>>718592674 (OP)
Why'd Maelle even paint him old in the first place?
If she was being selfish and wanted to spend time with him, but not make him immortal like Aline did, why not just make him in this 30s like normal to have a few decades with him?
If she was being selfless, she could've painted him at his age before the fracture so he could live the life he wanted to live instead of a life forced onto him by his parents fighting.
This ending just seems like some weird middle ground between not wanting to let him go, but also not forcing him to live much longer.