The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 69

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Episode 69

Those were the words Eric spat out toward the gatekeepers.

I listened in a daze, not even understanding what he meant.

“Lucas, that bastard, is annoying, but life in the annex was comfortable.”

“But people around were finding it strange that the door wouldn’t open…”

“Is that our fault? It’s the spell’s fault.”

What crazy nonsense are these bastards spouting right now?

No wonder the door wouldn’t open…

“So close the door… Roji.”

They seemed to notice my presence belatedly.

Looking flustered, they exchanged glances with each other.

“Roji, that’s…”

“What were you all talking about? More importantly, the door is open?”

“Uh, huh?”

“I should go report to Count Evantes. But first, we’d better get the monster out of the room quickly.”

I pretended not to have heard their words and acted nonchalantly without any change in expression.

They looked at me with uncertain faces.

“Aren’t you going to take him out?”

“Uh, huh? Right, we should take him out…”

The gatekeepers moved immediately. Soon they dragged the monster out and threw him outside the room.

They seemed relieved, thinking I really hadn’t heard their conversation.

Except for Eric.

Eric looked at me with displeasure.

I calmly approached Rihardt and carefully shook his body.

“Hey.”

“…”

Rihardt didn’t respond to my call, as if his mind was in a daze.

These crazy bastards, what the hell did they do to him?

Is this something humans should do?

Goosebumps rose all over my body, but I couldn’t show it. First, I need to wake Rihardt up…

“Roji, didn’t you used to not hear what we were saying from that distance before?”

“Huh?”

“You used to hear what we were saying from that distance. But why couldn’t you hear today?”

“Well, I was lost in other thoughts…”

“Really?”

Unlike the gatekeepers, Eric was persistent.

He didn’t seem to have any intention of letting this situation slide easily.

At Eric’s questioning, the gatekeepers’ expressions changed completely.

…Damn.

Their attitude changed completely too.

As if they would harm me at any moment.

“Roji, you’ll definitely tell Count Evantes, won’t you? Running to him like a child to their mother.”

Eric sneered with a twisted smile.

“…Hey, stop it. Miss Roji is a maid…”

The gatekeepers who disagreed with Eric seemed to try to appease me while covering his mouth.

However, after hearing Eric’s next words, they became no different from Eric.

Eric pushed away the gatekeeper’s arm and began speaking.

“No one in the world believes the words of a crazy person.”

“…What.”

“The door opened, but due to your mistake, Roji, you went into that room with the monster.”

What is this crazy bastard saying right now?

“But strangely, the door wouldn’t open. So you, gradually going insane… claim that we attacked you.”

“…”

“But no one will listen to you, Roji. Why? Because you went crazy in there, Roji. How can anyone believe the words of a crazy person?”

The gatekeepers who heard Eric’s words looked as if they had found a breakthrough.

Ah, these bastards are trying to lock me up with Rihardt.

My body trembled. Eric looked at me with a fake pitying face, as if he felt sorry for me.

“What can you do? Lucas isn’t coming. He can’t get out of the warehouse.”

That means they’ve locked him in the warehouse.

As he said, there was no one here to save me.

No, why wouldn’t there be?

Pull yourself together, Roji.

I’ve protected myself alone all this time. This time won’t be any different.

“I heard you well, Eric. That was really interesting.”

I laughed arrogantly.

“It would be great if that scenario worked, but would Count Evantes believe those words?”

“Well, since you’re crazy…”

“Even if I were crazy, Count Evantes already doesn’t trust you all. And according to you, Eric, I’m someone who seduced Count Evantes, so whose words would he believe more?”

Perhaps because I pointed out something they hadn’t thought of, Eric and the gatekeepers, who had been confident, hesitated.

I pretended to be calm and spoke.

“Shall we do this?”

And I addressed the gatekeepers.

“All of this was Eric’s scheme. Then you’ll be safe.”

As I’d always felt, these guys seemed quite gullible, and the gatekeepers’ gazes wavered.

They looked at Eric, and Eric’s face became flustered.

“How about it?”

I asked as if giving them a chance.

While they were contemplating, I moved one hand behind me and gently shook Rihardt’s shoulder.

Please wake up.

