Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

426 How it all started (2)

“The Maid went out on a mission to start recruiting disciples and members. The woman taught some Witchcraft, and others without gifts became members.

“When the cult started thriving, the Maid realized that she was tricked into forming an evil cult, but it was too late to turn back the hands of time, so the Maid was turned into a butterfly that was forced to live inside Zucchini’s statue.”

“Wow!” Jeslyn was short of words. This feels like…

“Yeah. It was indeed a huge conspiracy by the Witch to create a world for herself and her kind… Those members were made to believe they were getting groomed to fight men who betrayed them. Unbeknownst to them, they were being raised as the Witch’s disciples.

“Meanwhile, Zucchini’s ex–fiance was still looking for the Witch but had no idea where she had disappeared to. His reason for wanting to kill her was because the woman was prophesied to be his downfall.

“The King of the land rewarded the hidden Magician with his daughter for his excellent service of getting rid of Witches from the Kingdom. But unfortunately, the King had no idea he had let a serpent into his home.

“The King had only one Princess and numerous Princes. The Magician knew that he wouldn’t be able to get the throne if he didn’t do something, so he killed the whole family, claiming the last Witch did.

kill the Witch no matter what. But before that, the Magician, being the Princess‘ husband, was crowned the

the Witches were also growing like

she laid a curse that her disciples and the Magician’s offspring and supporters would forever be

the remaining witches but some still got away and continued to carry forward their Master’s desire.

anymore, so

after their mothers. died. After decades, the disciples became numerous

that time introduced the idea of initiating new members from the day they were born. It was a good idea until some girls were unappealing to men because they were not beautiful.

and intelligent, so she passed down a new rule- the more stunning the child as they grow, the higher their position, so mothers made sure to look for handsome men to

to procreate with many of them, brewing stepsisters all over the cult… by the way, that was how your grandmother and the present Doyenne of the Half–heart

Jeslyn exclaimed

great–grandmother to reciprocate the love. However, because he was the most handsome man then, other women from the cult also wanted him, but the man was

mistreat their

he could effortlessly avoid temptation, he couldn’t throw off the one woman

to have a few nights with her. By the time your great–grandmother undid the charm, it was already too late–the other woman fell

she was pregnant some months later but couldn’t run away with the pregnancy like she thought. After she gave birth to your grandmother, she attempted to steal the child but failed

with your grandmother, so she snitched on your great–grandmother and caused the cult to