The Impact Of The Villainess' Fake Marriage On The Ending

Chapter 91

"Are you sure he's coming back today?"

"Yes, Your Grace. I asked Zion again and again. No matter what, he is definitely coming back today."

Melissa answered firmly. Adeline sighed and closed her eyes for a moment.

After listening to the melody coming out of the orgel, Kael became strange.

It wasn't just that he wasn't looking for Adeline, but that he continued to leave the castle.

The reason was that he was patrolling the territory, but the timing was not right. She didn't know when he would encounter a violent snowstorm these days, when the northern winter was nearing its coldest time.

He could lose his life if he encountered a blizzard while he was outside, in the middle of the winter in the north.

Consequently, in times like these, the patrols of the territory were reduced to a minimum. It was one of the first things she learned while studying about the North.

But Kael kept going outside. And even when he returned, he didn't come to visit Adeline.

"He left the territory for a long time. He must be trying to take a look around before it gets even colder, Your Grace."

"That's right. In fact, he couldn't look around too much."

"Besides, there have been sightings of the Corrupted on the northern border. One of my childhood friends is part of the garrison in the northern wall, and he told me that the atmosphere at the post is unusual these days. He would need at least ten bodies to be able to take a look at everything."

Melissa and Isabel subsequently added the reasons. They actively reminded Adeline of Kael's situation and tried to calm her disturbance.

Their effort was commendable, but unfortunately, it didn't make Adeline feel better.

In the end, trying to justify it in a positive way was Melissa and Isabel's idea, not Kael's. No one knew with what kind of mind Kael was pushing ahead with the patrol, or why.

She thought about meeting Zion or Vero, but since they were stuck to him like they were Kael's limbs, if she didn't see Kael, she couldn't see either of them.

Adeline had no way to resolve this frustration.

'I thought the wall between us was crumbling. I believed he was starting to give up on pushing me away.'

Adeline fell into thought with a dark expression.

'It didn't seem like he would push me away even if I got a little closer...'

She could feel Kael's heart swaying as time passed.

She felt it when they spent a week together in the East, and she felt it when they kissed in front of the small sea. Even if Adeline could not hide her leaking feelings and approached him even more, it seemed like he would no longer step back.

'But it wasn't like that. Not at all.'

However, Kael reversed Adeline's expectations. Melissa and Isabel insisted strongly that it wasn't like that, but Kael was definitely pushing Adeline away.

"There's no reason for you to be anxious, Your Grace. You even saw the glittering snow at the ceremony. The glittering snow that embroidered the blue sky."

Adeline's mood was unusual, so Melissa mentioned the gaze she had seen during the ceremony.

"Why did it snow?"

"Isabel probably doesn't know about this either. Right?"

"Only that it snowed on a sunny day, and it was amazing... If there's more to the story beyond that, as you say, I don't know."