My Substitute CEO Bride (Nash Calcraft)

Chapter 1982

It was the night before the Summit of Ten Thousand Dynasties.

In Kreiz Prison of Yerusia, a facility specifically designed to detain and control Espers, resided individuals who defied the Illuminion or had been deemed useless pawns by them. Having caused a ruckus at the palace, Sven was transferred to this prison. Here, he encountered Marie.

By a twist of fate, they were placed in the same cell.

Upon hearing someone approach, Marie instinctively hid in a corner. Meanwhile, the guards merely locked Sven in and left.

"Marie, it's me," Sven said excitedly.

Marie's frightened expression softened slightly, but her eyes still showed traces of fear.

"Sven? Is... that you?" she stammered.

"Yes, it's me!" Sven walked forward eagerly.

Marie quickly stepped back, hastily wiping the dirt from her face and raising her hand to stop him. "Don't... come any closer. If you touch me, you'll die."

did he notice the layers of protective gear she wore

things on

turned from sorrowful to cold as she shakily explained, "M-My body is strange. If anyone touches my skin,

if she

ignored her protests

him, so she kept retreating. "I told you not to come closer. You... You..." Before she could

She remembered how during the Heaven and Netherworld game, Sven had hugged her the same way.

was happening again.

her in the delivery room also mysteriously died. Unlike other babies, she did not cry at birth. She was merely surrounded

Reaper Guild quickly

to a lab. In the dim lab, time seemed to stretch endlessly until she was finally put on a plane. That was her first encounter with the outside

and green

delivered her to the Illuminion in Yerusia, where she

Illuminion simulated a

all

people lived happily, including Marie. However, it was part of an experiment. At 12, she