The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 70

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Episode 70

I twisted my waist trying to escape from his embrace, but Dillen wouldn’t let me go.

I had no choice.

Sorry, but I’m kind of busy right now.

“…Hey, what are you doing right now…!”

I went limp and slumped against Dillen as if collapsing into his arms. I felt Dillen’s body stiffen rigidly.

I took a breath and clenched my fist tight.

I’m really sorry. I’m just in a bit of a hurry.

Thwack!

The moment Dillen let his guard down, I struck his solar plexus hard.

“Ugh.”

Dillen let out a death groan, and naturally the strength left his arm that was holding my waist.

I apologized to him repeatedly in my mind as I escaped from his embrace. I tried to run away just like that, but…

“…!”

“…Where do you think you’re going.”

Dillen, who seemed to be in quite a bit of pain as he clutched his solar plexus, grabbed my hand with his other hand.

Let go! I don’t have time to play with you right now!

That’s when it happened.

“…What is that?”

Dillen looked up the stairs and muttered blankly.

I also turned my gaze in that direction following him.

…Rihardt, who had lost his reason, was coming down the stairs quite threateningly.

Honestly, it was a bit scary.

…Since things had come to this, there really was no choice.

I raised my hand and covered Dillen’s eyes.

“…What are you doing right now?”

When Dillen tried to remove my hand, I gripped it tightly as if I would gouge out his eyes.

“Ahem. Excuse me, young master, we’re in an extremely dangerous situation right now, you know?

“A dangerous situation?”

“Anyway, since you’re partly to blame for things turning out this way, you’ll need to buy us some time. I’ll go call for people right away.”

“What?”

I removed the hand that had been covering Dillen’s eyes and pushed his back.

“What the…”

“Stop that person from escaping. It would be even better if you could help him come to his senses. Just wait a moment!”

I ran just like that.

If only Dillen hadn’t grabbed me in the first place, I would have arrived to call for people by now.

What a pity.

But as soon as I left the annex, I saw Yurta running toward me urgently from far away. What are you doing here too!

“Miss, are you alright?”

“…Oh no. You came at just the right time. Go to the annex right now.”

“Pardon?”

“Hurry!”

I hit Yurta’s back fairly, just like I had pushed Dillen’s back.

“Go and try to stop them if you can!”

Yurta, who didn’t understand what I was saying, stood there awkwardly for a moment, but soon his expression changed as if he sensed something strange from the annex.

I left Yurta behind and ran all the way to the main manor. My breath was reaching its limit.

Fortunately, Arzen was there.

“What’s the matter?”

Arzen frowned when he saw me running up out of breath.

“…Count, right now!”

At that moment, bang! A loud crash came from far away.

Arzen, who instinctively realized something was happening, immediately left the manor and looked toward where the loud noise had come from.

Thick smoke was rising from the distant annex.

I had a gut feeling.

Now Eric and the gatekeepers were completely doomed.

“Roji, explain.”

And I was going to be the one to doom them.

I calmly explained everything that had happened to Arzen, and after understanding the situation, Arzen sent knights to the annex.

When I followed the knights back to the annex, Rihardt was collapsed as if dead.

Yurta and Dillen looked completely disheveled, having struggled to capture Rihardt.

…And so the situation seemed to come to an end.

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Thud.

The knights threw Rihardt down.

As if the rest was my role, they left me and Rihardt alone in the room and departed.

…It really seems wrong to have a long career as a personal maid.

I wiped down the sweat-soaked Rihardt with the towel I had brought.

His already pale cheeks had become even more pallid.

Well… it would be strange if he had good color after being trapped in there like that.

I held his hand tightly. He had said it hurt less when he touched me.

There wasn’t much I could do for him, but I could do at least this much.

Then Rihardt opened his eyes.

Blue eyes filled with malice looked at me.

Just like when I faced him after he had collapsed and awakened in the annex, my hair stood on end.

This ominous feeling that made my spine tingle involuntarily.

I was startled and tried to pull away the hand that was holding him, but Rihardt grabbed my arm and pulled it toward him.

When our eyes met in his confused gaze, I felt dizzy.

“…Mm, you should be safe now, right?”

I tried to calmly pull my arm away once more, but unfortunately it failed because Rihardt wouldn’t let go of my arm.

Rihardt looked at me without saying anything. He still didn’t seem to be in his right mind.

In the end, I carefully opened my mouth while watching his reaction.

“Um… my arm please… Ah!”

Could it have been wrong to just ask him to let go of my arm?

