[Chapter 123] What Blie took away

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"And I guess the reason why you're healthy is because your body absorbed Blie's magic that was in the mana stone chamber. It's only natural for what should have been there to return."

Rossi, who had been talking for a long time, now turned her gaze to Olivia, who was constantly swallowing tears.

"But why did you suddenly come to Elacon looking for Blie? You haven't met since she ran away."

"I always wanted to meet Blie! But I was too sick to come to Elacon myself, and since Blie didn't want to meet, I endured it."

"So why did you suddenly have a whim and bring dozens of guards to this forest? You must have spent a lot of money buying high-level information that would tell me your location."

Olivia was momentarily silent at Rossi's sharp criticism.

When all eyes in the hut turned to her trembling lips, Olivia, unable to bear the silence, carefully opened her mouth.

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Adrienne's death was a great shock to the peaceful Pireta territory.

The Duke of Pireta collapsed upon hearing the news.

Being old, he could not accept Adrienne's sudden death calmly and had been bedridden ever since.

All the servants thought, "It's clear that the Duke loved the princess, even though he didn't show it." It was so unusual.

It was natural for the servants to think so.

The Duke never scolded or scolded Adrienne, but he was not a father who would approach her affectionately and pat her head or say kind words.

Fortunately, the young Duke of Pireta, the princess's brother, and his wife, Bianca, had volunteered to be Adrienne's guardians since childhood, and under the protection of the nanny Olivia, Adrienne had grown up without any wrinkles.

The Duke of Pireta was not the kind of person who would be overly affectionate with his son, Gregory, so it was difficult to say that he was favoring one over the other.

The servants thought it was a great thing that the Duke, who loved his wife more than his children, had not left his wife early and brought in a new Duchess.

Because the love of noblemen was usually very frivolous.

And Olivia was one of those who began to think that the Duke was "somewhat" a loving father, after the death of Helene and the Blie incident.

After Helene's death and the Blie incident, Olivia had always hated the Duke, but when Adrienne also passed away, she felt that all that hatred was in vain.

The words the Duke said when he visited her after a long time were enough to make Olivia's eyes widen.

"That child..."

"Yes?"

"That, child, you know."

Late at night. The day she went to give the Duke his medicine.

The Duke was sick and looking for Blie.

"If I had saved that child, I wouldn't have been so miserable."

"!"

Olivia put down the medicine bowl she had brought with trembling hands and listened to the Duke's words.

"If that child had been alive, instead of Adrienne..."

He didn't finish the sentence, but Olivia felt ecstatic that 'that' Duke had initially looked for her, not because he wanted to kill his daughter, but because he wished he had saved her.

Maybe Blie could be recognized as the Duke's daughter. Maybe she could be recognized as the eldest daughter and princess of Pireta, just like the dead Adrienne.

Then she thought that Blie might be able to forget all the difficult days and live in Ronta, not in Elacon.

"Your Grace. I wish the eldest princess was alive."

"Yes. I wonder why I told you to throw her away. My thoughts... were short."

Olivia's will to live began to burn, even though it might be a selfish thought.

It was clear that Adrienne's death was a sad thing, but to be honest, she had guessed that Adrienne would not live long because she was always weak. Just like Helene.

So the only reason for Olivia to live was to make Blie happy, who had been neglected for a long time.

"Your Grace. In fact..."

So she tried to bring Blie back. When she told the Duke the secret she had kept hidden for over 20 years, the Duke got up from his seat right away.

"Find Blie. I will give her a life of luxury. I will let her take Adrienne's place."

Every time she heard such words, Olivia searched for Blie with the money he provided.

Although the Duke had collapsed again after the death of the Crown Prince.

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"I'm sorry, miss. It's my fault as a bad nanny. If I had known you were alive, I would have taken care of you."

The nanny, with a face full of regret, seemed to have no more tears to shed.

I approached her and put my arms around her shoulders.

"No. You've always been sincere to me. I couldn't have felt so empty without a mother if it weren't for you."

Instead, I was worried about Olivia.

'Father didn't look for his daughter because he missed Blie, he didn't sincerely regret his choice.'

I didn't want to disappoint Olivia, but I had to say what I had to say.

The reason why my father collapsed was clearly because I died, who was the symbol of a strong alliance with the Crown Prince. And because the Crown Prince had also died, he had become a broken person.

The reason why he looked for Blie before the Crown Prince died was probably because he wanted her, as my twin, to impersonate me, become the Crown Princess, and eventually become the Crown Prince's concubine and bear his child.

When I assumed that my father was such a person, everything Olivia said made sense. I felt a chill run down my spine, as if a frustrating puzzle was being put together.

"Olivia, don't be surprised, listen."

I told Olivia the truth.

Just like I told Rossi. Very brief but thick situations.

