The Obsessive Male Lead Found Out I'm Alive

“Aha.”

Kaiden said, looking back at the people in this town as useless.

“Kill them all.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“S, save me… Argh!”

“Argh!”

“Kyaaak!”

“N, no…! Keokkeok…!

Lady Rendall couldn’t walk properly because of the scream behind her. The knight, holding her arms to force her to walk on both sides of them, was following Kaiden with an indifferent expression.

“If you properly guide me to Hecate’s house, I’ll save you.”

Lady Rendall cried and shook her head vigorously at the Emperor’s words.

She wondered if the Emperor had discovered the ability of the beautiful woman he was trying to marry as his new wife. The fact that she was confined to Hecate’s house and lived like livestock was that the villagers all knew but pretended not to know.

Lady Rendall wanted to live. She had kids, and they were in a boarding school in the next town. And thanks to Hecate, they had quite a lot of wealth.

She didn’t want to die like this because she couldn’t even use the money. Besides, she only helped and didn’t lock her up herself.

“Walk fast.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

The knight carried her on his back when Lady Rendall’s walk did not improve.

“Point with your hand, woman.”

Then Lady Rendall pointed in the direction with a trembling hand. The guard was moving quickly as if he knew Kaiden’s impatient mind.

~~~~

At that time, Hecate had returned home without knowing anything.

“Shxt!”

When he noticed that Evelina had broken the chain and run away, he felt the rising blood upside down. As if a golden opportunity had blown away at once. Hecate clenched his fist, and his eyes reddened with the feeling that his money had disappeared.

In truth, even if he only collected the money he had earned so far, he was dealing with money that a security guard could not acquire even if he lived his entire life.

“I let her off the hook because she has a baby!”

He tried to go outside.

“Oh…”

“Ah! Hey, Lord Hecate!”

Hecate sat down with a lump in his throat, looking at the red-eyed monster behind Lady Rendall, who greeted him.

“N…”

“N, now I’m saved… Keoeuk…!

Kaiden inadvertently snapped Lady Rendall’s neck and broke it.

The knight lowered Lady Rendall’s limp body, stepping aside after confirming Kaiden’s condition.

“Th, th, th, th, Th, Th, Empire’s…”

Hecate was shaking with fear.

“Where is my Evelina?”

“Ah… That… I, I, I don’t know… Argh!”

Hecate tried his best to think. At that moment, his prostrate leg broke away from his body.

“Ah! My legs! Argh!”

He grabbed the place where his legs were attached with both hands.

Kaiden had no expression. He said coldly again, pointing at Hecate with a blood-stained knife.

“If I have to ask you again, I will cut your throat.”

“H, here…! Heoeuk…! Th, there was, uh…! Euk…!

“Here she was. Yes.”

Kaiden confirmed it by inhaling the scent of Evelina’s body from the room. She smelled sweet, like peach blossoms, when he held her in his arms. He stuck his nose between her breasts and smelled that thrilling scent every time.

She was freezing his heart this time, crushing him into a miserable abyss.

“We have confirmed that a woman, who appears to be Her Imperial Majesty, is on the run to Velia with Sir Usher Fronen.”

The search team, announcing the urgent news, came in and delivered it.

“Us, her…! That dog, that punk…!”

Hecate thought this was all Usher’s plan to take Evelina away from him and make a fortune alone. Therefore, he said the most hateful thing to the emperor.

“That woman, the baby she had…”

Hecate had veins sticking out of his neck and temples due to the bleeding of his whole body. Including the pain of his sore leg, even though his legs had disappeared.

“It’s his bastard.”

“Ha.”

Kaiden didn’t believe the words. Because he knew Evelina was pregnant.

“Ah, euk!”

However, Kaiden cut off Hecate’s arms as if he was offended by the poor words.

“Argh!”

“You’re like a bug.”

Kaiden stepped on the head of Hecate, who could barely let out a groan and started moving as the searcher said.

~~~~

“Can you go a little slower?”

“All right.”

Evelina was on the move, carried by Usher Fronen. She had packed only the music box as she fled the house of Hecate.

Usher was able to move quickly because the luggage was not so heavy. But because he was moving so fast, Evelina was very dizzy. She felt sick as if she were on a boat.

