An Extra Who Wants To Escape The Obsessive Male Lead - Chapter 50

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Chapter 50

The Argenta Mansion has never been this quiet lately, and it has never been this stern. Even the servants of Argenta couldn’t understand this cold atmosphere. The one who created this atmosphere was Diello Argenta, who was known for his gentle and kind demeanor.

“Emotional outburst…”

Someone muttered so quietly that they couldn’t even hear it themselves.

And they were right.

Diello’s sparkling eyes were fixed on the servants. If they made even the slightest noise, they would receive his cold gaze.

Emotional outburst.

When the power of elements overcame reason, it revealed a person’s true nature. Those who knew this fact about him couldn’t help but feel uneasy. Was that their head’s true self? He seemed like a completely different person.

The servants on the fourth floor were also shocked. Despite knowing his true personality, they had never seen the depths of their master’s soul.

His mind seemed deeper and darker than they could have imagined.

“Silence is not always the answer.”

Diello’s hoarse voice echoed as he went on.

“I don’t think the Intelligence Department has been sitting idly by until now. They have already found several people with connections to other families, and I will start with them.”

What?

Diello’s usually gentle tone was now filled with sternness.

“Since my wife taught me how to open the mouths of the vultures…”

His words were unbelievably harsh as he concluded.

“I will willingly follow.”

—Srrr…

The tip of his sword scraped against the floor. He brought his sword with him when he entered this room. He walked around the servants, who were standing in neat rows.

“From now on, I will walk among you. And…”

He held his sword with one hand.

“I will not hesitate to kill those who are deemed traitors.”

As some of the servants gasped, Diello looked at them while he persisted.

“It’ll be fine if you fear an unjust death. I have already gathered enough evidence after all, so that won’t happen.”

Seeing the tip of his sword, the servants shiver.

“However…”

He stared at the servants.

“While I may not know mercy, I have been taught mercy by the wife you dared to aim for, so do this.”

He slowly approached the first line of servants and continued.

“Before I arrive, whoever speaks the name of another spy will not die in this place.”

The servants of the fourth floor opened their eyes wide. It was truly an unexpected mercy for Diello Argenta.

“When you receive an edict of exile, it will be over.”

He would really send back the traitors alive? While they were surprised in a slightly different way from the people on the third floor, Diello walked again.

“Then, let’s begin.”

Step, step.

His footsteps echoed particularly loudly.

This was truly a shocking event.

Diello Argenta was really trying to cut down any betrayers among the servants. It wasn’t their usual master. Perhaps it was because of his emotional outburst. Everyone felt it was strange, though there was only one person who could stop him, or even try to stop him.

“Master.”

Redias Argenta.

[“The master is very angry.”]

He was the one who received a call from Rick, who used a shallow description, and arrived in a hurry. The only one who could speak to Diello in this state was his master and uncle.

“Do you intend to stop me?”

However, as Redias met his master’s gaze, he felt like he was standing in front of a huge fire that could burn him at any moment.

Still, he opened his mouth bravely.

For his master. For Argenta.

“…Please calm down.”

He wished for his master to regain his sanity. In the meanwhile, Diello must know what it means that Redias himself stood in the way of his intentions.

However, the moment Diello’s sharp gaze turned to Redias—

Burst!

“….!”

—Flames burst around them. It was a blue flame infused with the head’s powerful magic.

“Redias, it’s hard to endure right now.”

As Diello’s lips lifted slightly as if he were full of energy, his eyes glint with an even more intense light. It meant that his emotional outburst was getting worse and worse.

“….”

Although Redias stepped back, the blue flame that had been blocking him did not go out and instead settled quietly on the ground.

Swoosh!

When the thick carpet caught the blue flame, everyone held their breath as they watched the carpet start to twist and turn, blackening and burning.

Redius wanted to exclaim in amazement.

These foolish assassins had thrown away their lives and their reason for Diello, who had suppressed his true nature and lived his whole life acting, were unaware of his true power. Of course, they could not have known that he was capable of this.

Redias realized that the situation was more serious than he had thought. There was only one person left who could stop Diello now, the madam.

‘But she is currently in a difficult situation…’

Could she possibly wake up before they were consumed by Diello’s anger?

“….”

At that moment, he saw the head of the intelligence department, Rick, who had heard something from a spy, silently leaving the room.

Redias hoped that it was good news.

* * *

“What’s going on?”

I looked at Rick, who was kneeling with one knee in front of the door, with a surprised expression on my face.

“I know it’s impolite to wake you up, but your personal physician, Nias, is on his way up, so please wait a little longer.”

