts changed.

“Emily, you go in first. I just remembered something I left behind.”

I turned my gaze toward where the manor was.

Since we hadn’t come very far, it wouldn’t take long to go back.

“Then let’s go together, Rose.”

“No. You stay here. I’ll be back soon.”

I left her behind and turned around.

After crossing the stone bridge again and running, I could soon see the manor.

Then bang! A loud crash echoed. It was a sound from the manor.

Looking up at the sky, I could see smoke rising above the manor.

‘What’s happening at the manor?’

I stealthily entered the manor. It was chaotic, as if something serious had happened.

“Everyone get away! It’s dangerous!”

“Save me!”

People were running around frantically, all with terror-stricken faces.

I stood near the entrance and sneaked a peek inside.

Whatever had happened, the chandelier that had hung from the ceiling was fallen, and the stairs leading to the second floor were horribly destroyed.

“Why does this manor smell like my sister?”

Turning my head toward where the voice came from, I saw Yurta standing in the center of the hall with a sword.

As if wary of him, Rihardt and Anri were facing off on the second floor above.

“The scent…”

Leaving those two behind, Yurta muttered again.

It happened in the blink of an eye. Yurta disappeared in an instant.

Yurta, who had been standing in the center of the hall, came rushing toward the entrance.

I instinctively tried to dodge by moving my body, but it was already too late.

The moment I met those flashing red eyes, Yurta grabbed my body.

“Why is a fake in this manor?”

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