Bad Born Blood Chapter 326

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We are tired.

Me, Barbara, and Giselle, who had just woken up.

Woohoo.

The vehicle entered the canyon. Our bodies shook as we encountered each jolting pile of rocks.

Dull.

By the time we got out of the canyon, spiderwebs had covered the ground.

Soon even the faint light disappeared and the moon rose. Darkness and a faint cold settled over the wasteland.

“Your body is like a rag. There isn’t a single healthy part of you.”

Giselle said as she applied ointment to the wound on my side. She then placed the portable suture device on the wound and pulled the trigger. With a click, my wound closed.

“… …Because the only thing I knew how to do was fight.”

I opened my eyes loosely and looked outside the car. Through the cracked windows, I could see the night landscape of the wasteland. It was pitch black without any artificial light.

‘Worthless land.’

That’s why the lands that the nations leave behind are wastelands. If even rare resources or arcane relics are discovered, they will be fought over fiercely.

“If it were me, I would undergo regenerative therapy.”

“Scars are intimidating. They’re not bad for taking the initiative.”

I shrugged.

“You did great, really.”

Giselle grumbled as she organized her medical equipment.

We haven’t kissed yet.

After hearing Giselle’s story and telling my story, it’s not too late. That’s what I thought.

“… … Things started to go wrong when some Tajirun businessman woke me up.”

I opened my mouth first. I couldn’t delay the conversation any longer.

Ssuk.

Giselle leaned back against the corner of the car, her body slightly turned away. She stared at me quietly, wrapped in a blanket.

“I’m listening. Keep talking, Luca.”

I started to unravel the events that had happened in Border City, one by one.

There’s nothing to hide. I honestly told everything.

Jafar bought my information by giving a large sum of money to the Tajrun information broker family, and Kinuan intentionally incurred a grudge against Jafar, etc.

“I thought I hid you well considering I did it in a hurry… … but I didn’t know you would get caught. If you’re from the Tajirun family of information brokers, you’d be caught.”

Giselle bit her lips.

“The universe is so big. It can’t be helped. Information might leak out.”

I said it like it was no big deal.

“It must be because Barbara often rented and used the Tajirun race’s servers to avoid the Empire’s surveillance. That’s where the traces were left. In any case, they are untrustworthy.”

Giselle spoke with distrust and prejudice toward Tajrun. Well, that’s to be expected. Jafar was just a special case.

I also brought up the story of Anguise Regina. And… …I didn’t hide the subtle tension between me and Anguise Regina.

Giselle listened to me with a bitter smile.

… … I’m also quite a thorn in my side right now. But I have no intention of lying. That would make me look more suspicious.

“Luka, you’re the kind of person who can make friends and family anywhere. You take care of those close to you so desperately. You’ve made another family in Border City. I might be a little jealous… … .”

“There’s no need to be jealous. It’s a relationship that has passed.”

“No, that’s not true. If you go back like this, they’ll accept you.”

“That’s because I’m a useful person.”

Giselle shook her head and laughed softly.

“I guarantee you that even if you become helpless, those people will protect you and protect you.”

I sighed without arguing. Soon, as if changing the subject, I started talking about someone else.

The Accresia Empire, Emperor Ivan Kratzia, Kinuan, Mushir Al-Kashra, Ilay Kartika… … .

… … and Jupe Custoria.

“I didn’t know you’d leave the last clue to Jupe. That was a bold decision.”

“Jupe and I have been at odds over you for a long time. Jupe has been trying to hand you over to the Emperor. So it’s hard to imagine that he would leave any clues for you.”

“It’s only natural when you weigh the well-being of the entire family against the well-being of one member who has no hope of waking up. Jupe has fulfilled his responsibility as head of the family.”

I thought Jupe’s judgment was excellent. If I were in Jupe’s position, I would have done the same.

‘Rather… … the foolish one is Giselle.’

You put everyone at risk because of your emotional judgment.

But if I were in Giselle’s shoes… …I would have done the same thing as Giselle. I would have been just as foolish.

‘I would have staked my all on the slim odds of meeting Giselle again.’

There was no right answer to the conflict between Jupe and Giselle.

“I knew Luca would say that. But I couldn’t give up on you. That’s why I betrayed people.”

… … betrayed the people.

I think I know what that means, but I’d have to hear it from Giselle herself.

“Gilda and ‘Gabriel’?”

I emphasized Gabriel in particular.

Gabriel devoted himself to Giselle for the sake of their friendship, but his life was ruined.

“I grew G&G Cybernetics with Gilda. We did some pretty dangerous things.”

Giselle also confessed her evil deeds in a soft and calm tone. The content surprised me a little.

Giselle actively used her status as the daughter of Heilas Custoria. She asked some of her former guardsmen whom she was close to to carry out ‘terrorism’ and ‘assassinations’. And she kept Barbara by her side to manipulate information. This would have been the prototype of ‘The Sword of the Empire’.

“There’s only one reason I grew my business so big. To raise capital and to steal you away.”

