“This is unbelievable...”
There is a big difference between your ability being on the verge of going haywire and being branded.
In fact, Lillian Taillard looks completely normal, as if nothing had happened!
'What's happening?'
A moment. Does this mean...
That he was the only one who was tagged...?
“Water”
Lillian murmured against her lips at that moment.
“Water, solution... my throat is dry...”
Evren forcefully pulled his hand intertwined with hers.
His hand automatically went towards the bottle of water on the side table.
Fuck. He had never laughed so hard before, but he almost did now. For the first time in his life.
“Since you have regained consciousness, try to get up.”
“Why...”
“You should at least drink water.”
It was ridiculous.
Didn't you ask to drink water yourself a while ago?
The noise of movement echoed in the room, which was tense.
After Lillian drank the water, she rested her head again on the pillow.
But her gaze was still fixed on him.
Evren began speaking first: “I have marked you, Miss. What shall we do now?”
There was no response to this situation.
Indeed, Lillian Taillard remained silent in amazement.
“What are you thinking now?”
This woman is unpredictable from the first moment on the mountain road.
Lilian whispered in a voice so low that he almost missed Evren if it weren’t for his focus: “...I’m thinking you’re too late.”
“I'm the only one being tagged here, Tillard. What exactly am I late for?”
“Heh... where did those days when you were annoyingly clinging to me go?”
"…? I?"
when?
Lillian made a disgusted expression, her eyes narrowed tightly.
“Why are you pretending to refuse now?”
"I?"
“Are you going to keep talking nonsense based on how pretty your face is?”
"… I?"
“Yes”
Evren furrowed his left eyebrow slightly.
…Who are you mixing things up with now?
Is it possible that she is confusing him with her scumbag fiancé, Karkin Pavel?
“Wow”
Evren clicked his tongue.
'This is a whole new feeling'
If I wanted to describe it, I would say it felt like drinking the blood of monsters.
Monster blood tastes like water extracted from a rotting rag.
He couldn't understand at all.
Can a person love someone to the point of longing for them even in dreams?
Are normal humans like this?
While Efrain frowned, Lillian closed her eyes again.
“With this.. I have fulfilled all my promises.”
“...Promises? What promises?”
“Ah, don't talk to me. Work time is over...”
“What did you do to say work time was up?”
“I'm going to sleep...”
Lilian boldly answered the prince's question and then fell asleep again.
What an incredible woman.
“Hmmmm”
Evren rubbed his neck.
What is he doing now?
The nature of his ability began to act extremely disturbing; She kept insisting that salvation was so sweet that she wanted to destroy him.
Wouldn't it be better if Lillian Taillard didn't exist instead of all this trouble?
“Hey, just wait until you wake up.”
Because I have to make up my mind about what I'm going to do with you.
* * *
The next day, Lillian regains her normal human form.
Although her limbs were as weak as someone who had suffered from a fever, her mind was working efficiently.
She began to wish that she had died of fever instead of this reality.
'oh my god'
Why are you doing this to me?
Everything was going great; We succeeded in breaking off the engagement. I sent an anonymous report to the media, fled the capital, and taught Ramio a lesson.
But, as had been the case when she was ten, he did not give her an answer.
‘Can’t we go to temple together and pray? If I become an obedient child, perhaps my ability will be demonstrated!'
At that time, she insisted on her parents to take her to the temple to no avail.
If I had known that my parents would be killed by bandits, I would not have said a single word.
'Now, the situation itself has no way out.'
She did not feel happy even when the doctor with the smiling face congratulated her.
'I bless you for your vigilance, miss!'
Wake fever? At this age?
And on top of that, my energy is compatible with all the powerful women here?
'Does this make sense?'
In this world, it is very difficult for the compatibility rate to exceed 60%.
Is there another reason to rely on artifacts for control?
That's because it's rare to have a perfectly compatible Dominant.
'Besides, I'm the one who stopped the villain's rampage?'
This is impossible.
Since he was S-class, he must have gone over it himself; Male heroes can do everything.
He must have finally figured out a way to save himself.
This is truly congratulatory.
In fact, Lillian was aware of the truth, but she couldn't give up hope and was about to take refuge.
