The Obsessive Maniac Is Trying To Confine Me

Chapter 202 It wasn’t hard to imitate the Savior. Rosie played me in the first place, so I didn’t have to put on an act. “Savior! Savior!” Endless praise filled the plaza. I’m sick of it. ‘The Savior needs to disappear now.’ “… And I will step down from this position after today.” As my speech neared its end, I revealed my true purpose. The crowd stirred with unrest, a wave of murmurs rippling through them. Just as I was about to continue speaking, my eyes locked onto a pair of striking pink ones amidst the sea of faces. ‘It can’t be.’ I blinked, but when I looked again, she was gone. I glanced around, searching for those pink eyes I had just seen. Where… where could she be? Could I have imagined it? “Th-there are two Saviors…!” I hadn’t imagined it.The shocked voice confirmed what I had seen. Following the cry, the crowd spotted Rosie standing among them. ‘So, you came after all.’ Anri tried to kidnap Rosie, but it seemed to have failed in the end. “Who is the real savior?” “But the Savior is speaking over there…” Naturally, the crowd’s suspicion turned maliciously toward Rosie. It was a good direction for me, but it didn’t feel right. “You fraud! How dare you come here!” A man grabbed Rosie’s arm roughly, just as I had been grabbed earlier. The crowd’s voices became increasingly violent. Rosie, who was being dragged along by someone with a blank gaze, suddenly burst into laughter. “Ahahahaha!” Hearing it again, her laugh was terrifying. It seemed the crowd felt the same, as they froze in place. “This is why I hate you people. You deserve to die.” “What… what did you just say?” “You’re loud voice and stupid.” The situation was getting worse and worse. Rosie didn’t seem willing to explain in the slightest that she was the savior. The pink eyes were obviously angry that I messed up her plans. “Shut up, you fraud!” A voice rang out from the opposite side of the crowd. It was Count Herthas. “How dare you impersonate my daughter? You’re outrageous!” He spoke with righteous indignation, playing the role of the victim perfectly. “That’s right, shut up!” The crowd defended Count Herthas and shouted at Rosie. Although it wasn’t directed at me, I clenched my fists tightly. I just want to stop Rosie, not push her to the edge of the cliff. She had become a terrible person, but deep down, she was still a poor little child who had lost everything and been consumed by darkness. Soon people started throwing stones at Rosie. Blood dripped from Rosie’s head. Still, she didn’t stop her laughter. Then, in an instant. “No. The ones who should shut up… are all of you.” A surge of black energy exploded from Rosie’s body. “Ahhhhh!” The plaza quickly became a sea of blood. “Stop it…!” I had to stop Rosie. She was slaughtering people indiscriminately. But it wasn’t just that. “Everyone, stop hiding now and come out!” As soon as Rosie finished shouting, the demon worshipers who had been hiding all over came out. The situation became even more chaotic. I quickly looked at Argen. Nodding his head, he shouted. “Everyone, stop those vile beings!” The soldiers of the Evantes family, who had been standing by, rushed in to battle the demon worshippers. From a distance, I watched the dark energy radiating from Rosie’s body. ‘What is that black energy?’ Did she ever have that kind of power? Could it be that that energy from the cursed land? Rosie said she would bring that power… “Ro-Rose!” Then someone grabbed my wrist. “Come on, let’s run away! It’s too dangerous to stay here….” Count Herthas. I looked at him with a cold face. I knew he wasn’t concerned about my safety. He was only worried about losing the ‘Savior’—a valuable asset to his family’s influence. At that time, a black energy spread out and blocked our way. “Where do you think you’re going, Father?” “Father? My daughter is right here! How dare you, fraud—” “You know the truth. You know I’m the real Savior.” “What nonsense!” “Look at my clothes. These are the ones you saw me wearing this morning. But that girl? Look closely. Hah. As if it mattered to Count Herthas who was real or not.He only cared about his position and convenience. “Stop it, Rosie.” I stopped her. “This isn’t right.” “Not right?” “This is too much. Killing these people won’t achieve anything for you. The more you act out in anger, the more you’ll—” “What do you mean by saying that?” Her anger flared, and the black energy around her grew more intense. She hates me. So no matter what I said, she would hear it as mockery. “Rosie, please…” “Shut up!” A violent swirl of black energy burst outward, shaking the ground. The earth cracked and buildings collapsed where the energy struck. “Ugh!” The black energy enveloped Count