Let's Kidnap The Male Lead! - Chapter 68
While continuing our meal, we talked about the events that had happened in the meantime.
From what I heard, Ren seems to have been swept up by a demon on the day I was taken to prison.
After defeating the demon, when he came to his senses, he found himself in some unknown dark place.
There were numerous demons and magical beasts there, and only after killing them all by himself was he able to escape.
He tried to hurry back because he was worried about me, but quite some time had already passed.
“I thought I was going crazy wondering if something had happened to Lady Vivian.”
When he actually returned, there were knights spread out in front of the house, so it must have made him worry even more.
“So you broke in through the window?”
“I’m sorry. I just wanted to quickly confirm that you were safe.”
Usually he’s so calm, but somehow when it comes to me being in trouble, he tends to become more frantic than anyone else.
To the point where I wonder if there’s anyone in the world who worries about me as much as Ren does.
“Anyway, I’m glad you’re safe. I’m sorry I couldn’t be by your side when you went through such a big ordeal.”
“Well, the problem was that I was too naive. I shouldn’t have let Leonie into the house. You’ve been through a lot too, Ren. I’m glad you returned safely.”
It was while I was catching up with Ren after those few days that it happened.
Someone knocked on the door.
“Shh, stay quiet. I’ll go check.”
Thinking that I shouldn’t let anyone know there was someone else in the house besides me, I hid Ren in a corner before going out.
“Her Highness the Princess has sent a letter.”
The knight handed over the paper and then closed the door and disappeared.
Walking back towards the table, I tore open the envelope. Then I carefully scanned the letter.
“What’s wrong, Lady Vivian?”
Ren asked in a worried voice. Had I unknowingly frowned at the bad news?
“There’s a problem.”
The letter mainly contained information about the reason for the building’s collapse.
According to Princess Veronica’s personal investigation, first of all, there was nothing wrong with the structure itself.
‘Right, that’s obvious. It collapsed because of Siegfried, not because it was poorly constructed in the first place.’
The problem was that there were no traces of bomb installation or magic found in the building debris.
In other words, it meant that an unknown external force had brought down the building.
Since Siegfried is a demon, it’s not difficult to guess what that unknown external force might be.
‘It must be the power of demons.’
Others might not know, but I, having read the original work, could realize what this meant, how serious the situation was.
The power of demons comes from magical energy.
In other words, the denser the magical energy, the more effectively they could use their unique skills, and even their physical abilities became stronger.
At the opposite end of this is the human realm. The human realm was basically a space where magical energy did not exist.
But when Siegfried created the portal, the area around it was tinged with magical energy. However, where Siegfried stayed was the imperial palace.
It was quite far from the nearest portal, so it was a place with thin magical energy.
‘So Siegfried’s power must have been extremely nerfed compared to the demon realm.’
Despite being weakened like this, Siegfried managed to bring down a building with demonic power.
‘It means that magical energy has spread quite a bit even to the imperial palace.’
His power will gradually become stronger from now on.
Through the several open portals, magical energy will continue to flow into the human realm.
‘We need to eliminate him as soon as possible, before his power gets stronger.’
Of course, there were things that needed to be resolved first before that.
For example, the condition Veronica had placed on me.
I recalled the night I was imprisoned, when I met Veronica.
After hearing my claim of being God’s apostle, she thought for a long time before coming to a conclusion.
In the original work, Veronica was described as having a cautious personality.
So I didn’t really expect her to believe me, but it was an unexpected answer.
But, separate from being unexpected, it was a headache-inducing condition…
‘Anyway, since I can’t go outside for a while, let’s think about it slowly.’
[This is the timeline separator]Time passed faster than I thought, and the two weeks of house arrest quickly came to an end.
During that time, while enjoying daily life with Ren, I continued to ponder about the contents of the original work.
It’s not that I didn’t know about the events that occurred in the original work.
‘Rather, if asked to explain about the original work, I’m confident I could talk to Veronica for hours.’
The problem was that I had changed the existing flow too much.
Therefore, no matter how much I knew about the contents of the original work, the direction the world would flow from now on was likely to be different from what I knew.
