Bloodline is a Cheat Code - Chapter 65

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Chapter 65
Whether it was because I was too young to understand, or because my sister was simply a difficult person to comprehend.
“Kalik, what am I supposed to do with you? A man who throws his life away just to catch the eye of a woman like me, who knows nothing but revenge. Even now that the Emperor is dead, my time remains frozen at the moment my brother died.”
“But at least in this moment, you’re looking at me. In that sense, it’s a shame that only one eye remains. If I made a contract with a demon, could I see you as you were back then, even for a moment? If I could go back, I would save that version of you too.”
“Foolish man. I would feel better if you cursed me to die instead. Mentioning demons—how irreverent for someone raised by the Holy Order….”
Without realizing it, I slowly walked into that room. The corpse lying face-down on the floor was unmistakably Vincent.
He had gouged out his own eyes?
It seemed he had acted on the thought that even after his death, his eye color must not be revealed.
Even in such a situation, I felt a slight revulsion at myself for trying to find clues that might be useful in this lifetime, but there was nothing I could do about it.
Perhaps this was an opportunity God had given me.
As expected, they were merely fragments of memory—they continued their conversation without regard, even as I stood beside them listening openly.
“I don’t believe in gods, Serpina Rosena. I believe only in your choices. That won’t change, even if you abandon me.”
“So you won’t ask me not to abandon you.”
“I shouldn’t speak words you can’t answer. That was your condition when you first saved me, wasn’t it?”
“Yes, not to put me in a difficult position.”
My sister laughed softly, her voice trembling as if she might cry. Had my sister in the previous life always laughed with such a voice?
In that moment, as the silhouettes overlapped in the darkness, I instinctively squeezed my eyes shut.
Don’t look, Flotie! This is your sister’s private moment! Wake up! Open your eyes right now!
If it’s a sacred artifact, I should only listen to stories that might be clues—how could I witness something that transcends age like this?
Wake up.
Now!
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“Aaahhh!”
As I screamed and jolted awake, Elian beside me gasped in alarm, calling out “Miss!”
I had no idea when I had lost consciousness. Looking around frantically, I was still in the Holy Nation Bedroom.
How much time had passed? How many people had witnessed me fainting?
“Elian, did anything happen while I was out?”
“No? Nothing happened at all, except that you suddenly collapsed, Miss. But your older sister came and examined you herself, and said there was nothing wrong with your body.”
“Right, I did collapse. Anyway, how much time has passed? Is it still today?”
“You seem startled since it’s been so long since you last fainted. It’s certainly good that your fainting spells have decreased. Yes, not much time has passed.”
Elian examined me carefully, seemingly worried that my cognitive abilities might have temporarily declined from the shock of fainting and waking up.
But there was a reason for everything. What if Kalik had been executed?
Even if I seemed like an odd person, there was no help for it. I had to go with the direct approach.
“Come to think of it, I think Minabell told us the name of the man who tried to attack us earlier, didn’t she?”
“Oh, that’s right. After you heard that name, you fainted immediately, so Cherita was so startled that she ran to call your older sister.”
“What?”
“The man named Kalik has already been captured by the Holy Nation Military and is currently in the Underground Dungeon. The Holy Kingdom’s laws are somewhat more lenient than the Empire’s, but….”
Still, since they attacked us at the very moment when the Empire and the Holy Kingdom were beginning to establish diplomatic relations, it would be difficult for him to escape execution.
But my sister’s position would be different.
‘Minabell, is there anything else you want to tell me?’
After a long hesitation, Minabell eventually revealed everything to me.
‘The leader of the group that attacked us is a man named Kalik. Elian knows about this too.’
‘Ah, is that all? I’ve never heard that name before. I don’t know this person.’
‘Right, you don’t know him, but your sister does….’
‘…What are you saying?’
Even as I pressed for clarification, I could already sense the truth vaguely from Minabell’s words.
After all, my sister had said she loved more than one man in her previous life and stayed with them until the very end.
At this point, it wouldn’t be strange for a second man to appear. In any literary work, such candidates tend to emerge in succession.
‘One of your sister’s boyfriends? Tiae? Tiae?’
And with the thought that I needed to save this man named Kalik, I immediately lost consciousness.
Then, in my dreams, I finally glimpsed their memories….
Isn’t this practically receiving a divine revelation?
No wonder I fainted. I laughed blankly for a moment before letting out a sharp scream.
“Sister, where are you! Your Highness!”
This is driving me crazy! This is no time to be calm!
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My insistence on seeing the culprit behind the carriage incident that nearly harmed my sister was accepted, and she went to meet Kalik, or so I was told.
Rumors had spread throughout the Palace that my sister despised her sibling terribly. It was probably Aden Prince’s doing.
Who could possibly help me right now? Even though Minabell followed my sister, I couldn’t rely on the status window’s assistance.
If I asked Lucian Advein to spare Kalik now, he would certainly not understand.
‘You’re asking me to save the man who put you in danger? There must be a reason, certainly, but my heart won’t be moved.’
I hadn’t even met him yet, but I felt as though I’d already heard his entire response.
I might know this man quite well.
After much deliberation, I recalled an appropriate person and immediately set off.
“Miss, where are you going?”
“I wish to meet Aden Prince. But since I don’t know the way to the Crystal Palace, I need your help.”
He was the only person who could exert strong influence over Melisia and the one who would listen to both my sister and me.
Without Melisia’s help, it would be impossible to find where Aden was staying in this place. And I had no intention of tearing this place apart searching like a madwoman.
It was fortunate that I had brought along the magical artifact Aubrey Violet had prepared for me.
It looked like an ordinary mirror that ladies might carry, but its actual purpose was different.
Aubrey Violet had given it to me, telling me to contact her if my strength was ever needed.
For now, this was the fastest way to reach Aden.
‘Trust no one from the Holy Kingdom, including myself. Trust no one from the Empire, excluding you all.’
But as I prepared to make contact, his words weighed heavily on my mind. What if Aden and Kalik were on bad terms?
They maintained an ambiguous balance simply because they both loved the same woman—Serpina Rosena—and she loved them equally in return.
After the regression, only one of them recovered his memories, while the other still didn’t even know of Serpina Rosena’s existence.
“Miss, what’s wrong all of a sudden?”
Elian looked at me with concern as I suddenly stopped moving, as though I had broken down.
‘I’m about to ask man number one—whom my sister loved in her past life—to save man number two. But what if the two of them are on bad terms? What if man number one deliberately orchestrated all of this to kill man number two?’
I swallowed the worry rising in my throat and forced out a bitter laugh. How could I possibly voice such a story?
When I came to, it was obvious they would assume I had lost consciousness.
I turned my gaze toward Elian and shook my head.
“It’s just that I’m troubled. Someone comes to mind who could help with this situation, but I’m uncertain whether I should trust them and ask for their aid, given that we aren’t particularly close.”
“Well then, wouldn’t it help to consider whose side that person typically takes?”
Elian pondered for a moment before offering her counsel.
“Whose side?”
“For instance… this person would never do anything to cause someone they care about to suffer. There could be such a principle guiding them, couldn’t there? If I were in your position, I would unhesitatingly ask Lucian Advein for help when you were in danger. Because I believe he would never harm you.”

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