"Don't interrupt me!" Bastian harrumphed again, his cheek puffing out like a ball, his eyes rolled downwards, "But, with your two great families marrying, my thousand-year lifespan was reduced to a hundred years..."
Originally, Bastian could live for a thousand years or even longer. But when the two great families married and shared the Blood Bracelet, they violated a significant taboo. To confront the curse, Bastian had to sacrifice nearly a thousand years of life, and all of the power within Bartholomew, the Yancey Family's sacred beast, would also be absorbed by it.
Of course, the Dragon Beast King is still too young and relatively weak. If this marriage was to happen several decades later, none of this would be an issue. With the powers of the Dragon Beast King, breaking the curse wouldn't be difficult.
However, now that it has happened at this stage, the young Dragon Beast King has no choice but to sacrifice his own lifespan and Bartholomew.
