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Capítulo 109: Coming Closer To Myself

After our day in the other world with Luna, Charlotte and I, along with Lisa returned back home. It was honestly so much fun being able to go out together as one group like that. Charlotte of course gives me so much, but to have her family with us as well makes it just that much better. I find myself looking forward to whatever this swimming thing is this weekend.

"Shit!" Suddenly, Lisa says as she looks at the time. "Sorry, I gotta go-"

"Wait, we'll come with you." But what's more surprising is that Charlotte also wants to go?

"What?"

"I figured we should narrow down on figuring out Shiro's other half."

That was the topic when we were at Luna's... I'm also curious about it as I do want to learn more about myself, but does that mean I have to go back to that place?

"...Alright. Grab your things and lets go."

"Yes!"

We quickly got changed as all three of us are now dressed in our uniform, driving towards the facility. Due to how rushed we were, Charlotte helped me put on the top as it was by far the hardest thing to put on among all my clothes.

"You know-" Lisa beings speaking during the drive. "They most likely already done these tests already."

"I just want to make sure."

"Fufu, you really don't trust those guys, huh."

"Of course not. Not after what they did to Shiro."

Those guys? Does she mean the people that used to chop off my limbs? Fearing that I might have to go through that again, I end up clenching onto the seat I'm sitting on.

"Well you'll be on your own with that. I have other business to take care of. We'll meet at the foyer after we're done."

"Alright... Shiro?" Finishing her talk with Lisa, Charlotte looks towards the back seat as her eyes widen a bit. "You okay?"

"Do I have to go back... To that room?"

"Never. I'm just going to be asking questions, that's all." Hearing that, I loosen my grip on the seat as I internally breathe a sigh of relief. "They might do some tests, but it won't be anything like that."

"Nn... Okay."

We share a smile with one another as Charlotte looks back towards the from as I end up looking out one of the side windows, trying to distract myself from those thoughts.

"Alright, there you go."

Arriving at the entrance of the facility, Charlotte puts my mask back on as I feel my head grow lighter as I almost lose my footing. To think I used to like wearing this mask... Now all it does is give me pain. Funny how things are reversed now.

"You alright?"

"Nn."

With that, we all head inside as both Charlotte and I soon split off from Lisa. Walking through the halls, the people that saw me were quick to look away, as if they fear me... I never really noticed it before, but when we were out in public buying clothes and trying on swimsuits, eating at a café, no one in any of those places looked at me like these people do... It really does make me feel like I'm some sort of monster, but I know now that that's not true. Maybe the old me was truly a monster, but not anymore.

We soon arrive inside a room with a desk inside. A man stood behind it as he too looked visibly displeased upon looking at me.

"Lieutenant Ilaria. What can I do for you?"

"I'd like a copy of all the information you have on Shiro."

"Shiro?"

"Yes." Charlotte ends up looking towards me as the man also does the same. I forget that I didn't have a name before meeting Charlotte...

"I'm sorry, but I cannot disclose that information to you."

"Then whos the person that can?"

"You wish to speak with the Captain?"

"Yes."

"...One moment."

The man then picks up some sort of device, brining it to his left ear as he begins talking.

"Yes. Lieutenant Ilaria is here. She wishes to speak with you regarding the girl." Despite Charlotte giving him my name, he refers to me like that... "Yes... Yes, alright."

He puts the device down as he looks back in our direction.

"He'll be here shortly."

After roughly five minutes of Charlotte and I waiting, entering through the same door that Charlotte and I came through was a man in transparent glasses, wearing a white coat. And almost immediately upon seeing Charlotte, his eyes sharpen in anger.

"What is it? You've never asked anything from me before." His voice also has a hint of anger behind it, making me tense up as I stick close to Charlotte's side.

"I need all the information you have about Shiro."

"The girl? Pah! Do you know much we have? And what use would it do you anyways?"

"..." Charlotte isn't letting it show on her face, but I can feel her body grow tense at his words. "I need any information about who her mother was."

"Are you stupid? Don't you think you already would've known if we had? You and that Major took her away before we could get anywhere close."

His comment only seemed to anger Charlotte more as Charlotte ends up grabbing my hand quite tightly, almost like she's trying to seek some comfort. it's a bit painful, but it's nothing I can't handle.

"You say that, yet I know all your experiments weren't anything to do with finding out who her mother was."

"Why would we care? It won't do us any good trying to figure out the past. All I car about is trying to better mankind with what we have now. I'm not wasting time for useless matters such as who her mother was."

"You..."

Fearing that Charlotte might snap, I squeeze Charlotte's hand back, which made her divert her gaze away from the man and back to me. Her face quickly returning back to a relaxed state as she ends up shooting me a soft smile.

"Hah~" She sighs softly before returning her gaze back to the man, her hand now a bit more loose as she continues to hold my hand. "Then how would you like to run some tests on her?"

