Quick Transmigration: Irresistible Beauty-Chapter 416: Substitute Bride of the Demon King (20)

"The herbs are boiled into juice like this, and it is different from the medicinal pills, but the efficacy is faster," Yue Ran said. "If you are afraid of bitterness, I can give you candies."

Hearing her words, Silas sneered.

Him? Afraid of bitterness? What a foolish thing to say. What does this woman think of him?

The man then took the porcelain bowl from her hand and drank the medicine in one breath. As soon as the medicinal decoction entered his mouth, the bitter and unpleasant taste instantly filled all his senses, spreading from his throat to his entire stomach.

His symmetrical eyebrows twisted strangely. How could there be such a bitter medicine in the world? Silas could not help but cough. Even so, his face remained expressionless.

Yue Ran secretly thought: Ruan Ruan had added five times the special effect of bitterness from the magical plants behind the scenes. It must have been so bitter that the male protagonist might just drop dead from drinking it. So why was his expression management still so good? Was the taste not bitter enough? Should I have gone for ten times instead and hopefully made the male protagonist choke to death?

Seeing that the male protagonist downed the last bitter drop of the concoction despite its extremely bitter taste, Yue Ran pursed her lips and reluctantly let out a chuckle. She took advantage of the moment when the other party frowned and coughed to stuff a candy in his mouth. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

The slightly cool fingertips accidentally brushed against the other party’s warm lips. Yue Ran seemed to be unaware of it, but Silas’s brows furrowed, and he was on the verge of anger. That brief contact sent a spark of irritation through him; he felt the sharp edge of his emotions simmering just beneath the surface.

However, before he could vent this mounting emotion, Yue Ran’s melodic voice rang in his ears. She held out a cup of fragrant tea, its steam curling invitingly in the air between them. The soothing aroma of the tea contrasted starkly with the bitterness he had previously consumed before being surprised with the sweet taste of the candy, enticing him despite his earlier annoyance. With a soft smile, she extended the cup towards him, her eyes glimmering with mischief and warmth.

"The honey hard candy that I gave you can remove the bitterness of the medicine," Yue Ran said. "When I was sick as a child, I refused to take medicine, so my mother gave me a honey hard candy to coax me. If Your Majesty finds it too sweet, why not drink some tea to cleanse your mouth?"

Yue Ran offered the tea in her hand with anticipation. But as soon as she raised her hand, the teacup was overturned, and her hands were firmly grasped by the other party.

Silas’s face grew cold, a dangerous look appearing in his eyes as he spoke, "Who asked you to do this? Do you really think I dare not kill you?"

He was referring to her act of putting a candy in his mouth without his consent. No one except Ellie had ever dared to do such a thing to him.

Yue Ran looked up at the person in front of her, her expression appearing a bit helpless as she said, "I did not... I just wanted to make you feel better."

Silas remained silent, a cold expression still on his face. The hand that held the young woman did not loosen at all. As the other party’s grip grew increasingly powerful, Yue Ran’s face turned pale, and she bit her lip lightly.

"Hiss..." Yue Ran hissed in pain, her eyelashes trembling slightly as she lowered her eyes to conceal the cold light that flashed by. "It hurts, Your Majesty; please be gentle."

Her arm could not help but redden with the force, and her eyes squinted with pain that lanced through her. The way she looked at him also revealed her discomfort and anxiety. This weak and vulnerable posture also made Silas realize that the woman before him was different from Ellie and most of the magicians he knew of in the world.

This young woman had no magic in her body. It struck him that she was not just physically fragile, but also lacking in the innate powers that most magicians wielded effortlessly. Even if she truly harbored ill intentions and wished to do something bad, she simply did not possess the capacity to act on them in the first place. With this realization settling in, the doubts in his heart gradually began to lift, little by little.

A faint cry came from her lips—

Silas then noticed that he was pressing on the wound on her arm. Hard. It was the spot where she had accidentally fallen on the broken glass when he pushed her to the ground just before. At this moment, the wound had not been treated, and blood was oozing from it.

His fingers paused, and the warm red liquid soaked his palm and fingers. Because this person was wearing a long-sleeved red dress, the wound on her arm had not been discovered by him.

Silas quickly let go of his hand and suppressed the impatience in his heart as he spat out the words, "Stop doing these useless things in the future; I do not like random people touching me."

Yue Ran pursed her lips. Seeing that the man looked really angry, she did not dare to refute him. She simply raised her head to meet his gaze and hummed softly, saying, "I know; I will not be like this in the future."

The emotion in the young woman’s eyes made Silas feel a little confused.

This fake did not seem to be angry at all. He had treated her so poorly like this, yet she did not seem to resent him in the slightest bit. Why was that so? What was the reason for her to act like this?