Chapter 28
Early the next morning .
Twitter was abuzz with trending hashtags , â Memory Viewer Unveiled : Revealing Elysiaâs Crimes , âTen Years Without Scandal : A Top Actorâs Secret Turns Out to Be a Puppet â and â Rowena : A Rising Starâs Hicklen Childhood Secrets â.
Everyoneâs attention was immediately caught by these peculiar tags .
However , as soon as they clicked , their phone screens automatically switched
to à live broadrası .
At the center of the screen stood Stellan , dressed in a classic black suit
Under a sea of confused gazes , he began to introduce the purpose of
of this
is live stream , using much the same speech as
has the previous day .
Yet today , he added a new detail .
This stream will utilize a third â person perspective , reconstructing scenes from Elysiaâs memories with Al- generated environment .
â Meanwhile , VR glasses will continue to provide a first â person experience , and today , they are officially on sale ,â
The moment the stream started , nearly a hundred million viewers flooded in .
Across cities and neighborhoods , screens of all sizes displayed the broadcast â it was , after all , the infamous villainâs memories .
The scene opened with a spacious kitchen .
KitchenGuru : [ Wow , itâs the Drayton familyâs kitchen , buh ? Even their kitchen is bigger than my whole living room !
MysterySeeker .
[ But why is it empty ! I thought this was Elysiaâs memory .
Where is she ? ]
DigitalDoulter [ Iâm betting the Al â generated the scene hased on things she heard and saw .
I heard Elysia has incredible clairvoyance and super hearing .
Sheâs absolutely amazing ]
Scandal Hound : [ Wait Someoneâs coming ! Is that Elysiaâs back ! No matter how fancy her clothes , it canât hide her ugly face ]
DairyDetective : [ Hold on ! is she pouring a packet of white peneder into the milk ? II â
â Thatâs it , Torin ! Everyone can see it now â she drugged me herself .
Fenwick said confidently .
This morning , after receiving an invitation from Stellinâs live stream .
Torin had dragged Fenwick along
Caellan was it school â still a senior in high school â and Rupert had dismissed the whole affair as irrelevant , confident that a memory stream wouldnât change the final outcome .
Torin hesitated , his lips twisching , before finally voicing his doubt.
â Tenwick .
.
When have you ever seen .
Elysia wear such an expensive dress ?â
Fenwickâs response was swift .
â She must have stolen it from Rowenal Thereâs no way that dress washers , right ? Disgusting
thief
GossipGuine ( Wait , isnât Elysia a Drayton ? That dress looks like one of Tivelkis cheapest ours â only a few grand .
Why would she need to steal from Honerna ? ]
FliteEagle ( Wow , the Drayton family is stingy .
If Elysia were with us , weâd get her dresses worth at least fifty grand .
Why wear second â hand stuff ? ]
OpulentEye : Are you nuts ? A dress worth a few grandt Stealing that is enough for a lawsuit ! Canât believe people actually like that creep .
Elysia .
SharpMind : [ Just go watch yesterdayâs scream replay .
Iâm not arguing with morons , but I have a hunch that this girl isnât Elysia .
]
Fenwick smirked , clearly amused .
â That milk was delivered to me personally by Elysia .
Who else could it have been ?
â Sure , I remember she wasnât wearing this dress that day , but out of everyone in the family , only Elysia would want to harm me !
â She probably changed because she was scared of being caught stealing a dress , so she
He was abruptly cut off by a high â pitched , almost shrill voice from the screen .
It was the kind of voice that seemed to pierce the eardrums .
â Daddyâs ridiculous ! He wants to have another baby with Mom , but I donât need any more rivals in this house !
â I worked hard to get this drug and once Daddy drinks it , heâll never be able to have more kids , â
On the screen , a girl in an elegant princess dress stirred the milk with a pair of chopsticks , quickly dissolving the powder .
The livestream chat instantly exploded with a barrage of insults , even harsher and more numerous than yesterdayâs .
