Thank You For The Confinement, Grand Duke! - Chapter 2
Translator and Editor: Effe and Nabi
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Chapter 2
“How troubling.”
A low, unfamiliar voice awakened the foggy mind.
In response, my eyes brightened.
The reflection in my blurry vision was not the ceiling of my room that I had seen before falling asleep. A space where day and night became ambiguous due to the thick curtains. The colorful patterned furniture and luxurious carpets didn’t match the strangely pale impression of the room.
It was so beautiful that it must be a dream…
A man like a sharp blade.
“To think that you’ve been calm and not running wild all this time… it seems that you finally realized that it was a pointless struggle. Well, I don’t think your brain is that bad that you’d go wild like that.”
Even though it sounded sarcastic, I couldn’t feel much emotion in the voice.
My attention was captivated by the man’s piercing golden eyes, which meticulously scrutinized every inch of my body, from my limbs to my neck. His gaze finally settled on a tightly fastened leather belt, securing a piece of soft cloth and a chain that linked the four legs of the bed.
Attempting to shift my body, I heard a clanking noise. I stared blankly at the chain wrapped around my wrist and turned to him, posing my question.
“…Who are you?”
The man’s face contorted.
The man, to my surprise, did not answer my question. Instead, he glared at me for a long time with sharp eyes and then left the room in a hurry.
Left alone in this unfamiliar space, I was lost in thought.
‘…Hmmm, am I not awake yet?’
Lately, I’ve been obsessed with web novels, and it has become a habit for me to read them before drifting off to sleep. Perhaps that was the reason behind these peculiar dreams I’ve been experiencing?
Could this be what they refer to as a lucid dream, the phenomenon I’ve only encountered on the internet? Then, how could I wake up?
After thinking about it for a while, I decided to try the classic method.
“Ugh, it’s heavy…!”
As I reached up to pinch my cheek, the chain on my wrist jingled, causing my body to stretch.
Could one truly experience weight and sensation in dreams? It was perplexing how everything else feels surreal, yet this particular aspect feels surprisingly authentic.
…Come to think of it, did I really need to pinch my cheeks? They say that when the head was bad, the body suffered and, surely, fit perfectly. Letting out a small sigh, I moved my hand to pinch the back of my left hand tightly.
“…It… hurts…!”
A clanking sound followed my hand, and it hit the back of my hand with a puck.
‘What’s going on? This hurts.’
It was heavy.
No, it was a dream, so why did it hurt? Could it be that this was not a dream?
So what the hell is this?!
When I opened my eyes, a black-haired, golden-haired man, who was so pretty that even a celebrity wouldn’t dare show their business card, was being sarcastic at me.
It was then that I noticed the shackles adorning my neck and wrists, further adding to my confusion. Not only that I had no recollection of where I was, but the restraints made movement incredibly difficult… wait?
…Huh?
This was a familiar situation… where did I see it?
I suddenly remembered something and grabbed my hair and brought it in front of my eyes.
“…White?”
It was not like I’d been through some kind of death ordeal, and there was no way my hairwould turnd white overnight. Of course, there have been times when I thought, ‘It’s okay to not have gray hair when you’re struggling this much!’, but I didn’t feel particularly stressed or suffered more yesterday.
So this must be it
“… I can’t believe I’m possessing a novel.”
As soon as I saw the male lead’s appearance and this special situation, I thought of a story. If only… my memory was good, but of course, that wasn’t it.
This was a novel I fell asleep reading last night.
Judging from the situation, it seems that I possessed the female lead, Chaperil, in the R-rated, depraved, male-oriented 〈 The Imprisoned Lady Has a Secret 〉. The mad grand duke kidnapped and imprisoned the daughter of a Count, the flower of the social world. He did things to her as she tried to escape.
“…Is it true? Did I really possess this place? This is totally—”
—Awesome!
Truly awesome!
Dear Almighty God, I’ve never believed in you, but thank you! Others might say that they were struggling with things, but for me, it was like hell.
Every day was the same, like a hamster on a wheel. While reading posts like this in the community writing that said, ‘Can you endure this situation, which is no different from confinement?’, I would always shout, ‘If I could get out of this hell, is confinement a big deal…?!’
So, that was how I came to really possess this heaven.
In fact, why was this situation of being caught and imprisoned by the crazy lead of the R-rated, depraved, male-oriented novel my heaven? Maybe this was some sort of community writing, virtual reality or whatever, but I’m abso-f*cking-lutely up for this!
But, well… wasn’t this a bit different from real life?
Shut up.
This male lead, a RoFan male lead, would absolutely in no way starve the female lead. While it may not be a lavish feast, it was a carefully prepared dish every day, completed with occasional desserts. In addition, whenever the female lead expressed a craving for something specific, he would go to great lengths to fulfill her wishes, regardless of the cost or rarity of the item.
Was that all? Although it was rare in a RoFan, a middle-aged woman serves as the lady-in-waiting and attends to the female lead. The room was always clean, no mess and the laundry was perfect! Even if the female lead lamented her confinement and threw the sticky juice on her floor, it would be cleaned up.
