The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 79

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Episode 79

The man had been watching the entire series of events that had just unfolded.

Everything, including how the Monster’s dedicated maid had appeared and suddenly interfered before the ‘work’ began.

Roji had suddenly appeared, saying that the Monster had a weapon, and therefore should be locked in the ‘punishment room’.

As if she had known about the ‘plan’.

The man was a demon worshipper.

He had come to this place under orders to retrieve the Monster.

So he had thoroughly prepared his plan.

To take the Monster away during the noisy festival day, when everyone would let their guard down.

However, the plan had gone awry due to the actions of the maid named Roji just moments ago.

The man had been watching the situation and observing everything from this location to give orders to the other demon worshippers.

‘I clearly ordered them to only put in sleeping pills…’

The man’s eyes turned coldly rigid as he thought of Roji.

He couldn’t give up like this.

Such a good day and situation wouldn’t come twice.

The Monster hadn’t entered the punishment room yet.

So wouldn’t it be possible if they attacked right now?

The man who had been watching the situation made his decision. Time was of the essence, so he had to hurry his actions.

But at that moment…

“What are you doing there?”

This was a disaster.

The man turned around.

“Hayden.”

“…”

“I asked what you were doing.”

The man, Hayden, overlaid his cold face with a bright smile.

“What am I doing? Slacking off, Lucas.”

“You must have a lot of work.”

“What would a bear-like guy know? If you really work busily just because you’re busy, that’s amateur level.”

“…”

Lucas looked at Hayden as if he found it absurd.

Lucas and Hayden had entered this manor at the same time.

They were assigned similar lodgings and had similar work to do.

So the two naturally became close. Superficially, of course.

“Stop slacking off and hurry up and go.”

“You go first. I have something to do…”

“What kind of work?”

Hayden didn’t answer immediately and looked at Lucas.

“Come to think of it, you’re talking a lot today?”

“…”

“A guy who’s usually not talkative…”

For a while, silence passed between the two.

But the awkward atmosphere was brief as Hayden smiled mischievously and walked toward Lucas.

“Do you like me that much today?”

“…”

“Were you upset that this hyung didn’t pay attention to you?”

“…”

When Hayden tried to embrace Lucas, Lucas avoided him with disgust.

Hayden wrinkled his nose like a mischievous child.

However, contrary to his seemingly carefree appearance, he felt something was strange.

The housekeeper had assigned work so that Lucas and Hayden would work together today.

…So Hayden had tried to separate Lucas and then proceed with the work secretly.

【Hayden.】

Lucas had called out to stop him.

Every time he tried to do important work, he was interfered with by Lucas.

As if…

Right.

Just like how Roji had interfered with the plan at the crucial moment.

Hayden’s eyes turned cold as he looked at Lucas.

But now wasn’t the time.

“I should stop slacking off and get going too. I think the housekeeper will start to notice soon.”

He had to hurry and proceed with the work.

If the Monster got locked in the punishment room, things would get complicated…

“Let’s go together.”

“…What?”

“I’m almost done with my work. I’ll help you.”

“It’s fine. Even though I slack off, I don’t make others do my work.”

Hayden refused, but Lucas didn’t give up easily.

It was really strange.

Lucas usually wasn’t this persistently clingy.

Today especially, he was acting as if he had to, wasn’t he?

Hayden gritted his teeth in frustration because the knights had dragged the Monster inside.

Damn it.

A room with magic cast on it couldn’t be opened easily.

It wasn’t impossible, but it would take that much time to break the magic, and massive ‘losses’ would follow.

Hayden looked at the annex where the Monster had entered, then turned his head to look at Lucas.

Something was definitely strange.

Roji and Lucas, who interfered with work at crucial moments.

As if the two had joined hands… Ah.

The smile disappeared from Hayden’s face.

Lucas also read the changed atmosphere.

“So it was you, Lucas.”

The one who was acting as that damn Monster’s spy.

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Creak-

The punishment room door opened.

The knights forcibly shoved Rihardt into the punishment room.

Rihardt, covered in wounds, collapsed inside the punishment room.

Then one knight asked worriedly.

“But is it really okay for us to lock up the Monster like this?”

