7. THE DEVIL OF ASHES

"That's it, Roger you never listen to what I have to say, It was the same even when we were kids, I had it enough. From here on out I'm ending my ties with you"

Matthew shouted

After Lily finished saying her last words, I was back in the infirmary. And yes, they were still arguing, but the strange thing was their position was different from what I remember, At present Matthew was held down by the two doctors, otherwise, from what it looks like he might have not talked with words only.

It seems while I was watching the recordings within the Massage Ball somehow leaving Matthew Roger has convinced the two other doctors to join his side.

But time was stopped, right? Or was it just an illusion created by the relic?

"Why are you bringing the past right now, but OK if that's what you want, then it's completely fine by me"

Roger shouted, clenching his fist, he made his way towards me, took the massage ball from my hand, and pressed the luminous button, but there was a small change in the massage ball the luminous button wasn't luminous anymore.

"....."

"....."

And sure enough even after a few seconds passed nothing happened.

"Huh?"

Confused Roger pressed the button two more times but the result remained the same.

"Hey, you guys know why this isn't working?"

Roger asked looking towards the two doctors.

But they also had the same confused face as Roger.

From the way they were behaving, it was safe to say that maybe I was the only one who could see the light.

Taking advantage of their confused state Mathew managed to stand up on his feet.

and with an eager expression without hesitation, he came running towards Roger, swiftly snatching the ball away from his hands.

Mathew's eagerness was evident as he checked to verify the truthfulness of Roger's statement.

"oh my god, it's defective! You see that Roger even the goddess is in my side today. Hahaha"

Mathew shouted and started laughing like a maniac.

But his laughter didn't last long because the sound of the metal door sliding reverted in the room soon enough, indicating the thirty minutes given to us had ended, and the female doctor had returned.

Entering the room she wore a surprised expression on her face, as she spoke, this time in an authoritative tone.

"I thought I told you all to leave within thirty minutes."

"Sigh!"

She sighed.

"You disappointed me, yet again."

Glancing at Matthew she said before using some type of skill causing us all to float in the air only to be forcefully thrown out from the lab and piled up atop one another.

of course, I was on top of the pile.

But that aside Once the metal gate closed, In a brief moment, the corridor fell into a hushed stillness as Matthew rose from the floor and firmly seized Roger by the collar.

"you did that intentionally didn't you Roger? You knew very well that if I asked for Elena's help, then I would lose the only chance I had to become a vessel of the Silver Crest royal family!"

What new chapter are they opening now?

"because of you, all the time and energy I invested in cultivating a positive impression with her has proven to be in vain, you must be happy now, right?"

"...."

Seeing that Roger didn't even respond to his accusing words, Mathew gritted his teeth and punched Roger right in the nose.

The impact of the punch was so forceful that it sent Roger hurtling toward the nearest wall, colliding with it with great intensity.

"Don't show your God damn face to me ever again!"

Mathew screamed before turning around and leaving, silently following close behind him were the two more doctors.

Shortly after Mathew and the two other doctors departed, Roger rose from the ground and dusted off his clothes, A deep exhalation escaped his lips.

"It seems only the two of us are left, haa! follow me I will show you to your room"

He spoke and veered off on the contrary path to Mathew, I was going to follow him, but surprisingly I heard the female doctor's voice inside my head once again.

'I know you watched the recording'

Huh?

How does she-?

'the massage ball that Mathew quickly hid the moment I entered my lab was a relic and not a cheap copy made by a human.'

'I got to know about it the instant you activated it, after all, you were in my lab.'

She said and I was at a loss for words on how to respond but thanks to Roger who came to my rescue, I managed to get out of there.

"Hey, why did you stop?"

He shouted from the other end of the corridor.

'He is calling for me, I should get going.'

I replied to her in my mind before quickly moving toward Roger.

But before I reached Roger I heard her voice for one last time.

'You can run away now but if you are lucky enough, then we will meet again in three years. at that time I will make you talk.'

She said and after that, I didn't hear from her for a long time.

•••••••

Dawn academy

Time - 10:36 pm

"Sir, how long will it take for us to reach the room I would stay in."

I asked it's been quite some time since we left the lab, and Roger informed me that I would stay locked up in a room until Adonis was done with the work he came here for.

listening to this I did the only thing I could do, and that was to follow whatever he said and wait.

But now I was impatient.

Why?

Because this body is f-fucking weak.

it hadn't even been an hour since we left the lab, but my feet were already wobbling.

"It will take some time, but I guess you are feeling exhausted again...Here hop on."

He said and bent down on his knees, telling me to hop on his back.

"Haha!"

A small sarcastic chuckle left my mouth as I thought how low I had fallen.

"What?"

"Nothing.... Sir, can you bend down a little more."

But in the end, I complied, as I needed to be at my best for the future.

"Hold tight, I will increase the speed at which we are moving."

He said and-

"swiss"

In a mere second, we crossed the entire length of the corridor, moving swiftly from one end to the other.

This continued for a few more times until I decided to break the silence.

"sir, can I ask you something?"

"you sure are different, why don't you answer one of my questions before I answer yours?"

"OK"

"tell me how it feels when someone can communicate with you in your mind?"

He asked

"The worst sir Can you tell me what kind of gift she has?"

I replied with a tingle of annoyance in my voice.

Even in my previous life coming across someone who could use mind-related gifts was rare, and those who could use it held quite the power, remembering what she said before, having an idea about how her gifts work would benefit me greatly in the future.

"Hmm..... Well, she belongs to one of the five royal families, the silver-crest royal family. and their gifts are primarily related to the mind, and people say that if a silver-crest is strong enough then they can do pretty much everything related to the mind."

He said and paused for a second, gave me a wink, and resumed.

"but you Don't have to worry because at her current rank reading a mind as sharp as yours is practically not possible for her."

Well, that's good to hear, Ignoring the wink I proceeded to ask the next question.

"Who is my father?

When I asked the question, he suddenly stopped in his tracks in the middle of taking a left turn and spoke.

"Your father is no ordinary noble, he is the head of the Flame Heart family. RULER of an entire habitable planet. The Duke of the Sand Kingdom. Also known as the Devil of ashes."

"....."

"....."

"that's it you are not going to tell me more about him?"

"well I can, but most of them are rumors do you truly want to hear it?"

"Yes"

I replied and thus for the next fifteen minutes, I heard whatever he said and tried my best to digest it all.

Upon the completion of his stories and absorbing whatever he said, I asked the question that lingered in my mind for the past fifteen minutes.

"Can we continue moving toward my room?"

"oh, we have already reached it, now enough talking for today I will come back tomorrow"

Taking a few more steps he stopped in front of a metallic door, pressed his right hand on the scanner beside it, the door opened and he tossed me inside it.

[he was scanning the room to find hidden cameras and microphones that's why he didn't enter the room until the scanning was finished.]

Haaa! And here I was thinking of not killing him in the future but I guess that's not happening now.

Sighing, I stood up on my feet, dusted my clothes, and looked around the room, a single bed and a sofa were all the room had but I guess it was better than a cell.

by now he had already left, but even then from the looks of it without mana getting out of this room was impossible for me.

So I guess I should take a good nap.

I thought-

But suddenly the metal door opened once again, Roger standing at the entrance of the room scratched his head as he let out.

"I forgot to tell you something important"

"....."

"It's Nothing too serious, just don't try to escape from this room because if you do then around five thousand cadets will come to play a hunting game with you."

"but I doubt you could even get out of this room without mana, so don't waste your energy, take a good rest, and if you have any more questions ask me tomorrow."

With a smirk that only existed for half a second, he spoke and left.