The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 47

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Episode 47

To enter Count Evantes’ mansion as a servant, one had to undergo thorough verification.

Though there were exceptions, Count Evantes’ mansion mainly hired servants based on letters of recommendation.

However, Philip didn’t belong to either category.

It was true that he had entered the mansion with a letter of recommendation, but…

Philip had actually forged his identity.

His name wasn’t Philip but something else entirely.

Before coming here, he had been a criminal, and this world was harsh for criminals to survive in.

So he stole someone else’s identity.

He was lucky enough to deceive everyone by pretending to be Philip and entered this mansion. Until then, he thought he was fortunate, but…

From that day on, he was summoned by Prince Yurta.

“I instructed the housekeeper to select you.”

That was his opening line.

Philip was bewildered. Why on earth?

Yurta smiled knowingly, as if understanding his confusion, and recited all the crimes Philip had committed so far.

At that moment, Philip truly experienced what it meant to feel mentally confused.

Was he going to be dragged away like this now?

…No. If that were the case, it should have happened long ago.

Philip tried to stay calm and opened his trembling lips.

“So that’s why you chose me, Your Highness.”

Surely this man had something he wanted Philip to do.

Something secretive.

“Is it because of the fraud? Your mind works well.”

He had committed fraud, but that wasn’t his main crime.

Of course, that wasn’t what mattered right now.

Having made his threat, Yurta began to coax Philip.

“If you do as I say, I’ll give you proper compensation accordingly. It would be better than being dragged back to prison for impersonating someone else, don’t you think?”

There was no choice.

Philip decided to think positively.

If he succeeded, the compensation he would receive would be enormous.

And it wasn’t like this was his first or second time doing such dangerous work.

“No one’s here.”

The first thing Philip did after receiving money from Yurta was to win over the gatekeeper.

Yurta had tried to bribe the gatekeeper while looking down on Philip, but Philip didn’t like sharing such dangerous work with multiple people.

If even one person betrayed them, he would be in danger.

Yurta could easily escape using his position, but Philip couldn’t.

And above all, he wanted to show Yurta his capabilities.

So by deceiving the unsuspecting gatekeeper, he was able to sneak into the basement.

‘Really, no one’s here.’

It was a dark hour.

Perfect for setting a fire. The gatekeeper would be blamed as the arsonist.

Considering the possibility that the monster might refuse, he had spilled oil along the path to the basement on his way to meet the monster.

Philip dropped the candle he was holding.

He felt sorry for the monster trapped inside, who would die in the flames.

What could he do?

He had already warned that there would be regrets, but it was the monster inside who had ignored his warning.

He was about to drop the candle.

That was the moment.

“Sir Knight! That’s him!”

The gatekeeper had led the knights all the way here. Philip looked at the gatekeeper with a bewildered expression, unable to grasp the situation.

Why is that bastard…?

By now, he should have been at the Count’s backyard.

“How dare you…!”

At the knight’s roar, Philip froze on the spot.

As the knights rushed to overpower Philip, he dropped the candle in fear.

Whoosh—.

The small candle met the oil and blazed up with terrifying intensity.

“Damn! The basement’s on fire!”

‘What the hell is going on?’

Since being followed last time, Philip was confident he hadn’t acted carelessly.

He had thoroughly checked his surroundings to prevent the same thing from happening again…

“Capture that bastard immediately and put out the fire in the basement!”

The knights acted swiftly.

Philip was subdued immediately, and the blazing fire was extinguished in an instant.

What the hell was…

Things had gone terribly wrong.

Philip racked his brain trying to figure out how to handle this situation. But he couldn’t think of any way to escape.

That’s when it happened.

“Maid Roji! Are you hurt anywhere?”

Roji emerged from the basement, supported by the knights.

When Roji’s eyes met Philip’s, she turned her head away.

At that moment, Philip instinctively realized everything.

The fact that it was Roji who had been following him.

‘Don’t tell me, the reason she was kind to me all this time was…’

He had thought she was interested in him, but that wasn’t it.

Philip gritted his teeth in betrayal and glared at her.

He was about to spit out some curses, but at that moment, the atmosphere changed.

