Forbidden Marriage

"OMG! You’re so funny. Come on, come with us! You’ll be safer with us compared to other lycans.” 

Now Alexa is at Berta and Carlo's house. The journey only takes one minute from the park. "Why do they have cars when they go faster than cars?" muttered Alexa in a low voice.

Berta and Carlo smiled. "Don't whisper when you talk. We hear you," said Berta.

"Huh? Really? Even though I only spoke softly, you know." Alexa is getting scared.

"You're stupid or you pretending to be stupid?" said Carlo.

"Very arrogant. Obviously, I'm an ordinary human, not a monster like you." Alexa said to herself. However, Berta and Carlo did not respond to her words. "You know what I just said?"

"What?" Berta asked.

"The words in my heart. You don't know?" Alexa looked at Carlo and Berta in turn. They both just shook their heads in response. "Huft, thank goodness. At least my life is still saved." Alexa immediately surrounded the lycan couple's house.

"Aaaa!!" Alexa shouted loudly when she saw a lion's head hanging in the kitchen, even though fresh blood was still dripping onto the floor.

"Why are you screaming?" Berta was already behind Alexa.

"Why is the lion there?" Alexa closed her eyes tightly. She really hated seeing blood, especially on the lion's head, which was so scary.

"Just now we ate lion meat. But we deliberately hung lion's head for dinner," answered Berta casually.

"What?! You're kidding, right?" Alexa was very surprised. "Eat raw or cooked first?"

Berta and Carlo immediately laughed. "Lion meat is more delicious eaten fresh."

Alexa's body immediately went limp and she sat down in a chair that was there. "That's the end of me. I think they will both eat my flesh tomorrow." Alexa suddenly screamed, then fainted.

The next day, Alexa woke up from her long sleep. She leaned her head back on the bed and blinked her eyes. "Could it be that I'm still in the world of monsters? No. It's impossible. I must be still in a dream. I'd better sleep again. Who knows, I'll wake up and be in my very comfortable room." Alexa covered herself again with the blanket.

"Good morning."

Alexa suddenly opened her eyes when she heard a voice near her. "Aaaa!" She screamed so loudly that she almost fainted again.

"Eits, no!" Berta immediately pulled Alexa's hand away. "Let's have breakfast first." She took Alexa out of the room.

Alexa widened her eyes when she saw the dishes on the table. "This is what breakfast means?"

"Yes. Why? Don't like it?" answered Berta.

"Sit down, Alexa. Seeing your reaction is like you've never eaten venison." Carlo pours fresh blood into a glass. "Drink!"

"Huwekk...." Alexa immediately felt nauseous. "I don't want to eat!" She ran into the room.

"What's wrong with her? She's a real lycan, right?" Berta said, looking at Carlo.

"Leave it alone. Don't bother her again." Carlo eats his breakfast.

At night, Alexa comes out of her room. Her stomach feels very hungry. "It looks like they're not at home. Usually, the lycans in the fairy tale go out looking for prey at night. Hopefully there's something to eat in this house," Alexa thought to herself. She was looking for canned snacks or drinks in the kitchen. However, nothing at all "Oh shit! How long should I endure hunger?"

Finally, Alexa was forced to process the meat that was there. "It doesn't matter what meat I cook now. The important thing is that I don't eat raw meat. It's really disgusting to smell the stench of blood."

***

One month later, Alexa was getting used to living in a lycan environment. It's just that she doesn't have the ability like other lycans. She was like the weakest lycan. Even for daily food, she has to cook herself so as not to consume fresh blood. Her jovial personality made her a well-known name among the lycans living around Berta and Carlo's house.

"Bertha, I'm here!"

Berta was suddenly in front of Alexa. "You don't get tired of eating meat all the time?"

"OMG! I'm still surprised to see you suddenly appear," said Alexa, putting her groceries on the table. "Oh, come on. Don't joke. If I don't eat this, then what will I eat? There are no vegetables or fruit here."

Berta sat on a chair that was beside Alexa. "I'm being curious. What is your original world like?"

"When I have found my way home, I will invite you to my world." Alexa started opening the plastic bags and took out beef, venison, and boar meat. Fortunately, there are still those who sell beef here.

Berta started to turn on the television. This morning's news immediately presented the punishment of torture on a pair of lycans who had violated royal rules. "What's wrong with falling in love? It's a good thing that Carlo and I were married a hundred years ago."

"What's wrong with that couple?" asked Alexa in response while busy washing the meat.

"I'm telling you. Here, women and men are prohibited from uniting. It means it's forbidden to marry," answered Berta.

"Hah? Why?" Alexa was surprised.

"This regulation has existed since ten years ago. King Alano Denta made this rule. Anyone who violates it will be given severe punishment or killed. I also don't know what the reason behind the king's change is. However, what's clear is that his attitude has changed since the queen died twenty years ago." Berta felt sorry for the young lycans. In the last ten years, there have been no more tiny and cute baby births in the Kingdom of Italy.

"Wow, that king is really evil. Just watch out if I see him again, I'll..."

"Are you sure you dare to fight against the lycan king with that weak body of yours?" Berta interrupted Alexa's words. Alexa just smiled, then returned to continue her cooking activities.

At the palace, King Alano is watching the punishment of a couple who have broken the rules. The punishment was broadcast live on all televisions. In the Kingdom of Italy, there is no internet connection. All information is only channeled through television broadcasts and all of that is regulated by the government. There are also no artists or entertainment worlds like in the human world.

"King, the two lycans have already admitted their mistake. Should the sentence be commuted?" asked Reynold (the king's eternal guard).

"Just kill them both. I don't want to see another lycan breaking the rules." King Alano immediately stood up and left the place where the lycan prisoners were being tortured. The two lycans screamed for mercy, but King Alano ignored them. King Alano's ferocious face made anyone who looked at him immediately shudder. However, his good looks actually increased. King Alano is known as the cruelest and most handsome lycan king.

"I won't let marriage happen again in this world."