The Impact Of The Villainess’ Fake Marriage On The Ending - Chapter 61

Chapter 61

She had no intention of kissing him at first. This was certainly the case at the time she reached out her hand thinking that the purification might work.

But seeing Kael improve visibly as soon as Adeline touched him changed her mind.

After seeing how the traces of pain gradually disappeared from his distorted face and his reddish eyes gradually found their colors, she wanted to do something more.

She felt dizzy from the sensation of her energy being sucked out of her body because of the purification, but even though she did and felt like she could lose consciousness if she did something wrong, Adeline didn’t feel the slightest need to keep her body safe.

From the moment she saw Kael struggling with the pain of the curse, Adeline’s mind was filled with only him.

‘If the contact is working…’

The thought that the intensity could vary depending on the level of contact flashed through Adeline’s mind.

At that moment, Adeline kissed him without hesitation.

She didn’t mind at all, even though there was blood all over his lips because of him biting through the pain.

It was a clumsy kiss, pressing her lips as if she were pressing a stamp. It was also a pure and shy kiss that she hoped would bring warmth, so that Kael would be freed from his pain a little sooner.

“Ka—”

But Kael did not allow that innocence.

Adeline didn’t even have time to complete Kael’s name.

As if he would not let Adeline’s lips slip away, Kael kissed her so as not to leave a gap.

Their lips touched, and the heat that stimulated his flesh came and went beyond the touching lips, and his burning breath became faster and faster, making the sensations of his whole body drowsy.

“Ah, Kael.”

Adeline, who couldn’t breathe, pushed Kael away slightly and called him by his name, but it was of no use to him.

Kael kissed Adeline again. As if he wasn’t going to let her go this time, he pulled Adeline over to sit on his lap and hugged her tightly with his firm arms.

Even Adeline was confused by the flood of sensations.

The purification was not the problem. The heat from Kael drove Adeline crazy.

She could feel Kael’s temperature vividly over the thin chemise she was wearing.

Kael barely let Adeline go when he started feeling hazy, thinking that his whole body might melt away.

“…”

Their gazes barely met. Adeline looked at Kael with a flushed face.

His eyes regained their familiar blue-grey color, but they were as strange as when she first met his red eyes.

It was the first time. The drowsy eyes that seemed to be burning only for Adeline, seemed to have only their instinct left.

Eyes that were burning just by facing her.

“… Adeline.”

Only after a long time passed was Adeline’s name included in the voice that didn’t answer no matter how many times she called him. Hiser voice, which was hoarse and lower than usual, shook Adeline even harder.

The hand on her waist slowly approached and touched Adeline’s face. Kael’s touch was infinitely cautious and gentle, as if he were afraid of breaking her.

He wiped Adeline’s tears, which were still there, and then looked at her light green eyes without saying a word.

He was just making eye contact, but it was as if the whole world had stopped. Adeline couldn’t take her gaze away from him, as if she were trapped in Kael’s eyes.

“… Kael!”

While neither of them could easily say anything, Kael suddenly lost consciousness. His drowsy eyes were covered by his eyelids, and his hard body fell towards Adeline.

“Kael!”

“Your Grace! Your…”

When the surprised Adeline turned pale, Vero, who had been running in shock when he saw that the passage was open, faced Kael and Adeline.

He was so stunned that he stood there like a statue.

The fact that Adeline was here and that Kael, who was struggling with the pain, was calm while being held in her arms, seemed unbelievable.

“Kael collapsed. We have to move him upstairs quickly.”

“…”

“Vero!”

It wasn’t until her urgent voice echoed that Vero came to his senses.

He barely made up his mind and ran to carry Kael. As Adeline had said, they had to lay down Kael first.

***

“I don’t see any abnormalities in his body. He’s just sleeping. The power of the black magic has also subsided.”

Vero, who had been examining Kael, finished his examination and reported his condition. Adeline, who was standing beside him, let out a sigh of relief.

Although he wasn’t fighting the pain like when he was struggling in the basement, there was still a trace of it on Kael’s face.

Adeline slightly caressed Kael’s chapped lips with a look of sadness.

“…”

Vero watched the scene without a word.

When Adeline, who was supposed to stay at the Tien mansion, suddenly returned, he wondered, but he never thought that she would really find Kael.

Whenever the curse appeared, the place where Kael hid was a secret place that couldn’t be easily found, and even if it was found, no one could go inside if they weren’t allowed to.

