The Impact Of The Villainess’ Fake Marriage On The Ending - Chapter 64

Chapter 64

“There’s nothing wrong with her?”

“Yes, Your Grace. She is a little weak, but it’s not something to worry about, and it’s definitely not the cause of her extreme headaches. I didn’t find any other problems, either.”

The doctor who examined Adeline sighed deeply, saying that he didn’t understand.

He examined Adeline again and again because of Kael’s energy that he would kill him if he couldn’t find a cause, but there was nothing wrong with Adeline.

“Isn’t there something you missed?”

“I’m also human, so of course there might be something like that, but I don’t think the outcome would change even if you called another doctor to examine her, Your Grace.”

The doctor replied very confidently. Kael looked at the doctor, then exhaled heavily and nodded.

He was the most skilled doctor in the capital. If he was sure, there was a reason.

“Did you say she suddenly crouched and complained of a headache?”

Kael nodded at the doctor’s question.

His heart still thumped when he thought of Adeline crouching down and crying while screaming.

It was the first time he had seen Adeline in so much pain.

“Then why don’t you try contacting the temple?”

“The temple?”

“Maybe the aftermath of the black magic from the last time is causing trouble. If she feels extreme pain when there is no major abnormality in her body, maybe you should check with them, Your Grace.”

Kael was lost in thought when the black magic was mentioned. It made a lot of sense. Rather, it was the most probable thing.

The doctor, who did not know what was going on between Kael and Adeline, mentioned the incident with the Red Knights, but Kael recalled last night.

Adeline touched his hand and kissed Kael, soothing his pain. If Adeline had sucked the energy of Kael’s curse into her body to ease his pain, Adeline might have been hurt by the aftermath.

As soon as he thought that, his anger rose again. Kael’s disgust towards himself rushed in.

His stomach boiled even though it was not yet clear whether the cause was due to him. Adeline seemed to be getting hurt and ruined by Kael all the time, and he felt like he was going crazy.

“I’ll try contacting the temple. Thank you.”

“You can call me whenever you…”

As the doctor was about to retreat after completing his task, a small groan was heard coming from Adeline.

Kael immediately approached Adeline, and after shuffling slightly, she slowly opened her eyes.

“Adeline!”

“… Kael.”

Adeline looked at Kael with a confused expression. She didn’t seem to understand at all why she was lying in bed or why there was a doctor in her bedroom.

“Why am I…”

“You suffered from a headache suddenly and lost consciousness.”

“I did?”

“You don’t remember?”

Her big light green eyes trembled sharply. She felt embarrassed because she couldn’t remember at all.

“Why did I… Rather than that, Kael, you!”

Embarrassed, Adeline suddenly grabbed Kael’s arm as if something had come to her mind. Then, she noticed the doctor by his side and closed her mouth.

The quick-witted doctor noticed the situation and immediately exited the bedroom. When they were left alone, Adeline looked straight into Kael’s eyes.

“Does it hurt anywhere? How are you feeling? Are you alright?”

Adeline was busy examining Kael urgently, as if she wasn’t the problem.

Kael frowned at the sensation of déjà vu. It was like what happened this morning. When she barely opened her eyes after falling asleep overnight by Kael’s side, she only looked worried about Kael.

“Adeline.”

“What?”

“What is the last thing you remember?”

“… The last thing I remember?”

Adeline frowned as if she didn’t understand Kael’s question.

“I don’t understand what you mean. My last memory?”

“Do you remember hearing about the death of Lady Felix?”

As soon as Kael finished speaking, Adeline’s eyes trembled.

“… Lady Felix is dead?”

Adeline stiffened in disbelief, and Kael looked at her with a serious expression.

Adeline had lost her memory. The time since this morning and until she collapsed and lost consciousness had all but vanished.

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“So what you mean is… The morning had already passed, and when I heard that Lady Felix was dead, I suddenly grabbed my head, fell down, and lost consciousness?”

Kael nodded at the clean summary.

Adeline stared at Kael blankly, covered in confusion.

She didn’t remember at all.

The last thing Adeline remembered was watching Kael sleeping and wondering how to deal with the situation where she had become his only salvation.

She had no idea what kind of conversation she had with Kael in the morning, how Vanessa’s death was reported to them, what the commander of the military police said, or what the situation was like when she suddenly complained of a headache.

