The Unlikely Imprint of the Villainess and the Male Lead - Chapter 7
Chapter 7
Translator: Yonnee
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“…Pardon?”
Richt, too, didn’t want to create more trouble with Luciana. However, contrary to his wishes, he couldn’t simply let her go.
Because they were already…
“Because of what happened last night, you and I have imprinted.”
Their souls were now bound as one.
“…Excuse me. What?”
A sense of unease suddenly washed over her. The mental fortitude Luciana had maintained started to crack.
‘Imprinted?’
Her delicate brow furrowed. She didn’t intend to mock Richt, but her body reacted to the absurdity of his statement.
Imprint.
It wasn’t a word commonly used in daily life, but it frequently appeared in the romance novels she used to read as a hobby before she died.
‘And he did that with me?’
Knowing the rough meaning of the word, Luciana felt herself sinking deeper into confusion.
Imprinting was usually associated with non-human characters or protagonists with mixed blood taking someone as their mate.
‘What’s going on? Richt should be an ordinary human like me, right?’
No matter how much she racked her brain, she couldn’t recall any mention of the male lead’s special origins in the novel.
“…Um. You’re joking, right?”
“Do I look like I’m joking?”
She asked just in case, but his sharp response left her speechless.
‘I can’t exactly say we’re in a novel. I’m serious too.’
No matter how much she thought about it, she couldn’t accept Richt’s claim about imprinting.
‘Is this a situation I can handle?’
If what he said was true, it was a serious matter for both her and Richt.
Luciana desperately tried to squeeze out the last remnants of her rationality, but she couldn’t keep up with the absurd reality.
Imprint. As if causing a huge mess with the male lead, who had always treated her like she was invisible, wasn’t enough… Now, this.
The current situation, collapsing like a crumbling wall, was too much for her to calmly accept.
But Richt didn’t seem willing to wait for Luciana to settle down.
“By now, the mark should have appeared.”
Though he felt frustrated, he couldn’t completely fail to understand her confusion. He himself could hardly accept it.
But reality was reality. They couldn’t keep going in circles forever.
Richt decided it was better to show her than to keep explaining, so he gestured silently toward her.
‘Mark?’
Following his gaze, Luciana pulled her hand out from under the blanket. There, on the inside of her left wrist, was a small mark she had never seen before.
It was the same color as Richt’s red eyes.
“……!”
When did this happen?
Panicked, Luciana tried to rub the mark off, but it was useless. It was as if it had seeped deep into her skin, becoming a part of her.
“It’s proof that we’ve imprinted on each other.”
Richt’s voice, half resigned, pierced through coldly. Luciana finally stopped her futile actions after hearing his firm tone.
“Do you believe me now?”
Her trembling eyes silently moved to the duke’s veined hand. Richt had the same mark engraved on his skin as she did.
“This is… impossible.”
Her wrist was reddened from all the rubbing, but the mark remained stubbornly in place. It was as if the mark was telling her there was no way to escape the imprint. Her already anxious heart sank further.
A soul bond.
Luciana recalled Richt’s words from a moment ago.
The gravity of his words, reflecting her current situation, weighed heavily on her. The significant imprint had occurred from a mere mistake of a single night.
“…Intentions don’t matter. The moment we connected, the imprint was established.”
“!”
Regardless of her disbelief, Richt’s words were reality. The marks on their wrists were undeniable evidence.
‘What is the male lead…?’
Luciana swallowed dryly, feeling her throat tighten.
Of course, for an ordinary person like her, such an imprint was unimaginable. He had undeniably affected her.
Richt Cassio. What was the true identity of this man who seemed no different from any other romance novel protagonist?
Her eyes, filled with doubt, naturally turned to him.
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