Chapter 458
Indifferent to the hatred her voice conveyed, Paul did not fail to tell some truths mixed with lies to the naive sibling. Making her aware of the situation and the consequences she would face if she did not cooperate with his schemes. — "Therefore, as I’ll allow you to walk around freely, you should help in what I want you to do. After things calm down and they stop searching for my Marianne, I will make up something so both of us can return as if innocent."
"..."
"Of course, if it’s about Marianne, we will say she’s dead. Although of course, she isn’t. We would never let that happen, haha."
"This is nonsense... Why would you do this? Don’t you know that Father is searching for her? No matter what you do, Father will never stop looking for Marianne-Ngh!"
"He will stop if we give him a body to believe she’s dead." — Grabbing her face to stop her reaction, Paul said dominatingly. Letting her go as she moved away indignated yet learning some composure.
"..... W-what? What do you mean by giving a body?"
"... There is a maid I infiltrated in the Palace when Marianne was sent there... I told her she should inform me about Marianne’s activities as much as she was able to learn... She is similar in height and physique."
"..."
"She’s not beautiful like Marianne, but she’ll do if we burn her body."
The blood was drained from Theressa’s colour the more the man told her about his plans, for which he planned on blaming her were they to go awry. And at the panic his ideas invoked in a young Theressa, the sibling did not hide her disagreement, ignoring that her opposition wouldn’t be received kindly.