The Impact Of The Villainess’ Fake Marriage On The Ending - Chapter 111

Chapter 111

[Adeline.]

As Kael approached, Jeffrey instinctively stepped back.

Kael dropped the sword he was holding, walked over to Adeline with stumbling steps, and collapsed in front of her.

[A-Adeline. Adeline, look… Look at me. This… What is wrong…]

Her body lost its warmth too quickly. Kael pulled Adeline’s body, which had already begun to cool down, into his arms and tried to make eye contact with her unfocused eyes as he spoke to her.

[Adeline. I’m here. Didn’t I come as promised? I came back unharmed like this, so why… Why are you…?]

The light pink dress had turned red from being tinged with blood, and he couldn’t feel any movement at all in her swollen stomach.

Both Adeline and their child had stopped breathing.

Kael looked at Adeline with empty eyes, as if he couldn’t believe it and couldn’t accept the situation. He then looked around for a moment.

Numerous knights were dead, scattered around the hall, and even Herma was lying dead on the floor.

[…]

Kael couldn’t bear to say anything and looked at Adeline in his arms again. His whole body trembled as he gradually realized that he was holding his deceased wife.

[Adeline.]

Kael continued to call Adeline’s name like a madman, even though he knew he could not be heard.

[Adeline!]

The name, which had been repeated in a voice so low as if it was a mumble, soon became a tear-drenched roar and echoed in the hall.

Kael hugged the cold Adeline.

He could hardly accept that Adeline had lost her life. He couldn’t acknowledge the fact that he wouldn’t be able to see her smile anymore. He couldn’t believe that she would never be able to stay by his side alive and breathing again.

Kael cried bitterly and clung to Adeline.

His fierce grief soon turned into fierce anger. He looked at Jeffrey with frighteningly cool eyes.

Unable to accept at all that the northern wall, which had never been torn down, had been breached, Kael found Jeffrey escaping alone from that fierce battlefield.

He was dealing with the intruders so he could not stop him, but when he saw him disappearing in the direction of the castle, he immediately realized what was happening.

The northern wall was breached because Jeffrey learned of its structure and put his hands on it. It was Jeffrey who created this terrible battle.

Kael was overcome by a fierce sense of betrayal as he defeated his enemies. In fact, it was a near-impossible defense, but with Kael’s ability and command, they were able to protect the north. He even minimized the damage.

There was no time to flare the blue smoke that signaled victory. Kael got on the horse and headed for the castle straight away.

And what he saw after that was Adeline, cold on the floor.

Adeline, who had died. And Jeffrey was sitting in front of her with his right arm enlarged by black magic.

It was all too clear who had taken Adeline’s life.

[Jeffrey.]

Kael carefully lowered Adeline from his arms and called out to Jeffrey in a heavily sunken voice.

His voice was so threatening that just hearing it gave him goosebumps.

[How dare you. How dare you do this to Adeline…]

Kael picked up the sword he had dropped, held it firmly, and approached Jeffrey.

His already cold blue-grey eyes exuded such coldness that seemed like someone would freeze just looking at them.

It was as if his whole body had turned into a sword. The aura he gave off was so sharp and fierce that just brushing against him would make someone vomit blood.

[I trusted you like a brother. I left everything to you and regarded you as someone I could trust. But how… How!]

[I didn’t ask you to trust me. You were fooled, like an idiot.]

Jeffrey sneered at Kael and glared at him.

[If it wasn’t for you, Adeline wouldn’t be dead. You killed her. If only you had handed Adeline over to me! Adeline—aaargh!]

Kael’s sword pierced Jeffrey’s chest the moment he tried to impose himself.

It happened in an instant. Jeffrey tried to defend himself with his arm permeated with black magic, but Kael didn’t allow him that much.

[Die! Die!]

Jeffrey rushed at Kael with murderous intent, blood dripping from his wound. The huge black arm moved around to strike Kael.

However, even the great black magic was no match for him. Jeffrey was determined to tear Kael to shreds, but no matter how hard he tried, Kael didn’t take a hit.

[AARGH!]

Kael, who had lost the one he loved the most, the most precious person in the world, had nothing to fear now. He had no reason to be on guard, no reason to hold back.

He moved quickly and inserted his sword into Jeffrey’s gigantic arm. He could hear him writhing in pain, but Kael was unconcerned.

