Strategic Marriage with the Mad Villain (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 71

Ever since learning the secret surrounding his father’s death, he had visited the Grove of Silence countless times.

Each time, it always stole his breath as if it were the first, and the presence of the forest weighed heavier upon him with every passing day.

How many times had he fled the forest, as if running from a darkness that threatened to consume him entirely?

But today was different. The forest no longer frightened him. He felt no resistance toward the darkness—or toward his father’s power.

Could he truly reclaim it this time?

His chest tightened with swelling hope. No—he mustn’t hope too much. His heart had already been crushed thousands of times by such fragile expectations.

Reus slowly stepped into the Grove of Silence.

The sensation of the earth curling beneath his feet felt unusually vivid today. Even the scent of dawn filling his lungs and the texture of the breeze brushing his hair were unmistakably clear.

Things he had once barely noticed—so faint they seemed nonexistent—now felt overwhelmingly distinct.

Despite his earlier resolve not to hope, his entire body was overtaken by the conviction that this time, he might truly regain his power, sharpening every sense to a razor’s edge.

He moved toward the place where the darkness was deepest.

How far had he walked? Before long, even the faintest traces of light vanished completely, leaving Reus walking through a blackness so thick he could barely discern what lay a hand’s breadth ahead.

It felt as though walls of darkness enclosed him on all sides.

Deciding this spot would suffice, Reus stopped and drew a sigil onto the ground with his sword. Guided purely by instinct, the sigil took on a surprisingly coherent form.

Holding his breath, he waited for the change to come.

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