“Can I walk with you?”

“Sure.”

Evelina was worried about returning to honorifics with Usher before she knew it, but it wasn’t to the point of expressing it.

“If you want to avoid Hecate’s eyes, why don’t you just turn around and go to Rhein alone?”

“Isn’t it near the capital?”

“Usually, it’s the darkest under the lamp.”*

*TN: Saying, meaning they neglect something that was under their nose the whole time.

Evelina agreed with that. And this mountain village would have been more dangerous if the same thing had happened last time. There was no place to seek help because no one was coming and going, and it was hopeless to get out of there.

She didn’t even know the mountain path well, and her body was now nearing its full term. On top of that, there were a few times when she swallowed food properly because of morning sickness.

The breast and buttocks were swollen due to pregnancy, but the flesh was lost all over the body. So if you don’t look closely, you can’t see how thin she is.

“There is my mansion in Rhein.”

“I see.”

“I’d rather quit being a knight. Why don’t you live as my wife?”

Evelina wondered why he was so nice to her. Then she started to suspect.

She was the one who always doubted unpaid kindness. But Usher was the one who helped her get there.

She shook her head so she wouldn’t be suspicious of him.

“Can I? Then Usher can’t get married in the future.”

“It’s all right. I prefer money to lovers.”

He spoke frankly. It wasn’t wrong. Usher will get a better title from the money and revenge on Tenesi, who treated him shallowly. It’s been a long since he had given up on an average marriage, dreaming of all that. From the moment when money made him blind.

Even though Evelina had a baby, she was still the most beautiful woman in the empire.

Usher glanced at Evelina. She had a thin face because of the child, but nothing could hide his brilliant beauty. It didn’t matter anyway whether he had a woman or not. But it wouldn’t be bad for her to be such a beauty if he was going to have one.

He thought so and said it with a false smile.

“But why does Hecate have Your… No, did he lock up Evelina?”

Evelina thought she had hidden it from him. She didn’t know Hecate was dying. And she didn’t realize that the villagers of Veron, who knew her secret, were dead. Therefore, she thought it was information that Usher could access at any time and said.

“My blood purifies the water.”

“What?”

“So he kept drawing my blood.”

Evelina gently loosened the cloth tied to her arm. Then she showed Usher. There were stab wounds and several long, rough marks.

“Now my left hand doesn’t even bend well.”

How Hecate took her blood, now her left hand could not bend well due to the pain.

“Oh, my god.”

Usher pretended to be surprised, but there were parts where he was shocked to see her wounds. He didn’t know that Hecate would inflict so many wounds with so much persistence. He took just enough not to harm her body.

“This is… Let’s go to Rhein and find the doctor.”

“Thank you.”

“No, we have to find out the midwife and the doctor anyway.”

As he walked again with a sigh, Evelina followed. She walked while holding her music box, but the mountain road was rougher than she thought.

“Let’s walk hand in hand.”

“Yes.”

Evelina grabbed Usher’s outstretched hand. And when he reached out his other hand, she looked at it in wonder.

“I’ll hold the music box.”

She was annoyed by the bright red pills still in it, but for some reason, she couldn’t throw them away, so she put it in.

“Did you feel the same way these days?”

“What?”

“Didn’t you often vomit blood as a side effect of the medicine?”

“Oh, yes. It still does these days.”

Evelina said calmly. And she was following Usher, holding hands.

“It wouldn’t hurt to be your wife.”

As she said so resignedly, the surroundings quickly calmed down.

“I told you that the seat next to you is mine.”

A low-pitched voice and a fierce look that anyone can see.

Evelina got goosebumps all over her body when a voice that shouldn’t have come came from behind. And her trembling body. She didn’t want to turn around, but her body was already turning as if she had realized his voice.

“Evelina.”

After a long time, Kaiden remained the same. Red eyes like rubies, black hair like black leopards, and a stiff body like a beast. And big stature. His expression was just as fearful as you would see on a battlefield.

“Ah…”

Evelina froze as she was surprised by Kaiden’s expression.

“How…”

At Evelina’s words, Kaiden looked at her scornfully. The blood on his head was dripping down his forehead, wetting his eyes. As if they were shedding tears of blood.

“Evelina, how can you pretend to be dead?”

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