CH 32

Chapter 32

Wasn’t this the answer he wanted…? Elysia wondered what was wrong with Damon, who didn’t respond even though she had given the answer he was likely to want. It seemed that she had misunderstood.

‘It must have been this.’

It seemed that his way of thinking could not have been guessed by ordinary people. Rolling her eyes, she felt unbearable even by the moment of silence before cautiously calling for him.

“…Your Grace?”

“The blood continues to flow.”

The finger he was holding was still dripping with blood. Drops of blood that had pooled over the wound slowly dripped down. At that moment, the drops of blood running down her fingers even looked creepy.

“Your—!”

She was about to remove her finger from his hand when she heard that there was blood, though her finger had already entered his mouth. Elysia was so startled that she couldn’t even speak, and only her lips twitched.

Now, her finger was in Damon’s mouth. As His tongue even licked and sucked at the wound, her fingertips tingled from the touch of something hot and humid.

On the other side, in the quiet room, only the sound of him sucking her finger could be heard.

“Ah…”

His act of licking her finger meticulously was so bizarre. Elysia couldn’t raise her head as she somehow felt her face blush. When she lifted her head, she met his blue eyes, who was sucking her finger hard.

His blue eyes were shining sharply as he stared at her.

She trembled at the stimulation that seemed to penetrate her whole body. His tongue sucking her finger and his eyes staring only at her with a piercing gaze… it was difficult to bear. It felt like her head was spinning round and round.

She had the illusion that this blood-sucking figure was like a sexy vampire.

“It’s really easy to stop the bleeding right away when you suck it out of your mouth.”

Damon smiling brightly with his white teeth showing, saying that the blood would stop soon, was truly terrifyingly attractive. It was a smile that she couldn’t help but fall in love with so much that she couldn’t feel the danger.

It seemed impossible to reject him.

***

“….”

After that incident, they didn’t say anything and just gazed at each other awkwardly. To tell the truth, only she was uncomfortable with him.

Damon, rather, smiled broadly and looked at her from the side.

“Excuse me… Your Grace.”

“Do you have anything to say?”

Even before she could even speak, Elysia shook her head in response to his burdensome eyes. He must have been trying to torment her in a new way. No matter how much he didn’t want to marry her, it was cowardly to come and torment her like this.

In particular, she needed to hurry up and finish the veil for the wedding.

“When are you leaving?”

Politely turned around, she meant for him to leave. If he continued, she could not complete the veil. Obviously, she would make another mistake while making it, and if Damon reacted every time, the same thing could happen again.

“Do you want me to go back?”

“Well… If Your Grace stays, I will not be able to make the veil.”

Of course, she wanted him to go back. Why would she want him to stay…?

Not only was he unable to empathize with the feelings of others, but it was also clear that he was a little ignorant. Even though she was giving such an uncomfortable look, he didn’t seem to show any signs of going back.

“If the wife gets hurt again, shouldn’t I have to treat you?”

Also, hearing that he would be doing the same thing as before, she frowned as much as she could.

‘…What is he talking about now?’

“I’m fine, so just go home.”

“I’m fine, too.”

“Your Grace…? If you keep doing this, the wedding will be disrupted.”

She wanted him to go back sooner rather than forcing him like this. He wasn’t even a small child, and he didn’t know why he was suddenly behaving like crazy. He didn’t fit in at all, so Elysia was feeling reluctant.

“It’s not okay if there’s a disruption.”

“I think you have to go back for that.”

There was a limit on how people could smile and talk. She felt like her insides were burning inside because of the frustration Damon caused.

But, did he really want to delay the marriage somehow…?

“You don’t want to get married that bad?”

They didn’t like each other, and she wanted to cancel it. She knew, of course, that she couldn’t cancel because of the nonsensical rule.

“Does the wife think I don’t want to get married?”

“Other than that, I don’t think there’s any reason to disturb me like this.”

“My presence is a disturbance.”

‘Yes. Very, very much.’

After all, she couldn’t begin to embroider, thinking that he would fuss every time she was pricked by the needle.

