Chapter 126

Missing Mary (8)

Nox’s lips were twitched as if he were excited. He looked down at her with a look of wanting to go soon. When she looked at him still, she bowed out of her upper body and looked at him.

“Whatever it is, if you did it, I’ll definitely enjoy it.”

“Are you the only one having fun here?”

“It doesn’t matter, you’re next to me now and I’m having fun now, so that’s all that matters.”

He lightly kissed her forehead and narrowed his forehead when he looked at her outfit.

He wasn’t normally dressed properly, but somehow he was wearing a jacket. Nox took off his jacket and put it on her shoulder.

“Human beings are so weak. You’re weak and you hurt easily, so you will get sick easily in this cold.”

“You’re telling me to wear this because it’s cold, right?”

“Because I don’t get cold easily. Mary, you’re still shaking.”

Nox pointed at her with a calm look. Hearing a worried voice, she shrugged and drew a smile on her face.

“If I had body temperature, I would have hugged you, but as you said, I don’t have body temperature. You can cover up with this.”

“Thank you.”

Perhaps her answer was awkward, he scratched his head and avoided looking. Nox, who only left the word that he couldn’t miss something funny, quickly disappeared.

‘It’s easier than I thought……?’

If she had known how to respond to this, she would have been more friendly. She thought she’d found another way to respond to Nox’s unexpected reaction.

He used to imitate without knowing his feelings, but somehow he seems to realize it little by little.

She’s not sure if this will flow in a good direction or not.

***

She was busy from morning to go to the Pravio family. It was to go a day early, but what can the family say when they see her who is already bold?

It was different from the promised day, so she felt sorry for the family, but she couldn’t go on the promised date.

If she does that, she will face Arthur and the fake Mary, which will have a big impact.

“Do you have today’s newspaper?”

“Yes, it’s here.”

The maid handed her the newspaper as if she were ready. It was quite natural, as if the maid knew what she would ask for.

There was nothing to be surprised about now, so she opened the newspaper. Sure enough, there was a story about fake Mary.

<Who the hell is the woman impersonating the Princess?>

“Impersonating? Who wants to say this?”

She laughed and read the newspaper.

<Grand DukeArthur and the Princess, who went to Emilton Street, were embarrassed by the news of Princess Mary Anastasia, who had already been there. Although he could not give details, Count Emilton testified that she was obviously Princess Mary Anastasia and drove a wagon stamped with Imperial seals.>

“But I guess you felt uncomfortable. Seeing that, I didn’t tell you the details of the contract.”

She quite liked Count Emilton’s heavy mouth. She’ll have to prioritize the next contract as well.

If things in the contract for the future are put to action right now. With that amount of wealth and judgment, they’ll do well in anything.

The newspaper continued to be full of articles about her.

<But the question was that Princess Mary Anastasia, who sat with the Grand Duke, also had an Imperial seal. Accordingly, it is said that the Imperial family of the Arpen Empire is receiving witnesses to distinguish fake ones.>

“Did you read the newspaper?”

“Yes, I saw it in the morning.”

“What do you think? What do you think about this newspaper?”

“There will be people who take the opportunity.”

“I think so, too.”

Her authority, which she has held at best, might be shaken. Then, how will Arthur come out? She hid hard, but she never intended to enter the castle before the drug was due.

Even if he made an appointment anyway, this was something she had to solve.

“You guys must be dolls made by Nox.”

“You can think of it as similar.”

“Okay… Then you don’t feel emotions either?”

She suddenly became curious. Questions such as whether the doll made by Nox has no body temperature, the heart beats, what is different from humans, and whether there is a way to distinguish it.

“We can’t tell you anything about it.”

“Really?”

What is this strange feeling? She thought she had heard something similar somewhere. There are no emotions, there are certain things they shouldn’t say, and they have to do only what they’re supposed to do.….

It’s the same as the maids in Arthur’s castle.

She pulled the hand of the maid, helping with the decoration. As she expected, they had no body temperature.

However, the hand of the maid in Arthur’s castle, which was touched could clearly feel her body temperature. Then, it was not made by Nox.

“If it’s not that…… or using humans.”

There were two answers. Controlling humans, dolls made like these.

She’s sure it’s close to the former. After letting go of the cold maid’s hand, she folded the newspaper and put it in one place.

“Nox is amazing. Seeing him build mansions like this and build you too.”

“That’s what we think.”

“How much can he make?”

“There’s nothing he can’t make.”

The maid replied to her with an expressionless face. Her hands were moving diligently. While talking, her hands didn’t stop.

The same was true of the maid next to her. Like a controlled doll, they were only doing their own things, but they never looked elsewhere.

“Then, is it possible not only to have a mansion, but also a wider one?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, but nothing is impossible.”

The maid was quite determined. When she heard them, she remembered the fairies she met at the store.

That they told her that Viblant was here. And they said they were trapped there.

‘If so, if they are not fairies…… If they’re devils? If you’re a Nox-like race.’

The story fits. Looking back on the ability that Lilith showed her, it didn’t look good enough to be a fairy. To mislead people, and to speak.

“Yeah, why didn’t I think of that?”

Nightmare. Their existence was not fairies, but demons. When Nox asked her if they looked like a fairy, other fairies that changed like humans felt the same.

“Is something wrong?”

The maid asked, looking at her hardened face. She shook her head in a hurry, hiding her feelings.

As if it was nothing, she cleared her throat and kept organizing her thoughts in her head. Maybe what she thought was the answer.

It was possible if everything that had not been found out so far was made, and everything was being controlled by Nox.

‘How the hell is it real?’

She bit her nails well out of anxiety. As she took a step closer to the truth, she felt like there was something she shouldn’t know.

Now she’s getting scared. If it was really better not to know, what should she do?

Is that why Arthur tried to hide it?

‘If I can’t figure it out, it must be about Arthur and Nox’s contract.’

And she thought the contract was the beginning and cause of everything. Seeing that one was released one after another, it felt like the secrets of the contract were few and far between.

“No, there’s nothing. I was just a little excited.”

When she broke the contract between Arthur and Nox and thought she could get out of it, her hips fluttered. She wanted to survive by noticing as soon as possible.

She’s definitely in their contract, so if she breaks the contract, she’ll be able to get out of it, too.

She left the mansion immediately after dressing up. She had to finish what she had to do as soon as possible and get her place back. She has to finish first before everything is over.

“I have no choice but to go back when I meet this family.”

Recalling the writings in the newspaper, she got into the wagon and closed her eyes. She doesn’t know if the Pravio family will find out if she’s real when she goes alone, but wouldn’t it be a little difficult if they read the newspaper?

Unless she goes with Arthur, they will think it’s weird. Of course, they can’t suspect she’s fake in a hurry.

If they refused and later found out that she was real, it was the Pravio family in trouble.

“It’s going to be a difficult decision. It’s interesting even for me.”

It was not enough to end in a slight disturbance that everyone was reeling from Nox’s play.

There may be reasons why she stepped up, but Arthur, accompanied by fake Mary, is also inevitable from responsibility.

Now, what is Arthur going to do? She wondered how he would come out.