The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 30

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Episode 30

I got goosebumps at the voice I shouldn’t have heard.

To describe the intensity of those goosebumps, it was as eerie as encountering a zombie crawling out of a grave on a midsummer night.

“What brings Prince Herthas here?”

“I was invited to dinner by Count Evantes and was on my way there…”

Yurta’s gaze pierced into me.

His lips curved in such an ominously pleasant way that I quickly averted my eyes.

“More importantly, did that maid just say she was quitting her job?”

Butler, please shush.

I shot an intense look at the butler, but unfortunately, he wasn’t looking at me.

“Yes, that’s correct. Do you happen to know Roji?”

“Of course I do.”

…Clearly the two of them were talking about me, but an atmosphere formed where I, the person in question, couldn’t join in.

“She’s the maid who serves Count Evantes in his bedroom.”

At those words, the butler let out a flustered cough.

Yurta persistently shot glances at me, then smiled slyly.

“Well then, I’ll be on my way.”

With that, Yurta left, and I could only watch his retreating figure in dismay while clutching the back of my neck.

Even after Yurta disappeared, the butler kept clearing his throat repeatedly before calming down and turning to look at me.

“So Roji, what were you trying to tell me?”

Ah, my neck…

I reflexively grabbed the back of my neck.

“Roji, are you hurt somewhere?”

“My neck hurts…”

“Oh my, and you’re still so young…”

The butler clicked his tongue as if feeling sorry for me, but I was on the verge of crying from frustration.

The very person who had made things absolutely terrible didn’t even know what had happened…

“Um, Butler, I was trying to tell you that I’ll have to keep working here for the time being…”

As I spoke, I felt like tears might leak out.

However, contrary to my feelings, the butler’s face lit up with joy.

“Is that really true?”

“Please take good care of me from now on, Butler…”

“Yes, Roji. Let’s continue to work well together.”

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After finishing my conversation with the butler, I headed straight to my room.

Thinking of Yurta, who probably knew I was supposed to quit immediately, made me feel miserable.

I was feeling quite uneasy worrying about his future actions when I found Emily waiting for me in front of my room door.

She brightened up when she saw me.

“Roji, let’s go to the kitchen together!”

“To the kitchen?”

“There’s tons of work right now, so they requested additional help. So we’re supposed to go.”

Ugh, I don’t want to.

Seeing me make a terrible expression, Emily said we should secretly ask the Head Chef for dessert after the work was done.

As if she had already made some kind of promise, her tone was excessively confident.

I suddenly became curious.

Why was Emily being so nice to me—no, to Roji—to this extent?

Right after my possession, I must have shown behavior different from Roji’s.

Yet Emily, who had watched all of that process from the sidelines, remained nonchalantly calm.

I was thinking that Emily must have been very close with Roji as we descended the stairs toward the Central Hall.

“No, I don’t want to! Please, save me!”

That’s when a desperate plea echoed through the air.

Emily and I stopped our conversation and naturally turned our gaze toward where the sound came from—the Central Hall.

There was…

“I really didn’t know! This is unfair! Who could have known the monster would suddenly escape!”

“Stop making noise and come along!”

“Sob… I really don’t know anything about this! The restraints were properly secured too…”

The maid being dragged away by knights in the center was a face I knew well.

Rihardt’s meal attendant for this time.

“…Ella?”

I called her name in a very small voice.

It should have been such a quiet voice that even Emily next to me couldn’t hear it, but Ella turned her head as if she had heard my voice.

Eyes full of tears pierced into me.

“Roji!”

She called my name with desperate earnestness as if asking me to save her, but there was nothing I could do.

I’m just a maid after all…

“Let’s go, Roji.”

Emily turned her head as if avoiding Ella’s gaze, then grabbed my arm and pulled me along.

“Roji, don’t go!”

“…”

Emily forcefully turned my body around as if separating me from that rough voice.

“If you get involved for no reason, only you will be in danger.”

Emily warned me in a low, urgent voice near my ear.

That’s when it happened.

“I heard the monster was looking for a pink-haired maid!”

At those words, my footsteps came to a complete stop.

“…That’s not about you, is it Roji?”

Someone cautiously raised the question.

“Are you crazy? What are you talking about right now?”

“But it’s true, Emily. Roji is the only one with pink hair here.”

The moment those words fell, the atmosphere subtly sank.

Gazes gathered toward me one by one, all too naturally.

“Wh-what are you talking about? Our Roji has red hair!”

Whoosh—

As if timed perfectly, a chilly wind swept past.

“Ahem. Let’s go, Roji.”

When Emily grabbed my hand to pull me along, I lifted my stiff feet as if they had taken root.

Just as we were about to leave that spot.

“What’s going on?”

A low, composed statement cut across the Central Hall.

The very person who created this situation appeared at the center of the commotion.

Count Arzen Evantes.

“C-Count Evantes!”

Knights, servants—everyone without exception bowed their heads.

Knights and servants alike, everyone around bowed their heads in unison. Like a reflex action ingrained in their bodies from long ago, their movements showed not a hint of hesitation.

What followed was Arzen’s leisurely hand gesture that seemed to command everything instead of unnecessary words.

At that signal, a knight nearby immediately approached and reported the entire situation up to that point without pause for breath.

“The monster was looking for that pink-haired maid, Count Evantes.”

Arzen’s gaze reached me.

At that moment, I had an intuition.

All my endurance serving Rihardt’s meals would be meaningless, and perhaps everything might end here.

As anxiety approached my heart, I bit my lips. Arzen is a merciless madman.

“Wasn’t it said to be red hair?”

“…Pardon?”

Everyone around looked bewildered.

When did he hear Emily’s ridiculous claim?

Tilting his head, he looked down at me and drew a languid smile.

“It looks red to my eyes.”

His low, sunken voice was added meaningfully.

“Right?”

“Yes, yes! Th-that’s right! It’s red hair!”

As soon as those words fell, the knights around chimed in unison as if they had made a promise.

Not one of them could make eye contact, and undeniable fear was evident on their faces.

Thus, the people of the Evantes family collectively became colorblind.

“Then what should we do with this maid here?”

Ella was looking up at Arzen with a bloodless, pale face.

Her trembling lips quivered several times. As if silently repeating “please, please” with a voiceless voice.

“Get rid of her. She’s noisy.”

“Understood.”

The moment that short response fell, I had to swallow something in my mouth.

If I had let my guard down even a little, words that should never be spoken would have burst out.

Bastard.

Those who regard human lives as nothing more than ant lives. I despised such humans.

“Why do you have such eyes?”

Arzen, who noticed my glare, asked me.

“…It’s nothing.”

However, Arzen didn’t seem to believe it much.

“Do you find this situation disagreeable?”

With a person being dragged away, could I say it’s agreeable?

However, I couldn’t even tell if I, who was just watching all this situation, had the right to criticize him.

“It’s Count Evantes’ will, so how could I dare to argue?”

Only then did Arzen add a satisfied, beautiful smile.

…Indeed, there are no normal people in this place.

This is definitely not a place to work for long.

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