I suddenly worried whether he was even breathing.

Fumbling, I moved up his shoulder and touched his chin. Where is his nose…

When I found his prominent nose, I placed my hand beneath it.

…He was breathing faintly.

Thank goodness.

At least he’s alive.

Now that I’d confirmed Rihardt’s life and death, it was time to focus again.

To get out of this situation, I first needed to buy time.

“Are you all going to believe her words? Think about it. If she betrays you, you’re all finished! Rather, if we lock her in there and spread rumors that she went crazy, we can all survive together.”

“Is there any guarantee that I’ll go crazy if I go in there?”

I pressed down on Rihardt while looking at Eric.

“No, that’s right. If the monster later comes to his senses and acts normally, it means going in there doesn’t make you crazy. There’s no guarantee of that in the first place.”

“…”

“Honestly, from what I can see, it seems difficult to find a proper excuse in this situation. Would the suspicious Count Evantes believe your words without a shred of doubt?”

“Shut up! Do you think the world will go according to your will?”

“Let me ask you. Has everything ever gone according to your will?”

Eric became speechless.

“If nothing has ever gone according to your will, how can you guarantee that this matter will go according to your will?”

“…”

“Do you all know what Eric is famous for in This Place?”

I smiled brightly at the gatekeepers. They looked at me with puzzled eyes.

“Eric lies every time he opens his mouth. He’s good at betrayal too. That’s why everyone in This Place avoids Eric.”

“What kind of lie is that?”

“Eric, it’s terrible that you’ve been deceiving them all this time.”

The gatekeepers looked at Eric with uneasy eyes.

What Eric is actually famous for, I honestly don’t know either.

What does it matter. These are people who haven’t been in This Place for long anyway. They don’t know what’s true.

So…

“Who would believe anything Eric says. He’s a liar, Eric is. When things get dangerous, Eric will abandon you first.”

“Don’t lie! Shut up!”

“It would be better for everyone if we said Eric made it all up.”

Having given up on yelling at me further, Eric looked at the gatekeepers.

“No! Don’t believe what she says. You’re not actually believing her, are you?”

“…”

“What, you don’t believe me? Do you think I’m going to die alone?”

I had planted seeds of suspicion about Eric in the gatekeepers’ minds.

Since I would keep whispering to them, it would be difficult for them to cooperate immediately.

I had bought time.

‘Wake up quickly.’

In this rapidly escalating situation, they weren’t able to make rational judgments.

So I needed to wake Rihardt up during that gap.

I massaged Rihardt’s body. Please just wake up.

If you don’t wake up now, we’re both doomed.

“Ah, I get it. Roji, you’re stalling for time right now, aren’t you? Until the monster wakes up?”

Damn.

As time passed, Eric and the gatekeepers began making rational judgments.

I thought it would take longer given the increasingly heated atmosphere, but it was faster than expected.

Now what should I say to stall for more time?

“Do you think the monster will wake up and save you?”

“Who said I was stalling for time… Ow.”

Something bit my finger with a crunch.

…What just bit me?

I pulled my finger back and turned around with a grimace.

Behind me, I saw Rihardt slowly rising, scanning his surroundings with unfocused blue eyes.

At that moment, I felt a chill.

Everyone’s gaze focused on Rihardt as he slowly got up.

“How dare you right now…”

I don’t know which of the men said it. I was too out of it to tell.

Rihardt, still chained, lunged at the men.

What followed was one-sided violence.

I turned away from that horrific scene and ran like mad.

I had to bring people.

I had to stop this situation immediately…

I ran desperately. I flew down the stairs to get out of the annex, passing through the corridor.

Perhaps because I came down too hastily, at that moment my feet got tangled. My body’s center of gravity collapsed.

“Ahhh!”

I flailed to avoid falling, but there was no way to defy gravity.

I squeezed my eyes shut, anticipating the coming pain.

“How clumsy can you be.”

…Ah.

At the voice from above, I almost let out a curse.

I’d rather have just fallen.

Why of all people…

It was none other than Dillen who caught my waist.

“If you fell here, you’d be badly hurt, so you should be careful.”

“…”

“But thanks to this, I caught you when no one knew where you’d run off to. Right?”

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