If his recovered mories served Ery right, the man in front of him was called Vizla and should supposedly be soone who could be considered a friend. Hence, seeing the latter's display such hatred towards him as he took his daughter away was sothing that bewildered him.
What's more, his mind was disturbed by what he had just heard from the little girl. If her words were true, it ant Silva was also in a concerning situation.
In that instant, a mory about her rolled in his mind. The image of her on a white sand beach, caring for him, filled his mind and prompted him to make his decision.
"I need to know what happened to her!"
As night finally lowered its curtain, Ery snuck out of his residence. He made sure to move carefully, avoiding any patrols as his mind set on searching for her.
The plan he currently had in mind was to find soone with high enough authority to interrogate. For example, the head servant of this royal residence or the chief guard. Those people should have information about their princess, or at least point him to soone in the know.
As he thought of this plan, there was not the slightest hint of hesitation on Ery's face. In fact, he would even be willing to use violence if it provided him with the answers he wanted.
When Ery finally managed to grab the head servant who was walking down the hallway, he noticed a figure approaching his direction. Sensing who it was, Ery shifted his gaze to his wrist before speaking.
"I guess this bracelet can also track my whereabouts, ain't it?"
With a sigh, the red-haired female figure said, "I told you, if you need anything or want to ask sothing, just find . Don't make trouble here…" Releasing another sigh, her eyes glanced at the head servant before she said, "Let her go."
Ery was silent for a mont, before letting go of the middle-aged woman with an nonchalant shrug. Ignoring the latter as if she didn't exist, he stared at the red-haired girl saying, "Will you tell the truth then?"
"I will…" She said, surprising Ery. "Co with . I will take you to her…"
Ery raised his eyebrows when he saw Annara didn't even ask what it was that he wanted to know. It seed she had been monitoring him and his actions closely and knew what he wanted already.
She led him to board the flying vehicle again that flew up into the sky as soon as the door closed, swiftly leaving the residence complex. So ti on the way, she started a conversation.
"I guess there's still not much progress with your mory, is there?"
"Why do you ask?" He said in a suspicious tone.
"If you rember what happened the last ti you were here in Ouroboros, you wouldn't even think of hurting that servant."
"Well, I didn't really plan to hurt her…"
Annara gave a small smile at his reply before saying, "Let be clear, I'm not judging you…" eting his eyes, she added, "In fact, I think I like the new you."
The truth was Ery did find it hard to see the mories past around the ti of the elven mission. He had watched all the docuntation of his ti in Magus Academy, the magus ga and the two Academy missions, only to receive glimpsed mories that he was there.
He discovered he couldn't really relive it again.
Not wanting to go into the topic any further, Ery stared at her and said, "Where are we going?"
"The usual place." Annara said quickly, causing him to raise his eyebrows at the notion.
The place the red-haired girl took Ery was none other than the facility he visited every week and just as he was about to complain, she said, "She is there too… Just follow my lead."
When the flying vehicle touched the ground again, Ery and Annara quickly made their way inside. Having not been scheduled at all, their visit surprised several people at the facility, especially the hybrid Bob.
The man tried to storm the two of them out when he saw they were about to enter a different part of the facility. However, Annara quickly stopped the strange-looking man, much to his confusion.
"Don't worry. The Queen permitted this…"
Hearing he had no reason to stop them, Bob nodded his head and led them to a certain room. As Ery approached the closed door, he couldn't help but feel his heart beat faster the closer he got. As soon as the door opened, Ery was struck dumbfounded at the sight.
The white-haired girl, Silva, was lying inside a machine with several tubes stuck all over her emaciated body.
His mory and what he saw at this mont clashed, causing Ery to feel a deep pain in his chest. When he realized the girl was unconscious, he quickly turned to Bob and Annara, his gaze clearly asking for an explanation.
"What… What happened to her?"
With a deep sigh, Bob started to explain.
Apparently, the Ouroboros Princess was suffering from a condition called Gene Deformation. It was a life-threatening condition, which she had suffered before even going to the elven planet mission with him.
Hearing those words, the mory of Silva being sick when they were inside a certain cave ca to Ery's mind.
"...Then why did she participate in the mission?"
Bob was unable to answer, Annara however turned a little emotional as she interrupted him.
"Do you really not get it? That ti she ran away from Ouroboros to find you… She was afraid she wouldn't be able to see you again as you were obligated to return to your ho planet"
Once again Ery took a deep sigh, unable to understand how the girl could do such a thing. He then looked towards Bob saying, "How serious is this? …With all the resources you have… you can save her, right?!"
Bob frowned as he said, "This is why we researched and experinted on you. We believe your gene mutation could be a way to save her."
"What do you an by my genes? Why did my genes have anything to do with this?!"
Ery was confused and also surprised by those words. How could his wolf gene be the one that could save Silva's serpent gene. No matter how he looked at it, it made no sense and was simply absurd.
However, the answer he received was even more shocking.
"It's your mutated fey blood. That's what made her sick in the first place."
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