The Devil's Betrothed novel Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Suspicious man

"Oh, are we heading back already?" the ignorant source of the young man Luke's dilemma stood up, clumsily wearing her boots before approaching him.

Luke passed her more than half of the prey he had tied nicely together. "Carry this."

She compared what he was offering her and what was in his hand. "Why are you giving me the fat ones?"

"Weight to build muscles," he said in a no-nonsense tone.

Pursing her lips, she walked behind him once more to cross the river. "I don't need muscles—"

"Say that again when you can beat them up on your own."

Oriana rolled her eyes. 'What do you know? My one magic spell and I could have dealt with all of them. I am being generous to those scums.'

As they reached the entrance of the village, Oriana realized it was late in the afternoon. The sun would set in about an hour or so, which also reminded her of the nightmares. Her knife!

'Damn, how did I forget? I have to meet that brat in the tavern.'

She passed Luke everything she was carrying. "Can you bring this home for me? You can pass them to Grandpa. I need to attend an urgent matter in the city."

Oriana ran away without waiting for him to respond.

Luke looked at her retreating figure in confusion. The city, not the town? The town where the villagers sell their goods was merely half an hour away. Meanwhile, Jerusha City was three hours away on foot. Luke didn't know that Oriana had a secret shortcut cutting through the mountain, which allowed her to reach the other end of the forest within an hour. The other end of this path led to the forest near the Wimark Estate.

When Luke entered the village, he saw a stranger talking to his younger sister. It was a man wearing mercenary clothes.

"...he is so beautiful, I am going to marry him soon," he heard his sister say. _{freēwēbnovel.com}

"Who are you?"

With a stormy expression, Luke marched straight towards them, placing himself between Rina and the man. His sister shivered, as if she was caught doing something wrong.

"B-Brother, this mister, he's asking how one can join the village..."