Episode 181

Again the scene changed. Elisha felt Undine leaning over her. She didn't even cry anymore. And she didn't move at all. She was still looking at something.

It was the corpse of a very beautiful man. He was a man who looked very much like Lucerne.

Anyone could find out. That it was the body of Lucerne's father, Michelan.

Dump. His gaze was cut off and everything around him turned pitch black. Undine seemed to have fainted.

Soon, his gaze dimmed. It seemed that Undine had been moved somewhere. The background has changed and is in an old and shabby house.

Undine seemed to lie down somewhere. The gaze was moderately low. An old cradle was placed next to the room.

It was the cabin where Undine and Michelan hid.

And next to the cradle stood a woman with a frightened face.

Elisha immediately recognized who she was. It was an open nose episode.

'The Undines are pretending to faint.'

Elisha noticed at the same time. Undine seemed to be a very quick-witted woman.

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Effy was not as ugly as I thought. Stevan was a gorgeous handsome man, so she was an ordinary, slightly tearful woman. She seemed to have a bit of a cute impression, if you dare.

Stevan whispered.

Epi came. She was dressed so modestly that it was unimaginable that she was Stevan's favorite concubine. She was probably a woman who looked just as shabby even when she was wearing expensive clothes.

Effie acted like a doll as she was told. There was a wavy pattern under her collarbone.

Stevan nodded his head.

Epi is very small

He replied. It was a voice that seemed to eavesdrop on someone's deep feelings.

Effie looked a little frightened.

It will be good for you too. I'm going to make another son to replace Jacob.

You can raise the child until I come. And when people ask, I say four children……. You, a lowly citizen, gave birth to Lucerne. There is evidence that she gave birth to a child in the Cartier family.

Easy?>

Stevan said like a demon.

Said Stevan. Effie nodded her head with a silly face. She

Repeated her words. Stephen asked.

Only then did Stevan point to the cradle.

Undine and those two weren't the only people in the room……. A child was sleeping in the cradle.

Stevan passed something to Effy. What looked like a wad of white cloth was a newborn baby.

The child already had a lot of hair and elaborate features. He was a very pretty child. His eyes were red. That child was Lucerne.

It was then that his vision fluctuated and he began to flinch. Undine was holding back her tears.

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And again the scene went dark. Effy was holding a child in front of the cabin.

And Undine's gaze was getting farther and farther away. Her body was swaying up and down as if people were pulling Undine out.

Stevan said, putting a hand to his chin.

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And Undine was running. It was an urgent sight, as if she was running away from someone.

The appearance of the forest was the same, but the surrounding leaves were dyed red as if the season had changed.

However, only the black trees around the cabin remained the same even after the season passed.

People shouted Undine ran and ran. Eventually she reached the bottom of the black tree. There she was…….

But it was soon discovered. That person……. That person…….

I called you a tree A tree grows inside my stomach. It's such a small and pretty tree…….

He called me that sometimes too. Very occasionally

And again, your birth name was Black Pearl. Because I had a dream in which a snake as black as a black pearl appeared…….>

Under the tree, a woman was humming and comforting a small child.

She still gave the impression that the woman was dull and stupid. It was an episode a few years later. The gaze followed the woman relentlessly.

Her Lucerne at the age of four walked after her. Compared to her age, her demeanor or gaze was nonchalant and didn't look like her child.

Lucerne was staring at Undine. Then she said something softly to Effie. It was clear she was whispering that she had someone.

Young Lucerne was as beautiful as a doll. It was terribly bizarre to see Effie, her less-than-average appearance, giggling at her mothering of such a baby.

But in Effie's blank eyes, her love for her child dripped. Effy looked at Lucerne like that, then often stared blankly at her.

Widely. The cabin door was closed.

Alas, Elisha could understand why Undine was like that.

If she said it out loud, she would shut her mouth, lest she would be able to watch her child. And that prediction was right.

Someone shouted again. Soon, the vision lowered. Again, the entire field of view was dampened.

Merha said.

Undine raised her head. Undine ran away and was caught.

She heard that the woman had stillborn Stevan's child? Stupidly They mistook Lucerne for my real child.

She even sang her song with her lucerne beside her. She was called Ayres. Who would think that woman is a fake mother who has been swapped?

Stevan is really smart.

Lucerne will steal her life thanks to you. She'll live her whole life with that stupid woman's pedigree. Good for my son, Marco.

Don't worry too much Undine. That stupid Effie bitch. She said that she used to love and raise four children. It's a substitute, but fools always can't tell the difference between fake and real.>

Merha giggled and she laughed.

Merha wasn't as handsome as Stevan, and she had a petty and nervous impression. It was downright disgusting.

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“Every devil, there's the devil who killed Lystralfo!”

Someone shouted. People's swear words grew.

“That devil tormented the saintess!”

When the anger of the people reached a critical point, Undine's face was revealed again through the cloth. She was laughing

-Today, I heard the news that Stevan died.

– And it's been a while since I heard the news about Lucerne. Guess it. Why did Stevan die? That crazy bastard, he hated Effy growing up and loving my son.

So she said she would throw away Effie. She lashed out with some very terrible words. His tongue is really like a snake. Then, Effie committed suicide right in front of her eyes.

The proud villain who saw Effie's death in front of his eyes was shocked. They say he was insane after that……. Maybe, yes. He may have died of love sickness.

Too romantic end for something wicked, right?

Undine raised her head.

-I was taken to the temple and kept drugged. Even now, my memory is incomplete. Is what I saw real? You will be right.

God gave me such great strength. But human malice is truly great. Because there's nothing I can do now. I have no choice but to shut her mouth now lest that crazy idiot harm Lucerne.

