Chapter 323 - The Ark Of The Child's Blood

"Ysabeau! Are you alright?!" asked Gab, shaking the poor woman.

She had blacked out. Ysabeau was slightly dazed as she tried to absorb her surroundings. That's right, she was on a mission and she came across a tortured baby.

"So, what's your next move?" asked Gab, carefully supporting Ysabeau.

Her eyes darted around and she looked at the tubes that were running around the room. Just then, a doctor was stumbling about outside and went into the room. he screamed but was quickly subdued by Gab using his pistol to hit the man's head.

"You could've just shot him," said Ysabeau, looking at Gab dragging the man into the middle of the room.

"I can't do too much sound now. First, it's gonna hurt my ears. Second, the sound will cause trouble after such a long period of silence. Shall we get back to work?" asked Gab, pointing to the kid.

Ysabeau nodded and both got to work. They gingerly disconnected the wires while leaving the necessary tubes. Particularly the ones that ran down his lungs and into his heart. With those useless tubes out, they stared at the kid once more.

Both knew that the kid was going to be gone soon, so they tried to devise a way to let the kid pass on without having tubes stuck in him. But the Bahamut was getting tired and angry at the situation. So much so that she broke the cylinder of liquid.

Toi Gab's shock, there was no trigger to the other areas the moment she broke the tank. She caught the kid quickly and tore off the tubes. She flipped the boy over and tried to purge the liquid out from him. He started coughing but it was no use. The baby was truly gone.

"There's nothing else we can do. I just wished that we gave him a better send-off," said Gab, as the baby laid limp in the High Queen's arms.

It reminded her of how she cradled her dead child in her arms all those years ago.

"This was the best send-off for him, out from the tank that killed him. And whoever did this-"

Ysabeau's eyes grew with a hint of fury as she looked straight ahead of her.

"Will have to pay."

Gab sighed and cracked his knuckles. He then looked around to find a box where they could keep his remains. When he finally found a box, he emptied his contents and placed it in front of Ysabeau. That's when they found out something was not quite right.

"Ysabeau! Put the kid away now!" said Gab, as he began to smell a potent liquid.

Ysabeau was shocked and placed the child into the box. She then looked at her arm which had acid marks and droplets of blood.

"That's interesting. Of all humans that I've known, this is the first for me. Human blood is the weakest and yet it can cause acid burns on me," said Ysabeau, looking at the marks with wonder.

"Does it not hurt?" asked Gab, still confused.

"It doesn't, and it should not. But I must say, this blood is unique enough to hurt my skin. I do not have human skin, even if it may look human. To burn the skin is one thing, but to burn scales with just droplets is another level entirely. And coming from a child."

Gab paused for a moment and whipped a small vial with a syringe. Ysabeau looked intrigued as Gab drew out some blood from the child. Syringes should not be made until a few decades later, so she wondering how he got that.

"One Mage who likes to Time Travel got me this after I finished help[ing him on a mission a few months ago. He said it would be easier to go by my daily work of poisons but I told him that's not what I do. The brat was persistent so I kept it. I guess he was right, it is useful."

"I'm gonna whack that brat, he shouldn't use his powers to override the past," chided Ysabeau as she saw Gab drawing some of the child's blood.

"He ain't 'rewriting the past, he's just bringing something from the future to help us," explained Gab, though he did not realize what Ysabeau meant.

Ysabeau could only blink in confusion as she stared at the man. Her attention then shifted to what Gab was trying to do, testing the blood on his skin. But of course, he was promptly halted by Ysabeua.

"Wait, let's use something else. We can't risk it," said Ysabeau, finding another test subject.

Both of their eyes were drawn to the knocked-out doctor. Gab then dripped a few drops of blood onto him.. Yet, it did not affect the doctor whatsoever.