The Devil's Cursed Witch novel Chapter 155

Yula was speechless seeing Ember’s child-like eagerness. This human had no idea what she was saying. In fact, Ember looked like a child who was talking about getting swordsmanship training or craftsmanship lessons. How could Yula dispel such an absurd misunderstanding? She worried about how this child would react once she learns the truth.

‘It’s the matter between mates. I should not meddle. But to think of it, it can be a good start between these two. It can build her trust in His Majesty and can bring them closer before they try to be intimate. She needs to be comfortable with His Majesty first as the bond was not initiated out of love. Talking and interacting can help to develop feelings that will eventually lead to consummation.’

“I am sure His Majesty will welcome you, Miss,” Yula assured her. “I shall excuse myself now.”

“Thank you again. I will read this book now,” Ember said and opened the book while still sitting on the window sill instead of going to her study. As she rested her back against the wall next to the window frame, she opened the book and made herself comfortable by putting it on her lap.

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The book was quite thin, so Ember would not have any difficulty reading the contents of the entire book in one sitting. Despite having Yula tell her about how the bond works for divine beasts, she did not skip those parts that repeated things she already knew._.

She read about the first two stages of the bond in detail, even stopping for a bit to look at the illustrations of the male marking his chosen female. Then after the female survives, they would get a tattoo-like mark on the place where the male had bitten them, which would serve as a reminder and warning to others that the female was already another’s mate.

[The mark on the skin takes various symbolic forms as it is the materialization of the inviolable promise between paired mates. The meanings generally…]

‘A symbolic form…a promise…?’

Ember browsed through the images of the most common marks that historically appear on the skin of the female mate and had their interpreted meanings written along with them. Some took the form of ancient runes, others took the form of elements, while others various representations of nature, like animals and flowers.

[The symbol of air means ‘love that embraces all’]

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[The symbol of the four seasons shows ‘love that can grow, feelings that grow’]

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[A peony flower shows the innocence of first love]

[A rose flower means mutual love and affection]