I Played the Role of the Adopted Daughter Too Well - [Author: 다나 ]

Chapter 65

"I have something to tell you." Xenon smiled brightly. "I'm going to do some research on Scholar Jermi. That's my plan."

"...Hmm?" Jermi didn't understand.

Xenon laughed amusedly.

"A background check?"

"Yes."

Viola looked at Jermi. And at Xenon, too. There was an awkward silence between the two.

"You've already given me the background check."

"Hmm, I'm talking about my personal investigation. I'll do it. Not someone else. I'm going to do some research on Jermi".

"Why are you telling me this?"

"I'd like to get permission."

"If I don't allow it, you won't do it, is that it?"

"I'll still do it."

"Then why did you ask?"

"Still, it matters what other people feel, regardless of permission."

Jermi blinked for a moment.

Even he couldn't catch up.

Viola is quite familiar with Xenon's strange personality. She just watched the events unfold. "But why do you want to do a background check?"

"Hmm?"

There was no problem with Jermi's outward appearance, so it must have been something else.

Xenon seemed to be hiding something, but why?

No matter how much Viola thought about it, there was no particular reason.

"Instead of allowing the investigation... Let's bet on something."

"What conditions do you propose?"

"I'll speak informally."

Jeremy laughed loudly. Viola's smile was a bit cheeky.

"If you go back to talking to me formally, I won't forget it."

Xenon said he'd do a backup investigation, so she would allow it.

'I don't think they're both out of their minds.'

She had to pull herself together.

People who are out of their minds were all over the world.

"But why are you doing a background check on me?"

"Well." Xenon tilted his head, thinking of an appropriate lie and finding none to give. "The duke gave me an order."

"Duke Heron?"

"Yes, he ordered it in writing."

"Why?"

"Well, I don't know. Why would I ask? I've never thought about that."

"But you must have some idea, at least."

"Not really."

Viola blinked. Why was her father ordering an investigation on Jermi?

This development was not in the original at all. The story had no mention of such a thing happening.

'Unfamiliar things are happening. Am I changing the story too much?'

Well, she couldn't be too surprised. Logically speaking, the butterfly effect wasn't something she could control.

'Between the Winter Castle and the Storm Castle, I think there's a political issue.'

But Jermi thought a little differently. "As expected, the duke can't help it. He's a father."