Thought It Was ‘The End’, Only to Return to a Changed Genre - Chapter 38

Then out of nowhere, Jeff said,

“Adeline is ‘real’, Rachel.”

“Who’s saying otherwise? I’m not a fool who can’t recognize someone I’ve seen once. There might be many lookalikes in the world, but they can’t have the same bone structure.”

Rachel had a keen eye. She remembered the characteristics of numerous customers in detail, allowing her to provide meticulous service.

Jeff had chosen <Madame Harper>’s dressing room to have Rachel ‘confirm’ it.

“Even with magic?”

“Even with magic, the color of the eyes wouldn’t be exactly the same. Even with the same hazel eyes, the shade and saturation are different. …Are you suspicious?”

“No. I believe it.”

He had considered the possibility that a convincing body double had been set up and hypnotized everyone.

Shane was definitely capable of such a thing.

‘Putting aside that he is indeed capable of such things.’

However, Adeline’s corpse, which he had personally confirmed, was definitely not in a comatose state. No one in the Bertrand family was foolish enough to be deceived by such a flimsy lie.

But since ‘how she was alive’ wasn’t the important issue, they had let it pass.

Adeline had aged appropriately.

Five years wasn’t long enough for aging to be obvious, but it wasn’t so short that there would be no changes at all.

Well-manicured nails, longer hair, faint scratches, and marks on her skin.

Moreover, if she had been in a comatose state for such a long time, her muscles would have weakened to the point that she couldn’t walk properly even if her life was maintained.

But Adeline walked well and used her grown body naturally.

Most importantly, her eyes.

Those green eyes filled with guilt couldn’t completely hide the truth.

Adeline Bertrand was good at lying, but she had a weak-willed heart. She couldn’t completely ignore people clinging to her.

‘That’s why she attracts unnecessary things.’

Shane, for one, that young attendant of hers, and even the Saintess all fall into that category.

Shane probably didn’t think the Bertrand family would be deceived either.

The miracle was a justification to present to the world.

He could have told the truth, but Shane judged that it was more effective for Adeline to think her family was being deceived.

Guilt was the most effective shackle.

Emma realized this too and made sure to cry in front of Adeline at least once a day.

“So what’s the problem?”

“Well… not knowing what the problem is, is the problem in itself.”

“…….”

“We’ll find out from now on.”

“…Alright. I’ll make sure the wedding dress is completed on time.”

For someone who loved his sister so much, he seemed to have no objections to her getting married.

In fact, Rachel was one of those who believed the rumor about Duke Blanchard and the Saintess.

Even in the past, Adeline didn’t seem very close to Shane. Rachel rarely saw them together.

But whenever Rachel mentioned the rumors, Jeff would scoff and say, “If you met Shane even once, you’d know how absurd those rumors are.”

He would say that Shane practically flaunted his disdain for anyone other than Adeline, and if she still didn’t get it after seeing that, she should just throw her eyes away.

He even told her that the source of the rumors was Adeline herself.

Remembering the past, Rachel said goodbye to Jeff,

“I’m off. Take care.”

Jeff didn’t even look at her and just waved his hand as if to shoo her away. Whoever he was meeting, Rachel resolved to demand five times the compensation if the Princess’s silk was damaged.

Not long after Rachel left, a boy entered as if changing shifts.

It was Lloyd.