Rebirth of the Villainous Female Boss
Chapter 1156 - Chapter 1156 Chapter 1128 Revealing the Secrets of Fate

Chapter 1156: Chapter 1128: Revealing the Secrets of Fate (Fourth Release) Chapter 1156: Chapter 1128: Revealing the Secrets of Fate (Fourth Release) Mario Yuno was taken aback by Kiara’s words and shook his head bitterly a few seconds later.

“There are no such things as ghosts and deities in this world; it’s all stories people make up to scare themselves.”

Kiara nodded, then shook her head.

“I won’t comment on such supernatural phenomena, but what I want to say is, when our bodies eventually become dust and bones, what will be left behind?”

“Spirit.”

Kiara nodded.

“Exactly, wealth is nothing in the end. What we truly leave behind for future generations is nothing more than a spirit. Baron is gone now, but if you imagine him coming back, what would he say to you?”

“He would hate me, hate me for taking his life.”

“I don’t think so. If he could come back, he would definitely look at the bottle in your hand and excitedly say, ‘You brought wine today!'”

Mario Yuno was taken aback by Kiara’s description but gradually relaxed his furrowed brow.

“You understand him better.”

According to Baron’s character, he indeed might say that.

“I am a psychologist, you know. As long as I spend some time with someone, I can analyze their personality traits. Take Baron, for example, the few times you two interacted before, it was all about personal matters rather than business, wasn’t it?”

“Yes.”

He did indeed admire Baron, and Baron felt the same way.

But the two of them never engaged in overstepping conversations; both were principled men with ironclad discipline and boundaries.

What had happened over the years that turned Baron into what he became was beyond Mario Yuno’s knowledge.

“Did you two make any kind of agreement at the beginning?”

“What agreement?”

Kiara looked ahead, “Something like a declaration of loyalty to one’s duties.”

“We had that, everyone swore an oath when we were overseas.”

“I’m not talking about that kind of oath. Did you and Baron ever talk privately about ideals, about beliefs?”

Kiara believed there must have been some. After all, when Mario Yuno entered the training camp he was at the age of reckless youth, full of fervent energy, so how could he have been without such youthful idealism?

Her words seemed to carry Mario Yuno’s thoughts back to a long, long time ago.

He and Baron, along with a few other ‘brothers’ from different nations, were grouped together for an ambush. They started a “Fire” in the dead of night to cook vegetables with their helmets. Without wine, they used water instead. Someone complained bitterly about why they were exhausting themselves to death, and at that time, Mario Yuno only curled his lips in disdain and did not deign to answer.

Only Baron answered earnestly. He said it was for faith, for the honor held in their hearts.

So, out of that group, it was Baron whom Mario Yuno found the most agreeable.

Seeing him lost in deep thought, Kiara gave him some time. Those bygone days, combined with the starkly different realities of the present and the desolate cold wind, made people lament the unpredictability of the world and the transience of life even more.

Kiara poured some more liquor onto the ground.

“Just as your initial vows said, you captured him for ideals and beliefs, and he betrayed those ideals and beliefs. If time could be reversed to that moment, the Baron of that time would certainly hope that the you of now would hold onto your beliefs. The Baron of that time might not want to see his current helplessness. The reality that can change a person’s ideals is inevitably cruel. He struggled painfully in reality, and he must have missed the good old days when you ate wild vegetables together. Now, you giving him a cup of liquor, to accompany him on his way to the afterlife, is also a tribute to the acquaintance you once shared. That’s enough.”

Kiara looked up at the sky, the deep winter sky pitch black without a single star visible.

“In my view of time, I believe the world is a great big circle where everything is connected end to end, with beginnings and endings seeming similar yet essentially different. You and he met with a priority not to interfere with each other’s beliefs and loyalties, and now it ends because the things each of you held onto were different. ‘Never Forget the Original Intention’ is a wish many people make in their youth, but how many can really hold onto it until the end? If I were the Baron, seeing you would remind me of myself back then. If my actions were destined to make me pay for my behavior, I would rather die by your hand, and isn’t that a kind of original intention?”

Mario Yuno was silent for a long time, then looked up at the sky.

As if echoing Kiara’s words, the clouds that blackened the sky parted, revealing the bright and shining North Star.

In the night sky, that single star shone defiantly bright.

Mario Yuno stared at the star for a long time before he began to speak.

“I really want to know what he went through all these years.”

Kiara pierced through the mystery with a single comment.

“You’re actually more confused. If you had the same experiences as him, would you hold onto your beliefs even if it meant sacrificing everything, or would you make the same reluctant compromises he did to live?”

She bet, when Mario Yuno looked at the Baron, it was like he was looking in a mirror; he had once admired the Baron so much.

Mario Yuno didn’t answer but raised the liquor bottle towards Kiara, who grabbed it and clinked it with his.

This wasn’t a drink shared between husband and wife, but rather a toast between confidants.

His greatest confidant in life was none other than Kiara.

“You don’t need life to give you the answer to this question. Your background and your education mean you will never have the chance to walk the same path as him. But if you’re really fixated on this, I guarantee with my professional integrity that you’re different from him. Even if he was born into a military family like you, and you had been born into chaos like him, you wouldn’t make the same choices as him if situations were reversed.”

“Why do you think that?”

“Because of my understanding of the person beside me, you are smart but too clever for your own good. The clever you recognizes only one way, only wanting to sleep with one person, so you have a kind of emotional purity. Your heart always insists that what you choose is the best in the world, and for that best, you would give your entire life.”

“Until that day, I always felt that the Baron and I were the same kind of person,” Mario Yuno said bitterly, looking in the direction where the Baron fell.

Kiara spoke directly to the thing he least wanted to face in his heart. More than killing his former friend, Mario Yuno could not accept the Baron’s betrayal.

What kind of experiences turn a person with firm beliefs into a notorious villain willing to do anything for money?

A changed heart is more terrifying than a dead person.

“We can no longer know what he went through. The fact that he gave this to you just before he died makes it very clear,” Kiara said. “All he wanted was to recapture that initial joy.”

Kiara took out the dried-blood-stained photo, which still showed a beauty with an unchanging grace, even though reality had undergone vast changes.

“He must have returned to his purest moment as his life reached its end. If he truly hated you, why would he give you a treasured photo?”

Kiara put down the bottle and gently placed her hands on his cheeks, unsurprised to see two lines of tears on Mario Yuno’s face.

She said tenderly, “The Baron must have seen himself in you. The beliefs you’re now holding onto are the journey he didn’t complete. That’s why he wanted to give you the most beautiful thing, as a tribute to the passionate years you once shared.”

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