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.

no matter what. But before that, the Magician, being the

his kingdom was flourishing, the Witches were also growing like mushrooms

the Witch met after some decades and killed themselves. Before the witch died, she

got away and continued to carry forward their

couldn’t initiate women anymore, so the senior

decades, the disciples became

idea of initiating new members from the day they were born. It was a good idea

quite pretty and intelligent, so she passed down a new rule- the more stunning the child as they grow,

stealing each other’s inen or allowing one man to procreate with many of them, brewing stepsisters all over the cult… by the way,

Jeslyn exclaimed

love with her and also forced your 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 strong–willed and disciplined because he was a Zhu, a Military family whose men were

to mistreat their wives.

the one woman who had always

her. By the time your great–grandmother undid the charm, it was already too late–the other woman fell pregnant.

great–great–grandmother found out 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

your grandmother, so she snitched on your great–grandmother and caused the cult to kill her for falling in love and failing to