Lu Xiang's concern centered on the possibility that the activity in Rose and Jasmine's operating systems, left behind in their bodies, could become a weapon in the hands of enemies at a critical moment.
No one wished to be branded by another, yet for Rose and Jasmine, it seemed they had little choice in their lives; ever since they could remember, they had been under the care of the Iris Consortium. Internal consortium records indicated that the sisters were adopted, with noble blood running through their veins—their father was a distinguished knight and Lord who had sacrificed himself to protect the interests of the consortium.
When the concept arms research institute presented the idea to Richard Gervis, he happily entrusted Rose and Jasmine to them, allowing them to become incubators for the spiritual energy research project, just like the other children.
But the details of this memory had been erased by the consortium.