So I kept pondering during my stay at home.
What events might occur exactly the same as in the original work, regardless of my actions.
Finding the answer wasn’t too difficult. Because there were phenomena that humans couldn’t interfere with.
‘No matter how differently I act from the original work, I can’t affect the moon that appears in the sky.’
The red moon. That was the key.
Now that I had organized my thoughts, all that remained was to convey this to Veronica.
As soon as I was allowed to go outside, I immediately went to find Veronica.
Veronica’s reception room in the imperial palace.
In front of me were only the princess and her guard.
Perhaps she didn’t want to be disturbed, as she had dismissed all her courtiers.
“You came sooner than I expected. Are you confident you can fulfill the condition?”
“Yes, Your Highness. I’ve seen a new prophecy.”
At the word prophecy, the expression of the guard standing behind the princess became subtle. It was a face as if doubting his own ears.
‘It seems he hasn’t heard about demons from Veronica yet.’
In the original work, Veronica kept the matter of demons secret from everyone except herself.
‘She thought that unnecessarily mentioning demons might threaten her life in some way.’
But this time, it shouldn’t be like that. Because from now on, Veronica would need someone to protect her from demons.
In the original work, Veronica was killed by demons along with her guard.
‘At least if the guard had known about demons in advance, they wouldn’t have been caught off guard like that.’
This time again, as I was about to start the main story, she tried to send Trian out.
But now he had a duty to listen too. Because his help would be needed to prevent this incident.
“Your Highness, it would be better if Sir Schneider listens as well.”
“But…”
“Demons don’t have the ability to peek into human memories. He won’t be in danger just by listening to this. No, rather, he needs to hear it. To properly protect Your Highness.”
Veronica seemed to ponder for a moment before nodding.
I slowly opened my mouth.
“In the prophecy I saw… on the night when the red moon rises, Schneider’s territory was attacked by a large number of magical beasts.”
The person more surprised than Veronica at the name Schneider was Trian, who was standing behind her.
‘He must be bewildered. It’s his family’s territory after all.’
I continued to explain about the events that would unfold in the future.
The Schneider Duchy was a strategic point of the Agrian Empire. One of the most important places connecting the capital and other major cities.
Siegfried must have known how important this place was, which is why he wanted to conquer it first.
He ordered the strongest demon among the high-ranking demons to annihilate the humans in the duchy.
In the process, the Duchess of Schneider and the eldest son died.
The only survivors of the Schneider family were the Duke himself, the youngest daughter, and Trian, who was assisting Veronica at the imperial palace.
How could a single demon destroy a duchy full of soldiers in just one night?
The secret lay in the ability of the demon, Gregory.
Gregory could control magical beasts at will.
He used his ability to create an army of magical beasts and made the army attack the duchy.
There was no way the soldiers could withstand the magical beasts pouring in without warning.
Thus, that night, countless people were massacred except for a few who escaped.
Various magical beasts settled in the ruined place, and the Duke and his youngest daughter, Lilia, fled to the capital.
Siegfried, no, Belial, who appeared in the territory where even the owner had disappeared, opened a new portal there.
And that portal became a big headache in the future war between demons and humans.
With a portal wide open in a strategic location, major cities could be suddenly attacked if demons so desired.
‘But conversely, if we can just prevent this incident, humans can fight from a much more advantageous position than in the original work.’
The truly fortunate point was that unlike other things Siegfried did, this event had a set timing.
As powerful as Gregory’s ability was, there was one condition needed to use it properly in the human realm.
That was for the red moon to appear in the sky.
‘So the next total lunar eclipse will be the day Gregory invades.’
Moreover, there were only two weeks left until that day.
“Two weeks later, Gregory will attack the Schneider Duchy.”
I finally finished all the words I had prepared.
Trian looked at me as if I were a madwoman, and Veronica had a confused expression.
“Is there no way to prevent the incident?”
To her question, I pondered and then answered seriously.
“Regrettably… there isn’t. The best we can do is to prepare for a war with an army of magical beasts. Of course, all of this must be done secretly.”
At my resolute voice, Veronica’s expression darkened.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
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