The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 52

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Episode 52

Rihardt’s eyes glinted ominously as he looked at Yurta.

My body instinctively shrank back from the terrifying aura of the two men. Wait, but why should I be nervous…?

I subtly pushed Rihardt’s body away.

“Um, if you’re going to fight, please leave me out of it…”

I don’t want to get caught in the crossfire.

He stared at me intently before releasing his hold on my waist.

“I’ll come to get you soon, my lady.”

Didn’t he say he wouldn’t take me if I didn’t want to go?

I had questions, but now wasn’t the time to ask such things.

‘I was foolish to trust him.’

I slowly backed away and crossed the bridge leading to the pavilion.

I’ll watch them fight and escape depending on the situation.

I headed to the pavilion as I had told Rihardt. If things got dangerous, I was even prepared to jump into the lake and swim away.

Crack! Whoosh!

…I heard menacing sounds from behind.

Even though I had put distance between myself and the two, storm-like winds were blowing all the way here.

I deliberately ignored it and entered the pavilion.

The pure white pavilion felt sacred, as if one should offer prayers to a deity here.

“…An altar?”

Why is something like this in a pavilion?

Could it be because there’s magic cast here? This place was strange.

‘Rihardt wanted to show me this place.’

He said he had been searching for this place. Why?

Is something hidden here?

…It seems worth investigating.

I thoroughly examined the interior of the pavilion. However, I didn’t see anything particularly suspicious.

What remained was…

This altar was the most suspicious. Why is something like this here?

I touched the altar as if entranced.

That’s when it happened. I felt a tingling sensation like electricity flowing through my hand, and that feeling traveled up to my head.

“Ugh…”

My vision became dizzy. Why is this suddenly happening?

It was difficult to maintain my balance, so I flailed my hands trying to grab a pillar, but I could only graze it with my fingertips without fully reaching it.

Eventually, I collapsed powerlessly onto the altar.

“Ugh…”

I feel like I’m going to vomit.

It was at the moment I held my head, feeling dizzy all over.

-Senior?

A voice came from somewhere.

I clutched my throbbing head. The pain seemed to subside a little.

Did I hear voices because it hurt so much?

However, the sound I had heard earlier echoed again.

-It is you, Senior, right?

What is this? It’s scary…

-…Why aren’t you answering?

I didn’t know what to say, so I kept my mouth shut.

-Are you still very angry with me?

Where exactly is this sound coming from?

-…I was wrong. I was too harsh with my words before. So please answer me.

I repeatedly opened and closed my mouth. What should I say first?

Should I ask who they are, or should I explain that I’m not the person they know? While I was pondering this,

The voice came again.

-I was wrong. Don’t abandon me… I can’t do without you, Senior.

“…”

I decided to just keep my mouth shut.

How did I end up listening to someone else’s confession?

-I was angry then too, that’s why I acted that way. Senior, you…

The voice cut off.

The voice continued buzzing in my head saying something, but like a broken radio, it crackled and I couldn’t hear it.

However, before long, clear sound came through distinctly.

-So please reconsider.

“…”

With those words, the voice disappeared.

The buzzing feeling in my head completely vanished.

What exactly was that?

I tried to get up from where I was lying on the altar. At that moment, a fierce wind blew.

My hair fluttered and my eyes stung, so I closed them.

And when I opened my eyes again…

I was in a different place.

The desolate land was cracked and dried to the point where it couldn’t nurture even a single tree, and before my eyes stood a massive temple.

When I blinked again, I was back in the pavilion.

‘What was that just now?’

It felt like something rushed past. I hurriedly got up from the altar and came out of the pavilion.

It was a strange pavilion. It seemed like I kept seeing weird things because I was in this place.

However, even after leaving the pavilion, the problem wasn’t solved.

Rather, it felt like I was facing an even more troublesome problem.

‘How long are they going to fight?’

Will it ever end?

I sighed and turned around. But then.

‘Huh?’

The pavilion had disappeared.

Come to think of it, the pond that had surrounded the pavilion was also gone, and only grass existed in its place.

Crack!

At the menacing sound I heard, I returned to reality.

I saw Rihardt and Yurta fighting in the distance.

When Yurta swung his sword once, the trees around him were cut in half.

