Thought It Was 'The End', Only to Return to a Changed Genre - Chapter 14
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“You dumbass! You should have trusted someone trustworthy instead, aaargh…”
I trusted Lucian because there was no one else to trust!
She was foolish to believe that he would keep his loyalty just because he had saved her life once or twice.
Lucian was a man of calculated measures. He had already settled his debt when he helped her escape from Delmuz five years ago.
“I should have known when he laughed unnaturally…”
She had not expected that disregarding her ominous premonition would come back to haunt her like this.
Then the door opened again. Adeline, without looking in that direction, shouted,
“Shane, I’m really sorry, and if it makes you feel better, you can hit me until you’re satisfied. Please, let’s just talk…”
With a sincere apology and the offer of negotiation as compensation, Adeline tried to make amends.
For the happiness of the female lead, Adeline must never ruin Shane’s marital life. If he was angry, she would apologize, and if he wanted something, she would do her best to accommodate, so she hoped he would act rationally.
Please, just let me get out of here!
“Lady Adeline…”
That voice.
“…Genevieve…?”
It was the original wife, no, the female lead.
‘Fxxx, it’s one thing on top of another…’
What are the chances that a husband wouldn’t misunderstand a woman locked in his bedroom, especially if it’s his former fiancée? Adeline was on the verge of being mistaken for an adulteress.
“You really are alive! My goodness, how could this be…”
“Genevieve. Well, it’s been a while, hasn’t it?”
How do I recover the sociability that died while I was in hiding…
Genevieve, seemingly overwhelmed or in shock, teared up, and all Adeline could manage to say was something so trivial.
Adeline felt an untimely sense of shame.
Back in the heyday of Delmuz’s social scene, she was a social butterfly who was popular among everyone, young and old, with her brilliant eloquence. But now, just five years later, she had turned into this recluse.
“I couldn’t believe it when His Grace told me. You were right before my eyes taking your last breath… I even attended your funeral, but to think you were actually alive…”
“I’m sorry for deceiving you. There’s a deep reason behind it that I can’t fully explain in words…”
It really was a situation too complex to explain.
It involved issues tied to her past life.
“How could you not contact me at all while you were alive!”
“That…”
If I was going to contact you, I wouldn’t have made such a huge scene…
Adeline couldn’t say it outright to Genevieve, who was weeping profusely, so she remained silent.
Genevieve was a good person.
Although she was the female lead who had taken her fiancé, Adeline had rooted for her even when reading the novel.
Despite her harsh circumstances and cruel treatment, she was the epitome of a female lead who was righteous and kind-hearted.
When Shane first brought her to the imperial palace, she was subdued by the sudden change in her environment and struggled a lot due to the rampant rumors and her yet-to-be-awakened powers.
People talked about Genevieve as if she were merely Duke Blanchard’s lover.
Adeline had stepped up to defend Genevieve in front of the gossipers.
She took good care of her and was like a big sister to her. Genevieve followed Adeline around like a chick following its mother.
Adeline had casually encouraged her romance with Shane, and each time, Genevieve’s face would turn red.
‘Now she really looks like a seasoned professional…’
Several years had passed since she proved herself as the true Saintess.
Genevieve, who was smoothly touring the continent for the purification of the world, had now truly become a saintess well-suited in her white clerical robes.
“Uh… can you let me out of here first?”
Whether Genevieve knew how much or not, it seemed it wouldn’t be difficult to manipulate her seeming vulnerability.
Adeline feigned pity and shrugged her shoulders, making Genevieve’s expression turn complex.
“That won’t do, Lady Adeline.”
“Huh?”
Her refusal was kind but firm.
“If I release you, I’ll be in trouble.”
“What do you mean? No husband has the right to unilaterally rebuke his wife like that!”
“Huh?”
“Uh?”
“…Ah.”
Genevieve let out a knowing sigh.
What is it, what? Why do you know and not me. I want to know too…
An anxious Adeline asked,
“You’re married… right…?”
