Astonished, Madeline looked at the man who was walking to her. A gleam of confusion was seen in her clear eyes. "How is this possible? Where is this place? How did you—"

"How did I manage to show up before you as I please?" the man asked with a slight smile as he sauntered to Madeline. "In this world, there's a gray area. Even though money can't do everything and it can't buy true love, but it's more than enough to purchase freedom."

"..."

Madeline suddenly had a terrible headache when she heard his comment. "Ryan, the lady who looks the same as me, is that your doing? Why did you do that?"

Ryan placed one of his hands into his pocket with a carefree gesture.

"Eveline, you should know that changing one’s appearance to look exactly like yours isn’t a one or two days’ work.”

"So, you're saying you had it all planned much earlier?"

"That day when I brought you over to Y Country, I had already planned to do this, but later I was arrested and admitted my defeat. I didn't plan to use