The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation by Luna Nova

---- She was clearly blind, but didn't she have any feeling in her fingers to notice those horrible scars? With that bandage on her face, she wasn't exactly glamorous, but ignoring her "deficiency," she actually looked like a very sweet and pretty woman. And she was cleaner than the rest of them. What were those two even playing at? He decided to ignore them and pretend to search.

Marius had thought they were leading him to some valuable treasure, but here he was wading through piss and sh*t water. He, who was once a noble of high birth. He even aspired to the fortress throne. Marius clenched his jaw, remembering how his engagement to one of the vampire heiresses had been ruined by the rebellion of those damn wolves. That bastard Dracomir in particular, he hated with all his being.

memory. But as soon as his fingers dipped into the depths to grab the lost object, a wave of cold shot through his bones. "Sshh, what the hell is this?" he muttered, stepping back cautiously. "Did

whatever it was, it was exactly what they were looking for-and it was extremely powerful "Yes, yes, Rousse, I feel a dark energy swirling under your feet," Meridiana finally picked up on the black magic. That was her specialty. "I saw something glowing, but it was way too cold. I couldn't grab it," he admitted reluctantly. Marius stepped back as that corpse reached in and pulled the object out like

chill. His magical sessions with Meridiana hadn't stopped. ---- Every day, his body was waking up more

black shadows..." "It's corrupted dark magic, but there's a stronger power contained inside," Meridiana said, using her magical perception, She slowly reached out, placing her hand near the freezing surface.