“I have to concentrate… I think it will be difficult if someone is by my side.”

Elysia, who was already sleepy, was worried to death that he didn’t want to go back because she wanted to quickly finish the part she had to complete today and go to sleep.

“If you think about it, I mean… After all, isn’t that the seal of the Grand Duchy?”

“Yes, it is.”

“Though I don’t understand why the wife embroidered the seal.”

“Originally, the veil was worn by the bride…”

Was he picking a fight again this time?

Elysia put her hand over her forehead because of her already throbbing head.

Damon Raphael was really crazy. She didn’t think he was just crazy about the carnage maniac part. For her, who had a normal mind, she couldn’t quite understand him. In the end, it was her who would die either way.

“Yes. It was originally made by the bride.”

“Yeah, so I want you to go back.”

‘…Please, I wish you would go back when I’m still speaking politely.’

Even though she didn’t want to offend Damon, she was too scared to go against his heart. In addition, he was a madman whose direction of actions was unknown.

“Isn’t it right for me, a member of the Grand Duchy family, to finish the veil and put it on the wife?”

“…What?”

What was this man saying now? Elysia stared at him with wide eyes at the unbelievable remarks. However, Damon still didn’t seem to know what was wrong. He still just gazed at her as if asking what was wrong.

“I think it would be right for me to embroider it myself.”

Could all this be a dream…? It seemed that her health had not fully recovered yet. Or else, this couldn’t have been real. It couldn’t be because it was really happening, and she didn’t know how to react if it was real—

“So, don’t do anything, wife.”

“….”

“Wife?”

Yes, of course. In the first place, Damon had no reason to treat her with kindness, calling her ‘wife, wife,’ and so on.

As expected, all of this was a dream.

“Elysia?”

“Ah…”

No, it was not. Oh, my God! It wasn’t a dream!

Damon Raphael wanted to do embroidery…!

“Elysia.”

“Nonsense…”

It was never a dream when she felt the pain as she bit the flesh in her mouth. Nevertheless, if it was not a dream, how could she explain this situation now?

“What doesn’t make sense?”

“It makes no sense for Your Grace to do embroidery.”

“Is there any reason I shouldn’t?”

Elysia had already said that the bride should do it. Still, those words didn’t seem to work for him at all…

“More than anything, you can’t embroider.”

Even after she practiced for several weeks, her skills did not improve. Damon couldn’t have done such a delicate job. She could not have imagined that he would be sitting quietly while embroidering, rather than causing someone to suffer.

…He was more suited to places with bloodstains than embroidery.

“How does the wife know that I can’t do embroidery?”

“Of course…”

“Of course, I can’t?”

Elysia hurriedly nodded her head. Wasn’t that normal? Even Edward, who had a docile personality, would not be able to do embroidery. But, Damon Raphael… embroidering…?

It was nonsense.

“What would you do if I knew how to embroider?”

She didn’t know what to say. In fact, it would have been surprising if he knew how to do embroidery though it didn’t do her any favors.

“Please, stop joking around and go back.”

“I’m not kidding… Why won’t the wife believe me?”

No more jokes were allowed from now on. Indeed, she was running out of time, and she wasted even the time by quarreling with him.

“If I were to make the veil, wouldn’t it be nice so the wife doesn’t get hurt?”

“Originally, veils are made by the bride.”

“I don’t like the wife getting hurt, and if she’s absolutely obliged to finish the veil, I think it’s better for me to do it.”

Damon’s utterly incomprehensible reaction made her more and more angry. It seemed like he was constantly teasing her.

“The bride wearing the veil made by the groom will be even more special.”

“That is not possible.”

“Why do you think it won’t be possible?”

“Well… Of course, you won’t be able to embroider it.”

To be honest she didn’t want to admit that he could do what Elysia couldn’t do properly. Not believing him also contributed to that.

Unaware of Elysia’s complicated mind, Damon just smiled with a hint of interest.

“If I could finish the veil, what would the wife do for me?”