So she kept clinging to the last sweet dream before she went to meet the evil one.
The villain who came to greet her was wearing very loose clothing.
He still tied his long silver hair carelessly behind his neck.
'Oh my God, he doesn't even button his shirt to his neck. How shameful is this?
His body was massive and his muscles were prominent, and with those baggy clothes, he exuded an air of suspicious decadence.
All of which was the complete opposite of Second Prince Cale, a disciplined man.
There's a reason why people in the Puritan Empire turn away from evil...
'At least, his skin looks good'
Only then did I realize; Maybe that man was really in a dangerous situation.
“First, I bless you for your vigilance, Lillian Taillard.”
“Thank you, Your Highness the Prince.”
“But we ran into a bit of a big problem.”
“Ah, about the rampage-”
'Oh, there must be something wrong.' Lillian was holding her cheek and preparing to explain the matter with her sharp tongue.
But the villain moved his shirt collar further to the side.
In contrast to his beautiful face, his throat and collarbone showed clear masculine lines.
'What? Is he showing off a weird tattoo?'
Did this guy add another tattoo on his neck in addition to the one under his eye?
What is that style of chain that shines golden and then disappears?
It doesn't make sense.
Why would this man show such hideous things to Lillian, who wanted to live quietly and nobly?
“It is unbelievable”
She said it out loud without intending to.
“It's 'unbelievable' indeed, Miss Tillard.”
The villain smiled beautifully, but the red spider web pattern also appeared clearly.
The villain appears to be angry to the point of killing.
“I was tagged with you.”
“Oh, what a shame.”
“What do we do now?”
"...? Wait. I feel like I heard that sentence somewhere."
Moreover, is this Lillian's fault?
She is truly grateful that he saved her from Ramio, and grateful that he took care of her during her illness. But, no matter what she thought, she remained in her place.
For example, it was like a carriage parked quietly at the back gate of the palace, but the villain crashed into it and then came asking her what he would do because his driver's seat was broken.
However, she was not too lacking in social skill to argue with him in this situation.
Lillian wiped her face with her hand desperately, while the villain held his hands together.
“Miss. You do realize that this situation is very embarrassing, right?”
“Of course”
Tag? In the literature of novels, it is a romantic device to the extreme.
But in Vernis's world today, it is nothing less than a death sentence.
Because it literally means ripping my heart out of my body and letting it walk outside on its own!
‘If the person tagged is attacked, the damage will also come to you.’
In a world rife with political strife and monster extermination, this was downright suicide.
'But I.. I don't feel anything?'
Usually when branding is done, the pattern appears on the same part of the body, and there is said to be a burning sensation.
But Lillian didn't show anything.
And this means —
“……? Was it only Your Highness.. who was branded?”
“Yes. How do you feel holding my collar now?”
“I will do my best to find a way to bring him back.”
I don't buy it, I won't buy it.
But as soon as I offered to return it, the pattern under his eye got darker.
What a hideous personality, who feels a desire for destruction towards the tyrant who has been branded with him!
He approached her while smiling, and the smell of the forest that had destroyed Lillian's life was very strong.
“Your answer is so quick that I feel a little hurt, miss.”
Do you have a heart to feel hurt at all...?
Isn't your heart already ripped out?
The villain looked at Lillian with affection and his eyes narrowed with a smile: “Miss. I originally don’t have a controller of my own. With control stones and monster cores, why would I need one?”
Oh, of course.
Stones are better for you than humans who need emotional care.
“So I don’t intend to take you as my dominatrix, but to have a marking happen...”
“This is thanks to the generosity of Your Highness, who has helped me greatly in my awakening.”
The accusation was placed on him indirectly.
“Since it's come to this, do you want to be labeled as me too so we can be equal?”
He brilliantly expressed the phrase, “Do you want me to detain you?”
At this moment, Lillian had completely folded her original plan.
She lived a life that taught her that she would perish if she did not adapt quickly to the changing reality.
'Let my mind work again'
This man is going to start a war in four years.
To tag each other here?
So Lillian will be dragged into the middle of that sea of blood.
'There is only this way'
“Your Highness, I know a way to undo the marking. And that is on the one-year anniversary of its occurrence.”
It took 0.3 seconds to reach this conclusion.