Chapter 100

Fake and Truth (8)

She raised her hand and swept his face down. Arthur’s body trembled a little by her sudden action.

Carl quietly stood up, looked out at Arthur, and turned his head.

“But why am I here?”

“Mary, that’s what I want to ask you. Why did you leave the room and fell in the hallway.”

“… Were you alone?”

The fact that she was lying down distorted his face.

‘What did Nox do to me?’

The memory of following him came to mind again. The appearance of Carl falling, but what she said and heard still didn’t come to mind.

With the story that loving Arthur might end everything, only the blue medicine bottle and Nox’s eyes, which were particularly red, lingered in her head.

“Carl, did you see me when I came out?”

“… … I don’t remember it at all. After you went in, I didn’t see anyone coming out. Had I seen it, I would have stopped it.”

The time she summoned him was also earlier than the time the others fell asleep. Carl, too, always went back to his room before that time, so it was definitely not a set time.

“Then why were you down too?”

“I’m sorry.”

Carl also seemed embarrassed. She’ll be frustrated too because the entire memory has flown away.

She didn’t ask him to reprimand him. She didn’t really remember, so she said it to understand the situation.

“Mary, I’m going to attach someone else other than Carl.”

“I don’t like that.”

Because he was Carl, she was able to trust and be around him. Isn’t he the one who didn’t ask her anything even in front of the one who says she is Mary?

‘It’s not Carl’s fault, there’s something.’

There was only a memory of meeting Nox, talking, getting up from his seat, and following him out the door.

Obviously, Nox showed her something else. That was as certain as that.

She chewed her lips without realizing it.

‘What on earth is it? The memory I forgot.’

Anxiety surrounded her because she felt like she had forgotten something important.

She couldn’t see the other Mary in the castle. Arthur didn’t even tell her where he hid her. She had disappeared as if she didn’t exist in the first place.

She was stuck in the room because her body had not yet recovered.

“Carl, what happened in the past week?”

“…… everything was fine.”

“But your face doesn’t make sense”.

Perhaps she was alright with Arthur, but she opened her eyes as he looked at Carl’s tightly closed lips.

She brought Nox on herself, but she was frustrated because she didn’t know the situation would go like this.

“Do you feel better when you search all over the place?”

“Nothing really happened.”

“Carl, you shouldn’t lie to me.”

Because he’s the only one she trusts. Don’t hide anything from her as much as she does.

She got out of bed and approached Carl. As she took a step closer, Carl took a step back.

“…….”

Staring at his face, she took another step closer. Carl has never kept a distance from her. Not once until now.

“Then why didn’t the princess tell me the truth?”

“What do you want to hear from me?”

She stopped walking toward Carl and hinted. She smiled with her eyes folded, releasing her stiff expression.

“Tell me. What am I lying to you about, right now?”

As expected, Carl must have noticed Mary that day. Otherwise, there’s no reason to do this to her suddenly.

She knew it, but when she actually met her (Mary 2), she felt strangely twisted. It was clear that it was her greed and selfishness, but she was still wondering.

“Why can’t you talk?”

Carl’s eyes shook. His eyes staring at her showed an unexpected feeling. She strode up to Carl, who was standing firm in his spot.

Standing right in front of him, she looked up and looked at Carl. Carl couldn’t bear to look at her and stared straight ahead.

She reached out, hugged Carl’s cheek, and bowed his face toward her. Carl’s eyes, which were filled with more confusion than before, burned her mouth.

“Yeah, I cheated you.”

“…….”

“I had no choice but to deceive you. Because I needed you.”

“…….”

“So, are you resentful?”

Even if he resents and gets angry, she can’t help it. It was already expected, and it would happen someday.

Didn’t she have no intention of telling him honestly in the first place?

She is afraid he’ll leave her. By Mary’s side, she thought there was no one next to her who she wanted as much as Carl.

“I told you then, leave my side.”

She definitely gave him a chance. So that he can choose the opportunity not to be hurt and the time to find happiness.

“Carl, you’re late now. I have no intention of letting go of whatever you feel or think.”

Carl held her hand that was covering his face and separated it. He spoke in a biting voice with his slightly wet eyes.

“……I knew it.”

He looked like he knew she wasn’t Mary, and that he already knew from the beginning what she wanted to hide.

“There’s no way I can’t recognize the person I love.”

“I see.”

Carl’s words hurt a corner of her heart. Despair poured in with pain in the heart.

Why did he decide to stay by her side even though he knew?

She became curious. When she realized that Carl, whom she thought she knew everything about, was already out of her expectations, a flood of questions followed.

Why? Why?

“It must have been fun to see me struggling.”

“The reason why I didn’t leave and stayed by your side..….”

Carl continued to talk, suppressing his emotions. His hand, holding her hand, felt unusually warm today.

“Because you are Princess Mary Anastasia now.”

“…….”