Isidoros roared, "Ed! Do not speak lies!" Then he brought his hand forward and said, "Ponos en Aera". The next second Ed found himself suspended in the air as his body experienced sharp pain as though there were thousands of knives slicing his flesh. He shouted painfully. He had to bear that pain, that misery for five minutes until he thought that he would die. Tears rolled out of his eyes. But Adrianna was far too valuable to him. He imagined his granddaughter's beautiful, smiling face and bore that torture.
After five minutes, Isidoros put him down and he stumbled onto the floor, sweating profusely.
"Now, tell us about the magic," said Isidoros again.
Ed looked at Howard who was as expressionless as he could be. Ed understood that he was on his own. Even though Howard would never rat it out, Ed had to deal with this situation on his own.