His arm, filled with the energy of darkness, his legs, stomach, and chest.

There was no place that Kael’s sword didn’t reach. Jeffrey struggled in pain, but Kael showed no mercy.

[Did you think I would let you die that easily? How dare you.]

Kael slashed Jeffrey. To the point that he was just barely breathing, but painfully.

Then, he trudged back to Adeline and knelt down.

[I’m sorry, Adeline. I swore that I would protect you. I vowed so much to be by your side forever.]

Kael mumbled as he swept Adeline’s disheveled hair before grabbing her hand tightly again. His heart collapsed as he felt it grow colder and stiffen.

He gritted his teeth and cried, then looked up as if he had realized something.

Then, he roughly grabbed the necklace he was wearing and ripped it open.

[Time. I can turn back time.]

Kael had a magic tool to turn back time. It was a magic tool connected to the necklace he always wore, a gift left behind by the Snow Goddess and was only allowed to the family protecting the North.

It was the magic tool Adeline had found when he took her to the room in the study last time.

‘Is this why… The liquid back then…?’

Reflecting on her memories, the crying Adeline remembered the empty magic tool.

She vividly remembered Kael explaining to her that there should be a liquid inside to be able to turn back time, but seeing that it was empty, it looked like someone had used it.

‘It was Kael. The one who used it.’

Adeline was speechless as the cogs of the past and present connected with each other.

[Please. Please, I beg of you.]

Kael opened the pendant on the necklace, made a cut in the palm of his hand, and dripped the blood into the necklace.

Then, a magic tool shaped like a bishop from a chess game appeared before Kael’s eyes.

Kael immediately opened the lid of the magic tool and dripped a few drops of the remaining blood into the purple liquid inside.

Then, an incredibly dazzling white light poured out of the magic tool. It was a tremendous light that no one could open their eyes to.

[The person who is trying to defy time, face me.]

The entity that appeared shrouded in the light was no other than the Goddess of Time.

[Are you trying to defy time to save this woman?]

[Yes. That’s right.]

The goddess looked at the deceased Adeline for a moment, then back at Kael.

[If you defy time and turn it back, you must pay the price accordingly. Especially if it’s for the purpose of bringing the dead back to life.]

[It doesn’t matter. If I can turn back time and save Adeline, it doesn’t matter.]

Kael was desperate. If only Adeline could be brought back to life, if only Adeline could be alive and breathing by his side again, if only they could wait for their child again.

He could endure whatever it was, and give anything away.

[The moment you go against time, all your memories will disappear. The same goes for this woman. She won’t recognize you or remember her time with you.]

[…]

[And you will be under a terrible curse to pay the price for disturbing the flow of life and death. The bones of your whole body will shatter, and you will feel pain like your flesh is being cut. Do you still wish to proceed?]

The Goddess of Time asked, giving a firm warning.

[It’s alright. I can endure it all.]

[Even losing your memory?]

[It doesn’t matter. Even if I go back and become a blank page, I will still love Adeline when I meet her. I’m sure of it.]

Kael was certain. Even if he lost all his memories and went back, he would surely fall in love with Adeline. He didn’t have the slightest doubt. To him, Adeline was an irresistible force.

[She’s the only one who can purify the curse you’ll experience when you go back. If this woman doesn’t remember you and doesn’t love you, then you have to struggle with the pain until you die. Does it still not matter?]

[It doesn’t matter. If Adeline can be resurrected, if Adeline can be given life again, anything is fine.]

His wet, blue-grey eyes did not waver as he conveyed his will.

[Even if I have to burn in hell, I will accept and burn in it. Please. Please save Adeline. Just let Adeline come to life.]

Kael asked again and again, more earnestly than ever.

The Goddess of Time looked at him with pity. It was only for a moment, but sadness appeared in her mysterious eyes.

She nodded and carefully put her hands together. An incomprehensible incantation continued, and the white light he saw when the Goddess of Time appeared enveloped Kael and spread around him.

At this time, Kael did not know.

Even those who were barely breathing could defy time together by simply touching this light.

Feeling an unusual energy, Jeffrey dragged himself with all his might and reached out to the end where the light touched.

So, the fact that even Jeffrey had crossed time with him… Kael didn’t know.

When he went back in time to save Adeline’s life, even the seeds of another disaster were revived.