And furthermore, I said that my father was also behind this incident, and that he probably wanted Blie to become the Crown Prince's concubine instead of me.

And since even the Crown Prince had died, he couldn't help but fall ill.

"No way!"

Olivia jumped up from her seat, forgetting even to use her cane, and let out a scream that was almost a scream.

Her voice was so rough that Neil, who was outside, came in for a moment to check the situation and then left.

"Oh my God. How could this be? That old man! I should have known that that damned old man wouldn't change just because the princess had passed away!"

"Olivia, don't blame yourself. Anyone normal would have thought the same."

I comforted her for a while, and then I spoke more solemnly. Olivia's finely braided hair was all messed up, and she stiffened at my voice.

"I'm sorry, miss. I was so scared that I might put Blie in danger again with my momentary judgment... You're right, miss. This nanny knows very well that regretting the past is useless. I know better than anyone. What should I do?"

Olivia asked me with eyes that seemed like she could even take her father's life if necessary.

"Let's make a plan first. I'm feeling too overwhelmed by the sudden influx of truth."

It was late at night.

A dark night without a moon.

The lighted hut was crowded beyond the garden, but only a quiet anger filled it.

"You said you wanted to wake up Blie."

Rossi finally opened her mouth.

"Waking up Blie is simple."

She seemed quite proactive, probably because she had heard Olivia's words.

"Just give her back the magic that moved to you. Then the chamber will open again, and Blie will wake up."

"But I don't feel any magic in my body. Can it be that I don't feel anything at all?"

"Magic is not easily perceived. I can't feel the magic in you either. There must be a trigger for the owner of the magic to awaken. Instead of the small mana stone you have, if you hug a large chunk of raw mana stone and receive my help, you can quickly learn to recognize the magic you have and transfer it to others."

Rossi's eyes were shining so brightly that they seemed to be glistening.

"Finding a mana stone of that size is the problem. Ronta manages mana stones directly under the emperor, and the transfer is ridiculously small. Elacon also manages mana stone production very strictly. I really want to help right now!"

"Do I just need a raw mana stone?"

"Of course. That's the only way you can practice transferring your magic without wasting it. If you transfer it to someone else's body other than a mana stone, the magic will disappear. Damn, I'm so sick of this situation happening because of mana stones that I've been searching everywhere that is rumored to have mines. This damn mana stone..."

"...I have a mana stone mine."

"What?"

Rossi raised her slitted eyes slightly and blinked.

"I told you that my Acacia Barony has a mana stone mine. Prince Epero clearly said so."

The brightest expression I had seen on Rossi's face today appeared. Rossi approached me immediately with eyes that seemed to be burning.

"Let's go. Acacia Barony is near the Elacon border. Tell the king who is heading south that we met, so he can go back first."

After that, it was surprisingly fast.

The people who were preparing to camp in the backyard gathered up their tents and reorganized the procession at Roaldness's command.

As soon as everyone moved a little away from the hut, Rossi muttered something and waved her hand.

With a cracking sound, the hut collapsed.

The fireflies that lit up the area around Rossi's hut surrounded the procession and gradually grew larger, illuminating us like day even in the middle of the night.

Getting into the carriage with Roaldness, I lowered my gaze as if my soul had been taken away as the carriage left the forest.

Even though my body and my soul were all in the right place, I felt a sense of not belonging, as if I were submerged deep in the sea.

"Adrienne."

"..."

"Lean on me."

In the carriage where darkness and light intersected, Roaldness sat next to me.

As the huge shadow and warm warmth warmed me, I finally crumbled.

"I was always afraid of Blie."

Leaning against him with my shoulders wrapped around him, I mumbled to myself.

"I thought she took away my husband. She took away my family's happiness. And she tried to take my place."

"..."

"But what I lost when I died... I thought it was Noebian, whom I thought of as you. The Crown Prince who would sacrifice his life for the country. My father who would have loved me even though he didn't express it."

"That's right."

"Everything Blie took away was fake that I thought was real."

It's not just me. Because I was deprived of false things, Roaldness who embraced me also escaped from the illusion.

I reached out to his heart, which was beating as fast as mine. The vibration and warmth I felt on my palm made me cry.

"The words 'poor Adrienne Pireta' written in Blie's diary always made me miserable."

Tears streamed down my distorted face, like a volcano erupting from my crumpled mind.

"If Blie is my sister. If she didn't write that diary because she hated me or resented me by any chance..."

My anger and sadness that didn't know where to go shook my reason.

"That really makes me angry and sad."

I realized that the illusion I was standing on had broken, and I had to step on the ruins of those illusions, finally holding onto Roaldness.

Roaldness's lips, which had been silent, settled on my tearful eyes.

And his lips didn't leave until the tears stopped.

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