The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 83

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Episode 83

After getting off the ship, the first thing I did was to launder my identity at the place the Head Maid had told me about.

Fortunately, the Head Maid hadn’t lied to me.

I was able to safely obtain a new identity there.

They laundered my identity and helped me escape far away.

However, there was just one problem…

The price had gone up since the Head Maid had told me about it.

Damn this world. Whether in Korea or here, inflation makes me cry.

In the end, I spent most of the money I had brought with me.

‘How long will I be able to survive with this…’

I was quite exhausted at that time.

Having lived in constant tension at Count Evantes’ Mansion, fatigue had caught up with me and I wanted to rest, but I couldn’t afford to.

That’s when something fell right in front of my eyes.

It was a job posting saying that a baron’s house in this area was hiring new maids.

And it was a single piece of paper that would change my next three years.

“Sablewin Manor…”

It was a family never mentioned in the original work. And for me, who no longer wanted to get entangled with the original characters, it was the perfect family.

I immediately applied to the baron’s house and was hired based on my previous experience as a maid.

“Your name is Shabrina?”

“Yes.”

The name of my newly obtained identity was Shabrina.

The forged identity was made to be similar to my life.

Shabrina had also worked as a maid in some remote land.

“I see. Shabrina, from today you will be serving the young lady.”

“…Excuse me?”

So suddenly I’m to serve the young lady of this manor?

And a newly hired maid at that?

Why is everything progressing so fast?

I found it strange because it wasn’t normal, and perhaps my expression gave it all away because the butler looked at me with cold eyes.

“Why. Do you dislike it?”

“…No, sir.”

His eyes said he understood exactly what I was thinking, but I shouldn’t object and should just follow orders.

And so, on my very first day entering the baron’s house, I was immediately assigned to serve the young lady of this manor.

‘What kind of handover is this?’

I was on my way to serve the young lady after receiving a rough briefing.

Well, there wasn’t much I properly learned that would leave me dumbfounded.

That’s when someone whispered to me.

“Be careful.”

“…Excuse me?”

“All the new kids who come here get fooled by Lady Michel’s angelic face.”

Why are they suddenly telling me this?

“So don’t judge for yourself what kind of person Lady Michel is. And don’t get fooled either.”

“Ah, yes…”

“You’d better take that advice to heart.”

In a situation with no information, I could only tilt my head and store those words in a corner of my mind.

But I should have taken that advice to heart.

Then I wouldn’t have been hit in the head with a vase as soon as I entered the room.

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The great fire that had spread through the festival grounds was quickly extinguished.

Once the urgent situation at the festival grounds was settled, Arzen ordered them to find the culprit who started the fire and investigate the mastermind behind it.

This festival was one that Arzen had personally organized under the Emperor’s orders.

With rumors circulating that war would soon break out, the Empire was in an overall anxious atmosphere.

That’s why Arzen, who was part of the Emperor’s main faction, had personally stepped forward to hold the festival more grandly than ever before.

‘For a fire to break out on such a day.’

It was not a good omen.

Though he didn’t believe in superstitions, he couldn’t shake off the chilling feeling.

After somewhat handling the incident at the festival grounds, Arzen returned to the Count’s Manor.

Regardless of the incident, as the host of the party being held at the Count’s Manor, he needed to show his face at least once.

“Has the problem been resolved, Count?”

“Your Highness the Princess.”

A woman with light blonde hair stopped Arzen as he was leaving the banquet hall.

Arzen gazed at her with cold eyes.

The Second Princess, Evangelin.

Though she was the child of a concubine, the power she wielded could not be ignored.

Until just a few years ago, she was nothing more than an insignificant princess, but after becoming central to the development of ‘new weapons,’ her position had completely changed.

She was currently a princess who had built a considerably solid position within the Imperial Palace.

“I wanted to see the Monster, but it seems there won’t be a chance today.”

“I would like to show it to you, but it’s quite regrettable. If there’s an opportunity next time, I’ll show it to you.”

Though he wasn’t regretful at all, he spouted such honeyed words well.

The main culprit who had caused the commotion by making him urgently move the Monster today was precisely this princess.

【I heard there’s a beautiful Monster at the Count’s Manor, and I’d like to see it once, Count.】

The princess had given Arzen what was an order disguised as a request, pretending it was pure curiosity.

However, Arzen knew the princess’s true intentions well.

She probably wanted to confirm whether that Monster was indeed a Transcendent.

The Imperial Family had always been interested in Transcendents.

The power they possessed often shook the world.

Therefore, Transcendents were subjects of wariness, but sometimes also subjects of embrace.

