The Impact Of The Villainess’ Fake Marriage On The Ending - Chapter 113

Chapter 113

[Brother! You definitely said His Grace would ask me to dance! You said he would fall in love with me at first sight tonight, so what’s this!]

Vanessa, who had returned from the party, screamed angrily with a flushed face.

Jeffrey went into his office without responding at all. He was also confused.

It shouldn’t have happened like this. Kael should never glance at Adeline, and Adeline had to face death at his hands while tormenting Vanessa.

Then, Jeffrey was going to save Adeline. Then, he was going to modify the brainwashing related to possession a little bit and make Adeline have no choice but to open her heart to him.

The priority was to make Adeline hate or fear Kael. That was why he purposely set Kael to kill Adeline.

But the plan he believed to be perfect suddenly went wrong. Kael, who had no memory of her, reached out to Adeline as if he knew exactly where she belonged, and held out his hand to her.

Even after dancing, the two secretly escaped and headed for the garden. After that, the party hall was filled with conversations about Kael and Adeline.

[Damn it. What’s going on?]

Jeffrey couldn’t sleep that day, deep in thought. He couldn’t sleep because he was worried that Kael and Adeline were falling in love again, afraid that he was taking her away from him again even though he did his best to come back.

[No. It could be an unfounded worry.]

Sometimes potions didn’t work according to what they were supposed to, so it could just be a coincidence. It would work if he took action again. Jeffrey soothed himself and decided to mess with Kael once more.

But his next attempt was also a failure. Kael didn’t fall in love with Vanessa. Rather, he visibly paid more attention to Adeline.

[The brainwashing wasn’t broken, so why on earth…!]

Jeffrey panted and turned his office upside down. He couldn’t figure out the reason, so his mind was complicated.

And because of the emperor’s incident with Leo, Kael and Adeline’s engagement quickly progressed. Jeffrey’s insides burned.

He was unable to prevent Kael and Adeline from marrying again this time.

On the day of the wedding that shook the whole empire, Jeffrey returned home and drank some strong whiskey. He threw the empty bottle at the wall and yelled, acting violently.

[No. The brainwashing is still in place. I’m sure she’ll break up the marriage and try to follow the ending. There’s still hope. I’ll just wait for that moment.]

Jeffrey didn’t let go of hope, but as time went on, things got worse.

As Kael had expected, Jeffrey was behind the Red Knights who had framed Adeline. Jeffrey was the unidentified man who had always provided decisive clues to the Red Knights.

He framed Adeline to make her worn out sooner. However, Kael rescued Adeline, and their relationship only deepened.

[You said he would be mine! You clearly told me that Grand Duke Inver would be mine, and that the position of Grand Duchess of the North would be mine! You promised!]

His mind was already complicated, but Vanessa was making a fuss. His sister, who had admired Kael for a long time, couldn’t accept this situation.

Then, in the end, that incident happened in front of all the nobles.

[Brother? You’re here to rescue me, aren’t you? I believed you.]

[No, Vanessa.]

[What?]

[Because of you, the brainwashing keeps being shaken up. How dare you do something like that? I can’t forgive you.]

[W-what are you talking about? Brother!]

After going to the dungeon, Jeffrey cast control magic on Vanessa to make her ingest the viper’s poison.

It was natural that Zion and Vero could not find the source of the dagger and poison. Vanessa had stolen the dagger from Jeffrey’s room, and the poison was made by him, who raised the viper himself.

After even getting rid of his sister in madness, Jeffrey returned to the mansion. He rampaged in a frenzy and threw everything he got his eyes on to the floor, smashing everything.

[I won’t be able to have her again? Again? I went back in time! I even brainwashed her! I erased everything so that she wouldn’t remember what happened before.!]

Jeffrey grinned frantically as if he had just lost his mind, then went over to look at himself in front of the mirror and muttered.

[If I can’t have her, I’ll destroy her. Just like back then. No, more clearly than then. I’ll make it so that neither of them can be happy. I’ll destroy them all.]

His distorted and hideous heart pointed an arrow at Kael and Adeline.

