Taming The Villainesses novel Chapter 241

(EP-241.1) Son-in-law? #1

241 – Live-in Son-in-law? #1

In the document Elga handed over, there was information about the ‘unidentified’ item for sale.

The ‘item’ for sale was a slave.

According to Elga, the unidentified slave was me.

Had Elga investigated my background?

I wasn’t surprised by the background check, as I had vaguely expected it already.

If you were in a relationship with someone who had as much to hide as I did, and if you had the resources and power to investigate them, you might want to request a check at least once.

Rather, what surprised me was the content of the document.

Bandits in the Witch Forest?

Found among loot?

In a log state?

It contained stories I had never heard before, stories that were completely new to me. Was I... No, was this body—originally such a person?

“......”

There was a time when I had tried hard to investigate Theo Gospel’s past. But I always failed because it was too clean, like a ghost.

In hindsight, it seemed I had been looking in the wrong direction from the start.

Because according to Vasago, this body was never originally the Demon Monk Theo.

Searching the name ‘Theo’ in records yielded nothing. Rather, the correct approach was to search for the whereabouts of the ‘unidentified’ slave.

And Elga had done just that.

She was probably able to do it thanks to the influence of the Lioness family, which was spread throughout the Angmar Kingdom.

So, what did the word ‘log’ that appeared several times mean...?

Most of the story was written in an easy-to-understand manner, but the repeated mention of ‘log’ kept bothering me.

It seemed like some sort of slang. Who could I ask to get the simplest answer?

“Sir Theo.”

I snapped out of my thoughts at the sound of someone calling me. Lifting my bowed head, I saw a pair of golden eyes looking at me.

“Deneb-ssi, I apologize. I was lost in thought for a moment.”

At my apology, guild representative Deneb pushed up her thin glasses— flashing the lenses.

“I understand. It’s a decision that requires deep thought. In fact, Sir Theo doesn’t have to give me an answer right now. We can give you two more days to decide.”

“Two days....”

We were in the Great Hall in the church city of Gracia. I turned over the papers on the wide table.

The document contained the details of the contract written by the elders, the board members of the Bellhawk family.

The legal jargon made it difficult to understand, but to put the five-page document simply─.

It stated that they would ‘lend 750,000 gold, but with certain conditions.’

And the conditions were a bit unconventional, to the point that I momentarily lost focus and my mind wandered.

Bzzz-.

The gazes on me were intense.

Because on the table was a magic crystal.