“I can’t believe it. Not only that Lady Felix died, but that I lost my memory of that time…”

Adeline trailed off. Everything felt like a dream.

Not only was it confusing because Vanessa was dead, but it was chaotic how she had to accept the fact that the time when she had heard the news already existed and she even responded with a sincere response, but she suddenly collapsed and lost her memory.

“You don’t remember at all? What happened before you collapsed?”

“Yeah. Not just that, but I don’t have any memories of today.”

The more he listened, the more serious Kael became.

What happened last night continued to overlap over Adeline’s confused face. The assumption that Kael’s curse might have ruined Adeline’s body didn’t leave his mind.

The doctor said that Adeline’s body was fine.

However, the person who had no problems grabbed her head and cried, then lost her memory.

He had never seen anything like this before, but this was the first thing that had happened after last night.

There was no reason not to suspect it, and it seemed that Kael’s curse was the cause.

“Did Lady Felix really die? Are they certain?”

Adeline’s mind was just as complicated as Kael’s. While he searched for the cause, Adeline was struggling with Vanessa’s death again.

“According to the Commander, it was definitely suicide. He said that there were no traces of disguising her death in order to escape.”

Adeline followed the same thought process that only she could not remember.

She was trapped in the same chaos once again, wondering what would happen to the ending she knew now that Vanessa was gone, and what would happen between her and Kael.

This time, a new question mark was added.

A question floated in her head, searching for the cause of why she suddenly grabbed her head and collapsed, and why she suddenly cried and lost her memory.

‘Why in the world? Why did I suddenly collapse? Why did I fall down, crying that my head hurt? Why did I lose my memory? Why?’

No matter how much she thought about it, she couldn’t find the answer. The more she thought about it, the more the threads felt tangled.

‘If I listened to the report of the Commander… I must have thought about Vanessa. I was thinking about what would happen now that Vanessa had died, like a while ago…’

Adeline slowly tried to look back at the flow of her thoughts from a few hours ago.

‘Is there an ending other than the one I know? No. In that case, Vanessa would not feel such injustice and try to kill me. Vanessa acted in an extreme way because she was anxious. She was afraid that the ending wouldn’t happen as planned. Afraid she would be stuck here forever.’

After suspecting a different ending, the thoughts about her possession naturally continued. Adeline didn’t know, but it was exactly the same as it had been a few hours ago.

‘The possession… Ah!’

“Adeline?”

But as soon as she thought of the possession, her head hurt again. Adeline held her breath and frowned at the sensation of someone poking her head. Her face turned pale at the intense pain.

“I’m fine. It must be the aftermath of the headache I had a few hours ago.”

Adeline tried to reassure Kael, saying that it would not subside soon, but his face became stiffer and stiffer.

‘What’s happening? Why did I suddenly… Rather, what was Vanessa’s identity? If she was a possessed person like me, she would not be able to die premature—ugh!’

The headache that seemed to subside a little hit Adeline again. This time, it was even worse.

“Adeline!”

Kael came close to Adeline and embraced her. Adeline instinctively leaned against him and took a breath.

“Did you think of anything?”

“… What?”

“A little while ago and now. What were you thinking just before your head hurt?”

Adeline frowned as if she didn’t know what he was talking about. But Kael continued to ask unhesitatingly.

“Because I can guess something. Please tell me.”

Her light green eyes trembled greatly. She couldn’t tell him the truth. It was impossible to grab hold of Kael and bring up the story of her possession.

“I was thinking about Lady Felix. Just… How that happened…”

Kael realized that Adeline was beating around the bush deliberately. He didn’t think she would tell him the exact details even if he asked more questions.

He changed the question again.

“Is it all the same topic?”

“What?”

“Whenever it hurt, where you thinking about Lady Felix? You don’t have to mention anything specific. Just tell me if it was the same topic.”

Adeline, who had been dazed for a while, quickly nodded.

Every time she thought of Vanessa’s possession, she got a headache, so it was definitely the same topic.

“Adeline. Do you have a butterfly-shaped spot on your body?”

Adeline stared at Kael, stunned.

“… How did you know?”

She really had one. A tiny butterfly-shaped spot, on the right side of her waist.