i refuse to believe anything other than that (╥‸╥)
the only possibility is maximin told her everything and ask her to pretend to be little pearl bcz he realized his sight is slowly getting worse..... bcz rmb that guy who told jean about the girl is actually turned out to be maximin's subordinate right?
if you rmb the guy who asked for maximin's remain when jean hugged the body, and then jean asked him "why you didnt take him" and he explained to jean that max is the ruler worth of his dedication etc. then he met max on the secret passage. that shd be the same guy who told jean about "fake" little pearl... thats why jean also realized that max actually knows abt his plan since even before they met

Is it the end?? Did we miss anything? T-T
There are many things I need answer from huhu. Who's the real little pearl and when do they actually met? ( T﹏T )