CHAPTER 403: SUBSTITUTE BRIDE OF THE DEMON KING (7)

Even if Silas knew that Yue Ran was fake, he could not help but be left in a daze for a moment.

Looking at Yue Ran made it seem as if he was gazing at the real Ellie. He loved and longed for Ellie to look at him with such deep affection and despair...

It was a pity that Ellie did not love him. She rejected his marriage proposal and even sent him a substitute on their wedding day.

Yue Ran did not know Silas’s thoughts at that moment. Even so, she understood that the more stubborn and obsessive the male protagonists were, the more they liked to seek a substitute when they could not attain the real one.

The guards nearby gathered once more. Yue Ran struggled to break free from their control, but unfortunately, she was a delicate and powerless woman who could not utilize magic.

Seeing that she could not get away, Yue Ran could no longer endure the humiliation and thus simply turned the sword around. There was a strong determination in her eyes— one not afraid to stare at death in the face— and the cold light stabbed straight at her body.

Ruan Ruan, in Yue Ran’s sea of consciousness, could barely stop himself from shouting in fright.

This kind of self-torture trick, like stabbing herself, would never be used again next time. After all, who would want to suffer when they do not have to?

Yue Ran could smell the faint scent of blood emanating from her body, wrapped in crimson— the blood that painted her pure white inner garment.

Yue Ran suddenly raised her head, her eyelashes trembling slightly, and she smiled gently at the other party, pulling Silas back to the moment when he and "she" had just met for the first time.

That was the first time Ellie and Silas met one another.

During that period, the male protagonist was still a gloomy, no-name person in the magic academy. However, Ellie was different; she was bright and generous. Even if everyone in the academy disliked him, she would not dislike him or turn him away.

Silas was absent-minded for a fleeting second.

In a rapid moment of change, from pride to despair, that bright and moving face, which previously radiated warmth and life, seemed to be shrouded in an unsettling pallor as if it was veiled with a layer of death.

When Yue Ran lifted her head, a soft smile broke through the turmoil in her heart, and tears fell from her eyes, glistening like fragile crystals in the faint light. It was bittersweet. The juxtaposition of her smile and her tears created a haunting beauty in her sorrow, a stark testament to the deep well of emotion she was struggling to contain.

Silas narrowed his eyes and raised his hand. He wanted to know what kind of game this woman was orchestrating.

The guards around who received his silent instruction immediately complied by stepping back, freeing Yue Ran from the confines of their grip. In the instant when darkness was about to swallow her vision, Yue Ran caught sight of Silas striding purposefully towards her.

Yue Ran’s heart fell, and she fainted with a slight sense of relief. Fortunately, the male protagonist truly loved the female protagonist at this time. Therefore, even if Silas knew that Yue Ran was a fake, he could still somewhat accept her presence.

Sure enough, the crazy male protagonist was a genuine mad dog.

...

Yue Ran was unconscious for two whole days. After two days, she finally woke up.

This time, she woke up not in a dark cell, unlike the original plot, but in a clean and tidy bedroom. The wounds on her body had also been treated.

The sunlight from the window slanted in, the air was quiet and fresh, and there was a maid standing by the bed, looking ready to serve her medicine.

Yue Ran reviewed the plot again, thinking about how to successfully finish her mission of completing the plot points while also tormenting the male protagonist and the male supporting role. Oh, she would not forget about the female protagonist, too, of course.

In the plot, Silas is violent and fierce. His methods of dealing with others are cruel and perverted. There is no need to talk about his strength— basically, no one is his opponent.

As a qualified male protagonist, in addition to not being able to bear to hurt the female protagonist, he can be cruel to anyone else. Silas could be positioned as one of the best among the rank of crazy male protagonists.

It is definitely not feasible to deal with such a person by force. It is estimated that the male protagonist is unlikely to bow his head to any external force, even until his death. So Yue Ran still has to make him feel moved— just like how he loves the female protagonist in the end and is willing to give up everything for her.

It was an all-powerful love— bloody and vulgar.

Just to her liking.

Yue Ran rubbed her aching head, contemplating the difficulty of the task. It might be a bit challenging to let a dog man who has someone in his heart (the female protagonist, Ellie) give up everything for her (Yue Ran).

"Your Majesty, the queen, you are finally awake."

While she was lost in thought, the voice of a woman came from her side. Yue Ran subconsciously turned her head to look at the stranger with a pair of symmetrical goat-like horns atop her head, dressed in a maid uniform.

The woman, supposedly a maid, walked to the bed with a bowl of unknown, dark liquid. The instant she came close, the strong smell of medicine diffused all around Yue Ran, seemingly enveloping her and insisting on not letting go.

Yue Ran frowned slightly, and she moved her sitting position back a little uncomfortably.

"Your Majesty, the queen? You call me the queen? Whose wife am I?"