The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 208

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Episode 208

 

…My body died?

 

“A body without a soul begins to rot.”

 

Even without him saying more, I could guess how my body had died.

 

Sian’s black eyes explaining this looked sad.

 

“…In the end, I had no place to return to.”

 

“But Senior, you hated that world, so you would have suffered knowing you couldn’t return to Korea.”

 

“Was all this for my sake?”

 

Sian remained silent.

 

I was dumbfounded that he created this fake world for me. And then deceived me saying I could return.

 

Crazy bastard. Really a crazy bastard.

 

“Then why did you tell me to kill the Transcendent?”

 

“That was the condition. No matter what other space I created, if you didn’t kill the Transcendent, you couldn’t escape from that world.”

 

It was absurd.

 

Then everything I did until now…

 

“Just to come to this fake world…”

 

Sian’s intention was probably to prevent me from realizing this place was fake.

 

“You’ve been deceiving me all this time?”

 

Mother’s belongings too, the urn too…

 

“Those are real.”

 

Sian immediately answered, realizing what I was thinking.

 

“…Those are items brought from Korea.”

 

“…”

 

In this situation, I felt relief that at least that was fortunate.

 

Why would Sian go this far?

 

“How did you obtain such power?”

 

“…Senior, would you believe me if I said I’m a demon, something like that?”

 

“So you were a demon after all?”

 

“Rather than being a demon, I met a demon.”

 

What kind of life has he lived?

 

“And since I received that power, it wouldn’t be strange to call me a demon.”

 

His face looked strange, as if he wanted to hide that fact from me.

 

“Now that everything’s been revealed, what does that matter…”

 

“But Senior, you’re an Apostle and I’m a demon.”

 

“What does that have to do with anything?”

 

“It doesn’t matter?”

 

It was really absurd.

 

Having come this far, what is he worrying about?

 

If it were before, I might have been shocked by this story, but having experienced too much, it wasn’t surprising now.

 

“But Sian.”

 

While listening to his story, I suddenly had a question.

 

“Unlike me, can’t you return to Korea?”

 

If he met a demon, gained that power, and came here, couldn’t he go back again?

 

“I can’t go back either.”

 

“Why?”

 

Sian let out a small laugh.

 

Why are you suddenly laughing?

 

“Someone told me this.”

 

“…”

 

“People do something called reincarnation. They travel across countless worlds that way.”

 

“…”

 

“Senior is somewhat exceptional, but normally people die and reincarnate to move to other worlds.”

 

“…The stories coming from your mouth are really strange.”

 

Not a single one is normal.

 

“Then did you also die and reincarnate to come over?”

 

“…Well, I suppose you could say it’s similar.”

 

I was shocked for the first time. The worst moment flashed through my mind.

 

“Don’t tell me you died to meet me?”

 

“The death was an accident.”

 

Should I consider this fortunate or not?

 

“Just before dying, I was lucky enough to meet a demon.”

 

Now I roughly understood what had happened.

 

No, actually it was an insane story that made no sense.

 

“You met a demon before dying and gained the demon’s power. Then you created this space. Is that right?”

 

“That’s right.”

 

“Then why did you put shackles on my legs?”

 

“That was because I was afraid Senior might run away…”

 

This was a space he created. But does he think there’s somewhere to escape to?

 

Once some of my curiosity was satisfied, I lay down where I was.

 

It was night just a moment ago, but now I could see the bright blue sky.

 

Crack-

 

Then I saw a familiar fissure in the sky.

 

Was this proof that this world wasn’t perfect?

 

“Senior, maybe Yurta Herthas is still alive.”

 

“What?”

 

“The world I created is perfect. But the fact that it keeps cracking means that world is trying to pull Senior back.”

 

“…”

 

“We might not have completely severed the Transcendent’s tenacious lifeline.”

 

I’d rather that were the case.

 

There was a time when I hated Yurta so terribly that I tried to kill him, but not now.

 

“But if we just hold out here, Yurta Herthas will die on his own.”

 

“…Why?”

 

“As Senior knows, Selline cast a ‘spell’ on him to prevent him from revealing her death. But since Yurta broke that spell, he’ll slowly die.”

 

My chest felt heavy.

 

I couldn’t shake the oppressive feeling that everything was because of me.

 

“…Is there no way to save him?”

 

“There is. Senior would have to stay by Yurta Herthas’s side.”

 

“…”

 

“But Senior hates that more.”

 

A connection I never wanted to see again, yet to save him I’d have to stay by his side.

 

Nothing could be more horrible than this.

 

I squeezed my eyes shut.

 

“What happens to us now?”

 

Sian didn’t answer.

 

He probably didn’t know either.

 

He must have planned to deceive me that this world was real and live together with me.

 

“Let’s go back.”

 

“…Senior?”

 

“Let’s go back to the other world.”

 

For a while, no answer came back from Sian.

 

Only the sound of wind brushing past the grass blades could be heard.

 

“…Why?”

 

Soon he asked quietly.

 

“Senior, you hated that world.”

 

“Even so, I can’t stay here.”

 

“…This place can fulfill everything you want.”

 

“What I want is in the real world.”

 

“….”

 

“Let’s go together.”

