The Impact Of The Villainess’ Fake Marriage On The Ending - Chapter 112

Chapter 112

When Kael found out about his life before turning back time, he immediately grabbed Jeffrey’s parchment.

Seeing the time that had passed, he couldn’t erase the thought that everything that had happened in this life that he had gone back to had passed through Jeffrey’s hands.

Kael immediately opened the parchment and read Jeffrey’s time.

[… Huh?]

Riding the light of the magic tool that defied time, the three went back exactly thirteen years. It was the year that Kael and Jeffrey were thirteen and Adeline was ten.

Unlike Kael and Adeline, who returned without any memories as the Goddess of Time had said, Jeffrey did not lose his memories.

[Why did I become a child?]

Jeffrey stood in front of the mirror and looked at his small figure for a long time. What was happening, was he dreaming, was he this young when he died; he had all kinds of thoughts.

Then he remembered how Kael had turned back time, and realized that his efforts to reach the light were not in vain.

[… It’s an opportunity. I’ve got an opportunity.]

His frantic eyes, which did not suit a child at all, were reflected in the mirror.

Since he had not lost his memories, he could predict everything that would happen next. If there were no variables, time would pass as he knew it.

[Yeah. I can change that. I just have to make sure Kael and Adeline don’t meet.]

It was an opportunity to change the future. He, who was always one step slower and couldn’t reach Adeline, was now able to change his life.

[I can make Adeline love me. Finally.]

Jeffrey grinned and clenched his small fists. Having had another chance, he had only two goals he wanted to achieve.

One, to make Adeline completely his. Two, Kael’s ruin.

***

Time passed quickly. As expected, Kael lost his father and brother and became a young grand duke, and Adeline grew up to be the beloved only daughter of the Tien family.

During that time, Jeffrey frantically clung to black magic and sorcery. He searched for ways to add new knowledge to the information he knew and control people’s minds more efficiently.

[It’s finally today.]

Checking the date, Jeffrey grinned.

Kael and Jeffrey turned eighteen and Adeline turned fifteen. And today was the day Adeline was visiting the north with her parents.

In other words, Kael and Adeline would meet for the first time in a few days and fall in love at first sight.

It was the beginning of everything. It was an important event that Jeffrey had to ruin.

[I should never let them get into contact with each other. And she has to be mistaken. She needs to know the seat next to Kael doesn’t belong to her.]

Jeffrey covered his face with a black cloth and put on a black robe. It was something that should never fail.

He had planned it meticulously for several years. Today was the first step in that plan. He had to succeed no matter what.

Jeffrey had figured out the path of the carriage that Adeline and the Marquises were in beforehand. There was only one road that went from the east to the castle in the north.

As if to foretell the fate that would be reversed, a huge heavy rain poured down, different from the sunny day in their first life.

Jeffrey hid his identity and waited on the road with the mercenaries he had hired for Adeline and the Marquises.

[Start.]

[Yes!]

When Jeffrey signaled, the mercenaries surrounded the carriage. Normally, the mercenaries that fought in the back alleys would not be able to defeat the Fidel Knights, but today, they had a magic tool that Jeffrey had given them.

[It’s an attack! Protect His Excellency and the two ladies!]

The knights worked hard under the command of the captain, but no ordinary sword could overcome the black magic. One by one, the knights collapsed under the black magic mixed with the pouring rain.

[How dare someone do something like this!]

Marquis Tien was also a skilled man in martial arts. He took a sword and slashed some of them, but he also faced limitations.

[Ugh!]

[Honey!]

[Father!]

Eventually, the sword pierced Marquis Tien’s chest, and the marquis’ wife and Adeline cried out to him.

[You can kill me, but you can’t kill my daughter.]

[I have no intention of killing her, either.]

Seeing her glowing eyes, Jeffrey laughed. The marchioness stood in front of Adeline and glared at him with shining eyes.

[But the Marchioness is different.]

[Ahhh! Mother!]

The sword that stabbed the marquis cut through even the marchioness. Adeline, who had lost her parents in an instant, wailed before the two corpses, drenched in the pouring rain.

[Who are you? Who dared to attack the Tien family!]

Although she was a young fifteen-year-old girl, there was considerable intimidation in Adeline’s anger. Jeffrey was quite intrigued at the sight, but he soon stepped closer to her in order to fulfill his purpose.

