Strategic Marriage with the Mad Villain (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 6
I slipped out of Count Yveler’s mansion through a secret passage.
The reason I ventured out at this late hour was to visit the secret guild, Anas.
Anas was a place Eni introduced me to not long after my half-brother Deon was born.
“If you’re going to rot away in a place like this, you might as well run away. Just buy yourself a new identity! There’s an old man I know—tell him I sent you, and he’ll give you a good deal.”
“…A good deal? How much…?”
“Hmm… As far as I know, you’d need at least 150 million rupees to get a new identity. So, roughly…”
“What? 150 million rupees?! How on earth am I supposed to get that kind of money!”
“Roel, even if Lady Briella and your mother treat you like you’re only half a daughter, you’re still the eldest daughter of House Yveler.”
Eni’s plan was simple.
Steal the noble family’s wealth subtly, without anyone noticing.
Encouraged by Eni’s confident claim that she could help me do it without ever getting caught, I decided to make a contract with Anas.
‘Normally, they wouldn’t even have taken my consultation request.’
Thanks to Eni, I managed to contract with Anas at a young age and at a considerably discounted price.
I was truly grateful that Anas accepted me so readily, but there was one drawback.
‘Their location changes far too often…’
Even worse, it was always somewhere remote, so I couldn’t pretend to visit another place during the day and swing by on the way.
‘Still, it’s close enough that I can get back before dawn.’
Of course, that only applied if I took the shortcut.
Soon, I arrived at the forest entrance behind the count’s estate.
This forest, owned by House Yveler, was so vast that if someone got lost within it, no one would ever hear their cries—hence its name, the Forest of Silence.
‘…But why does it feel even darker than usual tonight?’
Uncharacteristically, I hesitated right at the forest’s edge.
Though the woods were always gloomy even in daylight, tonight they felt especially dark, as if swallowed whole by the shadows.
It was almost as if forewarning me of some ill omen soon to befall me.
‘…Nothing bad will happen.’
At the time, I had no idea that this secret outing would bring about a tremendous change in my life.
[This is the timeline separator]Following the marks Eni had left behind, I walked diligently for about thirty minutes. Then, suddenly, I heard the sound of metal from somewhere nearby.
It wasn’t just any jarring noise—it sounded exactly like clashing swords.
Clang-!
“…!”
It wasn’t my imagination. Swords really were striking each other. I barely managed to stifle the scream escaping my lips and immediately dropped to the ground where I stood.
‘Please, just pass by quickly…’
I’d heard that dangerous incidents like this happened often in the forest, precisely because it was so rarely visited. Here, whether you killed a beast or a person, no one would ever find out.
“Whatever you do, don’t bring a lantern. You’ll reach Anas just fine if you follow my markers. Always wear your robe, got it? And if something like this ever happens… just stay absolutely quiet. That’s how you survive.”
Just as Eni had advised, I held my breath and prayed for the sword sounds to die down.
But contrary to my wishes, the sharp clanging grew steadily closer.
Before long, a heavy thud—thump!—shook the nearby underbrush, and the crunch of footsteps approached right before me.
“Huh….”
Fearing I might accidentally make a sound, I clamped both hands tightly over my mouth.
“Stubborn bastard… to last this long even after being poisoned. Guess monsters really are monsters.”
“Ugh, thanks to this idiot, I probably won’t be able to wield a sword for a while. Tch.”
Two voices spoke directly above me. Fortunately, they seemed completely unaware of my presence and continued their conversation.
“But is this guy actually dead? Go check.”
“Hey! Hey—you dead yet?”
“Kuhk…!”
From the sounds, I guessed the thugs were stomping repeatedly on the man.
Pained groans kept coming until they gradually faded and finally ceased altogether.
“Ah, who cares. Whether it’s blood loss or poison, he’s done for anyway. Look—his fingers aren’t even twitching now.”
“Damn persistent bastard… Do you even know how much trouble you’ve caused us? No chance we’d let you go easy. Go ahead and die in agony.”
“Heh, that feels satisfying. Ptooey!”
Thud, thud—I heard them kicking the fallen man several times.
When the man made no sound despite the brutal kicks, the men quickly lost interest and left.
Though their footsteps faded into the distance, I stayed frozen in place for a long while, just in case.
How much time passed like that, I couldn’t say.
Eventually, I realized only the chirping of crickets had been repeating around me.
‘…Are they gone?’
