Instead of My Beloved Sister, I Married a Monster - Chapter 72

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Chapter 72

 

Evnia had never kissed anyone before, and she couldn’t see anything because he was covering her eyes, but the moment his breath touched her, she naturally knew.

 

That he had kissed her.

 

His lips felt like a pleasant dream.

 

It felt even more so with her eyes closed.

 

Was it because she was surprised, or because her heart was fluttering?

 

They had merely touched skin to skin, yet everything felt distant in an instant.

 

When Evnia’s lips trembled involuntarily, he gently stroked her cheek with his thumb knuckle as if to soothe her. Then he slowly pulled away from her.

 

The warmth that had covered her lips faded away like a dream.

 

Evnia unconsciously voiced the thought that came to her mind.

 

“Is this a dream…?”

 

“Yes, think of it as a dream.”

 

He answered in a hoarse voice. His hand covering her eyes still hadn’t moved away.

 

She couldn’t readily believe either the word “dream” or the strangely real feeling, so she carefully licked her lower lip.

 

She could taste another person on her tongue, confirming that touching him hadn’t been her imagination.

 

Evnia murmured softly.

 

“It tastes like blood.”

 

“Sorry for ruining your first kiss.”

 

He apologized without hesitation.

 

It wasn’t exactly the appropriate thing to say after kissing a woman.

 

Evnia became even more confused. She couldn’t understand why he had kissed her at all.

 

Even in her normal state, it would have been difficult to find an answer, but now she was in pain as well.

 

Frustrated by her sluggish thoughts, Evnia let out a pained groan.

 

“Does it still hurt?”

 

Evnia nodded without hesitation. She even thought he was annoying for asking such an obvious question.

 

In this situation, her fever would only get worse, not better.

 

Perhaps sensing this through their touching skin, he let out a quiet, troubled sigh.

 

The man who had been standing by the bedside as if about to leave at any moment finally sat down beside her. Then, unbelievably, he kissed her again.

 

This kiss was a little different from before.

 

He alternately sucked gently on her upper and lower lips, then softly parted her closed mouth.

 

Soon something soft invaded her mouth.

 

He seemed more surprised by this than she was, hesitating for a moment before moving his stiffened tongue again.

 

Evnia couldn’t even think to push him away and blankly followed his movements.

 

As if his previous clumsy actions had been mere mistakes, he led her with remarkable skill.

 

Their lips met, their breaths intertwined, then parted briefly again…

 

The unfamiliar sensations overwhelmed her relentlessly, so it took Evnia quite a while to notice that the texture felt somewhat strange.

 

His lip surface was completely roughened with what looked like bite marks.

 

‘So that’s why it tastes like blood.’

 

Though it was somewhat embarrassing to think this while lying sick from overexertion, Evnia felt an impulse to heal him.

 

This feeling was even stronger because he had once tended to her wounds.

 

‘It’s just a small scratch… this much should be okay, right?’

 

Somehow she felt that if not now, she would never get another chance to touch his lips.

 

Since she didn’t even know why he had kissed her, it was perhaps a natural judgment.

 

Evnia raised her arm to touch his lips, then realized she would have to stop kissing to do so and hesitated, stiffening her body.

 

Did she absolutely need to use her hands for healing? Couldn’t she use another part of her body?

 

After a moment’s consideration, she concluded that she should just try it now and see.

 

When Evnia carefully extended her tongue to lick the injured area, the man’s body stiffened instantly.

 

Though he didn’t show it outwardly, had the bitten area been quite painful for him too?

 

Her heart growing anxious, Evnia hurriedly pressed her lips firmly and channeled power into his wound.

 

Fortunately, it seemed to work as a cool breeze soon flowed into her mouth.

 

At that moment, the man abruptly pulled away from her.

 

Finally able to see ahead, Evnia slowly opened her closed eyes.

 

Though she felt a little disappointed that the kiss had ended, the joy of success felt greater for now.

 

Seeing his lips now completely healed, a happy smile spread across Evnia’s face.

 

“Ah, it worked.”

 

However, her proud feeling didn’t last long.

 

His expression, which she hadn’t been able to check while focusing on the lip wound, finally came into view.

 

The man who had pulled far away from her was looking at her with a bewildered gaze, his entire face flushed bright red.

 

The atmosphere was definitely not one where they could naturally continue kissing as if nothing had happened.

 

“You…”

 

The man who had been calling Evnia with a lost expression covered his mouth.

 

He couldn’t have been shocked by the kiss he had initiated himself, so could it be that he didn’t know she had developed healing abilities?

 

But that wouldn’t be something to be so startled and surprised about either.

 

While Evnia was also confused by his incomprehensible reaction.

 

The man got up from his seat with broken, creaking movements as if malfunctioning.

 

As if he had even forgotten that he could use magic, he walked on his own feet and fled from her room.

 

Evnia stared blankly at his retreating figure and only came to her senses after hearing the door close.

 

Though there would be no words that could catch a man who had already disappeared.

 

Only a dazed breath escaped from her lips.

 

“Uh…”

 

Why on earth did he run away?

 

No, why did he kiss me in the first place…?

 

If there was one thing certain, it was that this probably wasn’t a dream.

 

If it had been a dream, he would have stayed by her side as long as she wanted.

 

Evnia collapsed onto the bed as if crumbling.

 

Her head was so dizzy that her thoughts could no longer continue.

 

For her, this was rather fortunate.

 

Thanks to this, she didn’t even have the energy to rack her brains all night over the bad man who had stolen her lips and then run away on his own.

 

The moment Evnia put her head back on the pillow, she fell asleep as if fainting.

 

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The place the man headed to immediately after leaving Evnia’s room was the storehouse in the basement.

 

Though he wasn’t usually one to enjoy drinking, he had quite a collection of fine liquors due to his long life.

 

Most were cases where someone had already given him expensive gifts that became incredibly more valuable over time.

 

The man chose the bottle closest to him and uncorked it.

 

Then, without even attempting to taste it, he downed all the liquid inside in one gulp.

 

Surely anyone who saw this would be horrified that such treatment wasn’t befitting of what was certainly a famous wine, but he didn’t have the luxury to worry about such matters.

 

He wanted to become unconscious more than ever before.

 

“I have to keep doing this kind of thing?”

 

Asking himself this question, the man picked up another bottle as if denying reality.

 

When Giyermo first caused trouble, should he have looked for a way to break the pact somehow? Had it been a mistake to complacently waste time trusting only that case study book of uncertain origin?

 

He never expected the pact, which had been quiet all this time, to blindside him in this way.

 

What was more frightening was that this blindsiding might not be just this once.

 

The man’s voice became serious.

 

“…No, I might have to do something even worse than this?”

 

The conditions for proving a married couple were actually obvious.

 

Since overcoming this crisis through spiritual love was impossible from the start, he would have to make up for it physically, but having actually tried it, the body wasn’t something to take lightly either.

 

To be honest, until he actually attempted the kiss, the man had been somewhat confident.

 

Confident that he could perform the medical procedure calmly and maturely without any emotional disturbance.

 

He wasn’t cold-hearted enough to tell a child who had already suffered because of him to hurt instead so he could preserve his chastity.

 

No, it was ridiculous from the start to be coy about an act that was no different from artificial respiration, giving it strange meanings.

 

He had definitely thought that way…

 

“Damn it.”

 

This was exactly why he had tried to empty his mind completely, but as his thoughts continued, he unconsciously recalled that sensation again.

 

Ram hurriedly opened the second bottle.

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