In Place of Losing My Memory, I Remembered That I Was the Fiancée of the Capture Target - Chapter 5.8
That day.
The night before I lost my memory.
Theodore came to my room and confessed his feelings to me. When I rejected him, he suddenly shoved something into my mouth.
Caught off guard, I swallowed it. A bitter taste spread in my mouth, accompanied by the scent of lemon.
“What did you do?!”
“It’s medicine to keep you from leaving this house, sister.”
“…What…?”
“When you take this, your body will become paralyzed. It might be tough at first because you’ll have a fever, but bear with it.”
He shoved another pill into my mouth. When I tried to spit it out, he covered my mouth with one hand, grabbed a nearby water jug with the other, took a mouthful of water, and then forced it into my mouth through his.
“Cough… Paralysis…?”
“The fever will go away, but the paralysis will remain. If you become incapacitated, you won’t be able to go to the academy, and the engagement will be called off.”
I stared at Theodore with wide eyes.
“Don’t worry, I’ll take care of you for the rest of my life. So, let’s live together in this house, just the two of us.”
A chill ran down my spine.
“What… are you saying…?”
“Because you rejected me, sister. I don’t have a choice.”
Theodore’s behavior had always felt too intimate for a brother.
But I thought it was because he was seeking affection after being neglected by his real family.
“I love you, Xia.”
“Theo… this is wrong…”
Suddenly, a feverish heat surged through my body.
“Ah, is the medicine working?”
Theodore supported my staggering body.
“It’s… hot…”
The heat coursing through me filled me with fear.
“I’m sorry, just bear with it for a bit.”
Hearing Theodore’s voice by my ear, I lost consciousness??and my memory.
“I didn’t expect the medicine to have a memory-erasing effect.”
Theodore pressed the pill to my mouth as he said this.
“Xia. Let’s forget everything again. And this time, fall in love with me.”
This is… insane??
The eyes before me, tinged with a faint, dark light, were terrifying.
This kind of thought… like a yandere[1] …
My heart pounded heavily.
“The hidden route involves choosing Patrick first. But if you don’t pursue him and he reconcile with his fiancé, a hidden character appears in the second year.”
“Really?”
“Yeah, the hidden character is the classmate and younger brother of Patrick’s fiancé. He’s a siscon yandere.”
“Wow.”
“He initially resents the heroine for getting close to his sister, but gradually becomes obsessed with her.”
“That’s scary. Why would anyone want to go for that kind of character?!”
“It’s for people who like that kind of thing.”
“Not for me…”
“By the way, the bad end for the hidden character involves being poisoned with a paralysis-inducing poison, making the heroine unable to walk, and then being confined.”
“Ugh what.”
“The poison is the same one that appeared in the prince’s route, and the person who gave the poison to the culprit was… well, that’s a spoiler…”
My friend’s words from my past life flashed through my mind.
??That’s right, Theodore is… he’s…
“Ugh.”
Theodore shoved his fingers into my mouth. He forced them in, and through the gap, he pushed the pill in.
“Theo!”
Just like that time, he force-fed me the pill with water.
The scent of lemon became stronger.
“The water…”
“Oh, you noticed? If you soak the herbs used in the medicine in water, it has a mild effect.”
“So that’s… why I have a fever…”
My stomach burned with heat. This sensation… it’s just like that time…
“Is it working already? Maybe because I’ve made you take it so many times.”
Theodore said with a smile as he pushed another pill into my mouth.
“Forget everything. Become mine alone, Xia??”
That devilish smile blurred and disappeared into the darkness.
Notes:
1. Yandere: a term for someone who become violent due to their obsession to the love interest ?