The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 54

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Episode 54

‘I didn’t know he’d have an affair.’

Arzen briefly watched Roji leaving through the gap between the knights who were taking Rihardt away.

Then he turned his head and looked at Rihardt with indifference.

Irritation had gradually mixed into Arzen’s eyes as he stared at Rihardt.

‘How long do I have to keep doing this?’

It was truly bothersome.

The restraints he had prepared this time were the most powerful ones. And yet he broke through them.

Even though he deliberately didn’t give him the medicine, the monster easily broke the restraints without showing any signs of pain.

How long would he have to keep that damn monster confined in this place?

No, was that transcendent really the ‘being of the oracle’ in the first place?

Though he had doubts, Arzen denied them.

The interpretation of the oracle couldn’t be wrong. So that transcendent must be the key to solving Arzen’s ‘curse.’

He had to keep him captive so he couldn’t escape until his curse was lifted.

Since transcendents were rare beings that would be hard to find even if you searched the entire continent, he had to put his heart and soul into it.

‘Speaking of which.’

Roji.

Just like last time, why does he care about that insignificant maid?

Arzen’s shoe carelessly nudged the limp Rihardt.

“Strange.”

“What do you mean?”

A knight standing nearby who had heard Arzen’s muttering asked back.

When Arzen frowned at this, the knight quietly closed his mouth.

Arzen continued his thoughts.

Prince Herthas too, why do they all pay so much attention to that maid?

That’s why he was keeping her close, to find out.

‘There shouldn’t be any variables.’

Until the day he finds a solution to the curse placed on him.

Arzen thought he should hurry and move the monster to the ‘Cursed Land.’

It would be difficult to keep the transcendent confined in the Count’s Manor. He could even break the highest-grade restraints.

The bastard who used to beg for medicine before…

Come to think of it, when did the monster start changing?

Arzen’s expression hardened coldly.

Roji. It was after that maid started serving his meals.

Why?

‘For instance, if that personal maid really has something special about her…’

Arzen’s eyes took on a chilly light as he looked in the direction where Roji had disappeared.

Arzen’s thoughts didn’t continue for long.

“Count.”

The butler approached Arzen.

“What is it?”

“The item you requested has arrived.”

“Ah.”

It was the item he had requested when bringing the monster to this household.

Arzen immediately headed to his office to check the item.

On the office desk lay the item Arzen had been waiting for, packaged in a box.

Arzen opened the box without hesitation.

Inside the box was a glass bottle containing an opaque black liquid.

The liquid contained sap that flowed from the Demonic Tree in the ‘Cursed Land.’

The Cursed Land.

The Fog-Shrouded Land.

Fog Hell.

…That place with various nicknames was a land abandoned long ago.

It was a sealed area that no one tried to enter, as monsters swarmed there and those who entered would see hallucinations.

‘It took quite a while to obtain.’

Arzen picked up the bottle containing the opaque liquid.

It was said that when a transcendent entered the Cursed Land, they would feel tremendous pain due to rejection and find it difficult to control their power.

This was information that had been quite difficult to obtain.

This liquid was also said to have the power to effectively suppress a transcendent’s abilities.

Just like how demons react to holy water.

“Let me know as soon as the monster regains consciousness.”

He should test it.

* * *

Today was another eventful day.

My life was hanging by a thread, but fortunately, I hadn’t heard anything from Arzen yet.

Anyway, things seemed to have been resolved well.

The problem was…

“That girl, that girl…”

“My goodness! I never would have thought…”

“How could she do that to her friend’s man…”

Right. Those damn stares were the problem.

So I had to spend half of today dragging Emily around to explain the situation.

Thanks to that, fortunately, the misunderstanding seemed like it would be corrected soon.

Actually, being misunderstood as having an affair wasn’t very good, but it didn’t matter either way.

Because I could just escape from this place.

“Roji… do you have time?”

While I was exhausted from what had happened today, the housekeeper who had quietly checked the surroundings approached me.

“Of course, Housekeeper. Do you have work for me to do?”

When I calmly asked the housekeeper while being aware of my surroundings, she nodded.

So I followed the housekeeper to move to a place with few people.

“Did you check what I asked you to?”

