Chapter 422 Inherited Curse — Blood Confession from Rui
Alpha sky gradually regained its pulse.
Yet, in a silent corner of the world, two figures sat wordlessly beneath the ruins of an altar that no longer burned—where the Spiral once opened, and a curse had once risen.
Rui sat leaning against a stone pillar, her body still trembling. The scars from the previous battle had frozen, but the wounds in her soul had never felt this deep.
Joanna sat not far from her, wrapped in the light of Michael's wings that slowly dimmed. She didn't push. She didn't ask. She simply... waited.
Rui drew a heavy breath, then spoke:
"I have to say it now. Before you ask. Before you fully believe in me..."
"Qayin is not just a curse."
"He is... the shadow of who I truly am."
Rui stared at her hands—still stained with blood.
"He was the first human to kill his brother. Not for power. Not out of great revenge. But out of envy. Because of unrequited love."
"Because the heavens chose Abel."