Reborn From Oblivion by Christia Muray

Chapter 701

Frankie closed her eyes, nodding with a sense of relief.

"So, are you here because of him?"

Nathalie's expression turned somber. "Everyone says he's just a puppet, lacking feelings, without a soul. Frankie, tell me, when he laughed and chatted with you, did you ever feel happiness?"

The matriarch's face hardened, and after a long pause, she finally said, "He's just a puppet. You should know that every action and word is programmed by the person behind him. Nathalie, you shouldn't develop feelings for him."

Nathalie countered passionately, "He's such a wonderful person-so dutiful, so kind, so cheerful... When he talks to us, there's genuine affection in his eyes. Tell me, what programmer could create a puppet so real and full of emotion?"

Frankie responded, "That just means the programmer behind him is very skilled."

Nathalie hesitated, then asked, "Do you know who created Nathan?"

The matriarch shivered involuntarily. Her worst fear had come true.

"I... I don't know."

where is

The matriarch said nothing.

pressed on, "I mean

matriarch's face went

held her gaze, refusing to let

a long silence, the

don't want to keep this

The Nathan you knew was created by

Chelongs to

widened, and she shook her head in disbelief. "That can't be true. Aunt Kelly's

Kelly was a genius, passionate about robotics from a young age. She got married but it wasn't a happy marriage, so she left the Rowland family with her child. Tragically, the child died due to neglect. Kelly blamed herself for not being a good mother, so she created this puppet in her child's likeness. She was the child's mother and poured all her love into it. This puppet is incredibly advanced, with synthetic skin and realistic skeletal and vascular systems. It can grow taller and

before her

believe that her Nathan was a robot

calmly. "Is there anything else you want to

asked, "So, there's no

nodded. "Unless my daughter