Because She Had A Time Limit, She Became The Villain’s Daughter-in-law

“…Baron Ravonis?”

Evan asked quietly.

“That person is annoying as well, of course, but at least that person has already left for the East Continent…”

Though he couldn’t finish his words, and it was because Evan stood up and passed him by. As he disappeared, the men standing behind him untied the rope from Seymour’s hand.

“You seem to have given some useful information.”

Nathan sighed.

“If it weren’t for that, there’s no way he could have let you go safely like this.”

“…Useful information? Me?”

Nathan, his aide, did not answer that question.

Nathan, who was looking at all these non-interrogation questions, seemed to know what he was going to do next. As he went in front of his master, who was leaning against the wall, Evan spoke lowly.

“Baron Kyle Dart Ravonis… give me information about that person, even if it’s something very small.”

“You know his full name.”

“I know at least the names of the nobles in the area.”

“He seems to have been a man of no particular note, seeing his name is unfamiliar. He would have been a normal person with nothing unusual.”

All the while, he hadn’t consciously paid attention to the social scene of the Southwest. The reason was that he didn’t want to pry into Laria’s private life. However, Nathan was well aware of Evan’s intentions. He knew that he would never let go of a man she became acquainted with.

What Evan feared the most was conflicts with Laria, so he deliberately didn’t pay any attention to it.

The reason he brought Seymour in the first place was because he thought Seymour might know where Laria was. And as a result of listening to what he said, it seemed that Seymour also knew nothing about Laria’s whereabouts.

Locked up… Otherwise, Seymour would be the owner of method acting skills that would surely go down in history.

“Instead…”

Evan spoke slowly.

“Investigate in great secrecy. If it is true that Laria is related to Baron Ravonis, digging behind her could be the opposite.”

“Then, the smoke screen operation would be good. Pretending to poke around Baron Ravonis everywhere else while investigating very secretly, and…”

Nathan glanced back at the warehouse and finished his words.

“What should we do with that person?”

“Keep an eye on him, and when he’s at ease, see him one more time. I’m sure he’ll unravel something without even realizing it.”

Evan seemed unwilling to clear up Seymour’s misunderstanding. Rather, he was devising a strategy to use it to extract even one piece of information. Originally, it was because what Seymour had unknowingly spit out was often important information, like Baron Ravonis.

“Young Duke… why don’t you look for her openly rather than looking for it under the water like this.”

“We still don’t know what Laria wanted.”

Evan gave a low reply.

“She might hate making a fuss while finding her.”

Nathan sighed as he looked at Evan’s complexion, which was so dull that he hadn’t been able to sleep since Laria disappeared.

“Laria broke her promise to be with me, she abandoned my request to always be by my side, and she even ignored my pleas not to abandon me…”

Evan rubbed his stiff eyes and murmured.

“…Still, I’m still most afraid of being hated by Laria.”

“….”

“Looks like she worked hand in hand with that person and collected money quite a bit behind the scenes. Has she been preparing for a long time that she wants to go out after collecting money like that…”

Evan thought he didn’t know exactly what Laria’s intention was. He had to meet her unconditionally and ask questions one by one. Nonetheless, he couldn’t stand it because he kept getting all sorts of doubts from a single letter.

However, she was so well hidden that he could not find him. Even he could not find out if Serena, the attending doctor, were originally a person who had a bad job.

So, although he thought it was no task to find one person, Laria really disappeared like smoke…

He started in the Southwest and scoured the entire continent. From nobles that no one had ever seen, to nobles with somewhat strange behavior, but he just couldn’t grasp her trail.

Because of that, he didn’t think Laria had another man, and he eventually dragged Seymour along. Since Laria had promised Evan from a very young age after Ludva’s matter, she wouldn’t make trouble with another man.

Meanwhile, Nathan looked at it and vaguely guessed.

Evan couldn’t sleep right now, couldn’t eat properly, and was frantically looking for traces of Laria, but… fortunately, his master’s eyes didn’t seem to have completely turned crazy yet.

Of course, that relief didn’t last long.

* * *

“Hmm…”

I was still in my thoughts while looking at the black magic book.

“I have to… awaken up…”

Even though I had no choice but to try to become the best black wizard in the world as a hobby, black magic books were filthy difficult.

Above all, they said that to become a black wizard, you must awaken. I didn’t know when or how that awakening would come… still, it was said that it usually manifested within the age of twenty. I was twenty-one, but all I had manifested was a clear and powerful lust for power and lust for money…

“Nyaaa.”

However, Neo followed me too much to say I wasn’t a black wizard again. I heard that cats didn’t like people very much, but Neo was always by my side.

“Nya.”

I took my eyes off the boring black magic book and stroked Neo’s hair.