The future of G&G Cybernetics was of no concern to Giselle.

As soon as the business got going, Giselle showed her true colors. She embezzled money to the point where the future of the company was in jeopardy, and made a number of irrational decisions to get me out of the way.

“Gilda considered his subordinates like family, but to me, those below him were nothing more than tools. Eventually, Gilda couldn’t stand it anymore and tried to kick me out.”

Gilda intended to kidnap Giselle and hold her captive, at least until business could be normalized.

‘But Giselle was one step ahead. With Barbara by her side, she would have had an edge in information as well.’

Gilda is not the type that is strong against schemes.

Giselle drank some water after speaking up to this point. Her wet lips gradually became lively, and their pink color seemed to give off a sweet scent.

I resisted the urge and focused on the story.

“Luka, I won’t lie to you. So listen carefully. I… …tried to kill Gilda.”

Giselle looked straight into my eyes and said:

There is no need for the intuition of Aquis Victima. Those eyes and assertions are the obvious truth.

“I see.”

I answered dryly.

At that time, Giselle was not fully prepared. The fact that so many variables have arisen now was because the plan was hastily brought forward.

“I intended to hold onto management rights until G&G Cybernetics collapsed. I thought that if chaos grew, there would be an opportunity. But Gilda defended management rights well in many ways. He even responded to the ‘assassination.’ The control of the company gradually shifted to him.”

I frowned.

‘assassination.’

Giselle tried to assassinate Gilda. That Gilda… … .

If Giselle killed Gilda, could I forgive her?

I felt sad because I would have forgiven him in one day.

At first, he would be very angry and swear at Giselle, but in the end, he would hug her.

In the first place, I have no right to forgive others. I have killed innocent people for my own purposes. I have used and killed people far away for the sake of those closer to me countless times.

‘Giselle lost to Gilda in the management dispute. Wasn’t Giselle ahead in the plot?’

It was an unexpected fact.

Because of that, Giselle carried out her plan faster than expected and used Gilda’s kidnapping attempt as an opportunity to disappear.

The kidnapping was Giselle’s own plan, and it was the signal that the whole plan began. From then on, even if the meshing went wrong, there was no stopping it.

Chijik, chik.

I felt a headache in my temples. The clues and traces were trying to be connected in Aquis Victory’s way of thinking.

‘I feel like I’m going to catch something.’

The branches of thought, like a spider’s web, stretched out infinitely and then fell apart.

My head was a mess. It was throbbing every time I moved my head.

Because I kept pushing myself too hard, my thoughts didn’t flow smoothly. However, because my brain tried to force myself to think, my headache only got worse.

“Do you know what happened to Gabriel after your act?”

Giselle shook her head. I closed my eyes, then opened them and continued speaking.

“Kinuan has been watching you the whole time. He may not have known your plans for sure, but he intervened here and there.”

Gabriel was caught up in Giselle’s plan and Kinuan’s plot and became a wreck.

Giselle couldn’t laugh after hearing Gabriel’s story.

Gabriel was distressed by the conflict between Gilda and Giselle, but supported Giselle for the sake of friendship.

“Giselle, it may be meaningless now, but… … you should have asked for help instead of silently betraying people. Gilda would have definitely helped us.”

Even as I said that, I understood the confusion Giselle must have felt.

Like me during the storm, Giselle probably didn’t know who to trust. The stakes were complicated, and everyone had their own agenda and purpose.

Realistically speaking, even if they did cooperate, there was no guarantee that the outcome would be better than betrayal.

‘Funny enough, it was in that situation that Giselle could trust Barbara. Barbara’s goal was Giselle herself.’

Giselle did not agree with what I said.

Well, I only heard it from Giselle. I don’t know what the atmosphere was like at the time.

We will probably have conflicts in the future. We will feel awkward because our values ​​do not match in many ways. We will also feel unfamiliar with each other.

… … But, it’s okay anyway.

I know that love is a fleeting emotion. I wonder how long my feelings for Giselle will last. There may come a day when we consider our devotion to each other as a vain passion.

But, whether in the past or present, we humans cannot deny this emotion.

Throughout human history, humans have always suffered and made mistakes because of love. When it comes to love, we make the same mistakes over and over again without learning anything.

And today’s choice is also… … one of the countless mistakes in human history and an extension of them.

Let us put aside for a moment the misfortunes and sins that have resulted from our selfishness.

“Well, so that’s the end of the story?”

As I said this, I grabbed Giselle’s arm and pulled her towards me, wrapping my other hand around her waist.

“Haha.”

Giselle gave a wet laugh and wrapped her arms around my neck. I laughed along with her.

Our skins felt soft against each other and our breathing seemed to be one from the beginning.

… … Why is this meaningless act of our lips touching each other so sweet?

And why do our minds change every moment?

Until yesterday, I cursed the world, but today I am thankful for the world. Just the experience of this moment gives meaning and value to my life.

I wish that this moment and this emotion, which will not last forever, would last forever. This kind of contradiction is the proof of humanity.