The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me - Chapter 95

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Episode 95

Let me try playing dumb for now.

“I don’t know what you saw so well, but I’m glad you enjoyed it.”

I replied to Rihardt with a bright smile.

“That didn’t look like something you’d done just once or twice.”

“It was my first time, but if it looked that way, I must have done it skillfully. That’s fortunate.”

Even after hearing my shameless answer, Rihardt didn’t change his expression and smiled well.

I also smiled skillfully, not to be outdone.

“You’re wearing a wig again today, Miss Shabrina.”

“….”

My face almost hardened for a moment.

That damn wig.

He definitely seemed to know me. The distance was too close to say otherwise.

However, his ambiguous attitude made it difficult to be certain.

“…I don’t know what you mean by wig.”

“Hmm. It looked like a wig so I called it a wig, but is there some problem with that?”

Damn it. Should I have dyed my hair instead?

No. If I had, he probably would have mentioned the dyeing specifically.

“….”

“If it was a secret, I apologize.”

Rihardt calmly apologized with a face that didn’t look particularly sorry.

“…What kind of secret would wearing a wig be. I’m just curious how you knew it was a wig when I didn’t even tell you.”

“The smell is different.”

“…Smell?”

“The distinctive scent that comes from wigs.”

As he said, wigs do have a distinctive scent. However, good wigs don’t smell.

More precisely, it’s not a strong enough smell for people to perceive.

‘If you’re an ordinary person, that is.’

To smell even such a subtle scent – I really hadn’t thought of this.

I knew that man was a transcendent, but to pick up on such minute details.

“How long are you planning to wear that wig?”

“Probably until the trend ends.”

“Trend?”

“Didn’t you know? This style is trendy in the Capital these days.”

It wasn’t a lie.

Currently in the Capital, styles like the wig I was wearing were indeed trendy.

“Then is that mask trendy too?”

“You have many questions about me, Grand Master.”

Rihardt didn’t deny it and smiled with his eyes.

His beauty alone was still remarkable enough to catch one’s attention.

“Miss Shabrina reminds me of someone I miss.”

“…Someone you miss?”

“Yes. Shabrina’s eyes resemble someone I know.”

…They don’t just resemble them, it’s the same person, you bastard.

Of course, he seems to know that…?

‘And it’s not missing, it’s probably a bitter connection.’

“Your lips also resemble that person a lot.”

“….”

When Rihardt’s gaze swept over my lips, I felt strange.

“I’m not the person you miss.”

“I know.”

“If you know, don’t say such things.”

I spoke firmly while smiling.

“Well, I’m busy. May I go first, Grand Master?”

“Of course, Miss Shabrina.”

I walked past Rihardt.

He really seemed to recognize me, but I didn’t understand why he wasn’t pretending to know me, though it was rather comfortable.

If it’s a bitter connection that would make me blush, it’s better to pretend not to see even when you do.

【I don’t forget what was done to me.】

【I’ll remember your name too, all of it.】

See. Those were unnecessary words.

Back then, anger had consumed my reason.

‘I should go to Michelle.’

Instead of staying here for no reason, let me go check on Michelle’s condition.

Before going to Michelle, I first stopped by My Room.

…Somehow this place doesn’t feel right.

I took out a hairpin from the luggage I brought. Then I pinned it to the wig.

A flashy mask and a hairpin with a flower that had a strong presence.

It was an interesting combination.

That’s when it happened.

Bang!

“It’s an attack!”

A loud noise followed by urgent voices.

I heard that attacks happen frequently in the North….

I never thought one would happen when Michelle and I came.

“Assistant Shabrina! Are you inside?”

Then someone urgently shouted from outside.

“Who is it?”

“I’m a knight from the Lord’s Knights! I’ve received orders to immediately evacuate you to a safe place due to the current attack.”

* * *

“Cough cough!”

Gilbert, who barely escaped from the Pond, kept coughing.

He desperately gasped for air, seeking the oxygen he couldn’t taste while underwater.

“…Damn bitch!”

As his breathing gradually stabilized, Gilbert immediately cursed Shabrina.

Just imagining tearing Shabrina apart wasn’t enough, so Gilbert headed somewhere without even fixing his appearance.

The County’s servants looked at Gilbert with surprised eyes as he strode along.

Gilbert, soaked from head to toe and reeking of a sour smell, couldn’t help but look strange.

Gilbert headed to the Count’s Chamber.

“Count!”

“Gilbert, suddenly barging in like this… What’s that state you’re in?”

The Count, who was frowning at Gilbert’s rude behavior of arriving without knocking, widened his eyes when he saw his appearance like a wet mouse.

“That crazy bitch Shabrina did this!”

“Shabrina… Isn’t that Count Seiblain’s assistant?”

“That’s right. That damn bitch pushed me into the Pond and made me like this.”

“That advisor?”

The Count looked at Gilbert with disbelieving eyes.

“Yes, that crazy bitch did this!”

He knew she wasn’t ordinary… but to think she’d push Gilbert into the pond. He didn’t expect her to take direct action.

The Count, imagining what the situation must have been like, almost burst into laughter.

“She really isn’t an ordinary young lady.”

“Count! This isn’t the time for such talk! You need to kill that bitch quickly!”

“I know.”

The Count looked at the fuming Gilbert with contemptuous eyes.

‘This doesn’t sit well with me.’

The Count evaluated Shabrina and Michelle as remarkable.

A woman who had been a maid and a minor who had all her authority stolen by Gilbert.

Wasn’t it remarkable that from such positions, they boldly controlled the influential Sablewin Trading Company?