The surroundings became quiet in an instant.

“Ha… There was vermin worse than bugs in my mansion.”

It was the appearance of Count Arzen Evantes, the owner of the mansion, whom he had seen only once while working here.

With a noble and aloof face like a aristocrat, he looked down at Philip.

When their eyes met, a smile appeared on Arzen’s previously indifferent face.

Philip flinched and trembled at the eerie feeling.

“How dare you, in my mansion…”

Muttering leisurely, he kicked Philip’s abdomen without hesitation.

“Ugh…”

Philip collapsed immediately from the pain that made it hard to breathe.

Arzen turned away from Philip as if no longer interested and looked at Roji. Soon he smiled brightly.

“Roji, making you my personal maid was indeed an excellent decision.”

“…”

“Very capable.”

“…Thank you, Count Evantes.”

“My Roji, so modest too.”

At the words “my Roji,” a disgusted expression briefly crossed Roji’s face, but she soon put on her professional smile.

Arzen had noticed Roji’s change in expression but decided to let it pass.

It was quite amusing.

“Lock up that vermin properly. I need to find out why he planned such a thing. How dare he…”

“Understood.”

“And Roji….”

As her name was suddenly called, an anxious look appeared on Roji’s face.

However, it soon changed to a professional smile.

Arzen suddenly had a curious thought. Surely Roji didn’t think she was good at managing her expressions?

“Roji, follow me.”

“…Yes, sir.”

And so the incident seemed to come to an end.

* * *

After meeting Rihardt, I went to find the Gatekeeper.

It’s better to carefully examine everything in preparation for any possible situation.

The Gatekeeper I met was….

“Miss, I have some freshly steamed potatoes. Would you like some?”

Unexpectedly, he was a kind person.

He even pressed potatoes into my hands despite my sudden visit.

So while I was uncertain, when I casually hinted that I knew what the Gatekeeper did at night, his face turned pale, and eventually he confessed what he had done.

It seemed he wasn’t good at deceiving others.

Listening to the Gatekeeper’s story, there were unexpectedly pitiful circumstances.

The Gatekeeper had a daughter who had been sick since childhood.

Philip had deceived this Gatekeeper, telling him there were medicinal herbs good for illness in the Count’s Backyard.

However, the backhill was the Count’s private property, and the Gatekeeper couldn’t freely gather herbs there.

He had to work at night to secretly gather herbs, and Philip pretended to be nice, deceiving the Gatekeeper by saying he could take over for a short while.

While saying this, the Gatekeeper pleaded with me, saying he still hadn’t found the herbs and asking if I could keep it secret.

Unable to bear watching this, I informed the Gatekeeper that Philip had tried to approach Rihardt and do something strange last night.

“…That can’t be. Philip is a good person, Miss.”

“Do you know this? In the duties Philip was assigned after entering This Place, there’s no overlap with your route, sir.”

I know this well because I followed Philip thinking he was Rihardt’s spy.

“But how did you and Philip meet so often? As if Philip had some purpose with you, sir.”

“Then Miss, what should I do now…?”

The Gatekeeper finally seemed to realize the situation and stamped his feet anxiously.

‘This might….’

I was planning to inform Arzen about Philip, but I was wondering how to start.

I might be able to kill two birds with one stone.

“If you honestly tell Count Evantes right now….”

“Even if it’s revealed that I secretly gathered herbs from the backhill, which belongs to the Count’s Manor, at night… that is, that I tried to steal, you’d still do that?”

“…!”

The Gatekeeper looked despairing.

That was actually better.

The more he recognized the seriousness of the situation, the more he would listen to my words.

“Miss, isn’t there any way…?”

“We just need to prevent Philip from committing a crime.”

“Oh! Then I’ll quickly persuade Philip….”

Is he crazy?

I hurriedly grabbed the Gatekeeper.

“If he finds out his plan has been discovered, he’ll postpone it for a while. But before long, he’ll commit the act again.”

“Then….”

I told the Gatekeeper.

“What if we reverse what you’ve been doing according to Philip’s words and make it so that you used Philip instead?”

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