 

From the beginning, there was only one place where I could exist – the other world.

 

“…Okay. Let’s go back.”

 

Before leaving, I gathered the radio and urn that Mother had given me.

 

Then I took Sian’s hand.

 

The small world surrounding us shattered like glass and we crossed over to another world. It was ridiculously easy.

 

The world where I had lived as Rose.

 

Familiar pink hair fluttered at my chest.

 

I’m back.

 

“Extra! Extra!”

 

It was a scene I hadn’t seen in a long time.

 

Antique low-rise buildings distinctly different from the sparkling high-rise building scenery.

 

Now I’ll have to start over again in this place.

 

Unlike when I first set foot in this world, somehow I felt relieved.

 

“Let’s go.”

 

Then Sian handed me a robe. Where did this come from?

 

Well, if he can create spaces, he can probably make a robe.

 

“Senior, your face is known, so it would be better to cover it.”

 

Following his words, I put on the robe and carefully covered my face.

 

“I heard the Head of the Holy Knights went berserk….”

 

“Damn. Who can live anywhere out of fear.”

 

“The Evantes Family is also participating in the operation to stop him.”

 

What is all this about?

 

“Sian, let’s buy that newspaper.”

 

“Got it.”

 

I need to find out how the situation has unfolded.

 

I immediately read the newspaper Sian bought.

 

The content the men were discussing could be found not far away. It was featured prominently on the front page.

 

“This is….”

 

I hurriedly checked the date written on the newspaper.

 

More than half a year had already passed since I left this world.

 

And during those six months….

 

“Rihardt went crazy and is on a rampage, and each family is sending soldiers to stop him?”

 

“Seems like it?”

 

This is crazy, crazy.

 

And Sian, why are you answering so calmly?

 

“Wasn’t this the result you expected?”

 

“…This was something that could be expected?”

 

“When you left, Rihardt said that. That he would destroy everything.”

 

“…That was serious?”

 

He really is more of a crazy bastard than I thought.

 

I finally came back and the world is about to end. What is this?

 

“There’s a way, Senior.”

 

“…What way.”

 

“Senior just needs to meet Rihardt.”

 

“….”

 

Isn’t that like saying let’s die together?

 

“The reason he’s doing this in the first place is because of you, Senior. So if you’re by his side, it’ll be fine.”

 

“….”

 

“And Senior, you have the power to handle transcendents.”

 

“….”

 

“Or it would be fine to gain merit by helping kill the transcendent.”

 

I sighed.

 

…Should I meet Rihardt as Sian says?

 

Since I think of this as the world I’ll live in, I felt I had to prevent war at least.

 

“Oh, Senior, look over there.”

 

Over there?

 

I turned my head in the direction Sian pointed.

 

“Do you see it? It’s Evantes’ carriage.”

 

Damn.

 

Evantes’ carriage?

 

Before any thought could occur to me, I ran frantically into the alley.

 

“…Senior!”

 

Panicked Sian shouted in surprise and followed after me.

 

After a while, when I was far from the street where we had been standing, I finally stopped.

 

“Huff….”

 

I was out of breath from running at my limit.

 

Then Sian giggled behind me. Is this funny?

 

“Ah…. Sorry, Senior. You running away so desperately was too funny.”

 

“….”

 

Well, if I get caught by Arzen here, there’s no answer.

 

I sighed and said to Sian.

 

“Let’s go to Rihardt.”

 

“You’ve decided to do that after all?”

 

“…If a war breaks out like this, where will we live?”

 

“We?”

 

Then Sian asked as if surprised.

 

“If we don’t live together, who else would I live with?”

 

We fell into a strange world together after all.

 

Of course, it’s not really a strange world, but that’s how it is.

 

We actually lived together for 3 months in fake Korea.

 

“I’m happy that you chose me.”

 

Despite saying that, Sian’s black eyes darkened.

 

A dry wind brushed past Sian.

 

Crack-

 

Then cracks appeared on Sian’s face like breaking glass. I lost my words at that strange sight and stared at him.

 

“Ah.”

 

Sian touched his cracked face.

 

And smiled.

 

“It’s nothing serious.”

 

…Nothing serious?

 

“My body can’t adapt to This Place. I’m different from you, Senior.”

 

“…Really?”

 

“Really.”

 

It seemed questionable, but since Sian said so, I nodded.

 

“I know where Rihardt is.”

 

“How do you know that?”

 

“We’re connected.”

 

What’s that supposed to mean. That’s strange.

 

“Then shall we go?”

 

* * *

 

Rihardt was lying there like a corpse.

 

Like someone waiting for the day to die.

 

There was an unfilled hole pierced through his chest.

 

In the past, that had been his lost memories, and now it was the trace of the woman who had coldly abandoned him and left.

 

He missed the scent of a woman he had smelled long, long ago.

 

“…Ah.”

 

Rihardt opened his eyes.

 

Someone had entered his domain. How dare they.

 

The moment the man’s pure white power turned black as if corrupted, a familiar woman stood before his eyes.

 

Lovely pink hair.

 

“It’s been a while, Rihardt.”

 

Ah. Rihardt smiled with rapture.

 

And instinctively thought.

 

Let’s break her wings and shatter her ankles so she can’t escape.

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