However, separate from that, the Count had to resolve an old problem in his territory.

‘That time comes to mind again…’

The child and parents who were starving to death when he went out to inspect his territory.

How agonizing it had been as a lord who should protect them when he saw that sight.

“When exactly will you deal with that bitch!”

Perhaps joining hands with Gilbert was a mistake?

Though he had made the decision himself, he felt uneasy wondering if he had underestimated his opponent too much.

But it was something that couldn’t be undone.

The Count looked with disgust at this wretch who was worse than a pig only busy filling its belly, then calmly opened his mouth.

“Don’t worry. The plan is already in motion.”

“…In motion, you say?”

At the moment Gilbert asked back with doubt.

Bang!

A thunderous explosion sound came from far away.

Through the window, black smoke could be seen billowing up in thick clouds.

“We’re under attack!”

Starting with that cry, the castle became chaotic.

The Count tapped the window and laughed.

“Didn’t I tell you? The plan has already begun.”

* * *

The knight guided me somewhere.

As someone unfamiliar with the paths of the Count’s Castle, I had no choice but to follow the knight.

However, as it gradually became more deserted and people disappeared, I couldn’t help but instinctively feel suspicious.

Still, I was quietly following because of the thought that surely no one would openly pull such tricks inside the Count’s Castle using the Count’s orders as an excuse.

“Is this really the right way?”

“Don’t worry, Advisor. I’ve worked here for a long time.”

That’s not the problem…

When an attack incident breaks out, it’s right to first evacuate to a path without people, but as my suspicions grew, even natural things looked bad.

“Where is the Count?”

“The Count is also coming. The North prioritizes guests’ safety above all.”

The place the knight took me to was some forest.

We walked through the forest for quite a while.

The deeper we went into the forest, the more anxiety welled up.

The more calmly I thought about it, the more a premonition that things were going wrong raised its head.

I distanced myself from the man, walking behind him while quietly pulling out a hairpin and gripping it in my hand.

“…How much further do we need to go? My legs hurt.”

“Oh my. I’m sorry. I was trying to take you to the safest place possible…”

The knight turned around, looked at me, and smiled an unreadable smile.

I instinctively stepped backward.

“This should be far enough.”

The surroundings were quiet.

Was it because we had come too far from where the attack happened, or had the situation outside calmed down?

“…You’re saying the middle of this forest is our destination? Without even a shelter?”

I thought he was taking me to some place like a bunker, but this middle of a forest is supposed to be a refuge?

That can’t be right.

Though I don’t know the North well, I roughly know what a refuge should feel like.

If it’s the North where attacks are frequent, such places should be even better prepared…

“That’s right.”

The knight approached me with an unreadable smile.

As the distance I had maintained narrowed, I stepped backward.

“Advisor? What’s wrong?”

“If your purpose is really to protect me, then maintain this distance now.”

“Ah…”

The knight made a troubled face.

“I’ve been found out.”

The knight drew his sword.

As expected.

I immediately ran without even looking back.

My body moved faster than the thought that I needed to escape.

Survival instinct gripped me intensely.

“Stop right there!”

Behind me, the knight ran to catch me as I fled.

‘He’ll catch up quickly.’

A trained knight and an ordinary woman couldn’t be the same.

Now that it had come to this, I had to do my best with what I could do here.

“Save me! Save me!”

My voice echoed through the forest like an echo.

“Save… Ah!”

“Got you.”

As expected, the knight caught me quickly.

He grabbed my shoulder with strong grip and threw me down.

My body fell helplessly.

The knight firmly held one shoulder and smiled with satisfaction.

“No matter how much you cry for help in this forest, there’s no one to hear you, right?”

I know.

How far inside had we come? This man must have considered that too.

“Stay still. Then I’ll send you off nicely.”

“…”

“But before I kill you, shall I see your face? How hideous must you be to wear a mask?”

The knight put his hand on my mask.

I couldn’t stop the knight from removing my mask.

The knight who saw my face froze stupidly for a moment.

“…It would be a waste to just kill you.”

“…Closer.”

“What did you say?”

The Gatekeeper frowned at my muttering and asked back.

I answered with a sly smile.

“I said I don’t regret it, you damn bastard.”

“What… Gah!”

Without giving him a chance, I took advantage of the man’s momentary lapse and thrust the sharp blade into the tender flesh under his chin.

Swoosh-

Blood splattered in all directions.

My face became damp and wet. I was momentarily stunned by that horrific sight.

“Kh, heuugh…”

The Gatekeeper couldn’t even scream and collapsed with a thud.

I remained frozen, unable to even think of lifting the Gatekeeper who had fallen on top of me.

A person…

A person had died.

It was definitely something I had done.

My hands trembled violently. With hands that wouldn’t properly obey me, I pushed the Gatekeeper away.

Thud.

The Gatekeeper rolled to the side and fell.

“Um…”

What was I trying to accomplish by calling out to the Gatekeeper here? I knew it was pointless, but I couldn’t stop the voice that escaped on its own.

I couldn’t bear to look any longer at the blood flowing abundantly and staining the Gatekeeper’s neck, so I turned my head away.

‘Get a grip.’

What am I trying to accomplish by acting like this here?

‘I wasn’t the one who did wrong first. I had no choice.’

My heart was pounding.

That’s when it happened.

Step.

Along with the sound of grass being trampled, I saw pure white shoes.

A familiar voice came from above my head.

“Miss Shabrina?”

…Damn it.

Why did this man have to come at this exact moment?

Then I realized one fact and felt all the blood drain from my body in reverse.

I’m not wearing my mask right now.

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