The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 85

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Episode 85

Emily, who had come out on leave, was kidnapped.

…By her damn younger brother.

When she came to her senses, she was already tied up tightly.

Emily, realizing her situation, hurriedly looked around.

She was trapped in some remote place.

Silver spider webs hung disgustingly from the ceiling, and musty dust had settled.

“Anri! You crazy bastard! What the hell are you doing!”

Emily glared at Anri while struggling to break the restraints binding her body.

Anri clicked his tongue as if he had expected such behavior from her.

“Calm down, Emily. Even you would have trouble breaking those restraints with force. Don’t bruise your pretty hands for nothing and just stay still.”

Emily had come out on leave to scout places to flee to. It was preliminary reconnaissance, so to speak.

She had planned to persuade Roji and run away far together with her…

“You damn bastard! What the hell are you doing all of a sudden?!”

“Calm down, Emily.”

“Do I look like I’m in a state to calm down?!”

“That’s Emily for you. Good lungs too.”

Emily screamed at the top of her lungs at Anri, but he faced her with a smile.

Enough to make anyone think he was a caring younger brother.

“Untie this right now. What the hell are you doing? Won’t you untie it?!”

“Hmm. I’d like to untie you too, but then you’d hit me.”

“Of course!”

“Then I’d be in pain. Do you like it when I’m in pain, Emily?”

“Go die, you son of a bitch.”

Anri sighed at Emily’s curses that poured out without restraint.

His sister, whom he saw after a long time, was still the same.

“Emily, aren’t you happy to see me at all?”

“I wish I never had to see you again, so why did you show up.”

Emily glared at Anri as if she wanted to kill him.

Anri rested his chin on his hand, looked at her, and smiled wickedly.

“Well, I came to take you away.”

“…”

“Don’t tell me you were planning to live your whole life there doing that woman’s bidding?”

“…”

“You weren’t.”

Anri knelt on one knee near the tightly bound Emily.

“You didn’t really like that kid. No, you hated her.”

“…”

“So why are you going around affectionately calling her Roji, Roji?”

Anri tilted his head as if he really didn’t understand.

Emily was about to snap back when she realized that Anri’s words weren’t completely wrong.

There was a time long ago when she used to hate Roji.

But that was also in the past.

“…It’s none of your business. Mind your own business.”

Emily hung her head listlessly. It was because she remembered when she first met Roji.

A frail woman who had collapsed buried in pure white snow.

If she hadn’t discovered the pendant Roji was clutching in her hand back then, she would never have had any connection with her for the rest of her life.

Anri looked at Emily, who had lost her fighting spirit, as if he didn’t like it.

What exactly was so special about that woman that she had changed Emily?

“…There was nothing special about her.”

She just had a nice fragrance.

But Emily couldn’t smell that fragrance.

Then what exactly was special about her? Anri couldn’t understand at all.

“…You didn’t do anything to Roji, did you?”

“What?”

“Just try laying a finger on Roji. I’ll really kill you.”

“I promised not to touch her, so why would I bother touching her. However.”

“However…?”

A troubled expression momentarily appeared on Anri’s face.

“No. I didn’t do anything.”

“You did something!”

“I said I didn’t?”

“You have the face of someone who did something! You said you’d keep your promise!”

“I really kept it. I didn’t do anything. I even kindly told her that something dangerous would happen so she should run away.”

Anri looked wronged, as if he really thought he had kept his promise.

“You promised. Not to touch her. And to hope for Roji’s safety together.”

“Don’t worry. She’s safe.”

“Hurry up and untie this. I need to see Roji.”

Really, that damn Roji.

What was so special about that woman that Emily was so obsessed with her.

Anri, whose mood had soured, made the disgusting expression that Emily hated.

“Oh dear, what should we do? Even if you return to the Count’s Manor, Sister Roji won’t be there.”

“…What? Why wouldn’t Roji be there? You said you didn’t touch her!”

“I didn’t touch her. That woman just ran away.”

“…Roji ran away?”