As soon as Kael finished reading all of Jeffrey’s time, he crumpled the parchment he was holding.

He couldn’t let Jeffrey live. For any reason.

***

[Your Graces, you must return now.]

As soon as their goal of regaining Adeline’s memories was achieved, Repositio closed its doors. Nuah informed Kael and Adeline that their allowed time was up.

[I’ll take you both to where you need to be right now.]

When he finished speaking, time and space twisted. The huge closet around them disappeared, and the bedroom of the capital mansion welcomed Kael and Adeline.

It was a time when they should not be caught going back to the north. Reposition knew exactly where ‘they needed to be’ and took the two of them.

“…”

Although they had returned to a familiar place, neither Kael nor Adeline could speak.

Adeline’s face was already soaked by tears. Sitting helplessly on the bed, she cried blankly.

Kael slowly approached her after regaining the memories he didn’t even know he had forgotten.

“Adeline.”

After carefully calling her name, Adeline’s gaze turned to Kael. Eyes with different colors filled with sadness captured each other.

“It seems like it’s because of me. If it weren’t for me, we’d…”

“You didn’t do anything wrong. I have no reason to blame you at all. All of this is Jeffrey’s sin.”

Kael spoke more firmly than ever. It was never Adeline’s sin. Adeline just lived her life to the best of her ability. Only Jeffrey’s twisted obsession created hell, and Adeline was innocent.

“But because of the person who wants me, everything around me was destroyed. My parents wouldn’t have died in such pain if it weren’t for me, and my siblings wouldn’t have lost their parents early. And you too… You are the most…”

Adeline couldn’t speak. If he didn’t love Adeline, if he didn’t turn back time to save her, Kael wouldn’t have had to endure all the pain he had been through.

He wouldn’t have struggled with the pain of the curse, and he wouldn’t have to be anxious for fear that his curse would swallow Adeline.

For the sole reason of loving Adeline, Kael was burning in hell.

“I’m sorry, Kael. Because of me, you…”

A terrible anguish engulfed Adeline. She couldn’t even look into Kael’s eyes. It was so painful that the man she loved enough to overcome everything and reach again, despite losing all her memories and even being brainwashed, jumped into a sea of pain because of her.

“Adeline. Look at me.”

Kael grabbed Adeline by the hand and made her look at him.

“It’s not your fault. It was my choice. The curse I am subjected to is only because of my own choice. There’s no reason for you to feel guilty.”

He didn’t say those words to calm Adeline. He was serious.

“Even if I had to go back and make that decision again, I would go back in time. There’s nothing I can’t do to save you.”

“…”

“Even if I’m struggling with a curse, you’re still alive next to me, breathing warmly. That’s enough for me. Even if I go back hundreds of times, I’ll make the same choice hundreds of times.”

As soon as the memories came back, the sensation of hugging the stiff Adeline and crying resurrected as well.

Kael did not want to feel that terrible pain again. He really didn’t want to face losing Adeline again.

“And even if I go back hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of times and lose my memory the same way…”

“…”

“I will love you again. Just like now.”

The moment Kael’s heartfelt confession reached her, the tears that had barely stopped flowed down Adeline’s cheeks.

“Never blame yourself. It’s Jeffrey’s sin. Only his sin.”

“…”

“And I will not overlook that sin.”

Kael, who had firmly conveyed his will, knelt on one knee in front of Adeline. Her eyes opened wide.

“… Kael?”

The Duke of the North never knelt down. Even at a moment when he had to show his obedience to the emperor, he would only bow down deeply and never kneel. It was the price of enduring the bitter winter in the north, and it was also a tribute to the northerners who defended the empire by enduring its harshness.

However, the Master of the North knelt on one knee in front of Adeline and swore an oath.

“I will definitely punish the one who stained you and me with pain.”

“…”

“I will make him pay for daring to commit a crime against my wife, who is my whole world. I swear to you.”

Closing her eyes tightly, Adeline nodded, then opened her eyes again to look at him.

“I swear, too. I will surely release the awful curse placed on you.”

Adeline kissed Kael right before he answered.

The teary kiss became an infinitely sweet sorrow that enveloped Kael and Adeline.