The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 38

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Episode 38

A gatekeeper stood firmly guarding in front of the prison.

Just as I was wondering how to get inside, Emily casually approached the gatekeeper.

“Thank you for your hard work! I made some bread while working in the kitchen, would you like some?”

“Bread? Great!”

Excuse me?

Before I could even grasp the situation, things proceeded at lightning speed.

A short while later, we found the gatekeeper fast asleep next to the door.

“…What did you do? He’s not dead, is he?”

“Don’t worry, Roji. It’s sleeping pills.”

Sleeping pills. Where on earth did you get those?

I’d been curious about Emily’s true identity for quite some time, but I was too scared to say anything about it.

“It doesn’t make you fall asleep right after eating, it takes time to kick in, so we won’t be suspected.”

I wondered if this was really okay, but Emily gave me a thumbs up as if to say not to worry.

Oh well, whatever.

And so we entered the prison where Lena was confined without any particular interference.

Lena, who had been leaning weakly against the bars, widened her eyes when she saw us.

“You, you, you!”

Lena pointed at us and started screaming.

“How did you get in here! I’m going to scream! Get out right now! What are you trying to do to me…”

“That girl really…”

Emily seemed astounded by Lena showing not a trace of remorse and was about to step forward, but I quickly stopped her.

“Emily, sorry, but could you step out for a moment?”

“What?”

Emily looked displeased but granted my request as always.

“Calm down, Lena.”

“Calm down? You damn bitch! I’m locked up here because of you, how can I calm down! What trick did you pull! Why was the jewel in my room…!”

“That’s right, Lena. It should have been found in my room.”

“You…”

Lena shut her mouth.

She still seemed unable to grasp this situation.

Why the plan went wrong, and how much I even knew.

“Calm down, Lena. I didn’t come here to fight with you.”

“…What? Then why did you come?”

“I came to help you.”

At the unexpected words, Lena looked dubious.

“…You’re going to help me?”

Blatant suspicion appeared on Lena’s face.

“I know the reason why the jewel was found in your room.”

“You know the reason? What is that reason! Tell me right now!”

Lena grabbed the bars and rushed forward desperately.

“The Head Maid told me to… put the jewel in your room.”

“What, what? That’s a lie!”

Lena’s face turned pale in an instant.

“The Head Maid wouldn’t do that!”

Thanks to that scream-like cry, I realized.

‘As expected, the Head Maid and Lena are accomplices.’

“Why do you think she wouldn’t do that?”

“Well…”

“The Head Maid told you to do it, didn’t she? To put the jewel in my room.”

“…No, no.”

Lena shook her head. Her face looked dazed as if the shock hadn’t worn off.

At that moment, my insides turned ice cold.

Because the fact that they had tried to make me their scapegoat became crystal clear.

But I intentionally lowered my gaze and made a pitiful face. I deliberately exhaled slowly too.

As if this moment was overwhelming for me.

“…Lena, I refused the Head Maid’s proposal. Because I…”

I paused for a moment, then pressed the corners of my eyes, pretending to hold back something.

A single tear rolled down my cheek.

“Because I thought of you as a friend.”

At that moment, Lena looked at me with a flustered expression.

She must know herself. How terribly she had treated me all this time.

“So the Head Maid told you to steal the jewel too…”

I muttered as if finding it strange.

“Lena, about that jewel. The Head Maid says it’s a fake. The real one… seems to have already been smuggled out.”

“What did you say?”

“At this rate, Lena, you… won’t be safe.”

Of course it was a lie.

Well, maybe half of it was true? In the original story, the blue diamond had a history of being switched with a fake. And they got caught.

Probably Lena and the Head Maid had planned to pin that crime on me in case they were discovered.

“It seems like.”

I continued carefully.

“The Head Maid was planning to abandon both of us at once.”

I subtly planted in Lena’s head that the Head Maid had intended to use both of us to claim the blue diamond for herself alone.

Anyway, the Head Maid wouldn’t save Lena, and this misunderstanding wouldn’t be cleared up.

Eventually, Lena’s face became horribly distorted.

“Damn Head Maid! How dare she betray me?”

She shouted with gritted teeth. She no longer seemed to have any intention of hiding her true feelings.

“Roji, were you serious about what you said earlier?”

“Mm-hmm. I thought we were friends…”

“Not that. You said you’d help me.”