“Didn’t you hear what Maid Roji said? Count Evantes ordered that if the Monster caused problems, we should lock him up.”

“That’s true, but…”

“Following Count Evantes’ orders comes first.”

One knight raised doubts out of concern, but as Roji had expected, things proceeded without major problems.

Everyone knew that Arzen was a fearsome existence.

But I thought there was no way he would dare lie using Arzen’s name.

The knights locked the punishment room door.

The wide-open door was locked, and the light that had been seeping into the darkness was abruptly cut off.

In the pitch-black darkness, Rihardt thought of the woman who would be beyond that door.

He had been betrayed.

Rihardt let out a bitter laugh.

‘How pitiful.’

Then ‘it’ whispered in Rihardt’s ear.

Something thick and slippery like a snake coiled around his entire body.

The elongated thing placed its head next to Rihardt’s neck.

Resting its head on his shoulder, it whispered in his ear.

‘You’ve been abandoned ‘again’.’

It was nothing more than a whisper.

But gradually, the ‘trauma’ that had crawled up took over his mind.

‘You did everything you were told to do.’

‘You were obedient and suppressed your desires.’

‘But in the end, you were still abandoned like this. So miserably.’

Suffocating pain rose up. His skin burned hot and the pain gnawing at his heart made him dizzy.

It was mana overflow.

He was being devoured by trauma and pain.

Before disappearing like that, a woman with fluttering pink hair came to mind.

The woman who had given off a sweet fragrance.

Why on earth did you betray me?

Rihardt slammed his hand down hard on the floor, trying to break the restraints with a thud!

Thud! Thud! Thud!

He repeatedly slammed his hand down, but there was no way the restraints would break with physical force.

Rihardt knew that fact too.

However, he frantically kept slamming the restraints.

When he stopped his strange behavior, Rihardt’s blue eyes flashed.

He clenched his fist and put strength into his wrist.

Clank!

The chains binding the orb and the restraints were pulled taut.

Rihardt drew in a breath.

And forcibly drew up his power.

His heart heated up intensely and the suppressed power burst out as if his entire body would explode.

Divine power that a human body could not withstand.

Rihardt tried to fully unleash his power.

Even if his body, unable to handle the power, would burn up and die.

Crack!

As the restraints shattered, warm blood flowed from Rihardt’s lips.

He staggered to his feet with an unsound mind.

Eerie blue eyes that glowed even in the darkness.

The man smiled.

An aura like a cold wind swept past Rihardt.

The spell cast on the room tried to bind Rihardt.

It unleashed power as if to nail Rihardt down like a solid nail, but the aura seeping from within Rihardt’s body repelled the spell.

“…Kugh.”

Warm blood spurted from his mouth.

Crash!

Rihardt’s aura broke the spell cast in the room.

The aura that couldn’t block Rihardt’s power finally shattered like a glass barrier.

However, spells are never to be taken lightly.

The price for recklessly breaking the spell returned directly to Rihardt’s body.

Despite the rushing pain, Rihardt left the room as if his entire body was numb and he couldn’t feel the pain.

【Are you okay?】

Suddenly, he remembered the pink eyes that used to look at him with worry whenever he was in pain.

Roji became gentle when Rihardt was in pain.

The woman who kept her guard up would easily offer her embrace only at those times.

“…Mon, monster!”

A knight who witnessed Rihardt coming out of the spell-bound room was so shocked he couldn’t breathe properly and screamed.

Rihardt looked at the knight and smiled.

He rushed at the knight who had drawn his sword.

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I couldn’t come to my senses and blankly stared at the empty room.

In the corner of my vision, I could see broken restraints.

A fishy smell wafted around.

From the red traces splattered everywhere, I now knew it was the smell of blood.

“…Ah.”

Now I’m finally coming to my senses.

I could finally scream and cry.

I screamed for a long time, but no one could hear my voice.

No one came.

When the screaming stopped, I laughed. Only laughter came out.

“Ahaha…”

I had tried so hard, but everything was ruined.

Now it’s all over.

I laughed helplessly, then burst into tears as I went down the stairs to leave the annex.

But that was only for a moment. I stopped both laughing and crying and looked down the stairs.

“Sister.”

There stood Yurta with a bright smile.

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