The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 9

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Episode 09

“I have no reason to leave.”

“Roji, so you’re saying you’ll cause trouble for all of us?”

“Trouble? You should speak properly. From the moment I entered this manor as a maid, I have the right to eat here. But there’s no reason for me to give up that right just because of your ridiculous logic.”

“So you’ll cause us trouble just to protect your rights?”

“Before that. You should think about who brought the monster you’re talking about into this manor before you speak.”

Mari frowned and looked at me as if asking what I meant.

“It was the Marquis himself. The Marquis brought that monster here, so aren’t you insulting the Marquis first, who came into contact with that monster?”

“What are you talking about! You’re really good at saying nonsense…!”

“Well, bringing up the Marquis over your ridiculous story is indeed nonsense.”

“…”

“And what’s clear is that your statement right now is disrespecting the maids who have been serving that monster’s meals all this time. Nobody believes such childish talk, so why don’t you cut it out?”

At my words, those around who had been keeping their heads down and watching nervously glared at Mari.

They were clearly afraid of being treated the same way as me, so they couldn’t say anything.

From what I could see, Mari seemed to have quite a high rank among the maids. That’s why no one could object to this unreasonable situation.

“Anyway, since there’s no food today, I’ll be going now, but let’s not play such pranks next time. Okay?”

Why are people who all work hard giving each other a hard time?

“What you’re doing is pathetic.”

Although I couldn’t eat, I felt refreshed having said everything I wanted to say. I turned my gaze away from the trembling Mari and grabbed Emily’s arm.

“Let’s go, Emily.”

Maybe if I go to the Head Chef now and explain the situation, he might prepare some food for us.

But Emily’s body didn’t budge at all.

…Huh?

Her arm felt quite hard through the thin fabric. What are all these muscles?

“Roji.”

Emily’s voice calling my name was chilling.

“…Emily?”

“Lock the door.”

…The door? Why?

With Emily’s suddenly terrifying atmosphere, I couldn’t bring myself to ignore her words.

I locked the door as if possessed.

It suddenly feels like the genre changed to thriller…

I blankly watched what Emily was doing.

Emily’s unexpected behavior brought a heavy silence to This Place.

They also watched Emily quietly, just like me.

Emily walked into the center of the maids. Then she stopped in the middle of the table, raised her hand, and struck down on the table.

Bang!

With a tremendous sound, cracks spread rapidly across the table with a ‘crack!’

…My goodness. What on earth is happening.

“Who took away Roji’s and my meals!”

Emily’s eyes gleamed with madness.

Look at that.

If you don’t give people food, they become this strange.

* * *

After Emily broke the table in the Dining Hall, tremendous chaos unfolded.

Emily rampaged, telling them to confess quickly, and eventually extracted all the bread that every maid had received.

I was flustered by the food that had increased several times from yesterday, but I didn’t bother to refuse.

I vaguely thought that the other maids wouldn’t dare mess with Emily carelessly from now on.

In fact, even I, who witnessed that scene, thought I should be careful.

After the small commotion, I came to take care of Rihardt’s meal as usual.

But Rihardt is staring intently at me.

Is there something on my face?

“…Miss Maid, there’s something on your face.”

There really is something there.

“It looks like blood…”

“…”

“Who hurt you?”

I looked at his complexly rippling blue eyes and thought.

Ah, but this isn’t my blood.

I know him.

His core is a human with zero empathy, without blood or tears, but his shell was a human who was quite well put together.

He asks with concern, but I know that it’s fake and words he doesn’t mean.

I wiped away the blood on my cheek that I didn’t know was there and said calmly.

“This isn’t my blood.”

“…It’s not your blood, so why is it there?”

“These things can happen in life.”

“…”

Sometimes blood can get on your face, it happens.

You would know, having sent several people away.

I thought he would know the circumstances of how someone else’s blood came to be on me, so I didn’t open my mouth.

Rihardt quietly looked at me like that, then soon wore his usual strange smile.

“Don’t get hurt, Miss Maid.”

“I’m not hurt.”

