Chapter 229 - Need to drink

All the eyes were upon her and Soohyun found herself growing anxious. She had a hard time controlling her nerves earlier. 

Then, Han Minhyun's words on how to not let fear and insecurity impact her came into Soohyun's mind. Although it was slightly difficult, she managed to clear away her mind.

Butler Shin coughed and started, "About the entire process, Master will be pouring some of his blood into the glass, and you will be mixing your blood along with his, Mistress. 

After that, I will be reciting an incantation upon it, and you will be drinking the blood then after standing inside that circle along with Minhyun. After that, I will be mumbling some spells, and everything will be going on its own then. You will be needing to fight against everything that is targeted towards you."

Everything told by the Butler was understandable by Soohyun. The part about drinking blood was something she found disturbing. Nonetheless, she was well aware that it was something important.

Soohyun nodded.

As if noticing Lee Soohyun's growing anxiety, Han Minhyun squeezed upon her hand softly. His actions caused a small smile to spread over Soohyun's face.

"Fighting, Jiwoo! You can do it!" Hwang Yejoon cheered on as a bright smile sat upon his face.

While mischief showed upon his eyes, Seo Jaesung vocalised, "I already made a set of pranks to pull upon you after you make out of it. Don't disappoint me."

Lee Soohyun scoffed at his words. 

Her eyes then fell upon Kim Junghyun, who remained silent through the entire time, and a small pout formed on her face. Words of encouragement from him would be nice.

"What are you staring? You do not look like someone who would easily die," Junghyun vocalised. A frown sat upon his features.

Shaking her head, Soohyun was about to look towards Minhyun when she heard him mumble, "Good luck!"

Lee Soohyun's lips curved slightly up at that, and as she stared at Minhyun, something caught her eyes. Han Minhyun had his jaws clenched, and this left her wondering on what the possible reason behind it could be.

Nonetheless, as if noticing her curiosity, Minhyun immediately changed the expression upon his, and his face immediately showed nonchalance upon it.

Soohyun gave him a questioning glance which he seemed to ignore, and he pulled her hand towards the direction of the glass table, beside which Butler Shin stood.

As Han Minhyun extended his palm, Butler Shin placed a silver knife in his face. Clutching on to the knife tightly, Minhyun held it closer to his other hand, and a small cut was made into it.

Han Minhyun placed his hand in front of the goblet, and Soohyun watched as the red blood flowed down his hand to the goblet. After a couple of droplets of his blood had fallen into the goblet, Minhyun raised his hand up.

Soohyun could see how his wound was beginning to close up, and she found herself being amazed at it. It resembled something out of those fictional movie.

She noticed that Minhyun held the knife at her direction, and accepting the knife from Minhyun's hand, she stared down at her wrist. Although she did not have the courage to make a cut upon her, she knew that she had to do it.

Whilst making sure that she would be slicing against any of the major blood vessels or make the cut too deep, Soohyun gradually drive the sharp surface of the knife across her wrist.

The blood instantly flowed down it as a sharp pain went through her wrist, and bringing her hand over the goblet, she let the blood flow down into the goblet.

"That is enough," Minhyun vocalised whilst gripping her hand softly.

Nodding at his words, Soohyun moved her hand back. That is when, Minhyun took out a handkerchief from one of his pockets and handed it over to her.

Accepting the handkerchief from Minhyun, Soohyun pressed it over her wound before wrapped her wrist along with it and tying a small knot at the end.

Butler Shin then extended his hand at the direction of the goblet, and as his eyes narrowed upon it, strange words left his mouth. Soohyun could barely make out one of those words, and her eyes just kept staring at the blood.

Thinking about drinking the entire thing made a chill go down her back, and she had a hard time keeping that calm expression upon her face.

After Butler Shin was done with his spell, he held the goblet towards Soohyun, and feeling nauseated about drinking the entire thing, she extended her hand towards the drink.

Accepting the glass from Butler Shin, she stared at the drink in the glass, and she did not believe that she had the strength to drink the entire thing.

"The taste would just seem metallic to you for the most part," Minhyun stated.

The taste did not matter to Lee Soohyun. It was the fact that she had to drink fresh blood did, and holding in her disgust, she forced out a smile upon her face. There was no way Minhyun would be understanding her current problem.

As Han Minhyun began to walk, Soohyun followed after him, and as he entered into the curtain, she stepped inside along with him.

After they did so, Butler Shin spoke out couple of words along Hwang Yejoon, and the words did not at all sound Korean to Soohyun. This must be the starting of the spell.

"For everything to actually start, you need to drink that," Minhyun vocalised.

Soohyun nodded at that, and scrunching up her nose, she lifted the goblet filled with blood. Bringing it closer to her mouth, she hesitantly took a sip of it.

Although bile rose in her throat at drinking the contents inside the goblet, Soohyun did not stop or throw. Closing her eyes, she immediately drank down the blood whilst keeping her eyes closed.

The taste of the blood was not pleasant, and as Soohyun pulled away the goblet away from her mouth, red blood stained on one of the corners of her lips.