Feed me, put me to bed, clean me up… I wouldn’t have to earn money!
“What better heaven could there be other than this?!”
Of course, in the novel, there were coercive scenes befitting a depraved, male-oriented novel. However, it was a scene that only happened when the female lead tried to escape the mansion.
On days when the female lead was tired or half-giving up and didn’t try to escape, he would only quietly leave, leaving behind a bit of sarcasm. The male lead in this novel wanted only two things from the female lead.
One, to not leave the room.
Two, to drink sweet-smelling tea every day.
Just keep doing those two things, and he wouldn’t put a hand on the female lead’s body. Although I didn’t know what was in the tea from what came out in the novel, I felt like the body condition improved after taking it, so I could roughly predict it.
Then, there was only one thing I could do…
“I don’t know.”
“Lady, you don’t remember your name?”
“Yes, I don’t know anything.”
As I smiled and just repeated, ‘I don’t know,’ the old doctor glanced at the man. The man nodded his head, permitting the doctor to say something, and the doctor let out a small sigh.
“There doesn’t seem to be any problems with the body.”
“But why is it a person suddenly… changed?”
“It’s probably memory loss.”
I almost smiled triumphantly at the doctor’s plain sentence.
Hmmhmm. I’ve never acted before, actually. If they found out that the soul inside wasn’t Chaperil, they might kick me out, so I shouldn’t let them find out. Hehe, but it was worth repeating the words like a parrot from earlier. It was exactly the disease I wanted, doctor.
Hurray!
While I unknowingly clenched my fists, the man’s gaze suddenly made me raise my head. Golden eyes glared at me coldly.
…I hoped he wouldn’t catch me?
No, it couldn’t be. Unless the possessed lead intentionally revealed it, this kind of thing was rarely discovered…!
I was certain I was still in the clear.
When I smiled brightly with my eyes wide open and an innocent face as if I were oblivious to everything, he opened his mouth with a face contorted in cynicism.
“Memory loss?”
‘Huh… he’s not talking to me…?’
I almost answered him without realizing as I glared at him ferociously. However, even faster than that, the doctor opened his mouth.
“Or it could be a personality disorder. I guess…”
Saying so, the doctor glanced at my wrist.
The man… Oh, come to think of it, what was his name? It was because half of what I read was scenes, so the female lead called her ‘that man’ so much that I couldn’t even remember his name either.
It was obviously… Ah! Enfrise!
Enfrise looked at me with narrow eyes.
“This is my personal opinion, but I think it is highly likely that it was a defense mechanism to escape from extreme stress.”
Wow, I never thought I would hear that line that I only saw in dramas or novels in real life. It was strange, but I realized that I really possessed a novel.
Eventually, the man who went outside without even answering showed up with the doctor after a while. It was fortunate that the assessment had already been completed, and there was a response strategy.
“It’s stress.”
“Well… what happened to me?”
Having read only the beginning of the novel, I knew very little about Chaperil.
Of course, I knew roughly about her background and the reason for this situation because it was summarized in the beginning. But I know very little about Chaperil’s habits or way of speaking. All I’ve read was…
— Stop…! Ah…!
— Don’t, don’t! I hate you!
— Uh, hu-uhk…
That…
Well, even if I knew it, it would be difficult in many ways if I, who had never done anything about acting before, was caught that I wasn’t Chaperil inside while doing third-grade acting, so I pretended to have memory loss.
It was also one of the classic routes in possession themes. Of course, when you didn’t know the original story well, in the first place, given the situation Chaperil was in, it wouldn’t be strange even if this happened.
When I glanced at Enfirse, pretending to be innocent, he looked down at me with a distraught face. That was given when the woman he loved suffered memory loss or personality disorder because of him.
No, no. Wasn’t he crazy in the first place?
Maybe he was happy with this situation.
Well, it didn’t matter either way. Whether he felt guilty or happy didn’t matter to me. If he felt guilty, he would be nicer to me, and if he were happy, he wouldn’t even try to bring back my memories. So, either scenario would be fine for me since I had no desire to escape from here anyway.
Even if I went outside, all I could see in front of Chaperil was hardship and thorny fields… so why would I go out?
“…It’s a fresh way for you to think.”
After thinking for a while, Enfrise sneered.
Wow, crazy. Totally handsome. This was why it is said that romance was based on the male lead’s face. Even though I knew he was crazy and I could fully feel that he was being sarcastic to me, I was just wrapped up in joy.
Was it more because I have no tolerance for such a handsome man? Because the men around me…
…Let’s stop here.
“Did you think I would let you go if you did this?”
Kuhh, I’m shivering.
It was completely cliché, but was it the charm of his face or the lingering sensation as if reading the novel that evoked such a feeling? The thrill intensified as I perceived him as an obsessed man.
No, wait. That wasn’t important now.
Did he mean that it seemed like I was playing tricks on him right now? Even though it wasn’t exactly wrong, the type of trick was a little different. Look, you and I, we were moving towards the same goal…? I really don’t want to get kicked out of here?
What should I answer?
After thinking for a while, I opened my mouth with a smile.
“I have no intention of running away.”
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