[IFITAOAMV] Chapter 3

‘Why did I have to fall into the arms of a madman?’

Edwin never releases anything that comes into his possession.

The only time he releases someone from his grasp is when they become a corpse and are no longer useful.

None of the people he kidnapped in the original work has ever succeeded in escaping.

[Please… please kill me. No…no more…]

Those who were caught trying to escape had to suffer through an endless amount of torture and horrific pain until it finally killed them.

Then their bodies were added to the growing pile of corpses that littered the blood-splattered floor.

‘Do I have any hope of surviving?’

I shuddered as the scenes from the original story flooded my mind. Suddenly, Edwin’s words popped into my head.

[My bride, God has finally sent me a gift.]

Among the abductees in the original story, not a single one was said to be his bride.

Then…

“Um, Ed?”

When I summoned up the courage to speak, he gazed at me with a smile that reached his eyes.

“I have a question.”

“Answering questions is a pet peeve of mine. But I’ll give my bride special permission to ask one.”

Edwin playfully tapped my nose to show how generous he was being with me.

I swallowed hard and asked carefully, “Why do you think I’m your bride?”

“I received a prophecy. The oracle foretold that my life wouldn’t be short-lived if I married a woman who fell from the heavens.”

‘A prophecy?’

It was customary for the royal family and nobles of the Assyrian Empire to receive an oracle’s prophecy from the Great Hall at a young age.

However, only the prophecy of the Crown Prince was mentioned in the original work.

Of course, there was no mention of Edwin looking for or finding a bride.

“After receiving the prophecy, I wondered for a long time if God was making fun of me.”

He still had a smile on his face, but his narrowed eyes were cold.

Somehow, the temperature in the room felt cooler, so I rubbed my arms to warm myself a little.

“After all, it seemed like God was telling me to die early.”

I didn’t say anything and just nodded reluctantly.

“So, I killed every oracle who insisted that the prophecy was accurate. F**k God and his prophecies.”

Edwin laughed like he truly thought his actions were funny. The way he smiled made him look really insane.

I flinched and tried to pull away, but I couldn’t move because of the firm arms wrapped around my waist.

“But, after a lifetime of waiting, I never expected someone to actually fall from the sky. Or anticipated that my bride would be a Jueri.”

When he smiled, he looked so happy.

“Maybe I should apologize to God for doubting him.”

On the other hand, I was still reeling from shock.

‘I’m the bride of prophecy? The bride of Edwin, the Wild Dragon of the West?’

‘God, are you trying to send me to an early grave?! Why are you doing this to me?!’

As my resentment towards God grew, a question suddenly came to mind.

“Wait a second. I’m a Jueri?”

There was not much information about the Jueri in the original work.

They were simply described as a race of people, who inherited the blood of fairies and once resided in the desert that is now a part of the Duchy of Crawford.

After receiving a prophecy that the Jueri would bring destruction to the empire, the emperor took it upon himself to exterminate the race.

After death, they left a curse on the land that caused demons to appear.

“Yes, the Jueri are the only ones who naturally have pure silver hair like this. Their eyes were like jewels and would change colors depending on the angle of the light.”

‘That sounds so beautiful.’

Edwin kissed my temple as he spoke.

Distracted by the possibility that I could be a Jueri, I was unable to avoid his kiss.

‘What if someone discovers that I am a Jueri?’

Considering that the emperor personally conquered and exterminated the Jueri, I would most likely be killed immediately upon discovery.

Suddenly, I recalled the crimson eyes of the group I met in the desert.

Members of the Crown Prince’s secret organization, referred to as the ‘Ravens,’ were said to have red eyes.

‘They must have recognized me. Don’t tell me the Crown Prince is searching for the Jueri as well?’

The thought made my blood run cold.

“Are you surprised?” Edwin smiled as he gently stroked my back.

Unexpectedly, my anxious heart found some comfort in the gentle touch of the psychotic killer.

‘Have I triggered two death flags already?’

I felt like I was being strangled by the dark future that awaits me.

However, I couldn’t just sit in despair like this. I must find a way to survive somehow.

Since I was pretending that I lost my memory, I proceeded to act like I knew nothing about the Jueri.

“Who are the Jueri?”

“You can say they are like fairies.”

“Fairies? Then, will people try to capture or kill me?”

Just the thought of the emperor coming for me was enough to make me tremble, so there was no need for me to act scared.