Fiancée No More: The Forsaken Lady, the Prince, and Their Make-Believe Love Volume 2 [Parts 1 to 4] by Mari Morikawa

Author:Mari Morikawa
Language: eng
Format: epub

Trickster felt like over ten minutes had passed. It seemed to be finally over at that point, and the choker stopped glowing with a silver light.

“Haah... Haah... Haah...”

Adeline, meanwhile, was breathing heavily, agony written on her face.

“That was no ordinary mana stone but an artifact, yes?” asked Trickster. “I cannot imagine what effect it might have...”

“It makes a person into a doll who does your bidding. In exchange, it uses up an awful lot of mana. It is also said that you pay the price in your lifespan.” Visibly drained and smiling, Adeline’s face was a sight to behold. “Olivia won’t say anything bad about you anymore. So please don’t hold back—come live at the mansion. I’ll have an atelier prepared for you.”

Some noble families with long-lasting lineages were secretly in possession of artifacts with incredible power. Trickster got goose bumps at the sight of it.

It thrilled him. If the artifact made Adeline, a noble, this exhausted, there was a high probability that Trickster himself, who had only about as much mana as a member of lesser nobility, couldn’t use it. But if he helped himself to it before he went into hiding and put it on the black market, it would probably fetch quite the high price.

That wasn’t the only reason Trickster was in high spirits.

It was amazing that Adeline would even come up with the idea of turning her rebellious daughter into a doll using an artifact, which could potentially even shorten Adeline’s lifespan. All for the sake of keeping “Robert” around.

You’re incredible, Mrs. Rainsworth. Trickster smiled inwardly.

He was planning to suddenly disappear after making a mess at House Rainsworth large enough to satisfy himself.

Between the addictive drug masked as tea, and an artifact, the cost of using which was one’s lifespan, Adeline’s body would no doubt be a wreck by the end of it all.

***

As Trickster had expected, Adeline’s face, which had looked haggard from the start, aged visibly, and she got more gray hairs. All in mere three days since she’d made Olivia into a doll.

The effect is amazing, but I sure would never use that thing, he thought to himself as a twisted puppet play between a mother and daughter unfolded before his eyes.

“I’m sorry for making you attend the service all by yourself, Olivia.”

“Don’t worry, mother. I know you haven’t been feeling well recently.” Olivia looked up at Adeline with worry.

Her feeling unwell is a big lie, young lady, thought Trickster.

The true reason was different. Adeline didn’t want to deal with all the looks of pity and contempt. The tea and the planted suggestion had made her honest with her desires, and she’d simply forced the unpleasant duty on her daughter.

“How was His Highness Prince Arcrayne?”

At Adeline’s question, Olivia made a chagrined face. “He was constantly with Estelle Flozeth. That harlot... She shouldn’t even be allowed to sit with royals yet.”

“I see... Don’t worry. Your mother will do something about it. That place was supposed to be yours.”

Poor thing, thought Trickster while listening to the two’s conversation.

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