Chapter 31
Seeing Michelle's expression, Alexander snickered. "I wouldn't die if I didn't know, but..." he spoke with a sneer that annoyed Michelle into speechlessness. "I was just curious..." he hummed. "What would happen if my tongue slipped, and I let the world know that you can combine two contradictory cultivation methods?"
When his words fell, Michelle felt her anger raising with the desire to punch him. She took a deep breath before answering. "No one would believe you since..." a smirk creeped to her lips as she spoke. "My handwriting is different from that of the original Michelle. Of course, some would come to bother me. But once someone notices the difference in the handwriting, they will take it that you lied and will come after you."
Michelle's reasoning was perfect, making Alexander lift a brow. More and more, he realized that he needed her for the turmoil to come. "Your handwriting is indeed different compared to the original Michelle. Yours is sharp and clean, while hers was flowy and elegant. The two handwritings are completely different, and if the people realize that, they will stop troubling you, but!" Alexander smiled coldly.
"They will continue searching for the creator of the method, and after some time, they will find letters that you, not the original Michelle, wrote, and the handwriting there will be the same." Alexander's words were going right towards the core.
He continued. "If that happened, not only would they find out that you created the method, they would also realize that you are a different person from the 'Archduke's daughter Michelle Grace'. Both you and Philip Grace will be questioned by society and if he doesn't want to lose his name, he will say you filled him and cast you out." Alexander's voice was calm as he kept smiling coldly. He was one of the most calculating people Michelle had ever met, and he clearly didn't even show her his full capabilities.
Though... Michelle didn't reveal her full capabilities either, so the both of them knew only a bit about each other. But Alexander knew more about her than she knew about him, and that was like salt in a wound.
"I can just use different handwriting from now on! That way, no attention will be brought to my handwriting and the change won't be noticed. Or I can learn to have the same handwriting as the original Michelle had." Michelle spoke after a while, her words causing Alexander's sneer to widen.
He placed the two notebooks down and leaned against a bookshelf. "Do you think changing one's handwriting is so easy?" he snickered. "Did they not teach you in your old world that a person's handwriting can be similar to that of a different person, but there will always be some habitual differences?"
To that, Michelle chuckled. "But I inherited this body, so I also inherited the habits of this body's muscles. The muscle memory. If I want to, I can easily use Michelle's handwriting or make a completely new one." Michelle's words were spot on.