The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 90

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Episode 90

Isn’t she being too ignorant of how the world works?

“Do you trust me?”

“I don’t trust you, but you’re all I have.”

“…No, Miss. That’s not right. If you think about it carefully, there must be someone better than me…”

“There isn’t.”

“I see…”

What on earth am I supposed to do with this lamb?

“You know that not just anyone can be a proxy, right? Although you have the right to choose, there are still minimum requirements…”

“Either be a noble or have money. One of the two.”

“Yes, but I have neither, right?”

So I was trying to explain step by step why I couldn’t become a proxy, when Michelle opened her mouth.

“I’ll give you that money.”

“Miss, you’re not an adult so you can’t spend money freely.”

“I’ll make a deal with the Howard Family. The Howard Family will give you money and I’ll make you my proxy.”

“What about my opinion…?”

“In return, I’ll give you compensation when the job is successfully completed.”

This was truly the first time I’d ever met someone who wanted to make a maid their proxy.

Though it was also the first time I’d ever been asked to become a proxy.

“And you don’t have the power to take control of the family and company, so it’s perfect. Even if you tried to take control, it would be easy to kick you out.”

…Even so.

Isn’t this kind of hopeless?

“I’ll give you ten billion linen.”

“I’ll do it.”

The words came out immediately without any time to think.

My nature as a slave to capitalism down to my bones had emerged.

And so I became Michelle’s proxy.

* * *

Things really proceeded smoothly.

Gilbert, who had been reported, lost his proxy qualifications at the Nobility Council, and I became Michelle’s proxy.

Things weren’t bad after that either.

It was when there wasn’t much time left until the proxy contract ended.

【Don’t go…】

That prideful Michelle cried as she held onto me.

【You’re all I have…】

【…Miss.】

【If you stay by my side, I’ll give you more of the money you like. Okay? So don’t go, Rina.】

Perhaps it was because I had grown fond of Michelle and we had been relying on each other all this time.

I couldn’t bring myself to refuse those desperate words.

In the end, I decided to stay by Michelle’s side.

‘She’s kind of cute too…’

As long as she didn’t cause too much trouble, she was just like a prickly cat.

And spending time with Michelle was quite enjoyable.

Sometimes it felt like forced childcare, but… it was peaceful without any incidents.

Anyway, Michelle and I only had each other.

So regarding the most important question of whether I received the ten billion linen…

I ‘still’ haven’t received it.

Even though the contract ended three years ago.

It wasn’t that Michelle broke the contract.

When there wasn’t much time left in the contract period, a crisis came to the company.

Gilbert, who harbored resentment, infiltrated the company and caused problems with the food supplies.

Although security was ironclad for such a large company, Gilbert had thoroughly understood the company’s structure during his time as Michelle’s proxy.

Due to that incident, all the company’s customers were lost.

Hell unfolded in an instant.

‘Those were the lean times…’

Thinking of those days really gave me chills.

The company was constantly running at a loss and on the verge of drowning in debt.

What was Michelle like back then?

【…Rina, I’ll give you the ten billion linen as promised. I won’t hold you back, so you can leave my side.】

She had begged me not to leave, but when the company was in danger, she said this while choking back tears – how could I possibly leave?

Since I had resolved to stay by Michelle’s side, it was no longer someone else’s problem.

So I sought a way to survive together with Michelle. And an opportunity came.

War broke out.

Unfortunately, the Empire’s granary region was attacked and food supplies were cut off.

At that time, Michelle and I stepped forward and made a contract with the Royal Court to provide food supplies.

The company that seized the opportunity survived by the skin of its teeth.

After the company escaped financial difficulties, Michelle tried to give me the ten billion linen as promised, but I suggested postponing it.

Since we didn’t know what would happen in the future, I postponed it until the situation stabilized.

After that incident, Michelle and I became even closer friends.

And so I came to work as Michelle’s assistant.

* * *

“I’ll retrieve the relics soon, so don’t worry and keep working.”

“Really?”

“You know I don’t lie. You trust me, right?”

Michelle nodded.

I suddenly remembered the old days when she absolutely wouldn’t trust me.

…There were times like that.

“I’ll handle it myself, so Miss, just focus on the contract with the Temple.”

