The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 74

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Episode 74

No matter what I said, Lucas still had a distrustful expression on his face.

Well, I didn’t expect him to believe me right away anyway.

“I was the one who fed that fruit to the bird.”

“…!”

“I was also the one who sent you to the annex when the Monster was locked in the punishment room. I think I’ve helped you quite a bit, so I’d be hurt if you keep suspecting me.”

I wanted to shed even a crocodile tear, but unfortunately, the area under my eyes was coldly dry.

“Even though I look like this, I’m on a first-name basis with your master.”

“…Don’t lie. My master doesn’t teach his name to just anyone.”

“….”

I recalled the situation when I had just gone to bring Rihardt his meal earlier.

【Maid, please call my name.】

【Come on.】

【Come on.】

…Someone who doesn’t teach his name to just anyone acts like that?

I sighed and threw the pouch I had received from the demon worshipper to Lucas.

“Take it.”

Lucas, who caught the pouch unexpectedly, made a puzzled expression.

As if asking what this was.

“Try opening it once.”

“….”

Lucas reluctantly opened the pouch, checked the contents, and frowned.

Then he looked at me.

“Do you know what that is? A demon worshipper gave it to me.”

Lucas silently nodded. Does he know what it is?

“What exactly is that white powder?”

“…It’s a sleeping drug.”

“A sleeping drug?”

“Originally it was made to put magical beasts to sleep, but….”

“Does it work on transcendents too?”

Lucas nodded again as if to say yes.

Being told to feed this at seven o’clock five days from now means they want to put Rihardt to sleep then….

But why?

What kind of scheme is this?

“You must have heard the conversation in the warehouse, right? They want me to mix this sleeping drug in five days at seven in the evening. What kind of plot are they hatching?”

“….”

“It seemed like the demon worshippers are planning to pull something. I’ll ask again. Will you cooperate with me or not?”

Lucas still didn’t say anything. However, soon his lips parted.

“I will do it.”

Lucas looked at me and answered as if his resolve was firm.

I smiled broadly.

“Then shall we share the information we each know? Did you happen to see the face of the person coming out of the warehouse?”

“They were wearing a robe, so I couldn’t see.”

I didn’t think they would come to the warehouse with their face exposed, but I still felt disappointed.

“I should have asked this first, but is there anyone you suspect of being a demon worshipper?”

He nodded as if to say yes.

“Who?”

“…There were three people including you, but excluding you, there are two.”

Including me?

What exactly about me seems like a demon worshipper?

“The pendant.”

Lucas cut off everything else and bluntly spat out a single word.

“I saw it in your room.”

…Does that mean he searched my room?

“What is that pendant?”

I recalled the pendant that was under the drawer in my room. It was so tarnished that I couldn’t even see what was inside.

“I don’t know either.”

“You don’t know?”

“If I don’t know something, I say I don’t know.”

“You really don’t know even though it’s an object imbued with a demon worshipper’s aura?”

“…Demon worshipper?”

The old pendant seemed to belong to Rose.

So does that mean Rose had an object belonging to a demon worshipper?

The situation was flowing strangely.

“…Do you really not know?”

I nodded for now. I really don’t know.

Lucas looked at me suspiciously.

The pendant wasn’t important right now, so I had to think about it later.

“So who are the remaining two people you suspect?”

Lucas paused for a moment, then answered late.

“Anri and Hayden.”

* * *

“Cough, cough!”

It seems I’ve properly caught a cold.

It would be troublesome to be sick when escape is coming soon.

“Roji, are you okay?”

Seeing me constantly coughing, Emily asked with a worried expression.

She carefully placed her hand on my head.

“Roji, you have a fever right now!”

No wonder my head was throbbing and I felt slightly dizzy.

“…Ah. Emily, do you happen to have any medicine?”

It’s troublesome since there isn’t much time left before escape.

I’ll have to endure with medicine for a few days.

“I have medicine, should I give you that?”

“Yeah, give me that.”

I swallowed the medicine I received from Emily. Ugh, it’s bitter.

“…Would it be okay not to call a doctor?”

“I’m fine.”

“…Come to think of it, Anri knows quite a bit about this kind of thing.”

Emily frowned as if she didn’t like the idea.

“It’s okay, Emily.”

I waved my hands dismissively.

As time passed, the medicine seemed to take effect and my body felt better.

Emily looked at me with worry, but I forced myself to smile brightly.

My condition wasn’t good, but after taking the medicine, my body didn’t particularly hurt or anything. I hope the medicine’s effect lasts as long as possible.

