The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 221
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Side Story Episode 11
“You’re the ones being insulting.”
My voice dropped to a cold tone.
“Because of the knights’ plundering, Evantes has become a gang of thugs extorting money from the lord’s people.”
Since they claimed to be the face of Evantes, they should be held accountable for that responsibility.
“I should be the one telling you this.”
I stared at the knights.
These people had no idea what was wrong with their actions.
It was clear that the Count of Piete was turning a blind eye to what they were doing in his territory.
However.
‘Would Arzen really do the same?’
And what kind of situation was this?
Since they came under the pretext of defending the rear, they should have prioritized proper conduct.
“If you want to live, beg us.”
“What?”
I smiled coldly.
“You were planning to thoroughly plunder Piete Estate, weren’t you? Not satisfied with extorting taxes under the pretext of maintaining security, you even used it as gambling money.”
I knew everything they had done. I had heard it all before coming here.
“So what if we did…!”
“How dare you do such things in the name of the Evantes Family.”
I had worked at Evantes.
So I knew well what Arzen hated most.
When I was working there, something like this happened.
The Head Maid and her son committed fraud by selling the Evantes name. Even until I left the manor.
And a few years later, I heard that Arzen had personally punished them.
Arzen would never stand by and watch the Evantes name be tarnished.
“Soon the estate’s people will band together and write a complaint.”
“…What? A complaint?”
“Yes. A complaint. To the Royal Court.”
There was a way to inform Arzen of these people’s misconduct…
But unless I was crazy, that would never happen.
“What do you think the Royal Court will think? When they find out that the faces of Evantes, who came to strengthen the rear, are plundering this place…”
The woman clapped her hands and said.
“Oh, it would look like an occupation!”
“An, an occupation!”
The knights were stunned.
“If Count Evantes finds out about this…!”
One knight couldn’t contain his anger and put his hand on his sword hilt. He looked ready to cut me down right then and there.
But I stared him down without batting an eye. They would never dare do such a thing.
Their faces were already pale with fear that things might escalate.
“…Damn it! Stop, stop it!”
Finally, a knight who seemed fed up shouted.
“Don’t get caught up in annoying details, just let that woman go!”
“What?! But…”
“Don’t bring bad luck on us! We shouldn’t deal with women like that!”
The knights grumbled angrily, but they didn’t dare touch us.
“We’re letting you go because you’re disgusting! Hey, Max! Hurry and bring that woman!”
A knight called Max ran into the castle interior as if to bring Marta.
‘Anyway. Do you think I’ve only been dealing with the likes of you for a day or two?’
When I ran the trading company with Michelle, there were plenty of such nasty guys.
When I gave them the same kind of pathetic threats back, they would freeze up.
A moment later, I saw Marta being led out by the knight’s hand.
“Marta…!”
“You guys…! Why are you here!”
The women called out to Marta, and Marta looked surprised.
I checked Marta’s condition.
‘Thank goodness.’
Marta appeared to be safe without a single injury.
I wanted to leave this place as quickly as possible.
I didn’t want to get into more confrontations with Evantes’ knights for no reason.
I was currently living in hiding.
Above all, since I had retrieved Marta, who was my top priority, it was best to withdraw quickly.
That’s when it happened.
“How noisy.”
At the low voice, the grumbling knights’ voices cut off abruptly.
“G-Grand Master!”
The knights turned pale and reflexively stood at attention.
‘Grand Master?’
Elite knights and soldiers were already stationed at Piete Estate.
Among them, the Grand Master was the highest-ranking existence here.
“Are you done with reconnaissance?”
“Y-yes. We just finished a moment ago and were taking a brief rest…”
“Rest?”
The Grand Master’s cold gaze swept over his subordinates.
“Who are these women?”
“They’re not women you need to concern yourself with, Grand Master.”
“I asked who they are.”
At the Grand Master’s words, the knights moved their lips with difficulty.
“Th-they’re women who came to sell goods to the castle. We were just sending the women away…”
“For people who came to sell goods, they don’t have anything in their arms.”
“…”
It seemed like they made something up hastily. How could they be so stupid?
“You don’t need to have goods with you to be able to sell them.”
“What?”
“The castle seemed too quiet. We offered to plant flowers for you.”
When I made up an excuse, relief appeared on the knights’ faces.
‘I’ll deal with you guys later.’
When I get the chance someday, I’ll make them pay in a different way. I can’t let such people remain in Piete Estate.
“…Then we’ll be going now.”
I was planning to quickly lead the frightened group of women away.
The Grand Master didn’t seem particularly interested in us either.
Just as I was quickly turning to leave.
“Wait.”
Suddenly the Grand Master called out to us.
“…What is it?”
I felt uneasy.
“…Haven’t we met somewhere before?”
“Pardon?”
At that moment, the atmosphere turned cold.
Especially the group of women. They had expressions like they’d eaten shit. It seemed they had misunderstood that the Grand Master was hitting on me.
But it didn’t seem like that.
Perhaps….
In the worst case, this man might have seen me somewhere before.
I had once stayed by Arzen’s side, after all.
I wasn’t sure when that might have been.
When I worked as a maid at the Evantes Family? When I was with Arzen at the Northern Castle? When I was acting as Arzen’s mistress under a different identity? Or….
‘There are too many possibilities!’
I couldn’t narrow down which time period it might have been.
“No. I haven’t.”
“What’s your name?”
“…Lorel.”
The Grand Master examined me closely.
His brow was furrowed as if trying to dig up a memory.
“You may go now.”
“…Thank you.”
…I should return to the cabin immediately.
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The Grand Master watched the departing group of women.
‘Came to sell goods?’
What a joke. It definitely wasn’t that kind of atmosphere.
“You lot, don’t act like street thugs while bearing the Evantes crest. Cherish the family’s honor like your life.”
“Yes, yes….”
“If the family’s honor is tarnished because of you, I’ll personally cut off your heads.”
At that moment, the knights’ faces turned pale.
Having intimidated them, they wouldn’t dare act foolishly for a while. He entered the castle interior.
There was a mountain of work to do.
The elite units dispatched to the borderland had been given a mission. Specifically, to carefully observe the cursed estate.
‘But….’
Lorel’s face that he had seen earlier wouldn’t leave his mind.
He pondered over that face. Had he seen it somewhere before?
Was this just a coincidental feeling?
It was the next day when he recalled something about the woman.
Suddenly, an old memory flashed through his mind.
A maid who had worked at Evantes long ago….
Normally, he wouldn’t remember the face of a mere maid. But that woman was different.
She had been the personal attendant to the monster the Count had brought….
After she fled from Evantes, Arzen had issued a wanted order.
That woman’s name wasn’t Lorel.
【Find Roji.】
The command Arzen had given long ago also came to mind.
She was the woman who had fled from the Count’s Manor long ago. She was definitely reported dead….
Yet she had appeared before him, alive and well.
“Capture that woman immediately!”
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