The moment she turned around , the streaming comments froze .
10:50 AM
Chapter 28
It was Romerna , holding the milk and looking both startled and angry .
â Elysia ! You â youâre here ! What did y
you hear !! â
Fourteen â year â old Elysia then appeared on screen , wearing a plain , washed â out dress that looked like it came from a thrift store ,
Her delicate and pale face , however , inanaged to give the simple outfi
unexpected touch of elegance .
Rowenaâs teeth ground together in frustration â no matter how basic the dress .
Elysia somehow managed to look graceful .
Unfazed by Rowenaâs listense glare .
Elysia responded , her expression righteous .
â Theard everything .
You put something in that milk to make sure Dad canât have more kids ! Fin going to ⦠â
Her words trailed off , and a hint of sadness flickered in her eyes
The memory of Rupen and Fenwickâs mistrust from the previous day weighed heavily on her , casting a shadow .
She swallowed her initial threat and softened her staner .
If you pour it out now , 11 pretend I didnât see anything Otherwise , Iâm going to Dad â
Rowenaâs face flushed a deep red as if every ounce of anger boiled to the surface .
But in a heartbeat , the tension eased , replaced by a sly , almost imperceptible smile .
Rowenaâs voice dripped with venom , her eyes glinting with challenge as she batted her lashes provocatively .
Fine .
Iâll pour it out if you let me cut your hair .
Otherwise , 1 sell Dad you tried to poison his food .
This milk will be my proof !
â Letâs see , who do you think heâll believe â me , or the same bad girl who sent me to the hospital yesterday ! â
Elysia frner , usmned by Rowenaâs lirazen threat , ber eyes widening in disbelief .
Whol Who : [ Who even
The even is Elysia ! Iâm so confused right now .
)
Al â Detective : [ Wait , is this Rowena ? Iâm confused â why does it feel like the roles are reversed ! This Al stuff canât be trusted ? Clearly , the pretty one is Rowena , and the one in the Tavello dress is the snake , Elysia I
Rowena Fanatic : [ Knew it Elysia is so hung spiking her own dadâs drink just to stay his favorite .
We need to report this clip to the cops and throw in the time she pushed Rowena down the stairs for a life sentence .
I
Watching the comments Stellan saw more and reviewers start to doubt what they were seeing .
The reactions of those who had watched yesterdayâs VR stream were being overwhelmed
Meanwhile , the Drayton brothers remained silent , utterly baffled .
Taking charge , Stellan rabed his voice .
â Our labâs Al hasnât made a mistake 1 , Stellan Rookwood , guarantee this with the Rookwood familyâs name .
âWhat youâre seeing is the truth .
If you canât believe me , borrow ce buy a pair of VR glasses and see for yourself
The
eineation of the Rookwood family silenced the skeptic .
The family was renowned in the scientific community , with countless patents benefiting the country .
Their reputation was unassailable in both science and business .
LiveWitness .
I was there yesterday Rowenaâs antics will blow your mind â just find the replay:
Stylist Savvy : Rowenaâs evil ! Look what she dil to Elparâs hair â the bunchered
On the scree
screen , Elysiaâs once long hair had been reduced to a choppy , jagged mess , ber bangs falling awkwardly around her chin .
Rowena clearly wasnât satisfied , trimming more with glee .
As she snipped , she taunted , â Oh my dear sister , youâre so ugly now .
â
Elysia remained expressionless , seemingly unfazed by the butchering of her appearance .
Years of hardship had dulled her vanity , focusing her solely on survival .
Now that she was back home , she had to be even more careful ilsis time , not just for her safety , but to avoid her familyâs rejection .
Fear of being abandoned , of ending up in the filthy bar or the suffocating lab again , weighed heavily on her .
She desperately wished to turn back time , to ten years ago when everything was perfect â when , like Rowena now, cherished and accompanied by her whole family .
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