Chapter 104

‘You should focus on fulfilling your duties. No matter what the results would be, you must continue ruling our territory, Yeriel.’

Yeriel rewatched the video recorded in the artifact Eunuch Jolang handed over.

—I’m certain of it. Her every move remains insignificant, yet she’s even added surveillance to her list of duties.

Deculein talked to Ganesha, whose red hair was visible in the corner of the room, about a mission with a wine glass in his hand.

What they were talking about was most likely…

—She doesn’t have a drop of Yukline blood in her.

Yeriel looked at the time amid the dark scenery.

—… Is this really alright?

The curtains fluttered as the winds flowed past the window frames, allowing elegant moonlight to shine upon Deculein’s apathetic expression.

As always, he revealed not even a little of what was going through in his mind.

—You were the one who requested for us, Professor, to find the biological distinction between you and your sister.

Yeriel’s heart, which had stopped beating for a moment, raced, her pulse coursing through her veins as if they were squeezing her entire body shut.

She slowly and painfully understood the meaning behind their conversation.

—…

Deculein remained silent.

It would’ve been better if he actually did say something. However, he just stood still, looking as if lost in thought.

“Ah…”

But Yeriel couldn’t be as calm as Deculein. As a result, the thoughts in her head didn’t flow smoothly. Rather, they kept stopping, seemingly broken into fragments.

Her legs shook, and pain began to permeate in her head.

—Didn’t you inform my subordinate about it three months ago?

Her vision blurred as unknown emotions raged in her heart, making her feel like she was being swallowed by a vortex she couldn’t escape from but refused to acknowledge nonetheless.

Everything about her childhood, including her mother’s face and her father’s voice, had been jumbled up inside it.

“Biological distinction…” Yeriel muttered blankly. Words that completely denied her past as a Yukline.

Confused and about to lose her mind, she instinctively used logic to rationalize her thoughts.

The reason why she couldn’t make dark energy work in her favor, why she still suffered from its side effects such as having a sore throat and burning lungs…

‘I’m not a Yukline.’

“…”