The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 77

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Episode 77

“Sister, you’re quick to catch on. Who do you think I am?”

“….”

“Hmm, should I say Emily’s little brother?”

Anri was playing word games even in this situation.

When I was with the demon worshipper, Anri appeared. Then who was that demon worshipper?

If Anri is a demon worshipper, then that person is….

Ah.

【It has to be one of those two. Their auras were particularly suspicious… there were many strange things about them.】

There were two demon worshippers who entered this manor.

Hayden and Anri.

It wasn’t that one of them was a demon worshipper, but that both of them were demon worshippers.

“Now you seem to understand a bit.”

“…What’s your reason for telling me this?”

“Well, I made a promise with Emily.”

A promise?

“To protect Sister Roji.”

Protect me? Who are you to do that?

However, another question popped out before that doubt.

“Then is Emily also a demon worshipper?”

“Well. I wonder about that.”

Anri only made a mysterious expression and didn’t give me an answer.

“In one hour, I’m going to kill everyone here. I’ve been preparing for quite a long time for this.”

“….”

“If we’re lucky, we might kill them all in an instant.”

Anri, with a face resembling Emily’s, grinned wickedly.

“One hour left, sister.”

“What?”

“I’m saying we’ll attack in one hour. I definitely gave you a chance to escape.”

“….”

“Whether you run away for one hour or try to stop us alone, good luck, sister.”

After Anri, who kept emphasizing one hour, disappeared, I was left alone and fell into confusion.

Could those words possibly be true?

‘But would there be any need to lie to me?’

What am I anyway?

I don’t have the ability to exercise anything.

So Anri must have spoken knowing that I couldn’t change anything.

‘I need to find Lucas….’

First, I need to inform Lucas about this situation.

With that thought of finding Lucas, I entered the main manor, but….

“Lucas? I think he went somewhere with Hayden earlier?”

“…Went somewhere? What do you mean?”

“I don’t know that either.”

I asked several other servants if they knew where Lucas was, but none of them knew.

Damn it.

Where the hell did he go?

It seems it’ll be difficult to inform Lucas about this situation.

“…Cough! Cough cough!”

Perhaps because I ran around too much with my unwell body, I started coughing.

Maybe the medicine’s effects wore off, as my body began to ache.

No. Let me pull myself together.

‘Should I tell Arzen?’

Right. Perhaps Arzen could convey this situation well. So I headed to the banquet hall.

However.

“I have urgent business to see Count Evantes.”

The knights at the banquet hall naturally blocked my entry.

“Count Evantes is not here right now.”

“…Then where is he?”

“Why are you curious about that?”

“…It’s really urgent.”

“There are plenty of people like you. Do you think you can meet Count Evantes just because it’s urgent?”

Damn it.

It would have been nice if at least the knights here had some familiarity with me.

“I’m the exclusive maid of the monster appointed by Count Evantes. If you knew how much Count Evantes cherishes the monster, you wouldn’t be saying such things.”

“….”

“If something happens to the monster because you knights are preventing me from seeing Count Evantes now, who do you think Count Evantes will hold responsible?”

When I added a bit of subtle threat, the knights’ expressions changed.

They seem to dislike the idea of problems arising for themselves.

If I had my way, I would have wanted to say I received a terror warning from demon worshippers.

‘Who would believe that?’

It would be like suddenly shouting that aliens will attack in a few dozen minutes in a peaceful neighborhood.

“…What I said about Count Evantes not being inside is true. Count Evantes has gone out.”

Damn it.

Did he go out because of that big fire at the slaughterhouse?

I bit my lips hard.

There was no one to help me.

‘That must be the demon worshippers’ intention.’

This made it certain.

The probability that Anri’s words were true increased.

The big fire at the festival grounds, and because of it, many knights from the Count’s manor were sent to extinguish the fire at the festival grounds.

…On top of that, even Arzen, the owner of the manor, was away.

This is really intentional.

“Then please let me see Herthas Prince. Whether it’s the first prince or the second prince, I don’t care….”

“Why are you looking for the Herthas Princes?”

At my request, the gatekeeper’s expression changed completely.

He looked at me with contemptuous eyes.

“I understood you looking for Count Evantes because it was related to the monster, but why are you looking for the Herthas Princes?”

“That’s….”

“Is it really urgent? You don’t have some other ulterior motive, do you?”

