Shien had indeed been cursed.
And it was a curse of unknown origin.
The proof was the mark on his hand. Even after several days, it still had not faded.
That genuinely frightened Shien a little.
"Wasn't it just a kiss? You didn't object, did you? Otherwise, why did you close your eyes back then?"
Shien felt very wronged.
Although he had enjoyed it at the time—after all, it was the first time he had held absolute initiative instead of being forcibly kissed like the previous two times—if the price for enjoying himself that once was this high, then Shien really had to reconsider.
As for relying on resistance skills to ignore it, that was impossible.
Who knew whether resistance skills would even work?
If they did, why had they done nothing when he was bitten?
Shien seriously suspected that Princess had some way to render resistance skills ineffective.
Therefore, over the next few days, Shien quietly tried to ask Roxie about it, but all his attempts failed.
"I don't know what you're talking about."
Princess simply played innocent, making Shien grit his teeth in frustration.
Of course, Shien did not know that Roxie was even more frustrated with him.
The reason was that, the day after that kiss, Roxie had casually asked him something.
"What exactly is our relationship now?"
The implication behind those words could not have been more obvious.
At least, Shien felt that if he put in a little more effort, winning Princess over should not have been difficult.
But if he won Princess over, Shien felt that he would immediately end up engaged to her and be forced into a situation where he had no choice but to marry the girl.
That was how royal romance worked. Right from the start, it was about marriage.