Hey guys, Aidka here!Reading your comments I can see there are mixed opinions about Bloed's relationship with his family. I liked it, thus, I decided to leave my own opinion too.As someone said, the king's decision can't be described as evil. In reality, that was the most appropriate he could take AS A KING. After all, having a manaless child in the royal family was a destabilizing factor for the Skysword family's rule.But as a father, there were many better ways he could go about it.He could have exiled him to a remote village, with people loyal to the king guarding him while hiding his identity as a prince, for example. There is still a factor of risk in this method, but it's much less cruel than exiling him to a place where he almost definitively was going to die.
Hell, the only reason a manaless child such like Bloed survived in the exiled lands is that he is the protagonist. Otherwise, he would have been eaten clean long ago.Thus, from my perspective, Bloed has every right to hate the king and the queen. They were very cruel parents, after all.If you have an opinion, leave it in the comments! I love reading them!Aidka! :p
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The next morning, after Gina woke up.
The group of five was standing in front of a chamber inside the laboratory.
"… Are you serious?" Sara asked with a mix of fear and excitement. She feared that Bloed was only playing with them, but at the same was excited by the glimmer of hope he was showing to them.
Bloed smiled confidently. "Don't worry, I assure you that there will not be any problem during the operation. If you trust me, I'll cure Gina's problem."
Sara did not know how to react. Yesterday, she was worried about how to get the medicine her sister needed without the help of the city lord, but today Bloed told her that he had a way to cure her permanently!
"B-But you told me she needed to get to the A-Rank before she could be cured. W-Why are you able to cure her so suddenly?"
Bloed smiled wryly. "Well, to be honest, I was able to cure her since the start. The thing is, we could be considered enemies back then, so there was not really a reason to help you."
An expression of understanding appeared in Sara's face.
However, that made her hesitate even more.
As Bloed said, they were enemies until recently, and the debt of when Sara helped them was already repaid. What reason Bloed had to help her little sister then?
But before she could think about that, Gina spoke.
"Sister, I'll do it."
"Gina? Wha–"
"I trust him, sister." Gina smiled brilliantly. "I know that he will not harm me. Brother Bloed, you can perform the operation."
"Perfect." Bloed nodded with a smile. "We will start the Body Enhancement Surgery after breakfast then."
As its name indicates, the Body Enhancement Surgery is an operation to strengthen the body. It uses advanced medical technology together with psychic energy and bio-engineering to strengthen the body from the inside, making the cells, muscles, bones, and organs much more resistant than before.
This surgery was obligatory for professional soldiers of the Human Confederation and it was also the best solution for Gina's situation. If the problem is that Gina's ESP ability is too strong and her body can not endure it, then the best solution is to strengthen her body.
The Body Enhancement Surgery puts a huge burden on one's body, so the recommended age to use it is 15 years old (Although Bloed went through it when he was fourteen). Gina was already fifteen, so there was no problem in going through the operation now.
Of course, Bloed needed to realize some exams and analysis of her body before he could start the surgery. But fortunately, everything was alright as Bloed expected.
So, after they ate breakfast, Bloed took Gina to a surgical room and put her to sleep.
"Master, we are ready." Regina indicated. Bloed nodded and pressed some buttons in a panel to activate the psychic waves.
When her entire body was stimulated by the psychic waves, Bloed injected several needles in her body. The needles were connected to a tube containing the body enhancement liquid.
"Start the process," Bloed ordered. Regina nodded and opened the valve of the body enhancement liquid.
When the liquid started to flow into Gina's blood, Bloed took a syringe and injected it in Gina's bone marrow. Then, he injected another in her legs, one in her brain, and one in her heart.
Just like that, the two liquids entered Gina's body and started to remodel it from inside.
After almost half an hour, Gina's body finally started to react.
Her body twitched and spasmed violently. It was as though Gina wanted to struggle out of the bindings holding her body in place.
Bloed expression turned serious.
"Regina, what is the situation?"
"… Everything is alright, master. This reaction is normal." Regina said.
Bloed nodded. It was his first time performing this surgery, but he was rather confident of his chances with a Valkyrie beside him. Besides, the surgery was not very difficult and the technology in the room did most of the work.
Four hours later, Bloed and Regina left the surgical room.
"… How is Gina?" Sara asked Bloed as soon as she saw him.
Bloed nodded with a smile. "Don't worry, everything went alright. Gina will probably wake up tonight, but she will need around one month to get completely used to her new body."
Sara let out a sigh of relief. "Can I see her?" She asked anxiously.
"Of course." Bloed nodded. He then asked Regina to take Sara to Gina's room.
As Bloed expected, Gina woke up at night. Sara was relieved when she confirmed that Gina was completely alright besides feeling slightly tired.
In a few days, however, she started to see the effects of the surgery.
The next day after the operation, Gina accidentally bent the spoon she was eating with. Sara looked with widened eyes on how her 'weak' sister bent a spoon so easily.
The second day, Gina started to walk again. Unfortunately, her strengthened body meant that she was unable to use the right level of strength in her movements, causing her to stumble in her steps and walk awkwardly.
By the fifth day, Sara and Gina confirmed that the symptoms of Gina's illness were gone. Gina felt as though her body had unlimited strength, and the weakness she normally felt was completely gone.
That day, the two sisters cried in happiness.
However, something even more astonishing happened that night.
When the group was gathered to eat dinner, Sara walked towards Bloed and kneeled in front of him.
"Sara?" Bloed, Regina, and Liu Ying were stunned.
Sara's expression was completely serious. She put a hand on her chest and looked at Bloed with a determined face.
"Bloed, I want to thank you for curing Gina. I don't know the reason you did it, but regardless of it, you saved my only remaining family and there is no way I can repay such favor in my entire life." Sara smiled wryly. "Thus, after thinking for a long time and consulting with Gina, I came to a decision.
Bloed, I want to offer you my loyalty."
"Huh? Loyalty?"
"Yes. Since today, I swear you are my lord. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your god my god. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if I break this oath."
The oath of Sara reverberated in the room and her determined words astonished Bloed completely.
Even Regina and Liu Ying were completely stunned after hearing it.
Only Gina was looking at Bloed and Sara with a mysterious smile.
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