The Male Lead Has Gone Mad Over the Troublesome Villainess - Chapter 64

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The Male Lead Has Gone Mad Over the Villainous Supporting Character – Episode 64
I was checking the amount Calrad had generously donated to me when I heard a low voice.
“Rosana.”
I lifted my head sharply. The man whose eyes met mine broke into a grin. When had he arrived?
“Yes?”
There was something oddly relaxed about Kael’s smile that left me momentarily speechless.
“Looks like you’re having quite a time of it. Getting your money’s worth?”
“Mm.”
I flinched slightly. He was right—I was having a good time, and the haul was proving useful. But I felt a little wronged regardless.
“I didn’t mean to keep it for myself, though.”
That much was genuine.
I handed over the money and the Incense Burner that I’d confiscated from Calrad to Kael. Both belonged to him and the Expedition.
“You can keep them. Especially this spoil.”
I shook my head firmly.
“It’s the Expedition’s share. We haven’t finished just because we have the Sacred Relic.”
I pushed the purse of money at him too. The Incense Burner glimmered in his arms.
As for that Incense Burner—it was a Sacred Relic of Ericarlis, the continent’s sole deity and guardian of love, family, dreams, and freedom.
Here’s the critical point: the novel I’d been transmigrated into was an adult-rated dark fantasy.
What happens when you combine “adult-rated” with “goddess of love”?
I rubbed my nose quickly. That’s where the synergy kicks in.
To resolve the influx of Monsters, we needed to meet the goddess. And to meet her, we had to light the Incense Burner at the Central Divine Temple, and then at the goddess’s altar…
Phew, this is embarrassing.
In any case, that’s why the romance between the male and female leads mattered so much. The passionate love between Seraphine and Kael—both brimming with power in different ways—was potent enough to summon the goddess. She descended multiple times to guide them on the path ahead.
That was the critical point.
Looking at the Incense Burner filled me with oddly complex emotions.
Kael and Seraphine would learn how to use the Incense Burner only after arriving at the Capital and visiting the temple. Their wedding night would take place right there in that temple.
The thought of that scene filled me with grand emotion.
Watching Kael and Seraphine standing side by side, my heart warmed. I truly support your love. It was only natural—the fate of this entire world hung on the two of them.
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Throughout the journey, both hands bound behind his back, Calrad had kept his mouth shut.
Initially, Rosana and Kael had engaged in brief debate over what to do with Calrad and his men.
‘Do we really need to bring them along?’
‘We did manage to learn where he’s hidden his assets. The problem is, it’s hard to trust his word at face value. Still, if it’s true, we can use that fortune to fund the war effort. The shadier a person is, the more money they tend to stash away.’
Hearing this exchange, Calrad felt exasperated. Why was the noblewoman so obsessed with money?
He ground his teeth. True, his pockets held far more than most would suspect. But the real problem was the current situation. An ominous premonition gnawed at him—he had a feeling surrendering his money wouldn’t be the end of it.
‘I wonder if the men sent to Gloria were dealt with properly.’
That was his gravest concern. If they hadn’t been? If they’d talked about his secret operations?
Calrad squeezed his eyes shut. He had a sinking feeling this wouldn’t end with his pockets being emptied by that reckless noblewoman. No matter how he thought about it, he felt like he’d stepped in something foul. Could one person really have such rotten luck? He’d definitely stirred up a hornet’s nest.
One of the mercenaries walking alongside him in binds ventured carefully, “Master Calrad, are you all right?”
“Do I look all right to you?”
The mercenary fell silent.

They would reach Gloria soon. The thought filled Calrad with dread.
In the distance, a figure stood atop the city walls.
“Your Highness!”
“Commander Millers!”
The noblewoman waved her hand.
Millers? A man Calrad had seen a few times in the black market. But his face bore a peculiar look of excitement. Calrad’s heart began to pound with unease.
“You’ve succeeded!”
Millers quickly descended to greet them.
“We have what we needed.”
“Splendid news! In fact, we’ve acquired some spoils of our own!”
“Spoils?”
“We were attacked last night. We’d set traps using Toad Extract and Troll Sinew, so we suppressed them with ease.”
At those words, Calrad’s heart began to perform twisted contortions, threatening to burst from his throat. Millers’s gaze swept over Calrad with a chill.
“And conveniently, the leader of that group is here with us now. Betrayal seems to be his nature. In any case, we did obtain valuable resources from them. Nineteen swords, several well-maintained armor pieces made from chitin, and Silver Coins.”
Calrad squeezed his eyes shut. His men’s purses had been emptied thoroughly as well. His teeth clenched involuntarily. How could knights behave so like common thugs?
Calrad was certain that these knights were more ruthless than any mercenary in the black market. Perhaps even a match for himself.
“And.”
At that moment, Millers opened his mouth. His voice had frozen to something glacial.
“I’ve learned something from them.”
Kael nodded. A clear signal to continue without delay.
“……Those cursed bastards appear to have been engaged in Human Trafficking.”
At those words, every gaze snapped toward Calrad. He squeezed his eyes shut and drew a slow, measured breath. When he opened them a moment later, Rosana appeared before him. The Crown Prince at her side radiated an imposing presence, but the killing intent that emanated from her was suffocating. Then her low murmur reached his ears.
“……I should have killed them. They weren’t worth keeping alive.”
Calrad trembled. On reflection, he’d truly stirred up a hornet’s nest.
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And Seraphine stood a short distance away, observing Kael and Rosana. How often his gaze turned toward her. How long his eyes lingered. She noticed it all—even that fleeting moment when his smile reached Rosana.
In that smile lived something bittersweet and tender. Sometimes it blazed with thrilling intensity, and other times it carried a despair so profound it seemed to drown.
Seraphine smiled warmly and nodded to herself.
She could no longer deny what she had watched unfold. Through all her vigilant observation, Kael cherished Rosana above all else. The direction of his feeling was now unmistakable.
In Seraphine’s view, Rosana was precisely the kind of person worthy of such devotion. And a man as strong and beautiful as Kael was the perfect match for someone like her. One could never give such a woman to just anyone.
Standing back and watching the two of them side by side, her heart swelled with a fullness that seemed nearly to overflow.
The future of the empire they would lead seemed destined to shine bright. Rosana was like a lamp illuminating the darkness, and Kael was like a navigator steering his course even through the gloom.
“Human Trafficking, you say. I don’t think I could turn away and leave, knowing this.”
The Princess spoke with dark resolve. Even in that moment, she seemed beautiful. If Seraphine felt this way, what of Kael? In his gaze fixed upon Rosana’s clenched jaw, affection shimmered unmistakably.
“I agree. What would you have us do, Princess?”
“This kind of crime always has strings leading upward.”
“That, too, I agree with.”
“The roots must be torn out completely. No matter how deep the rot runs, everyone involved must face punishment. Even if it leads to the Emperor himself.”
Kael’s lips curved in a grim smile. Rosana’s sense of justice and conviction had struck his heart once more. Even her irreverence would be nothing but endearing to him.
Seraphine nodded in the face of that love. They would undoubtedly become perfect lovers.

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