Jane's Compassion

Henry saw no reason to not trust the woman in front of him, she was like an angel, her voice calm and soothing, and had a motherlike aura

"Henry" he replied slowly

"What,but you said you didn't remember who you were!" xavier suddenly spoke up

"Now Now xavier, I'm the one asking the questions now, remember," jane said as she faced xavier, the smile on her face replaced with a little frown

"Yeah...sorry, it's just that he said, he couldn't remember his name," xavier replied in a submissive tone

Henry was surprised to see the big guy suddenly become calm and meek, there was no doubt that jane was the superior one in the room.

"That's understandable, he knows nothing about us, other than the fact that we fought a large dog," jane replied with a slight giggle, the smile back on her face as she faced henry

"Sorry about all of these, why don't we start over," she continued

"This is xavier," she said pointing to xavier who stood next to the bed, silent

"And I'm jane marshall, we are members of the pegasus guild, which is under the phoenix faction," she said as she touched the logo on her chest, and you're in our ship."

"We fight and hunt down beasts like the one you saw earlier, we're one of the good guys and we only want to help you. So you can trust us, we won't harm you." jane said maintaining the smile on her face

"So henry, can you trust us?" she asked

Henry nodded, trying his best to look as innocent as he can be

"Good, now we're getting somewhere," she replied with a smile, while xavier rolled his eyes still waiting for the moment to beat the answers out of henry

"So henry tell us, what happened, how did you end up in the forest?" she asked

"I...i don't know...I'm sorry, but i can't remember," henry replied

"Ok, don't be, what was the last thing you remembered before the forest?" jane asked again

"Um...nothing, i only remember waking up in the forest, shirtless, and I've been running for my life ever since," henry replied starting to revert back to his usual self

"I see, when did you wake?"

"Today, hours ago i think," henry said

"Alright, that checks out, we've been in this jungle since yesterday, tracking down the hell hound, and we patrolled the entire forest last night. So however you got here, it certainly would have been this morning," she explained

"Anyways, you said you've been running, running from what?" jane asked tilting her head slightly sideways

"When i first woke up, it was in a wolf's pit, but then a lion with a fiery mane showed up, and he's been hunting me ever since," henry said putting his head down, looking traumatized

"Oh poor thing, you must have gone through a lot," jane replied looking at him with sympathy

But xavier wasn't buying any of it, he was filled with rage at how jane was so gentle with henry when they should be dealing with the kid

"Wait so you mean to tell us, that you encountered a saber-toothed flare and survived?" xavier asked

Henry nodded as he had indeed been telling them the truth from the start

"They are calling it a saber-toothed flare, that's a ridiculous name even worse than the hell hound" he thought

"Jane, you don't really believe him, do you?" xavier continued, seemingly trying to end henry's good graces with jane

"Actually i do," jane replied

Xavier had his mouth opened, his partner just believed the words of a strange teenage boy over his, he felt rage, complete rage

Henry was smiling on the inside, knowing he had won once again, xavier might have more strength but henry had a kid's charm

"Give it up old man, she can't resist a child in distress" henry thought as he looked up in xavier's face and smirked a little, making him even more furious, this of course wasn't seen by jane as henry didn't want to blow his cover

"Xavier, you've seen what this boy can do, he might have just healed or even be lucky,"

jane replied as she tried to explain

"Yeah, isn't that why we should be wary of him, his healing speed was abnormal and to sum it up, he doesn't even have any trace of mana in him. Can he explain that," xavier replied as he turned to face henry

Henry had a smug look on his face, he had no idea of what they were talking about

"Yes, i agree with that but we don't know that for sure, it was only just a med kit result, a proper mana cell analyser might say otherwise. And moreover he healed from a very fatal damage, that could have used up every ounce of mana cells he had," jane answered xavier, still convinced that the kid in front of her was a sweet, innocent and lost child.

She was always known to have a soft spot for all kids, teenagers included, even her kid would no doubt call her the nicest mother in the world.

