Chapter 266
Their eyes met. He looked at her with his usual arrogant expression, as if telling her not to worry, that he would clear all obstacles from her path.
That arrogant attitude, which had suffocated Macy, seemed different today. Seeing it, she strangely felt strength and her hunched shoulders straightened.
When that meticulous man was an ally, she couldn’t help but look so confident.
“Hey, why, why…”
Yannick trembled violently. He seemed unable to accept the verdict, his bloodshot eyes blazing with fierce anger.
“Don’t lie! You’re mocking me now! You’re all in on this! You think I wouldn’t notice?!”
“Calm down, defendant!”
Yannick jumped toward the judge, but the guards intervened and pinned him to the floor.
“Why now? Why today? You think I wouldn’t know Duke Krygen had something to do with this?!”
“Excuse me.”
At that moment, unfamiliar men entered the courtroom. Officers in uniform appeared in a line.
“We are from the Central Police. Yannick Horton, you are under arrest for the murder of Varmon Krenin.”
What? Murder charges…?
Macy froze like a statue. What on earth was happening? Why?
Had Yannick killed someone…?
“No! I won’t go! This is a fraud!!”
Officers handcuffed Yannick and dragged him out of the courtroom.
“They say it’s murder! Yannick Horton killed someone!”
“Crazy. He was just a mad killer! No wonder his eyes were wild. Ew, scary!”
The audience erupted into chaos, trembling with shock and fear.
“Quiet! The trial isn’t over yet. Silence!”
Even the judge looked unsettled by the sudden chaos. Amid the turmoil, a man calmly walked to the center of the courtroom.
“Regardless of the verdict, isn’t everyone curious who the model for this painting is?”
He had black hair and golden eyes, looking quite young to stand in court.
The man gestured toward the sketchbook Yannick had presented as evidence.
“Who is this?”
Macy frowned and asked, and Frederick gave a grim look.
“That is Sir Kallen Krygen, the second son of the Krygen family. Why is he here at this moment…”
If he was the second son, he was the one pushed out in the succession fight long ago and was said to live on the family’s private island.
‘Then why is he here?’
As if he knew who the painting’s model was…
“I know who Macy Horton’s Name master is.”
Could it be…?
“He is right here in this courtroom.”
No…!
“Come forward, Duke Krygen.”
Before anyone could react, Eren was called. A chilling silence fell over the courtroom.
“Is that painting really Duke Krygen…?”
“Now that you mention it, he does resemble the Duke…”
Because of his status, people exchanged cautious whispers.
“But look at all those scars. The Duke’s body can’t be that mangled. He probably never did hard labor in his life…”
“Right. Is that really Duke Krygen?”
“Wasn’t Macy Horton’s Name master supposed to be ‘Eren Wood’…?”
The murmurs grew louder. Macy felt dizzy. Her legs felt like they gave way, and she could barely breathe.
“I understand your doubts. I didn’t believe it at first either.”
Kallen Krygen’s shocking statement continued.
“As you know, the Krygen family’s eldest son, Rubens Krygen, was often ill as a child. He spent much time at the villa in Lettern village. But as soon as he became an adult, his illness mysteriously disappeared. Isn’t that strange?”
People exchanged suspicious looks without speaking.
“Besides, his body is covered in scars too terrible to look at. No one in Obelit would dare harm the Duchy’s eldest grandson. The Duke wears clothes that cover his neck even in midsummer to hide this.”
“So what’s your point?”
As Kallen’s words dragged on, a man shouted openly. Their eyes gleamed with anticipation of the coming truth.
Finally, Kallen twisted his mouth and said,
“The one pretending to be the Krygen family’s eldest son is not of the Krygen bloodline.”
“Oh my God!”
“Therefore, Macy Horton’s Name master is indeed the Duke, but the body bears the real Duke’s name: ‘Eren Wood.’”
“Good heavens! So the two fell for each other during the Name treatment?”
“So that’s why he went crazy searching for her for a year! If they don’t continue treatment, he’ll die!!”
“Oh! Now it all makes sense!”
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