"You’re really quiet," Professor Taren shook his head lightly. He turned his head to Aria. "She’s just like you when you endure the pain, Aria. You grit your teeth and never let your voice out."

Aria’s face was still indifferent as he replied. "At that time, I only used the diluted medicine, Professor. It can’t be compared with the pure and raw medicine that she consumed."

"Your bloodline and gene are not that strong. Ferdinand values you greatly, so I can’t possibly risk you dying by using the pure one," Professor Taren replied with an ’it’s unfortunate’ expression.

Aria looked back at the professor. "Master Ferdinand only values me because we have experienced hardship as soldiers together. He’s the one who saves me, and I value and also respect him greatly."

"I know, I know," Professor Taren waved his hand. He turned his head to Kanae. "I really want to know your past, little brat. Vena, asks your brother to search for more information regarding this woman."

"Yes, Professor."

Professor Taren sat down on his chair. "Let me tell you a nice story while we’re waiting, Kirei. I have always wanted to tell someone about my past, but my previous listeners are always on the verge of their death. It’s not fun at all, you know."

To be honest, Kanae didn’t care at all about what this Professor wanted to say. She had done complete research regarding this man and the result left her to be speechless.

Professor Taren was known as a genius in medical field, especially in the research program. However, after his first contact with the strange medicine that the government hid from the masses, he became enraptured with them. He offered countless proposals to the higher ups, hoping to become part of the research team in order to investigate the medicine further.

No one accepted him.

No one except Ferdinand.

There was no record about their meeting as it should have been done in secret. All they knew was when Ferdinand became the one in charge of the field that handled the talented people, he brought Professor Taren along. He announced that Professor Taren would be in charge of them all, becoming the head of the team.

"I always thought that meeting with Ferdinand was a fate. There’s someone who appreciates my ideas and is willing to invest further. I’m so happy. Someone is willing to help me and fund my precious research," Professor Taren laughed. "Without him, I won’t be able to conduct any research and make improvement in the medicine that I make. It’s so amazing!"

On their side, Vena was also as expressionless as ever. She had heard this professor spouted nonsense about how grateful he was for meeting with Ferdinand. He would do this to every single person whom he did experiment with. But of course, only now did she realize that his story could last this long.

Her eyes flickered back to Kanae. By now, the girl was completely calm, as if there was no pain at all. But Vena knew it was not true. She had experienced the diluted medicine and knew the potency inside them. It was so painful that she hoped she has never been born.

At that time, she didn’t have any choice. Even now she didn’t have any intention of going away anymore. It was all in the past, which she couldn’t change at all.

As her eyes landed on Kanae’s hand, she saw that Kanae had clenched her fist so tightly. Because her nails were short, it shouldn’t have wounded her palm. However, blood trickled down on her left arm, dropping to the floor bit by bit.

’I see, she’s just good at holding the pain.’

Her mind was thinking about her relationship with Kanae. If she wanted to say that they were friends, it would be a complete lie. They were enemies, and she always wished for nothing but for Kanae to disappear from her life.

But seeing Kanae like this, she didn’t feel happy.

It was strange, but she knew that she didn’t wish for things to end up like this. Before her thoughts went further, the I-Pad on her arm vibrated. She peered to the screen and saw that Jon had sent her the information regarding Kanae’s past.

"Professor, the information is here."

"Send it to me!" Professor Taren immediately shifted his attention. He stared at the screen before him with a wide grin. "Ah, so they’re your parents. I see. No wonder that you seem familiar. I remember these two, they’re really lousy in experiment, but they’re hard headed. If not for the fact that they’re still useful in the lab because of their ability, I would have used them for experiment."

Kanae’s blood boiled when she heard Professor Taren’s remark. She was angry that this professor ever thought about using her parents as his experiment. What did he see human life as?

However, the pain assaulted her even greatly, sending numerous courses of pain to her.

"Hmm, so it seems that you also receive proper education as a child from a rather rich family. You come from the Nali Family, so it means that you should be related to that fake letter," Professor Taren’s eyes gleamed. "How wonderful! I didn’t expect you to be such a treasure!"

Kanae’s eyes were cold as she just endured the pain, ignoring the nonsense the professor spouted out. In any case, she didn’t think that her past was that interesting because it was kind of normal in her opinion.

"Vena, has the place ready?" Aria interrupted.

Vena nodded her head. "Yes. It’s the underground base. They have cleaned up the place just now."

"I’ll take her there. You should go ahead to do your job."

"Yes, Sir Aria."

While Professor Taren was still engrossed in reading Kanae’s past, Aria lessened the ties of Kanae. It was the rope that tied her to the chair. When she was released, she planned on trying to escape, but the pain made her unable to do so.

Aria held her up and carried her away like a rucksack on his shoulder. As Kanae was in her half-conscious state, she was unable to match his strength. He brought her to the dungeon.

The smell of blood jolted Kanae awake once more. Her eyes widened when she saw the jail like room around her. Not far from her, she could hear the sound of door banging.

"W-what’s that?" she asked subconsciously. Her voice was so low that it was hard to hear them.

"That’s Carlo," Aria replied calmly. "He’s the one who gets the vial during the grand battle before and also the former vice-leader of Oval Group. You may not remember him anymore."

Kanae’s head throbbed as she thought about the man. How could she forget this cunning man? He was the one who ’stole’ the vial from her.

"The content of the medicine is just diluted medicine that Professor Taren prepared. It didn’t harm him too much, but after two years, his body can’t control the power that emerged from his body anymore," Aria said in a flat tone. He stopped before one of the rooms and threw Kanae to the ground.

The impact of the cold floor caused her to grimace slightly. However, she didn’t let any word of pain let out of her mouth.

"You’re very stubborn," Aria commented. "I’ll fetch you again at night. For now, you should enjoy your sleep."

After the sound of footsteps could no longer be heard, Kanae curled up her body and held her head. After the pain spread all over her body, it moved to her head. The pain caused her head to feel like it was going to break. It was even much worse than when she awakened her body.

This time, she gritted her teeth harder and held her head tighter.