Thought It Was ‘The End’, Only to Return to a Changed Genre - Chapter 15

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Chapter 3. The Villainess Resurrects (4)

Delmez was buzzing with excitement.

It had been over a month since Saint Genevieve’s sudden marriage, and there hadn’t been any new topics of conversation, so people were bored. But originally, people loved talking about issues involving the Saint and the Blancarde Duke to the point of obsession.

With ridiculous seasonings like resurrection and miracles added to the mix, it was only natural that chaos would ensue.

At any salon or party, whenever two or more people gathered, they talked about Edelaine Bertrand.

Public opinion was divided in two.

Resurrection is nonsense. They’re putting forward a suitable stand-in to commit fraud!

The Saint performed a miracle. Doubt is impious. There’s evidence right before our eyes, so not believing it is foolish behavior!

However, the chatter was limited to secretive private spaces.

Openly doubting Edelaine Bertrand was tantamount to declaring they would make enemies of those who acknowledged her as real.

Edelaine hoped this would be a society where the minority could voice their opinions.

People who could make rational judgments without being swayed by media colluding with power were the ones fit to be leaders of this society.

Not dukes who spread fabricated articles bought with money!

Not royalty who, absorbed in their own schemes, clearly knew the Saint’s resurrection was fake but went along with it anyway!

It should be people who knew how to make principled statements with backbone!

“Since there are no such people, Greenwinzer is doomed…”

“Will it fall before you do, Master?”

“…Lloyd, can’t you please learn to speak indirectly now?”

“I can’t do it because I don’t have a role model.”

Edelaine sniffled and pretended to cry. However, Lloyd paid no attention and focused on his work.

“I told you not to lie on the sofa. Please move. I need to clean.”

“If you leave it, someone else will clean it.”

“It’s my job. And I don’t have time, so please move quickly. Jeff will be here soon.”

“Ah… Is there still stuff left to buy?”

“If we’re going to prepare for a wedding within a month, there’s a lot to do.”

“So cold…”

Lloyd snorted loudly enough for everyone to hear.

“Don’t my brothers suspect anything?”

“When I told them I came because I heard news that you had returned, they said they understood and hired me.”

“That’s suspicious too.”

Come to think of it, wasn’t there more than one or two suspicious things?

Edelaine was still doubtful about the fact that Gregory, Emma, Patrick, and Jeff believed in fairy tale nonsense like the Saint’s miracle.

‘They might have been surprised and fallen for Genevieve’s fraudulent act for now, but they can’t possibly continue without any suspicion.’

They weren’t such naive people, yet none of them showed any signs of doubt.

Edelaine, who had been lying on the sofa, groaned and sat up.

Even without Lloyd’s urging, it was time to get up.

It had already been ten days since she was kidnapped by Shane.

It had only been eleven days since she returned to Delmez, but Edelaine had almost perfectly returned to how things were five years ago.

Strictly speaking, it was more leisurely than five years ago.

Emma and Gregory were worried about Edelaine’s stamina, so they were still declining all outside invitations for her. It was good that she wasn’t invited to small tea parties, salons, parties, or charity events, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t busy.

From the moment Edelaine opened her eyes until she closed them, she mainly went shopping.

It seemed like she had bought everything that existed in the world, but they said there was still more to buy. It was quite remarkable that there were so many goods in a world without factories.

“Edelaine, may I come in?”

“You’re already in.”

She didn’t understand what the point was of asking while opening the door.

Jeff smiled wryly and said,

“I asked out of courtesy.”

“At least knock out of courtesy.”

“Are you trying to do something in secret?”

“What would I do in secret…”

With so many eyes watching. Edelaine muttered while glancing behind Jeff.

Jeff didn’t respond particularly and just smiled mysteriously.

‘He’s suspicious, he’s definitely suspicious…’

Jeff said,

“Our Edelaine will be tonight’s star too, Mother.”

“I’ll dress her up to look like the star she is.”

If she wanted to be the star, it would probably be most effective to just strut around looking like a beggar. Then would they send her to a monastery, calling her a crazy woman? She hoped so…

‘No wait, when I fled to the monastery, someone pushed me off a cliff and killed me…’

The nightmare hadn’t started again.

But the fundamental problem still remained unsolved.

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“Today we’ll just do a final check of the measurements. Since we’re pressed for time, we’ll go straight into production.”

“So have we bought everything we need to buy now?”

The answer came from another direction. It was Mother Emma.

“What are you talking about? There’s so much we need to prepare!”

“Mother, please….”

“I kept all the clothes I used to wear well-preserved, but they’re too old now. I need to buy everything new.”

Jeff, who had been listening, interjected.

