It Seems Like The Infamous Trash Can is Right Here! - Chapter 151
“If it had been that simple, we’d have ended it at my father’s and my level long ago.”
Unlike Lionel, they carried every memory intact through endless regressions.
Though they had to stay hidden from the Imperial Family and their new shadows, severely limiting their options, they nevertheless achieved much.
Even if the Information Guild, now entrusted to Lionel, was Solen’s most precious asset, it was far from all they possessed.
By uniting the underground factions such as human traffickers, drug cartels, smugglers, vying for supremacy, they’d amassed proof of the aristocracy’s illicit fortunes.
On top of that, they’d painstakingly courted each of the great houses save Luanax, so opposing the Imperial Family was not impossible.
There were moments when they believed victory was at hand.
Only for unforeseen variables to plunge them back into the abyss, as if their tragedy were scripted from the start.
“We’ve tried everything we could.”
Vaikal hated admitting it, but now only Lionel Luanax remained.
They planned to make contact soon, though he had no intention of exposing Serenia.
She was in the process of reclaiming her lost memories through her divine power.
He dared not imagine what reckless impulse Lionel might act on the instant she remembered everything.
“That might be the moment he finally breaks.”
After enduring endless rebirths without meaning or reason, Lionel had always held himself together. This time, though, he might truly lose his mind.
That was why, even had he taken Lionel’s hand, Vaikal had sworn to keep Serenia hidden. Yet fate had intervened, and despite the agony of erasing the past, they had fallen in love again, as if it were their destiny.
Vaikal rubbed his weary eyes.
“Brother, I must abandon Lionel now.”
How many lives had it been?
Serenia, her tears long dried, stared at the corpse dangling from the fortress wall.
“You know that he isn’t the kind of man who will just allow you to throw him away.”
“We’ll find a way. There are a few more strategies to try.”
From the way she spoke, Serenia must have weighed this for some time. After all, Lionel had been her willing shield and had suffered, was hurt and torn more for her than anyone.
“…And what about you? Will you be all right?”
“Why wouldn’t I be? I’ve survived far worse.”
He should have somehow stopped her then.
Why didn’t I realize that as long as Lionel was there, that child could endure even the most horrific and painful situations?
After multiple attempts, in the life where she finally achieved her wish and passed Lionel by as a stranger, she’d foolishly felt relief, only to watch her steadfast spirit fracture, wearing away until she nearly vanished herself.
“If this fails too, then that will be the end of Serenia and Lionel’s relationship.”
As Count Solen warned, this was Lionel’s last chance. After tonight, he would never see Serenia again.
Not because Solen or Vaikal sought to thwart their reunion, but because Serenia would be gone from this world.
“Your proposal has run its course.”
At Solen’s words, Vaikal lifted his head to see the inky sky over the capital streaked with ash-gray.
Had they hoped for failure, by the caprice of foreign powers, or the Imperial Family’s own arrogance? But there was no twist of fate.
“Let us hasten, before it’s too late.”
“Yes, Father.”
Vaikal tore his gaze from the sky and quickened his pace.
“Please, don’t make a mistake, Lionel.”
Recalling the days when they loved each other like brothers, he muttered a prayer Lionel would never hear.
