Chapter 231 - Elios' Anger

At that moment, both Aleksis and Elios's hearts broke. They just realized that something very bad had happened to their daughter before Vega was found.

From Vega's words in her dream just now, they could guess that Vega was hurt by a woman named Amelia and resulted in Vega losing her unborn children.

Elios's hand, which was not holding his wife's hand, was clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white. He had never been this furious. He was a very overprotective father and when he found out that his daughter had been hurt by someone, his whole soul seemed burning with rage that could devour anyone within a hundred meters radius.

"Where are you going?" asked Aleksis in a whisper, as Elios let go of his hand and walked out of Vega's room.

Elios didn't answer. Aleksis understood that her husband was devastated and needed time alone. Aleksis wiped her tears and climbed into the bed to hug Vega.

She felt that it would be better to let Vega tell them herself what had happened when she was ready. Aleksis would not confront her daughter. She was worried that Vega's would become stressed when she needed to focus on healing. That was why she pretended nothing happened.

***

Elios punched the wall outside the terrace to vent his anger. His hand was bleeding and injured quite badly as he hit it with all his might, but the man seemed to feel no pain at all.

The cells in his brain that control pain reception simply didn't work. His whole mind was solely focused on Vega's suffering and the people who were responsible and how much they had to pay for their deeds.

First of all, of course, the girl named Amelia, because she dared to hurt Vega. He would make sure she would pay dearly for what she had done.

The second one was Renald Hanenberg. As a husband, he was incapable of taking care of his wife.

And third ... the mastermind who was responsible for kidnapping Vega and made her go through all these sufferings.

They all have to be punished.

Even if he had to chase them to the ends of the world, Elios would still look for them and give them a proper punishment.

Oh .. he couldn't imagine what punishment he would give Vega's kidnapper. Elios would give him the most terrible slow death, which he had never done before to anyone.

***

The next day, Vega woke up feeling refreshed. She did not understand why all the cells in her body felt so alive. Her vision became clearer, her body felt healthy, and her mind became very sharp.

Was this the effect of the medicine Lauriel had given her?

"Are you awake?" asked Aleksis in a warm voice from the bedside. 

Vega turned to where the sound came from and was stunned to see her lovely and loving mother standing beside her bed, smiling.

"Mother, why are you here?" asked Vega. "What time is it?"

"It's only 9 am," said Aleksis. "You look so fresh."

"I also feel very well," said Vega. "Gosh... I slept so much!"

"Hmm .. It's okay. Your body must have needed the rest. I'm glad to hear you feel well. Let's take a shower first, so we can have breakfast together."

Aleksis stretched out her hand and pulled Vega out of bed. She kissed her daughter's forehead and pushed her into the bathroom.

"I'll be waiting in the dining room for breakfast."

"Okay, Mom."

Vega immediately washed up and changed clothes. Ah .. for some reason, even though she hadn't managed to recover her memory, she was not behaving awkwardly towards her mother.

Although Aleksis looked very young and outsiders might think they were sisters, Vega could feel the love of a mother from Aleksis. This made her quickly become accustomed to thinking that this beautiful woman was indeed her real mother.

It was the same with Elios. Vega really felt that man was her father. Elios was obviously very fond of her. Altair too.

Ah ... Vega really felt like they were her family.

Even if her memory might not recover, Vega was sure she would slowly get used to being Vega Linden again. And as an Alchemist, she would have all the time in the world to live with them.

As long as she could reunite with her beloved family, Vega could give up her loss memory of 16 years.

She would make new memories with them for hundreds of years to come. She must not cry over her misfortunes and be fixated on the past.

If her memory didn't return, then Vega would start a new life from today, and slowly rebuild her future.

***

They all had a warm breakfast. The atmosphere really felt as if they had returned to the past, before all the calamities that happened to Vega.

"After this, Vega would come with me to the Holodeck. I will show her all your memories with Vega so that she could reminisce about all the important things that happened," said Lauriel. "We'll do this for a few days and then see the results."

He had decided to take the important memories from Altair, Aleksis, Nicolae, and Elios and show them to Vega. He hoped that by witnessing firsthand what happened in her past life, Vega would be hooked to release her own suppressed memories.

He had also prepared so many family pictures and videos to show Vega. It would play all videos over and over for hours, much like the brainwashing techniques used by psychologists to instill false memories in someone.

However, this was the opposite, Lauriel's purpose in doing that, was precisely to awaken Vega's old hidden memory.

"How long will the whole process take?" asked Elios.

"Depending on the progress. I will analyze Vega's progress every day. This process could take a moment, a few days, it could be up to a month," replied Lauriel. "We'll find out as we go along. To be honest, I've never handled a case this severe."

"Hmm ..." Elios nodded. "I'll be staying here to supervise the processes at the Holodeck. I'm sure father will need my memory to be used on the Holodeck. However, after the holodeck process is over, I'll be away for a bit. I'm sure the next treatment won't require my presence."

"Where are you going?" asked Aleksis attentively. She suspected this had something to do with her husband's anger last night when he heard Vega had a nightmare.

Elios looked at her with meaningful eyes. But he didn't want to answer his wife's question.

"That's right. I don't need your presence here during the healing process, except at the Holodeck," Lauriel replied. "You can do whatever you have to do."

"Thank you, Father." Elios nodded. "Then I beg you, please take care of my family. I'll be away for a while to take care of a few things."

Everyone at the dining table nodded simultaneously.

"Of course. Do your job," they said.

Elios couldn't take it anymore. He decided to follow Mischa and find as much information as possible about Vega's life as Fae Muller and find out who was actually the mastermind behind Vega's kidnapping.

He would punish them until they regret having been born into this world!