Emily muttered in bewilderment. She must not have understood the situation.

“It would be better for you too if Roji ran away.”

“…What.”

“Roji knew you were a demon worshipper? She had the face of someone feeling betrayed after being deceived. Could you really go back after that?”

“…You, what did you really do.”

“It’s not entirely wrong, is it? What are you going to say to explain yourself?”

Anri lightly touched Emily’s forehead.

“You can’t face her with a clear conscience.”

“…”

“How many people would love someone who’s a disturbing existence. No matter what you say to explain when you go back, it’ll be hard for her to treat you like before.”

“…”

“It’s not Roji’s fault. Everyone is like that.”

Emily couldn’t deny it.

She just looked at the floor with a gloomy face.

Anri really didn’t like that face, but he didn’t show his uncomfortable emotions.

“Come with me, Emily.”

“…What?”

“Why do you think I crawled into the Count’s Manor as a servant. I came to take you away.”

Emily frowned.

“My connection with you ended long ago, Anri.”

“…I’m your younger brother. You care for Roji who doesn’t share a drop of blood with you, but your brother isn’t precious?”

Emily recalled her faint childhood memories.

Long ago, he was certainly a precious younger brother. One she had to protect.

However.

“Not anymore.”

Though it was the expected answer, a corner of my heart ached.

Anri completely wiped away his smile and looked at Emily.

Right. So I’m not your little brother anymore either, is that it?

“You’d better not refuse. I’m trying to make you an offer that won’t be bad for you either.”

“An offer?”

Anri, who had completely changed his attitude, spoke coldly.

“I suppose you wouldn’t care what happens to me, your brother, but your Roji is precious to you, right?”

“…Why are you suddenly bringing up Roji?”

“It seems like there are many people targeting your precious Roji.”

“What? What do you mean? Who’s targeting Roji?”

That damn Roji.

There was a time when Emily looked after Anri the way she now looks after Roji.

Though it’s meaningless to think about it now.

“Why won’t you tell me? Who’s targeting Roji!”

“The Temple. The Royal Court.”

“…Why are they targeting Roji?”

“As you know, the Temple and Royal Court have long been troubled by transcendents. That’s why we went through all that hell when we were kids.”

Though few existed in the world, the power of transcendents was certainly threatening to those in power.

Transcendents used their power to disrupt order and break rules.

While each possessed different powers, among them were a very few who reached the realm of gods.

Such transcendents brought chaos to the world.

The Royal Court and Temple were wary of transcendents, wanting to protect the power they held.

But that’s an old story. Now…

“The Emperor wants war.”

Transcendents had the power to determine the outcome of wars.

The Royal Court, wanting to obtain such power, had been conducting experiments for a long time.

Experiments to create beings with power rivaling transcendents.

Anri and Emily were victims of those experiments. At the same time, they were split half and half between failure and success.

“…What does that have to do with Roji?”

“A being that can gather transcendents and control them at will. Would you believe such a thing exists?”

“…”

“I didn’t believe it.”

But when he first saw Roji, he realized.

The sweet scent that emanated from her.

That fragrance that was captivating enough to drive one’s mind wild.

If he had been a ‘real’ transcendent, he might have gone mad and rushed at her.

“You have to protect Roji, Emily.”

“…”

“Or are you going to stop caring whether I live or die, like now?”

Emily gritted her teeth.

…She would protect Roji at least.

Because she promised her ‘benefactor’. And…

Emily remembered that moment when the expressionless girl had smiled.

She wanted to protect that smile.

Emily’s green eyes flashed.

“…If you’re lying, I’ll kill you.”

“When have I ever lied to you?”

Thus, their deal was struck.

When the conversation ended, Anri left the warehouse.

“Is the conversation over?”

“Oh, Hayden.”

Anri turned around with a bright smile.

Behind him stood Hayden, who looked worse for wear.

Perhaps sensing the question in Anri’s expression, Hayden wiped the blood flowing from his wounded cheek and replied briefly.

“I had some business to take care of.”

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