I Became the Villain's Sister (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 137

I quietly gazed at him. I was certain he would speak without my urging, so I simply waited for his lips to part.

“The moment I first saw her, her eyes were already remarkably clear. She bore no resemblance at all to the description mentioned in the documents. Naturally, I found it puzzling. Thus, after bringing her to the temple, I separated her from the Orphanage Director. The Orphanage Director insisted it shouldn’t be done, but what could I do? After all, she was merely someone seeking refuge here.”

“I see.”

“Afterward, I spoke with Her Imperial Highness the Princess. I explained why she had been brought here and the current situation—how Her Majesty the Empress had ordered her protection and that, when the time came, she would go before His Imperial Majesty the Emperor. A long silence followed, and then the Princess asked only one question.”

“What was it?”

“Who the current Emperor is.”

“Oh.”

The memory was perfectly intact. Caritos must have sensed it too.

‘It means she fully understands who abandoned her, who caused her to end up there, and precisely who her enemy is.’

My heart ached. Imagining her knowing her own family were her enemies, I wondered how long she’d trembled in fear, how terrified she must have been, never knowing when they might strike again.

“I told her it was His Imperial Majesty Emperor Leandro. She made no comment, took no action—but from the faint sigh she let out… we knew for certain it wasn’t what we’d expected.”

I felt the same. Even without seeing her myself, merely hearing it from Caritos, I sensed it clearly.

That she… the Princess’s memories were fully intact. Perhaps they hadn’t been complete when she was younger, but now they undeniably were. Only now did I realize this.

And so my heart felt as though it were being torn apart.

“About bringing Merkin…”

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