Each time he swung his sword, an artificial fierce wind struck, and I reflexively raised my hand to shield my face.

That’s when it happened.

“We found the monster!”

“The monster is near the entrance!”

Knights came rushing in.

What is this…

Rihardt is near the entrance? What kind of nonsense is that…

However, my body was already running to confirm the situation.

Just by turning the corner, I could see the Count’s Manor.

Since they say there’s magic cast on the Maze Garden, I can understand it to some extent, but…

It was still absurd.

I avoided the knights entering the Maze Garden and came outside.

Now that I’ve found Rihardt, my role is finished.

“Roji!”

Emily calls out to me from far away with worried eyes.

I walked toward her.

As I approached, she waved her hand at me. The black object Emily was holding also swayed along with it. What is that thing.

Getting closer, I could make out the black object. It’s a frying pan.

‘Why is she holding that?’

…Yeah, that’s so like you.

The sight was so amusing that I let out a chuckle.

I walked toward Emily while looking back behind me.

I felt quite uneasy.

Would they really be able to capture Rihardt who’s inside there? And…

【Don’t you feel sorry for me, Miss?】

【You’re disgusting】

Ah, seriously.

I furrowed my brow.

But if you run away, both you and everyone related to me will be in danger.

I’m not saying never run away forever. Just until I escape from this manor…

“Block them from entering the garden!”

I can hear the knights shouting from far away.

I stared blankly at their figures.

…I’m not sure if it’ll work, but I think I’ve come up with a way to prevent Rihardt from running away.

And a way for us to help each other mutually.

“The monster has come out of the maze!”

I frowned as I watched Rihardt emerge from the maze.

It wasn’t displeasure toward Rihardt, but disgust at this situation.

I have no intention of continuing this nonsense.

I think about whether I should return to Herthas if things get dangerous, but unknown dangers lurk there.

There’s a world of difference between known dangers and unknown ones.

That’s why I’m staying in this place.

‘But I can’t do this for long.’

Whether Rihardt is a madman or whatever, I’m sick of cooperating in the role of confining a person in that basement.

But first, I need to survive.

Then I can help Rihardt afterward.

“Emily.”

“Yes, Roji.”

If the knights let Rihardt slip away here, even I will be in trouble.

So first, I need to help them catch Rihardt.

“Thanks to you, I got a good idea. First, hold that frying pan tightly.”

“Huh? What?”

Emily held the frying pan properly without understanding why.

“Good job, Emily. Now hit my head with it.”

“…Roji, was that your preference all along?”

Emily blinked blankly in surprise after hearing my words.

“What are you doing? I’m asking you to hit me.”

Thud!

Quite shocked, Emily ended up dropping the frying pan.

Emily stared blankly at the dropped frying pan, then kicked it away as if it were horrible.

“What are you doing, Emily.”

I picked up the frying pan and tried to put it back in her hands.

Then Emily desperately shook her head.

“I-I respect your preferences, but I can’t do it! How could I hit Roji!”

“No, what preferences are you respecting!”

When I shouted, Emily blinked her eyes.

It must have been quite shocking for her, as tears were dangling at the corners of her eyes.

It seems not explaining the situation created this misunderstanding.

“Emily, come put your ear here for a moment.”

“Roji…”

Emily hesitated, then carefully brought her ear close to my mouth.

“So Emily…”

Whisper whisper. Murmur murmur.

“Do you understand?”

“But Roji, it seems too dangerous…”

“But if we don’t do this, I’ll be locked up in prison like Ella.”

“…”

“Emily, if you don’t want to do it, it can’t be helped. I won’t force you anymore. Sorry, Emily. Whatever, I’ll just go to prison.”

“…Fine, I’ll do it!”

Emily readjusted her trembling grip. Then she looked determined with shining eyes.

Soon Emily took a deep breath.

…Wait. This is getting a bit scary.

“Roji! I trusted you, how could you do such a thing!”

Tears welled up in Emily’s eyes.

“How could you have an affair with my man!”

My eyes widened at Emily’s booming voice, and at that moment the frying pan roughly struck my head.

Thwack.

I collapsed right there.

Now that I think about it, this was really an insane plan.

My consciousness grew hazy from pain beyond imagination.

Sadly, it was too late for regrets.

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