Chapter 301: Could it be cursed?

This girl actually didn’t dodge!?

Seeing Luoqi actually close her eyes with a blushing face, Shane couldn’t help feeling delighted.

This is Princess!

Moreover, she’s the Kingdom’s treasure, the Goddess that tens of millions of people throughout the nation enthusiastically adore and yearn for.

How many nobles exhaust themselves just to exchange a few words with her?

How many men go all out just for the chance to catch an additional glance from her?

Such a girl, capable of driving countless people into frenzied adoration, the number one beauty of the Human Race, now stands before him, her face flushed, her eyes closed–how could Shane not be moved?

Kiss!

Even if it means making enemies with the whole world, he had to kiss her!

With that thought, Shane prepared to seize those luscious, rosy lips before him.

But at that moment, a very abrupt noise suddenly burst forth from a villa, awakening both Shane and Luoqi.

Luoqi’s eyes snapped open, as if regaining her senses from a trance, and a wave of shame rose in her heart, prompting her to instinctively push Shane away.

Shane, on the other hand, was completely confused, and it took him a while to grasp what had happened.

Interrupted?

A cliched interruption?

Damn it!

In an instant, Shane was filled with endless anger.

Luoqi, oblivious to this, seemed extremely embarrassed about not having resisted at all, and after straightening her clothes and taking a deep breath, she turned toward Shane and forced calm into her voice.

“Okay… let’s go inside and see… Ah…!”

Luoqi’s feigned calmness turned into a cry of surprise in the next second.

Because Shane suddenly extended his hand and pulled her back into his embrace.

“You… Hmm…!?”

Luoqi, shocked, tried to say something but then her eyes widened.

In front of the luxurious mansion, Shane held Luoqi tightly and unhesitatingly captured her lips.

Luoqi felt her mind jolt, her pupils shrank, and she was completely stunned.

Shane was unapologetic, not only stealing the kiss from the lips of this number one Princess,

Interrupted, right?

Cliches, right?

No way!

If they were interrupted once, then so what? Just kiss her again, what’s the big deal?

Think there won’t be a follow-up just because you interrupted?

No chance!

Risk the skin to drag down the Emperor, when one has no shame, one can be invincible. With thick enough skin, what’s to fear in not going for another kiss?

That’s just how crude it is!

That’s just how impetuous it is!

With such indignation,

While the Princess was in a daze, clueless and not coming back to her senses for a long while.

Under the sunset, a man and a woman let their shadows merge together, passionately kissing.

Little did they know, in the villa from which the noise had just emitted, a father and son were having a confrontation.

…

“How many days has it been, that damn Adventurer is still lingering in the Royal Capital, all he does is hang around the Lazahad family or stay in the Royal Palace. I only asked you to deliver something, and you can’t even handle this simple task!?”

Barry rarely showed anger, but he was furiously scolding Lymco, who stood in front of him.

Next to Barry, some objects lay shattered.

Clearly, the noise from before was the handiwork of this irate Duke.

Standing before Barry, Lymco hung his head, hands clenched tightly, showing a look of anger he dared not express.

He was angry too!

These days, Lymco had visited the Lazahad family more than once and even loitered in the Royal Palace, waiting for Shane to personally accept his “gift,” to lure him out of the Royal Capital.

However, Lymco either got rebuffed, encountering nothing but emptiness, unable to see Shane, or after handing over the “gift,” Shane gave not the slightest reaction, as if the event had never occurred, leaving Lymco questioning his life’s choices.

What this guy didn’t know is that all his so-called “gifts” had been either discarded by Shane, or covertly dealt with by Lasha.

Thus, Shane had no idea what was inside, never thought to step out of the Royal Capital, and even forgot about the matter.

Barry, seeing no progress, finally lost patience and gave Lymco a piece of his mind.

Lymco just had to endure it, but in his heart, he thought venomously.

(Someday, you will fall by my hand.)

(I’ll make you realize that the Princess is not someone you should touch.)

(Someone like you doesn’t even deserve to touch a finger of hers.)

Lymco swore to himself.

He had no idea that not far from his home, the Princess he idolized, far from just a finger, was almost entirely consumed.

…

“Whew…”

It wasn’t clear how much time had passed before Shane finally exhaled, satisfied, and released Luoqi’s lips, as well as her from his embrace.

“Hmm…”

Yet, Luoqi felt her entire body go limp, her knees weakened, causing her to collapse to the ground.

At this, Shane was startled and quickly pulled the Princess back into his arms.

