Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 823:

Time went by, and Mariana was almost through with her sketch. She smiled victoriously as she wiped the sweat off her forehead. She then turned to look at Maia.

Maia had stopped painting again and had her eyes closed.

Mariana, confused, wondered what this woman was doing.

She wasn’t the only one bewildered by Maia’s actions. The judges, audience, and online viewers were all at a loss. Was Maia about to fall asleep again?

Soon the murmurs began.

“I thought this Maia knew her stuff, but now I’m disappointed.”

“This is laughable. Is Maia really the author of Rebirth? The mysterious painter Matias? Surely she’s a fraud.”

hadn’t dried and just decided to give

these comments. She had thought Maia would be a formidable opponent, but it turned out she was just a

claiming to be Matias. Maia had even

was very lifelike, with every detail perfectly executed. Mariana decided within herself to use the momentum from this painting duel to pave a new path for

breath for its final touches. They all believed Mariana to

of the audience around her didn’t seem to bother her as she made her strokes. Maia’s steady hand continued to refine the portrait of the faceless woman’s features. It was as though, when she had her eyes closed, she

faceless woman gradually emerged. Though the portrait had a dreamlike quality,

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side to side. Within a few strokes, a veil materialized. The appearance of this veil transformed the previously blurred areas of the painting, turning its

woman dressed in silk and wearing

final touches, it looked like a real photograph. The way she painted the semi-transparent veil was so lifelike that it seemed as if a real piece of fabric had been

the judges, amazed, rushed forward. He moved his hand over