Elia's past

"Where did you hear that word?…" Alexander narrowed his eyes

I told them about the dream I saw, about Andrew Ryan, and Olympia City

The three were silent when I finished, so I decided to ask the questions "What happened to that city, and how was it destroyed..."

Alexander was the first to speak. "This is something we have nothing to do with. It was an internal struggle between the forces within Olympia city…."

I looked at him suspiciously, "Then why did I have this strange dream?"

"I think I know the reason…" It was Thomas who replied, "Actually this syringe contains the Adam that was extracted from corpses…"

Baam

I slammed on the table angrily, "Are you saying you made me inject this body with a substance extracted from the dead?…"

"That's right...." Thomas's face was devoid of emotion. "There was a shortage of the Adam, so we had to extract it from the bodies of the dead, and that's why Andrew Ryan used the little sisters..."

"Little sisters?…." I thought for a moment before remembering something. "You mean little girls who use a syringe to withdraw a glowing red substance from corpses?…."

"Yes..."

"Then what about the robotic giants, who accompany these little girls?…"

"They call them the Big Daddies. They are human beings who have been experimented with and turned into these robots whose mission is to protect the little sisters when they collect the Adam…."

Children being used to collect material from corpses

Humans being turned into war machines

What happened at Olympia for all these terrible things to happen

Thomas mentioned in the audio recording that Alexander had destroyed Olympia city

But it is clear that Thomas avoids talking about this subject in front of Alexander

I cannot risk revealing the things that Thomas told me in the recording , There must have been a reason for Thomas not to speak of this in front of Alexander

If I tried to question them here, I don't think I would get any useful information

But I must try to get information about other things "But what does this the Adam substance have to do with the dream I had?"

Thomas replied, "As I said, the Adam substance that was used in this injection was extracted from the dead bodies, and therefore the Adam carries some of the DNA of these bodies. I had expected some changes in the DNA of this body, but it seems that you are getting On the memories of these people..."

I swallowed a mouthful of saliva and looked at Thomas. "How many people did you extract the Adam from?...."

Thomas was silent, apparently trying to remember the number. "I'm not sure, maybe more than a hundred..."

"...." My mouth opened wide as I looked at him

Does this mean that I have the memories of a hundred people?

"But don't worry…." Thomas raised his hand , "All you will see are just the remnants of these people's memories, which means that you will not see their full memories, and you will not suffer any additional damage…"

I needed more information. "So what was Elia doing in that city?..."

Thomas looked at Alexander. "Actually Kepler and I were hibernating, so Alexander was the only one who knew what happened before we got to that city..."

I looked at Alexander, and Alexander was looking at me coldly

In the end, Alexander opened his mouth, "The people around Elia were pressuring him…."

We all fell silent while listening to Alexander

Alexander continued, " Elia was just a foolish kid like the rest of the kids, trying to gain the attention and approval of his parents, and take care of his family. He had many friends, and there was a girl he admired, but he did not have the courage to confess to her because of his shyness. Elia knew that he was a blessed person and had A lot of things so he tried to meet the expectations of others..."Alexander was silent for a moment ٫ His tone was devoid of emotion "But it was the beginning of the collapse of this child, when his talent was revealed, his family began to take care of his younger brother conrad, and his older sister Elena, His friends started turning away from him, because they realize that Elia's future is not as bright as they thought. Even the closest friends that Elia trusted have left a certain distance from him. In the end, strange rumors began to spread, and Elia's reputation became at its worst, although they are only rumors. It was enough for the rest of his friends to leave him..."

"And Seraphina..." I whispered annoyed

Alexander shook his head with a sarcastic smile on his face, "Elia had a crush on this girl. At first she pretended that she would not leave him, but after some pressure from her family, she stopped visiting him..."

There was another person who seemed to know Elia and I was curious about her "Do you know a girl called Layla?...."

"Layla?..... Oh, I remember she's from the Magmaier family, she seems to be the daughter of Maxwell Magmaier, she was also a friend of Elia when they were young, but She was the first person to abandon Elia after she found out about his talent..."

So she is also one of the people who rejected Elia

My face turned grim, "What happened next?…"

"After that, Elia was able to obtain the orb. I don't know exactly how he got it, but when my soul awakened, I found myself inside the orb that Elia possessed. I could not control this body, because Elia's soul was stronger than my soul, which had been injured. But I could feel my surroundings, I hid at first, because I don't know how this boy will react...."

Thomas interrupted him, "Are you saying you never spoke to Elia before? So you did not try to deceive him by deluding him that you are able to give him strength?...."

Alexander looked at Thomas with disdain "Do you think I need to deceive a child?...." He paused for a moment before continuing, "The period that I met Elia for the first time was one of the most difficult periods in that boy's life. He was going through a lot of pressure. He was training every day until he faints, and remains lying on the ground, and no one bothers to carry this boy to his bed, he wanted to discover a way to obtain strength, I started to communicate with Elia , he asked me if I knew a way to increase his strength, but I did not tell him about the The Vitae energy , because this boy was very kind, and he would not use the Vitae energy, so I did not risk revealing to him the secret of the Vitae energy and losing his confidence in me, but he discovered the existence of Olympia city in a way, and he was able to reach that city after I helped him, He wanted to get the Adam, but there something strange happened...." Alexander paused

"What happened?...." I urged Alexander to follow his words

"Elia's soul suddenly disappeared from this body…."

"What? Where did his soul go?…" I asked confused

"I don't know either, but when his soul came back it was suffering from severe injuries, half of his soul was missing, eventually the rest of his soul was gone, and then the soul of Thomas and Kepler reawakened..."

We were silent, staring at Alexander. I have a suspicion that Alexander did not tell us the whole truth

I tried to get more information "What power did the orb give elia?…."

"The orb didn't grant him any power, because he wasn't chosen.... That is why I did not bother to teach him about the Vitae, because he is unqualified."

"If he wasn't chosen, how did the orb get inside his body?…"

"I don't know...."