Once again enveloped in that familiar embrace, Luoqi finally came to her senses and hurriedly pushed Shane away, staggering back, covering her mouth, pointing at Shane.

“You… you…”

Luoqi didn’t know whether to be angry or embarrassed, her pretty face flushed crimson, her beautiful eyes brimming with indignation, pointing at Shane, her hand trembling.

“Ahem…”

Shane cleared his throat, turned away, and looked at the mansion before him.

“Upon closer inspection, this place is actually pretty nice. Yep, very nice, quite fitting for me.”

Shane proceeded to nod seriously, feigning approval with an air of great satisfaction.

Luoqi nearly fainted with rage.

This shameless guy, given a house this big for free, was still playing coy, and now that he’s taken advantage, he actually wants to accept it? What utter dregs!

In a fury, Luoqi grabbed Shane’s hand and before he could react, she bit down fiercely.

“Ow!”

Shane let out a sorry howl, his face, once proud and victorious, morphed into a picture of pain.

“Let go, let go! Ow! Are you a dog?!”

Shane struggled desperately.

Damn! Had his Resistance Skill stopped working? Why did it hurt so much?!

Shane’s face twisted in pain.

Luoqi, however, had thoroughly vented, leaving a very obvious set of teeth marks on Shane’s hand before finally letting go.

“That’ll teach you to bully me, Princess! You deserve it!”

Luoqi huffed coldly, turned on her heel, and took off running.

Shane rubbed his hand and gasped for air, and upon seeing Luoqi making her escape, he ground his teeth and shouted.

“Luoqi and Lusi! You’re done for!”

Shane immediately pursued her in a rage, intent on showing this girl some discipline.

So they crashed into the mansion, one running, one chasing, and ended up playing hide-and-seek for a whole hour.

With no other choice, since Shane was not one to take a loss lying down, and Luoqi didn’t dare let herself be caught by him, combined with their nearly equal strength and stamina, the result naturally was a persistent stalemate, with one never caught and the other never managing to catch.

When night fell, they had no choice but to call a truce in the garden.

“We have an agreement, you’re not allowed to use this to take revenge on me later.”

Luoqi made her demand from a distance, still hiding behind a tree.

“All right, come on out.”

Shane looked at her, completely at a loss, his anger dissipated, only helplessness and resignation left on his face.

“If you back out, I’ll tell everyone in the Royal Capital at tomorrow’s routine appearance that you were rude to me.”

Luoqi peeked out from behind the tree, issuing this warning.

Shane was almost defeated by her.

This girl, one moment the perfect, untouchable ice Goddess in the eyes of the public, the next an aloof Princess beyond the nobles’ reach, even in front of her sister Liyadella, always so stern and composed. But now, in front of him, she acted like a little girl who had lost all her dignity. Just what was her true face?

Shane was nearly bamboozled.

Of course, being confused didn’t matter.

Shane only needed to understand one thing.

“I bit you once, you bit me once, we’re even.”

Shane implied as much with his statement.

Luoqi paused, then quickly grasped the meaning behind Shane’s “I bit you once”, and her cute face instantly turned red again.

Seeing her react that way, Shane smiled.

That’s right, he only needed to understand one thing.

That blushing, flustered expression, it must be her genuine self, from deep within her heart.

To sum it up in one sentence.

“I don’t lose out at all on this exchange.”

Shane felt secure.

Instead, Luoqi began to feel indignant.

“The Princess’ favor isn’t so easily taken.”

Luoqi muttered under her breath, then stepped out from behind the tree and came up to Shane, grabbing his hand.

“You’re still going on?!”

Shane jumped at her action and immediately tried to pull away.

“Don’t move!”

However, Luoqi stopped Shane with a serious and dignified expression.

Stunned by Luoqi’s earnest and solemn look, Shane unconsciously ceased his struggles.

Luoqi then took a moment to look at the teeth marks on Shane’s hand, and then at him, as if wanting to etch his image deep into her memory, before gently caressing the teeth marks on his hand.

“Oh?”

Shane exclaimed with surprise.

He suddenly felt a strange magic flow from her slender fingertips into his hand with her light caress.

As this happened, the teeth marks on Shane’s hand inexplicably looked mysterious, almost mystical, like some ancient patterned mark.

“What did you do?”

Shane asked in astonished amazement.

“It’s nothing, just a little mark for you,” Luoqi glanced at Shane and then, with what seemed like a complicated expression, said, “That way, you can’t run away in the future.”

After leaving these words behind, Luoqi turned and walked away.

There remained only Shane, staring at the mark on his hand, his heart pounding.

“Could I have been cursed?”

This… was a bit frightening…