Chapter 70

"Silence will be taken as an admission. Do you have any explanation to offer?"

"L-Lord... I don't understand what you're talking about, but Lord Munsar is severely injured. If you have any questions, please start with the treatment—"

"Shut up!"

"Yes, sir!"

Tida shouted at the secretary, who seemed to have realized that the situation was turning against their master and tried to intervene.

"Although we were interrupted, I'll give you one more chance. Did you set fire to my mansion and curse Valerie?"

At the lord's question, Munsar's body trembled. He glared at Valerie, who was standing behind Tida and Reta.

"I'm not the one at fault! It's this little girl! Just because she's the lord's sister, she thinks she's better than everyone else and looks down on me!"

"...I have a mountain of things I want to say, but I'll take this as a confession."

Tida, who was clenching his fists tightly, seemed ready to punch Munsar at any moment. Reta tried to calm him down, hoping he wouldn't act rashly. Just then,

"You scum!"

Munsar, who had been in pain just moments ago, suddenly sat up and barked.

"Oh no!"

Reta acted instinctively. At the same time, Munsar, with his mouth wide open and spitting, shouted,

"Valerieee!"

Ignoring Reta and Tida standing in front of him, Munsar lunged at Valerie, who was standing frozen with her hand over her mouth. However, Reta wouldn't allow such a violent act. He grabbed Munsar and slammed him to the floor.

"Even if you're injured, I won't tolerate violence against a girl."

He wanted to punch Munsar but held back, considering his condition. If Munsar had hurt Valerie, he wouldn't have been able to control himself. While still pinning Munsar down, he turned to Valerie, who was standing there in shock and fear, tears in her eyes.

"Are you hurt?"

"No, thanks to you, Lord Reta."

"Good."

"Let go! Let go, let go, let go! This little girl, she refused me even though I offered to make her my wife! How dare she! She made me look foolish! That's why I burned her face!"

"...You... for such a trivial reason?"

"For the past year, I've been suffering and my heart has been broken! Why should I suffer? Why should I! You said the curse was perfect!"

"That's enough, be quiet. It's unpleasant."

"Why should I suffer? Why should I go through this!?"

"I said, be quiet!"

Reta finally couldn't hold back and shouted. Tida and Valerie were speechless, beyond anger. It was understandable. They hadn't expected that someone would set fire to a noble's mansion and torment a woman for a year just because she rejected him.

Reta felt the same way. He knew someone was targeting Valerie, but he had assumed it was someone who held a grudge against his brother, the lord. He never thought she would be the target of such hatred. He never imagined the situation would end like this.

"Hey, you! Healer! Heal me! If you can heal Valerie, you can heal me too! As a healer, you must want money, right? I'll pay anything, even offer you women! So hurry, relieve me of this pain!"

He must have been in a lot of pain. Munsar was even crying, begging Reta for treatment. His breathing was heavy, and saliva was dripping from his mouth as he desperately spoke.

"---No."

"What, what did you say?"

"I said no. I don't want to heal you."

This was the first time Reta had refused to heal someone. The shock was significant. Everyone watching the scene was in disbelief.

"What are you saying?"

"I have no intention of helping someone who has hurt a girl and made her suffer for a year."

"That's ridiculous, you're a healer!"

"If I can't be a healer without healing you, then I don't want to be a healer. I'm often called soft, and I can be a coward and a wimp. I lack confidence in myself, and I'm just a useless old man—but I'm not good enough to heal a villain. Suffer as much as you can."