Burn the Marriage, Keep the Crown

Chapter 268

Chapter 269

The room fell utterly silent.

Everyone seemed taken aback by the sheer confidence radiating from Serena. In their minds, she was supposed to be the cheater-the one who should be nervous, maybe even scared. But that was far from the case.

A tense moment passed.

Finally, a man in his early forties, wearing a crisp dress shirt and glasses, stood up. He looked scholarly and composed.

"Miss Sullivan, I've looked over your answers. You seem to have quite a thorough knowledge of antiques from every era, is that right?"

Serena nodded. "Yes, that's correct."

"In that case, let me ask you something. Are you familiar with the Raven's Eye Templar chalice?"

She nodded again.

"Alright, then tell me how many of these chalices still exist in the world today?"

hesitation, "There's only one remaining. It left the Kingdom of Wessex in the late twelfth century, eventually became a treasure of the Tokugawa shogunate, and now it's

face darkened briefly, and, defeated, he

another audience member rose to her

too easy," she said, her tone challenging. This time it was a

Sullivan, are you willing

politely. "Please, go

Restoration Center. In that case, let me ask you something about restoration techniques." The woman sounded confident as she pressed on. When examining fine scratches on the surface of an

of laughter and whispers ran through the

question, not easily answered.

didn't miss a

miss

whèn someone wipes an object over the years, the marks usually runup and down, or

that

crowd's expressions shifted in unison, a look of sudden realization

took a moment for them to process

and without a hint of hesitation. And today's questions were chosen at random-there was no way she could have known them

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