The war was over.

However, problems in the newly acquired territory never ceased.

Just because the king of the invaded country died didn’t mean its people would obediently follow the Empire.

They remained and resisted, and the Empire crushed them.

Those who survived and escaped became bandits, causing problems in the Empire’s lands.

The Temple, which had participated in this war together, also decided to jointly subjugate the troublemaking groups.

So Michelle’s company was to provide food supplies.

“Return safely.”

Even at my words, Michelle had an indifferent expression, half-listening.

But I’m not anxious.

Because I know that Michelle handles work well and rationally.

“You know you can’t go around hitting people at the temple, right?”

“Do I look like a child to you?”

“I’m joking.”

Michelle had a face full of dissatisfaction.

“It would be nice if Rina came with you too.”

“I’ll go next time.”

“No. Don’t come.”

Michelle suddenly changed her expression and her words.

“There’s some strange guy there.”

“A strange person?”

“Yeah. That guy I mentioned before.”

Ah. She means that white-haired man.

When Michelle first went to the temple for the contract, she said she met a white-haired man.

The man who was close to white wore snow-white clothes similar to his hair color, so Michelle called him the White-Haired Man.

Turns out he’s the Head of the Holy Knights.

Michelle is probably the only one who would call such a powerful figure at the temple the White-Haired Man.

That man was someone who had achieved great merit in this war.

‘He wasn’t a character in the novel though…’

Am I just not remembering correctly?

It was strange that the plot wasn’t flowing as I knew it would.

Clearly in the novel, Rihardt was supposed to achieve merit and gain the emperor’s trust…

Unlike the novel, it was the temple that first gained the upper hand in the war.

That man supposedly reversed the tide of the war that had been going badly.

So at first, I suspected that man might be Rihardt.

However, after receiving reports that he was someone the Pope trusted and had served loyally alongside the Pope for a long time, my suspicions disappeared.

“That man feels somehow cold. Anyway, I don’t like him.”

“Is there anyone you do like, Miss?”

“You’re being cheeky, Rina.”

“But you don’t dislike it, do you?”

“…”

Michelle had no answer.

Which meant she didn’t dislike it.

“But Rina, are you really not coming to the North with me?”

“I’m not going. I absolutely hate the cold.”

The place where they had contracted with the temple to transport food was the North.

Michelle had asked me to come with her, but I refused.

‘Around this time, one of the main characters from the novel visits the North…’

I should avoid it as much as possible.

“Come to think of it, I heard that man is looking for someone.”

The White-Haired Man?

“Miss, it’s time for you to head to the temple now.”

While talking with Michelle, time had somehow passed like this.

I hurriedly saw Michelle off as she left.

I hope she goes and comes back safely.

* * *

“At my age, and she’s still worrying about me…”

Michelle clicked her tongue.

Shabrina still thinks she’s a child.

She’s now a proper adult.

Not only that, but having gone through what Shabrina called the ‘lean times,’ she had seen all sorts of unseemly things.

Having been through the wringer, Michelle had gained wisdom beyond her years.

“Have you arrived, Count?”

When she arrived at the temple, they came rushing out to greet her.

During the war period, by contracting food supplies not only with the Royal Court but also with the temple, she had firmly established her position.

‘It’s all thanks to Shabrina.’

She had received some successor training, but actual practice was different.

What would have happened to her if Shabrina hadn’t been there then?

She didn’t want to think about it, even as a hypothetical.

“I’ll guide you.”

Not just any ordinary cleric, but a High-Ranking Cleric came out to personally attend to Michelle.

Michelle casually accepted this service.

Soon she was guided to a room.

And inside that room…

“You’ve arrived.”

The White-Haired Man that Michelle had mentioned smiled as he looked at her.

The clerics around were mesmerized by that beautiful smile.

However, Michelle knew this type well.

Cold blue eyes.

A person with a somehow chilly side.

Michelle looked at the devastatingly beautiful man and thought about the person he was supposedly looking for.

‘Pink hair, wasn’t it…’

Coincidentally, Shabrina also had pink hair. Which was uncommon.

There was no way the person this man was looking for could be Shabrina, but instinctively, she didn’t want them to meet.

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