Strategic Marriage with the Mad Villain (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 24

Teron was still cheerful and full of mischief. Thanks to him, I finally learned how Reus had ended up in such trouble in the Silent Forest.

“It was a curse that required the caster’s life as payment, right? So if you got hit by it, you might as well be dead. But apparently, he wasn’t meant to die. The fact that you showed up right then and saved his life proves that. Of course, if he hadn’t possessed that monstrous healing ability—”

“Don’t push it.”

Reus abruptly cut off Teron’s words. Even in the face of Reus’s icy response, Teron remained undeterred and simply laughed heartily.

After chatting about all sorts of things for quite a while, Teron soon took his leave. He claimed he’d only intended to drop by for a quick greeting today, or something to that effect.

In any case, from my brief conversation with Teron, this was the full story of what had happened in the Silent Forest.

I still don’t know what exactly they’d been searching for, but the two of them had split up to scour the Silent Forest. During that process, Reus was attacked by some group—and at that very moment, I happened to arrive, purely by luck.

“Teron arrived a short while later, spotted me from a distance, and immediately revealed my identity the next day….”

But those people who had attacked Reus and even resorted to forbidden black magic…

“Judging by how they spoke, it didn’t seem like it was their first or second encounter.”

The Silent Forest was undoubtedly land that the Count’s household had completely abandoned. Yet here we had the Empire’s Grand Duke, Guild Master Anas, and even an unidentified group….

What exactly had been going on in that forest that I’d always firmly believed to be deserted?

“Wait a moment. Could it be… that Uncle Haven knew all along and simply pretended not to?”

We’d known each other for a long time, and I’d trusted and cared for him even more than my own father—so if he’d deliberately deceived me… honestly, I’d feel deeply disappointed.

Even if it turned out he had lied, it might be better not to know—but after much deliberation, I finally asked about him.

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