Damn it.

It seems the gatekeeper is viewing me suspiciously.

I can understand since I was looking for Arzen, then suddenly called for those two from Herthas….

“There’s a reason. It’s also related to the monster….”

“Do I look stupid enough to believe that? What does the monster have to do with the Herthas Princes! It looks like you have some other ulterior motive.”

“Excuse me, please listen to what I’m saying….”

“Get lost right now!”

He looked ready to drag me out by force. There’s absolutely no getting through to him.

Right now, I couldn’t do anything.

‘If only I had time…’

This was all I could do in such a short time, but everything was blocked.

【In an hour, I’m going to kill everyone here. I’ve been preparing for this for quite a long time.】

【If we’re lucky, I might kill them all in an instant.】

That bastard Anri.

【I made a promise with Emily. I agreed to protect Sister Roji.】

…Emily.

Could it be that the reason she went on vacation today was because she knew something would happen?

Is that why she looked troubled these past few days?

It felt like puzzle pieces were falling into place.

Being betrayed by the only friend I trusted in this place made my bones ache and my eyes burn with tears.

I wanted to meet Emily right now and confront her.

It was all pointless.

‘Now there are 30 minutes left.’

I looked around the Marquis House. Some familiar faces, the maids I’d grown close to, passed by.

Those who spotted me smiled and waved at me.

And they hurried past.

Not knowing what was about to happen.

‘There’s nothing I can do.’

At least I should escape.

I’m sorry, everyone.

There’s nothing I can do to help.

With that, I returned to my room. I planned to come out with my luggage.

Then something dropped to the floor with a thud.

…It was the sleeping pill the demon worshipper had given me to feed to Rihardt.

‘…Maybe I should keep it in case it’s useful later.’

Though I don’t know when I’d need to put someone to sleep.

They probably told me to slip him the sleeping pill to kidnap Rihardt easily.

I picked up the sleeping pill and put it in my luggage.

At that moment.

‘Wait. If they’re coming here to kidnap Rihardt…’

Wouldn’t it work if I made it impossible to kidnap him?

I suddenly remembered the cursed room in the annex.

The door there only opens when the curse’s punishment is complete.

…If a situation arose where Rihardt couldn’t be taken out.

I shook my head. It was a crazy idea.

However.

…The only way to prevent the chaos.

The only method I could try right now.

“…This is so fucking awful.”

Should I really go through with something like this?

After already deceiving Rihardt.

I let out a bitter laugh and gripped my luggage tightly.

When the demon worshippers attack this place, quite a few people will get hurt, and some of them will die.

…Sacrificing the few for the many.

The safety of the people in this place and Rihardt’s safety.

I had to choose between the two.

‘Now there are 20 minutes left.’

There wasn’t much time.

I had to make a decision quickly.

* * *

“Cough! Cough cough!”

The coughing got worse.

My body was burning up and my head was spinning, making my thoughts increasingly slow.

“Roji, are you alright?”

“…Cough. I’m fine… Cough cough!”

The Head Chef, who was handing over Rihardt’s meal, looked at me with concern.

I suppressed my coughing and said I was fine, then took the meal the Head Chef gave me and headed toward Rihardt.

“Cough…”

I kept coughing on the way there too.

Moving without time to take medicine made my thought process unclear.

I didn’t even know what I was doing anymore.

I looked at Rihardt, who seemed dazed as he gripped the restraints.

How much pain must he be in to not even notice I’d arrived?

“I’m here.”

“…Maid.”

He looked at me weakly.

I silently held out the meal to Rihardt.

There was only bread and milk that could fit through the bars.

Normally, Arzen should have taken Rihardt somewhere, but it seemed he’d forgotten about Rihardt’s existence due to today’s incident.

The knights who had been watching and standing guard over Rihardt all day were also tired and guarding this place with dulled minds.

…Now was the opportunity.

Let’s not hesitate anymore.

I dropped a sharp blade into the carriage where Rihardt was confined.

Now I had to shout quickly.

I couldn’t bring myself to meet Rihardt’s eyes and fell away from the carriage.

At that moment, I heard a faint sound like a hallucination, as if Rihardt was calling my name.

But I ignored it and shouted.

“The Monster has a weapon!”

…And perhaps that was the worst choice I could have made.

That day, Rihardt escaped.

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