“Yes. As you requested, I gathered the three newly hired servants in one place, had them work, and watched them.”

The housekeeper looked like she didn’t understand why I had asked her to do such a thing, but she obediently followed my request.

“Was there anything special?”

“There was nothing unusual. All three of them worked diligently.”

“…Hmm.”

“What’s wrong, Roji? Is there a suspicious servant like Philip?”

Well, of course. They wouldn’t openly do suspicious things in front of the housekeeper.

“Then let me change the question. Among the servants who came in this time…”

When I changed the question, the housekeeper’s answer changed too.

The answer I had expected came out.

…Finally.

I found the spy.

* * *

It was just when I had parted ways with the housekeeper.

I could hear the manor’s servants whispering that the monster had awakened.

They said that Rihardt had just woken up and Arzen had gone down to the basement.

‘…I need to meet Rihardt.’

Since I had just captured him, I couldn’t complain if Rihardt held resentment toward me.

However, on the other hand, I thought it was his own doing since he had tried to kidnap me and was dragged back again.

I felt disturbed because even I couldn’t understand why my thoughts were jumping around like this.

Then the knights approached me.

“Are you Maid Roji?”

…Has what was coming finally come?

Still, I had helped confine Rihardt, so surely they wouldn’t really put me in prison?

“What’s the matter?”

“Count Evantes requests that you come down to the basement.”

This doesn’t feel good.

“Aren’t you going?”

“I should go now.”

I followed the knights down to the basement.

Debris fell from the ceiling where traces of the fire remained clearly visible.

I heard they would soon move the room where Rihardt was confined, but I wasn’t sure how that would turn out.

In front of the door stood the gatekeeper I usually saw.

It was natural since he had no connection to this escape incident.

The problem was the gatekeeper who worked at night. Would that gatekeeper who had been deceived by Philip really be safe?

The gatekeeper who bowed his head upon seeing the knights silently opened the door.

…And inside, a revolting scene was unfolding.

“Open your mouth.”

The knights were roughly grabbing Rihardt’s hair and trying to force him to drink an opaque black liquid.

When they grabbed his jaw to forcibly open his mouth, Rihardt turned his head away.

Then the knights assaulted Rihardt.

“Roji.”

Arzen called my name.

At that moment, Rihardt’s gaze pierced into me.

I felt the urge to turn around and run away immediately, but I held back and endured it.

“Yes, Count Evantes.”

“The monster won’t listen, so what do you think would be good to do?”

“Even if you ask me, I don’t really know…”

“It seems like the monster has special feelings for you?”

“…”

Damn. To think I’d be caught like this because of what I said back then.

“Give that bottle to Roji.”

What the hell is this now…

The knights looked at Arzen with surprised eyes, but quickly composed their emotions and obediently handed me the bottle.

I couldn’t bring myself to refuse and received the small bottle about the size of a finger.

“Roji.”

Arzen called me as if urging.

At that very moment, I remembered what this drug was.

‘Isn’t this that thing from the cursed land?’

The liquid that flows from the demonic tree.

In the novel, Arzen had obtained this liquid with difficulty to prevent Rihardt’s escape.

This liquid was no different from poison to a transcendent.

To a transcendent said to have divine blood flowing through them, the liquid from the demonic tree brings tremendous pain.

“Roji.”

Arzen called me once again.

I had no choice but to bend down, pretending to make Rihardt drink the liquid.

Grind-.

I could hear the sound of Rihardt grinding his teeth. The blue eyes looking at me were ice-cold.

I carefully grabbed his jaw. Rihardt kept his mouth firmly shut as if he wouldn’t open it.

I mouthed words so that only he could see.

‘Drink it and spit it out.’

I had no desire to make him drink such poison either.

I didn’t know if I would be in danger if Rihardt spat out the liquid, but…

‘I should at least handle the aftermath to that extent.’

Rihardt opened his mouth as if resigned. I poured the opaque black liquid into his mouth.

I removed my hand from his jaw and mouthed words again.

‘Spit it out.’

Rihardt neither swallowed nor spat, but held the liquid in his mouth while staring intently at me.

Why is he acting like that?

And at that moment, gulp, the liquid went down his throat.

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