Chapter 8 Hope

Sam walked into the room quickly placing me on the round wooden table by the door. Tears streamed down her face as an ugly expression settled on her features." What can they expect from a failure of a daughter? They put me in this room in a cold, dark part of the mansion and expect me to flourish? Ha! They really are delusional. I might as well throw you out the window and hang myself from the chandelier in the main hall." She looked glumly at me. I stared back and remembered where I had seen those eyes before.

It was before I was hospitalised. After my parents funeral I was forced out of my inheritance by greedy bastards that I called family. With my parents and sister gone. I had nothing. I remember what I felt then. Probably what she feels now. An hollow but fuming rage.

I looked at her and did something i probably shouldn't have. I shook my head as best as I could. She continued to stare at me a little perplexed by what I was doing. " What are you trying to say? I shouldn't throw you out and get it over with? What am I saying you cant even understand me." I nodded and she stopped dead with a little shock. "You understand me?" More nodding " ... " I saw her eyes roll and down she went.

( Damnit. I thought that would go over better than it did) I started gnawing on the bars of my cage out of boredom. There really isn't a need to describe the taste of it. It was iron. some of the rust came off in my mouth as I chewed andsomething dinged in my head. / Aquired iron body component. Iron composite 1/10 for lvl 1 iron body. Reccomend host consume more for defensive enhancement./ I slow down my chewing a bit. ( I can enhance my body by consuming things.... that reaper said that too.) I start gnawing the rest of the bars. 2...3...4... on I went.

After a bit there was a smaller ding and a feeling of being heavier. /Aquired Iron Body lvl 1. Evolved physic to iron body salamander. Combining with Flame elemental pathway. Combination complete. 30%increase in defense. Short Swords and arrows will scrape against your hide. Broadswords will penetrate you nicely..... giggle/ ( What strange sadistic system did I get?!?!)

I hear a groan from the floor. Sam stirs till she start to get up slowly. She rubs her head in confusion and sits. She just sits and starts staring at me.