Yes, all I can do now is record. Therefore.

What I want to say.

Undine raised her hand and pointed at the people.

-I prepared all of this before I killed myself. To avenge you.

Rosaria, my only favorite cleric, are you here too?

You didn't know my story, but you always asked for a visit and worried about me.

Anyway, that's what Rosaria said in her book. 'A book with a concise conclusion is a good book.'

So, I would like to summarize the conclusions.

-The illegitimate son of the lowly is not my son Lucerne, but Jacob.

-The Cartier family is really great, right? I had heard of swapping his father, but I hadn't heard of swapping the identity of his mother.

Soon, her voice began to take on a mania.

– Listen smartly. Who is an illegitimate child, and who is my precious son.

Undine whispered sweetly.

-The child who inherits everything in your bloody Cartier family is not like Jacob.

– My son. It's Lucerne.

– Who is the blood of the lowly, listen carefully.

She said like a sentence. The saintess, who had been imprisoned her entire life, was smiling even at that moment.

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For the last time, Undine said where she hid her marriage certificate.

That was it.

Under the silk cloth, Undine's face disappeared. The priests were finally able to access Undine's coffin.

The family head slowly looked at Lucerne.

“Lucerne…… Someone's…… A son?”

Elisha saw such a household name. Her Lucerne's hands, which gripped her tightly like her handcuffs, were undone.

But Elisha knew he was agitated. Because today was the day all the world he knew collapsed.

Elisha saw his world restructured and his foundations shaken. It happened very slowly.

She often says that she is a mother and will do anything for her biological children. So…… It would be possible to raise a child you do not know at all.

Even an idiot knew how to do calculations for his children. Even a woman with a short nose like a snub-nosed

epi. She raised Lucerne to put her own filthy blood on Lucerne. Although he may have had a change of heart along the way. In any case, the purpose does not change.

“Lucerne. As expected, great things are constantly happening in this family.”

Elisha said quietly. She didn't take her eyes off Lucerne.

I know your secrets the day of the previous life. When I took care of you in the secret passage when you were hurt. You were seriously ill and called your mother's name several times.

Effie, Mother, Effie.

I know that memory is against you, I know it is a secret. I know it's the only thing that's precious in your heart.

It could have been another way. Could have kept him. Had he trusted Elisha just a little bit, she might have opened up all the tiles and consulted her on these things with him.

However, there was no way. Lucerne imprisoned her, and Elisha had to do all these things to keep her alive.

'It's always like that between us.'

Elisha thought.

'Our number is always the same. I didn't trust you either, so I prepared all these things.'

Oh, but one was unexpected.

'I didn't expect the forged identity to be caught so quickly.'

Everything had been premeditated since the discovery of Listralfo's body.

Along with Ilione, Rosaria was an opponent Lucerne couldn't stop from meeting easily. Their status was so high that even Lucerne could not refuse the invitation. Elisha took advantage of that gap.

Ilione wasn't the most important trader in Elisha's opinion. The important thing was to make Rosaria open Undine's coffin to the public.

I've only met Rosalia three or four times without Lucerne, but she's had enough to prepare for the job.

Undine's coffin opening ceremony was a big festival on a completely different level from Ristrapo's coffin opening ceremony. It was like the last card in the temple.

Elisha subtly persuaded Rosaria.

'People have been waiting for Undine's coffin opening ceremony for over 15 years. No saints were born after that. Other than that, there will be no chance for the temple to buy people's hearts again. We can't put off the coffin opening any longer.'

'The people of Listralfoilo have a lot of antipathy towards the temple. Anyway, the temple couldn't protect Listralpo. I think it would be nice to show that Miss Rosaria is different. For example, she holds Undine-sama's coffin opening ceremony very grandly and loudly.'

It didn't matter if Rosalia had her coffin opened for auction as scheduled. She just needed to be revealed in front of people anyway.

But the scariest thing is always the public. Preferably many people. People from all walks of life had to tell the truth.

And Elisha's plan was completely successful.

Rosaria decided to open Undine's coffin on a grand scale for the public.

'This must be kept a secret, Carola. When this turns out, I……. I…….'

Undine's last move in her previous life failed. It was because of Carola.

Because of Merha's murder of Listralfo, Jacob and Carola took advantage of Marco's weakness. After that, Carola began tearing off precious things from the Marco couple and making them do humiliating things.

Before long, Carola became very greedy.

'Hey. Undine's coffin opening ceremony soon, right? Carola, I want Undine-sama. Take it back Jacob and I are going to monopolize the blessing of holy power buried in that person's corpse.

Why not? Lystralpo's corpse also stood in for the coffin opening ceremony! Prepare a fake corpse and give us the real one.

Then, I'll bury Lystralfoil. Will you do it for Carola?'

When Carola started to pounce on her, she was like a demon. In the end, Merha and Marco gave in. They stole the crystal coffin containing Undine's body and secretly sent it to Carola.

Without knowing what secret Undine had planted in his corpse.

And Carola and Jacob opened Undine's coffin alone.

The truths that burst out in it were buried as secrets that only the two of them knew.

'But at the time, there were no sound amplifiers or silk stages, and I couldn't hear everything because I was eavesdropping in the middle.'

Elisha didn't even hear her detailed story. However, I vividly remembered Undine's last words.

Undine said, 'Lucerne is really in the red.'

Jacob went insane as if he was being chased by something from that day on, and he only kept repeating that he had to kill Lucerne somehow.

This was the most intimate, in-depth information Elisha had ever gotten from her past life. Elisha has long kept this information secret. And today, I finally took out this card.