The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 209
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Episode 209
Rihardt lived here?
This place is…
“It’s been a while since you’ve been here, hasn’t it?”
“This doesn’t seem like a place to talk about so cheerfully…”
It’s the Cursed Land.
And it’s the White Temple I saw long ago.
Why would he stay in a place where it’s hard to properly use one’s power in the Cursed Land?
Well, I suppose. Since he has countless enemies, there’s no better place than here to avoid people.
“Hold this for me for a moment.”
I handed my bag to Sian.
“I’ll be back then.”
“Let’s go together.”
Sian hastily grabbed my wrist.
“No. I think it’s better if I go alone.”
Who knows what Rihardt might do if he sees Sian.
I had some confidence. That I had the power to stop Rihardt.
“Will you be okay?”
“…If I don’t return within a day, come rescue me or something.”
“Understood. I’ll wait, Senior.”
I entered the temple.
The interior was much more desolate than when I had visited this place before.
I felt the cool air and hunched my shoulders as I walked inside.
‘Was this place this spacious?’
Where could Rihardt be?
Looking around as I walked, I stopped in front of a large door.
Could he be inside?
Somehow I had a strong feeling it was this place. I opened the door without hesitation.
A man with a pristine white impression was sprawled carelessly on the floor.
The surroundings were so quiet you could hear a pin drop, I almost mistook Rihardt for being dead for a moment.
Then, sensing a presence, Rihardt raised his body.
“…It’s been a while, Rihardt.”
The moment our blue eyes met, my breath caught.
It felt like being crushed by a quiet sea and sinking to the bottom of an abyss.
“…Is this another illusion?”
An illusion?
“…I’m not an illusion. I came after hearing news that a war would break out because of you.”
“…”
“Is that true?”
I looked at him, hoping it was simply an exaggerated lie. Hoping for words of denial to come from him.
However, Rihardt rested his chin on his hand and smiled broadly.
“The illusion is speaking.”
“…”
Somehow his condition didn’t look very good.
Did he take some kind of drug while I wasn’t around?
“That makes it even better, I suppose.”
Rihardt, who slowly raised his body, pulled my arm toward him.
“…!”
In the sudden situation, I was helplessly dragged without being able to resist at all.
Rihardt pinned me down so I couldn’t move and kissed me.
My head went blank at what happened in an instant.
“Mmph…!”
I struggled to push him away, but he didn’t budge. Not only that, he took away all my breath.
My head spun dizzily as if I would suffocate. When all the strength left my body, Rihardt pulled away from me.
He looked at me lying limply and smiled, brushing the hair stuck to my face behind my ear.
“…You don’t know how wretched I look clinging even to an illusion of you. But even an illusion is so sweet I think I’ll go mad.”
“Get a grip, Rihardt. I’m not an illusion.”
However, Rihardt showed no sign of believing my words.
Just how many illusions has he seen to act like this?
He kissed my forehead and moved his hand down to caress my ankle.
Somehow it felt like déjà vu and gave me chills. The moment I tried to pull my ankle away, strength entered his grip.
“Don’t be afraid. If you don’t run away, I won’t do anything to you.”
“…”
“But if you run away, I can’t guarantee that.”
The man was more insane than when I last saw him.
This won’t work. I need to drain his power first.
The moment I tried to steal his power like I did with Yurta, black power burst forth from Rihardt’s body.
‘Huh?’
The pristine white power from my hand was devoured.
A power similar to what I saw from Roji on the day of the ritual.
“Why do you have this…”
“Why do you think I lived in the Cursed Land?”
“Don’t tell me…”
Is Rihardt also using the power of the Cursed Land while it gnaws at his body, like Roji?
“Ack!”
The black power bound my arms and legs like shackles.
Rihardt, who easily subdued me, smiled with satisfaction and embraced my waist.
As I twisted my body to avoid him, he kissed my cheek.
“I love you.”
The voice whispering to me was eerie.
“Let go of this, Rihardt.”
“No. You’re mine.”