"...Huh?"


next chapter

Capítulo 110: The Test

The Captain, the head of the research division agreed with my idea to test Shiro in order to try and figure out what her other half is, but of course with a price.

"Hold my hand if you need to."

"Nn."

Shiro immediately grabs my hand as she's now seated on a bed. We're in a room that's deeper inside and I can't say I've never been in here. Normally I wouldn't actually be allowed in here, but the Captain allowed it as I am technically responsible for Shiro.

"How long will this take?"

I end up asking the Captain along with the other men inside.

"However long it takes to extract three liters of her blood."

"...Fine."

Normally, three liters would be far too much, arguably borderline dangerous, but since Shiro's body is able to immediately replenish itself, it shouldn't be all that dangerous. But I can't help but feel worried.

"Alright, could you hold out her arm for me?" One of the men asks me as I end up complying, turning her arm over to expose her veins.

"Charlotte?" Of course, Shiro is getting a bit nervous as she looks at me through her mask.

"It'll be okay. They just need some of your blood. If it hurts you can just squeeze down on my hand, okay?"

"Okay..."

Almost immediately after I say that, the man pierces Shiro's arm with the needle that's hooked up to some sort of container. Shiro did squeeze down on my hand, albeit slightly before immediately loosening back up in the next second.

"See? It's not so bad."

"Nn."

I smile at her, trying my best to ease her through this, but in the back of my mind, if these guys want to try something and force her to stay back, then I won't hesitate to get her out, but I know they're not that stupid to try something like that.

"Alright." The Captain says as he approaches us once more. "Lieutenant, could you put this on her chest?" It's a small device he's holding, looking like some sort of sensor that I saw in hospitals.

"What is it?" That said, I needed to ask just in case.

"It's just a mana sensory device. It'll measure the concentration of mana in her body."

"Alright."

I take the device from his hands before turning back to Shiro.

"Shiro, I need to put this on you."

"Nn. Okay."

Undoing a few of her buttons, I expose enough of her chest where I can safely attached the device over her chest without revealing too much skin. Well, she is wearing a bra, but still...

Once I got it in place, the Captain came back with a tablet, showing me the display of it. Of course, what is displayed is Shiro's mana fluctuations. Typically the average person, vampire, wolf, lizard, any species really has a safe range of about 30-50% of mana by volume of blood. Anything less, like what you'd typically find in elderly means that the individual is growing weaker and is nearing death. Anything above 50% and the risk of going berserk, like turning into a devil is much higher.

In Shiro's case...

"45%..." I mutter those words as I felt my body loosening up.

"Correct. It's well in the normal range for someone her age."

"Then could we begin the tests?"

"After the collection of her blood is done, yes."

Which didn't take too much longer as the needle stuck inside Shiro's arm was eventually removed, and just like the needle back when we registered Shiro at the guild, the little hole that remained quickly sealed, leaving no scar whatsoever.

"Is it done?" Shiro ends up speaking up first towards the Captain.

"Not quite. The Lieutenant wants us to conduct some tests on you. Lieutenant, could you two follow me?

And so, after walking for a bit, we come into a testing room, looking to be similar to the one the originally housed Shiro, however there's many devices in the room, making for a different vibe than the isolated feel like before.

We first went to a basin that housed what looked to be just normal water.

"I'll let you handle the girl." The Captain says as he continues to look at the tablet in his hands.

"Right. Okay, Shiro. This might be painful, but if it gets too much just let me know."

"Nn."

We then begin the tests.

Unlike Luna's spa, Shiro simply puts her hands into the basin of water. Nothing seems to be happening so I look over to the Captain.

"Not much reaction." In other words, Shiro's body is accepting it, but in this day and age, it's rare for someone to react to water, but we had to rule it out.

Next was a basin filled with soil. Again, something normal, and something that I know shouldn't cause any reaction. And upon looking at the Captain, it was the same result.

It was the next two that came with issues. Shiro then stuck her hand in what looked to be an empty container, but immediately upon sticking her arm inside it-

"Hnng!" Shiro flinched in pain before quickly pulling her arm out. However-

"No noticeable reaction." Despite Shiro reacting like that, the Captain still says that no reaction happened.

The next, and arguably the scariest was the fire test. For this test, Shiro had to place her hand on a metal plate which slowly began to emit fire magic, quickly heating up the plate under her hand. Again, it didn't take long for Shiro take her hand away from the pain. I quickly looked at her hand, but whatever sign of burns there were are no longer to be seen.

"Yeah, this is all just normal." The Captain, seeming to be uninterested in this speaks up once more before lowering the tablet.

"Really? Nothing?"

"Yeah. In terms of the data I've collected, it's impossible for her mother to be any reptilian species, or draconic for that matter, as well as any other specialized species like mermaids or birdmen."

So in other words, we've only eliminated the outliers...

"Well at least that's something I guess."

"Right, now thank you for the blood. Fell free to come again in a months time."

"I'll pass for now."

And so, Shiro and I leave the research division, making our way back to the foyer to join back up with Lisa.


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