Chapter 312 - The Ark of The Poisoned Child

"This place gives me the creeps. Why is it so quiet?" asked Gab, opening a heavy metal door.

"Judging by the fact we cleared the area's guards I won't be surprised that we would be alone here for a while. However, it is odd that no backup has arrived," replied Ysabeau, stepping into the room.

It was much larger than the Quadruplets pod room but there was only a single container at the back of the room. It was like a cylindrical container filled with purple liquid. A silhouette of a figure was prominent in it but it was hard to tell.

The room was illuminated by that cylinder since the liquid was glowing. Tubes danced throughout the area and the heavy smell of chemicals wafted around them. There was an operating table beside the container. Glass flasks were strewn everywhere as Ysabeau neared the main attraction.

And on the other side of the attraction was a large cupboard that had a glass door. In it were several sharp tools and more flasks. But the flasks were empty. The place looked old but the instruments on the operating table stated that someone was coming in here.

"These are all poison. Many different types of poisons. Some of these aren't native to the Domain. Whoever collected this must be a very frequent traveler. If I hadn't known better, I would've thought this was my lab," commented Gab as he took a flask to inspect it.

There were Water Hemlocks in the glass flask, still in its plant form, though it has been cut. One of the most toxic plants within the kingdom. Whoever eats will definitely die a horrible death. He looked by its side, a flask full of Castor Beans, another poisonous plant.

A large cauldron caught his eyes as he turned to look at Ysabeau. She was standing still as her palm was placed onto the glass of the cylinder. She felt her heart race and her palms sweat. Her eyes widened as she took a closer look at the child. Gab didn't notice it and investigated the cauldron.

The cauldron was filled with small berries. They were black, around the size of a blueberry but slightly bigger. He took one out and rolled it between his index finger and thumb. He then crushed it and placed it near his nose.

"Bella Donna. Deadly nightshade. Looks like someone has an unhealthy addiction to these berries."

His eyes then caught onto another tube, just beside the operating table. It was connected to a large, rounded glass flask. The glass flask was half-filled with dark-reddish black liquid. Another tube was sticking out from the flask and was connected to the cylindrical container.

It was only then Gab found Ysbeau immersed in looking at the giant thing. He took a few steps towards her, but he halted as he saw what was going on. He was horrified to find an incapacitated child within the confines of the cylinder.

And to add salt into the wound, the tube that he had been following was being injected directly into the kid's bloodstream.

"Gab..." said Ysabeau, looking at Gab with tears in the corner of her eyes.

The child was completely nȧkėd, it was a male. He was bȧrėly old enough to have hair, but the color was pink. It looked malnourished, common for test subjects. His skin was a sickly purple. There was no way in this realm that the kid was still functional.

Upon closer inspection, the kid looked the same age as Kai. It struck terror and fear into Gab's hearty while Ysabeau entered into her panic mode as her vision blurred. She slumped down, her palm sliding down the cylinder.

Gab had to choke back his tears as he concluded that it was poison being injected into that baby's bloodstream. But unlike Ysabeau, he was still clear-headed as he tried finding the other tubes which were impaling the kid like some human pincushion.

Unfortunately, everything that the kid had hooked up to him was poison. Different types, most were very toxic. But it seems that the kid is still alive since his ċhėst was still moving. His face seemed to be twisted in pain. But he was bȧrėly clinging on to whatever life is left of him.

"He is a Mage. He is healing but he isn't old or strong enough to fully cancel the dozens of poison circulating in him. He is suffering. He can't die because he's not old enough to control his healing powers, so his body is doing the work purely from instinct," explained Ysabeau, still hunched over.

"Can he still be saved?" asked Gab, trying to save the situation.

Ysabeau's eyes widened as she heard those words. This man... Wants to save this child?! Sadness overwhelmed her as she abruptly started wailing.