The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 200

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Episode 200

I have to go to Rose.

Rose right before my eyes…

-Endure it.

The ‘voice’ was heard.

-It’s not the right ‘time’ yet.

Sian’s whisper bound Rihardt so he couldn’t move.

-Don’t you want to save her?

I want to save her.

But Rihardt doesn’t trust the Benefactor.

-If you endure now, you’ll be able to gain many things.

Not saving Rose right now is the way to gain something?

Nonsense.

-You might even be able to recover your lost memories.

Though I was curious about the memories that were hollowly pierced like holes and couldn’t be filled, that’s not a reason to endure now.

-Really?

Then Sian giggled and laughed.

-I know your ‘memories’.

He knows that?

-I know everything. Haven’t you been curious about it for a while?

About what?

-Why you can’t smell Rose’s scent, yet you keep being drawn to her.

The Benefactor moved his snake-like tongue again.

-Actually, you see. All your lost memories are connected to ‘Rose’.

…What does that.

-So just endure a little longer.

* * *

“You can’t go, Sister.”

Yurta hugged my waist tightly. In his red eyes, rough possessiveness rippled as if it would surge over.

“Choose me.”

“…”

“Sister.”

At his desperately clinging voice, I stroked his cheek.

“Yurta.”

His eyes shook as if surprised. As if this couldn’t be happening.

“I’m sorry, Yurta.”

“…!”

I used my ability to shake him up. Making all the strength drain from his body and making him dizzy.

Eventually Yurta let go of me.

“Rose!”

Dillen hurriedly embraced me.

Leaving behind Yurta who had collapsed as if crumbling, we turned around.

“…Don’t go.”

Yurta sat down and shouted.

“Don’t go!”

Unfortunately, it was a plea that didn’t reach me.

However, his flashing red eyes looked like a beast’s glare and seemed like they would remain in my memory for a long time.

“Are you okay, Rose?”

After escaping the manor, Dillen checked my condition. Then his gaze turned toward my ankle.

“You don’t mean this is…”

Dillen twisted his face painfully as if he himself had been hurt.

“It was that bastard Yurta, wasn’t it?”

It was difficult to confess immediately so I hesitated to answer, but at that moment it was no different from having already answered.

“If I had known earlier… being so stupid… I’m sorry, Rose.”

“It’s okay, Dillen. Thank you for saving me.”

“How can you say it’s okay when your leg is like this?”

Seeing Dillen worrying about me, a smile naturally appeared.

This Dillen hid the truth from me?

You should lie in moderation, Yurta.

“But Dillen, how did you get here?”

“Well, you see…”

He immediately explained to me the situation that led him here.

“You met Anri?”

“Yeah. I met Count Ascent.”

“…Don’t tell me you planned this whole thing with Anri?”

Dillen nodded slightly.

“Listen carefully, Rose. I’ll explain what I heard from Count Ascent from now on.”

“…”

“The Benefactor will draw up the power of the Cursed Land through a ritual.”

The power of the Cursed Land?

What’s that?

“Anri doesn’t know the details of how it will be drawn up either. Since they’ve been preparing the ritual by offering sacrifices until now, they’ll probably use the people gathered for this ritual.”

“Wait, Dillen. What happens when that power is drawn up?”

“…Countless people will die.”

I recalled what I had heard from Sian.

Roji planned all of this to show Count Herthas.

But even so, it doesn’t add up. No matter how much it’s for revenge, to make such a big deal out of it…

Even sacrificing unrelated people.

Sian said so. That child went mad from wandering alone for too long.

‘She really went crazy.’

Otherwise, there’s no way she would have caused such a thing.

“And there’s one more problem, Rose.”

“What problem?”

“Do you know how the Benefactor came to be praised?”

“That’s because he made great contributions during the war…”

“No. As you know, it wasn’t to this extent back then.”

I searched through my old memories.

“The Demon Worshippers. It was when it became known that he had the power to drive them out.”

“Right. But what if those Demon Worshippers and the Benefactor are in cahoots?”

“…”

“Count Ascent is a Demon Worshipper. And he connected Roji and them. That’s how the whole story began.”

“…Anri said he’s no longer a Demon Worshipper?”

“To be precise, it’s more like he lost his place because the Benefactor’s position became too big.”

This was a story I hadn’t heard from Anri.

Some stories might be Dillen’s speculation, but Anri told Dillen stories he hadn’t told me.

That means…

“Anri must be cornered too?”

The only conclusion was that he had become desperate and clung to Dillen.

“It seems Emily Ascent, one of the co-heads, nearly died at the hands of the Benefactor.”

“…What?”

“Now the Ascent family is also in a precarious situation.”

Emily was hurt?

Though we weren’t as close as we once were long ago, perhaps due to old affection, I found myself concerned.

Unlike me, that girl still seemed to harbor goodwill toward me.

“Fortunately, Emily Ascent is safe. She’s recovering, they say.”

Without realizing it, a sigh of relief escaped me.

“But I don’t know what will happen going forward. There’s a possibility the Benefactor might try to eliminate them.”

“….”

“Still, don’t worry. Count Ascent and I have agreed to resolve this matter. So you alone should go to a safe place….”

“No.”

Now was truly the time to see this through to the end.

“Take me to where the ritual is taking place.”

“What?”

“Please, Dillen.”

“Do you think I’d agree to that?”

“Dillen.”

He didn’t answer.

Just as I was about to open my mouth to persuade him once more, Dillen’s eyes shook violently.

“…Ugh!”

“…Dillen?”

His complexion turned bad in an instant. He had been fine just moments before….

“Dillen, is this because of the curse?”

“…Rose.”

“Put me down. Let’s keep some distance.”

“…Rose.”

Dillen exhaled hot breath and whispered in my ear.

“…I’m burning up.”

* * *

The sorcerer was initially reluctant to listen to Roji’s words, but as soon as she slipped him a few coins, he immediately bowed his head.

It was fitting for someone who had cursed another for petty money.

While she prepared the sorcery, Roji left the manor.

“Princess Evangeline is waiting first in the town square.”

Ah. That greedy woman.

As Roji stepped outside, the servant carefully informed her of this fact.

Roji had whispered that she would fulfill what countless people desired for the ritual.

To Anri, the fall of the royal court.

To Princess Evangeline, the position of sole heir to the throne.

She had seen through their desires.

Roji boarded the carriage while thinking of the upcoming ritual.

And so the carriage departed.

The carriage ran for quite some time.

Until Roji, who had been waiting for the carriage to arrive at the square, felt considerable boredom.

‘Ah.’

Roji realized belatedly.

The coachman had been bribed.

The carriage was heading somewhere other than the square.

* * *

Dillen is acting strange.

Even though I had gotten down from his embrace because he seemed to be in pain from the curse, he writhed in agony for a long time.

The moment I unconsciously reached out my hand, feeling sorry for his pain-stricken appearance, his red eyes blazed fiercely.

“…Rose.”

His voice was sinister, unlike his usual self.

“Run away.”

“What?”

“Before I pounce on you.”

“…What are you talking about, Dillen.”

…Why is he suddenly acting like this?

“Run away, please.”

“What on earth are you saying, Dillen?”

“…Rose.”

He spoke in a trembling voice.

“I definitely gave you a chance.”

At that moment, his red eyes were completely consumed by madness.

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