Chapter 52

Lord Kan walks inside the bedroom alongside the doctors. Before going in, he had an indifferent expression in his own room, but with the doctors present, he had to change.

Obviously, he does not want people to know how he really feels. A good businessman does not let his feelings get in his way.

Letting the medical professionals do what they are supposed to, he glances at his daughter, then at the Hero.

He can see clearly that the Hero has lost his will and his confidence. The eyes are now dull and lifeless. Hero is sitting there doing nothing. Rather than a normal person, he is more like a corpse.

Such a pathetic son-in-law, but it is understandable. After all, he has just had his sex tape released, his first girlfriend dumped him, and his second girlfriend is in a coma because of the first.

All of which was centered around Hero. All of this happened because of his arrogance. Someone like Hero who was born with a golden spoon, nay, a diamond spoon in his mouth would know nothing about struggles and hardships. It was pretty easy to guess how his mentality would be affected.

Lord Kan was also more or less involved in the aftermath, as well. Because of the little 'event', over these past few days, the stock price of Kan Steel Industry plummeted nearly 10 percent. And is showing no signs of stopping.

However, upon looking at the two, Lord Kan's old and dusty eyes are not full of rage or sadness, although he should be. On the opposite, they are filled with only disappointment. As if they have done something that embarrassed him tremendously, rather than being in pain.

However, his face just shows uneven grief.

"How is my dear Bianca doing, doctors!?" He asks the people in white, tears filling in his eyes. "When is she going to wake up? Is she just going to be like this forever!? By the Goddess, please take this old man's life instead of my little Bianca!!" He runs over a grasps the hands of whoever is in front.

The doctors look at each other uncomfortably. They have to do all of this again.

He keeps on asking the same question over the last few days. As parents, it is worth praising, but they simply can not give him the answer he looks for.

From the crowd, the oldest doctor walks out. She is the neurologist, the top of her game. No one in the group can answer that question better than her.

"We don't know, Lord Kan. We just do not know. All the vital signs and the brain signals show normal activity. The only reason she is not waking up is the mental stress she received. Her consciousness is deliberately shutting her down to protect her. The pain was too much for this little young lady to bear." The old doctor slowly explains.

"Thank...thank you...Please...just leave me alone with my girl..." Kan looks down on the floor, seemingly trying to hold back his tears.

The group of doctors sighs deeply. They feel sorry for Lord Kan, who appears to be a caring father.

As they slowly leave the room, one young doctor even tells Kan that they are sorry for what has happened. To which, Kan replies with a stiff smile. "Thank you for your kindness, Doctor."

Very soon, the room has only three people left.

Kan, Hero, and Bianca.

He walks towards Hero. Using the softest and calmest voice he can, Kan opens his lips.

"My son, how are you doing?"

"..." No reply.

"Hero, my precious son-in-law, are you feeling okay?" He pats the Hero on the shoulder.

"..." Still no reply.

What a prick. He thinks. At least look at me when I am talking to you.

On the outside, he shows even more concern in his voice.

"Hero, listen to father, it is not your fault!" Kan shakes Hero quite strongly.

Being shaken like that, Hero looks up at Kan. His lips mumbles. "Not...my...fault?"

It is at least 50 percent because of your ignorance, you incompetent horny bastard. Kan hides his thoughts carefully.

"Of course, my dear child. None of this is your fault. It is all because of that girl, is it Nami?"

"No...sir. It's Marie..." He whispers the name. When the sound of Marie escapes his mouth, the Hero feels strange. It is pain.

"Yeah. Nami, Mami, Marie, it is not important. If it were not for her, we would not have been in this situation." Lord Kan says with a hint of anger in his voice, just enough that Hero can sense it.

"Is this...all...because of her?" Hero whispers. There is a little bit of emotion in his voice now.

"I don't see another reason as to why my dear daughter and my dear son-in-law would be in such a state! She is the one who caused all of this chaos to our family, to you!" The anger in Kan's voice becomes more apparent.

"But I couldn't stop her..." The Hero starts to think again.

It is working. This pathetic boy! Your psyche is too easy to manipulate.

"She was crazy, Hero, my son! How could you have predicted it? You can not possibly expect a crazy person to talk to you using logic, right?"

"Yeah...yeah! I told her to stop but she didn't! She kept on holding Bianca no matter how hard I tried! She even punched me in the face!" Hero points to the teeth he is missing. "I lost these because of her!"

Kan slaps his thigh in anger.

"How dare she?! How dare she do something like that to you? How dare she do something like that to our household? She should have felt blessed just by being here!"

Hero stands up with eyes full of wrath. He groans hard. "If it were not for her, the video clip would have been much easier to solve! The backlash would have been much less!"

"If she did not exist, then you would have not been harmed. If she did not exist, Bianca would still be smiling for you and you only! She was unneeded! Think about it! Did anything good happen to you since that Mami came here?"

Kan keeps pouring oil into the raging fire in Hero's heart.

"No, Lord Kan. You are absolutely right! She did not do a thing! We had to cover up everything because of her! All she had to do was to cry, and to play dead!

And when I told her to stay away for a while to let things settle down, she outright yelled into my face! She did not respect me like she was supposed to!" Hero grins his teeth.

Kan stands up places his hands on Hero. "Now that she is gone, we can do things much easier, Hero. Our weakest link is gone. We can now really focus on what is more important! We should save Bianca!"

He turns the gaze at Kan. "Yes! Yes, Lord Kan! But...but I do not know how..."

"My child, you are the chosen one! You can do anything! Your destiny is to win the War! The Selection is coming up! Once you have appealed to the Goddess, she will bring you more gifts to participate in the War! Then, we can ask for anything!"

"Of course, OF COURSE! Why didn't I think of that!" Hero jumps out of excitement. "I still have the duty of an Apostle, after all! If I do it well enough, we can ask the Goddess any...!"

But even before Hero can finish his sentence, ...

*Grumble*

The whole mansion suddenly shakes slightly for one second and stops.

With the sudden tremor, everyone in the mansion thinks there is an earthquake, yet it ends too fast. Nohin is known for slight tremors all the time, so they are not very terrified of it.

But for the two men inside of Bianca's bedroom, Hero and Kan, they are terrified by the appearance of Her.

In front of them right now is a Manaborn. Or maybe an image of them.

She has no facial expressions. There are no eyes, no nose, no nothing. Everything is just a blank white space.

Her body, although is a perfect hourglass figure, also has nothing on it. She does not wear anything, but also does not need to as it is also completely blank.

Surround Her are circles of light, manifesting themselves into a cogwheel. Sounds of machines running and steam hissing can be heard although no such machine is available in this place.

The Manaborn just stands there in the air without anything to support her feet. The pressure that she releases constantly causes the two men to kneel down on the floor.

She is the image of the Goddess.

"I am displeased, Hero."

An ethereal voice appears inside of him.