“Still, we’ve picked out most of the important stuff, so we can take our time preparing the rest.”

“Really? But there must be a lot that’s lacking.”

“Now you have plenty of time.”

“Ah….”

Emma’s eyes welled up with tears. Edelaine let out a groan at the ominous premonition.

“Yeah, now, now we have plenty of time…!”

Jeff pulled out a handkerchief and handed it to Emma as he spoke.

“We need to let them know whose daughter Edeline is. So they can’t just run their mouth carelessly.”

“That’s right. That’s right. You have to make it so no one can speak carelessly about it.”

By now, most people in Delmuz are probably talking about Edeline Bertrand. Some are likely spinning cautious conspiracy theories, just as certain newspapers have subtly encouraged.

“Those idiots seem to doubt even what they see with their own eyes.”

“Any intelligent person would naturally have doubts….”

“Don’t worry, Edelaine. No matter what happens, this mother will protect you.”

“No one would hurt me….”

“You don’t have anything to worry about.”

“I’m worried about my mother….”

I was worried that I might get dehydrated from crying so much.

For the past ten days, she would burst into tears at the slightest thing, making it impossible to say anything to her. Faced with Emma’s excessive tragic demeanor, even his hardened conscience began to ache.

While comforting the crying Emma, their eyes met with Jeff’s. Jeff smiled mysteriously.

‘He’s suspicious, he’s definitely being suspicious….’

Jeff said.

“Adelaine will be the star of tonight as well, Mother.”

“I’ll dress you up to look like a proper protagonist.”

If I wanted to become the protagonist, it seemed like the most effective approach would be to just strut around looking like a beggar. Then maybe they’d call me crazy and send me off to a convent. I really hoped they would…

‘No wait, when he fled to the monastery, someone pushed him off a cliff to his death…’

The nightmare did not begin again.

However, the fundamental problem still remains unsolved.

Five years in Delmez without ‘Edelaine Bertrand’.

Edelaine listened to Lloyd’s investigation report and fell into thought.

The biggest change was definitely Saint Genevieve.

‘Did Genevieve learn some kind of clone technique during this time?’

Even at a glance, the schedule Genevieve had to handle was far from normal.

If she had been an ordinary person, she should have collapsed from overwork within a couple of months, but it seemed she had managed to endure thanks to the self-healing power she gained from partially awakening as a Saint.

‘No wonder that child looked so worn out…!’

That pretty child! Our female lead!

Shane was an inhuman boss. He gave Genevieve work that would have caused even a machine to explode from overheating long ago.

Not only was she constantly called away for domestic and international purification and monster subjugation, but he also made sure she appeared at every Imperial Court and Church event.

Shane had also formally inherited his title and handled a schedule as busy as Genevieve’s, but it seemed he hardly participated in social activities. Thanks to that, the only rumors circulating about him were praise for his cold personality, indifferent nature, and sculpture-like beauty.

‘Only the Crown Prince is living it up.’

How delighted he must have been to have the Saint and male lead, who should have been dealing with the mage, clinging to the Imperial Court and overworking themselves.

The elderly Emperor was staying at the Retreat Palace for health reasons, so the Crown Prince, who had seized all real power, was truly a lion with wings. No wonder his complexion looked so good.

By now, when the original ending should have been reached, the mage should have been caught long ago.

‘Where did the real villain go?’

After the attack that Edelaine had used five years ago, the mage had completely disappeared without a trace.

Unless the mage had been struck by lightning and died somewhere, Genevieve was still in unprecedented danger.

‘Mage, because you’ve been slacking off, my life got screwed over too.’

Edelaine burned with anger in the wrong direction. Of course, she didn’t wish for Genevieve to face life-threatening situations multiple times.

If Genevieve died, the Empire and the world would eventually end. She had to prevent that.

Apart from the fact that the mage was a noble of the Empire, Edelaine knew nothing else. Moreover, since the situation had changed significantly from the novel, knowing the original plot was now useless.

How could she find the mage among the countless nobles of the Greenwinsor Empire?

‘This was originally the male lead’s role.’

Thinking of Shane, Edelaine slapped her own cheek hard enough to make a sound. Lloyd looked at her in surprise.

“Are you crazy?”

“No, I was just reflecting a bit.”

“Do you need to get slapped to reflect?”

“No, just while I was thinking.”

Lloyd’s gaze changed to look at her like she was insane.

“If you’re going to do more, I’ll hit you myself.”

“No, I’m done.”

Too much thinking and reflection only leads to self-loathing. Only action can change reality.

So now, shall I plan for a divorce?

‘If I were to give it a title, it would be something like 【The Resurrected Villainess Wants a Divorce】…’

Damn, my life.

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