The only ones allowed were Zion and Vero. So Adeline couldn’t enter.

‘What in the world is going on?’

Vero frowned, unable to understand it at all. Suddenly, he remembered the ring Adeline was wearing.

Vero thought that the symbol of the Lady of the North, which was only allowed to the Grand Duchess of the North, might be the reason.

“That’s right. I think it’s because of the ring.”

Adeline replied calmly, feeling Vero’s gaze. The surprised Vero, who didn’t know she was looking at him, corrected his posture and faced Adeline.

“The door that was locked, the door that opened the hidden passage, it was all the ring.”

Adeline answered the silent question and looked at Vero with a grimmer face than before.

“I answered too, so please answer, Vero. What is the curse of black magic His Grace possesses?”

She had to know. She wanted to know how he got cursed, how potent of a curse it was to hurt like that, if there was a way to get rid of the curse, everything.

“Before that, may I ask you one more question, Your Grace.”

Vero, who had been thinking for a while, asked again, and Adeline nodded.

“Was it the ring that calmed His Grace’s pain?”

In response to Vero’s question, Adeline looked at the ring in her left hand.

It was definitely the ring that opened the locked place, but that was all. Adeline believed that her necklace had purified Kael.

“I’m not sure, but it wasn’t the ring. I believe it was because of my necklace.”

“Necklace?”

“I have a necklace that Priest Simeon gave me to protect me. It’s filled with divine power, and it’s so powerful that he said that if I wear this necklace, I’ll become a purifier.”

Adeline calmly continued her explanation.

“I saw the black scar on His Grace’s back. The wound that started from his shoulder. It definitely seemed to be black magic, so I thought the necklace would be helpful.”

“…”

“It must have been the divine power of the necklace that calmed His Grace, not the ring.”

Vero’s expression upon hearing the story became mysterious. She could see a mixture of emotions.

“So, I want you to contact the temple. Simeon’s divine power will work.”

“I apologize, but that’s not possible, Your Grace.”

Vero resolutely stopped Adeline.

“Is it because His Grace’s curse can’t be known to the world?”

It was something she had expected from seeing Vero do on his own what a priest and a doctor should be doing.

Adeline also knew how huge the chaos would be if it became known that Kael was cursed, and how much his position would be shaken. That was why she fully understood Vero’s attempt to hide it.

But the priority was to ease Kael’s pain. At least for Adeline.

“If so, there’s no need to worry. Priest Simeon is a man of great fidelity, and he is my brother. No word about this will leak outside. The most important thing is to alleviate His Grace’s pain. I’ve seen the divine power work, so I can’t turn away from that method to keep it a secret.”

Adeline firmly conveyed her will. She did not want to see Kael struggling with pain again.

“If you can’t trust Simeon…”

“No, Your Grace. I know what kind of person Priest Simeon is. It’s not that I don’t trust him.”

“Then why is it not possible? You also checked it now, Vero. His Grace is feeling better.”

Instead of answering right away, Vero opened and closed his mouth a few times. He seemed to be wondering if he could tell Adeline the reason.

After a moment of hesitation, he finally let out a faint sigh and explained why.

“I’m telling you not to call him because I know it doesn’t work.”

“What do you mean it doesn’t work? I told you. The necklace containing the divine power of Simeon healed His Grace.”

“That necklace didn’t heal him, Your Grace.”

Adeline’s eyes trembled at Vero’s convinced words.

“His Grace’s curse will not be healed by divine power, Your Grace. That’s the content of the curse.”

“Then how did it… I could definitely feel it. The sensation of the energy of my body being transmitted to His Grace, and his pain easing more and more.”

Adeline looked at Vero, denying it as nonsense.

“That’s why I am also taken aback, but in any case, a priest with cleansing powers coming here won’t ease His Grace’s pain. The curse won’t go away.”

“…”

“It was utterly Your Grace’s power that eliminated the pain.”

Vero conveyed his thoughts cautiously but firmly.

“There is something in Your Grace that saved him. I don’t know exactly what that is, but Your Grace is the only key.”

“…”

“For a long time, nothing could free His Grace of his suffering. No matter what it was.”

Adeline looked at Kael with jolting eyes. It meant that only she was Kael’s salvation.

She had to end their marriage and die at the hands of Kael, but she became his only salvation.

Her perverse fate, as if trying to make her never abandon Kael, continued to shake Adeline.