“I... I...” Simon stammered, causing Luca to sigh. He decided it was best to deal with the Maekar situation before addressing Simon, after all, there was no way everyone could survive without him.Luca decided to simply leave Simon be. The brown haired man just hoped Maekar wouldn't add to his burden, especially not with any unwanted surprises.Clink!Luca finally entered the dungeon’s cell area, and a sudden sense of foreboding washed over him. Hearing Maekar’s groans and a painfully familiar sound of weeping, he immediately quickened his pace toward the underground laboratory.SLAM!“Luca!!!”Ava burst into tears as Maekar grabbed her by the back of her hair. The white haired man shoved the system girl forward, and she immediately ran toward Luca.Luca caught Ava. Seeing her torn clothes and skirt, and smelling Maekar’s scent clinging to her, Luca knew his third older brother had just committed a vile act.“Damn it...”“I never expected you to bring that robot back from the dead, di

“Damn... Sorry, buddy,” Luca said apologetically to a corpse, bowing respectfully before moving on. He noticed numerous skeletons in the forest, some even clad in trendy clothing, styles that, to his knowledge, had only become popular the previous year.He wondered if the toxic atmosphere had accelerated their decomposition as they looked like bodies that had been lying there for thirty years. He needed to move fast before he ended up the same way.BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!“Oh, that must be the mushroom! Looks like it’s my lucky day,” Luca said as his mushroom tracker beeped, and he immediately headed toward the source of the sound.He dug into the soil a bit before plucking it and the mushroom was large and in perfect condition.CRACK!!“Damn it!!” Luca shouted as the ground suddenly shook. The earth beneath him gave way, and he lost consciousness as his head struck something hard.***“What...?” Luca woke up to see the moon shining brightly overhead. The mushroom was still clutched in his

“Oh, right. Sure. Here are the ingredients,” Ava said, placing her bag on the lab bench and taking out gasoline, HCl, and some purple herbs. “There were a few things not available in the factory warehouse. But a worker told me that if you mix those purple herbs with gasoline and use a little trick, you can produce the other required materials. They brought me extra herbs for that purpose, too, and said all true scientists would surely know how to process them.”“Oh, okay. Let’s give it a try, then,” Luca said, sighing as he looked at the extra ingredients. “It looks like this will take longer than I thought. I’ll have to pull an all nighter. But it doesn't seem too difficult.” Luca nodded as he began mixing the concoction.***Simon sighed at his lab bench, trying to focus on the beaker in front of him. He thought he should have accepted Luca’s offer of help, but he knew the brown haired man was busy, and he didn’t want to get chewed out again.“Come on, focus... please,” Simon mutter

Luca spoke further with Damon before they parted ways and Damon decided to order a simple cake for Genoven’s birthday.Luca transferred some money to Damon to chip in for the cake, yet his mind remained clouded with questions following the information he had just received.He hadn't expected Maekar to lie about his rejection of Astrid. Now, the brown haired man began to wonder: could Maekar’s motive for controlling him stem from a hatred of seeing Luca emerge as a candidate to marry Astrid?"Damn it... If that’s true, then I’ve just been played all along," Luca muttered, slamming his hand onto the laboratory table. "They weren't just planning to get rid of Father and Damon, but me too. Simply because they don't like me. It seems I have no choice but to go through with this, otherwise, I’ll end up dead," he thought, before finally contacting his assassins, including Damon.Luca closed his eyes. He never imagined the situation would become this complicated and chaotic and he decided to

“By the way, the fake child is here too, along with that other innocent, naive kid, so, feel free to guess to your heart’s content. The winner gets a prize from me but remember, that only applies if someone is willing to speak up. Now, I’m going to show you who Mr. White really is,” said Maekar.“What... What do you mean about that secret project?” Damon raised an eyebrow. “Are you hiding something, Brother? You’re a scientist, after all so you must have a secret project, right?”“No, how could I possibly...” “Aaaagh!!!!”A scream rang out from the laboratory entrance, and Luca saw the system girl being dragged inside by a group of hired killers.Genoven emerged from the factory restroom, witnessing the scene and Luca’s hands were bound, Ava was gazing at him helplessly, and the hired killers tossed down the severed head of the girl who had been chosen as a sacrifice.“What kind of girl is that? Why is she covered in blood, and... is that a body part?” asked Genoven, as the killers dr