The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 31

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Episode 31

The meat was tough.

Yurta quietly looked down at the tough flesh being cut away by his knife as he sliced his steak.

The subtle resistance transmitted through the blade tip strangely irritated him.

Rose was leaving this place?

Yurta recalled Rose’s face from their encounter during the day. The deathly pale expression she wore the moment their eyes met.

It was nonsense.

Rose would know.

The moment she stepped out of this place, he wouldn’t leave her alone. That he would immediately take her and hide her away somewhere like a prisoner.

Honestly speaking, it was quite an appealing development.

‘But.’

It was strange.

Her personality, expressions, the intonation at the end of her words. Her gait, how she handled her gaze, even her trivial gestures.

She was subtly, yet clearly different from the Rose that Yurta knew.

As if… she were a different person.

It was at the moment he was mulling over that thought.

Thud-

The sound of a wine glass being set down on the table cut through the silence.

“I heard about what happened during the day.”

At the head of the dining table.

Arzen was looking at Yurta without stopping his hand from cutting his steak.

His gaze was leisurely, but as always, calculation lay beneath it.

“You cooperated in capturing and confining the monster that was trying to escape? I received help unexpectedly.”

Yurta put down his knife and slowly raised his head.

A thin smile hung on his lips.

“Not at all. I also got to enjoy an interesting spectacle thanks to it.”

“An interesting spectacle.”

The corner of Arzen’s mouth lifted slightly.

“Since you’re an important guest, I was worried we might have caused you trouble, but I’m relieved.”

He would have taken it as modesty.

But for Yurta, those words weren’t an exaggeration at all.

The process of catching the monster was interesting, and thanks to it, he was able to have a long conversation with his sister after a long time.

Of course, Rose had looked at him with disgust the entire time.

And above all else…

‘How irritating.’

That monster.

He didn’t like it from the moment it tried to take his sister away without knowing its place.

A transcendent.

One transcendent by Rose’s side—Yurta—was enough.

No, it had to be that way.

‘That monster must have noticed it too.’

That special scent.

The sensation that made one’s mind hazy and euphoric with just a touch.

Yurta made a slow, sweet expression as if he were a gourmet savoring food.

And he reached a conclusion.

It seemed…

It would be better to let that monster escape.

* * *

Watching Ella’s retreating figure as she was dragged away made my heart feel dizzy.

Rihardt had been searching for the pink-haired maid, and that maid was me.

Arzen also knew this fact. For reasons unknown, he pretended not to know.

However, there was no guarantee that continuing to stay here would be safe either.

“Roji, you don’t look well.”

Emily, who was peeling potatoes beside me, spoke with a worried expression.

“Is it because of Ella?”

“…I’m worried about Ella too.”

“Why? You two aren’t even close.”

Still, I couldn’t be indifferent about it.

As a result, the sparks from Rihardt searching for me had flown to Ella.

“Ugh. Roji, how are you going to live in this world being so kind? She tried to put you in danger!”

Emily threw out a joke mixed with a sigh.

“Ella did that because she wanted to live too, Emily.”

“Roji, since when have you been acting so kind? You weren’t like that before.”

At Emily’s words, I just smiled awkwardly. Since I wasn’t the real Roji, I had nothing else to say.

“Besides, when I first met you, you were really prickly. I thought I was raising a cat.”

Emily spoke as if she knew Roji well. As if their relationship went way back.

‘Weren’t Roji and Emily people who met at this manor?’

That’s when it happened.

“Is there a maid named Roji here?”

A maid standing at the kitchen entrance spoke.

I had an ominous feeling.

“I’ve come to relay the Head Maid’s message. She says that for the time being, Maid Roji is to attend to the monster confined in the basement.”

…What?

My mind worked a beat slower.

“I heard the monster was searching for the pink-haired maid. The Head Maid has determined that Maid Roji also bears responsibility for this incident.”

So she meant for me to substitute until they could find a dedicated maid.

Ella was confined, and the other maids were all too frightened to get involved.

With a perfect excuse at hand, they made me the scapegoat.

“What kind of ridiculous…!”

Emily protested, but the maid said coldly.

“It is the Head Maid’s will.”

“…”

“If you have objections, please speak to her directly.”

I knew well how hollow the words ‘complain to your superior’ were.

“Starting with tonight’s dinner.”

She meant right now.

…I was screwed.

* * *

It was a gloomy night.

Not a single point of light penetrated, and only the chill harbored by the stone walls lay heavily in the room.

Rihardt sat quietly with his back against the wall.

The cold air seeped through the gaps between stones and pierced his skin, but he didn’t mind.

He had long forgotten how to react to pain and discomfort.

He blinked several times to hold onto his hazy consciousness.

The moment he raised his hand to rub his eyes—

Clank.

The cold sound of chains clashing against each other cut through the silence.

Rihardt looked down at the restraints tightly binding both his wrists, then let out a low, bitter laugh.

Captured again.

It was right at the moment he was trying to escape This Place with That Maid.

From her, a completely different fragrance from what he had been smelling all along burst forth explosively.

There wasn’t even time to hold onto his consciousness.

Like deeply inhaling a powerful drug, his thoughts became clouded and his senses collapsed.

His body wouldn’t obey him, and his consciousness plummeted to the floor.

Even though quite some time had passed, his head was still dizzy.

What the hell… was that?

Her fragrance had been incomprehensible from the beginning.

But until now, it hadn’t been a problem.

Rather, it had been useful. It was controllable, something he could utilize.

But this time was different.

That fragrance was aggressive.

It had incapacitated him, brought him down.

That Maid was no longer a powerless creature like a little mouse.

Rather, she was someone to be wary of.

Rihardt slowly turned his thoughts.

What to do with That Maid.

The conclusion was simple.

Change the plan.

The option of taking her out with him would regrettably have to be discarded.

If the same thing as today repeated again, all his plans would go awry.

First, get out and find out exactly what kind of being she is.

After that…

Let’s keep her locked up so she can’t escape from his sight. At the same time, she would always be within a controllable distance.

So that he could indulge in that fragrance whenever he wanted…

That was the moment.

A sweet fragrance tickling the tip of his nose.

A familiar yet unforgettable sensation seeped through the air.

Rihardt’s eyes slowly widened.

No way…

It’s That Maid.

The chains rang out loudly as if they might break.

Rihardt roughly pulled at the restraints.

To reach her.

A cruel yet expectant smile spread across his lips.

As if he would absolutely not let her slip away this time.

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