The Gardener raised her hand as the two siblings were knocked back like it was nothing. "If I recall correctly, you couldn't defeat Me even with the Stage of Bargaining. Yet here you are trying your best to best me without it."
Adam held his stomach lying on the floor whimpering. "Yeah…. Even with the Stage, he was a pest to fight. But, even so, you know this better than anyone. I'm not one to give up in a fight."
Being helped up by Eve, the Gardener smiled, recalling the memory. "I do faintly remember you saying that. When you brought Alton to my domain those many years ago, I was, of course, at first doubtful. Your plan was sloppy and off centred, but the potential was there. I foresaw Alton's fate and knew he was the one."
"The way you're talking, it almost sounds like…. You were there….
