The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 7

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Episode 07

He easily fell for Roji’s flattery and was busy showing off his cooking skills.

That picky Head Chef actually liked Roji, and fell for such honeyed words at that. As a Kitchen Maid, it was quite a headache.

“You didn’t get caught mixing fruit into the meals, did you?”

“What? Absolutely not! I always put it in secretly…”

Then why?

Why on earth does she want to watch the monster’s meal being prepared?

Mari anxiously bit her nails and paced around.

“…Roji, Roji.”

Not being able to add it for one day was fine, but if this continued, it would interfere with work.

Roji’s meal service would probably last about another week.

If she couldn’t add the medicine even once during that period, it would be troublesome.

‘I need to do something.’

Should I suggest changing the meal service?

If someone else took over, they could add the medicine as usual.

However, what worried her was…

Initially, all the maids extremely detested serving the monster.

Because he was a monster.

But something strange happened.

The maids who served the monster’s meals said they wanted to continue that work.

However, the Marquis who brought the monster didn’t allow it, so the maids were rotated periodically.

He was concerned that they might help with an escape later, being so enchanted and clinging to the monster.

‘If Roji refuses…’

I’ll make her give up by any means necessary.

There shouldn’t be any interference with my work because of Roji.

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7 days left until the meal service duty ends.

Even though I already knew how many days were left, counting on my fingers was becoming a habit.

“Roji, did you hear that news?”

“What news?”

Roji and Emily seemed to have a special relationship. Even though my recent strange behavior should have been annoying, she always looked after me with a worried expression.

“The Herthas Count’s Family is looking for their missing daughter.”

The Herthas Count’s Family?

That sounds familiar… Ah!

It was the family of this novel’s villainous sub seme.

Yurta Herthas.

He was a villainous sub seme who constantly interfered with the shou, Arzen’s affairs.

The reason Yurta became interested in Arzen was because Arzen killed his missing sister.

When he saw his sister, whom he had searched for so long, return as a corpse, Yurta thought of revenge and approached Arzen.

However, in the end, he fell in love with Arzen.

Yurta showed insane obsession toward the shou, saying if he couldn’t have him, he would thoroughly destroy him, making my mind exhausted throughout reading the novel.

Looking at it this far, Yurta seemed like a sub seme with a sad backstory, but that wasn’t actually the case.

【You ruined what was mine, so shouldn’t you be thrown into hell?】

…Those were words the original Yurta had said.

He was a crazy bastard who treated his sister as his possession.

“She apparently ran away from home about 2 years ago.”

“Why are they looking for her now if she ran away 2 years ago?”

“I don’t know the inner workings of nobles either. Maybe they belatedly wanted to sell her off in a political marriage?”

I nodded roughly.

“I heard the bounty is enormous. They say it’s worth a whole manor.”

Emily’s eyes sparkled as she talked about the bounty.

“There doesn’t seem to be a portrait or anything. Instead, they say she has pink hair and pink eyes?”

“…”

Come to think of it, this body I possessed also had pink hair and pink eyes…

At that moment, Emily’s eyes looking at me grew a little wider.

“Come to think of it, Roji, you also…”

“I can’t believe I’d be caught this easily. Actually, I’m the daughter of the Herthas Count’s Family…”

“Oh, I see.”

Emily turned her head away with a cold expression as if she had lost interest.

I had to go get the breakfast to give to Rihardt.

While I was at it, I also had to monitor to make sure nothing strange was put in the food.

“Bye, Roji.”

While I was having a friendly conversation with Emily, some maids approached us.

“What’s the matter?”

“It’s nothing serious, but you seem to be having a hard time with the meal service.”

“…And?”

“So we were wondering if we could do it instead?”

The maids looked at me as if worried, but I sensed something strange in their gaze.

Did my appearance of heading toward Rihardt as if being dragged to a slaughterhouse stimulate their sympathy?

So they were readily offering to help me out of pity?

That couldn’t be right.

I had no idea what kind of scheme this was.

They had wanted to pass the duty around to each other, treating Rihardt like a monster, but suddenly their hearts changed and they wanted to help me?

And these were maids who weren’t even close to me?

“Thank you so much. You have no idea how nice it is to work with such kind girls like you.”

“Then Roji…”

“But it’s okay. I can’t pass off my work to others.”

Instead of showing my displeasure, I smiled as if grateful.

While it would be nice if they took over Rihardt’s meal service for me, if something happened, there was a high probability that their responsibility would be assigned to me for passing off the work.

It seemed better to take full responsibility until the duty ended.

“Passing it off? That’s not it. We want to help you.”

“No. I wouldn’t feel comfortable. And with food, I just deliver it and come right back, so it’s not that difficult.”

“Really…?”

The maids looked at me with anxious eyes.

“Roji, actually…”

When one of the maids whispered in a low voice as if about to say something, the other maids stopped her as if telling her not to.

…What?

There was definitely something going on.

“Alright, Roji. Then hang in there.”

…It seemed like they were cheering me on for the difficult future ahead, not for serving Rihardt.

What is this really?

This is suspicious…

I felt something was off, but I didn’t have time to worry about that now.

I hurried to arrive at the kitchen before the Kitchen Maid came, to monitor whether she was doing anything strange to the food.

And I familiarly took the food and headed toward Rihardt.

I had only exchanged a few nods with the gatekeeper who guarded the door to Rihardt’s room, but somehow intimacy had sprouted between us.

“Good morning. Have a good day today as well.”

“Thank you, Miss Maid.”

After exchanging energetic greetings with each other, I entered Rihardt’s room.

But….

…Good heavens, what is that?

I almost dropped the tray.

I rubbed my eyes thinking I might be seeing things, but I hadn’t seen wrong.

I couldn’t help but open my mouth.

“What on earth….”

Rihardt was sprawled on the floor half-naked, looking exhausted.

His half-naked body was, honestly speaking, beautiful.

The lines of his densely woven muscles were sensual and artistic, as if God had taken a brush and invested long hours crafting them with care.

However, that wasn’t what caught my eye.

On his bare torso, red marks were harshly drawn across his back. Multiple marks at that.

There were whip marks on his back.

“….”

Seeing that sight, I was at a loss for words.

“…Ah.”

A languid voice broke through and permeated the silence I had created.

“Miss Maid.”

I hid my surprised emotions and transferred the food from the dog bowl to a plate as usual.

I didn’t ask things like “Are you okay?” or “Does it hurt a lot?” even out of courtesy.

If I was going to stand by and watch without being able to help him, it was better to thoroughly pretend I hadn’t seen anything. If I tried to comfort him even half-heartedly, I’d be nothing but a hypocrite.

“Were those words about being kind to patients a lie?”

“If you want, I’ll bring you medicine at lunchtime.”

“Is that your way of being kind, Miss Maid?”

“You speak as if you have some other preferred method.”

Rihardt didn’t answer immediately as usual, but quietly stared at me.

His blue eyes, which I had felt were like a calm lake, today felt like a turbulent sea.

Looking into those blue eyes, I felt as if I was caught in fierce waves, unable to escape to land and sinking into a dark abyss.

“How strange.”

Rihardt’s red lips, which had been intently watching me, curved pleasantly.

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