“I’m worried about you.”

I looked at his blue eyes that had no warmth.

Sure you are.

* * *

After the incident in the Dining Hall, Mari subtly tormented me from behind.

She couldn’t do it openly because of Emily, but petty harassment continued.

She would deliberately spread wrong information, trip me on the way to bring Rihardt’s meals, and especially rumors.

Among the maids, a groundless rumor spread that I was cursed by the monster.

Why is she acting like that…?

It was quite annoying.

“I’m going to just…those things!”

“Calm down, Emily.”

“Do I look like I’m going to calm down? Why is she suddenly acting like that? What happened between you two?”

Emily, who had lost her reason, tried to pull out a knife hidden in her bosom, and I urgently restrained her hand.

…Why is a knife coming out of her bosom?

“Emily, violence is not okay.”

“This isn’t okay, that isn’t okay, what exactly is okay?”

“Eating?”

Only then did Emily make a satisfied face.

Actually, there was one thing I could guess.

Last time, the maids offered to switch Rihardt’s meal duty with me.

However, I refused that proposal, and from then on, the maids’ attitude changed completely.

Centered around a maid named Mari.

That means my taking meal duty isn’t beneficial to her….

Among the things I did differently from others when I became the duty maid, what stood out was monitoring to prevent the kitchen maid from putting medicine in the food.

Did Mari instruct the kitchen maid to add the medicine?

Little by little, the pieces began to fit together perfectly.

Hmm… this is troubling.

About 4 days remain until Rihardt’s meal duty.

Should I leave them be like this, or….

This is difficult.

* * *

Recently, it wasn’t only the maids who were acting strangely.

“…Where does it hurt again?”

This is strange. Rihardt, whose body is much stronger than mine, kept whining about something hurting every time I came.

At first, I was slightly startled by his complaints of pain, but this was already the nth time. I was gradually becoming suspicious.

“It doesn’t hurt too much, so I think I’ll be fine if you stay by my side.”

“If it doesn’t hurt much, I think you’d be fine staying alone.”

“Please take care of me. It gets lonely being alone.”

You said to be kind to patients.

His eyes curved into crescents as he added that. He must have definitely gotten hooked on teasing me.

“And Miss Maid, you seem to always stay with the gatekeeper outside.”

That’s because I’m trying to monitor the gatekeeper so he doesn’t do anything inappropriate to you.

“Then it should be fine to stay by my side too.”

“Why does the conversation turn out that way?”

“Do you perhaps dislike me?”

His pitifully downcast eyes evoked a poignant beauty, making my hands tremble reflexively.

Why did he have to be born so pretty, damn it.

Was that man like this with all the maids who came for meal duty?

“Yes, I dislike you.”

“If your answer is too honest, I get hurt.”

“It’s fine. I’m not the one getting hurt.”

An ordinary person would have definitely been hurt hearing that, but the opponent was Rihardt. He instead laughed softly as if my reaction delighted him.

Sweet laughter echoed through the room.

Mom, that guy is weird….

“I see, Miss Maid. Then from now on, you just need to become close with me.”

“…Why should I?”

“Because I’ve taken a liking to you.”

“I don’t particularly like you though….”

When I answered without a moment’s hesitation, his expression changed slightly. It was both wistful and his eyes filled with melancholy….

Meeting those enchantingly blue eyes that seemed to draw me in, I momentarily couldn’t think of anything.

“Really?”

Trembling silver eyelashes, quivering red lips.

As if bewitched by him, I almost corrected what I had just said. That I liked him.

Only then did I realize. That’s exactly what a honey trap is.

As if everything he’d done so far was nothing, he was masterful at bewitching people.

“Ahem! The conversation has gotten long. Just eat your meal.”

I pushed the plate toward him.

The more I talked with him, the more I felt myself being drawn in, so I hurriedly ended the conversation.

Rihardt gazed at me quietly as if seeing right through my thoughts, then picked up his spoon.

Just when I thought it would finally get quiet, after taking one spoonful of soup, his expression hardened.

“….”

“…Does it taste strange?”

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