Lord of Annihilation

The common areas consisted of large spaces of open gardens, with benches and gazebos scattered around. Stone fountains and sculptures placed at even intervals throughout the entire area. Large trees and carefully trimmed bushes were found aplenty.

Just by entering such an area, one would feel their mind calmed and their spirit soothed. Many students were seen sitting and seeing this beautiful scenery or interacting with their friends.

Lucius entered this area and looked around to find an empty bench. He found one a little farther away under the shade of a tree. Walking up to it, he then calmly sat down and closed his eyes.

'Might as well train my soul power while waiting here.'

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Meanwhile in another area.

"Young Miss, we have found the person you were looking for.", a person wearing a black suit replied. He had his face covered with a black mask .

"Really! Thank you very much, Uncle Black. I'll head over to talk to him.", an excited voice replied.

"I will come with you, Young Miss.", he calmly said.

Hearing this, Reyna curiously asked, "Huh? I'll be fine alone, Uncle Black. You don't have to follow me. I am just going over to talk to him"

The man in the suit wasn't fazed and replied,"It's you Father's orders, Young Miss."

Reyna was stunned for a second, but then replied, "Okay then. Please lead the way."

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Deep within his mindspace, Lucius was drawing more of his reddish-black soul out to fuse with his body. After the initial linking of a person's soul with their body, more of it has to be gradually drawn out and linked.

This process was often termed as "Accumulation" and ensure the steady growth of one's soul power. Accumulating a larger amount of the soul into the conscious mind increases both the strength and activation time of soul power.

If 3 days ago, Lucius had enough soul power for 5 minutes of intense movement and 1 full powered attack. He now had enough for 30 minutes of intense movement and 5 full powered attack. Of course the results will greatly vary from when it was tested, due to the vast improvement in the state of his physical body.

As Lucius was focusing on drawing his soul, a thought was suddenly heard in his mind.

"She is here. Wake up.", Ka'lor'ah said.

With the increase in Lucius soul power, she who was also linked to Lucius soul had more functions unlocked.

Sending her voice into Lucius' mind was one such function.

Lucius' immediately gave up drawing the resisting soul and opened his eyes. He could see a tall, blonde haired girl wearing glasses heading his way. She was wearing a white lab coat with a black dress inside of it. She looked like a model scientist combined with a beautiful, spirited young woman.

Unlike the last time when Lucius' mind was overwhelmed with chaotic thoughts and memories, this time it was completely calm. The effect of his soul's influence on his mind was astonishing.

Lucius calmly watched her walk up to him with an expressionless face. It was neither inviting nor repelling. His eyes carried an aura of indifference.

Reyna noticed the expression on his face and felt a little hurt by it. Usually, everyone who approached her had an inviting smile on their faces. Even her Father, who always had a stern look on his face, smiled when talking to her.

She thought that he was angry with her actions yesterday and felt a little guilty. Still she remembered her father's words from yesterday and bucked up her courage.

'You can do this Reyna!' she encouraged herself in her mind.

After she approached him to a sufficient distance, she immediately bowed before him and spoke, "I apologize for my actions yesterday. I realize that I should have stepped up to help you when you were being bullied but did not do anything. I hope you can forgive me and we can be friends afterwards."

'There I delivered it perfectly. It took me a whole night to think up an apology.' thinking such she straightened up to see his reaction, but was disappointed to still find his expressionless face.

Inside Lucius' pocket, Ka'lor'ah was struggling to keep her laughter to herself. Hearing the young girl deliver such a formal apology she felt like laughing.

'You here that Lucius. How could you remain unmoved after hearing that. Go on be friends with her, hahahaha', she sent her thoughts to Lucius' mind.

Hearing her laugh in his mind, Lucius was feeling a little annoyed. Still he spoke up to the girl who was anxiously waiting for a reply, "It's fine. It's not your fault, I was simply to weak and couldn't oppose them. A young princess like you musn't apologize to a commoner like me."

Hearing him Reyna felt relieved but also a little angry. She couldn't help but speak up, "There is no such thing as commoner and royalty. All of us are the same kind of people. if a person does something wrong, they must admit it. That's what my father taught me."

Ka'lor'ah was rolling in Lucius' pocket at this moment, she was very amused by this young girl's thought process, 'Such a pure little gem, hahaha. Ho-how did you become her boyfriend in your previous life Lucius. Must have been very hard for you.'

She then continued transmitting, 'To think you would taint such a pure little girl, how dare you!'. She even sounded a little indignant.

Naturally Reyna's naivety hit a spot for Ka'lor'ah. 'How could such a naive girl exist in these times. The universe sure is a big place.'

Lucius was completely ignoring her at this point and spoke to Reyna, "If that's what you say, Young Miss. Also you never introduced yourself. How else am I supposed to address you."

"Ah!", Reyna realized her blunder and hurriedly spoke, "My name is Reyna Snowden. You can address me as Reyna."

"Young Miss Reyna, is it?", Lucius asked.

"Just Reyna is fine. I don't like others calling me Young Miss.", she immediately replied.

"Tell me then, Reyna. Why are you here to find me. I don't believe it is just to apologize."

Reyna was stunned for a second and asked, "Indeed. How could you tell?"

"If you were just here to apologize then you wouldn't have bothered telling me your name. Nor correct the way I said it." Lucius explained it to her.

"Wow! You really are a genius!", she exclaimed.

'Pray, how can a 18 year old girl be this naive. How has nobody kidnapped her yet. Too cute.', Ka'lor'ah was completely infatuated with Reyna at this point.

"I received some research data from an acquaintance of mine.", her tone towards the end was filled with disgust. She then continued, "But when I was looking through it I realized it belonged to you. It was incomplete and I wanted your assistance to complete it. It is really important for my research."

Suddenly she realized something and hurriedly spoke, "Ah! I'm sorry that I looked through your research data without your permission."

She then repeatedly started bowing and apologizing.

In his mind Lucius thought, 'She is still the same. That extreme amount of naivety and innocence. If I want to alter causality, I need to begin with her personality.'

He then stood up and spoke to her, "You can stop apologizing. Anyone who is interested in the path of science would be tempted." He spoke while finally putting on a 'understanding' look.

His face was no longer expressionless and his voice was filled with care, "As for your offer, I agree. Except.", speaking up to here, he hesitated to continue.

"What is it?", Reyna felt happy after finally seeing him change his expression and talk to her.

"It's just that, I don't have any credits to rent a lab anymore. Plus, I'm not sure if Keith and his friends would leave me alone", saying this Lucius put on an aggrieved expression.

"That's not a problem!" Reyna said confidently as she hit her chest. "You can come with me and use my personal lab. It has everything you would ever need in it."

"Really?!", Lucius asked. A faint excitement in his voice.

Seeing that he was finally excited, Reyna felt a little smug. She then continued excitedly, "Let's begin immediately. You will have a better idea once you see my lab. Science waits for no man."

Saying so, she grabbed Lucius by his arm and started dragging him. Clearly excited on wanting to show off her lab.

'Perfectly played. We have hooked the focal point' Ka'lor'ah thought while she sat in Lucius' pocket.