The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 41

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Episode 41

I had just arrived at the door to give Rihardt his dinner.

“Roji!”

Someone called out to stop me.

I looked at the man with puzzled eyes. I don’t know his face, who is he?

…Looking closer, he does seem familiar though.

My contemplation didn’t last long. The moment I remembered the man, I looked at him with a coldly hardened expression.

The man who had bothered me during the Mari incident.

Because I had been distracted by him, if Rihardt hadn’t told me, I wouldn’t have even noticed that the fruit had been put in his food.

This man’s name was…

“Eric.”

When I called his name, he grinned widely.

“You became a personal maid, right? I came to comfort you.”

…Why would you comfort me?

“Thanks for the comfort. Now could you please move aside?”

Just as I was about to pass by Eric, he suddenly placed his hand on my shoulder.

Is he crazy?

“Roji, isn’t it hard because of that monster…”

“It is hard. And it’s even harder because you’re blocking my way. Move aside.”

I needed to finish my work quickly, but Eric was getting in the way and it was tiresome.

“Roji, you’ve changed. You didn’t used to be like this to me.”

Had he been bothering Roji this annoyingly all this time?

“Move aside. I’m busy.”

Eric seemed hurt in his pride and let out a “Ha!” breath. Then he looked at me with a mean expression.

“You’ll regret this.”

Why is he saying that?

…And what power do you even have?

I passed by Eric and entered Rihardt’s room.

Rihardt also looked at me with displeased eyes, as if he too had something unpleasant happen to him like I did.

His blue eyes, which usually felt cold as if deeply submerged in the ocean, were unusually hot today.

I set down his meal in front of him and asked with a sour expression.

“Do you have something to say to me?”

Rihardt smiled darkly like a wolf that had been waiting for this opportunity.

“Who is that pest?”

“Pest number 2.”

“Pest number 2? Then who is pest number 1?”

“Who else would it be. It’s you.”

“Ha…”

Rihardt let out a laugh as if he found it absurd.

His mood seemed to sink even further.

Regardless, I sat apart from Rihardt and waited for him to finish his meal.

While waiting and getting bored, I took out the hairpin I had received as a gift before coming here and fidgeted with it.

When was it that I received a gift?

In Korea, so…

Strangely, my memories from Korea were hazy like fog. Why?

I hadn’t been here that long.

The question in my head completely disappeared when Rihardt broke the silence.

“Does the maid have someone she likes?”

…Suddenly?

…Should I just stuff some candy in his mouth like last time?

“I became a personal maid.”

Rihardt’s eyes widened in surprise. Soon he frowned with his fine brows.

…Do you hate that I became a personal maid that much?

“Who is it?”

“Pardon?”

“That count bastard finally made you his personal maid, I see.”

“…”

No, I became your personal maid…

It was ridiculous. Should I clarify this or not?

“It would be wonderful if I could become Count Evantes’s personal maid, but unfortunately I’m your personal maid.”

Only then did Rihardt’s crumpled face relax.

“I should call you Miss Maid now.”

He’s quite quick with organizing titles.

He smiled cheerfully as if in a good mood.

…Fine. Call me whatever you want.

“I’m happy that Miss Maid became my personal maid, but Miss Maid looks like she’s dying.”

…When you escape, my head will fly off, so would that make you happy?

“As expected, unrequited love is difficult.”

Since when have you had unrequited love for me?

“Miss Maid.”

It seemed Rihardt had finished his meal.

I was about to clear his dishes thinking it was time to leave when Rihardt began to speak.

“I keep getting impatient.”

Another strange thing to say.

* * *

It was when the night had grown deep.

I was resting in the dormitory when I realized one fact.

“My hairpin!”

I belatedly realized that my hairpin had disappeared.

I think I last touched it when I went to give Rihardt his meal…

Did I leave it there?

【Shh. Actually, if you turn the pin, there’s a hidden blade.】

At that moment, I recalled what my fellow maid had said.

…I need to go get the hairpin right away.

The manor was dark at midnight, so I had to look around for quite a while to find the basement.

That’s when it happened.

Someone came up from the basement.

It was dark, so it took some time to recognize the servant.

The man who had been looking around in the hall when I went to give Rihardt his meal.

‘Why is he here at this hour?’

He was a suspicious person.

Don’t tell me…

‘Why is no one here?’

With an ominous feeling, I hesitantly grabbed the door handle to the room where Rihardt was confined.

The door that was usually locked… just opened.

Creak-.

“What? Why does this just open?”

“…Maid?”

Blue eyes that discovered me in the dark basement sparkled. An ecstatic smile appeared on his lips.

“What brings you here at this hour.”

“…”

“But there’s no one guarding outside. It’s just the two of us.”

Rihardt smiled smoothly as if he was very satisfied with this fact, but I felt a little creeped out.

…He’s not planning to escape, is he?

“They must have stepped away for a moment. They’ll be back soon.”

So don’t think about escaping.

“I see. Then we should hurry and enjoy our secret rendezvous before the gatekeeper returns.”

“…What kind of meeting?”

“Come, maid. Over here.”

When he smiled showing his teeth like a beast, I wanted to run away. I shouldn’t have come.

“…I came to get my hairpin. My hairpin is in there, right?”

“Ah.”

Rihardt showed me the hairpin that was in his hand.

“But maid, if you came to get this, you’ll have to come inside.”

“…”

“As you can see, I can’t come out.”

I wanted to step back with an uneasy feeling. However, since I’d come this far, I had to take the hairpin.

I had no choice but to walk toward Rihardt.

The closer I got, the noticeably brighter his expression became.

“…Now give me back my hairpin.”

Contrary to my worries, Rihardt obediently handed over the hairpin.

“Are you leaving now?”

“I can’t stay here forever.”

“See you tomorrow, maid.”

No, I don’t want to see you.

After taking the hairpin, I left the basement without looking back.

I thought I heard Rihardt’s faint laughter.

* * *

Clank.

He slowly removed the restraints fastened to Rihardt’s wrists. The sound of metal touching rang out low.

Why on earth was this happening.

He had almost lost his reason, broken the restraints, and pounced on Roji. Like a dog in heat.

Sometimes he swallowed his regret while watching Roji’s attitude that had grown cold since the escape incident.

‘Maybe I shouldn’t have escaped.’

Then she might have treated him affectionately like before.

It was a crazy thought.

‘But this is quite troublesome.’

Since the last escape, the circulation of mana swirling inside his body had not been smooth.

When he lost consciousness after smelling the maid’s scent and woke up, his mana was blocked.

It was the first time this had happened.

Now his mana had returned, but it would be blocked again soon.

He folded and unfolded his hands as if nothing had happened.

It was a sight that would have shocked Roji if she knew.

Mana bloomed from within his hands, then like a candle being blown out, the mana extinguished.

‘This is troublesome.’

This would interfere with his escape.

He unfolded the note left by a visitor who had arrived before Roji.

[I can help you escape.]

A slow smile formed on his lips.

“What should I do, lady maid.”

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