Chapter 319 - The Ark Of Lovely

"You know nothing about my jealousy! Every single mother had a husband, father to their child! But what about me?! I'm forced to have a child that I did not ask for! I was taken advantage of by a guy who loved the drinks more than his family?!"

"I never wanted the kid! I but I don't want to die either! I tried everything to get rid of her, I drowned her, I burned her... Yet she was being saved all the time!"

"You could have just given her away from the start!"

"Do you really think that I didn't try?! I tried selling her, and she came back! Do you know how difficult is it to raise a thing that you don't want?! She is trash, she is nothing! No one wants her!"

"She isn't trash! She's your only daughter! The only one person that you can count on because she looks at you as her role model! And you want to kill her?! She never did anything wrong, other than being born to a sick mother like you!" bellowed Ysabeau, spitting those words out.

"And why does your hatred for your family become the fuel to hurt mine?! I trusted you, you guided me on what to do for the motherhood of humans... So why did you kill my family as well?!"

Alice was taken aback by Ysabeau's shift of questions. She then backed up and threw her head back. She started cackling, much to the annoyance and anger of Ysabeau.

"You deserved it! Who the hell do you think you are?! Do you think you can just come in here and steal the man of my dreams?! It was all going well until you came along! Did you how much effort I put into trying to get him to love me?!" yelled Alice, who was filled with jealousy.

"He never liked you! I only asked him to talk to you because you looked pitiful! And your way of trying to snatch him back is to kill him?!"

"I wanted to kill you! And your whole family! If I couldn't be with him, then no one can be with him. I-"

Her words were abruptly cut as Ysabeau punched through her abdomen. She gurgled up blood and dropped dead. But Ysabeau took off to examine the water that her family had been drinking. She then convulsed and panicked as she felt a sharp pain stabbed into her abdomen.

Blood was gushing out from in between her legs. She knew what was happening. And she knew Bahamuts can withstand a poison as simple as Deadly Nightshade, so something else was in there in the mix.

Corrupted Liquid, someone had spiked that vial with the Element of Corruption. The Element had been watered down but it was still giving side effects to the Bahamut. The inability to keep her child within her. Ysabeau widened her eyes. If she doesn't destroy the infected child within her...

The small child from earlier finally caught up with the convulsing Bahamut. She dashed across the room, just in time to catch Ysabeau's head from colliding with the floor.

"What's wrong?! Why are you bleeding from there?" asked the small child, cradling Ysabeau's head and neck.

"It's my baby... I'm a few months pregnant. I drunk that grape juice that your mother gave me, it must have been laced with the same poison," explained Ysabeau, as she began to take deep breaths.

"He's gone..." said Ysabeau, with tears forming in her eyes.

Ysabeau gripped onto the child's wrist, shocking the kid. The child was trying to wipe away the grieving mother's tears as she listened to what Ysabeau had to say.

"What is your name?"

"Lovely Ann."

" 'Lovely'? That's a beautiful name and I know you are a strong kid."

"I'm just a kid, I ain't that strong."

"You were strong enough to survive without your parents. Without any guidance. You braved the impossible and no child should ever have to go through that. And you were so happy to see me. And you still helped me."

"You're not like others. You are the kindest mother I've ever met. You don't beat your kids and you love your husband. And I was too late, your family is gone as well."

"No, you were the best at this task. You weren't late. It was I. But I need you to do one more favor for me.. I'm sure that the brave and courageous Lovely Ann could pull this off," said Ysabeau, with a smile.