Lucky 138
"… You said that I'm the reason why you lost, right? Can you tell me what you're talking about?"
His gaze was sharp but his voice was much gentler compared to earlier, where he was roaring like a beast while consuming her.
Marianne looked at the floor. To be honest, she couldn't forget that memory because she lost so much. The image that she built for so long crumbled because of that mistake.
Marianne was confident that she could be the champion. Even the students around her strongly believe that she would win. They were expecting so much and Marianne could attain those expectations. Yet she failed.
"I was fighting for the quarter-finals…" Her voice was hoarse, that memory was humiliating. She bit her lip and continued.
"One win and I will fight for the championship… However, in the middle of the fight, I found that I couldn't use my Term Attributes and my stomach was aching. Before I even have the time to react, I was already defeated."
There were multiple emotions that lingered in that sentence. It was a mistake that she wanted to fix. She closed her eyes, she didn't have the strength to bicker with Calix anymore. She reached her limits. So she might as well be honest to him. They were going to die anyway.
"When I regained my consciousness, I found that the water that I drank is not purified. It was tap water which caused my stomach to ache…"
Because of that defeat, her parents lost their trust in her. Even her uncle, the one who gave resources to make her win, was disappointed. The whole Clan was affected by that loss.
"Then, when I asked Leon…" Her tears dripped down and wet her t-shirt.
"He said that you sabotaged me. I was angry at that time, so when I found you in the school on the graduation day. I didn't hesitate to snipe you. To be honest, I want to kill you. But the last ounce of my conscience was telling me to give you mercy. So I decided to slightly alter the shot."
Her eyes were blurry, she sobbed. She knew what she did. The fact that she didn't hesitate to hurt him, that meant how awful her personality was. Well, she put all her life just to be the treasure of their Clan. She wanted to prove that they made the right decision of choosing her. Yet, she failed them miserably.
"I see."
Calix replied. He was hiding his emotion. But Marianne could feel that he was frustrated.
She weakly wiped her tears, even that gesture was hard to do, it was tiring.
"I know that you hate me so much that you will not hesitate to sabotage me."
She hiccuped.
"…"
"But I'm asking you, why? Why do you have to take revenge on that day, the tournament? You can do that the next day, or next week, or whatever. Why? I'm asking you why? Why did you destroy my life?"
She was begging and her appearance looked pitiful. Calix studied her.
Marianne's pale white skin had bruises, possibly because of the 'fight' earlier. Even her arms were reddened because he squeezed them so hard. She looked weak and fragile, she was not the same Marianne that hurt him. She might break at any moment.
"I think you made a mistake."
Calix said. Now he realized why he gained that scar. He chuckled like he lost his mind. As expected of his Backlash, he was fucked thoroughly even though he was innocent. Calix further confirmed that he had to maintain his Fuel, or else he would experience hell again.
"I didn't poison nor sabotage you."
"What?"
Marianne glared, she hated that Calix denied the crime.
"I'm not the one who poisoned you."
Calix repeated the words easily because he was innocent. He stared at her eyes and he found that her eyes were trembling. She was having a hard time accepting that fact.
"N- no, that's impossible. Leon said that you sabotaged…"
Her eyes widened in realization.
"I guess you found out at last. Yes, I'm not the culprit, Leon is."
Calix nodded. Now he found the guy who would receive his revenge. He hates Marianne but he hates a manipulative guy like Leon more. He was much worse. The very fact that they were in a cage because Leon hijacked the Flying Ship was enough to deem him as a bad guy. Calix already set his mind to kill him.
"I don't know what he's saying about sacrifice but it's obvious that it's connected to you. He needs you."
He added and Marianne bit her nail. The more she thought about it, the more she realizes that a lot of things became much clearer.
'Now that I think about it, my uncle reduced my bodyguards because he was disappointed with my results. He didn't want to spend more money on me.'
Marianne was still receiving resources from them, they amounted to millions of dollars monthly, although it was not that great compared to before she didn't lose the tournament.
'Because of that defeat, I lose a lot of bodyguards that were meant to protect me.'
Now she realized that Leon was creating cracks so that abducting her would be much easier. After all, not all of the bodyguards were terrorists.
Half of her bodyguards were innocent and they died miserably when they set foot in the private lounge in the Flying Ship. That was the moment when Leon started his plan.
'The bodyguards who sided and helped him, Leon was the one who hired them. He said that they are trustworthy… Trustworthy my ass.'
She learned that she was dancing in the palm of his hands and it gave her shivers. Since when? How long did Leon plan this just to abduct her, the sacrifice?
She didn't know.
Then, she glanced at Calix, she was clenching her fists. She couldn't believe that she almost killed a person just because she misunderstood the situation.
However…
"Just because you are not the one who sabotaged me, doesn't mean that you are innocent. You peeked at me while I'm peeing!!"
She raised her voice, quite blushing.
"Huh? How many times do I have to tell you that it's an accident."
Calix strongly defended.
"Then how can you explain the fact that your face landed on my… M- my--"
Her face blushed, she couldn't say it because it was embarrassing.
"Your pussy? Your sweet tight pussy that I fucked earlier?"
"Shut up!!"
She wanted to slap his dirty mouth but she was too weak.
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[Marianne Francine]
[- 5'5 feet
- Blue Eyes
- Long blonde golden hair
- Has an angelic face but is far from being angelic, maybe a dark angel.]
[She has a complicated train of thought. She likes bullying people, especially those who did her bad. She won't hesitate to prove her talent to others. She is a proud woman, but she had a soft side too...]