[IFITAOAMV] Chapter 1

“Oh my god!”

Frightened by the sudden sensation of falling, I closed my eyes and awaited the terrible pain that was soon to come.

But after a while…

“…?”

My eyes slowly fluttered open.

Rather than pain, I experienced a shock that wasn’t as big as I thought.

Soon my eyes met a sharp gaze and a face with a hardened expression.

The man’s gaze slowly lifted upwards at the sky and then fell upon me again.

“Did you just fall from the sky?”

‘Did I?’

While glancing up at the sky in bewilderment, I belatedly realized that my body was being held by this man.

“…Hey, can you put me down?”

“No,” he said with a wink as the corners of his lips rose into a gentle smile. “Now that I have found my bride if you run away, it will be a serious issue.”

“I’m your bride?”

“Yes.”

The man’s smile was more dazzling than the morning sun, but that didn’t catch my eye at all.

‘Your bride…. What do you mean?’

“Excuse me, but who are you? Where are we now?”

My last memory was the feeling of tremendous shock and pain while riding an express bus…

Why is there a vast sandy desert spread out before my eyes?

“Oh my, God didn’t tell you who your groom is?”

The man was still smiling, but his sharp blue eyes expressed his desire to cut down God that very moment.

“Remember this well. Edwin Crawford, the master of this west, is your groom.”

‘Edwin? Edwin Crawford?’

A flicker of a memory aroused upon hearing the very familiar name.

‘Who is Edwin Crawford?’

Wasn’t he the psycho villain of the R-19 trash novel “Save Me” that I read a while ago?

There were many words to describe him.

The Wild Dragon of the West, The Deranged Killer of the Desert, The Psychotic Slaughterer, etc.

His basic principle was to mercilessly kill those he found irritating, and people with silver hair. His obsession with silver hair led him to kidnap, torture, and kill those with the hair shade regardless of their age or gender.

Lillian, the heroine, was also one of those kidnapped by him.

Silver hair in this world is rare, it’s difficult to find someone with the hair shade unless they had a disease or were elderly.

In Lilian’s case, her hair turned silvery-white as a result of a childhood illness.

While torturing Lillian, Edwin falls in love with her but he is eventually killed by the Crown Prince, the male protagonist.

‘No… What kind of madman falls in love while torturing someone?’

He found her beautiful when she was bleeding and groaning in pain.

That’s not all. He even fed Lilian his own blood and forced her into a.

Why are you such a madman! Why is he here?!

“My Lord.”

While I was silently panicking, a man clad in leather protective gear approached us.

For a moment, the ashen-haired man gazed at me with bewildered eyes and then spoke to Edwin.

“What should we do about the rest?”

“Beryl, you take care of it.”

While contemplating my predicament, I turned my head and saw a group of people kneeling in chains.

“Please spare us!”

Blood splattered around those who cried out in fear.

As I swallowed hard at the chilling scene, I could feel their gazes on me.

Unlike those who cried out, their crimson eyes were sharp and seemed animalistic.

The moment I met those gazes, goosebumps rose, and I quickly averted my eyes.

“My bride seems to be timid,” Edwin said with a grin. Then he shifted my body over his shoulder, concealing the gruesome scene from my sight.

The way I was being held felt no different than a piece of luggage. I begged him to put me down, but my pleas fell on deaf ears.

Before I could adjust to the absurd situation, my eyes widened in shock the moment I saw the silver tresses.

“….!”

My hair, which was swaying to and fro with every step Edwin took, was undeniably white.

Suddenly, a slight breeze wafted the heavy scent of blood past me, and I was reminded of those who were murdered in succession before my eyes.

“Oh my god.”

Feeling nauseous, I quickly covered my nose, but the urge to vomit increased due to Edwin’s jarring movements.

“Tsk.”

Noticing my condition, Edwin grasped me with one arm and changed my position.

“My bride also has a weak stomach.”

When his brow furrowed in displeasure, I was reluctant to lean against him, even for a moment.

After gradually regaining my composure, I was able to calmly grasp the situation.

‘Being possessed by a novel is already an insanely ridiculous situation. But to end up with silver hair as well…’

Did I commit some horrible sin in a past life?

‘God, Buddha, all those other unknown gods… Please save me.’

I clasped my hands together and prayed earnestly, but my situation did not show any sign of changing.

Meanwhile, Edwin draped a robe over my shoulders and fastened it with a few buttons. After carefully pulling up the hood, he placed me on his horse and then sat behind me.

We departed without delay and the landscape quickly changed as the desert gradually disappeared from view.

After traveling past an assortment of unfamiliar buildings, an antiquated mansion could be seen in the distance.

‘Isn’t he a duke as well?’

The taupe-brown mansion, imbued in the red sunset, seemed too tranquil for someone known as the ‘Wild Dragon of the West’.

“Have you returned from your travels?”

As I dismounted from his horse with Edwin’s help, a man approached and greeted him.

Considering that he was able to speak to Edwin without any fear, this man must be Seth, the butler of the duke.