God of Systems: Maker of Heroes and Villains

Keith silently nodded, instantly coming to a realisation as he walked towards the center, jumping over the pits playfully. Once he got to the center, he took the knife from her and immediately made a deep but on his palm, making blood flow out almost instantly.

He then brought his hand over the pit and watched the blood drip down into the light green oil. On the other side, Clara was doing the same, but she was surprised to see so much blood flow out from his palm.

'He cut in too deep didn't he?.... He will need a doctor at this point but Maria isn't saying anything.' she thought, her eyebrows furrowing.

Time slowly passed and the more blood Keith bled, the more anxious she became, finally reaching her tipping point.

"Hey, maybe you should stop right now. You will die if you loose too much blood." she said as her eyes darted between Keith and Maria nervously.

Both of them looked at her and Maria nodded, "Yeah, he will but don't worry about that. I have my ways to keep him safe and I want you to know that the more blood he gives up for this ritual, the greater your second awakening will me."

Hearing this, Keith turned his head to look at Maria, "Wait, if that's the case, can you bring me some kind of medicine that'll help me create more blood? And if there's any other conditions or things like that, then please tell me. No matter what happens, I want Clara's second awakening to be the greatest. Oh yeah, I also wanted to ask about divine contracts.

She made a pact that she'll marry some baronet unless she pays her father's debts and now she's stuck. And well... we both have feelings for each other so if there's a solution then we'll gladly take it."

"Hmm... I really don't understand you adults." Maria commented as she closed her eyes. It didn't take her too long to open her eyes with a knowing look on her face.

"Well, her pact has a lot of loopholes. She's supposed to marry that guy, but no one is stopping her from marrying others. We can do the ceremony right now and mother said that she'll give you her blessings. The contract can't be cancelled unless you clear the debt but mother says that you won't have any problem with that."

Keith silently stared at her and then glanced at Clara who had a neutral expression on her face. The urge to open up the system screen to read what was going on in her mind was strong, but he stopped himself from doing it. Discover hidden content at empire

'Marriage.. it's too early by my standards but compared to people here who get into arranged marriages and marry someone they don't even know, my case is relatively better.' he thought as he stared at Clara, trying to see if she wanted this or not.

The tradition of proposing an engagement or marriage was nonexistent in this world as it was parents who did most of the preparations thanks to the trend for arranged marriages.

Due to this, Keith felt absolutely lost on what to do and at the end, he simply opened his mouth and asked her directly.

"Do you want to do it, Clara? The first thing we'll do when we get out of here, is to find Timothy and settle the debts. Don't worry about the money, I've got everything sorted."

Clara stared at him, but her eyes were entirely focused on the cut on his palm that was still dripping blood. With a frown on her face she pointed at it.

"You should probably stop that first... looking at it makes me feel like my heart is going to jump out of my throat."

Hearing this, Keith looked at Maria, "Is there a time limit for this blood thing?"

"Yes, once the blood starts falling into the oil, we'll have one day's worth of time to finish the ritual. Usually, the ritual itself will take three hours so you have enough time. I'll go get the medicine you asked for and maybe a few more, so feel free to talk about this matter while I'm gone." Maria said and began to walk way from the center and towards the staircase.

Keith looked at the cut and saw it healing slowing. The blood flow had thinned down a lot compared to a few minutes ago.

'Yeah, SSS grade regeneration can't really be considered broken when compared to instantaneous regeneration that characters from other novels have, but in my eyes, it's still broken.

Being able to heal and completely close the cut in just a few minutes while it would take almost two weeks or more normally, is broken level stuff to me.' he thought as he shifted his attention to Clara.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"Just two more minutes and the wound will close." he said and saw her nod. Her own wound had closed up, leaving a thin line of clotted blood.

Though the two minutes hadn't passed, Clara walked over to Keith and grabbed his other hand, her thumb tracing over his knuckles.

"Are you sure about this? The archbishop is talking about the marriage that's done very rarely, in the presence of an actual divine being. You said that you wanted to take some time and all that so why did you change your decision so suddenly?"

Keith nodded slightly, "Well, yeah I did want to take some time but you see, I feel like we'll be able to work things out pretty well. You're not like Amelia, jumping into conclusions and stuff. You also know how to communicate properly even though you don't usually speak much.

Anyways, I've decided but the rest is in your hands. If you don't want it, then I'm fine with waiting for even longer but here's the thing. Marriage actually brings a new element into the equation when you're getting a second awakening.

I can't tell you the reason right now, so I want you to trust me. You did hear Maria say that my blood is the second best thing after gods' blood."