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“It’s not so much related… but at least I can confirm where Rosia’s long-standing animosity towards me came from.”
As everyone held their breath, her gaze turned to Rosia once more.
“What if we do the test again this time, and it turns out you’re a fake daughter?”
“……”
Rosia’s face turned white in an instant.
She moved her lips as if to say something, but Ayla was quicker to speak first.
“As you know, it’s never easy to manipulate a Magical Tool. Yet, the fact that you deliberately infiltrated the Duke's house by manipulating the test results…”
Ayla tapped her fingers on the armrest and continued.
“That means you had some impure intention to take control of the Duke's house. You probably couldn’t have done it alone, and there must have been someone behind you helping you, right?”
“W-What nonsense! Where did you get such ridiculous logic…!”
“Well, if you’re so confident, let’s do it again. The paternity test.”
Ayla smiled gently.
Soon, she turned to Baron Hyugen with a relaxed attitude.
“Did you hear that? Could you prepare the Paternity test magic tool and the Mana control Restraints right away?”
A look of bewilderment crossed Baron Hyugen’s face.
“Why the Mana control Restraints…? Do you really believe that Rosia can manipulate the Magical Tool?”
“Yes, one time might not be accurate, so let’s do several tests with various variables. So that Rosia doesn’t feel wronged that I manipulated the results.”
Her confident demeanor silenced the people.
Rosia shook her head violently as if she couldn’t believe it.
‘She really found a way to break the Magic?’
But, but how could Ayla possibly do that? In the first place, that was Magic that ‘that person’ had only passed on to her.
That meant it wasn’t Magic that could be easily broken. …No, maybe Ayla, who became the Dragon’s owner, could.
Her confident attitude made Rosia very anxious.
If what she said was true, she had to get out of this situation somehow.
Her fear-filled eyes turned to Calios. Rosia pleaded desperately in a trembling voice.
“Father… Ayla is trying to do something again. You know I’m your real daughter. If you do the test like this, a manipulated result will definitely come out.”
Calios couldn’t easily answer Rosia’s words.
In fact, he had occasionally had doubts. Ayla’s abilities were too outstanding for an ordinary person to possess.
‘Even so, I never thought that the Paternity test magic tool could have been manipulated….’
But if, if Ayla’s words were really true-.
‘Does that mean I haven’t even recognized who my real daughter is, or what kind of capabilities she has?’
He recalled the times when he had pressured and scolded the child from a young age for not meeting his expectations.
And Ayla’s face, which looked hurt every time.
After Rosia appeared, he even abandoned the child without looking back.
And all of that was due to his short-sightedness.
If Ayla’s words were true, he couldn’t even imagine how big of a mistake he had made.
His heart ached so much, but he had to properly confirm it as it was an important issue.
He finally opened his mouth with a firm face, as if he had made up his mind.
“The Mana Restraints are something that even the Magic Tower Lord cannot defy. Also, the Magical Tools used for the experiment will be prepared with thoroughly verified ones. So that no one can suspect that it has been manipulated.”
The Duke’s gaze turned to Baron Hyugen. It was an unspoken instruction to follow Ayla’s request.
It was when Baron Hyugen was about to nod and immediately contact the Magic Tower.
Rosia, who had been watching all of this, opened her mouth as if in shock.
“You all believe those words? Really?”
Her gaze wavered as if she couldn’t believe it. Soon after, Rosia raised her voice towards Gerard.
“Brother, don’t you feel sorry for me? I, who was the daughter of the Blanche Noble house, had to live in the slums for many years. And now you’re treating me like this again?”
Gerard’s eyes turned red at those words. It wasn’t just because of Rosia.
He remembered when Ayla had suggested that they do a paternity test just among themselves before she left the house.
But he never granted her request. He remained silent and ignored Ayla’s words.
‘If I had done the paternity test again back then….’
What kind of result would have come out?
If Rosia was revealed to be a fake, he would never forgive himself for the rest of his life.
After a long silence, an unbelievably cold voice flowed from Gerard’s mouth.
“Rosia, if what you’re saying is true, then we should do a paternity test even more. That way, you can prove that you’re being wronged.”
“No, Ayla will definitely manipulate the results! Aaaagh!”
Rosia screamed as if in despair. But no one listened to her words.
Fortunately, preparations for the paternity test were made quickly.
The Magic Tower seemed to realize the importance of this matter and dispatched Magical Tools and Mages in an instant.
Soon, Mana Restraints were placed on the wrists of everyone except the Mage who would conduct the test.
Seeing that, Baron Hyugen had no choice but to admit it.
‘Certainly, with this level, no one can interfere with the paternity test.’
Several Mages and Magical Tools were prepared so that they could be alternated for the test.
At this point, manipulation was virtually impossible.
Rosia’s face turned pale. Her eyes were filled with anxiety and fear.
Soon, the Mage approached to collect each person’s hair for the test.
Rosia shook her head violently and shouted sharply.
“Let go of me! I won’t do it!”
But her resistance was of no use.
The Mage, who had quickly collected the samples, silently put the two people’s hair into the Magical Tool and activated it.
And the result that was revealed shortly after was enough to silence the people.
Rosia was revealed to be a fake, and Ayla was revealed to be the real daughter.
“Ha……”
“This is ridiculous……”
Sighs erupted from here and there.
But the test didn’t end with just one time.
The second, third, and fourth tests were conducted, changing the Magical Tools.
“…This time too, Rosia is a fake.”
“The results are the same this time as well.”
And the results all pointed to only one truth.
“Ayla… is the real daughter.”
Ayla was the real bloodline of the Blanche Noble house.
People were speechless at the unbelievable result and just looked at each other’s faces.
“Ayla’s words were true.”
“How could she have deceived the Duke's house for almost a year? How audacious.”
The Marquess couple seemed to think this was the time and began to scold Rosia fiercely.
“That wicked thing tried to deceive even us!”
“And you kept begging Kadin to marry you while doing that? You’re so shameless.”
Rosia continued to struggle, saying it wasn’t true, but the knights restrained her with strong hands so that she couldn’t move.
“No, it’s really not! Please don’t be fooled!”
Ayla raised her hand again to calm the agitated people.
“Just a moment. There’s still one last experiment left.”
“The last experiment, you say?”
“Yes, we still need to find out how Rosia was able to manipulate the Magical Tool.”
Kadin flinched and turned to look at her.
“Are you going to use the interference Magic directly?”
Ayla nodded silently without avoiding her former fiancé’s gaze.
“Yes, that’s the only way to explain why the test results were reversed a year ago.”
Baron Hyugen hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at Calios.
The Duke, who was greatly shocked by the unbelievable truth, hesitated for a moment and then nodded with a heavy face.
Soon after, the Paternity test magic tool was prepared once again.
The test was conducted in the same procedure as before.
Ayla took off the Restraints and quietly chanted a spell. Then, the liquid inside the bottle slowly began to change.
But this time, a completely different result came out than before.
Ayla was shown to be a fake, and Rosia was shown to be the real daughter.
The room buzzed with the unbelievable sight. The most surprised were the Mages.
“…Oh my god, the Paternity test magic tool could really be manipulated.”
“I didn’t even feel any abnormalities while using the Magic, it’s amazing.”
Their voices were filled with surprise and bewilderment at the same time.
The Paternity test magic tool, known as a collection of the Magic Tower’s unique technology, could be manipulated so easily.
If this fact spread, the Aristocratic society would be turned upside down.
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