Lord of Annihilation

Holding the drive in her hand, Reyna could no longer withhold her curiosity. She immediately began running towards her lab to verify her suspicions.

Once she entered the building she rushed towards the elevator the entered into it.

"Which floor would you like to go to, Miss Reyna?", a mechanical voice asked.

"217!", she replied.

The elevator immediately began moving and arrived to the required floor in less than 10 seconds. Reyna then continued to rush towards her lab. Outside the elevator was a long corridor leading to 2 rooms, one on the left and the other on the right.

The room to the left was her personal laboratory and the other was her personal residence. Directly above this floor was where Reyna's father had his office situated. Running into her lab, Reyna immediately inserted the drive into one of the computers.

Upon receiving the drive, the computer began it's process of decrypting the data.

"Hurry up!", she urged the computer to go faster.

For some reason, Reyna felt a sense of guilt and shame rapidly fill her heart. The computer loaded for a few seconds and then prompt was seen.

[Changes have been performed on the data in the past 4 hours. Undoing all changes performed. This process might take a few seconds.]

'Changes have been made? A reversal program was written.' Reyna quickly understood the meaning of the message.

After waiting a few more seconds, the contents were finally displayed on the screen. Reading the contents, Reyna's heart stopped for a second. Her pupils frozen in shock and her face pale.

{Mental Fluctuations during Interstellar Travel

A study on the effect warping and the effects it has on the human mind.

By:Lucius}

'Lucius?!', Reyna's eyes stopped on that name. 'Why would Keith lie to me? Why would he say this was his research? Why steal? Why?'

Reyna's mind simply couldn't process this incident. This was the first time she came into contact with a situation, where strong preys the weak, if you were weak you could not have any benefits. Rights? That's only for people who have sufficient strength.

Reyna sat there paralyzed for a few minutes, She then strongly shook her head and got up. She wanted to read what the research was about first. She had already understood that Keith had lied to her in order to gain her favor and had stole this research from Lucius. After all she was there the entire time , watching the events take place.

Although she knew reading another person's research was taboo, she simply couldn't hold back her curiosity after reading that title. She simply loved science and research too much.

Reyna then sat before the monitor and slowly read through the research. Her beautiful green eyes becoming larger and larger, and her cute mouth opening involuntarily.

"Thi-this is simply amazing! To think that we could tackle this question from such an angle. That section on the different emotions having different impact on warping and the hypothesis formed are simply marvelous. The tests and examples quoted are simply flawless.", Reyna started speaking out loud from her excitement.

She continued reading line by line, faster with each passing second.

".....since warping is performed on a linear scale, with the atoms being superpositioned within a fixed scale, the changes thus taking place among various tests can support the presence of a singular unknown entity.Huh?!" Reyna suddenly stopped at that point.

"Where is the rest of the results?", she screamed out loud. She then realized what she was doing wasn't exactly proper and suddenly coughed. Her face, ears and her entire neck was covered with a red blush.

"Cough, cough. This isn't the way for a scientist to act. Anyway where is the rest of the research.", Reyna explained out loud, even she herself wasn't exactly sure who she was explaining to.

'Could it be that he didn't finish his research. That must be it. I must immediately find him tomorrow and have him complete his research.' Reyna thought to herself.

A light shone in her eyes,but suddenly dimmed, 'How do I explain, where I got his research from. Wouldn't he think I was behind the case of him being bullied and refuse to help me.'

While Reyna was lost in her thoughts, a set of footsteps was heard in the background. It was firm and powerful, similar to that of a king. Reyna who was lost in her thoughts did not seem to notice. A hand suddenly descended onto her head and slightly rubbed it.

"Ah? Father,", Reyna woke up and verified the owner of the pair of hands.

"Silly girl, I have been waiting for you to show up for dinner all this while. I come down here and what do I find. A silly girl daydreaming.", the voice gently admonished while stroking her hair.

Feeling the hands stroke her head, Reyna suddenly felt a wave of bitter feeling, threatening to fall out of her eyes in the form of tears. All the happenings of the past day which had been burdening her heart, weighed on her mind and this feeling of comfort made her feel guilty again.

"Ah! Why do you look like you are going to cry? Did someone bully you?", Reyna's father asked noticing his daughter's expression.

"No, Father.It's just that..", she wasn't quite sure how to explain this to her father.

Noticing her daughter's hesitation, he gently said," Whatever the matter is, saying it out loud decreases the burden in your heart." He then looked her in her eyes.

Hearing her Father's words was the straw that broke the camel's back. She immediately told him everything that happened. Reyna's father calmly listened to his daughter speak, his brows slowly furrowed. Once she was done speaking, he took a deep breath and said in a solemn voice.

"Reyna, you made a few mistakes here. One, if you see someone getting bullied, you must step up and help them without hesitation. Of course, you also need to understand the situation and react accordingly. Two, you musn't form opinions on others just after meeting them once. Third, never trust anyone easily, especially the heirs or children from the other families. All of them wear their true face and motives behind a mask."

Hearing her Father's words, Reyna processed the information she was receiving and nodded her head repeatedly.

He then continued, "As for that Lucius boy, just go talk to him."

Hearing this Reyna hesitated for a second before asking him, "But is it okay for me to go ask him for his help. After all I didn't help him, when he needed it. Wouldn't it be wrong of me? Wouldn't he refuse to help me and hate me for it?"

The father gently smiled at his daughter's concerns and said,"Silly girl, you are simply over complicating the situation in your head. Just go and apologize to him. Tell him the truth and be sincere about it."

He then paused for a second and said in a serious voice, "Also stay away from this Keith kid."

Seeing his daughter nod her head seriously, he smiled and said, "Now go and have a bath. Let's have dinner together once you are back."

Listening to him, Reyna immediately complied. She then quickly ran away to her room. Her father who had been sitting there thought to himself once she was gone, 'My daughter is growing up this quickly huh.'

His eyes suddenly turned cold, 'The Cline family, huh. I will remember this. Nobody will be allowed to use my daughter as an object of exchange.' He then slowly got up and walked away.

The sound of his footsteps quietly echoed in the empty lab.