The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 3

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Episode 03

Sparkling silver hair as if sprinkled with stardust, thick eyelashes half-lowered and drooping.

A beautiful face that looked slightly tired.

It was an appearance that naturally brought to mind the keyword “beautiful man.”

In the basement where not a single ray of light entered, I even had the strange illusion of seeing a melancholy man bathed in evening glow.

Moreover, the sight of him wearing shackles around his ankles made the decadent atmosphere he exuded stand out even more.

“Ah.”

Rihardt’s lips, having discovered me, moved slightly before drawing a gentle smile.

For a moment, I felt shocked as if someone had struck my head from behind with a baseball bat.

Could a person really be this handsome?

“You’re the maid who helped me a little while ago.”

Unlike when I saw him a few hours ago, perhaps because he had taken medicine, his pale face now had a faint vitality.

However, since a small amount of medicine couldn’t completely suppress all the pain, Rihardt looked somewhat exhausted.

“How should I repay this kindness…”

Wasn’t he grinding his teeth just a moment ago?

His tone was so solemn it made me suspect something was wrong with my memory.

“There’s no need to repay me. I brought you a meal, so please eat.”

I cut off any chance for conversation with him and set down the dog bowl in front of him.

Rihardt wasn’t originally a kind person and harbored hatred toward everyone in this manor.

Such a Rihardt wouldn’t be grateful for just a little help from earlier.

Rihardt was acting sweet now because he was trying to escape.

He was probably planning to use me when he ran away after bewitching me.

‘That’s why Emily was accused of being bewitched by the monster.’

In the original work, all the servants who were bewitched by Rihardt and helped him had their heads cut off.

And Rihardt felt not the slightest guilt about it.

“Thank you for bringing me my meal, miss maid.”

Even though he must have felt humiliated seeing the dog bowl, he calmly expressed his gratitude.

He had acted politely when we met earlier too, but then he had shown his hateful emotions while losing his composure.

‘Don’t tell me he’s trying to get more medicine from me.’

That makes sense.

Arzen had the maids attending to Rihardt deliver medicine to him.

When Rihardt first had a seizure, Arzen was pleased, saying he could instill fear about him in front of the servants.

However, on the other hand, he felt dismayed by Rihardt’s strength, which was stronger than expected.

After that, he instructed the maids who would attend to Rihardt to give him magic suppressants when he was on the verge of a seizure.

Of course, since it was a very small amount, it only prevented seizures and wasn’t very effective at reducing his pain.

“Miss maid.”

While I was lost in thought, Rihardt seemed to have already finished his meal.

“I’ve finished eating, so please go ahead and leave. You need to have your meal too, and you can’t stay here forever.”

“Understood.”

For having steeled my heart before entering the room, nothing much had happened.

Since they said I’d take turns attending to Rihardt, would I need to endure about 10 days?

I just needed to keep a good watch on him until then.

Thinking this, I was clearing away the bowl placed in front of Rihardt when something unexpected caught my eye.

At that moment, goosebumps rose on the back of my neck.

The chain was broken.

It seemed he had broken it slightly and then reconnected it so it wouldn’t be noticed.

“Miss maid?”

A high-grade magic restraint couldn’t be defective… most likely Rihardt had broken it.

What would have happened to me if I hadn’t discovered this?

“Miss maid, are you alright?”

“Ah, I felt dizzy for a moment…”

“Dizzy?”

Thinking that Rihardt mustn’t know I had discovered the broken chain, I deliberately swayed my body with all my might.

“…Miss maid!”

Rihardt firmly caught my waist as I was about to collapse. However.

Clang.

Because my body swayed so much, I couldn’t do anything about the bowl that fell.

Fortunately or unfortunately, the dog bowl was sturdy and didn’t break.

“…Are you alright?”

Bewilderment showed on Rihardt’s face.

In my rush to deceive Rihardt, my acting had been a little, no, very overdone.

I suddenly felt embarrassed.

“I have anemia and need to take medicine, but I forgot to take it…”

Now that I think about it, I don’t seem to have much talent for lying.

Surely Rihardt noticed something strange too? But unexpectedly, a pitying look crossed his face.

“You couldn’t take your medicine?”

…No way.

“I’ve had anemia since I was little and take anemia medicine, but since I started working as a maid, I often forget.”

“That’s…”

It seemed he thought there was a commonality with himself taking magic suppressants.

Sympathy briefly appeared and disappeared from Rihardt’s expression.

Good, it seems I successfully deceived him.

“Anyway, thank you for catching me.”

I pushed Rihardt’s shoulder and escaped from his embrace.

I hurriedly picked up the thrown dog bowl and quickly approached the door.

I was half-alert that if I stayed here any longer, I might be bewitched by Rihardt.

“Well then, I’ll be going now.”

“Excuse me, miss maid.”

But Rihardt stopped me.

“…May I ask what perfume you use?”

Perfume?

I couldn’t answer, ‘Well, I’ve only been possessing this body for a day, so I don’t know what perfume she uses.’

“I’ll let you know next time.”

So don’t run away. Absolutely not.

I ignored Rihardt’s gaze and came out of the room.

“Roji! Are you okay?”

Emily was standing there, as if she had been waiting for me outside the room.

I smiled brightly and kindly while handing the dog bowl to Emily.

She looked at me with eyes that didn’t understand what was happening.

“Roji? Why are you giving this to me…”

“Emily.”

“Y-yes?”

“If you discover something dangerous here, where should you report it?”

I had to hurry before Rihardt escaped.

“Hmm. Usually we tell the butler. Did something happen in there?”

“Where is the butler?”

“I saw the butler on the first floor earlier…”

“Thank you!”

I immediately ran past her.

Emily shouted “What’s going on!” from behind, but her words didn’t register in my ears due to the urgency of needing to report this fact quickly.

I had to report it quickly before Rihardt escaped.

When I escaped the dim basement, just as Emily had said, there was a man standing alone on the first floor wearing a simple white shirt.

“Butler, this is terrible!”

My voice burst out loudly, perhaps from excitement.

I ran toward the man.

“Butler?”

“….”

At my call, the man turned to look at me with a puzzled expression.

Something’s strange.

Don’t butlers usually wear butler uniforms or something?

“…Um, I’m on duty to attend to Rihar… no, the monster, and I discovered that the chains were broken.”

I was about to thoughtlessly call Rihardt’s name but closed my mouth.

The servants of this manor call Rihardt a monster.

Arzen wanted it that way, and he had been imprinted on them as a monster.

No one knows Rihardt’s name or anything.

“The chains are broken?”

“More precisely, it looks like they were broken. Anyway, please check….”

Wait a minute, something’s strange.

Golden hair as soft as melted pure gold, green eyes reminiscent of a forest. Handsome features.

I was too frantic to notice before, but this is similar to the male lead’s physical description….

Could it be, is this Arzen…?

He smiled brightly at me.

Chills, goosebumps rose all over my body.

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