"What...!? The patient is waking up?! Increase the dose of Anesthesia immediately!!"
The doctor's panicked voice reached Zick's ears. The surgical team moved quickly just as panicked. If the news of such an error occuring while conducting medical procedure were to spread, the hospital would definitely suffer.
Zick didn't open his eyes, thinking to himself: 'What a bad time to be regressed at...Well, I can understand the doctor's feeling, thinking about my identity at this point of time.'
Zick's thoughts were disturbed by a sense of sleepiness. Without any resistance, deep slumber possessed his mind.
...
[Regressed successfully!]
[Luck overflows has been deactivated.]
The sudden prompts woke Zick out of his slumber, after an unknown amount of time passed.
He squinted his eyes, looking at the pure white ceiling. Not just the ceiling, but most of the room's interior was made of white, involuntary giving rise to a feeling of uncomfortability.
Zick slowly propelled himself to get up, ignoring the stinging pain coming from his waist.
"Young master." Two cold hands supported Zick's reckless action.
Seeing a familiar face after such a long time, Zick didn't show any emotions.
'Secretary Selina...' A cold light passed by his eyes, which he hid from her instantly.
Secretary Selina worked under Zick's father, who was the current senator of this continent. Holding the highest position and strength, he held his position firmly for more than 20 years now.
The Senator's position was the top of the pyramid, in this world. Without the support of more than half the Six great families, it's just a fantasy to sit on this seat.
Secretary Selina's extraordinary position was apparent due to this. However, for Zick, she was no different than a nanny, as his mother vanished one day without any prior sign.
Secretary Selina paused, feeling that the young master was different today.
"Secretary Selina, please go out and don't let anyone enter until I allow it." Zick smiled at Selina in a friendly manner.
Though still feeling that something was wrong, Secretary Selina followed Zick's order without hesitation.
"I understand, young master." She straightened her black suit and left elegantly.
Unfortunately, Selina didn't see the pair of cold eyes, staring intently at her back.
'I never noticed she was a spy till the end of my past life. Originally, my father wanted to suppress the news of me losing all my talent, she must have been the one to leak voice recordings of the doctor three months from now...'
This news became the first stain on Zick's father's peerless image.
Zick clenched his teeth, feeling his body shaking involuntarily.
'Don't let it out, hold it in, now is not the time...' Within Zick's eyes a few blood veins grew visible.
There was no point in letting out his hatred here or venting it out on secretary Selina.
To accomplish a small thing sacrificing the bigger matter, it was the most self-harming and brainless thing to do.
Zick was originally a very emotional guy, before he was thrown off into the gutter with nothing to take support from.
'There is still 3 years before they kill my father, I will let them taste their first defeat from my hands.' Zick stabilized his erratic mood and slowly calmed down.
Ethereal was an unfathomable organization, their connection as obscure as the clouds. Hence, Zick decided to follow the same rules he set for himself, before regression.
All the grudges must remain in his heart, never to leave his body. Never speak a word about his own grudge, only rely on himself and no other.
The hatred that accumulated within him was enough to burn anything to ashes. And all these emotions would be let out, the same day he destroys Ethereal.
Zick clenched his fists hard, feeling heat rising subconsciously from his chest.
'Hehe, I hope the fire in my heart is enough to burn them to nothingness.' He grinned slightly, while chuckling to himself.
Pulling up his shirt, Zick found the bandages tightly bound on his waist.
The doctor's were most likely in a tight spot now. It was easy to heal wounds in this world, with magic and potions.
The surgery that Zick went through was to remove the residual mana covering his wound. Normally after removing it, his wound should have healed immediately, but it didn't in reality.
'As I thought, I'm back to the time when I was 18 years old...The moment when Aster stabbed me for the first time. Ha, the doctors are not aware of the poison, so of course they must be quite confused.'
A corner of lips raised, not showing any worry at all.
Aster stabbed him in the friendly sparring sessions at the academy, where the protective devices failed oh-so conveniently. Successfully afflicting him with the mana veins decay poison.
Without the ability to possess mana, Zick was left with nothing but a somewhat strong body. Without absorbing mana, it was impossible to grow further.
The antidote to this poison was concocted in the future. But it was useless to Zick, the poison had become a part of his body by then.
'And the system already presented me with the antidote.' Zick felt a little thankful for his skill [Luck overflow] for the first time.
That's right, the three sets of Ionc drugs that the destiny system gave him, in the beginner's pack was the antidote.
This moment would mark the start of Zick's preparation to destroy Ethereal once and for all.
Zick coldly called out: 'System.'
[Ding! The system introduction shall continue.]
[Get closer to people with strong destiny and strengthen your own destiny. Gain additional destiny points that can be used to modify reality.]
Zick raised his eyebrows, feeling the system to have toned down compared to before.
Another stream of letters continued appearing in his sight.
[Successfully fused with system upgrade fragment. New sub-function has been unlocked.]
[Processing....]
[Sub-function: Marry wives with strong destiny and give birth to offspring. Reward will depend on the talent and destiny of the wife and the offspring!]
[Scroll down to inspect status.]
Zick didn't hurriedly scroll down and instead questioned: 'Will I get reward just by marrying or do I have to wait for my offspring to be born?'
Since he got the destiny system, Zick had already made up his mind to make use of it. Even if this series of action leads to his death, he didn't mind as long as Ethereal was destroyed.
[Both the feats will equally reward the host.]
Hearing the cold mechanic's voice, Zick was satisfied. It would take too long for him to give birth to an offspring!
'Let's see how my status looks before taking the antidote.' Zick didn't show any impatience and did things in a systematic way.