His hazy blue eyes had no intention of listening. No, more precisely, should I say he wasn’t in a state where words could get through?
“I came to stop you.”
“You came to stop me?”
Unlike me speaking seriously, he couldn’t hide his laughter as if this moment was purely enjoyable.
“What to do. Everything you heard is true.”
“…”
“When dawn breaks tomorrow, I was planning to destroy everything.”
He casually uttered words so chilling they made my head freeze.
As if all of this was a child’s prank.
He played with my hair and kissed me.
“Why are you trying to commit such a terrible act? Don’t do it, Rihardt.”
What value could there be in such meaningless and destructive behavior?
It would only lead to self-destruction.
“That’s obvious.”
Rihardt smiled brightly as he looked at me.
“Because you went into hiding.”
“…”
“If I eliminate the places you can go, you’ll come back to me.”
The man who wanted to take my breath away laughed pleasantly.
“So Rose, just wait a little.”
I had to stop Rihardt.
I knew that fact in my head…
Seeing those blue eyes mixed with ecstasy and madness, emotions I couldn’t approach, I simply couldn’t open my mouth. It was beyond what I could handle.
When even force wouldn’t work, what more could I do?
The motivation that had filled me until I entered inside instantly subsided.
“I love you, Rose.”
Rihardt whispered sweetly and bit my ear.
* * *
Crack.
At that moment when Rose was with Rihardt, Sian had reached his limit.
His body was slowly crumbling. There was no more time.
Now was the time to make a decision.
* * *
-Senior.
-Senior, can you hear me?
It was much later when I came to my senses.
Because Rihardt wouldn’t let me go, I had to suffer in his arms for a long time.
And so I fell asleep without realizing it…
‘This is crazy. Where do I think I am to be sleeping?’
Rihardt was holding me and sleeping comfortably. It would be nice if we could just stay like this.
Even when morning comes.
-Senior.
Then Sian’s voice echoed in my head again.
How do you do this kind of thing?
“I can hear you.”
-Are you okay, Senior? Should I come inside?
“No. I’ll come outside.”
I looked at the black tendrils that bound my wrists and ankles. This is maddening.
When I exerted my white power to the maximum, the tendrils binding me gradually faded.
I grabbed them and pulled them out with all my strength.
‘Let’s escape for now.’
I twisted my body to escape from Rihardt’s embrace as he slept holding me, and fled the room.
“Senior, are you okay?”
When I came outside the temple, Sian, who had been waiting for me, carefully examined my body.
“I’m fine. But you…”
Huh?
There were more cracks on Sian’s face.
“Your face…”
“Ah. Don’t worry about it.”
How can I not worry when you look like that?
“Are you really okay?”
“I said I’m fine. More importantly, how is that side?”
“…Rihardt? He’s not in very good condition. It seems like he’s planning to start a war as soon as morning breaks, and I don’t think I can stop him.”
What do we do now?
The black sky gradually turned blue, then took on a reddish hue.
The sun was already rising.
“…There is one method.”
“…A method to stop Rihardt? Really?”
I asked in surprise.
“Yes. Really.”
He was smiling, but he looked so precarious as if he might disappear, so I unconsciously gripped his collar tightly.
Sian held my hand firmly as if telling me not to worry and headed toward the temple.
He stopped in front of the door where Rihardt was.
“How are you going to resolve this situation? What’s the method?”
“The method is…”
Sian smiled gently and brushed back my disheveled hair.
“I’ll go inside. Senior, stay here. Just wait 5 minutes and everything will be over.”
“You’re not planning to kill him, are you?”
Even though things had come to this, I didn’t want to kill Rihardt. I wanted to persuade him without killing him.
“No.”
Sian smiled as if telling me not to worry, but the uneasiness remaining in one corner of my heart wouldn’t easily disappear.
“Senior, I love you.”
Then Sian suddenly confessed his love. I was so flustered that I froze in place.
“…You must be confused, but it was something I really wanted to say.”
I still hadn’t given him any answer in return, but he smiled.
“Just wait 5 minutes, Senior.”
Then come inside after that.
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