The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 219

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Side Story Episode 9

 

“Which crazy bastard is impersonating…!”

 

The gatekeeper burst into anger.

 

If Herthas Prince had been scheduled to visit this place, orders would have come down from above.

 

Besides, there was no reason for that famous prince to visit the estate so secretly!

 

“If this is a forged identity…”

 

However, he couldn’t finish his words.

 

A chilling aura cut through the air and surged forward in an instant.

 

It was tremendous killing intent. Invisible pressure crushed his entire body.

 

His legs went numb, and his feet wouldn’t move as if stuck to the ground. Even breathing became difficult.

 

“Huh, huup…!”

 

This wasn’t human power.

 

‘…What, what is this?!’

 

From within the black robe, bright red eyes flashed.

 

The light was too vivid to be considered human eyes.

 

When that gaze swept over the gatekeeper, he felt as if it was examining him down to his flesh.

 

“If you want to live. You’d better watch your mouth.”

 

A quiet warning fell over his head.

 

The man swept past the castle gate, his black robe billowing.

 

Yurta Herthas had entered Piete Estate.

 

* * *

 

After Rihardt left, another problem arose.

 

Psh, pshsik-

 

‘Huh…?’

 

Now the heating artifact had broken down.

 

“Oh no, this won’t do?”

 

I tried operating the artifact again. Then it made puffing sounds and repeatedly turned on and off.

 

It seemed like it would completely break down soon.

 

‘This is troublesome.’

 

Potatoes like cool climates, but they can’t survive sub-zero weather.

 

Especially the Cursed Land was a place with extreme weather changes like a desert. It was warm during the day but could instantly become winter weather at night.

 

‘If this happens, my potatoes will…!’

 

They’ll die before they’re even born.

 

Oh no!

 

I pondered deeply.

 

Should I ask Rihardt to buy a heating artifact too…?

 

But then my potato friends would be neglected for too long…

 

‘They should sell heating artifacts at Piete Estate too.’

 

They farmed there as well. They had been harvesting steadily except for certain years when malice spread from the Cursed Land.

 

I looked up at the hazy sky where even time couldn’t be gauged.

 

It was early morning, but the sun wasn’t visible.

 

‘I should… go, right?’

 

That far distance.

 

For my potatoes…

 

My deliberation was short. No, actually it was long.

 

‘Let’s go…’

 

That’s life, after all…

 

I first went into the cabin and informed Rihardt of this fact.

 

[It’s my fault. I should have checked in advance…]

 

Rihardt was truly sorry and blamed himself.

 

So I comforted him.

 

“It’s okay, Rihardt. I was going to buy a heating artifact anyway.”

 

[What did you say?]

 

But suddenly a sharp reaction came back. He seemed somewhat shocked too.

 

Why is he like that?

 

[Are you saying you’re going to Piete Estate alone right now?]

 

“Yes. They sell heating artifacts at Piete Estate too.”

 

[No, Rose. It’s dangerous for you to go alone.]

 

Rihardt urgently tried to stop me.

 

“But the potatoes will die.”

 

[Those damn potatoes…]

 

Crack- I heard the sound of teeth grinding through the artifact. Murderous muttering was mixed in too.

 

“It’s okay, Rihardt. I can go and come back safely.”

 

[…You, who got tired just five minutes into starting exercise?]

 

“…That was strength training.”

 

Walking there is no problem.

 

[Rather… I’ll return immediately. If I leave now, within two days, no, within one day…]

 

“You don’t need to go through such trouble.”

 

[It’s no trouble. Or… I’ll buy you a potato field. No, when I return, I’ll immediately acquire the southern farmland…]

 

The scale kept getting bigger.

 

I was getting scared that Rihardt might really acquire land when he returned.

 

“…First of all, Rihardt, even if you buy me that much land, I can’t manage it all by myself.”

 

[You can hire people.]

 

“And potatoes grown with love are different from potatoes grown by hired people.”

 

[…You never once told me you love me.]

 

…No, why is the conversation going that way?!

 

[Rose, please, don’t go…]

 

When he saw no sign of me changing my mind, Rihardt seemed to decide to change his approach.

 

Telling me not to go. Not to leave this cabin.

 

Unlike before, now when I saw him pleading desperately, my heart would soften. But…

 

I had potatoes to feed and raise. I had to be strong.

 

[…When I return, I should dry those damn potatoes to death.]

 

It was the most chilling thing I’d ever heard.

 

Hey, isn’t it time to graduate from the mad duke role…!

 

“I’m sorry, Rihardt…”

 

I steeled my resolve and rejected Rihardt. I had already decided to leave the cabin.

 

But I should have listened to Rihardt…

 

Something I never could have imagined was waiting for me at Piete Estate.

 

* * *

 

Huff…

 

As Rihardt said, going alone from the Cursed Land to Piete Estate was crazy.

 

I knew the distance was far.

 

But going alone was too difficult.

 

‘Why, why is it so particularly hard today?’

 

How did I even get to Piete Estate all this time…?

 

Thinking about it carefully, I walked half the way alone, and the other half I was carried on Rihardt’s back.

 

…So this is why Rihardt tried to stop me.

 

After seeing the threshold of death several times, I finally arrived at Piete Estate.

 

“Huff, ah…”

 

I’ll never come alone again.

 

Soothing my unmoving feet, I was finally able to stand in front of the checkpoint.

 

‘It’s not the same gatekeeper I saw last time?’

 

I thought the same gatekeeper would be standing there since I arrived around the same time.

 

“Lorel Priam, pass through.”

 

Fortunately, this gatekeeper didn’t demand money.

 

I entered Piete Estate with relief. Like last time, I could see soldiers from the Evantes Family.

 

‘…Let’s go back quietly.’

 

Fortunately, obtaining a heating artifact wasn’t difficult. I was able to get it quickly.

 

It would have been good to return right away, but…

 

I had walked for too long and my stamina was completely depleted.

 

‘Should I stop by Marta’s Restaurant?’

 

Come to think of it, it was dinner time now. There would be many customers.

 

Let me have a meal there before leaving. So I turned my steps toward Marta’s Restaurant.

 

But the atmosphere was strange.

 

The area in front of the restaurant was deserted. The street atmosphere was frighteningly quiet.

 

I carefully opened the door.

 

And there was no one inside the restaurant.

 

‘What?’

 

I was confused. There was no one here, so why wasn’t even the door properly locked?

 

“Marta…?”

 

I carefully called her name. My voice echoed through the frighteningly quiet restaurant.

 

That’s when it happened.

 

Clatter-

 

A sound came.

 

It was a sound from the warehouse in the back of the restaurant. And there was…

 

“Lorel?”

 

A group of women who were close to Marta.

 

“Lorel, what brings you here…”

 

“Then why are you all in an empty restaurant?”

 

The sound echoed frighteningly.

 

It was too strange.

 

At a time when it should be full of customers, the owner was absent and only her friends were there.

 

And their expressions were also dark.

 

The women exchanged glances as if they were troubled. Soon, as if they had decided, someone spoke up.

 

“Lorel, Marta is…”

 

The next words were truly shocking.

 

“She was dragged away by Evantes knights.”

 

What?

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