I Became the Replacement Fiancée for My Childhood Friend Who Went Missing, but Apparently He Has Been Found - Chapter 17

“I never imagined things would be resolved like this…”

“I told you, didn’t I? That I’d definitely rescue you from that palace.”

“Really… it actually happened exactly as you said.”

Just as Oct had once told me, he had made those words from that time become reality exactly as spoken.

After discovering the real Ellis’s existence, he immediately sent a message to the neighboring kingdom.

That Schnaud still missed the vanished Ellis, and that if she reappeared, he could extract money from the palace once more.

Taking this seriously, Ellis fell right into the trap and appeared before Lord Schnaud.

But that never connected to reality.

Because Lord Schnaud’s heart was no longer with Ellis, but with me – the substitute he had ordered to take her place.

“I never thought Lord Schnaud would reject Ellis to that extent. Still, thanks to that, the plan was a great success. The king immediately understood the problematic situation, and things progressed quite smoothly.”

“Even so… I never imagined Ellis was the sister of the neighboring kingdom’s prince.”

If she deliberately approached Schnaud, she must have been quite the schemer.

…But in the end, it seems we never learned who was behind her.

“Regardless, we won’t suffer from Ellis’s curse any longer. Selena, you’ve returned to me like this. I’ve been working hard all this time for this day.”

“Oct…”

There were still many things I couldn’t fully understand about both Lord Schnaud and Lady Ellis.

But at the very least, I decided I would face head-on these feelings that Oct was directing toward me.

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