With that thought, I went to bring Rihardt his meal.

This task wouldn’t last much longer either.

However.

“I heard you met Lucas, maid.”

News travels fast, doesn’t it.

“How do you even know this while being trapped in here?”

“I have my ways, but it was a bit unexpected that you knew Lucas’s true identity.”

I thought he’d find out a bit later, so I was surprised that the news reached Rihardt faster than expected.

“I heard you two decided to cooperate?”

“…Ah, yes.”

I glanced at Rihardt cautiously, wondering if I had done something wrong.

If this was going to happen, I should have told Rihardt first before acting.

I was slightly worried that Rihardt might think strangely of my hasty actions.

“…Do you perhaps dislike it?”

“It’s not that, I’m just jealous.”

It was an unnecessary worry.

Anyway, Rihardt didn’t seem to have any complaints.

I felt relieved and leaned my body against the wall.

And as always, I waited for Rihardt to finish his meal. Really, there wasn’t much time left now.

Was it because I was sick?

Leaning against the wall made me feel drowsy.

Before I knew it, I had fallen asleep.

However, I couldn’t sleep deeply. As the medicine wore off, I repeatedly woke up with my body burning hot.

My body went limp and I felt chills throughout my entire body.

‘Emily packed one more medicine for me…’

There was medicine in my pocket.

However, that thought only circled in my head while my body wouldn’t cooperate.

Then a cool hand touched my head.

“…You’re burning up, maid.”

“…Ah.”

Rihardt, who had left me alone thinking I was asleep, seemed to sense something was wrong.

“…I’ll just rest a bit. I guess it’s hot.”

I tried to brush away his hand, but Rihardt didn’t back down. I didn’t have the strength to push him away either.

“You have a fever.”

“…I’ll be fine if I take medicine.”

My whole body was hot and aching, so my head wasn’t working well. I answered in a faint voice.

“…It’s in my pocket.”

I fumbled for my pocket thinking to take out the medicine, but lacking energy, it wasn’t easy.

Rihardt firmly held my drooping body and took out the medicine from my pocket for me.

“Open your mouth.”

At Rihardt’s words, I blankly opened my mouth.

I swallowed the medicine that flowed from the small bottle.

“…Bitter.”

The medicine needed to take effect quickly.

I curled up my body that was having chills.

“…Are you cold?”

I didn’t have the energy to respond to his words, so Rihardt carefully embraced me.

I was about to grumble and voice my complaints, but secretly feeling warm, I decided to stay still.

“…You should see a physician.”

“The escape is soon.”

When I explained why I couldn’t see a physician, Rihardt’s complexion darkened.

He seemed genuinely worried about me.

…Does he really have feelings for me?

His attitude always had artificial aspects, but from some point on, his expressions and actions seemed to contain sincerity.

Somehow, I didn’t like that Rihardt was worrying about me.

I felt like I should say something to reassure him.

“…When we escape together, I’ll call a physician for you. Though I’ll probably be better before then.”

Rihardt’s eyes widened upon hearing my words.

And he carefully opened his mouth.

“…I’ll call a hundred, even a thousand if needed.”

“…What would you do calling a hundred? That’s burdensome.”

It was also amusing in a way, so I giggled softly, but Rihardt’s hands holding me trembled finely.

“Maid.”

“…What.”

“Will you really escape with me?”

He doesn’t trust people easily and always suspects others even when situations arise.

However, at this moment, it seemed like if I said yes, he would put aside all his suspicions.

“…Is there any meaning in saying such things now?”

“…”

“I said we’d escape together. Just trust me, Rihardt.”

I even called his name while spouting words I didn’t mean.

All the plans had been designed.

He seemed to have abandoned his suspicions about me, but I couldn’t abandon mine.

The future was unpredictable.

I didn’t want to entrust myself to anyone.

I didn’t want to live a life where I might be betrayed while being with someone.

Being alone was comfortable, and I had lived well that way.

My way of life wouldn’t change in the future either.

Therefore, without wavering, I shamelessly told a lie.

“Let’s escape together.”

No answer came from Rihardt. He nodded as if he completely trusted me.

And he added one more thing.

“…You, at least, must never betray me.”

At least me?

He speaks as if he’s been betrayed before.

“I don’t do things like betrayal.”

I just won’t escape with him, but this is absolutely not betrayal.

I had provided him with various pieces of information necessary for escape all this time.

I had never betrayed him.

With such flimsy consolation, I nodded firmly.

Time passed like that and the day of the plan arrived.

…I didn’t know then.

What kind of events would unfold.

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