Chapter 222
Chapter 222
Margaery replied, “Because today, she is me.”
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She sneered, “Don’t you love the drama of siblings turning against each other, of family members fighting to the death? After all, you’ve been my sister for more than a year, and you’ve given me so many grand gifts.
“So I should reciprocate in kind.”
As she spoke, she glanced at Keaton and added, “Staging a kidnapping, forcing the Wallen family to personally murder Bertha, you loved most. Surely, you must be feeling extremely satisfied at this moment?”
“You…” Tessa’s pupils trembled as she lunged toward Keaton.
She muttered under her breath, “Impossible, this is impossible, she can’t be Bertha!”
Before she could finish speaking, she cried.
This time, it was not an act. It was a pain that pierced her heart.
In a panic, she embraced Keaton and tore open the coarse cloth on her body. Upon seeing the blood–red butterfly tattoo on her shoulder, she let out a scream, “Bertha!”
Then, she spat out a mouthful of blood.
“What?” Raul asked.
Meanwhile, he watched as the gemstone flew from Margaery’s hand and was then held by Tessa. In his mind, he couldn’t help but recall the bracelet on Keaton’s wrist when he pulled her onto the carriage.
If the bracelet had only resembled Bertha’s, it would have been one thing.
But now, this gemstone also belonged to Bertha!
Raul’s heart skipped a beat. He looked at Margaery, somewhat dazed, and asked, “Where did you get that gemstone?”
Margaery observed his reaction, further confirming Keaton’s identity.
She let out a laugh and said, “Lord Chancellor, can’t you recognize her? That is Keaton, the one who personally raised Tessa.”
Raul’s lips twitched, unable to speak.
Andrew’s expression grew even darker, clenching his fists as he said, “It’s all my fault for going to Peachvale Court and inviting disaster into our home. I actually let them join forces and plot against you!”
Raul snapped back to reality, full of regret. “It’s my fault, all my fault!”
His voice was trembling. His body trembled as well, and his attention was clearly no longer on Margaery.
He thought of Bertha!
Yet, he dared not believe it, nor admit it.
Margaery sneered, “I’ve already grown used to it.
“Joshua imitated Phillipa’s handwriting to bait me. Avery incited Clyde to draw his sword against me. Chancellor went to let
Sullivan assassinate me.
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“Are you really my family? I have witnessed it myself.”
The Wallen family was overwhelmed with shame, each lowering his head.
Raul remained somewhat distracted, his gaze fixed on Keaton, and asked Tessa, “What is Keaton’s real name?”
Tessa had already gone mad and could no longer care about such things.
“Margaery, I will kill you!” she shouted.
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Upon realizing that the person she had killed was Keaton, her emotions spiraled out of control. She lunged at Margaery crazily.
Unexpectedly, as she approached, Wayne delivered a forceful kick to her chest, sending her straight into the icy pool.
“Tessa!” Leo and Albert, sensing trouble, shouted and jumped in after her.
Even in the height of summer, the pool’s water was bone–chillingly cold. Anyone who fell in, even if they managed to climb out alive, would be left with a lifelong cold affliction. People usually avoided this place whenever possible.
Moreover, most people couldn’t swim at all, making them even more reluctant to approach.
Tessa and her companions were from the Southcroft Empire and were naturally decent swimmers. But entering the icy pool meant that, even if they survived, they would suffer greatly, leaving lifelong aftereffects.
Their decision to jump in now clearly showed they had been driven to desperation.
However, those pursuing them could not afford to follow.
That was not a wise approach.
“Joshua, send orders to search along the route. I want those three dead!” Raul said.
He snapped back to attention, his eyes filled with deeper fear. He turned to Margaery and said, “Margaery, I will avenge you.”
“How amusing.” Margaery laughed and asked, “Why don’t you jump in as well?”
Raul’s face instantly turned pale. “Margaery, you…” he said.
His main reason for hunting down Tessa and the others was his fear that they would return and spread rumors, exposing his disgraceful deeds.
He hated Tessa even more for dragging Keaton into this, causing Keaton to end up in such a state!
Raul’s feet felt as if they were rooted in snow. He was in a dilemma.
He wanted to go up and hug Keaton, to confirm whether she was truly Bertha. But with so many eyes watching, it would be inappropriate to actually do so. Wouldn’t that just prove everything Tessa said was true?
If the old treasury fraud case were brought up again, that would be disastrous.
But Avery was unaware of all this, still trying to smooth things over as he always had.
He said, “Margaery, Raul was merely deceived by that bitch. If the blood test hadn’t proven she was his biological child and you weren’t, he would never have treated you this way…”
Margaery turned her head to look at him.
Avery’s expression was complicated, still wanting to say something more.
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In the end, Margaery looked at him for a long moment and said. Avery, you disgust me.”
After speaking, she ignored everyone else and turned to leave.
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Only after walking quite a distance did she turn to Joshua and add. “Joshua, within three days, return my sword manual to me. From now on, I don’t want to see you use any techniques related to the sword manual!”
Joshua staggered.
He had relied on the sword manual Margaery gave him to pass the palace examination, enter the palace, and become an imperial guard.
He thought, Yet in the end, I personally drew my sword, intending to cut her tongue for Tessa. How did I become like this?”
Andrew, unwilling to accept it, chased after Margaery and blocked her path. He asked, “Margaery, what will it take for you to forgive me?”
“Break your own legs?” Margaery glanced at him and sneered.
Andrew froze, stunned.
Margaery let out a cold laugh and brushed past him.
Russell stepped forward and gave Andrew a hard slap. “She’s our real sister! Even if she isn’t, we grew up together. How could you be so cruel?” he said.
Andrew was slapped so hard he spun around and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Yet he could not retaliate.
“Russell, you’ve known the truth for a long time, why didn’t you. Avery instinctively wanted to blame Russell.
Russell was so angry that he laughed. He said, “Didn’t I say it? What good did it do to say it?
“Raul wanted to drive me out, Joshua locked me up, said I was immature, said Margaery had bewitched me!
“Now, who is the one who’s been bewitched!”
Russell trembled with anger, looking at Joshua. He continued, “Joshua, you actually did such filthy things with Tessa!
“From this day forward, I no longer acknowledge you as my brother!”
Then, he stared at Raul and added, “I, Russell, hereby announce my withdrawal from the Chancellor’s estate. I will take my mother’s surname, and sever all ties with the Wallen family!”
With that, he turned and left.
Raul staggered, staring at the bloodstains covering the ground, at a loss. “Oh my god, it’s all wrong!” he said.
‘But what should we do now?‘ he thought.
They had gone too far. Now, the damage was irreparable, and there was no path to forgiveness.
If today Margaery had not been replaced by Keaton, then the one who would have died today would have been Margaery.
How can such hatred, such enmity, ever be dispelled?
A sense of irreversible despair enveloped the Wallen family.
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Yet Raul, on second thought, could not feel any relief.
Because the one who died was Bertha!
The only person he ever loved in his life. He personally led others to kill her!
How ironic! How laughable!