Herthas, threatening to kill him. “If you loved my mother, shouldn’t you be rejoicing in this man’s death?” “…….” “You have to agree with me.” “… Rosie.” “Oh, that’s right. You’re not Mother’s daughter, are you? What do you know?” “Don’t speak so carelessly.” Rosie drew a bizarre smile again. “Ugh!” The power that bound Count Herthas grew stronger, and the vortex of black energy grew bigger and bigger. If words couldn’t stop her, perhaps… ‘If that’s the cursed land’s energy, then…’ A thought ran through my mind. Recalling the power I had used against Yurtha and Richard, I raised a pure white light. Just like the power Rosie had when she first appeared as a savior. It worked! The black energy diminished where the light touched. Wham! Sensing my power waning, Rosie turned to me, and soon the black energy was reaching for me. I tried to use more strength to block it, but I could only push it back a little. The power was overwhelming, and I could only hold it back slightly. The energy of the cursed land felt endless, like an infinite desert. “Just die.” Black energy gathered from the sky and spread all over the place, turning into dark clouds. As if preparing to scatter black rain. “Cough.” Then Rosie vomited blood. She looked at me as she wiped the blood from her lips. “… That power is hurting you.” “Yes. Let me share a secret with you, Rose.” A secret? “No, it’s not really a secret. Perhaps I’m going to die soon.” “…What?” “I used my body as the final sacrifice. I don’t have long to live.” A sharp spike poked out from beneath the black cloud. “So I have nothing to fear, and I hope you all die.” The first person to be hit with sharp thorns was Count Herthas. “Aaaah!” Thorns savagely slashed Count Herthas. But he didn’t die right away. Because he had to die very painfully, avoiding the fatal places. “Next will be…” “Save us! Please, Savior!” “Savior! Please save me!” Desperate cries filled the air, but I couldn’t do anything. Even the knights who tried to stop Rosie were overwhelmed by her black energy. And so, the black spikes rained down. I summoned as much white power as I could to block the black spikes. I must stop them somehow. But my power was not enough. Instead of blocking the black energy, I was consumed by it. Then. Flash! In an instant, all the black energy disappeared. What was that? “How is this…” Rosie looked down at her hand in surprise. Even she didn’t seem to expect it. “Why is my power…” “Enough.” Someone had arrived. ***** “What is this all of a sudden!” A sunny afternoon. The Evantes family had an unwelcome intruder. The pure white man entered the mansion without permission from anyone. “That…!” “That monster…?” The faces of those who recognized Richard, who had been imprisoned here long ago, turned white. However, Richard ignored them and passed by. “Stop it! Stop that rude bastard right now!” Armed knights rushed forward, but they were easily dispatched with a simple gesture from Richard. Richard strode boldly toward the maze garden. He recalled his old memories. I had escaped through the traveling portal here. The portal led to the cursed land, where he met the savior. Lee Shi-eon said. That Rosie, the fake Savior, draws power from the Cursed Lands through this passage. “Which means we need to break it down.” He drew his sword without hesitation.  ***** “Cough!” Rosie coughed up a large amount of blood. She struggled to summon black energy somehow, but it was no use. “Stop it, Rosie.” I looked at the man who had stopped Rosie. An unfamiliar face. Who could he be? “His holiness…!” “How could his holiness be here…!” Unlike me, others around us seemed to recognize him, their shocked exclamations filling the air. Your Holiness—did that mean this man was the Pope? I looked at the man blankly. The man’s black eyes also look at me.At that moment, I realized something. “No way… Lee Shi-eon?” His appearance was vastly different from what I remembered. But somehow, I was convinced that this man was Lee Shi-eon. The man raised a finger to his lips and motioned for silence with a soft “shh.” “Paladins!” With the advent of the Pope, the paladins came like reinforcements and stopped the demon worshipers. “I’ve sealed the passageway your power was leaking from.” “Cough…” Rosie vomited blood and stared at Shi-eon without a word. It seemed that her power had been cut off by force, and the pain she felt was getting bigger. She staggered as if she was making the last move, but soon Shi-eon grabbed her and stopped her. Shi-eon’s eyes looked somewhat sad. “… I’ll handle things here,” Lee Shi-eon said quietly, addressing me. “You can leave now if you’d like.” It seemed like everything was finally drawing to a close. “Sister.” That is, until I heard that familiar, granting voice.