The Mind-Reading Mate Why Is the Lycan King So Obsessed With Me novel Chapter 577

Chapter 577: I’ll Become a Monster With You

Primrose watched as the memories suddenly took a dark turn.

The villagers who had once welcomed them with warm smiles and kind words were now carrying axes and burning torches.

The same people who used to say that a simple life was the greatest blessing now wanted something for themselves, something they believed they could only obtain by capturing the Saintess and returning her to the Holy Temple.

"Miss Vielle, you know better than anyone that my son needs medicine," a middle-aged woman said. Tears filled her eyes, yet she still gripped a pitchfork tightly in her hands.

"I promise I won’t hurt you if you come with us," another villager added. "Besides, why are you refusing to be rescued? Hasn’t this bastard Lycan kidnapped you?!"

It was strange.

Not long ago, these same people had never stopped praising Edmond.

They always said he was the hardest-working man in the village and that life had become much easier after he settled there.

Whenever they needed extra hands in the fields, they called for Edmond.

Whenever food became scarce, they turned to Edmond and asked for his help.

All this time, Edmond had given them everything he could, not once had he ever hurt any of them.

Yet the moment they learned his true identity—a Lycan, a monster in their eyes—they wanted nothing more than to burn him alive.

The rumor that he had kidnapped the Saintess only made things worse. It poured fuel onto the hatred already growing in their hearts and gave them an excuse to justify everything they were about to do.

"He didn’t kidnap me," Rose said firmly.

Her golden eyes swept across the crowd, filled with disappointment and anger. She held her little daughter tightly in her arms, gently stroking the girl’s back as if trying to reassure her that everything would be alright.

"I went with him willingly," she stated.

"Oh, Miss Vielle, don’t be ridiculous!" one of the villagers shouted. "He’s an impure creature! A monster born from the deepest pit of hell!"

"The King of Sorex even saved his life, but how did he repay that kindness? By kidnapping the Holy Saintess and betraying the people of Sorex!"

Primrose found it almost amusing how deeply these people hated beastkins, as if they were nothing more than filth beneath their feet.

She had thought that, since the mysterious voice had said Edmond possessed great fortune in the past, he wouldn’t have suffered the same humiliation he did in the present.

But then she remembered that she was the one who had brought misfortune into his life.

From the moment they met, their fates had become intertwined, and somehow, she had drained all of his good fortune away.

"I didn’t betray anyone," Edmond said firmly.

He stood in front of Rose and their daughter, shielding his small family from the furious villagers.

"I repaid my debt to the King of Sorex by serving the kingdom for many years. I’ve already fulfilled everything I owed him." He tightened his grip on Rose’s hand before continuing. "And now... I’m simply living the life I choose."

"The King saved my life, but I’m not his slave. I have the freedom to decide how I want to live."

He might have owed the King a debt of gratitude, but that didn’t mean he had to spend the rest of his life repaying it.

As long as the King had never branded him with a slave mark, he was a free man and he had the right to choose his own path.

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