Especially the princess, who had become one of the Empire’s major pillars through new weapon development, showed deep interest in ‘Transcendents.’

“Yes. When there’s an opportunity, please show it to me next time, Count.”

Arzen nodded that he would. Of course, he intended to make it so they couldn’t meet if possible.

As he left the banquet hall, the pain he had been enduring all this time came rushing in, and Arzen almost let out a groan.

Pain was rising from the pattern near his neck.

When he entered the main manor, Arzen finally staggered.

He barely managed to grab onto the manor’s door and stand.

“…Ha.”

Arzen tried to stand properly while suppressing his groan.

He absolutely could not collapse here.

“Count!”

Just then, the butler who discovered Arzen rushed over to him.

Arzen took his hand off the door and tried to speak calmly, putting strength into his neck.

“Butler, bring Roji.”

He planned to ask Roji to apply the herbal medicine.

Otherwise, he felt like he would be unable to overcome the pain and immediately fall to his knees.

The pain was particularly strong today.

“Count…”

“What are you doing? Hurry and bring Roji here.”

“Well…”

The butler couldn’t answer immediately and hesitated.

Only when Arzen’s eyebrows shot up did he finally open his mouth.

“…Roji is not here.”

“What do you mean by that?”

Roji wasn’t here?

Surely just this morning Arzen had met with Roji.

Come to think of it…

“Did she go on leave?”

“…”

“How dare she leave without telling me?”

There were quite a few servants who had taken leave during the festival period.

However, Roji was the Monster’s exclusive maid, personally appointed by Arzen.

Even if she took leave, it would be reported directly to him.

But to leave without saying a word.

“How insolent. Who gave Roji permission to take leave?”

Can’t they handle even one task properly?

The more Arzen spoke, the more the butler broke out in cold sweat.

“…Roji didn’t go on leave.”

“Then where did she go? Without my permission, who sent Roji…”

“No one sent Roji away. Roji… disappeared.”

“…What? What do you mean Roji disappeared?”

To suddenly disappear without any warning signs.

“…There was an incident today. That is… the Monster escaped.”

As if ashamed, the butler barely managed to speak and continued his report.

“…”

“The Monster escaped and Roji also went with…”

Around that time, the butler stopped speaking and observed Arzen’s expression.

A face devoid of any emotion.

However, the butler was not unaware of what emotion that face truly contained.

Coldly hardened anger.

His entire body felt like it would freeze under that chilling gaze.

“Find the Monster and Roji immediately, Butler.”

“I thought you would say that, so I already issued search orders. We’re searching now, but…”

Not just the butler, but the surrounding servants also held their breath and watched Arzen’s mood.

Arzen swept his cold eyes over those present.

“If you fail to find Roji and the Monster, anyone even slightly connected to today’s incident will not remain unharmed.”

“…C-Count.”

The butler hurriedly tried to stop Arzen, but upon meeting those madness-filled green eyes, his lips sealed shut.

He couldn’t easily find his voice.

“Butler.”

“…Y-yes.”

Arzen was about to say something, but the searing pain prevented him from continuing.

He felt like he would lose consciousness and collapse.

He ignored the restless butler and walked past him.

Arzen, who safely entered his room, roughly loosened and tore off his cravat and grabbed the wall.

He felt like he would collapse before even reaching the bed.

First, he had to deal with this burning pain that felt like it would turn his entire body to ash.

Arzen pulled the bell rope attached to the wall with his blurred vision.

“D-did you call for me, Count?”

The servant who came running at Arzen’s call trembled as he felt the murderous atmosphere.

“…Bring the herbs.”

Though there was no detailed explanation, the servant keenly understood what Arzen meant.

He remembered that a maid named Roji used to enter and leave Arzen’s room every night carrying herbs.

The servant hurriedly found and brought the herbs Roji had used.

“Leave it there and go.”

“…Then I shall take my leave.”

The servant immediately closed the door quietly and left.

Arzen frowned as he loosened his clothes.

Then, just as Roji had done, he spread and applied the herbs around the pattern.

The rough herbs got all over his palms and sleeves, but Arzen didn’t care and moved urgently.

Hoping this pain would be relieved.

When he applied the herbs, the pain gradually lessened.

However.

‘This isn’t it.’

When Roji applied them, the pain disappeared as if it had flown away. But…

Now the curse’s pain remained like residual heat, tormenting Arzen.

“…Damn it.”

He wanted to immediately call Roji and beg her to relieve this pain.

But Roji wasn’t here.

Arzen eventually collapsed as if fainting.

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