[The man who will have you. The man who will have all your body and mind.]

[What does that… Ugh!]

Jeffrey put his finger on Adeline’s forehead and immediately recited the brainwashing spell.

Screaming at the pain that seemed like her head was splitting, Adeline lost consciousness and collapsed. When the brainwashing was over, a butterfly was carved into Jeffrey’s shoulder. The brainwashing spell also left a mark on the person who cast it.

[You will forever truly believe the idea I will plant inside you now. Kael Inver’s partner will be Vanessa Felix, not you. You will only see him as a murderer, believing that you will die by his hand.]

Jeffrey added with a grin.

In fact, the easiest way to achieve his purpose was to use a potion to capture Adeline’s heart. After drinking it, Adeline would be forced to meet Jeffrey first and hopelessly have a romantic relationship with him.

However, when he thought of the potion, he remembered what Adeline had said just before she died.

[You’ll never have me. Not in this life, not in death, and not when my next life is granted either.]

[…]

[No matter what happens, you can’t have me. Never. No matter when, no matter what.]

He always gritted his teeth when he remembered the words she had poured out in anger.

Jeffrey wanted to show that Adeline was wrong. He wanted to show her that although she said that, she was going to whisper words of love to him. He would make that happen. He wanted to show it clearly.

[Let’s go now. Someone must have flown a pigeon to the East before dying.]

Surely one of the escort knights had already contacted the east. Jeffrey left the scene before he could be caught.

A satisfied smile spread beyond the black mask covering his face. Jeffrey believed that he would succeed unconditionally. Unconditionally.

***

Jeffrey’s brainwashing was successful. Adeline believed that everything she had enjoyed would belong to Vanessa, and she felt compelled to lose her life at the hands of Kael.

Everything was going exactly as Jeffrey had hoped.

[Brother. How do I look today?]

[You’re pretty, Vanessa.]

[Being pretty isn’t enough. I should look beautiful enough to captivate His Grace once and for all.]

Vanessa continued to examine her face with a nervous expression.

Time passed quickly, and it had been eight years since Jeffrey had brainwashed Adeline. In the meantime, Vanessa had taken away all the events Adeline had enjoyed in her previous life.

Even things that the original Vanessa couldn’t even dream of, like the most glamorous debutante in the empire that had become the center of the social scene and attracted people’s attention.

[You look beautiful enough. And what are you so impatient about? I told you. He will definitely fall for you.]

[Still. It’s better to be prettier.]

Jeffrey shook his head at Vanessa, who couldn’t take her eyes off the mirror. Kael was supposed to fall for Vanessa during today’s masquerade ball anyway.

He had already used a potion on him. It was a potion that made someone fall in love with the person who also drank it.

Even if Vanessa appeared before Kael’s eyes in the ugliest form in the world, he would still fall in love with her today.

[My heart is already shaking. I can’t believe I’ll become his wife.]

[Don’t just focus on being his wife. You’ll be the grand duchess. Do you know how great of a position the Grand Duchess of the North is?]

[I like being the wife of that wonderful person better than that. A man like that will love me!]

Clicking his tongue, Jeffrey stepped out of the carriage. Naturally escorting his sister, he slowly looked around the party hall and searched for Adeline.

Even though she was wearing a mask, her blonde hair that seemed to contain the sun and her light green eyes were not covered, so it was easy to recognize her.

Before turning back time, Kael and Adeline danced together, catching everyone’s attention.

However, at that time, the two were already in a secret relationship. Today was different. Vanessa would take Adeline’s place.

[The dance will begin right away. Good. I can’t miss that scene.]

Jeffrey grinned and looked at the crown prince and Kael as they both moved towards the center of the hall. He looked at Vanessa, who was looking forward to it, and at Adeline, who was watching Kael and Vanessa carefully.

[… What?]

Just as he was thinking that everything would go safely according to his brainwashing, Jeffrey’s face turned pale when he checked Kael’s direction.

[Would you like to dance to a song?]

Kael reached out to Adeline, not Vanessa.

Jeffrey didn’t know. The curse Kael received in exchange for turning back time was defending him from all magic drugs.

No potion could charm Kael.