Rihardt pulled my arm strongly toward him.

I ended up pinned beneath him unexpectedly, unable to move and forced to meet his gaze.

A strange light flickered in Rihardt’s blue eyes as he looked at me for a moment.

It was so eerie.

At that moment, I felt like I wanted to run away even if it meant hitting Rihardt.

Be patient, he’s practically a patient right now.

“Hey, snap out of it.”

It would have been convenient if he had come to his senses with just one word, but unfortunately that wasn’t likely to happen.

I became a little afraid of Rihardt, not knowing what he might do. But then…

“Um…?”

Suddenly he began acting strangely.

He lowered his body toward me, then came down beside me and hugged me tightly.

“…?”

What is he doing right now?

Such doubts arose, but I soon realized why Rihardt was acting this way.

Recently, Arzen had been making Rihardt drink potions, and he complained of mana pain whenever I wasn’t around.

He must be in pain right now too.

Being locked in the punishment room and not seeing me for so long, he must have been suffering terribly.

He seemed to be struggling a lot, so I relaxed my body. I hoped it would help…

“…I’m going to kill him.”

Rihardt whispered in a low voice. But did he really have to whisper it right into my ear?

“…I’m going to kill him. I’m going to kill him.”

As if he couldn’t regain his senses, he kept muttering while holding me tight.

This is… no, very scary.

“…Are you going to kill me too?”

I suddenly worried whether I might also be included on Rihardt’s kill list.

I hadn’t thought much about it before since I was highly necessary to him, but hearing Rihardt’s murderous voice filled with resentment made me suddenly afraid.

I shouldn’t just foolishly feel at ease.

“…Miss Maid?”

“You won’t kill me, right?”

“…Shoulder.”

“…?”

…Does he mean he’ll destroy my shoulder?

What does this mean?

Since Rihardt was hugging me from behind, I couldn’t see his expression. Not knowing what he was thinking felt a bit frustrating.

“Soft and squishy.”

“…?”

Rihardt said this while placing his hand on my shoulder.

It should be hard because of the bones, so what’s this about soft and squishy?

“…It’s hard.”

Well, of course.

I didn’t know what nonsense Rihardt was spouting, but since he didn’t seem to be in his right mind, I decided to be understanding.

“…When I opened my eyes after a while, I could see Miss Maid’s shoulder.”

“…”

Still seeming mentally confused, he spoke slowly with slurred pronunciation.

“You seemed to be trying not to show it, but your shoulders were trembling.”

“I wasn’t trembling.”

“That’s why your shoulders looked soft and squishy.”

“…?”

What kind of nonsense is this again?

“…I was in a lot of pain and having a hard time.”

“…”

“So I just wanted to run away, but I endured it believing only in the promise that we’d escape together.”

I bit my tongue for a moment.

I felt pressured.

Trusting me, he said. At this moment, I felt like I didn’t know what to say.

“There was no medicine, no Miss Maid, and I was in a lot of pain. I wanted to escape but…”

“…”

“Since we promised to run away together…”

Rihardt’s voice became quiet as if sinking into the depths of the ocean.

His mind seemed drowsy.

“So you can’t betray me.”

“…”

“You can’t betray me. Never. At least Miss Maid must never betray me.”

He emphasized this as if it was extremely important.

I wanted to say something about what kind of relationship we had that he kept repeating that at least I must never betray him, but I couldn’t given the atmosphere.

“…I saw someone in my dream.”

“In your dream?”

“Yes, in my dream. I can’t remember, but it keeps coming back.”

Did he see trauma in the punishment room? But what does it mean that he can’t remember?

…Did Rihardt have this kind of trauma?

It seems a bit different from what I saw in the original work. Even if the novel and story flow can change, shouldn’t the settings be similar?

“…So Miss Maid.”

Rihardt’s breath tickled my ear.

Bound as if wrapped in chains and unable to move, I had to listen to the rest of his story.

“If you betray me, you’ll have to be prepared for the consequences.”

I can be certain.

Right now, at this moment, Rihardt is definitely in his right mind.

I could feel him examining me with meticulous eyes to an uncomfortable degree.

“…There’s going to be a festival soon.”

“Shall we go together?”

It sounded like he was willing to escape from here for the festival.

I was about to tell him not to joke around, but it seemed sincere so I decided not to say anything.

“…Maybe I could at least enjoy the sights with you.”

“…!”

When a positive answer came back, Rihardt seemed surprised and instead closed his mouth.

“We’re going to run away that day, after all.”

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