Lena’s face was filled with vicious vindictiveness.

“Of course, Lena.”

“Then go and tell the Head Maid.”

Lena’s voice became ominously dark.

“…Tell her I have all the ledger records of the Head Maid’s embezzlement.”

* * *

Drizzle, drizzle.

Rain was falling.

The Head Maid looked up at the increasingly dark gray sky.

She felt as if an ominous feeling was crawling up the back of her neck.

She unconsciously chewed her nails nervously.

…To fail at a task given by those terrifying people.

Moreover, she had lost her precious Lena.

Lena was a maid who managed accessories and had conspired with the Head Maid on several occasions.

The current situation was as painful as having an entire arm cut off.

‘Damn it!’

I couldn’t understand it at all. Why did that jewel come from Roji’s room?

I couldn’t even grasp who had twisted the plan or where it had gone wrong.

Rumble!

Thunder split the sky.

At that moment, a black shadow appeared as if seeping into the Head Maid’s vision.

“…!”

The Head Maid reflexively let out a rough breath.

“Ro, Roji…. It’s you.”

“Head Maid.”

What a shock. Why did she appear so silently like this?

“I wanted to have a sincere conversation with you, Head Maid.”

“A sincere conversation?”

The Head Maid forced a calm smile.

“Are you talking about what happened earlier? That was a misunderstanding.”

As expected, Roji was excessively troublesome. Everything must have gone wrong because of that girl.

“Lena is locked in prison, so it’s a finished matter….”

“Not that.”

Roji took a step closer.

“Who ordered you?”

The Head Maid’s expression hardened.

“What are you talking about right now? Ordered?”

“Head Maid, we don’t have time, so I’ll speak directly.”

Roji smiled.

It was a quiet and beautiful laugh that didn’t match this situation at all.

“I have the ledger records of your embezzlement, Head Maid.”

“What….”

Rustle!

Roji spread out a pile of documents.

Even as the cloudy sky darkened the manor, the ink marks and numbers were clear.

The Head Maid’s eyelids trembled. Her breath caught.

“So please tell me quickly.”

I need to resolve this quickly and go feed that person.

* * *

The wine glass tilted in Yurta’s grasp. The red wine inside swayed subtly, rippling against the glass walls.

He was leaning loosely against the sofa, looking out the window where rain was pouring.

As if all that chaos was someone else’s business.

“Are you enjoying yourself?”

Whatever it was that was missing, Yurta’s smile deepened.

“Well, quite so.”

He slowly swirled his glass and added.

“The ending was bland though.”

It was such a sloppy conclusion that it was doubtful whether these were really the people who had been stealing valuables and selling them as stolen goods for so long.

“Things went wrong. They say a valuable was found in another maid’s room. It seems the young lady has… figured it out.”

“I think so too.”

Despite the plan going awry, instead of disappointment, a strange thrill spread through Yurta’s red eyes.

The very fact that Rose had stepped forward to clarify the situation was refreshing.

This was someone who used to find everything bothersome and would meekly take the blame. Someone who had never even shown the will to explain herself.

That fact alone was sufficiently stimulating.

Rose had changed.

Why? What made you change?

Knock knock.

At the brief knocking sound, Asel turned his head.

“It’s me.”

A single word without revealing who it was.

But it was enough to make Yurta, who had been lounging around, sit up.

Yurta’s red eyes immediately lit up.

“Since when did you need my permission. Please come in, sister.”

Rose entered the room without hesitation. Then she glanced at Asel and….

“You get out.”

She calmly commanded.

Unlike when he saw her a few days ago, her presence had changed.

“I won’t say it twice. Get out right now.”

Her brightly shining pink eyes were fierce.

Looking at her like this, she seemed to resemble Yurta.

Of course, those two who didn’t share a drop of blood didn’t look alike outwardly, but perhaps due to the years they’d lived, it was similar to Yurta’s murderous aura.

“What are you doing, Asel.”

Yurta leisurely added.

“Can’t you hear sister’s words?”

Eventually, Asel bowed his head and left the room.

As the door closed, Yurta’s lips softened gently.

The sharp gaze that pierced through him was sweet as honey.

Whether it was contempt or hatred, what did it matter.

Whenever he met her gaze, Yurta was seized by a strange excitement.

“I’ll speak directly, Yurta.”

“….”

“Get out of this house.”

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