Curse the Mainframe! 337 Two Continents

The woman on the ground was shaking, having lost control of her motor skills.

Her fingers were trembling, and her eyes looked wild.

She stared into Elysia's bright eyes like she was possessed, and Alec raised a brow, more than a little surprised.

She wasn't even blinking.

Then, her eyes rolled back in her head and her body slumped backwards, and Alec was less than impressed.

Elysia blinked, nonplussed. The smile was still on her face.

Alec eyed her a little, and he suddenly wondered if this was what people felt when he continued to smile in what they considered strange situations.

Then, he smiled too.

Dominique eyed both Alec and Elysia before moving his eyes to One, who was placed in his arms.

They were able to see rather well in the dark, and it was a bit surprising how that woman just fell apart like that because she couldn't tell what was going on.

The main reason for her mental breakdown was all herself.

That and the trees that Boss did something to.

Dominique patted One on the head, and she blinked her large, crystalline blue eyes at him. The Sin melted inwardly, but nothing showed on his face.

He smirked when he thought about how One didn't see anything wrong with the violence that was happening in front of them – even if it was just mental.

She wasn't like the other snivelling children that he detested so much.

'As expected of Boss' child,' Dominique thought to himself, feeling smug for reasons unknown to him.

Alec dropped down from the tree he was perched in, examining Diane. His brows didn't even twitch when he found a seal on her.

It was similar to the brand that was on Sekai, but it wasn't as severe.

Still, he could tell that it had been made by the same person.

This one just restricted her from talking about anything sensitive and confidential to the company, but she was able to move of her own freewill.

With a single hand on her neck, he ripped the seal apart. It wouldn't cripple her, because Alec didn't do shoddy work like that, but he painted his own seal on her. The paralyzing seal that he'd used on Sekai previously.

She'd still be able to talk and move her eyes, but that was about it.

The best part was, since it was a seal that Alec had made himself, there wasn't any known solutions to it, unlike those seals that were frequently on the market.

In the end, Elysia sprinkled some form of powder over Diane's face with something to make her wake up again, and she continued feeding magic into her eyes, causing them to glow.

Her smile remained on her face despite the setback.

"What did you just use?" Alec questioned, curious.

"Mmh. It's something dad taught me to make. It's a mixture of herbs as well as a few roots. It stimulates the brain, which causes a person to wake up."

Diane came to with a jolt, and her eyes rove around wildly.

She was still suffused in darkness all around.

The fear that had abated during her 'sleep' came back immediately when she realized that she was still in the same situation.

"Who are you?" she shouted as best she could at Elysia. "Who are you?! Leave me alone!"

Elysia laughed, and Diane looked like she was going to faint again.

"I'll tell you everything you want!" the woman shouted at the golden, floating eyes.

She tried to back away, but nothing in her body listened to her commands.

It wasn't because of the fear either.

The only things that she could still move were her eyes.

Diane's breathing started coming out in harsh pants. Nothing was listening to her, and it was profoundly terrifying.

It was as if she was a guest in her body, and her body no longer listened to her commands exclusively.

"What have you done?" she whispered, her eyes flickering nonstop. No matter what she tried, her body refused to listen to her commands.

Slowly, the horror crept up on her. This… she would have preferred death.

"Tell me what you know," Elysia whispered, her eyes unblinking as she stared at Diane.

"W-what do you want to know," the woman slurred, fear causing her words to sound almost unintelligible. She was trying her best, but having one's body out of their control was a profoundly terrifying experience that she never wanted to experience again.

"Tell me what you know," Alec said on the other side of Elysia, and Diane shuddered, her eyes darting from the golden eyes to the sound of another new voice.

Alec allowed his magic to bleed into his eyes, causing them to bloom in front of Diane.

Diane's breaths came out in pants, and she felt like she should be hyperventilating right now, but her body remained as still if her body was dead.

"What do you want to know!"

"What do you know of the company," Alec asked, circling around Diane like a predator playing with its prey.

Diane's eyes shook the smallest amount. "Can't," she said, despair colouring her eyes. "I won't be able to…"

"I took it off," the voice said, and Diane could hear the slow smile in their voice alone, let alone those blue eyes that seemed to smile as they moved ever so slowly.

"The company…" she tried tentatively, and she was worried when she realized that she could indeed say those words.

The moment she uttered those two words, both pairs of eyes disappeared as if they were never there in the first place.

Diane felt like she was losing her mind.

Were those eyes there in the first place, or had it all been her imagination?

Still, she didn't dare to dally and quickly spat out everything she knew.

"The company headquarters are in another continent. It's called Yraii City. Other than that, the company in Awerk Continent is under an inspector called Inspector Fade. She likes to act like she isn't that high up, but she's actually at the top of the food chain!"

Diane continued rambling about big things and little things, as if she was scared that if she didn't speak enough, they would kill her on the spot.

She didn't stop speaking for even a brief moment, and the words flowed like a waterfall.

Alec almost clicked his tongue in amazement. There sure was a lot that she knew now that the seal was no longer limiting her ability to talk.

No wonder they weren't able to extract much information from her while she enjoyed the hospitality of the Ross Clan.

Perhaps someone had realized that she had a limiter on her preventing her from talking.

By the time she finished spilling everything she knew, Diane looked like she was well and truly broken.

More than any pain, it was the anticipation that did her in.

She was sitting on the ground, all alone in the pure darkness without any footholds for her mind to latch onto.

Along with the fact that she couldn't move her body as she liked, she couldn't handle it.

In the end, it was Elysia who killed her out of mercy more than anything else.

Alec and Dominique would have been perfectly happy to leave her here for the monsters and creatures.

Elysia shrugged when they looked at her with confusion. She just looked pointedly at One, who just blinked her big eyes at them.

Dominique immediately nodded solemnly and looked almost approving.

Alec raised a brow in surprise.

It wasn't like One would be opposed to it.

He knew that while she had more emotions now, she was still mainly driven by logic and rationale.

Looking at both Dominique and Elysia, he just felt confused.

Chapter end

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