He spoke before checking my condition thoroughly by sending in the maids.

“You seem to be feeling much better.”

They had a decent amount of medical knowledge, so they were able to make an accurate diagnosis. It was as they said. My water manipulation ability had quickly removed the foreign substance, the poison, from my blood.

So, I was in perfect condition despite my collapse.

‘The only thing that is not perfect is the atmosphere of this mansion.’

Before Rick said something, I noticed there were not enough maids, so it was clear that something was wrong in the mansion.

“There is no one who can stop the head from being in an outburst.”

That was when I heard what Rick uttered.

The first thing that came to mind was Diello’s gentle smile. Of course, he seemed to be able to wield a sword when he was working as the head.

“You haven’t seen his bad side.”

I remembered Mirta’s voice trembling as he said that at the scene of his death.

He must have been nervous. Still, how could he… get angry?

When I blinked, Rick opened his mouth again.

“I think your condition has made him so agitated.”

“What?”

I blinked my eyes.

Did Diello get so agitated that he lost his mind? Having read the original story, I knew what an emotional outburst was. But Rick must have thought I was unfamiliar with the term, so he kindly explained.

“It means the emotional faucet had been turned on.”

“What?”

Why did he use such an expression?

“Redias Argenta was urgently brought here, but we can’t stop him.”

Rick spoke with a troubled face.

“So if you are okay, can you…”

He finished his words hesitantly.

“…Can you calm him down?”

* * *

I have to go because of him.

“Madam!”

“You must not move yet!”

Even though the maids and even the hurriedly arrived Vielle followed me, I was already ready to leave. In addition, Dr. Nias, who appeared out of nowhere, stopped me though I stretched out my hand.

“I’m fine. The poison is all gone.”

It was obvious that I was in good condition since I used my water manipulation ability to push it away. However, the doctor stopped me.

“The head of Argenta is not you. But…”

Despite the urgent situation, the doctor was the kind of doctor who had to finish what he had to say.

“You’re also as important as him.”

I opened my eyes wide at those words.

“As we care for Argenta, please allow us to care for you.”

The doctor’s stern words followed.

“We are aware of the circumstances of the madam and master, but that is why we are asking.”

The doctor, who did not know how to turn back, spoke bluntly. It was because they knew it was a contract marriage. Of course, since Nias was also someone from the fourth floor.

As we care for Argenta, please allow us to care for you…

I looked back at Nias and the maids.

He was right.

Although I knew I had to leave someday, I was giving my heart to Argenta. At first, I helped Argenta’s work because I thought I would leave soon, but now…

When I looked back, I saw the faces of the maids who had been by my side when I sometimes stayed up late in the office. I looked down to where Diello would be, where they said he was burning alone. They said it was an emotional outburst, and he might soon burn the people he cared about.

I was worried about that.

Diello would be sad without even knowing it, and the Argenta people might get hurt without any fault. Yes, I was giving my heart to them. I knew I would leave someday, yet I gave my heart… and I couldn’t stop it.

At that moment, I realized that fact.

“So you must make sure you are well and leave,” Nias said firmly.

It was an attitude that it didn’t matter if Diello had an emotional outburst below. But if Diello’s emotions were probably shaken because I fell. I didn’t want to show him my weak side in front of him.

…Of course, I’m fine now, but Nias can’t see that.

“Okay.”

In the end, Nias took a little of my blood and examined it.

“…You seem to have been perfectly detoxified.”

He spoke with a slightly surprised face.

“Then, let’s go down.”

As I gestured to the maids, Vielle put on a thick cardigan and led me.

“Beyond this door.”

Soon, I arrived at the hall on the first floor of the main building of the mansion. The surroundings of the large hall used for parties were full of silence, and the heat that should not be there was also full.

“….!”

I opened the door.

Beyond the door that seemed to melt, I saw a blue flame that had devoured the carpet. The flame was growing bigger, as if it would devour the servants. In the middle of that, Diello’s cold gaze was directed at the servants.

It was probably not just because of the atmosphere that my breath was stifled.

“….!”

The flames were raging roughly as if they would burn not only the surrounding objects and people but also the oxygen.

In the middle of it, Diello looked like something about to explode.

“Who is it?”

And a cold voice rang out in the middle of it. It was not a voice that could be believed to be Diello’s.

When I pushed the door a little more, his figure finally appeared. There was blood on the tip of the sword, and I could see that a few people had already fallen. Since he was the only one with a sword here, he probably did it.

I unknowingly opened my mouth slightly.

“…Diello.”

My eyes met his blue eyes, which were glinting strangely.