Hana placed her hand on his shoulder to comfort him. When he shuddered from her touch, she felt that he had been far gone.

A flash of his memories resonated in her subconscious. The rush of memories caused her to pull away and stand in shock at what she had witnessed over a few seconds.

"Does this mean..." She gasped and covered her mouth, unable to stomach what might happen to them.

Fegan raised his head slowly and stared at Hana.

"I had warned you not to use your ability on me." He spoke with an eerie coldness.

Hana shook her head at his words, it wasn't her intention and she wasn't going to deny the fact that she was mortified about what she had seen.

For the first time in her life, she could vividly see the horrors that had lived in her father's head, her perfect picture of him had been ruined.

The vivid memories of this very creature used to kill its defectors or those who went against the organization were depicted.

"How could you work for those..." She closed her mouth, unable to continue.

Fegan looked down at the creature, he raised his hand over the creature to feel the residue aura seething off it.

His head hung low in disappointment, at first he had been glad that his daughter had killed such a dangerous and unpredictable foe, but on second thought after examining it his mood fell.

"How could anyone find this place to this extent?" He mumbled to himself, looking behind him to where their home was several miles inside the barrier he had placed.

None of this made sense, most especially to the fact that it was this sort of creature.

"Father," Hana gulped and jumped back when Fegan glared in her direction.

He was still disappointed and disturbed that she had read into his memories without his permission.

"Why would you be in these parts, especially outside the barrier?!" He questioned with an angry undertone.

Hana looked down and fiddled with her fingers, she had no plausible explanation other than being curious enough to try to see what was outside the barrier for the first time.

"I..."

Getting to his feet in a rush, he pulled her along into the barrier.

"Father, no! I don't want to be trapped in here anymore." Hana cried and pulled her hand away.

Her words had stunned Fegan enough to stop himself from speaking.

Looking up and into the sky, he let out a sigh, "I'm sorry if that's how you felt, all I wanted to do was to keep you safe."

Hana's furrowed brows eased up at his explanation in a whisper. "I am not a child anymore, father."

"I know." Fegan sniffled, wiping tears from his eyes.

He had lost his wife eighteen years ago when Hana was just a toddler, raising her all by himself. He had tried to give her the best of things and that had been the beginning of his problems.

To create a perfect world, he had taken up the dangerous task of creating that statue.

'That goddamn statue!' He gritted his teeth in regret.

That had opened a way for him to take proper care of her with the money he had gotten, but that had also made him a slave to the organization.

When he had caught sight of the experiments conducted there, it had left him scared and guilty.

The very creature he had seen had been the mutated body of members of the organization who they deemed still useful after they had no more use for them.

He had been fortunate enough to know what his creation was going to be used for from Gaviel.

As his way of redemption, he had created a fail-safe in the statue. That was the only way he could get back at them.

"Father?" Hana's voice cut in, feeling guilty for causing Fegan enough worries as it was.

Shaking away the thoughts, Fegan let out a sigh, it was high time he told her a bit of his dark past.

"Sit." He said and patted onto the floor.

Creating a little puppet, he made it bend over as a form of a temporary seat.

Hana declined the offer and sat on the grass just like she had always done. "You don't need to do that, this is something that I can excuse. Love nature you had said." She said with a bright smile.

"That's right," Fegan replied with a smile, taking his place beside her.

Holding her hand in his, he stared into those orange eyes for a second. "You will always be my little guardian angel..."

Hana nodded her head, curious about what he had to say.

"Your father had done some very bad things in the past." Fegan spoke with brimming tears in his eyes, "it was never my intention–"

"Father, breathe." Hana rubbed his back and whispered reassuring words. She had seen a glimpse of his past and knew that was never his intention.

"Those people are to blame!" She hissed at the thought, scrunching up her nose and frowning at the blurry glimpse of the organization.

"No... I was too timid to go against them and expose them to the people of Arkai, especially those who possessed gifts and magic. I fled like a coward." He croaked, feeling his chest heavy with guilt.

Hana's lips drew into a thin line as she thought through what had happened twelve years ago. She had been so confused as to why they had to leave their prosperous city and flee to the forest.

A wave of memories flooded her thoughts. She could feel the adrenaline pumping into her body at the thought.

That was the day she had run her longest and hardest since she could remember. She had to take big gasps of air as she was pulled on the wrist as they fled.

Her eyes glowed as she felt some sort of premonition strike her at that moment.

In a trance, she got to her feet and stared out the barrier.

When Fegan noticed that his daughter had gotten to her feet, he raised his head to witness those eyes glow.

"No, no, no!" He shook his head and jumped to his feet.

He had wondered why she had very peculiar magic, it was difficult seeing she had minimal control over her ability. It was as though it would flicker on when needed.

Right now, it looked like her thoughts had been focused on the barrier.

When she took her first steps in a trance-like state, he limped and stood in her way and stretched out his hands to his side. "Hana stop this madness!"

He knew if she was logical at the moment, there was no way she would attempt to cross the barrier and out into the unknown that he had effortlessly protected her from.

"Out..." Hana mumbled and pointed at the barrier.

She tilted her head and took a step forward against his will.

Creating a few puppets, he made them hold their ground and root their feet into the ground.

They formed a barricade and awaited the orders of their master.

"Hana, I don't want to do this," Fegan gritted his teeth, already regretting putting up preparation for a fight if needed.

"Snap out of this, goddamnit!!" He yelled in concern.

He could not let her out no matter how much she was influenced by her strange ability.

Hana's brows furrowed at his words and her aura turned sinister. "Get out of my way!" She hissed as her black hair flew wildly around her.

Fegan began to tremble at the sight of his daughter's aura seeping out.

"You need to come back to me, I don't want you to be a target." Fegan cried, he was starting to see a bit of his wife's ability in her.

That was a dangerous ability that he had managed to tame while they were together. 'Jui, it would seem our daughter has been plagued by the same curse."

He feared he wouldn't be able to tame it as this would involve a partner, one who would be in sync with her.

'Why now?!' He cried in his thoughts, knowing this was far from what he could handle.

"Argh!" Hana let out a yell in pain as she pulled on her hair. Her eyes constantly switched from a glow to their normal orange.

Fegan's hope began to rear its head when he understood what this had meant. She would soon be forced to black out due to the strain she had endured when she had released all her energy at once.

Taking a step back, he watched as she struggled to stay in control and leave the protective barrier he had placed.

When Hana realized her vision was starting to blur, in her father's place was a strange person that had made her question if she was seeing things.

There was no other male who could be inside the protective barrier with her father. So who was this?

Stretching out her hand to the figure, she tried to reach out. The corner of her eyes began to darken and fade in until her body stiffened.

Fegan rushed toward his daughter to break her fall.

'Alexandre!' She whispered in her thoughts before blanking out.

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