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."

the layers of protective gear she wore on

things on you?" Sven

she shakily explained, "M-My body is

if she was on the verge of

her protests

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

was both familiar and alien. She did not know how to react. She remembered how during the Heaven and Netherworld game, Sven had hugged her the same way. This feeling and this embrace she

was happening again.

mother died at birth, and the doctor and nurses who touched her in the delivery room also mysteriously died. Unlike other babies, she did not cry at

Reaper Guild quickly

lab, time seemed to stretch endlessly until she was finally put on a plane. That was her first

the blue sky and green fields, filling

take her to freedom. It delivered her to the Illuminion in Yerusia, where she became another subject of experimentation. This time,

Illuminion simulated

all

an experiment. At 12, she was deemed a useless Esper and had