Sensing no further signs of people nearby, I cautiously peeked my head out through the grass.
“Phew… Thank goodness they didn’t find me… Huh—!”
But I immediately jerked back in shock. A large man lay collapsed right in front of the thicket.
“No, no way…!”
I’d known something was happening nearby from the sounds, but I never expected him to be lying right beside me.
I carefully stepped out of the grass to examine the man.
But something was strange—he didn’t move even the slightest bit.
It was as if he were already a corpse.
‘Is he really dead…?’
Apparently, the men earlier hadn’t been wrong to assume he was gone.
Even in the near-total darkness—where only his silhouette was barely visible—the sight of someone who seemed to have just stopped breathing sent chills racing down my spine, and I instinctively scrambled away.
Just as I was about to flee the spot,
“…Ugh….”
Faint, but unmistakably human—a groan of pain.
I immediately turned my running steps back toward him.
“Hey! Can you hear me?”
“Uuu….”
“Are you alright? Hey!”
I called out several times, but the man seemed utterly unaware of my presence, barely managing shallow, ragged breaths that sounded like they could stop at any moment.
“Stay with me! Hey, please, snap out of it!”
To keep him conscious, I patted his shoulder—the least injured part I could find.
But despite my efforts, his face dropped heavily to the ground.
I cautiously brought my trembling hand beneath his nose. Thankfully, I could feel a faint, but steady breath.
“Oh, thank goodness… He’s still breathing.”
He must have briefly lost consciousness from blood loss and the poison spreading through his body.
Given how close he was to death, the thugs’ earlier comment about his monstrous vitality now seemed startlingly accurate.
‘But something about him…’
While examining him closely, I suddenly tilted my head in confusion.
I didn’t know why, but I felt an odd sense of familiarity from this man.
Even though only his silhouette was visible in the dim light, the feeling remained.
‘…No, now’s not the time to dwell on this. What should I do with him?’
Should I rush to Anas and bring back Haven? But what if he dies before I return—or worse, if those men come back?
No matter how I thought about it, I couldn’t just leave him here.
“Right. I have to take him with me, even if it’s hard.”
Since I couldn’t abandon him, I resolved to drag him along. Without hesitation, I took off my black robe.
[This is the timeline separator]Bang! Bang! Bang!
I pounded on the wooden door with all my strength, and a commotion sounded from the other side.
Moments later, the door swung open with a creak—and Haven appeared.
“Who the hell is—!”
“Uncle!”
“…Roel?”
Haven’s fierce expression instantly softened when he saw me. My strength completely drained, I trembled as I weakly grabbed his arm.
“Uncle… please… please help me…!”
“Roel! What on earth happened to you? Did you run into some thugs in the forest?”
“It wasn’t thugs…!”
“What in the world happened that you’re covered in injuries!”
“Injuries?”
I looked down at myself.
Now I understood—it wasn’t just my disheveled state that alarmed Uncle Haven, but the actual wounds covering my body.
Indeed, I was a complete mess: every exposed patch of skin was scratched raw, and my knees and arms were badly scraped, bleeding in places.
But that wasn’t what mattered right now.
Exhausted from dragging the man, I’d left him briefly near Anas before coming here alone.
Saving him was the absolute priority—every second counted.
“Uncle, that’s not important right now. There’s… there’s someone over there….”
“Where?! Who is it?! I’ll tear them apart right—!”
“No, no! There’s an injured man! Please, help him, Uncle…!”
“I’ll break every bone in their body—huh?”
“Uncle, hurry! He might really die if we don’t!”
Haven, who had been seething with rage, suddenly looked at me as if bewildered by my words.
“Wait, Roel—”
“UNCLE!!! HURRY!!”
My sharp shout made him flinch. Afraid I’d get angry again, he turned immediately and sprinted in the direction I was pointing without looking back.
Moments later, he returned, carrying the collapsed man on his back.
Given how huge the man was, I’d worried he’d be impossible to move—but Haven, being quite burly himself, carried him without much difficulty.
Following Uncle Haven, I headed to the farthest room on the first floor. He gently laid the man onto the bed.
Only then could I clearly see the man’s face.
“…!”
The moment I recognized him, I stumbled backward in shock, tripping over a chair and falling flat on my back—utterly ridiculous.
“Roel! Are you alright?”
“…Why, why….”
Why is he here?!
Lying pale-faced on the bed was none other than Reus.
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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