"Yes, that might be the case, but what if it isn't. What if he's working for THEM, afterall the signs are there!" xavier replied her getting a little emotional at the last words

"Xavier, i know it does seem to look the case, but we can't use that to judge, he's just a kid!" jane explained

"In this world, even a 10 year old can be dangerous, that doesn't count as a point. Heck we don't even know if he's telling the truth about his memories!" xavier retorted

Henry just kept watching them as they argued over him, still not understanding much of what they were talking about

"What did he mean by THEM" he thought

"If we confirm his memory loss, would you calm down a bit?" jane sighed

"Even if we do it still doesn't prove anything, it could be one of their plots. They know that his brain would be scanned and so they erased it, knowing he would recover them back one way or another!" xavier replied

"Ok, now you're just being paranoid, i think you need to blow off some steam!" jane said pointing at the door, her smile completely gone.

"Fine!" xavier yelled and left the room

"Don't mind him henry, he isn't thinking straight, his emotions and incidents of the past are clouding his judgments. But he is right, just as you are cautious of us, we should be cautious of you too," jane said to henry with a wry smile

Henry had no intention of causing a fight between the duo, he thought he had. But it turns out xavier just had personal issues with his case, but what was it.

"I understand, which is why I'll cooperate fully. Whatever you need." henry replied with a smile

"Oh very good, so we need your permission to run a brain scan, to check for any abnormalities, and if possible help you recover your memories. How's that sound?"

"Great, i consent to it," henry replied, although a little nervous, he had no memories of this world to recover and there was a zero percent chance that the memories of his past life would count, after all new body, new brain, right.

Really, are you sure, you don't have to if you don't want to, you know." jane asked as she stood up from the bed

"I'm certain, i wish to get my memories back, and find out what happened." henry replied with a determined look

"Ok, I'll go prepare the testing equipment, be right back," she said as she left the room

Henry was now alone in the room once again, having been sitting for a long time decided to stand up and walk around

"Wow, today has been really eventful, i wonder how the civilization of the world would be!" henry said excitedly, looking at the various equipment placed around the room, he seemed to be intrigued by their mechanics

[Host should not bother, the civilization here is rather boring]. The system screen appeared

"Hey, I've missed your screen" henry said pretending to be excited to see the system message

"I honestly thought, you'd dissappeared, you know like just not existing anymore," he taunted the system

[Host would truly cease to exist if you don't learn to be quiet]

"Yo chill, it was just a joke..haha," he laughed trying to cover his fear, this system was truly terrifying

[Host should not play games with me, i do not get the humor of jokes]

"Hmm, i wonder why," henry replied in a sarcastic tone

"That reminds me, i have a giftbox yet to be opened," he said, clasping his hands together

[Host, i think you have more problems at hand than for you to be worried about a mere reward]

"Ahh, here we go again, look I'm totally fine, no issues at the moment,"

[You are about to have your brain scanned, correct]. The system asked

"Yeah, so what?" henry retorted

[What do you think the outcome of the result would be]

"Well since I have no memories of this world, before today, they'll see nothing and we'll all go home happy."

[Host is right, they would see nothing, nothing at all]

"Wait...why does that last nothing look a bit creepy?" he asked

[Because host is an idiot, you have no memories to recover of this world, therefore the result would show nothing, not abnormal]. The system explained

"Oh shit, you're right, if the result doesn't show abnormal, then they'll know i didn't lose any memories. I'll be screwed for sure," henry panicked

[Luckily for host, i have a solution]

"You do, tell me." his eyes sparkled with hope

[I can find a way to encrypt the part of your brain that contain memories, temporarily, meaning no one would have access to it. That should be enough to cause an abnormality]

"You can do that?" henry asked looking suprised

[I can do anything, as long as the right price is met]

"Of course, the trade feature, that means I have to pay something equivalent to what I want," he sighed

"What do you have in mind?" henry asked the system.

[I guess I can settle for host's giftbox]. The system replied

"What! you maniacally scheming little devil, you planned it all along, didn't you, that's why you suddenly popped up at the right moment, looking like a savior!" henry retorted angrily

[No hard feelings host, it's just business. Now do you accept it or not]

"Fine, i guess you win again," he sighed

Seeing no other way to solve his problem, henry agreed with the system's trade

[System trade feature active]

[Trade details:

one giftbox > memory encryption[5mins]

[Does host accept this trade]

"Yes," he replied, looking like a baby whose favorite toy was being taken away from him.

[Congratulations you have acquired memory encryption]

[Thanks for using the trading system, come again]. A little notification popped up at the side

"Oh i most certainly would not," henry pouted

[We'll see about that]. The system replied

But before henry could reply, the door to the room opened and both xavier and Jane walked in with a grey, futuristic device that looked like a small box.