Chapter 192: Love and Obsession (7) (2/2)

“Haha Was Itoo fast? A man should kno to climb a steep mountain to earn a beautiful flower I’ll show you how sincere I aave her a cryptic smile and told her to stay in the castle for a few days Evelyn worried that he ht, but she didn’t need to worry The lord treated her politely as his guest and released her without touching even an inch of her hair Moreover, she was sent back with expensive clothes and a handful of gold and silver treasures that a daughter of a tenant fare and hts protect her

When Evelyn returned to the village and stepped out of the carriage, she looked like a noble lady to all those who gazed upon her And ruroundless and deood on his promise to show his sincerity to her Even after she returned to her fanificent house for her faifted them with money, jewelry, and food With his authority, he exeranted land to her father and made him the landlord Thanks to this, Evelyn’s faant life unprecedented for a peasant

However, the villagers gradually grew hbor as in the saed their lives in a few days Envy and jealousy towards Evelyn and her fainorht with the lord on the day she was taken away, that she was supposed to have died but seduced the lord with her witch power, and that the lord was soon going to send people to the village to take her as his wife

Even though Evelyn had to hear people gossiping about her whenever she went outside the village, she paid no attention to the as she stayed true to herself and kept herthis tiainst the dereater poverty Thus, the villagers began to grow evenluxuriously while they were suffering In addition, the church issued an additional collection order for landlords to follow Her father, who had forgotten about his hard peasant life with the lord’s money, faithfully followed the church’s order and raised the taxes as a landlord

Despite strong opposition froers, the tax was raised, and a terrible incident happened that night Or to be exact, the night after her father announced that he would be raising the taxes One of the village elders knocked on Evelyn’s house in the h fever in his house and wanted Evelyn to co like this had happened quite a few times before, Evelyn folloithout e elder led her to a deserted mountain path and not to his house It was already too late when Evelyn realized the village elder’s suspicious behavior By this tier the same person who had affectionately cared for her when she was young, but nothing er violently attacked Evelyn, and she screamed and resisted as she fell

“Uncle…Why are you suddenly…! Why are you doing this!”

“Just stay still Okay? I’ve been eyeing you since you were young”

“Don’t do this…! Please…!”

“Why, what’s the problein anyet married Why can’t you do the sah!”

“Stop resisting or lying What is it? I’hed and mocked her; then he took off her clothes Evelyn didn’t kno she escaped his grasp, but after fighting him off like hell, she kicked his balls and ran away She ran aith everything she had but stopped when she reached the entrance to her village She couldn’t help it because she saw a huge fire lighting up the whole village—her house was in fla on, so she blankly stared at the house and suddenly felt soht up with her

“Haha It’s over It’s already all over, so just give up and accept it”

Evelyn collapsed after being caught All the strength in her legs and body left her As his gri was really over—until a single scream pierced the air, and blood splashed all over her face

“He’s a real dirty bastard” A fa in her head and lifted her up “Are you all right, my dear?” It was the lord She didn’t knohen he came, but he showed up with his troops “I rushed over as soon as I heard the news, but…”

The lord sighed and bitterly stared at the soaring fire “It seems like I’m too late” Only then did Evelyn coer siblings… She desperately hoped that they would be safe, but the scene that appeared in front of her was re been burnt by the fire while hanging fros had turned into horrifying, bloody corpses Everything had changed in just one day Evelyn felt like she was in a dream as she saw the terrible scene in front of her A very bad night around found Evelyn and approached her while drooling There were no people in her house; only animals with eyes full of bloodlust who plundered and burned their surroundings However, their shabby and immoral desires were not fulfilled Soon, the lord’s soldiers cale one of them

“Humans are…foolish and hideous animals,” the lord covered Evelyn’s body with his cloak and said “They’re creatures that get way tooof the Gods” Then he looked at the villagers being dragged away one by one “Do you see it?”

Evelyne, as enraptured by his words, raised her head

“This is huers were crying and squir as if theirto the lord to forgive theotten what they had just done

“Hus” out “Instead, they’re beings that should be governed” The lord continued, “By the few chosen ones who have the power to cause fear and destruction” He put a sharp sword in Evelyn’s hand and whispered into her tree” He s onto the sword

“You and I It’s a legitis like us should exercise We have the full justification to do so Now…are you ready? To rightfully punish these foolish humans” The lord’s whispers sounded extre to Evelyn’s ears—just like a devil’s