Chapter 99: Ange’s backstory 5 (observers)
The next day, the number of kids decreased.
A maid entered the place with a new bed for Ange.
Ange gazed at her.
The maid invited her to lie on it.
She was surprised by such attention toward her.
She smiled, as the maid had taught her.
Even though it wasn’t perfect.
But it was better than before.
As soon as she fell onto the bed, it was soft.
In a few minutes, she moved up rapidly.
The maid gave her food.
She ate.
The scientist entered.
"I hope you’re doing well, Ange."
She nodded.
The crazy researcher smiled.
"Good... Now show me how you use mana."
His eyes opened wide, as if they were going to pop out.
Immediately she closed her eyes and concentrated.
A small amount of mana slowly moved out of her body.
For 2 seconds.
Then it stopped.
The scientist held his forehead.
His mouth.
His ears.
Then his chin.
Suddenly, he took out a small book and a pen
and filled up the necessary information.
After that, all the kids moved out of their respective rooms.
They took a bath one after the other.
Then they moved back to their rooms.
After that, Ange and Arol met.
And she gave him what she drew the night before.
A few hours later, Arol came again and smiled.
And at that moment, Ange was on her bed,
thinking about that.
Asking herself questions.
`"Did he see it? Finally. Did he laugh or smile?"`
Then the scientist entered the place with a syringe.
And he sang a little sound.
"My little genius... My kid. What belongs to me is mine... Or you’re—"
He stopped.
Is this even how the song goes?
And injected Ange with that substance.
The normal amount.
But it was still painful.
Just not as much as before.
The next day, the bell rang and all the kids woke up.
They moved out of their rooms for dinner.
Meanwhile, the scientist was presenting their progress to the others.
Ange sat down.
And she was alone.
She felt weird.
Immediately, a boy with red hair sat near her.
He looked at her and tried to smile.
But his smile wasn’t normal.
Ange felt happy for a few seconds.
Then she started eating.
Arol gazed at her and did the same.
The two ate fast.
Some kids gazed at them in surprise.
And a kid shouted,
"You two! You act as if you knew each other...
And that’s not new to the old members, right?"
As soon as they finished their fourth plate,
the bell rang.
Everyone in the place stood up and moved to their respective classes.
As Ange entered her room,
she used a pen and a paper.
Ange drew with a smile.
After that she jumped on the bed.
And she slept.
The next day, Arol was walking toward the place.
The bell rang and all the kids moved to the big room.
As usual, three groups were formed.
And Arol was also in the last group.
He was bored.
He looked to his left and right.
He didn’t see her.
He said in his mind,
I don’t know her name.
He looked around.
She wasn’t there.
Then he saw her, walking into the place.
He stood up.
And walked toward her.
As they were near each other,
Arol took out a piece of paper.
AND HE GAVE IT TO HER.
Ange took it.
And she saw that his drawing skills improved.
Ange smiled.
And whispered,
"You’re improving."
And Arol was about to take out another paper.
Arol stood up and moved toward another place
to finish what he wanted to do.
And at that moment,
it wasn’t the first time he saw the two
talking strangely. Joyfully together.
Related.
HE SMILED FOR A SECOND.
Then he spoke to himself.
Just because I need you for later... Purpose.
And the observer was Ken.
He watched them with his eyes.
Meanwhile, Arol turned. He felt someone was observing them.
The next second he turned his head.
And he saw no one watching them.
He lifted his head up for a few seconds.
Ange looked at him in surprise and asked,
"What are you doing?"
He looked at her.
And wrote something on a paper.
Then the scientist in charge of him moved toward him.
An old man, about 50 years.
He had white and black hair.
And behind him was the head maid.
The same old lady they saw on the first day.
Immediately, Arol stood up.
And moved toward the scientist.
He looked at her once more and forced a smile.
Then the scientist left with him.
At that time, Ange got bored.
Where are they going with him at a time like this?
She held her jaw and her facial expression turned cold.
Some boys from Ken’s group moved toward her.
To invite Ange to join their group.
Ange looked at them.
She said at once,
"No. I’m not interested."
Meanwhile, Ken was sure she would accept his offer.
Then the boys moved toward him and announced it.
He only forced a smile.
But in his mind he was angry.
Getting angrier.
Aggressive.
He inhaled slowly and exhaled deeply.
And the bell rang.
Each of the kids moved to their respective rooms in chronological order.
In Ange’s room, she was disappointed with the day.
She picked up a book near the table.
It was about mana control.
She opened it and whispered,
"...Maybe it’s the researcher’s book...
I need to study it before he comes. To pass time."
She read, studied, and understood a few concepts.
As soon as she closed the book,
she felt the urge to move out of her room.
To see Arol.
Suddenly, the scientist entered the place.
He saw her with the book and smiled.
"How was dinner?"
Ange replied,
"It was not that good today."
She lowered her head, then lifted it.
"It was boring."
Immediately, they heard an explosion in another room.
The scientist moved out to see what happened.
He walked a few meters and entered a room.
A little kid had exploded.
Blood splashed onto the walls.
The crazy scientist’s expression darkened, then he smiled.
"Now... Someone wants to surpass me...
They all want more experiments...
Should I increase the dose?"
He scratched his head twice.
Becoming more and more crazy.
"Should I add twice? Three times more? Ten times..."
His eyes were opened wide.
His hands covered his face.
Only one eye could be seen.
At the same time, the scientist in charge of that kid spoke.
"He was too weak? Did I make an error somewhere?"
He moved toward the corpse, disgusted by it.
He spit on it.
And moved out.
Then maids came in with mages.
They wiped the place clean with magic.
And the maid put him in a plastic bag.
They carried him away.
Meanwhile, in Ange’s room, she was about to move out.
Suddenly, the door opened.
An arm touched the doorframe.
And he entered with a malicious face.
He grinned, showing his teeth.
He grabbed her shoulders.
The man pressed in with force.
Breathing heavily, he spoke.
"You’re a genius."
He tied her to the table.
Covered her mouth with a mask.
And injected the substance.
Above the normal dose.
Two times more.
Ange shook.
And she screamed,
"Haa!!"