I Became the Monster’s Bride

raised an eyebrow as if it was an unexpected reaction from her.

“You don’t really care about anything at all.”

“……?”

Roelin looked puzzled with what he had just said.
Then, Kergel shook his head and stood facing her on that altar.

“I’m going to hurt you from here right up to here.”

He pointed at Roelin’s palm and said so.
But her reaction was still as calm as possible.

It was really unexpected.
He would have to openly draw her palm with this dagger to hurt her.
Nevertheless, there was no sign of fear at all even though it was no different from what she responded earlier.

It was hard to believe that she had been a Princess who grew up beautifully supported.
But even so, the woman in front of him was clearly the Royal Daughter of Rakain.

‘Well, it doesn’t matter anyhow.’

That was not important anyway.
After Kergel shook off his thoughts, he slowly placed the dagger on Roelin’s palm.

The sharp blade shone momentarily and her body began to tremble.

“……!”

Blood started oozing on that small white palm.
However, Roelin did not groan even once as she silently endured the pain.
Kergel glanced at it and proceeded to draw his hand with the dagger this time.

It was a more relentless attitude than when Roelin had her palm drawn.
In fact, it seemed that his wound was far deeper than hers, so blood quickly oozed from his palm and began dribbling down.

“Oh! A lot of blood…”

Roelin was surprised to see blood seeping from his palm and dripped onto the floor as she tried handing over a handkerchief.
However, instead of taking her handkerchief, Kergel shook his head and winked.

“Ah…”

She only recalled what he had just said.

‘That’s right.
He said that I have to put my hand on top of his right after he opened a wound for himself.’

What Kergel pointed with a wink was the marble that they had to raise their hands at.

Roelin calmed her surprised chest and nodded slightly.
Then, she took a step in following him.

“You can put your hand on this side.”

She stood in front of the marble and he added a little explanation to her.
After Roelin had nodded repeatedly, she slowly raised her hand.

As soon as she placed her hand on the marble, the first thing she felt was the cold air that seemed to have frozen her down to the bone.
She unwittingly tried to pull away.
But at that moment, Kergel put his hand on the back of Roelin’s.

“Hold on for a second like this.”

At his low voice, she soon stopped moving to release herself.
On the other hand, Roelin’s body was suddenly being filled with strength.

It was because of his hand’s touch and body temperature that were touching the back of her hand.
All of it—his large hands that were left remained even after wrapping her hands and the body temperature that was even higher than hers—was rather unfamiliar.