“Do you like me that much? Enough to want to follow you as your master?”

“Nyaaa.”

There was a person who came to mind when I was looking at the fine-grained jet-black hair and red eyes that shimmered like jewels.

“So, I am very happy to be with you like this. I don’t need anything else.”

The mask Evan wore at the masquerade was a black cat that looked like Neo, so he made it impossible to know his true feelings. If he was going to say something like that, she shouldn’t have said that he never thought of me as a woman.

“…It’s okay. Let’s not think about it.’

I shook my head and forcibly erased the thought of Evan, who was wearing the black cat mask.

“Who summoned you to come here? You must have signed a contract to come here, too, right?”

“Nya.”

“Did you make a good contract? If you accidentally write a contract that leaves room for interpretation, you will suffer quite a bit.”

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So, there was a person who meticulously wrote a contract even for a bet made as a joke.

‘What is it, I’m thinking of Evan again…’

Disturbed, I shifted my gaze from Neo to the black magic book again.

[ Most black magic can be reversed by exorcism, but even exorcism is useless once a ‘crack’ is formed. ]

“I see. I forgot about exorcism.”

I still had an ancient magic item, a doll of exorcism.

‘If I had used this anti-magic doll at the imperial banquet, I’d have been able to bring Duke Icard to his senses right away.’

Regardless, it was in the past.

Let’s stop thinking about Duchy Icard. Wasn’t Duchy Icard the one who was chasing after me with their eyes wide open to kill me? So, the fact that they were secretly looking for me could only be interpreted as that they would catch me and kill me…

Even Serena had disappeared, they would have realized that everything was a scam.

‘Let’s not think about it. The more I think about it, the more depressed I get.’

It was true that I was sad, so I jumped up.

Wearing the best jewelry and drinking the most expensive wine, when I was sad, I thought that if I had to spend money, I would be less sad. And after a moment of sadness surrounded by such expensive things, I turned my gaze back to my black magic books.

[ However, it is possible to know the origin of the ‘crack’ through exorcism. ]

Crack…

I had heard that from the Magic Tower’s Scroll Book.

[But you…….are the child saved by the crack.]

Was that why I was living a second life here and why the blessings did not work?

If Duke Icard turned back time and saved Lady Matilda… since I was a child created by the crack, wouldn’t it be possible for my memory to be maintained out of order? So, wasn’t there a possibility of living a third life as a returner this time… remembering all of this?

“Nyaaaaaa.”

Perhaps because I was making a serious face, Neo tapped me on the arm.

“If, if so…”

Looking at Neo’s red eyes, I drank another glass of wine and murmured.

“…Let’s try our best in County Rostry so that I can become Icard again.”

“Nya?”

“Honestly, with my abilities, I can overcome the unfortunate family environment and do that much.”

“Nyaaaaa…”

“Don’t you have any pride? Oh, there is no such thing by nature… instead, it’s okay because I’m greedy.”

Evan, who grew up being loved by his parents without deficiency, would not be as indifferent as he is now. It could be a completely different person, but Evan was still Evan anyway.

“…No matter how Evan changes, I think I can like him.”

“Nyaaa.”

“I didn’t know, but I am very innocent.”

It was when I was reading a dark magic book, admiring my single-mindedness.

“Lady Laria!”

A knock came, and Serena entered the study.

“Ah, Serena!”

Serena, as befits the sub-guild leader of the Dark Guild, was very free to move even while hiding. Disguised in a brown wig and thick spectacles, she roamed unrestrained in the southwest, undetected by Duchy Icard’s tracking network.

“I got a call from Sven. He said he would come to see Lady Laria once.”

“What? He is always welcome.”

Originally, I wasn’t so welcoming to him, but I was bored these days, so I wanted to meet anyone.

“He said that he had completely studied the magic of reviving a person that Lady Laria was curious about.”

“Ah… I see.”

“Also, those people who are after Lady Laria kidnapped Baron Litshua!”

“Huh? Seymour…?”

I opened my mouth in surprise.

Then, how far did he know…

Fortunately, Seymour knew nothing about my disappearance, so he wouldn’t have given any helpful information. Nevertheless, what surprised me was the word ‘abduction.’ Did they want to find me by going to extreme lengths like that…?

“And they say that they are following Baron Litshua. Fortunately, they’re pointing at the wrong thing.”

“…I have no choice but to feel sorry for Seymour.”

While I was really sorry, there was nothing I could do.

“That surveillance… no, I’m sorry for the Baron, but I think we can put our minds at ease anyway. Even if they torture Baron Litschua, nothing will come of it anyhow.”

“I don’t know.”

I bit my nails with an anxious feeling of foreboding.

Anyway, even if the worst was to come, I still had the movement scroll.