BXBX NOVEL Chapter 153: Sasha
"How does my morality relate to this? If she asks me for help, I will never turn her down! You are the scum here. Did one of your rivals poison her?"
"Poison her? My rival? Yes, you're right! It's your father who did this."
William, who listened from the side, raised his eyebrows at the revelation. Sasha was a princess, meaning she was one of the King's daughters.
Even though she was born from a concubine and, based on Feraldian culture, doesn't have the daughter status, it doesn't change the fact that she was the King's biological daughter.
"How cruel. To do this to his own daughter," William mumbled.
Roxy, at his side, also said, "If every parent is like this, I feel fortunate not having one, young master."
"No, Roxy, even though my father is cold to me, I know he will never do anything that will hurt me. This just shows how ruthless the King is."
Alex, in his mind, coldly calculated why the King felt the need to poison Sasha.
A few possibilities rose in his mind; the King needed a backup plan to keep Blaire in check. Sasha had some evidence of what the King was doing, or it might even be as simple as the King was looking for a good target to test his poison.
'But what kind of poison can make someone like that? She looks like a dehydrated person,' Alex thought to himself.
While Lily and Blaire had their debate on whose fault it was, Alex made his way with a few steps to reach Sasha.
He then pulled down the blanket, revealing Sasha's arm, now only bone clad in skin.
'Vesa, analyze her,' Alex said in his mind while he made his nails sharp.
He did this by concentrating his qi toward his nail mixed with a little bit of life force, making it grow, becoming harder and sharper at the tip.
At this moment, Blaire realized what happened; he turned his head back, seeing what Alex was doing to his wife.
"What are you doing?" Blaire quickly asked in a panic.
"I am checking your wife's condition. You should have known I come from the outside world. Since you have tried many methods and failed, you might as well let me check it."
With a prick, Alex then tried to pry some blood to come out, but even after a few attempts, there was nothing. He needed to take some of the blood to let Vesa analyze it in detail.
After some thought, he then took out a small, long needle from his storage ring, and with a swift movement, he stabbed it into her artery.
Taking it out, Alex could see only a small amount of blood on the tip of the needle; it was thick and colored black.
He then turned his gaze toward Blaire. "Come here, I need your blood."
Alex could have asked Lily, too, but he wanted to get more information about Blaire now since he is potentially his enemy.
Even though he concluded that Blaire was working for the King because he kept his wife hostage with poison, that doesn't change the fact that Blaire was a criminal.
Seeing Alex seemed to know what he was doing, Blaire decided to take the risk. For his wife, he was prepared to do anything.
She is the only one who trusts him no matter what the situation is. He still remembered the day Sasha confessed to him.
In Lily's eyes, because she kept giving him the cold shoulder, Blaire changed the target from her to Sasha, but in reality, it was all Sasha's decision.
Sasha wanted to tell Lily about this, but Blaire told her not to because it would make her look bad.
Without saying anything, Blaire moved and put his hand forward for Alex to prick, surprising Lily.
"Just what really happened to Sasha?" Lily asked, her eyes filled with worry, looking at Sasha.
Despite her status, today, she felt very helpless.
Her friend was lying almost dead without her knowing for years, while a man she just knew found out about a big rebellion just in a few hours he was staying in the kingdom.
This made her question her own capability.
Alex took out some blood from Blaire; the result was bright red, tinged with black, which made Alex frown. 'Is this the normal color? Or is the black coming because of the corruption?'
He then asked, "Are all Feliadeans born with bone ears and tails?"
Blaire, at first, wanted to answer Lily, but hearing Alex's question, he prioritized his, despite not understanding how it's related to Sasha's condition.
"When born, Feliadeans have normal tails and ears covered with fur, but it only lasts for a second before it turns into the bone appearance that we have now."
"I see," Alex mumbled.
This makes him sure the corruption has something to do with life force.
When life is being made inside a womb, they are constantly being engulfed by life force energy; the process is mysterious, even for the Vampire race.
A unique life force of energy is created, and then a new life starts being nurtured when certain conditions are met. After this unique life force disappears, corruption returns, encroaching on the newborn.
'This means the corruption should be something like an affliction.' Alex thought.
He then returned his focus to Sasha's blackened blood. Without hesitation, he put the blood into his mouth while keeping the one with Blaire's blood in his storage ring.
The moment it touched his tongue, Alex could feel something start to encroach on his existence, but it only lasted for a moment before it quickly disappeared.
'What is that, Vesa?'
[King, this is not poison, to be exact; it's some kind of lifeform like bacteria or virus, but this one exists to corrupt life force energy.]
[With my current strength, I cannot find more detailed information about this since it's too dangerous to keep it to experiment.]